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this is good, but features a truly dreadful version of old man river

Jeff Beck was allegedly quite mad when the 1st Led Zeppelin record came out in January 1969. You can see why.. it does what this record does but better in every possible way. The instrumentals are good though.

When this generated, my brain went to Beck. Like Black Tambourine Beck. This wasn’t that, which was slightly disappointing. Not bad but I would have preferred the other

Starts out great with the energetic 'The Shape of Things', but later often falls flat in the more languid blues-rock tracks. Good, but not remarkable.

Mmm. It's alright

I’m not sure what this album was. Really lost me with its covers of “Ol Man River” and “Greensleeves.”

Surprised to hear the unmistakable voice of Rod Stewart before realising this is a Jeff Beck band album. Pretty good, but not a fan of the Bolero or Greensleeves covers

Didn't survive through all the album

Still not a fan of his voice, pretty good songs.

Better than Funeral from yesterday but DNF

Хороший материал, супер история, но совершенно отвратительное качество записи.

Love Beck, and didn't know this album ... so very good.

Beck is a great guitarist, but this album probably doesn't demonstrate it to its fullest extent and is rather a series of blues numbers (but a nice rendition of "Greensleeves"!)

Não sou fã de guitarristas, nem de blues, dois elementos de destaque deste disco, mas aqui ambos aparecem brilhantemente "acomodados" nas canções.

This album has some really nice instrumentation with guitar and also the piano is really good becks bolero I also really like seeing the original version of shapes of things after only ever listening to Bowes version Greensleeves was also cool and I like his twist on it I might be bias towards that song since I just learned it myself but still Rod Stewart is also really nice on this album with some decent vocals Overall solid album Probably 3.5/5 Definitely could see myself coming back to this at some point Favorites: shapes of things, greensleeves, becks bolero, ol man river, I ain’t superstitious

mfin British people I never heard of leave me aloneeeeee Okay Don’t make preconceived judgments Particularly since I just read Rod Stewart is involved, and that’s some very specific and odd nostalgia for me. AND I see it’s considered v early heavy metal so that’s cool. Which like, come on. I do get what they’re saying but… // Rodddddd and the guitar is wild

Very cool album, it has personality.

I appreciate Mr. (Sir? Did he get an OBE or some such thing at any point?) Beck’s origins and early work, and the tie ins with people like Jimmy Paige and Rod Stewart, but I lean more towards his material that would probably considered fusion-y rather than this straight ahead rock. Definitely some classics here though.

Fine

A bit mellow and boring to me. Needed more lyrically or instrumentally to draw me in.

Really liked this one, some rockin' blues guitar and iconic vocals.

A couple of really interesting standout tracks (Beck's Bolero, specifically) but otherwise not really something that held my attention. Very competent, fine blues rock. Beck's guitar work is super cool, and he has a great feel for making things different in the blues, but i didn't really hear anything that made me want to come back.

Did I just get tricked into liking Rod Stewart? It sort of feels like it. I hadn't heard this album before and had no idea that it's basically a Faces album, only with Beck directing traffic and playing the minor guitar deity. Turns out he and Stewart are good influences on each other; Beck gives Stewart something to play off of, thereby keeping the latter's personality from swallowing the proceedings, while Stewart gives Beck's blues workouts the tether to regular form that they need. A classic case of the whole being more than the sum of its parts.

Nice blues rock n roll. It's mainly covers but done justice by a stellar group of musicians.

Odpaliłam, wysłuchałam, zapomniałam.

nada demais

blues rock bem guitarrudo, puxadaço prum hard rock. dá pra sentir um pouquinho de heavy metal setentista, se forçar. mas eh isso aí, né. nada demais, eh mediano até

I’m not a big fan of Ron Stewart’s voice. Did really enjoy Blues Deluxe and the guitars on some of the other songs.

Excellent album and great supporting vocals from Stewart. Beck's guitar work is so unique, and it's awesome on songs like Beck's Bolero. Some screaming blues tracks too, with Stewart on the mic.

Good, but not my favorite

hadn't ever listened to this. enjoyed it more than i thought! (makes sense, given yardbirds)

As a (for the most part) Rod Stewart hater I have to admit his voice compliments the really great instrumentals quite well. That being said, I did not find this overly enjoyable, I imagine it was very significant though. 3/5

I really really liked this. The songs are fantastic. It has a live feeling to it. His guitar riffs and Rod’s voice stand out.

Damn, finally a Jeff Beck record on here, but it features Rod Stewart?!? Smfh. This is tough to rate because I love Beck’s playing and Stewart even has his moments here, but in general he substantially detracted from my enjoyment of this to the point where I probably won’t ever revisit it.

not bad. quite dated in sound, very 60s tinny sound quality. only 1 song I'm familiar with

Great guitarist, no doubt. But I'm no fan of bluesrock albums.

Hyvää rokkia. Kiva albumi. Interludi välissä oli ihana.

Pretty straight forward blues rock album. I find most blues rock to be dull. This one was not an exception. It had its moments, Beck’s Bolero was kinda cool.

I can absolutely see how this acted as the gritty blueprint for later heavy blues and proto-heavy metal music, specifically with that unrestrained fuzz drenched guitar tone which went on to become a cornerstone of the more sinister and aggressive sounds which would follow. Tracks like "You Shook Me" and "Rock My Plimsoul" have that deep-groove, heavy blues vigour in spades, but my personal highlight is "Beck's Bolero" which is a sprawling instrumental that builds into explosive chaos. The real lynchpin here is the interplay between Beck's virtuous playing and a young Rod Stewart's gravelly vocals which match the weight of the riffs. It's probably my favourite Rod Stewart performance put to tape. Although several of the tracks on here are cover versions, Beck also manages to make them sound unique and dangerous as entirely new entities. Good stuff.

Maybe

It's ok, nothing memorable

Nothing much here. A 2 might be a bit harsh, but it was just so unremarkable. I honestly don’t remember a single song from it.

Great music horrible vocal

Prekvapivé... Doteraz som tento album nepočul. Bavil ma spev Roda Stewarta. Asi si to s nimi zopakujem.

It wasn't bad music, but I could go the rest of my life and not hear this album again and be perfectly content

Basically Zeppelin before the Led. I was digging it. Who knew Rod Stewart could rock.

Weird

Just a middle album for me.

I had forgotten all about this album and while I remember and like a few songs on this I realized why I had forgotten about it. Solid but forgettable

The first part of the album is pretty straightforward guitar-driven rock, and honestly, it all starts to feel a little one-note. The bluesier second half worked better for me, especially You Shook Me, with some tickling of the ivories that is simply delightful. It’s a slow, bluesy little ditty that picks up steam at times but stays funky throughout. If the whole album sounded more like that, maybe I’d like it more or maybe I’d just complain there was too much of that instead. Either way it was by far my favorite track on an otherwise pretty forgettable album. 2/5

A generous 2 stars because I have a soft spot for Beck's Bolero

Had to listen to this twice and still nothing really stuck….

I didn't mind this too much. I thought I was going to really enjoy it from the first 30 seconds but then it all went a bit blues-rock.

New to me and a real curiosity, much of music (hello “Blues Deluxe”) was exactly as unpalatable as I anticipated but there were moments when I was surprised by how much I liked it, the first few minutes of “Morning Dew” are quite good for example before it descends into more self-congratulatory noodling… Oh well - one star. Tom.

i’m so glad i got this when im in such a blues kick 🤤

Old school rock. Bit too old for me

I listened to this 2 days ago and forgot to review it, and it's already exited my brain. On flicking back through again it's just fairly basic rock music, nothing special. I'll give it a pity 3 because I feel bad but it can't be that great if it's so forgettable.

Very very good.

Amazing what a discovery, 4 days to record, it took Axl Rose 13years to produce shit

The description says it's proto-metal but i'm not quite hearing that. Anyways, it was just solid blues rock.

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

I'm not as familiar with Jeff Beck as many of his Yardbird peers. But this album is pretty awesome. Psychedelic and accomplished guitar work. Beck's Bolero is wonderful. Morning Dew is a great song. There are others as well, but on a first listen those were standouts. I'm thinking 4/5 but I could see me bumping this up to a full five on a few more listens. I'll definitely go back to this.

Classic blues rock, of course. And influential. Time isn’t doing the sound any favors, though; from this vantage point, the song selection and vocals (sorry, Rod!) just don’t seem particularly interesting.

i enjoyed it! i don't know how much this stood out to me in the array of 60s blues rock albums but it was perfectly fine. Fav tracks: Morning Dew

Wow. First time hearing this. Delightful surprise. Absolutely loved it. Great blues rock. Best Morning Dew I've heard, and I'm a deadhead. Side note : the trajectory (?) of Rod Stewart's career is pretty crazy.

Not so honest

Dunno what to say, asides from this album just scratches that bluesy itch I always have. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5 just because of that closer. “I Ain’t Superstitious”, which we’ve heard before on Megadeth’s “Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?” returns here in a far more traditional, yet familiar sense. When I got to that track on Megadeth’s album, I was kinda hoping for an album that would consist of heavy metal takes on blues tracks, and while this is more of rock-blues with a slightly heavier guitar that feels close to metal, it’s close enough. Rod Stewart’s vocals carry a pretty good energy throughout, and it rides these tracks well. Frankly, I’m surprised he’s not listed on the cover, but maybe Jeff Beck didn’t want a Yardbirds situation. Jeff’s guitars are the co-star, and they fucking rock on this one. There’s always a moment where he goes off on a track, and he does so without distracting from the flow of the drums & bass. Micky Waller is an unsung part of this album, as most drummers are, but when he needs to fill something out, he really nails it. It’s just a good harmony between everyone involved, and one that feels really nice to listen to for most of the 40 minutes here. Realistically, all of my nitpicks boil down to things out of their control for 1968, including some awkward panning that separates the instruments too broadly & a lack of some vocal harmonization. My bigger “issue” with the album was mostly that it just felt a bit safe for 1968, even with the push of a slightly heavier blues soundscape. There were no bad tracks, but I never felt like there was anything really pushing the envelope for a bit, no matter how technically sharp it was. “I Ain’t Superstitious” is what’s pushing this album to a 5 for me; just a lot of super fun guitar runs & drum fills to accentuate Rod’s vocal push & grit, and the depth in the instruments finally feels as close to ‘metal’ as it does at any other point in the album. It’s just a good 5 minutes & a good closer. It sticks the landing in a way that’s satisfying, and it just pulls the whole album up as a result. Hence, a 4.5 bumped up to a 5. I think the floor is pretty understandably a 3, especially if you just can’t hear it as anything but plain blues-rock. I think it’s a little more than that, but only from the push to go a little heavier & the multitude of important guest performers here, especially on “Beck’s Bolero”. This feels like a pretty influential document for the musical stylings of the ‘70s to come, and for 1968, Jeff & friends set a pretty good base. For that, I’m glad this is on the list.

4/5

More standard 60s blues. But also inflicted Rod on the world so no. Get in the bin.

J'ai beaucoup aimé cet album

Really solid album. Great guitar riffs, great vocals (didn't realize it was Rod Stewart until reading the reviews), nice variety between the songs - rock and blues vibes. Loved Shapes of Things, Let Me Love You, I Ain't Superstitious. I think this is the first time I'm giving a 5 star review to an album and artist I wasn't already familiar with. Certainly, I've heard of Jeff Beck, but I did not know any of the songs on this album beforehand. This is the kind of experience I'm here for - finding great albums I've never been exposed to. (5)

Great, some would say, among the greatest guitarists ever, makes a lazy forgettable album. You know an album is going to suck when Rod Stewart sings in it. His vocals make everything bad cross contaminating every other song. There really is nothing interesting on this record. Sure, the songs are nice sounding but they are uninspired and safe. I am actually surprised that there wasn’t excessive noodling but there should have been some to lift these songs from simply being boring. Blues Deluxe is just terrible. I read somewhere that this record is an example of early heavy metal. It is not. No one who heard this record was influenced by anything on this record. 2/5

Solid album - much better than expected

3.5

3.8/5 solid stuff

Too white for me; one of the whitest guys around.

Прикольный такой рокерский альбом, классные гитарные звуки, бодрые песни. Ну прям крышу не сносит, но звучит очень круто

Крепкий, но не впечатляющий альбом

Actual thought from me 1 minute into this album: "Holy shit Jeff Beck sounds EXACTLY like Rod Stewart."

Honestly, one that makes me really have to think how I want to evaluate albums. The lore, the personnel, and the time period are absolutely fascinating. Clearly this was absolutely critical and influential to where rock was going. The songs, they’re just okay. This hard rock inspired blues has been done so many times. I think I’m going with a low 4/5. Because it is an entertaining listen that has tangible impact on a massive section of modern music.

first album by an artist i havent heard of before, should be interesting (ok he was part of the yardbirds, found that out later) solid start to the album, definitely skilled on each of their instruments. not a huge fan of this guys voice tho, i feel like it lacks distinction and that might be a problem going forward see im gonna have a hard time trying to find things to say about each song, because so far it isnt shaping up to sound all that different from song to song its cool, the band sounds great, yeah pretty much that your run of the mill blues song, nothing too special about it. the organs cool ig well, slowing it down a bit helps switch things up a little if nothing else ill give them that. unfortunately, that means the band cant carry as much so its still quite boring damn i was kinda excited to see an instrumental track actually because the instruments have been the best part of the music, but this is just an acoustic rendition of that old folk song (which i didnt know the name of before) back to that same jazz rock sound of before, nice solo tho yes, finally! let the band shine! this is the kind of creativity i was looking for in the last instrumental track. easily the best song on the album. sorry beck, but your band has outshone you this whole time 7 and a half minute blues song............................ ok im liking this a lot more than any the other songs with vocals on the album. maybe its just refreshing to hear a pick up in energy after the last song, but id go to say i actually like this song overall the band really carried a lot more weight on here than beck did. it just felt like he didnt really add anything on this album that made it feel unique from anything else in this genre. maybe its just the nature of blues music, but i just cant really get behind the idea of sitting down for 10+ songs of the exact same structure. great to hear live tho. but im gonna have to give jeff a 6 for this album

Listened to this while driving. It’s a little bit too «bluesy» for my taste. Not awful, but definetly not very interesting. Favourites: Can’t remember any.

Great album. I had forgotten about this, but a must listen too. Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart on vocals is a must listen.

mejor que no abra la boca...

Interesting eclectic album. Not really my cup of tea

Like Led Zep & Rolling Stones turned blues to 11. Guitar playing is great but this has to be considered a filler record on this 1000 list.

Niet mijn album, gewoon prima middenmode

Het is een hele goede gitarist, maar als solo album doet het mij niet veel. Zijn stem leidt af van het gitaarspel en voegt niet echt iets toe. Als hij de klassieke stukken met elecktrische gitaar speelt voelt het als een basisschool jongen die dit geleerd heeft van zijn gitaarleraar maar dit toch cooler vindt. Ik vind het eigenlijk allemaal net niet goed genoeg voor drie sterren

Wel respect voor de gitaar kunsten van Jeff Beck maar helaas met het toevoegen van Rod Steward onluisterbaar geworden. Het is als een potje stoof volgooien met koriander, direct verpest, je kan er ook niet omheen eten. De afkeer van koriander en de smaak van zeep zijn voor een groot deel genetisch bepaald. Misschien mijn afkeer voor Rod Steward ook.

Ik waardeer Jeff Beck vooral om zijn gitaarkunsten, je merkt aan alles dat hij erg innovatief is, ik kan me echter niet over zijn stemgeluid heenzetten, het typische rauwe rock n roll Rod Steward achtige stemgeluid. update: na een beetje onderzoek bleek de zanger ook Rod Steward te zijn. Domme keuze van Jeff Beck.

nice riffs

Didn’t expect to hear rod stewart mol

Pretty epic throughout

I'M SO BORED!

#459/1001. Yes. It is heavy, but it really isn't heavy metal, is it. For me at least, metal begins when Sabbath et al. abandon the blues pattern and other typical chord progression patterns and begin crafting song structures based on non-blues-scale riffs. Here we have 3 originals, some fine guitar playing and hard blues rock which for sure was influential for all the 70s acts who rocked all night long, but I would assume those days are now gone-diddli-one. For the zep similarities a 2.

I ... argh. I am not a fan, for mainly reasons of generational repetitiveness, of "classic" rock. Yet I don't hate on it or find it offensive or any solid weird reason to dislike it. It is more, yeah, I know that song... and if I listen say to a classic rock radio station it would eventually drive me nuts because "yes... heard ALL of them thanks... a thousand times over. What it does not mean is that it is "bad" or unworthy or outdated... and this album IS worth listening to and enjoying, full stop. In fact this is a master work and is mind boggling as a who's who OF what was going on at the time and what became essentially timeless. So this, yeah, it is ... pretty amazing, and I say that despite my misgivings about "classic" rock, this actually "rocks!"

Very nice. Although I did notice Rod Stewart singing more than Jeff Becks playing. Still, a very good take on Englishman doing the blues.

Seemed like more of a Rod Stewart album than a showcase of Jeff Beck's guitar skills. Solid British blues. Had some great songs and some that were more of a sludge to get through. Who thought Old Man River was a good idea?

Rod Stewart or Jeff Beck album? Either way, I enjoyed it.