Bitches Brew

nope nope nope

Over 90 minutes of jam sessions cluttered by so many instruments that is borders on incoherence. More of an endurance test than anything. Excess just for the sake of excess is not innovative.

Oh my god!!! Make it stop!!!

Couldn't make it past the first track. Maybe it makes me a heathen, or less intellectual, but freeform experimental jazz just make by brain hurt and me ears bleed.

30 seconds of this made my heart rate spike. those were certainly some 20 minute long experimental jazz songs!

This just sounds like a lot of noise to me. It feels like the musical equivalent of several people doodling a bunch of random stuff on their own pieces of paper, and then haphazardly affixing the pages together and calling it art. Perhaps these doodlers are even talented artists, but the finished product has zero structure and makes no sense as a whole. Also, this was painfully long. Whatever Miles was brewing here, it was really tough to swallow.

This Album was not particularly interesting to me. I found it quite boring and slow. No standouts.

Terrible

Zu schlau für mich.

Man this is unlistenable. 90 minutes of the same instruments played randomly

There may be reasons that he is revered, but I can't suss them out by listening to this album. All is cacophony and chaos. If someone else thinks that it's music, more power to them.

experimentieler jazz, nein

So, A friend of mine told me that she believes that Miles Davis' music just sounds like noise, while i don't see that with Birth Of The Cool, Kind Of Blue, or In A Silent Way. I absolutely do see it with Bitches Brew. This album was just so unbelievably noisy with hardly any work done in actually composing any of the songs properly made this album genuinely painful for me to listen to. I would have disliked this album if it were just 30 minutes but it goes the extra mile and adds an hour to that runtime which made me so relieved once it finally came to an end. Miles Davis has made some decent albums before this one so to see him drop the ball this hard is just insane. Best Song: Sanctuary Worst Song: Bitches Brew Side note: Because i have now done every Miles Davis album on this project, here is my ranking of all of them 1. In A Silent Way 2. Kind Of Blue 3. Birth Of The Cool 4. Bitches Brew

Für meine Ohren nur belangloses Getute und Geklimpere ohne Struktur.

Trumpet player here. This is the type of jazz I hate. Formless, trilling nonsense. It's not hard to make those noises. Music for super pretentious people to ne able to tell others "you just don't get it". I couldn't make it through Disc 1.

Miles middelish

Not his best

Blows me away. Is he practicing or playing. Not into this at all. Like "Fussion" Jazz. Real mind blowing at best.

Lobotomized dying elephant getting his clitty violated

Unfortunately, I hate jazz music.

Read the word jazz, then saw the art and shuddered. Nobody would have art like that on a jazz album and not have the album be free flowing jazz. Pros: Album name Cons: Album

The second track killed it for me. 27 minutes is too long and the trumpet was too high pitched. I didn't go any farther

a bit noisy

I really don’t like jazz

I don't have the tools to engage with this properly. It seems more scattered than Kind of Blue was but that might just be familiarity. I didn't stick with it

это было очень сложно

“I actually left running for my life—more than once.” - Frances Davis, one of the ex-wifes he abused

Mind you even if the genre says it’s jazz, it’s actually different from your traditional jazz that you’d expect, it’s some kind of weird experimental jazz that I did not vibe with at all

Jazz sucks. Not music, its noise

No, no no no no no no no no no, no thanks no, hell noh

I tried, I really did but it’s just not for me.

Much too experimental, even for me.

I love jazz and I love Miles Davis but I didn't love this. I'd be perfectly happy skipping this phase of Davis' career.

Thanks, I hate it. Fave Track: Spanish Key Rating: 1

Hated it - why do I want to listen to something that accurately portrays my brain?

I have tried appreciating this album a dozen or more times. I have owned it on vinyl for five years or so and probably put it on at least twice per year. Every time, I think I might finally hear what people like about this album. I mean, it’s Miles Davis; it’s got a cuss word in the title; the album art is rad; the other players on it are a who’s who of jazz fusion greats; it’s got super long songs, which I typically am all about. But every time I put this on I’m like Charlie Brown getting the football pulled out from under him before he can kick it. I never cease to hate this album no matter how many times I put it on thinking “this time is different. This time I’m going to get ‘Bitches Brew’!”. Whatever it is that makes people like this album, I just can’t hear it. I think it’s because I like songs and music and this is just noise and sounds. Noise albums feel really lazy to me. Like, it is hard work to put letters together to make words, and words together to make sentences. But words and sentences make sense. What if instead there were “noise authors” who put out a book that read: assajnxoendkcbebdjdgggggggwmenfi!:&;)3!fdgkn$&537!?dvkkknfjebb gg did egxjsbxhchsnshcusnskxjJBgeibej$/$&;8,)2’wuxhnsjejHh&3&:@,$jdndjcksksbdhskebxyzhjGgVnwksodhzhjJ$f7j(4hh64:?$fgytyikbgujjn,&,@/&;$.!€>\€\£$?/73838 for 300 pages? And pretentious nerds were like, “yeah man, I totally get it.” No. Take the time to make your letters form words and your words form sentences. Yes, it’s hard work and there is less time for shooting heroin, but it’s worth it because then you’ve written something people can read and not just a bunch of random characters. “Bitches Brew” is the aural equivalent of a bunch of random characters and I’m tired of pretending otherwise.

I hate jazz

Yeah, no. I just don’t get it. I don’t care if that makes me a philistine.

I just don’t like jazz. I wasn’t able to enjoy this album at all

I like a lot of Miles Davis' work, but not this one. I appreciate it for what it is, but it's not an enjoyable listen.

Noise

Imagine recording this random cacophany of improvisational shit and listening back for the first time. The amount of masturbatory praise in that room alone as they imagined the hordes of imagination bereft soulless idiots that would clamour to exclaim their delight over this work. Jazz is for people who see music as a means to an end. A conversation piece. An opportunity to bluster and gatekeep: Oh, you loved Bitches Brew? Well you must be so cultured. The Emperor is fucking naked everyone! Admit it to yourself, throw this in the bin, and go listen to something with structure, cleverness, and emotional connection.

I'm one of the conformist traditionalists who cannot stand New Miles' fusion stuff.

"Kind of blue" is a masterpiece! ...but this album is way to free-jazz for me. It becomes more easier to take in halfway through. But for me to listen to it i have to just let the music flow and not try to keep up with the solos. I feel like this has strayed from technical to "wierd for wierd's sake". Mostly chromatic noodeling gatekept by music critics.

genuinely didn't enjoy this tbh. i love miles davis my kind of blue so much but this was just a lot of noise and no cohesion

Brilliant, I’m sure, but just so not my thing was impossible to enjoy.

Osa B-puolesta oli jazziksi sulatettavaa.

01) Pharaoh's Dance - 3,5 02) Bitches Brew - 3,5 03) Spanish Key - 3,0 04) John McLaughlin - 3,5 05) Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - 3,0 06) Sanctuary - 3,0 TOTAL: 3,25 (33/100) It's an hour and a half of my life I will never get back. But still, I'm willing to sacrifice it so I can say I listened to this probably-worthy album. I wouldn't know. To me, it sounds like sh*t. But then again, I just hate jazz. Thirteen minutes into the song number one, and I already have suicidal/homicidal thoughts. Help me, Lord! Day two... I mean... song number two... Oh wait, this is still song number one... It's been seven hours and fifteen days, and finally, here's song number two. This one is even longer. Still, no structure and no melody can be found. Song #3, my eyes are painfully open, and I want to escape... Song #4 is going on my playlist! Why? Because it's the best, it's only 4 minutes and 23 seconds long! It's been 84 years, but here we are at song number 5. In reality, song number two is still playing, but I'm bored so I'm writing ahead. And I know how this one will sound. Just like the others. 15 minutes of pure cacophony. Are we there yet, did we make it? Is it the end? Can I give my 1 star and go? Yes? Thank you so very much!

Simpelthen ikke musik som er særlig tilgængelige.. Fåk noget pis.

nope not for me

Like a soundtrack to a bad dream. Not pleasant at all, and nearly 2 hours of it!

What's going on with this? The noise is so irritating that it makes me want to slam my van into a wall. Also, it is way too long. If you have 94 minutes to spare, I suggest watching "Shaun of the Dead" or "The Big Lebowski" instead.

I love you Miles, you’re a real mother fucker but I just don’t get this man. I love In a Silent Way but this is too much. I’m sorry.

yikes

I couldn’t finish this. Who wants to listen to nearly 2 hours of elevator music

Stay off drugs, kids. This was not a pleasant or enlightening listen.

Wtf was this? Completely discordant.

This one I don't get at all, definitely no music for me, the first album I skipped after the second track.

Nein, diese Art von Jazz und ich, wir werden keine Freunde mehr. Vielleicht im nächsten Leben.

Would give this -5 if I could. I guess experimental jazz is not for me

too long

Could Not Listen more than one Minute. It is awful

Bottom tenth of the 1,000. Fascinatingly boring.

INSTRUMENTAL JAZZ

Dont get it

I would happily give this less than 1 star. Endless and made me feel anxious.

I kind of liked the other Miles Davis record that I listened to in this list, but I simply do not get this recording.

"You hate jazz? You fear jazz! You fear the lack of rules. The lack of boundaries." I mean, this is mostly nonsense isn't it? In my humble opinion, a lack of any kind of cohesive structure makes for a dull and un-engaging listen, especially if you spread it into a long-form piece. I didn't hate it like I have some other albums, but I have to judge it based on how well it moved and involved me, and that answer is not at all. It sat in the background well enough, and I adopted a face of mild bemusement for the most part while listening to it. Jazz isn't big, and it isn't clever.

Nicht mein Stil

You've heard of word vomit. Ladies and gentlemen I introduced to you music vomit.

1-2

cannot get into it

This is what all music would sound like if each band member was remote and individually dialled in over questionable internet

I don't understand this music. It just sounds like noise to me. Really lacking in composition, cohesion, beat, everything. Didn't enjoy listening to this one at all.

Terrible

Alldeles för stökigt för att vara kul jazz.

Very,very,very bad.I don’t understand the love for this album.It’s almost 2 hours of wailing songs that never seem to go anywhere and never seem to end.I just can’t believe anyone actually listens to it.

I tried. But it seems that I’ll never be able to enjoy Jazz improv. I’m clearly not intelligent or cultured enough.

honestly kind of boring, not really for me, feels very conceptual, very smooth, doesnt really go anywhere

Ikke for meg

При всем уважении к легенде, но что это было? Мне как будто насрали в уши.

Not my type of music.

Bit of a bitch to get through, that Bitches Brew.

Not for me

I started this to expand my musical horizons a bit. Jazz like this is something I never really got and I still don't. I'm sure the individual musicians are very clever but this just sounds like they are all trying to play a different piece of music at the same time.

Na

Weird experimental jazz. Nvm it’s sick like funky jazz

What the hell? This is insane. The whole album just feels like a systems check. Maybe a warmup. Nobody seems to be playing off each other, except maybe the drummer.

Duurt mij allemaal veel te lang

The first song was 20 minutes of clatter. Giving it the second song to redeem itself and then I’m out. Second song was better, but I’m just not feeling the flow or vibe. It all seems just thrown together. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: none

bah non 26min la musique j'ecoute pas

A little bit too free-form for me. Difficult to listen to as I'm conditioned to expect a track to go somewhere. Birth of the Cool was better, and I'm going to drop this a star for the track lengths.

I didn't find a single thing I liked about this. To me it was an album of ridiculuoisluy long tracks, music that sounded like random noise and an unsuitably long runtime. It is far too expermental and chaotic for my taste. I definitely don't enjoy pure Jazz, just songs that take Jazz influence.

I've listened to some miles Davis in the past, and I'm sure I enjoyed it much more than this. I found this really difficult to get through. I need structure in music. I have no idea where any of this is going and I can't enjoy it because of this. Is stressful 26 minutes is too long for a track! There's no way I would ever choose to listen to any of this again and I didn't enjoy it. Has to be a 1. Probably demonstrates my ignorance

This is the type of Jazz that I just don't get - to me it's chaotic and lacks form, which are probably the same reasons why some people rave about it. Not for me.

Jazz listens would absolutely love this album. Unfortunately, I do not love jazz and can't recommend this album. There are only two issues with this album firstly, no vocals, and secondly retaining attention. To begin, I do not know if all jazz has no vocals, but I do know that this album has none which is a personal gripe because I very much enjoy vocals in music. Vocals add depth and meaning to songs instrumental can only do so much to portray meaning and feeling and in this album, there is a lack of both. Secondly, as it can be very easily seen this album is quite long with only seven songs. That is due to the fact that each song besides one is over ten minutes two of which are over twenty minutes long. The length of the songs would not be a problem if the songs were able to hold the listener's attention which they do not. It was a struggle to retain attention during the songs "Pharaohs Dance," and "Bitche's Brew." Those being the first two songs on the track set the pace for the rest of the album and made for a rather unenjoyable listening experience.

Did not care for this album. At all. When do I get to hear "Kind of Blue"? Is that album on this list? The freeform jazz created for this record gave me a headache that would not go away. Give me a little structure with my jazz, please. I think the heroine had truly taken hold by the time he made this record. If I had a cat and it ran across a piano, I think I would get the same styling of music heard in Bitches Brew.

I gotta respect it, but man, this was unlistenable to me. Probably cool if you like jazz more than me, but as it is, I disliked it. I don't think it's the worst album I've heard, but it's gotta get a one. The length was awful... My favourite song was maybe Miles Runs The Voodoo Down? No idea. All of it was just noise to me, so...

Unfortunately, without watching a jazz group live, I don’t feel like I can make a connection with these recordings. Professionally done, but not my cup of tea.

I know Miles Davis, but this is sad

No. Nobody needs 1 hour 46 minutes of Jazz. NOBODY.

F Pharaoh’s Dance - 1 Bitches Brew - 1 Spanish Key - 1 John McLaughlin - 1 Miles Runs the Voodoo Down - 1 Sanctuary - 2 Miles really thought he could force me to listen to 20 min+ tracks and get more than a 1. Honestly, it's not even the length, this just wasn't interesting jazz. There was way too much going on.

Logboek entry 1: Ik heb het gevoel dat ik er al een hele dag op heb zitten en ik zit pas op driekwart van de eerste track. Dit wordt een lange zit. Tot nu toe kan ik het wel aanhoren, maar ik haal er geen plezier of genot uit. Met vlagen waan ik me die dansende dwerg van Twin Peaks. Logboek entry 2: Gevoelsmatig kijk ik nu 2 dagen later naar de voortgangsbalk in Spotify. Ik kom er achter dat ik pas halverwege track 2 ben. M'n vorige logboek entry was slechts 20 minuten geleden. Opeens snap ik hoe het tijdreizen in Interstellar werkt. Logboek entry 3: Halverwege track 3. Het klinkt inmiddels iets minder alsof de muzikanten los van elkaar aan het warmspelen zijn. Het voelt alleen wel alsof Miles je na het lopen van een marathon uitnodigt om nog even een uurtje te gaan wandelen. Grotendeels berg op, met wind tegen, op verkeerde schoenen. En Miles stapt over het algemeen graag stevig door. Logboek entry 4: Ik zie dat ik net een nummer van 4,5 minuut heb gehad. Bijna gemist. Twee keer knipperen en het is voorbij. Dat vrijwel alle andere artiesten aan 4 minuten genoeg hebben om hun punt te maken; ongelofelijk eigenlijk. Ik voel me alsof de eindstreep in zicht komt, maar de gladiolen worden nog niet in m'n handen gedrukt. Nog iets meer dan een half uur te gaan. Dat is genoeg tijd om te luisteren naar Raw Power van the Stooges, Green River van CCR of Surfer Rosa van Pixies. Allemaal albums waarvoor ik 5 sterren uitdeelde. Het mag voor mij niet zo zijn, Miles heeft nog puf. Logboek entry 5: Sanctuary begon wel aardig, met een beetje een Tournée Générale vibe, maar op het einde ontspoort de trein toch weer. Het laatste beetje zin wat ik had in dit album wordt nu vakkundig weggeblazen. Zometeen als beloning voor mezelf maar even een rustig podcastje opzetten over een misdaad in Drenthe waar ik nog nooit van gehoord heb, o.i.d. Muziek hoeft vandaag niet meer. Logboek entry 6: Over de helft van de laatste track nu. Nog een paar stappen en de reis is voorbij. Miles is er zelf toch ook wel wat moe van merk ik bij de laatste track, en gelukkig maar. Dit album was eens en nooit meer voor mij. Ik ben nu al bang voor de drie andere keren dat ik nog een Miles Davis album ga krijgen. Grote kans dat ik dan eerder afhaak als hij weer met me wil gaan lopen. Met alle respect een 1 van mij voor deze slijtageslag.

ну это преступление

Nope

There's far too much going on. It did me nut in tbh. Bloody racket.

No thanks

Pretty sure this is the soundtrack in hell, you thought 90 mins was long, try eternity heathen!

p196. 1970. 1 star. It's probably technically exquisite but... ffs, do we really need a double album of 70's jazz wankage and 20+ minute shapeless, pointless, free form tracks? There is no difference between this and all those double album prog rock albums from the same era that no-one listens to. Life is too short for this.

Слишком долго чтобы слушать.. наверное прикольно, для кого-то другого

I’m sure this is ✨art✨ but I sure can’t sit through it

I tried. I listened to this album again. I’ve heard it before. It’s been on my mind a ton. I keep trying to figure it out, and I can’t. I don’t get it. The album art work and the beer are amazing. The album is chaos.

I kept wondering what method they used to come up with names for each of these tracks. There is music of his that does it for me. This album missed the mark by a wide swath of bitches.

The 60s did weird things to people. And to music. Take Miles Davis for instance. He birthed the cool at the end of the 50s. But by the end of the 60s he was as deep in the psychedelic, abstract, and avante garde as everyone else. I would say it’s like the cool kid you knew in high school that everyone wanted to be like, but then they got addicted to drugs and became a completely different person. I would, but apparently Davis birthed the cool from heroin binges, so the drugs were there all along.

I didn’t finish the album. I feel bad rating it on a (very) incomplete listen, but I feel like the fact that couldn't finish speaks for itself.

Bitches Brew is an experimental, groundbreaking and very brave album, created by a genius-at-work Miles Davis and his ensemble of top-notch jazz musician of his time. The work is a fusion od modal, experimental and definitely avant-garde jazz, with some early rock and funk influence. Miles' experience is certainly expressed loud and clear on this album - he is not afraid, he knows what he wants from himself and other members, and is working hard to deliver an almost 120 minutes long masterpiece of jazz. On paper it's a recipe for a top album of all time. So what's my opinion? I... don't like it. I really tried, but I don't like it. It's very hard to find a key to understand this album. Obviously compositions here have their own rules and motives, but I can't identify them, or I can, but they are not appealing to me. I am a fan of avant-garde music, I love the chaotic neatness of Fantomas, erratic Igorrr, calmness of Sunn O))). But those band operate in context of completely different genre, that I know and understand so much better than jazz. Probably I am too oblivious to even the simplest examples of the genre, that's why it's harder to find the context. I doubt it, but maybe in the future I will spend much more time exploring nuances and rules of jazz, so that breaking the form and moulding it afresh will be fully appreciated by me. But at the moment, the album is totally incomprehensible for me and both times that I listened to it, I felt like I was being experimentally tortured by music. Maybe next time!

Ugh, I CANNOT endure this - I made it through the first track and realized that the second track was more of the same, so I stopped before it could give me a headache. It seems like a bad jam session with the musicians playing random notes. The trumpet frequently makes off-key squealing and squawking noises that grate on my ears.

Couldn’t even listen, gave it a chance but it was incredibly boring.

Wank

What the heck is this??? There is no rhyme or reason to the music. This is where jazz loses me. It’s not bad to listen to, just not remember able in any way

That was crap...

Far be it from me to criticise Miles Davis, but this is just not for me.

I guess I’m just not in the mood for this right now

i just need lyrics

Urgh stressful

Dog shit

I hated this album when I first heard it 20ish years ago and I still hate it now. I know Miles Davis is a jazz legend. I do enjoy some of his other work, Kind of Blue for instance; but this is just unappealing noise to me. Hell, I even like some true blue noise artists but this just outright turns me off. I know a lot of people love this album and I'm glad that they can get into it but this just isn't the kind of jazz that I enjoy and the near 2 hours of this is like time in the dentist's chair to me. Sorry, Miles. You'll get a much kinder score when Kind of Blue inevitably appears as my album of the day.

If I could vote 0 stars I would. This is not music, this is fucking noise. The start of the second track sounds like the crazy music from Vuvla's show in Spaced.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APjDtBNZiNA

two days after having a miles davis album that was excellent we've decended back into some incomprehensible madness. feels like i've accidentally taken some sort of hallucinogenic.

First album I didn't want to finish, was just noise not music

Jazz ...

Unfortunately not for me.

Very long songs. Not the kind of jazz I listen to

"Kom! We pakken er allemaal ons instrument bij, en dan gaan we gewoon lekker ieder voor zich wat zitten aankloten!" Je bent echt een snob als je blijft volhouden dat dit briljant is.

Hier past slechts: OMG!

This is the worst kind of jazz

Dit is mij veel teveel hard-core Jazz. Leuk dat het de muzikanten vrij staat om te doen wat ze willen, maar zoals Hans Teeuwen ooit zei "ongeinspireerde bagger". Het kan mij niet bekoren in ieder geval, haha. *

Arrhgg, 25 min long jazz improv.. Shoot me now.

Rotete jazz pretensiøst

This is one of the worst albums I have ever had the misfortune to hear. As Tony Wilson said, ‘Jazz is the last refuge of the untalented. Jazz musicians enjoy themselves more than anyone listening to them does.’ He had a point!

This is going to be a very divisive statement but screeching trumpets and other brass instruments are just awful sounding and give me a pounding headache. There is NO way I am going to make it thru the 1st 20+ minute song on this album let alone its entire playtime of 1 hour 45 minutes. It's a no from me.

Not a fan of scatty jazz

Some jazz album

Jazz is not my bag

I've never been a lover of freestyle jazz type stuff. I like rhythm and order. This is not for me.

I took a semester of jazz quiz and sang “I Fuckin Love Watchin You Piss” in Louis Armstrong’s voice in Ross’ room every day. I will not subjugate myself to listening to any more free form no-vocal jazz music. This is one star and anyone who says otherwise can answer to Larry Dwyer himself.

Jazz ain't for me

It's jazz. If you like sitting around your house listening to smooth instrumental jazz then this is for you. I don't so it's not for me. If I were at a jazz club and they played it there then I'd be ok. I don't have any use for this album outside of that purpose.

I had very high hopes for this, but it was mostly noise. I don't think this lives up to the historical hype.

Turned off after about 5 mins. Just making noise with instruments.

This is one of Davis' later albums, in what became known as his "electric era" where he started using a lot more electric pianos, etc. I didn't really care for it, I haven't spent the time to "get" Jazz. His earlier work is apparently better, I should listen to his best album, "Kind of Blue" at some point, but I can't get myself to listen today after listening to this one. Davis was sort of controversial, he was seen as a huge sellout later in his career and isn't the best instrumentalist, supposedly. He also beat his wives, so there's that.

Nope.

boooo

Pues.... es jazz... como si un grupo de jazzistas se hubieran reunido, echado unos hongos y puesto a tocar a ver qué salía. Supongo que tiene su mérito no perder la noción de lo que están haciendo durante tanto tiempo, pero es súper pesado de escuchar.

Nope, I hate this.

-I cant deal with that much smooth jazz sorry

blippetiblopetti

Miles

Næs

Kind of Blue is still my all time favorite but this fusion album is good. Have to be in a certain mindset for Jazz but I like this.

I wish I liked jazz more than I do

Хороший джаз