Bitches Brew

Don't really know what to make out of this. Possibly my lack of culture, but I didn't really enjoy it that much. Wasn't bad, just felt like a bit of a drag.

I enjoyed this, but didn't find it very conducive to working on spreadsheets.

The cover art is clearly set in the daytime, but I feel like this music is better in the dark somehow, where it can envelop me. I like Bennie Maupin's bass clarinet quite a bit, especially in the title song.

Nice to listen to while doing something else

Enjoyed that, felt like a big jam session. Album artwork top notch also 👌

It challenges you. And it changed things. It’s art. But not pop art.

jazz experimental? to dentro!! ps: a capa desse album é belissima

Classic record

I don’t get it

Despite not being rock music, this album fucking rocks.

I first listened to this album years ago when I was much to young to fully comprehend what I was hearing. I hadn't listened to it until getting it today and it all suddenly clicked for me. I don't know if my musical maturity helped me fully appreciate it or if I knew more about what to expect going in, either way I loved it. I fully understand why someone wouldn't enjoy it, especially if its your first introduction to Miles Davis or jazz in general. Its long and the songs can seem to ramble on. But maybe give yourself some space between listens and come back to it and see if your opinion has changed. For me though its a 5/5

Listen to Bitches Brew again? Say no more 1001 albums generator. This album fucks, and I say this as someone that is deathly allergic to anything over an hour

I want to like this album so bad but I don't. I remember checking it out when I first got into jazz fusion in the 90's and it didn't click for me back then and it still doesn't now. Give me something to latch on to... a groove, a repeating riff, a head or even a fucking chord progression. They just meander the whole time. In a vacuum, I'm rating this 2 stars based on that I will never purposely listen to it again. But I'm adding half a star for how revolutionary it was at the time and how much it influenced a lot of my favourite music... The jazz funk fusion of the early to mid 70's. And half a star for the bitchin artwork.

Miles Davis is musically brilliant but not my thing.

good, but too jazzy for my taste. very free, very moving, hitting some spots, but i guess i have to listen to it more often to get the whole appeal.

cool sounds, just got a bit samey

I unfortunately could not finish any of the songs. I'm not built for real jazz.

1/5

I know that this is an extremely important album but I just do not have the literacy around experimental jazz to really get this, at least not on first listen, which took almost 2 full hours lol. Part of me was tempted to give this a 5 just to pretend I had taste. Obviously Miles Davis is incredible this just isn’t a super enjoyable album for me, not unenjoyable though. I sincerely apologize

I know one day this album will hit me at the perfect time, it’ll click, and I’ll rave about it. It’s happened before. I can’t force the issue in one day - 5 stars and moving on.

Era todo jazz banco pero no chau

Pretty cool album with some highs and lows. This listen gave me exposure to John McGlaughlin and finally made me get his deal. The standouts are the electric instruments, experimentation, and deviation from a standard jazz quartet/quintet. Most every song had a couple times they really got a good groove going... and then they changed it up. I think the bass players (Dave Holland & Harvey Brooks) stood out the most to me. This rating is for the whole shebang of artists, album art, creativity, and music.

Call mr whatever. This is a no.

straight so boring had to watch you tube while listening it was too boring background music jazz wasn't interesting enough they did nothing unique

Hella long but what an album!

Idk it's Jazz

So nearly a DNF, a 1, almost giving Miles Davis a 1 feels mental in the abstract but I had to really get myself to trudge through those first two mammoth sized songs, felt better toward the end but I probably won’t come back to this for a long time. Pretty upset with myself about this but we must move forward its what Miles would’ve wanted guys x

It's Miles Davis, what more do you need to say?

Little too noisy for me. I prefer kind of blue

Not my kind but its great

Absolute classic jazz rock

Que viagem!

Deu outra dimensão ao commute, senti que estava em homeland

Eu nem desgosto deste tipo de jazz, mas com album, e durante 1h45, é too much para mim

Álbum muito bom. Capa também é 5/5

I still don't know how to verbalise my thoughts on jazz but this is really entertaining and impressive. Lots of long winding, crazy passages that make the album cover a perfect fit for the sound of this album 4.5 Highlights: Spanish Key, Sanctuary

This was so interesting to come back to. I hadn’t listened all the way through in years but this is still a favorite. I will admit to a perhaps cheesy love story with this album: I’d tried to listen to it a few times in high school and it just sounded to me like discordant noise. I was a drummer, both in my schools jazz band and in a band with friends. I wanted to like it but didn’t. Fast forward to first year of university and my roommate puts it on one night while we were super high. It was a revelation. What had seemed discordant resolved into nuanced beautiful textures and exploration. Ever after I still hear it this way and find it at once engaging and interesting to as a listen, and surprisingly also relaxing.

It's famous and it's still utterly captivating. But it's also tiresome. I'd put it on again as a beloved museum piece rather than a favourite friend.

Cannot possibly digest this in one listen. Some accessible bits, some hard going, dissonant bits, and some bits that sound like Mario music according to my wife.

6/10 Esta bueno, temas muy largo, eso no me gusto y se me hizo medio denso en un momento, con temas que estaban bastante pj. Pero no es malo, se puede disfrutar

Strange Brew.

I was looking forward to this one and ended up really disappointed. It just sounds a bit shit and it's really long. The album cover is epic though.

Awesome record

I like a project, about 6 years ago I decided I was going to listen to all of the rolling stone 500 albums of all time in a year. There were only two I couldn’t listen to. An album by Selena, it just felt too lightweight. And this. For context I was in the midst of a patch of really poor mental health and this was too frantic and too chaotic. So I’ve tried again, and it’s still those thing but in a positive way. This is an exercise in technique and ambition and it meets it most of the time. Phenomenal musicianship and production that uses the studio as an instrument. Not always my natural musical home but never not impressive.

Noise pollution.

I think maybe I just don't care for Miles, excepting kind of blue and the spain/flamenco? one. This is electric fusion and all as advertised, but on first listen just doesn't go as hard as I need my relatively formless music to go.

This is one that I've actually spent a lot of time with over the years. It is 100% a journey. Its a trip. It takes you places. Its not something that should be passively listened to either, you kind of need a dedicated listen or a long drive with just you and the radio. The. music is so eccentric, and it goes every which way that you could imagine. Its loud, soft, heavy, hushed, mysterious, obvious all at once. This is probably one of the most "worthy of the 1000 list" albums on here. Its brilliantly layered and performed. Its an American masterpiece.

Miles Davis makes great jazz music, not much else to it.

While I enjoyed some of the songs on this album, most left me feeling anxious and in need of hitting the skip button after a few minutes.

I liked Kind of Blue much much more.

Great musician, horrible human

What a journey. I was intimidated by the track list, but found myself really enjoying the long and meandering songs. Would love to listen to this one again in a non-work context, because it was difficult to pull off at work.

Long songs Long album Damn fine album 4/5

Bitchen

all over. different. out there jazz.

I want so badly to be a jazz guy but I’m not. I enjoy listening to Kind of Blue but this one is a drag. 2/5 for me. If I am in the jazziest mood possible I may enjoy this but the lack of rhythm (perceivable to me, at least) makes it a difficult groove to get into. I have tried hard to get into 'real' jazz, but I enjoy jazz-adjacent music much more.

Too long for my addled internet brain that cannot appreciate jazz enough

3.8

Super well renowned but just fiddly soloing for long songs, it didn’t grab me emotionally or resonate with me much. After a few days later, I can’t remember a single song. Impressive for what it is, but not for me

Great album, although for me it dragged on for just a tiny bit too long.

Not everyone is going to like this one, but I do! It sounds like Miles Davis plus Grateful Dead psychedelic jams.

Completely forgettable background music.

This actually kinda smashes. It will go insane, I think, when playing cards with homies

I've always heard incredible things about this album. Unfortunately I don't have the attention span or desire to sit through 1.45 hours of jazz.

Jazz fusion and avant-garde jazz built from electric keyboards, restless percussion, fragmented horn lines, and no vocals feels like wandering through a dense jungle at night where every path branches into three more before disappearing into the darkness— chaotic, self-indulgent, and ultimately frustrating. The album's ambition is obvious, it constantly reinvents itself from moment to moment, rejecting comfort, structure, and easy rewards, creating some kind of ultimate musical freedom. For me it's just an intense lack of focus.

⭐⭐⭐ Svårbedömt album å ena sidan stuntals krävande med lmycket långa spår utan tarditionell låtuppbyggnad men jag upplever också att jag går helt upp i vissa spår och att det nästan blir meditativt. Efter några lyssningar uppskattar jag det mer och kommer nog komma tillbaka till det igen, helt klart är att man måste vara i rätt mood för detta album. Det är de två första spåren Pharaoh's dance och Bitches Brew jag har svårast för. Det blir en strk 3a. Bäst är Spanish key, Miles run the voodoo down

Immortalized by Midwest legends Luxury Bucket. Especially enjoyable today, since the first track lined up almost exactly with my morning drive.

Jazz ei oo mun juttua, ei mitenkään. Mutta. Edellisen kanje westin jälkeen tätä kuunnellesani totesin että kuuntelen mieluummin tätä kuin kanje westiä. Siksi tämä saa yhden ylimääräisen tähden.

Voi jatsi sentään

7 songs, 1 hour 46 minutes is diabolical. I guess I just don’t really like Miles Davis very much. This is my 2nd attempt to like him and 2nd failure.

Ærligt - jeg hørte Volume 1. Det varede knap 1 time. Det kan jeg ikke det her, så det er også unfair, at jeg bedømmer det. Eller er det? My goodness, hvor er det ulideligt 0.9

Created a whole new sub genre, exciting to listen to even 50 years later.

classic

This one is hard to rate. I went in expecting something like Kind of Blue but that's basically the opposite of what this is. It's a challenging listen if you sit down and do critical listening. And it's definitely not meant to be listened to as background music. It's very technically proficient, but similar to Nina Simone's Wild in the Wind, you have to be in a specific mood. Or at least I have to be.

I'm really trying to appreciate Jazz here. This was good, but sometimes an uncomfortable listen, and I'm comfortable sitting with that. Jazz is never "easy listening" for me. The thing with Jazz music like this is they'll get on a groove or a little segment of a song that I'm enjoying...then before I know it, they're off on another tangent. I keep wanting them to settle in, let me settle in, but I never get the chance to.

Great! Probably went over my head a little in terms of how much craftsmanship is in this album, but it was a superb experience listening to this

5/5. In the late 60’s Miles Davis went electric and it nearly ended the world. jazz purists were enraged, they almost caused a nuclear apocalypse over it. But it was worth it, because fusion era Miles Davis put out some of the best records of all time, and among those is this hour-fourty-six behemoth, Bitches Brew. The songs here are large, expansive jams (the title track being 26 minutes long) which are demanding listens but also deeply rewarding with all the detail underneath. This is one of those albums where every listen I find something new. And Davis’s trumpet playing on this record is fantastic, there is so much power behind basically every note he plays on here, same goes for the rest of the ensemble that worked on this album. And as a bonus, this has one of the best album covers of all time as well which fits perfectly with the surreal, psychedelic vibe of the album.

Pretty wild jazz album. Some oddball stuff on this, but done in an interesting way. Can see why it is a classic. I didn't enjoy it as much as Kind of Blue, which is a very different experience.

Imma be so honest, I listened to 40 minutes and I think I’ve had enough lol. Good album but almost 2 hours is wild

’m no closer to understanding how Jazz works but this is easily the best Jazz album I’ve heard so far.

The first time I heard of this album was because Dogfishead had a tribute beer for it. Miles Davis is incredible.

Felt like listening to a panic attack

Sounds like elevator music but it's relaxing. 3 stars

This is exactly what I thought jazz was before starting this 1001 list. Chaotic, improvised, overly long nonsense listened to by pretentious idiots. There’s been enough quality jazz on here to change my mind, before Miles comes along with a 90 minute, 7 track, make-it-up-as-you-go-along pile of jazz wank. Awful.

Miles Davis is a genius. He can take any subgenre of jazz he wants and put a completely unique and insane spin on it. He has done it many times in his career and this to me is the pinnacle of his creativity. The credits on this record are insane: one massive name after another. It shows in the music too, as the playing throughout this entire 90 minute monster is tight and impressive as fuck. The album is crazy ambitious with the massive song lengths, challenging compositions that god knows how he came up with and its fusions of rock, ambient and others. There is a lot of clearly improvised elements and it goes to show how talented everyone is. The music constantly keeps you on the edge of your seat as you are trying to guess what's happening next. The craziest part is how good it all sounds on headphones. The recording is so clear, vivid and colorful that it makes you feel like you are right there while the band is performing. The album requires patience, but once it clicks it's so worth it.

Very talented obviously. I wish I had the attention span to parse out the individual songs. This album art is sweet though and I can't believe it's from 1970.

Objectively phenomenal, but this is something I'd put on in the background, not something I'd want to be actively listening to. 20+ minute songs aren't for the weak.

I love you, Miles Davis

Oon nyt ihan vastikää jotenkin lämmennyt jazzille enemmän. Toki myönnettävä, että jazz ei todellakaan sovi joka tilanteeseen, mutta esimerkiksi ravintolassa taustamusiikkina tai kotona ylipäätään taustalla kun fiiilistelyfiilis päällä niin toimii todella hyvin. Ps. Jazz baarissa ois kiva päästä käymää

Mitä vittua tämä on 0/5

Not a big enough jazz boy. Prefer sides 3/4 to 1/2

Cool but too chaotic for me

I know I should rate this higher but I just can’t

Weird and dark

Very blue guy

This album was not for me, the musicianship and skill shown along with the talent can’t be denied and the influence this album has had on jazz is also massive. For me though the pieces were really hard to keep my focus especially with how long some of them are, I think rearranging the album instead of front loading may have made it better to me. Glad I listened but won’t be coming back for a long time

4/5

Not my favorite Miles, but certainly a worthwhile listen.

This album is the definition of cool just like peeing your pants. He had a way of making you feel his music and I am all for it. 8.5/10 Top song Bitches Brew

Very cool and artsy artsy jazzy. The stereotype. Should listen and pay attention at some point

If anyone ever asks me what my favourite Miles Davis record is, I will probably say Bitches Brew because it will make me look clever. It hasn't happened yet, but if it ever does, I'll be ready. I do genuinely like it but yes, it's hard work and you have to be in the mood. I'm far happier listening to the proggy, psychy side of Miles Davies than the candle-lit dinner jazz side. I love a challenge in music, and this record is a challenge but a rewarding one, if you're willing to put the time in. I recommend a darkened room, some good headphones and a drop or two of something intoxicating to aid digestion.

Said it before me and jazz have a varied relationship and this is one of those where I have to just say no. I'm sure the musicianship is technically amazing, perhaps it's all very clever improvisation? It sounds like improv without an idea to me, too much noodling about and never getting anywhere, except on my wick.

Good jazz album

Cool

Not good, but I appreciate the experimentation.

I know this is seen as the pinnacle of jazz. I guess I'm just not a jazz guy. It leaves me completely cold and just melts into the background. I appreciate the talent but I just find it a bit annoying.

Teo Macero doing the heavy lifting here.

Experimental jazz is experimental jazz. A collection of 20+ minute songs that weren't particularly enjoyable to listen to.

Not for me

incredible jazz album. Probably my favourite of miles's. 9/10. First listen tracklist ranking: 1. Bitches Brew 2. Pharaoh's Dance 3. Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 4. Spanish Key 5. Sanctuary 6. John McLaughlin

Miles baby, Miles!

God I love this band.

I just can't get into this, maybe I'm not cool enough.

Brilliant. Miles Davis is one of my favorites. I’m a big jazz person.

Even before you hear a single note, you know that this album will be revolutionary - the cover is one of the most striking visuals ever. And then you hear the music. I can’t imagine what this album did to the jazz scene, because when I grew up in the 70s, fusion was everywhere. But before that, you’d expect Miles to play Bebop. Of course, he invented that, too. I don’t know if it’s everyone’s cup of tea, but I do know it should be heard. 5 stars

Oof. First off, this isn't my first rodeo with Bitches Brew. Decades ago, I started slowly checking out CDs from the library to broaden my musical palette, and I waded into jazz pretty deeply. I hit a lot of the highlights and this one always stood out. I put it on for dinner with my wife and three kids and made them sit through it. It was chaotic, a bit cacophonous, but extraordinarily interesting. In spite of it's atonal nature there was real music here and something I'd never heard or thought to hear. Back then it was revelatory.. I'm older, less patient with 'experiments' (especially with my music), and more set in my ways. A bit of that is wisdom, some of that is stubbornness, and a lot is just being better tuned into what I like and what I want from music. So as a counterpoint, and in opposition to my first encounter with Brew, I **don't** want this from my everyday music. I absolutely understand why this album is important, however, and I'm still in awe of it's sprawl and power. It's absolutely a 'must hear' and Davis is a jazz magician. He can take these sounds and make music from them. I won't and don't and have this in any rotation, but I have to acknowledge what's going on here. THIS is revolutionary. THIS is a million times better than most of the 'art rock'/experimental/electronica/pretentious bullshit we have in this list and have encountered so far. (5/5) This is atonal, experimental, revolutionary music and it's performed by a virtuoso and artist who knew that. I don't expect everyone will agree or like it, but it's impossible to ignore this and that's powerful.

Oh, boy. Heavy doesn't even begin to describe this one, which is a bit too much to digest on a Thursday morning in May. I have had exposure to it before, notably when Dogfish Head released a 40th anniversary beer in honor of it, and I popped it on Spotify while I drank one of them. It was a phenomenal and very fitting nod to the source material, as both are think, rich, and quite frankly have too much going on to be enjoyed casually, or in large doses. Which is to say that I APPRECIATE it more than I actually LIKE it. I'll certinly give it its due, but as I'd seldom if ever choose to put this on for myself, it's a 4.5/5 that I can't bring myself to round up.

Variety: 4 Adequacy: 5 Listenability: 3 Uniqueness: 5 Emotionality: 5 = 4.4 rounded up to 5 for... reasons “Music is an addiction.” Davis is one of those guys whose later discography I've tried numerous times to dive deep into, but always end up coming up for air way sooner than I would like. I can recognize the pioneering nature, and even enjoy the atmosphere and mood of a lot of it. In small doses anyway. And I can appreciate the massive influence this sound had on the decade to come. Few albums can be rightfully seen as cultural touchstones, and this is one. I have not tried this in a good 20 years, and I think I've since mellowed a bit on my jazz preferences ( much more into traditional hard bop). THE TRACKS Side one "Pharaoh's Dance" - This ones feels just as stressful and overwhelming as when I first listened to it. My wife described it as the feeling you get the first time you ride the subway, and aren't sure how everything works. Are you going to miss your stop? Is it too crowded? The line looks confusing. Is that guy staring at you? What's that smell? This is subdued, low-key panic stretched out over twenty minutes. The soundtrack to substance withdrawal. Uncertainty and doubt bubbling underneath while you go about your day normally, and maybe even with a smile on your face. I really liked this. Quite a bit. It wore me out though, and I can't say I loved it. But was it effective and emotionally captivating? Most definitely. Side two "Bitches Brew" - We enter much more sinister territory here. Mystical even. I know Davis and company used a lot more electric instrumentation and effects on this album than were traditionally used, and the echo here on the trumpet especially makes it hard for me to not imagine some sort of horrific noir movie where someone is being hunted through foreboding and alien city streets. The protagonist gets away at first, but must stick to the shadows. There's more control than chaos on display here compared to the first track, and this strikes me more as the score to a restless mind that just can't stop or focus, but is being forced to nonetheless. If the first track was chaos born into the world, this is the doomed attempt to capture and contain it. At several points it even seems successful, all the woes of the world get stuff briefly back into the box, but very quickly again and again they crawl their way back out, and by the end, the hinges are busted, the lid is in pieces, and the lock lays shattered on the floor. Side three "Spanish Key" - A hell of a lot funkier than what's come before. This one trots along with an intent and a laser focus lacking in the prior tracks that manages to feel like one sustained groove for the whole run time. Possibly the most accessible number on the album. "John McLaughlin" - Notable as the shortest track on the album ( the only one coming in under 10:00), this one feels the most like a jam to me. I'm sure plenty of improvisation came out of these sessions, but this feels the loosest and most free spirited of anything yet. Apparently the only track Davis and Wayne Shorter are absent from as well. Side four "Miles Runs the Voodoo Down" - The funk and soul has been brought. This one feels like a lazy, drunken stroll down a midnight street. The night's revelry is starting to fade as your brain struggles to concentrate on putting one foot in front of the other. The lightest piece yet as we're able to stay under those street lamps for the entirety of our stroll, but the inky black night is present always, threatening to reach in and leave us blind. "Sanctuary" - My favorite track on the album. Davis has kept you in his grip for a good hour and twenty, staring unblinking with wild eyes, alternately shaking you and smacking you senseless ( and into alertness at times), and now, his energy spent, you're able to creep away as the sleep overtakes your captor. It's a restless sleep though, full of fits. HIGHLIGHTS - All of it MIDLIGHTS - All of it LOWLIGHTS - All of it FINAL THOUGHTS This was just as challenging a listen to me now as it was decades ago. I think the difference now is that I have a few more tools in my belt to process and appreciate it. This will never be something I would throw on for pleasure. But it's one I could see being endlessly rewarding as a musical archeology project. I think this would be an insane live experience if it were possible to replicate and I would totally be down for it. It was at times phantasmagoric, and intensely emotionally evocative. A 94 minute panic attack immortalized in 8-track analog tape. This album accomplished the rare feat of making me feel something deep in my gut. Like the best movie scores ( and I think this is HUGELY influential in that realm as well), this was able to peel back my emotional defenses, such as they are, and poke around in the old prefrontal cortex. Fear, stress, panic, and confusion were the raw material being mined, and while not a pleasant experience, it was definitely an experience. And that's a hell of an accomplishment by any metric. How much media nowadays can get even the smallest rise out of you? Think about it for a second. That said, Birth of the Cool, In a Silient Way, and Kind of Blue will beat this one out everytime as better, more enjoyable listens. As a unique experience though - this belongs up there in a class of it's own, and gets the rare bump ( despite my actual score) up for me into 5-stars, as I would recommend everyone hear this at least once. You might hate it. It might become your most favorite thing ever. You will not find it boring. But I don't think you can be taken seriously in a conversation about the genre without having experienced it at least the one time. In that respect, this album embodies the goals of this list more than most I think. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - Nope. FURTHER LISTENING - Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock - Breezin' by George Benson - Heavy Weather by Weather Report - The Inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra - Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever - Enigmatic Ocean by Jean-Luc Ponty

Alright! This is one of the albums I’ve been looking forward to listening to since we hit “Birth of the Cool”. It’s a new listen for me and I was saving it for the day it popped up on the generator. I adored “Birth of the Cool” earlier on the list so Davis jazz with electric guitars has to be a sound to behold, right? Dear reader, it was. First impressions: Bitches Brew is a 27 minute stress test. I felt like I needed a bucket of cold water over my head to cool down after listening to that track. The rest of the album is the treat for getting through Bitches Brew. They are more straight forward jazz numbers with hints and threats of funk and rock at the edges due to the introduction of electrical instrumentation. “Miles Runs Down the Voodoo” is a great showcase for this aesthetic. Loved that one a lot. Also “Spanish Key” was great enough to listen to immediately a second time. “Sanctuary” was a perfect close to the whole affair. I even listened to the “Feio” track, a later addition. And yet my mind kept going back to “Bitches Brew.” This is the feeling of being moved by art. We listened to this track on the morning commute and my wife’s much more musically educated ear complained “What about the 1970s made Miles Davis want to forget how to make music?” I’m not sure I agree with her on this one, but I see where she is coming from. And yet… Today did not disappoint. I’m glad I saved this one and gave it its own day in my head. Music can be a power unto itself.

Weird

it's good but i just. the songs are so long !!! but it's really nice

Pointless noodling

Ideal for working

It's a bold album. I've always been kind of intimidated by it. It's like a mashup of Fellini, Picasso, and Joyce. There are times when it's a five in one ear and a two in the other. Mind boggling record. Great fit for the list.

That was quite messy. The rhythm section held it together most, but it wasn't enough for me. It's also quite long.

Miles davis never dissappint

always feel at a loss for words with this one. like it's pushing beyond borders we haven't even seen yet into a kind of Pure Music, intuitive, searching, deep. nothing like it!

Por muy buenos músicos que sean para mí solo suena a ruido molesto.

I’ve been a fan of most of the jazz albums I’ve listened to on this list, but this album was a bit tedious.

2/10 In the same way that poetry is not prose and thus a novel does not make, this is not music that constitutes a listenable album. It doesn't matter how "good" or "important" it is, it doesn't meet the broad criteria I would consider fundamental for a coherent album of music.

I can see why it's in here (the influence on other music is there: the ost for Homeland, some of 'Frances the Mute' by The Mars Volta etc) but it's not for me. I can take jazz in short bursts, but not 1 hour and 45 minutes of it.

Not something I'd choose to listen to, find the trumpet a bit grating 😬 Obviously technically very good otherwise

YES

Congratulations on being experimental

J'aime toujours pas plus Miles Davis par rapport à la semaine dernière

Pas de doute sur le fait que ce soit un grand artiste mais c’est trop long pour moi C’est des tunnels auxquels je ne suis pas réceptive à écouter sur une petite JBL

Sympa!

Album #88: B!tches Brew - Miles Davis Genre (W): Jazz fusion, avant-garde jazz, jazz rock, avant-funk, psychedelia No singles. I have listened to this album at least three times. Thoughts?: Mysterious, funky, and haunting. I love the album’s erratic nature, how anything can happen. This is one of my favorite jazz albums ever! The production is outstanding as well, and Davis definitely had a thing going when he recorded this album with his band. Favorite songs: All of it!!

Acoustic surprise. Pretty rich sounding but a little boring.

nice

I honestly feel so unqualified to review this album. I’m still a nascent jazz enjoyer so this was an intimidating listen. I enjoyed Spanish Key.

Unfortunately just too damn long. Super cool and influential but not my fav miles by a long shot. I like the moodier more atmospheric stuff. This shit is still awesome tho

TOO LONG. Mah! But miles davis makes good stuff but still TOO LONG. Not as good as the other stuff I’ve heard by him. 2.5

I love the combination of sounds on this album, the low rumbling groove provided by the rhythm section, the sax and bass clarinet played usually in a growling baritone range, electric pianos, and then John McLaughlin and Miles himself in there punching stabbing interjecting whatever the fuck is right. Generally speaking I prefer the "straight-ahead" (I mean *relatively* speaking--it's Miles Davis still) rock of Jack Johnson and meditations of In a Silent Way, and my first listen today left me thinking maybe I'd only score this a 4/5, but I jumped back in with Spanish Key (a tune I wouldn't think to call a high point), and it just felt so good with just a bit more attention to it, and I can't not give it its full due. 5/5.

An okay album, I liked Miles Runs the Voodoo Down the most.

Did not finish :/ I want to like jazz very badly. I'll give it another listen after I boil all my individual body parts, maybe that'll fix it

I hope this is the end of Miles Davis, it’s not for me. 20 minutes of jazz per song. No thanks

Nice free jazz one of the leading albums of the genre late 60s

Maybe I'm just a philistine but I don't quite *get* this one. It sounds good and the players are incredibly talented but it doesn't move me. More toward a 3.5 than a 3 but still

I tried jazz, I mever really got into it. I have a couple of Miles Davis records at home. So, I guess I kind of knew what I was up for when Bitches Brew came up yesterday. At least, I thought I knew. Bitches Brew was something else. It is tough to describe, just a couple of genius musicians trying to outdo each other for almost two hours straight. It isn’t easy listening, I probably never listen to this record again, but it was a good listen.

It’s jazz. It’s massively long. It’s boring. It’s shit.

Too much going on here for me and I’m just not a huge fan of jazz.

There is a lot going on with this album. Might have to give it another listen.

wasn't really vibing w this one unforch :-/

It's good, it's so experimental though that I'm not sure I really got it.

Never cared for this. Too discordant

I’d call this album elegant. It’s compact and cool in a way. Miles Davis never disappoints. 7/10

I didn’t enjoy this one as much as I had hoped to. It was a bit too out there for my taste. I prefer jazz when it leans into the blues, and I can absolutely enjoy when it picks up the pace. This was, ultimately, neither. A bit meandering and chaotic, it wasn’t something I could settle into.

Feel like I'm back in Nola, listening to all this jazz. I know it's improvisational as a genre, but some of the songs felt more disjointed than I typically like, plus almost 2 hours was perhaps a bit much. Still though, it's Miles Davis!

I’m no jazz impresario, and most jazz sounds roughly the same to me above a certain quality level. This is definitely above that quality level. It feels like an auditory collage that reaches to the heavens and the innermost recesses of your brain at the same time. Bitches brew (perfect name) feels like the soundtrack to the coolest noir/horror move ever.

So so good

Way out there, stimulating stuff. You could spend hours and days wandering in these sonic landscapes.

This is not it. Jazz is a hurdle for me to get into and avant garde is where I get lost. I lost interest 10 minutes into the 1 hour and 45 minute behemoth. I stuck it out, and while I can say yeah there is talent, I also can say it is not something I will ever listen to again and I’m not pleased I heard it the first time.

That's some good shit.

I do prefer Kind of Blue, but this is undeniably a masterpiece.

Skive 1 var mer enn nok for meg

did i enjoy this? not really. do i think it deserves a place on this list? 100%

I bet this is AMAZING if you like jazz but I really can't bear it

The more "true jazz" I listen to, the more I'm convinced its best consumed in moments of travel through a busy city, maybe one foot in the rain trying to get somewhere quick or in the back of a cab. It can be so up its own ass sometimes that it feels like a chore to sit through a 20 minute track where there isnt a melody or anything to circle back to in terms of familiarity. I cannot point to any part of these performances except to the moments that annoy me (6:44 of Pharaoh's Dance for example). I dont get it, I dont think I ever will.

Coincidentally I saw a meme yesterday that summed up my feelings on this album Me 30 seconds into a jazz album - “This is good! Maybe I really like jazz” Me 30 more seconds into a jazz album - “ Ok that’s about enough of that” And then it went on for 89 more minutes

Idk its jazz songs are long as. would study to

This is very much not for me.

got through the first song and half way through the second song while backstocking

bitches be brewin

One of the albums that changed it all for me. I'd thought of jazz mostly as cool jazz, or swing, or many of the popular styles from 1960 and earlier prior to hearing this album, but when I put this album on back in 2018 it blew my mind forward and back. Not only did it completely rewrite my perception of jazz, it rewrote my perception of what good music altogether could be! Enormous, freeform pieces incorporating fiery bass and bass clarinet grooves, wacky keyboard runs, and some of Miles' most incendiary trumpet work ever all cohere into one of the most monolithic, experimental, yet eminently groove-able albums ever. On top of that, the lineup is full of jazz fusion all-stars, like John McLaughlin on guitar and Chick Corea on keyboards. Just a perfect album.

Absolutely incredible stuff. Everyone on every instrument was playing their asses off. A lot of reviews on this one saying the album is too long… NONSENSE! IT’S NOT LONG ENOUGH! I WANT MORE!

fusion-era Miles Davis. unmatched 🎺🔥 Standout: Miles Runs the Voodoo Down (he really ran than shit down)

Obviously this is an incredibly important album and I can't deny its influence and the way it paved the way for so many delightful weird jazz albums I like. However, Bitches Brew lives in this weird zone where it's more experimental than something like Kind of Blue (an all time favorite) but not as weird as something like Journey to Satchidananda (my favorite) which leaves me unsatisfied.

Gotta be in the right mood

It's objectively better than a 2 but it all just sounded so much the same.

good for chilling in lingerie (alone or with a friend). fav: miles runs the voodoo down

Jazz.

This will be a journey. Have never listened to a Miles Davis album. Loving it. I remain a human who knows little to nothing about jazz from a “how it works” and “what is good” standpoint and generally okay with that. But this is like… good right?

I remember my cool older friend playing this, and I didn't get it. I wouldn't say I get it now, but there are moments.

Jazz is still something that eludes me, maybe on a another listen or after I listen to a more toned down jazz album this will click with me more.

jazz is not music

so psychedelic. you could get lost in this album, in the best way. it's like nothing else. can't imagine how groundbreaking it must have sounded at the time as it still sounds crazy today

I think I'm more of a Coltrane guy than a Miles guy. This bored me to death

Classic jazz album.

Not KOB but it’s still Miles

One of my favorite jazz albums

Day 258 I honestly feel like I’m hearing something completely different from everyone else when I listen to Miles Davis, I just don’t enjoy it in any level whatsoever unfortunately.

Not gonna lie, when I saw the 1hr 45 run time on this I wasn’t exactly bursting with enthusiasm. While I have gained an appreciation for Jazz throughout this list I do have to be in the mood for it. With that in mind, it did take me a bit to get into this but once I did it was great. I won’t get time to listen again today but I will give it another go at some point when I’m not in work and it’s way more relaxed.

O sea, todo bien pero no tiene letra

Miles was one of a kind 🎺

I think this is technically excellent and groundbreaking, but doesn’t match in enjoyment of listening for basic me.

Not my kind of thing

sehr sehr ausgefallen

I feel like this is one that grows on you. It’s overwhelming on first listen. Espiecially the first two songs. There’s a lot going on and it feels like a mess. Spanish Key was where it started clicking for me, that song I liked a lot. The rest of the album was also more cohesive, not as difficult to decipher on first listen. I wouldn’t say it’s my favorite album but I think I’d return to it.

Don’t love this style of music

can you go wrong with miles davis

Savršen primjer albuma koji bi se trebao odslušati jednom u životu. Da se divi genijalnosti i da se više ne sluša. Jer je potrebna gomila koncentracije i vremena da se ovo svari. Kad bi bilo malo kondenzovano na nekih 70 minuta mislim da bih imala bolje mišljenje.

Imagine improve ... but every instrument doing it simultaneously with no structure ... for almost 2 hours

Good stuff.

Although I feel the tracks on this album sound a bit too “chaotic” for my liking, I think it’s good as background for studying

Knew I was in for a ride when I saw this album had 7 tracks and it was 1 hour and 45 minutes long Miles Davis will always be cool, easily a top 3 musician to ever pick up the instrument. The musical talent itself is incredible, just masterful execution. There are some really interesting ideas in this one, definitely feels a lot more modern than Birth of the Cool while still absolutely having some of that same identity. It was a bit too freeform for my liking, not necessarily a bad thing but it made it harder to get invested in the music. It definitely did drag a lot, I probably would have liked it more if they tried some shorter more focused pieces in between the long flowing tracks. I will always be pretty happy with a jazz album, I got a shit ton of work done listening to this one. Not quite my cup of tea but I can absolutely see the type of person who would say this is one of the greatest albums of all time

It's space. It's space. Uh, it's space. It's really good at being space.

There are many kinds of jazz... There's smooth jazz, there's cool jazz. There's Latin jazz. There's bebop and scat jazz. And then there's acid jazz... Miles Davis, who is a towering figure in the cool jazz genre, delivers a big bunch of acid jazz here. I once listened to The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions, mostly because I loved the title. But it made me realize I didn't like the genre. This revisit reminded me of that. Sounds like a movie soundtrack to a Steve McQueen film in a scene that just never ends. It feels more a product of its times than anything definitive. Like the dinosaurs, it has its time and now it's gone. Miles Davis is one of those artists where you have to separate the man from the music. Musically, he was a damn genius. He was also a terrible person. There's plenty of others out there, but Miles is one I always take with a grain of salt. Great playing of a bad genre doesn't make for a good record, however.

I like jazz as much as the next guy, but this one was a bit of a challenge to listen to. It was stupidly long and it never get interesting. There would be some moments where it sounded like it was going to get really cool and funky, and then it just repeated for 20 minutes.

Man, I know Miles Davis is a master of his craft. I know Bitches Brew is some sort of landmark achievement in the jazz world. I know that "not really getting it" makes me some sort of idiot in the music community. I don't care about any of that, because listening to this record is a chore. I'm sure the musicians were having fun, but this what my problem is with experimental jazz: It's like they're speaking in short pieces of nonsense. Instead of having letters that form words, that eventually make sentences. It's just nonsense, and it ends up feeling like a lack of musicality. Even though I know there are some jazz greats on here. it's fine that the musicians are experiencing joy in what they're doing, but it doesn't really translate for me. Their joy is unfortunately not contagious rather, it feels like it actually sucks my joy from me for as long as I'm willing to listen. I find it a more joyful affair for me to just quit listening to, but unfortunately I'm no quitter.

Improv jazz makes me anxious.

eigentlich e schand dasi da nonie glost han. find s fangt super reduziert und cool aah. hwei pianiste zwei drummer. ah und d pianiste sind de zawinul und de chick corea. scho streng. aber de erst song hani sogar no nice gfunde. de zweit findi würkli streng. ok scho no geil de drum groove amel und giti sehr geil gspielt aber ich brücht ab und zue e melodie. isch glaub eis zum mehrmols lose. spanish key sch geeil. langsam chumi drii

han schochli respekt hahaha jz so mach 15 min findis na cool zum eifach chli lose aber s isch schono vill. d perkusssion wo de teppich leit sozege findi recht cool de ahfang vo bitches brew isch na cool! aaaaber 25 min sind halt fucking lang ok ja es isch scho sehr zu hindergrundmusig mutiert wow es 4 minütigs lied! hey bin denn scho froh wenns fertig isch ok sanctuary findi jz echt chli langwilig. höchstens d drums findi cool aber naja weiss iwie überhaupt nöd was denke. iwie mega spannend und au meistens recht cool, aber halt musig, mit dere ich sehr selte in kontakt bin und drum au nöd uuunglaublich vill han chönne ahfange. für mich isches leider sehr schnell hindergrundmusig gsi

Miles creates some incredible soundscapes on this album. It's unique and chaotic but still maintains a strong sense of identity throughout and really doesn't have a weak moment. Easy 5/5. Also one of the greatest album covers of all time.

Bro who in their right mind makes a song 26 minutes. Sounded good tho, just can't listen to allat.

Good songs if you like jazz, I just found them a bit too long

Though jazz has never been a favorite genre of mine, I was aware of this album's critical acclaim among those who appreciate it. I finally heard this album after all these years. For me, it's the connection to John McLaughlin and Mahavishnu Orchestra that's meaningful. I can hear and appreciate the snippets throughout that influenced Inner Mounting Flame, and Birds of Fire. Miles Davis galvanized the movement of fusing rock and jazz.

Reminds me of red velvet club rooms in the Alphabet City in the East Village. Smokin weed out of one hitters in the early 2000s when we were young and it was still risky. Bitches Brew would put you into a movie scene.

Is it overrated? I'm not sure. Is it deserving of it's praise? Yes. Is it a key album for Jazz Fusion and Progressive rock and psych circles? Absolutely! Has it been, by it's very nature, very esoteric and difficult to digest? That has been my experience time and time again.

Too long guys just too long Playlist add: "Sanctuary"

If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis. Favorite Track: "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down".

A very immersive listen. It’s amazing how the collective group moves from contemplative, to grooving, to urgent, to lonesome. I love when music inspires you to create a story or narrative. This album does that. Probably could not listen to this album too often, but there will be times when I’d welcome it. Favorite track: Spanish Key.

Jazz is not really my thing, i didn't enjoy this album that much

Gran gran álbum. Segundo que escucho de Miles, y es realmente hipnótico. Empiezo a entender de qué va esto. Encima, la tapa, 1970, es todo lo que uno imagina. No se queda en el Jazz el tipo. 8/10

마일즈 데이비스 - 비치스 브류 총 7개곡 수록, 1시간 45분. 길어!!!!! 재미없어!!!!! 저의 최근 정신병을 고려하면 그런 문제일수도 있지만 뭐랄까 응 한줄평: 시기가 안 좋았다 취향: ★☆☆☆☆ 재방문: ☆☆☆☆☆

I listened to the great Bitches Brew but at a hour and 48 minutes frankly I need more time with this one. One word I would use to describe this album is hypnotic. It was an incredibly active listen, meaning this isn’t jazz that washes over you; these musicians are all seemingly on offense which makes it exciting. I will be back…

Ralph Gleason's original liner notes really express all that needs to be said. For some reason, I had to listen in stages this time because I think I was closed off in some ways. A lot has been going on. The truly great art becomes a mirror when you get to know it over a period of decades rather than years, and sometimes it's hard to see what's happened since the last listen. But suffice it to say that there is nothing like this record, there probably will never be anything else like this record, and there certainly wasn't anything like it before it. 10 stars. All the stars.

Everything you want from a classic jazz LP.

A masterclass in creativity. I'd be curious how much it helps to be into jazz already, because it's not an easy listen. But it changed the musical world.

Experimental jazz indeed. It certainly inspired emotions, mainly fear and anticipation for it to be over. Still a fun listen for its uniqueness if nothing else

Fine, but not really for me.

Very jazzy. I mean, of course I have to applaud the effort to mix in some non-mainstream, non-pop musical styles on a huge list of albums I must hear before I die, but including four Miles Davis albums feels like just about the laziest possible way to do this. Certainly nothing wrong with this particular album, and it even showcases some interesting directions Davis was moving jazz toward. I suppose even token diversity is better than no diversity at all. I'd certainly much rather listen to this than another Smiths or Pet Shop Boys album!

I appreciate it but I’d never choose to listen to this

Obv

Ekki alveg minn tebolli en alveg mjög cool stuff inn á milli.

Ekki jazz sem ég er hrifin af

Ég viðurkenni að ég var fljótlega búinn að ákveða mig í fyrsta lagi...

Perus hyvää Milesiä. Ei kuitenkaan henk.koht suosikki. Hyvä lätty taustalla.

Mkay it sets a mood alright and rapidly changes it with some LOUUUUUD trumpet every now and then, don’t fully love it but i get it. Also it’s really, really, really long, for better or worse, so i’m a bit torn on how i feel about this. I think i might just be too stupid to like this, because this is one of the most praised albums of all time. Standout is i guess Spanish Key cause it’s got all the good bits without the overly obnoxious trumpets.

I'm not a big fan of this genre of jazz, very experimental and unpredictable. I would much rather simple cafe / slow jazz. I also don't like how long each piece is. The longest piece that I would willingly listen to would have to be under 10 minutes, not 20. However, I do think this music would be fitting in a jazz bar, I would be very keen to experience that sometime!

coming from his other project, he truly goes wild on this one. jazz fusion, chaotic, and insanely long with compositions that are like 30min long it was a fun listen, it expands your mind to the highest + features cool jazz figures

I can't judge this off one listen, it's far too involved and full of hidden depth that would only reveal itself after multiple listens, not to mention the extraordinary 90 min length! It was truly engaging though, very unpredictable and draws the ear in waiting to hear where it goes next. One I'll have to return to in the future but I can hear the quality here.

Я бы хотел научится разбираться в джазе

Спасибо Рафу за то, что не убрал джаз из подборки, пусть он нас уже и не читает) Альбом огнище, не знал что нейросеть уже тогда помогала создавать шедевры

Красивая обложка. Джиниус. Конечно, очень долго. Но приятно вернутся к посредственной музыке после такого. Отличный выход из зоны комфорта произошел.

Вообще долго не выкупал этот альбом, потому что он: а) пипец долгий; б) послушал его впервые, когда только начинал слушать джаз, и на тот момент это был тяжеловатый опыт. Но в начале этого года переслушал - классная пластинка, да, все еще иногда казалась утомительной, но сейчас нравится гораздо больше. Но при этом все еще далеко до моих любимых альбомов Майлза.

Галя я не выкупаю (но джаз это хорошо, просто я слишком тупой)

нравится джаз слушать живьем, все конечно круто, реально, но так долго слушать записи такие - не могу, 3.5 из уважения чисто

Jazz fusión y rock, en un formato bien experimental 1hr y 45min de un jazz bien fino, incluso a veces puede ser incomprendido, yo si recomiendo dejarse disfrutarlo, detrás de esa capa de ambigüedad hay elementos muy interesantes y muestran lo atemporal que la música puede ser Miles Davis fue sumamente importante en el mundo del Jazz y este álbum fue una manera de recordárselo a muchas de su audiencia y a desconocidos también 3.5

Onwards to the second song. Repeat of 1st song. Long tuneless and long. There is no escape as it wanders tuneless through your head. Tweet, tweet, biddle be, hoot tweet. And under no circumstances should any of this be enjoyable. 3rd song only 17 minutes. I have only gave them my name rank and serial number.

Amo a Miles y amo este álbum.

One of the best jazz albums ever made. The way Miles directed all the talented musicians behind this record, its superb. The experimentation with every chord, with every instrument adding more complexity and textures to the music. I do not recommend this album to anyone, only for people that wants to try something risky and exotic. Also, this album started the tendency of electronic sounds in jazz, thats why its important for Jazz Fusion.

Music needs to evolve, and move into new and interesting areas. It can them evolve to a blend of old and new, achieving wider popularity and acceptance. So, God Bless the explorers and innovators. We need the Beefhearts, the Stockhausens, the MC5s, the Miles Davises, the Sun Ras, The Residents. But, these new forms are not always comfortable. The Europeans landing in Australia may have thought "It's just baking sand and weird animals that can kill you." So it is with this album. I appreciate the invention, the exploration, the uniqueness. But I personally did not enjoy it. Sure, I'm glad it exists, and I'm sure Taylor Swift wouldn't exist without this album (?!) but I'm unlikely to listen to it again. Scoring it - Difficult, so rated it as "banana max".

Outstanding jazz record. Full of everything!

I actually enjoyed this way more than I expected. I thought this would be too avant-garde for my taste and that it would be constant banging on keyboards and dissonance and stuff, but that wasn’t really the case. There is really beautiful music on this with stunning melodies. The biggest problem for me though, is the length of this album. I think this was quite a lot to take in in one sitting and therefore I don’t thing I’ll return to this much.

I couldn't handle this album rn ill try again when i can handle the ambience

As a jazz band kid, I appreciate the virtuosic musicianship and how fucking fun their recordings all sound to be a part of. Will I sit down and listen to this more than once any couple years? Probably not but Ijazz band kid, I appreciate the virtuosic musicianship and how fucking fun they’re recordings all sound to be a part of. Will I sit down and listen to this more than once any couple years? Probably not but I understand it’s importance to Jazz/fusion history.

I'm sure a lot of people like this, but it just not my thing.

Undeniably extreme talent, undeniably cool. Please don’t take my reviews as a measure of quality I’m ranking based on how much I like it. The chords and harmonies are carefully chosen to be evocative and unsettling. I’m very impressed but I’m probably not coming back to this.

Miles Davis – Bitches Brew (1970) On Day 113, I experienced a true masterpiece that makes a 5/5 feel like an understatement. There’s something about Miles Davis’s signature melody and overall vibe that draws me in every time. Having recently listened to In A Silent Way, I can feel him truly embracing and expanding that new sound here. "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down" was an absolute standout and my personal favorite, along with the title track and "Sanctuary." The way the band including Wayne Shorter and John McLaughlin just cooked throughout the sessions was immaculate. Despite the tracks often running over 15 minutes, I didn't care at all; if anything, I wanted them to be longer. I feel blessed to have finally heard this. A definitive 5/5.

nein, nichts für mich.

I swear I heard Emerson Lake and Palmer in there... So this album takes a couple of tracks to get a feel for it. I was expecting more straightforward jazz and I got a weird prog jazz that is honestly good. I wish I had the time to get in the right head space for it. Or out of my head space perhaps. Either way a little weed and this settles in quite nicely. It's a fun experiment in music. Some parts really work, some don't, but it's an experiment so go in with an open mind and let yourself follow it. It's worth the time.

Who is soloing???

i mean yeah he good at jazz

not bad

Not my style but had some sick instrumentals for smooth jazz.

Usually, I like jazz very much but this just felt like plain nonsense

Cool Jazz but a bit long

Solid! Not a huge Miles fan but this one is good

so long but good homework music again lol, it’s good stuff but not my stuff if that makes sense. I like it a lot of I’m not sitting there trying to focus on it

This is an album I love listening to by myself, but I know that I would feel awkward listening to it with others. It is good chaotic music to relax/drive to.

Objectively 5/5, but I’m not on this album’s level. So 3/5.

Based on the listener feedback, I'm guessing the reason this album has a largely mixed review (3, 4, and 5s have been given with roughly the same frequency) is because jazz is doing what it always promised: it's inventing new things all of the time. i mean, fuck, it's not just a random coincidence that this album became a legendary jazz record only after everybody fucking hated it at first. what do you mean we're adding electric pianos and guitars?? to MY jazz??? but that's why i love bitches brew so much. it's not my favorite miles davis album, but you absolutely cannot deny the impact of this improvisation and davis's magnificent vision. in a record whose first ten minutes sound like the band warming up, miles davis decides to *spit in the face of HIS OWN jazz convention*. if that's not fucking cool, i don't know what is. who says i can't record random sounds that evolve into smooth ass tracks like "spanish key"? this list of contributors is also impossibly great. aside from the man himself we get chick corea, wayne shorter, john mclaughlin, i mean come on! how many other times did this MANY legends contribute to a single album?? i mean in jazz collabs are common but this array is always going to be impressive. i mean bill evans did it regularly but whatever obviously anyone is allowed to hate bitches brew, but what i will not stand is "i hate this album" followed by "well of course i didn't even listen to all of it, i could tell from the first few minutes that it wasn't for me" bc you sound like boomers that hated rock because it didn't sound like the 50s pop their racist parents put them on. the whole reason jazz is cool is because it has such an obvious and traceable evolution over a really short amount of time. people are making shit up that is being listened to *right now*, not making shit up that lasted for, like, the pop punk era and then became a monument in musical history. i will give this album's critics a point: some of the tracks do overstay their welcome. i would love to be able to pretend it doesn't bother me that the title track is half an hour, but it does. sometimes you can get away with this, but i usually don't have that kind of patience for an experimental album like this. the sheer variety, though, makes it infinitely relistenable. if you get bored with "pharaoh's dance", fine, play "spanish key". you can always play "spanish key". anyway. this album might not fuck as hard as some other stuff from miles davis that i like more, but this album still fucks. hard. as my priest says, it is a right, good, and joyous thing, always and everywhere. 4.5/5

Who wants to play this whole album on Rock Band 2 with me?

It’s brilliant, but I think a bit too frenetic and chaotic for me to really enjoy. It reminds me too much of what my brain feels like while trying to catch some z’s at the end of a stressful day.

Not my cup of tea

It was fine I guess, but I'm not really a jazz guy

I’m giving this album 3.5 stars. It’s not a genre I usually listen to in my daily life, so it was definitely a different experience for me. Still, I do enjoy jazz, and I can recognize that this is a very important and influential album There’s something captivating in its chaos

Miles Davis is always a guarantee. This is heavily chaotic and experimental. A masterful expression of art. The only sad part is that I don't really see myself coming back to it easily.

This is some good shit.

Pretty good! Enjoyed listening to while working

I totally appreciate the skill that necessitated the creation of this album but I don't like it - it's the musical interpretation of an ADHD mind. Yesterday I received in the post a vinyl copy of another Miles Davis album that I first heard on this list, but I'll not be getting a copy of this one.

I prefer the other works of Davis but its clearly still him!

not for me.

Quite the journey here. Easy to fall into a jazz trance with this one. A good recording of a legendary artist, it's going to stretch your jazz-ness, if that's what you're looking for. Gotta slow down to enjoy this one.

I think I wasn’t stoned enough while listening to this

I’ve never been a big fan of jazz. Still am not, but enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Got bored during the last couple of tracks, but the first two or three were really strong.

Would not buy

maybe sacrilege, but this just gets too experimental for my caveman brain

Unlistenable? Lol

Pretty disappointed! I’ve played other albums of Miles Davis and enjoyed them even though I’m not a huge jazz fan, but this just didn’t do it for me I just never felt engaged with it

This is a candidate for greatest record of all time.

I've grown to love this album. In my twenties it seemed impossible that I would ever listen to something so weird and uncompromising. In my 30s I started to appreciate it's strange, other worldliness. In my 40s, I love how it mixes a calm undertow with a furious front of chaos. This is some freaky, voodoo shit and I can't get enough. Great cover art

DNF

Not bad background music. 2.75

lovely miles davis jazz greeat to put on in the background.

I love Miles Davis, but always found this a difficult album to get into. I got a little closer, but not there yet.

not for me

It was okay. Too many tempo changes and variables to be considered one song, and just a few veeeery long tunes.

Similar to my other jazz reviews: this is fine and nice to have in the background, but I can’t see myself seeking this out again.