Reviews (page 8 of 11)
Chilled.
Olipa tykittely! Ei mikään lemppari Davis-levy, mutta eipä mies huonoja levyjä tee.
There were some parts of this album I really liked, but there were just too many, too long, too dissonant parts that were just a bit too unsettling and unpleasant for me to really say I liked this album.
It seems a pretty divisive genre, but I quite like jazz. This album is pretty out-there, freeform and experimental, basically a genre-defining artist at the top of their game. I quite enjoyed it, but it's a pretty long haul listen
This was tough to get into
It’s miles Davis but I definitely prefer background jazz
Was this interesting? Sure. Did it merit a place on the list? Yeah. Did I enjoy it? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Fun Background music but probs woukdnt play again
jazz that doesnt fit the norm
this album has got to be one of the most well known and well regarded jazz albums. while i enjoy jazz, it isn’t something i seek out much or often. despite its place in our culture, i would not have listened to this album without this list! and its place on this list is well deserved. i wasn’t expecting the amount of experimentation that was on here. i thought davis would create straight jazz, but it’s clear whatever this man touched turned to magic. i enjoyed hearing what he did with his jazz sounds. despite the long runtime, the hour and a half flew by! each piece was unique and exciting. nice to work to, besides.
Uh oh - I know that this is an "important album" what with it kick starting an entire new genre of music but for the love of Christ it's difficult to listen to. It's an album a muso owns and has it just laying around when people come over, but I doubt it's listened to that often. Best Tracks: Spanish Key; John McLaughlin; Miles Runs The Voodoo Down
Ægte jazz, langeee numre, lækker trompet og sax, trance
glad I got to hear it, probably won't listen to it again anytime soon
A bit too free form
The generator’s either getting smarter, or lazier; two days after In A Silent Way it spits out the follow-up. This is in a similar vein, but less peaceful and more chaotic. I like the really out-there sounds (the delay on the trumpet squalls etc in the title track). The bass also does a lot of unheralded work here - simple, hypnotic loops that steadily repeat for minutes on end while the other instruments do whatever the hell they want over the top. Together these parts create a witchy kinda groove that I can really get on board with. The second half of the album loses some of that mystery though (maybe it gets a bit close to conventional jazz or funk for my tastes). Also, it goes on for bloody ages. Still, clearly an impressive and important work. This week has been an interesting education in Miles Davis and his experimental fusion phase.
Not the easiest listen. But it's moody and at times funky
I know, like, everyone loves this album, and I get it, in my head, but I just don’t get it in my soul.
Almost too much going on for too long here. A great vibe, but feel that In A Silent Way and Jack Johnson benefit from a touch more focus while still being loose.
The generator handed me "Bitches Brew" on 28th April 2022. As I type this, it's 18th April 2023. A whole year has almost passed. One of the album's instrumentalists, the great saxophonist Wayne Shorter, has literally died in the time it's taken me to gather my thoughts on this work. And in truth, I've been putting off reviewing it for so long… because I'm scared of it. Many months after first listening to it, I have absolutely no idea what to say about its dense, sprawling 105 minutes. I'm listening to it again now, and I still don't know. It's like nothing else I've heard on this list. I've been aware of "Bitches Brew" for many years, placing it in my mind alongside the acid-soaked, psychedelic behemoths of the late 60s and early 70s. It's known for infuriating many jazz aficionados of the day, while giving Davis increased vitality and relevance in the rock sphere after dipping his toes in with "In a Silent Way." It's easy to see why: some of this really goes hard, and the parts I enjoyed were the ones which embraced rock music to the full. "Spanish Key" and "Miles Run the Voodoo Down" are total freak-outs: hard-grooving, rip-roaring, mind-melting exorcisms full of funk rhythm guitar, crazy lead parts, lashings of distortion and incredibly tight, mesmeric basslines. There's also the title track's intro, with a trumpet sounding like a traffic jam, which was revolutionary and controversial in jazz circles for its liberal use of the delay effect. Striking and effective as it may be, even better is the groove introduced at the three minute mark. Slowly, inexorably, it sustains itself while the drums and keyboards froth up into a hurricane. Just as these sections are thrilling, much of the album is head-scratching and confounding. "Pharaoh's Dance" goes nowhere and everywhere at the same time: Davis's first entrance, at almost three minutes in, feels totally enigmatic, defying expected phrasing or tonality. "Sanctuary" feels like it's set to be a gentle reprieve, but ends as chaotic as everything else. And "Feio" is crawling, foreboding, menacing… finally ending the whole album in seventeen seconds of bizarre studio patter. One day, I hope to love this. I would love to carry it around with me in my heart and my soul, to feel its beguiling chaos fill every corner of my existence. To surrender to it, to feel like as much of a genius for liking it as Miles Davis is for conceiving it. But until that day, I have nothing but boundless confusion and a faint, distant admiration. The honest truth? Above all, I still just don't know.
Ágætis hlustun í sólinni í gær. Dáldið experimental á köflum.
gigantic torso, refused to resolve
20+ minute songs....sheesh. I'll have to try again at another time.
It’s all right for a while.
Heel expirimenteel, misschien iets te
Great playing. Goes on a bit..
Bitches be brewing
I feel that you need to be in a certain place and mood to explore these jazz and musical albums. People talk about albums like this being healing and therapeutic or a journey, or a break from redundancy. I get all of that. But with the absent of a hook or a message or performance - I can just take it at a certain level. This is music that I could never conceive, and I do get a mood out of it as a listener. I would expect that musicians find much more to grab onto listening to this. My "barely able to play 6 chords on the guitar" level is left ignorant of exactly what's happening here.
Little bit too long
Kind of rock in Davis' way. Now we call it fusion, and I'm not really into it. Too heavy cuts in post-production.
solid en boring samt ef þu skilur mig
this is crazy!! haha
2022.01.26
Enjoyed his music & album
Interesting free form jazz LP with a heavier dose of effects (especially reverb) than one would expect. Some interesting takes hear, just wish there were stronger melodic threads or motifs in the longer tracks
"I zzz'ed asleep."
This is an album with patches of beauty, patches that baffle me, and discordant lunacy which I love. It's massively over long - given the complexity, you can't focus on it for long enough to enjoy it in one sitting. I found taking each 20 odd minute piece separately was a good approach. Ultimately, it's very clever, but probably beyond me. A difficult but rewarding listen.
This album is just a whirlwind of music and I have nowhere near the musical knowledge to rate this properly. I like miles Davis and enjoy this album. It does have a weird sound to it but it’s very unique. 7.1/10
not a fan of jazz
Good
Oh man, that bass clarinet! I still hold the belief that you need to be a vegan, lycra wearing cyclist, jazz drummer to fully appreciate this gear. But that bass clarinet!
This isn't my favorite Miles Davis album, but I'd be hard-pressed to rate any of his work as less than 3 stars. So, 3 stars it is!
I have this on vinyl from my dad’s old records, which is pretty awesome. The music here is just ok for me. I prefer more straight forward bop from Miles Davis. I get why this is a big deal. I like the crunchy electric guitar on some of the tracks.
I struggle to connect as it goes longer
probably should like this one more
lot of instrumental jazz. Very left of the dial
It's Miles, can't say it's bad.. but who has this kind of time? It's like 3x longer than I prefer an album to be
Third instrumental album I have listened to in a row (Out of order catch up) its fine but not my jam. Gets the round up for track names.
Not my kind of Jazz. Cool to see late stage experimentation and growth from miles davis tho. Album title and artwork are sick as hell though.
Sometimes groovy, sometimes like a dream sequence, sometimes a little chaotic (yet not in an unpleasant way). The songs are quite long and I had trouble knowing when they began or ended. Soundscapes that shine in headphones. I can appreciate it but I think I personally like a little more structure to things.
I liked this album but I'm just not a big jazz fan. I can only take it in small doses and two hours was just a lot
Alexa had to censor the "Bitches" in Bitches Brew. Woke-ass device. Anywyay - I find all of this enjoyable and at the same time it doesn't connect with me. I love almost everything about it, down to that incredible album art, but I would never say this is my favorite thing. I'm glad he did it, though.
Enjoyed miles runs the voodoo town and sanctuary. Instrumental experimental jazz
Good Background music
Novel recording techniques, atmosphere, and jazz expertise collide with my general dislike of not having any way to know where the beat is.
For me this was anxiety inducing
Too dissonant for me but I can appreciate the concept. Definitely made me feel uneasy with the first few tracks so as an album to listen to I wouldn't casually, but I enjoyed the ideas.
I've only ever listened to Kind of Blue which is much more traditional. Loved how wild this one is, i'll go back to it
Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazz
Bonkers
Een beetje chaotische jazz maar het heeft wel wat
I did not like most of the first two tracks because it sounded like too many instruments competing with the others. However, from "Spanish Key" on, this was great.
Schwere Kost, aber musikalisch stark
Its jazz. Honestly better than I expected since I don't like the genre very much but nothing I would return to very much
This is a lot to digest. Good listen if you are baked out of your mind most likely.
It's nice to listen to, but it doesn't really grab me; I think I just don't have the ear for jazz.
Nice relaxing sound, like the jazz 3/5
July 13, 2021 I am at home working in the heat. I am drifting a little and wonder if the combination of structure and expansion will help me. I am processing. I haven't slept well and the trumpet feels like it is tickling my spine and putting my brain to sleep. I want to like this but I'm not sure I do.
Salt peanuts.... salt peanuts.... Absolute marathon for just a small selection of songs. Would love to watch this live but I can’t appreciate jazz they way I probably should. If I could see this live, 10 stars. Maybe even vinyl would be a 5. But Spotify over AirPods is discrediting this and especially as it’s the same medium I listen to all the other albums, I need to listen and rate it under the same t’s and c’s
Good but a bit chaotic compared to the previous album
I mean, come on. It's a vibe. I read on Wikipedia that some of the album contained tracks that were never played in the studio, but were spliced together from tapes and loops. God bless the person who did all of that splicing in 1970.
I enjoyed this album. It’s a great album to have on in the background.
Good to have on in the background. Listened to this one while I was playing video games and it seemed to pass the time. Not the biggest fan of jazz to begin with so it wasn’t my favorite. Favorite track was Bitches Brew because of the ominous audio that was used.
I like jazz/blues, just not that much of it at once
it was veryyyyyyvery long and it just all sounded like one ling thing but nice sound
Not for me.
A bit long winded
Not something I'm normally into, but you can hear the incredible talent shine through on every track
It's jazz, the kind of thing I'd listen to in the background. It'll probably come on again when I listen to jazz and I'll think "oh this is nice but why is it 25 minutes long" and I'll not have a second thought
This was a wild ride. It was like listening to the inside of a brilliant mad scientist’s head. The only reason why it’s not rated higher is because having listened to a lot of Miles Davis this experimental jazz is a bit much for me, I prefer his earlier stuff.
Respect the musicianship but wasn’t in the right mood. Very 70’s cop movie intro feeling
O mal deste álbum é o seu tempo, é demasiado longo, tendo 1h45 minutos para algo que não sofre assim tantas mudanças de faixa para faixa. Para alguém que não gosta de Jazz se calhar esta não é a melhor incursão, no entanto em uma viagem de carro a coisa até flui bem. Não consigo destacar uma faixa, todo o álbum parece uma grande música. Nota:5/10
Is it fair to say I need more time with this album for it to settle? I recognize it as a progenitor of jazz-rock fusion and it's certainly interesting to listen to, but I also feel like its sprawl is a bit of its undoing. My favourite jazz records (which admittedly are few) feel like they have a sense of movement, resolution, etc, whereas I can't really grasp onto the moments here. I reserve the right to someday change my rating, but for now it stands at a three. I definitely appreciate the impetus to finally listen to this one, it just didn't do a lot for me at this moment in my life.
Proper jazz, long songs and all over the place. Decent, but not my favourite of his stuff. I'm still not cool enough to get Jazz. Still, appreciated the talent. 3/5
Didnt love the John McLaughlin stuff but solid tracks 3-7
refined jazz has made me really dislike this album.
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I don't love it, but I do appreciate it. Obviously a musically important album.
Not my style
Solid 3*. All jazzy instrumental, but in a good way. Very long
great
Puedo apreciar el trabajazo que tiene esto detrás, lo revolucionario de la integración de nuevos elementos en el jazz y toda la vaina pero ¿cómo que TU DISCO DE CASI DOS HORAS SÓLO TIENE 7 CANCIONES, MILES DAVIS?
Jazz is tough. Good background music.
Funky, jazzy, but a bit too experimental
I generally like Miles Davis but this was a little too avant- garde for my tastes. I could see liking it as background for a screenplay or something.
This album is interesting in parts, boring in others, bluesy throughout. I enjoyed the front half immensely, but it did get long in the tooth.
Not the most accessible album...but I get why it was such a big deal when it came out. I listened to this in college on mushrooms and thought it was overwhelming. It ends up it wasn't just the mushrooms and it's still overwhelming. I admit I scrubbed through a little... but an interesting album I typically wouldn't listen to.
Never listen to this before, it was a great experience. I did not notice how long the songs were, the music kind of just puts you on zone.
I can appreciate that this is some mad stuff but I don’t think I had the attention for a lot of it.
Not quite my style, but i can appreciate it objectively.
It was nice background music
Enjoyable. Good background music while working.
yeehaw
No le puedo poner más porque no es mi tipo de Jazz. Reconozco el nivel increíble de creatividad (por ejemplo el sonido de el piano eléctrico de Chick Corea) e improvisación que Miles y sus músicos tuvieron en esas sesiones y sí me deja con la iniciativa de oír lo que hizo Miles y cada uno de ellos más adelante. Spanish Key es la buena.
When it's going, I'm into it, but there are too many lapses of rhythm for me. Maybe if I wasn't trying to listen while working.
Jazzy, need to be in the right mindset to enjoy it
Nothing special to me sadly. Probably revolutionary but also listened on a bike ride so I am underappreciating.
I know this is a classic and everything, but it is so arduous to go through. the fact that it is 1 hour 45 minutes already detracts from it being a perfect album.
This album feels like the musical equivalent of a Jackson Pollack painting. It's like the beat poet that stands in the spotlight for 60 seconds, dead silent, only to step up to the mic and say "kitten" and the crowd does their little snap-applause thing because it MUST be profound. This is music for musicians, not for regular people. Critics love this album because it must be deep, it's abrasive and weird and meandering, giving them something to write books about its depth, which other musicians and music critics will read and argue about. Meanwhile, we just want something to bop with while we do our mundane jobs and relax at the end of the day with a drink. For me, this was hot garbage. The first time the album locked into something that resembled a cohesive song was "Feio", THE LAST TRACK. Come on, Miles, I know you're better than this. And you lose a point for making this a double album. It's like you gave me some extremely good soup and told me I have to drink a gallon of it in one sitting. It might actually be worse than math‑rock proggy mess, because at least math rock feels like someone is in charge. Bitches Brew feels like the studio was left unattended and the instruments unionized. I know Miles can make brilliant, structured music. Birth of the Cool proves it. This isn’t that. This feels like the opposite: a leaderless experiment where the band is playing twelve ideas at once and hoping one of them sticks. My Rating: 2/5
Kuulostaa ihan mun ADDltä. Ei yhtään mun musaa. Ekalla levyllä tosi psykedeelistä menoa, toka levy on kesympi, mutta lähtee silti ains välillä laukalle. Eka levy on psykedeelistä jazzia josts voi nyt todeta että se ei oo mun juttu.
Just not my favorite kind of music, and this one drags on a bit too much. 2/5
I never acquired a taste for freeform jazz...
good jazz i should come back and listening to it perfectly
i really don’t know what to make of this. i usually like a bit of jazz, but this is just a bit too jazzy. also no album should be 1 hour 45 minutes. i did not finish this, i am so sorry miles davis.
There was some stuff in here that was good. But its just soooo loooong and often I found the backing instruments distracting which put me off the main part. I'm sure it's all very clever, but today it just felt like a lot of noise. I didn't hate it, but the jazz I prefer has more structure and then plays around on a theme that I didn't really get from this. It's not quite a 3, maybe I'll listen again one day when I cope with the time it takes to sit through it.
no
this is not the best jazz album that I've listened to I mean it's experimental music for a reason in the middle of the album I gained hope but every time a random instrument ruins it. Too experimental not for me.
Didn't make me like jazz
Wicked album art. The rest what I feel is the worst indulgences of jazz. Bunch of musicians playing solos over one another. Though that's better than some of the sections on the last track where nothing happens! Someone will play a little note or two and then wait or ages before someone else plays a little something. Still, there's a few little enjoyable bits in there. 2 stars.
Just write a damn song.
Have you ever been lost in a seemingly endless maze while having a slightly unpleasant mushroom experience? Me neither, but this album feels like that.
I genuinely want to like this. I know it’s good and I’m bummed I just don’t get it.
Not my favourite of Miles‘ body.
Not for me
This one was rather chaotic. At first I enjoyed the first side, it was like the music you might use in a hectic montage of someone a bit worse for wear pacing dark and brooding streets. Like a drug scene or a someone slowly losing their mind? Maybe the intro of Homeland? But, and unfortunately, as the album went into it's nearly two hour run, the chaoticness failed to keep me entertained and actually just a tad annoyed. I know enough to be impressed by this and there were certian moments where I was at peace with it all. Yet, that's not what I look for in a jazz album. 2 Stars.
This is probably my least favorite jazz album that I've been served to date.
Boring and uninspiring album
In jazz music, there’s a high correlation between how chaotic the music is and how high it’ll rank on the ‘not for me’ meter. Improvisation is cool and everything but to my untrained ear, a lot of this sounded like a few musicians getting together and just playing whatever without listening to each other. I’m guessing that the inaccessibility is part of why some people like this.
Det her musik interesserer mig simpelthen bare ikke. Det lyder ikke nødvendigvis dårligt - det er bare ikke mig. Jeg er hård, fordi det skal jeg begynde med at være :) en subjektiv 2'er
There are moments in this that I enjoy but on the whole it just doesn't work for me. Ends up just feeling like a lot of noise that doesn't fit together. I'm also not a fan of the electric piano. It did work pretty well with the horror novel I've just finished reading though. Fav song: Bitches Brew - although I would say I liked sections of it rather than the whole thing. Oh and I liked the electric guitar parts on Miles Runs the Voodoo Down but not the electric piano parts. Least fav: Pharaoh's Dance
Nah, not for me, it’s too…. Jazzy. I actually liked Kind Of Blue it had a chilled vibe you could put it on and relax whereas this has too much going on and I found it somewhat discombobulating. I guess I’m just not a jazz guy…. Unless it’s cigarettes or mags. 2
I can't get into this. I'm don't have an experimental jazz palate and this is just a bit of a cacophony to me. Kind of Blue has a kind of chilled, relaxing vibe to it that drew me in and got me enjoying it. This is so far away from that. This album on a level that is way outwith my musical comprehension and appreciation.
Not my genre but cool
Don’t like jazz
Muito ruim de ouvir no fone de ouvido
Not for me
Amazing cover art. However, I am not a jazz fan and after 7mins of the opening track I was really struggling. I know nothing about this record but this is surely a room of musicians playing whatever they please regardless of what everyone else is doing around them? Is that what jazz is? My idiot brain was crying out for some order to appear amongst the chaos but it never comes. I respect your right to enjoy jazz but it's not for me.
boring
Pre Listen: Finally some good fucking music. I love Miles Davis, and I'm fairly sure I've listened to this album before. Looking forward to all of it! Notable Tracks: N/A Post Listen: Well uh. Huh. This is awkward, I uh, didn't really like that. I must've had this Davis album confused with another, it was a little too freeform and experimental, especially the lengthier tracks. I love Jazz, and there is some exceptionally great Free Form out there, I think it's just gotta be a lot more lowkey than this one was trying to be. It felt too scattered, doing too much at most moments. The instruments felt as though they were fighting for a lead position. I was really hoping for more, or just something else I guess. 2/5.
https://youtu.be/0prkl3t5IdI?is=74edUMVMm81eE17k
I never understood this album, even after repeated listenings, it always struck me as a rehearsal session. I understand that it's considered a pivotal album for jazz fusion; combining a contemporary electrified sound along with modern production elements, but I feel all the tracks could benefit from trimming and directional tweaks. The tracks can get monotonous and at times seem like a cacophony of noise. Miles Davis was a visionary and his experimentation deserves to be applauded, but this album could've greatly benefited from a more mapped approach.
This stressed me out
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 don’t get it
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.
Era todo jazz banco pero no chau
Call mr whatever. This is a no.
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
Eu nem desgosto deste tipo de jazz, mas com album, e durante 1h45, é too much para mim
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.
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.
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
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.
Cool but too chaotic for me
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
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.
Experimental jazz is experimental jazz. A collection of 20+ minute songs that weren't particularly enjoyable to listen to.
Weird
Pointless noodling
Por muy buenos músicos que sean para mí solo suena a ruido molesto.
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.
Congratulations on being experimental
J'aime toujours pas plus Miles Davis par rapport à la semaine dernière
Acoustic surprise. Pretty rich sounding but a little boring.
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
An okay album, I liked Miles Runs the Voodoo Down the most.
wasn't really vibing w this one unforch :-/
Never cared for this. Too discordant
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.
Skive 1 var mer enn nok for meg
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
This is very much not for me.
bitches be brewin
It's objectively better than a 2 but it all just sounded so much the same.
I think I'm more of a Coltrane guy than a Miles guy. This bored me to death
Not my kind of thing
sehr sehr ausgefallen
Don’t love this style of music
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.
Improv jazz makes me anxious.
Bro who in their right mind makes a song 26 minutes. Sounded good tho, just can't listen to allat.
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.
Jazz is not really my thing, i didn't enjoy this album that much
Fine, but not really for me.
Ekki jazz sem ég er hrifin af
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.
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
I couldn't handle this album rn ill try again when i can handle the ambience
I'm sure a lot of people like this, but it just not my thing.
nein, nichts für mich.
Who is soloing???
Usually, I like jazz very much but this just felt like plain nonsense
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 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.
not for me.
I think I wasn’t stoned enough while listening to this
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
DNF
good ambient music, instrumental, long
Its so well known as a cool album, I was desperate to like it. I dont and Im sad.
Sorry no
Not a fan of this one, incredibly experimental and a tough listen
Know he's iconic but not my jam.
well, that was interesting. i thought at times Joe was playing trumpet. when i think i understand music, especially jazz, this album pops up, and i am lost on why this album so great. it's not the first time i heard it, and every time i hear it, i am like, "what the hell".
This wasn't quite up to par with the other instrumental stuff we have heard. It sounded like mostly meandering improv that didn't really go anywhere. I could do that myself for 40 minutes.
I didn't actively hate this. That's an improvement on Davis's other stuff.
Great background/lounge music but for me not really for active listening.
I really hoped I would like this album more, especially because it stands out from the crowd of boring guitar‑pop that dominates this list. But I'm afraid I don’t like experimental-ass jazz.
hard to listen to in full
Not great miles, should be ashamed of yourself
Preferred Kind of Blue of the two Miles albums. was more chilled and cool. This was abrasive and echoey. Not enjoyable. I tried. Not my bag. At all. I mean the 2nd side was more enjoyable. But the 1st side had already ruined things.
I like jazz but this is very long and meandering.
I don't understand jazz. There's just too much going on at once, it really amps up my ADHD and I shutdown. I tried but I just can't. Also, Miles Davis abused women. I'll give it a 2 because it's not the worst thing I've ever heard, but I know I don't ever want to listen to this again. Perhaps if it wasn't 90 minutes long, it would be more accommodating.
Jakby to na pewno jest dobry album i to jest me problem, ale na się czuje jakby to był eksperyment społeczny
Niet mijn kindof jazz
Y'know, I'll give it this: it wasn't too bad to listen to. Experimental Jazz is not my thing, but, I tolerated it. Took a while for me to muster up the courage to it, though.
My god the length of this. Honestly, the first two songs (all of the first disk) felt like it was wasting my time. With 2 minute structureless intros on songs that already seem to meander to nowhere. The second disk redeems the album somewhat by being more accessible, but it was still a slog.
While I can appreciate it for what it is and did enjoy parts, I do think it went on for longer than necessary
Ich mag Jazz eigentlich, aber das war streckenweise schon sehr anstrengend. Und eindeutig zu lang.
Hui das war lang und anstrengend aber auch irgendwie gar nicht sooo schlecht. Ist halt nicht so direkt mein Ding, aber ich weiß das zu schätzen
94 minut?! Ta podatek izvem, glih po tem, ko 5 minut berem, kako je bil basically do vseh svojih partnerk nasilen? Fuck me, an. Glede na to, da sm v preteklosti že poudarjala, da se grem objektivnost in ločevanje of the art and the artist, me čaka napornih 94 minut. Ugh... Ja. Jazz is not my thing. Neki cajta zveni kul. Neko cajta zveni k ropot. Predolgo je čist. I guess sm zj na polovici, po dveh komadih. Prou zmatrana sm. Mi je pa zj ta druga polovica bolj prebavljiva za sledit/poslušat. Ampak z veseljem nikol več ne poslušam tole. Naslovnica je huda.
09/03/2026 In no way could I give this more than 2 stars. I found it boring and it dragged. I understand however, the spread that other people have given it. Spotify listeners: 3 million
Tried first 2 tracks Very unsettling sound
Gostoso, mas me pegou em um dia errado. Com certeza vale revisitar
It’s good for what it is but i’m not listening ts on daily basis
Some of the songs made me feel anxious
Tough one. Not a fan of jazz without a discernible theme or melody, so this was a struggle. Probaby liked Spanish Key the best
fine
Not my thing, but know it’s good.
Stuck in traffic on the way home and didn't even finish the first track. Nope.
I mean, what can I say? If you like jazz then you’ll probably love it. If you don’t it’ll just breeze by.
Not my cup of tea
langweilig und nervig, 20 minuten songs und sie sind nur instrumental jazzy aber meh
Echt geen jazz fan
I'm definitely a Kind of Blue kind of person. This one is a mood and in the last few busy days I didn't have the space to fully appreciate this album. It's rough around the edges, it's noisy, it's uncomfortable (as all art should be). Will give this one a relisten in a few years, but right now this is two stars for me.
I know there are people who will love this album, but sadly I'm not one of them. I enjoy jazz but this was too much, long tracks with free-form arrangements that had me begging for it to end. I suspect this is exactly the reason why a lot of people don't like jazz, and that's a shame but musically each performance was very good, but as a whole it had me banging my head against a brick wall!
Background ahh music
I was both overstimulated and bored
I love Kind of Blue, but Bitches Brew has always been a bit manic for my taste.
Dense and soupy. I think I would have to live with this album for a long time for it to fully click.
I like jazz and Miles Davis is brilliant, but I found this a bit of a difficult listen. Spanish key was probably the track I liked the most.
Very moody and strange jazz. Not pleasant to listen to.
This is the second time I’ve listened to this album and whilst it is undoubtedly a great piece of work I just don’t love Jazz.
I understand the importance, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. LP1 isn't for me at all - 45+ minutes of chaos isn't music to me. LP2 is quite good until it gets to the last track which feels closer to a fit for LP1. It kinda makes me sad when stuff 'this important' isn't something I ever really want to revisit. I'm supposed to like it, to value it, to oooo and ahhh at it...but I don't.
this is just background music... 20 min songs?
Tough listen, very self-indulgent
I'm sure Miles Davis is a master at what he does but I don't think I'm the right type of person to appreciate this
I understand that t his album was important, but its hard for me to listen to
If I was hosting a cool cocktail party in my slick NYC studio apartment that was retro-modern, I would put this album on in the background to signal to my guests that I'm cultured and sophisticated. I don't hate this at all, it sounds nice (at least the parts I listened to because it's very long) but it's just not really my thing. I think it could be really great under very specific circumstances, but I'm not listening to this in everyday life.
Not nearly as enjoyable or relaxing is his other albums, but still interesting and very experimental. I don't think I particularly liked every fusion element, but it worked sometimes. Won't be revisiting this album anytime soon though. 4/10
couldnt get through it, im so sorry miles davis
I had this playing on my laptop on the end of the sofa. My cat wanted to jump on me to have a sleep, but when it heard this album playing it jumped back down and flicked the dirtiest glance you've ever seen, over and over, between the laptop and me.
I’m not in the mood for a 2h jazz album. I liked some of Miles songs that I’ve heard before, but I’m not in the mood right now. Maybe later.
look, i love jazz and this is technically impeccable. but it is also an insufferable elitists' prog horror trip on acid
- I listened to this while cooking a semi-swanky dinner, hoping it would put me in a cocktail-dress/underground-speakeasy-type of mood, but I just found myself tuning out while waiting on the onions to sautée - I did have to restart the first track when it sounded like it started over at around 1:30, and I guess that was a newer technique in jazz at the time -- using the studio as an instrument to give a certain effect - catching a couple of Davis' spoken cues to the other musicians in the background on a track or two was enjoyable ("keep it tight"), and really drove home that this was a performance being created in real time, with no one knowing beforehand what the outcome was going to be - it's unfair to judge this album on what it is not: organized sound. but if you asked me to take an instrument I know well and create chords, melodies, and harmonies out of thin air at a fast pace for 20 minutes without either overshadowing the other musicians at different points or tripping over my own fingers, that would be a monumentally difficult task very few would be able to execute. I fully appreciate the musicianship of all the musicians on this album, even thought I don't find what they created entirely pleasing to the ears (and in postmodern society, perhaps that's the point) - jazz as purely a live performance among clearly talented musicians is probably spectacular and incredibly memorable, but listening to it in my kitchen over headphones is not the right environment in which appreciate this fully (I'd even argue that jazz recordings are like diet soda; you only get an unsatisfying taste of the real thing, so why even drink it at all?). for that reason, I have to go with a 2 -- I appreciate what's going on, but I need a little help in "getting" this recording (maybe listening to a universally panned jazz album by a different musician next would give some much-needed context as to why this is on this list?)
Ok minus. kjedelig, orket ikke å høre ferdig
Interesting compositions, felt a little disjointed, however I can see how it could be appealing to some. The main detraction is the length of each piece with what felt like a lack of motif (with my untrained ears)
(Internal monologue): I want to be cool… I want to be cool… Just, be… Cool… Just say it - say it out loud - “Bitches Brew is good”. The critics love it, therefore you love it… “B-Brew is the shizzz, ya dig?” Shit, what the hell was that? Gah, shit, don’t distract from the point - you L.O.V.E. Myles, and you LOOOOVE… This. C’mon, c’mon… Just say it… Say… It… (Screams in record store, holding Lady Gaga’s The Fame Monster): DAMN IT I DONT THINK ITS THAT GOOD - BITCH ISNT THAT GOOD, DAMN IT!!! (I am promptly escorted out of HMV by mall security)
The sax is a bit...intense...
j’étais en train de cogner des clous dans l’autobus en écoutant la première track et la seule image que je voyais dans mes rêves c’était un poulet stressé et frénétique j’ai pas aimé le premier disque. c’est de ça que je voulais parler quand j’étais jeune et que je disais que j’aimais pas le jazz. c’est des instruments joués sans cohésion et je comprends juste pas. genre dans ce cas on entend bien que les musiciens ont beaucoup de talent, mais y’a tellement aucune cohésion entre eux que c’est juste pas plaisant à écouter. ils jouent tous chacun de leur bord plein de notes pas dans une tonalité conventionnelle et il n’y a aucun lien entre les divers instruments. ils ne construisent pas un tout que je trouve beau, ils sont chacun de leur bord en train de construire (et échouer de construire) des choses tellement différentes et qui ne s’emboîtent pas les unes avec les autres. le deuxième disque est beaucoup plus cohésif que le premier, donc je trouve ça meilleur. cependant, même celui-là est un peu trop… expérimental? pour moi donc je pense pas le réécouter. also les jappements de chien (??) tout au long de la dernière track sont gossants ♡: Miles Runs the Voodoo Down. Honnêtement je l’ai quand même apprécié, la vibe était nice. Sanctuary était cool aussi, i guess
Bitches are not brewing
Look, it’s just not for me. Incredibly talented musicians playing music that is basically unlistenable.
Third Miles Davis. My previous of his wasn't too long ago - about 80 albums or so. Kind of Blue was alright, similarly to how In a Silent Way was alright. I wasn't too big on the jazz staple of having a bunch of inordinately long tracks, but I suppose the actual music was moderately relaxing. I know this is a particularly big album of his - I've encountered it on occasion while surfing the web. I'm getting a psychedelic vibe from this album cover. Maybe this album marks a pivot within his style. Anyways, on with the music. AN HOUR-THIRTER???? You have got to be jerking my cock until I'm on the brink of climax only to lop the thing off in what can only be described as the greatest act of blueballing in known history. You see the charity✊😡👈 towards this album that I was just holding in my hand? Get it da fuuuuuuuck outta here (╯°□°）╯︵ ʎʇᴉɹɐɥɔ 🪟 When you're stuck in the hostile climes of a feature-length avant-garde jazz album, you do what you can to survive. The true nature of this music is, fortunately, quite benign. I don't bother this music, and this music doesn't bother me. There's gotta be a concept in human psychology where music gets to a point of being so discordant and unruly that the mind just shuts off and filters out everything which follows. Like the cocktail party effect, but if it only relates to one piece of stimuli. This album isn't quite on that level for me, but if these songs were any busier I'd have a shameful, entirely-blank review to submit. Anyways, bitchfest over. The trumpets on this album are interesting. They're much livelier than I remember them being, sounding garbled and stretched to their absolute limit. They're not quite my thing, but I respect the craft. The percussion is also pretty solid. I like the pitter pattering of the cymbal clashes, and some of the drum rolls are pretty good, too. They do a nice job of reigning in the more free-wheeling aspects of this album. Part of me does wish there were moments without their presence, however. The ever-present drums make me feel a little cagey after a while. The miscellaneous, less important aspects of this album have some merit, too. Some of the guitar reverb is pretty cool, and I like the ambient guitar strumming which occasionally appears in the background. I don't like the psycho bits of these songs, however. I'm not sure what instrument I'm even referring to, really. It's the one that keeps jumping up and down at differing rates and goes ballistic when Miles starts choking on his trumpet. Kind of sounds like an organ, but there isn't an organ credit on this album. Overall, this album is admirably experimental and bold in its choice of instrumentation, but it's ultimately too lost in the sauce for me. I can point to moments of competency on the whole, but there aren't any specific moments of greatness in here, and the longer the music goes on, the less remarkable and more repetitious its eccentricities begin to sound. Book time. Tried aping the style of Electric Ladyland, but wound up sounding nothing like its inspiration. Pioneered jazz rock. Dense. Many different styles. Sold well. Revitalised Davis' career. Yeah, this seems like a solid rap sheet, though I'm kind of mentally exhausted after listening to this album. I *yawn* cosign this inclusionnnnnnnnnnnnnn
Technically it may be brilliant musicianship, it's not necessarily pleasant to listen to. Kinda like Stravinski.
An endurance test of background sound.
piep knor
Too crazy and chaotic for me. I kind of vibe with the first track but not with the others at all.
Not my kind of Miles Davis
Too mellow and chaotic for me at times
Just don't get it. Not even in Kind of Blue's league.
Too long and cacophonous.
For background music but kinda angsty
Not for me
This was not my jam. Couldn't appreciate it but was nice in the background
Definitely an experimental album of his. Can why some love it and other dislike it.
I’m all for free form music and hearing the musicians feel it out while playing. Jamming essentially but this album was really hard for me to get into to. I’m all for jamming but lack of words, song length and not being the biggest jazz fan felt like it contributed to my rating/lack of interest. I listened to the entire album and my conclusion is that, this album is meant for massive jazz fans, it didn’t feel like a casual listen. Musically the album isn’t bad at all, just not my thing.
Given my deep and abiding love for Miles, I really wanted to love this, or at very least like it. Alas, it was just too hard on the ears.
I listened to a couple minutes of some songs, they weren’t horrible, but definitely not my type of music.
Chaotic and complicated, the conversation between the hi-hats and the sax FEEL good. Each song works well as a stand alone but none of them stood out from the rest they're all just good. :/ I wish I had more words for it cause I do like jazz, it’s just that none of these pieces wowed me.
Not my thing I’m afraid - interpretive storytelling jazz?
1h45 of a band warming up for a song they never play.
Not my thing at all but some serious musicianship here.
Jazz isn't really for me
I understand why this album was included on the list and I can appreciate the sheer musical talent of everyone involved - the fact that the majority of it was improvised is amazing. However, with that being said, this was a chore to listen to. I don’t appreciate fusion apparently and I’m ok with that. If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis
Demasiado jazz para mí, que me mola el jazz
Each song ranging from 12-27min is wild and not necessary.
High on concept, lots of artistic flourishes, but unfortunately light on compelling melodic lines that ultimately make this an enjoyable listen
Vet knappt vad jag lyssnat på. Otroligt svårt att hålla fokus. Det är som om man får adhd av att lyssna. Inte asnajs med andra ord. Lite skönt då och då. Men alldeles för spretit och långt för att det ska funka.
Misstänker att man behöver vara en riktig finsmakare för att verkligen uppskatta detta. Även om den har sina stunder så blir det på det hela taget för stökigt och ostrukturerat för min smak.
Not my thing.
My ex had this cd and I tried to listen to it once and didn’t get very far. This time I fell asleep at some point and I don’t know if I slept through and it started over or if I just missed a little bit I felt no need to go back and catch what I’d missed.