Bitches Brew

Bitches Brew was, at first, like Yes' Tales From Topographic Oceans. A double album with long songs? How could this not be something I would enjoy? I like most of Davis' eras, but his intro into this experimental jazz / fusion has always been a quandary for me. It just feels like the band is noodling along and there's no sense of melody or theme throughout. Davis does that whole trumpet burst thing, but his solos are not really... impressive. I don't get a sense of where each piece is going, and it gets to a point where I am unsure as to what is the difference between each one. I'm not saying jazz has to fit into a specific box, but 2 hours of noodling doesn't seem like groundbreaking to me. I'll still put it on every once in a while, and see if I "get" what all these critics were getting when they rated it so highly. But somehow I don't think so.

I'm sorry, I still don't get jazz. I listened to this album a number of times and I know Miles Davis is a legend but it didn't really make me stand up and pay attention. Pharoah's Dance was fine, maybe the final minute or so I caught something really cool. Ditto for the title track. Spanish Key was the best track in my opinion, a lot of different blends you don't always hear (guitar and brass). Miles Runs the Voodoo Down feels like it took some risks perhaps? Sanctuary fine. If I gave the album a four, which maybe it deserves, I feel like I'd only be doing it because I know that's what smarter more jazz-informed folks would do. But it just didn't speak to me, so it gets a naive 3.

Good, but really take some mental effort to get through.

chaotic and crazy - def a good listen but I feel like I need about 10 more to really grasp this one properly. This one almost makes it to a 4 just on the boldness of the mission alone - all those players and so much improvisation - it's a wonder it holds together at all. The guitar player McLaughlin is out of this world - def need to know more about him.

Ay, cómo me embola esto. Prometí escucharlos todos de punta a punta, no me hagan esto.

Jaaaaaaaazz

Very experimental at times, but great playing

This wasn't bad. It melded well with the ambiance of my day.

Jazz

Feels like sitting in the theater waiting for the movie to start

Needs a relisten. I just don't know enough about jazz

probably amazing, but I have a hard time focusing on jazz for some reason

Alright. I find it a bit too long, couldn't really focus on it. But I get how influential it is. Liked the sharp uptick sound of the trumpets. Sounds mysterious. + Bitches Brew

“If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis.” Homeboy may be cool, but I still dislike jazz.

I can't imagine I have anything valuable to add to the conversation.

I love Miles, but have a hard time appreciating this album. Each song is 20 minutes on average, and that’s too long for my attention span. Beautiful music, but not my favorite Miles album.

Improvisational sets by a bunch of talented musicians, who all get inspiration from voices none of rhe rest of us can hear. I prefer the style of Kind of Blue over this and likely don't need to listen to this one again.

I have decided I am not a Jazz fine.

An enjoyable ambient jazz album 3/5

some of the high pitched was annoying 6.5/10

too psychedelic to me

Love some jazz

Блин, это звучит как трио Леши Бычкова! Ну почти. Вообще и правда, Лёша, клавишник группы ил, выдаёт на клавишах во время концерта что-то очень похожее. Главный вопрос: а что с длительностями?) Я вообще не понял сначала, сколько на альбоме треков: он разделён на два диска, на первом из которых 2 трека, а на втором 5... Причём обычно второй диск это большая редкость и обычно там собраны всякие расширения, бонусные треки, неудачные дубли и тд. Но здесь получилось, как мне кажется, наоборот: главный диск именно второй. В чём логика — непонятно. Полтора с лишним часа это было слушать тяжело, именно сконцентрировавшись на музыке. На фон я попытался поставить — иногда возникают слишком резкие звуки. Модный джаз: сложный, непонятный, невоспринимаемый. Из недавнего чем-то напомнило Imaginary Friends Orchestra, которые приезжали на Дни Физика, дуэт контрабаса, кларнета и драм-машинки. И там тоже были вот всякие квази-экспериментальные гармонии и тд. Сегодня это было "не моё", а вот тогда мне понравилось.

Frantic and challenging. I like the use of loops and echoes, the funky electric guitar and bass in addition to traditional jazz instruments, and the sheer overwhelming amount of ideas here, but it’s not a record I’d want to hear regularly.

Nice jazz album but maybe a bit long

Cool album, has nice energy. Can be a bit intense at times.

This is certainly one of the jazz albums of all time

So smooth. Hard to pick a favourite but Feio stands out because of that dog barking kind of sound and chit chat at the end. Very enjoyable to listen to.

I love Miles’s work from the 50s and 60s, but Bitches Brew has always been a little bit too out there for my taste.

Didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would.

3- repeat album

I like jazz. I like Miles. I *should* love his all-star band including Boston’s own Chick Corea. Sadly, jazz fusion is a music style that has always been a worst case scenario for me.

Long songs

great jazz, but my god what a long album. i’d honestly say 6/10, too long

Not all the way my Kind o jazz. But all the Featured Artists. So many of them I love. Shorter McLaughlin Korea Zawinul....

Obviously he's amazing but this is An hour and 45 Minutes so one for the enthusiasts, I feel.

Sip some black coffee, watch the rain fall, and listen to miles Davis pog for 2 hours. Would recommend

Songs were a little too long, but still some good stuff

Not for me to judge how radical this was. For a punk/new wave lover hard to tell. But enjoyed listening to it

So relaxing, no simple tracks but complete movements. But I still prefer other Miles Davis albums.

It’s jazz. 3/5

This was one very excentric and progressive jazz, wasn't a fan of it and it was way too long

This has an amazing and totally distinctive sound. I'm not sure I'm even totally qualified to appreciate what they're doing. This isn't what I reach for in most circumstances, but I would play this again. The thing is though, it's not easy-listening background music - it's dark, intense, and strongly dissonant - you really have to be paying attention to enjoy it, it's not the sort of thing you can just leave on and bop along to. But it's also kind of meandering - the songs are consistently moody, but other than that rough guide they don't have a ton of obvious structure. So it doesn't really fit as a focused listening experience either. Generally it's just tough to find a spot for. It's also very, very long - when I'm in the mood for jazz, I'm usually in the mood for 30-40 minutes of jazz, and it's just so much easier to reach for "Birth of the Cool" or "Kind of Blue" in those moments. So this might not be the fairest review in the world, nor the one that most appreciates this record on the level it's supposed to be appreciated, but for me this is just average.

Not my favorite of Davis’ work for sure, but better than a lot of what was coming out at the time.

Pharaoh’s Dance, Spanish Key, John McLaughlin are jams. The others were a bit too discordant for me.

uhhhh... yeah. I want to like this and appreciate it like people sometimes do. But the truth is that I really like the album art more than the music. Maybe this is an 'experience' and since I 'say no to drugs' I assume I'll never truly appreciate this. I've heard samples of this in the wild ... Chi-Ali's Roadrunner song (yes, I listened to the Fabulous Chi-Ali, so what?) and I'm sure there are others out there. Full disclosure, I've tried getting through this many different times and even took a couple jazz theory classes and discussed this one. But, the only thing that is memorable is the bass line to roadrunner and the artwork. Sorry, Mr. Miles...

This is one of those that I can appreciate, but don't necessarily enjoy. I think I have read extensively about Miles Davis, but this music just doesn't do much for me.

It's definitely jazz.. Listened only to disc 1 (55 mins). Then I decided I had enough. Not bad just doesn't really do anything for me.

Wow c edt pas l'album le plus facike a ecouté... sketches of spain et kind of blue mon plus touché 3.5

3/5 experimental jazz. clearly talented musicians but more chaotic than I want out of a jazz album. also 20 min songs are too long

20 minute songs of jazz. Jazz is not my cup of tea but I'm here for diversity and I think it overall was OK

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.

There won't be a jazz album on here that I'll particularly like unfortunately. To me after a while it just becomes noise. Still its a lot better than some of them on this list so far.

funky listen... kinda not for me...

Wow, he's off the map! Haven't heard jazz like this since Marcus "The Worm" Hicks ran with Thaddeus Finks and Mookie Kramer and the Eight Balls.

Not our thing at all, good job we listened to kind of blue before this one. All the things we don't like about jazz. Also why is it called bitches brew.

I know Miles Davis is a genius. But I’m not going to be pretentious and pretend I liked this.

I feel like this is album is the quintessential showcase of why I have difficulty getting into jazz music. I spent the first half of this album (Pharoah's Dance and Bitches Brew) listening for any sort of cohesion or something to latch onto... themes that could be explored, expanded upon, strayed from, and found again. All I heard was a bunch of noise that sounded like people tuning up their instruments independently of one another. Perhaps the things they were doing were actually too sophisticated for me to hear as anything but random noise... but the individual elements felt lacking as well. Shrill trumpet notes... banging out dissonance on the piano... nothing to anchor it. Sometimes things have never been done before because they don't sound good. I never knew when I was about to be surprised by the next unpleasant noise. Sides 3 and 4 were more comprehensible. Spanish Key was my favorite track on the record... at least some of it had a tune. It also has recognizable drive and rhythm. Even though I could appreciate the later tracks more, it still wore out its welcome long before the end. Then Sanctuary returns to more of the style I didn't like on the first half of the album. I'm sure there are people who can tell me why and how I should appreciate this record, but I can almost feel the air of pretension that will accompany the lesson. Before listening to this, I misremembered the album title and did a full listen of "Kind of Blue" instead. I'm glad I made the mistake because it gave me a frame of reference for this record... and an appreciation for where Miles Davis was coming from. Kind of Blue, of course, sounds much more traditional -- but I came away from it with a lot more positive feelings. Maybe I will come to appreciate this music someday, but for now I'm relieved to see the back of it.

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.

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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