Reviews (page 7 of 7)
The Stones and Doors covers were pleasurable. Everything else was something of a snooze.
pretty intresting the mix of indian music and normal beats would be better with actual lyrics and vocals
The gimmick behind this album is the mixing of rock music with Indian style music. The question is, does this gimmick create for a good album? For me, the true test case were the covers for Doors' Light My Fire and Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash. The answer to the question "would I have liked these [cover] songs if I was unaware of the original versions" was a definite no. Hence why I relegate the album to the gimmick category.
Of course I remember Ravi Shankar playing with the Beatles, and teaching George Harrison how to play the Sitar. Although there are more and more Indian influences on modern music, I don't think the Sitar's fusion with western Rock music has been as successful as Ananda had hoped.
Pretty strange, not sure I'd seek out to listen to again
Telling that my favourite was the cover of Jumpin’ Jack Flash. Didn’t love it otherwise.
"Featuring sitar and Moog synthesizers", da love jo godt. Men blei diverre litt for mange coverlåta for meg
Why is this even on the list? Garden centre relaxation tape fodder.
Oh okay. Never heard the Rolling Stones in sitar before. Not for me, but it kept my toddler chill during breakfast.
I love the sitar and the traditional Indian sounds, but I think this works best when it's straying away from trying to bring in obvious western elements. Despite the cover of Light My Fire being in moments a standout, the whole thing has a tendency to feel like a lounge act. Not bad, by any means. I would've just preferred something a little more traditional and less jam-band-y.
I guess it is interesting. It is also background music for a movie or a restaurant and not something I'd ever listen to again
Half these songs are annoying covers of really popular songs with the rest maybe original? Who knows; can't imagine willingly wanting to listen to this but here we are. 3/10.
Hmmm, I struggled a bit with this. I just didn't feel that it stands up after 50 years
not for me but i thought the first song was ok
I would like it if it wasn't for all the covers. Like sitars, hate covers.
Classical Indian music has a real cool sound, I really adore the instruments. And here we have a fusion with western rock, except a little too pulled into appealing to western audiences. "Jumpin Jack Flash" and "Light my Fire" don't really have much substance besides being raga covers... Apparently the former was a huge club pick. "Mamata" sounds like some 60s Spanish hit, but I can't figure out what it was called. Really all the songs suffer from too much westernization. The drumming in "Metamorphisis" and rapid sitar playing comes off as repetitive and dull rather than enveloping as traditional Indian classical music is. I did like the ending of "Metamorphisis" though. The mysterious nature of "Sagar" was inviting, plus the exciting bridge to the 2nd half, and I actually preferred its 13-minute length... This is the kind of raga I look forward to. "Dance Indra" is a bit silly, but it reminds me of Banjo Kazooie music, so I give it a pass. The last song just sucks.
Didn't mind it, but it's still covers and still much worse than original songs. Got bored way before the end
Áhugavert en ekki minn tebolli.
Vaguely interesting, but not that special. Reasonable crossover.
weird
2/5 oriental versions of popular songs. Not of my liking.
Jumping Jack Flash with sitar is still Jumping Jack Flash.
There are so many better oriental albums out there, I was pretty disappointed with this one. An album with more than 1 cover song, shouldn't be considered as one of the best ever made...
All the key element were there so that I love this album but unfortunatly it didnt impress me like I thought it would...Too generic, not enough creative if you listen to a bit of world music..
It's strange, I felt inclined to love this album, but... Not so much after all. There are a few good moments, but I feel like it was put together for an american market, or at least an english market, and it felt somehow weird. A sitar album starting with a cover of Jumpin Jack Flash, I think that killed the vibe right at the beginning for me.
Pretty cool but I can only listen to so much of this
This album is raga rock / indipop music and was the first attempt by an Indian - Ananda Shankar - to combine Indian instruments with the rock genre. This combination had been done before, but only by Western people. Jimi Hendrix was working with Ananda Shankar and suggested they collaborated, but Ananda wanted to create his first album on his own. The music is psychedelic and beautiful. Fans of rock will love the covers of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Light My Fire" on this album. They were the biggest hits, and I think they're amazing. This album gave Ananda Shankar international popularity and strengthened the ever-increasing want for more music genre combinations. This album is worth a listen!
Starts off strong but quickly gets mired in overlong arrangements that have no payoff. I don't mind the covers since they have some unique takes to offer on some classics, just wish the album could maintain the focus and energy found on its opening and closing tracks.
appreciated, but unexciting, warmed over.
Extraña fusión de música india con canciones de más renombre. Mucho instrumental, que no me ha transmitido nada
Opens strong with Jumpin' Jack Flash. Has a nice hippy rock feel to it even prior to the sitar. Pleasantly psychedelic. Sagar (The Ocean) goes into full atmospheric, psychadelia with 13 minutes of strange ominous rising tone and hollow 'wind effect' in background. Raghupati is bizarrely catchy and falls almost into a Polyphonic Spree hit. High points: Jumpin' Jack Flash, Light My Fire, Sagar (The Ocean), Raghupati.
Un es pregunta si realment aquests discos van arribar a ser tan revolucionaris en el seu temps com per merèixer ser escoltats per tothom abans de morir. Disc passable de 'sitar rock', si és que existeix tal génere, amb dues versions curioses encentant el disc i algunes peces interessants a continuació, si bé alguna d'elles excessivament llarga
meh
Not my jam
Maso.
I'm a big fan of Uncle Ravi but Ananda, not so much. Jumpin Jack Flash doesn't really work. The jamming on Metamorphosis is the highlight of the LP and the cover of The Doors is OK. Sugar, especially the first half, misses the mark. The bass guitar and synths don't add to it. The second half of the song picks up but the first half was a long 8 minutes. At the end of the day I don't think Ananda's Sitar capabilities or his tabla dude's capabilities are close to Uncle R's and his band's capabilities so he can't use those instruments to save the songs. It was a brave attempt at fusion and perhaps his efforts indirectly led to the excellent fusion bands in later generations. If so I should have rated higher, but I think that music would have come regardless of Ananda's cover of Jumpin' Jack.
Jumping Jack Flash was an interesting start, but when Light my fire came on it started to sound gimmicky and was cringe worthy. I actually like the traditional Indian songs better than the cheesy covers of Western Rock songs. Not sure that this record belongs on this list though.
Je pense que le choix de cet album n'était qu'une bonne blague de ce petit rigolo qu'est Robert, cela me rapelle d'ailleurs une anecdote à son sujet. Il y a de cela quelques mois, mon camarade d'écoute robcrinière et moi même décidions de commander le livre de Robert, la bible du générateur, le grimoire des 1001. Alors que rob reçu l'assomoir sans le moindre délais, le mien tardait à arriver. C'est après plusieurs semaines que je reçu enfin un colis estampillé Robert Dimery. Je l'ouvris avec excitation, mais c'est alors qu'une fois la couche de carton déballée, je découvris la supercherie: un bloc de ciment était en fait contenu dans le paquet envoyé par Robert. La deception fut immense de mon côté, et depuis ce jour, je mène une croisade contre Robert et son fils Mike Ladd.
First Listen. Rock classics India style. Not bad.
Oh sitar oh sitar sitar next to me! Never knew that WIll Young's 'Light My Fire' was a cover
It was fine. I was not particularly into it. It seemed to have fallen into the trap of influential at its time but I've heard it so far after its release. I've heard who they have influenced and enjoyed that far more.
Sitar would be a cool addition to some of the songs covered, but I'm not really interested in listening to sitar instrumentals for 40 minutes
Interesting, but sitar doesn't do it for me.
Not a fan of fusion music in general, why does Eastern sitar music need to blend with western rock n roll when it doesn't want to?
The novelty wears off pretty quick. Not much else going for this album.
2.5 only chingelchangel. goed voor achtergrond maar niet echt een bijzonder album imo. Indische stem wel goated, Welcome to the Kwik-E-Mart , thank you come again
eenmalig tof op de achtergrond
Sometimes, just sometimes, you can have too much sitar
covers with a sitar ?
I dont like the albums arround only one instrument, the only good point is the covers
Nope, really not interested in traditional Indian music. I guess it was well-played, but that didn't make me much more interested in it.
Don't like the western covers - feels too obvious somehow? And the Indian ones sounds like curry house background music. The long one (Ocean) was decent, but I won't listen again.
kinda of sitared out by mid way through track 1 - not sure covers of rock classics is the way to go
Starts strong. Then...doesn’t know what it is.
Good start, decent last song. Boring middle
Había escuchado antes el cover de los Rolling y estaba bueno, medio gimmicky. Ahora escucho el disco completo y lo compruebo. Muy gimmick. O sea, escuchar una rola está bien, el disco completo no lo sé. Tampoco te hace mal pero equis, ¿no? Inexplicablemente me dieron ganas de un masaje.
The Sitar is fine in small doses but it does get a bit grating after a while. At least it wasn't 40 minutes of the bagpipes i suppose.
Nog lang vol kunnen houden, maar op een gegeven moment wordt dit echt te irritant natuurlijk.
Die cover van Paint it Black was nog wel aardig, maar na nog twee van die jengelende sitarnummers begonnen er moordneigingen op te spelen. Dus voor de veiligheid van Nieke en de mensen in de buurt maar snel afgezet.
Easy listening lounge covers for while you're waiting for your main course: Mike Flowers Poppadoms
Started off OK, nosedive to the end
Not my bag. But could appreciate it a bit.
Not my bag
Very trippy, maybe too trippy for a Wednesday morning. But enjoyable none the less. Found the 13 min Sagar a bit of a struggle.
Not real my thing but wasnt painful to get through, and can appreciate something different
Maybe groundbreaking at the time but now seems like Muzak I”ve heard before a 100, mainly inIndian restaurants.
Muzak, thats all really!
A little busy
Not for me. The sitar is a beautiful instrument and the ambition to record a crossover style album is understandable, but it sounded more like muzak than anything fresh.
Disco interesante con instrumentos y ritmos indios. Buenas versiones de Jumping Jack Flash y Light muy Fire. Quizá alguna de las canciones de hace pesada ya que no es un tipo de música que adore. Disco correcto 2,5/5
indiano.. indiano
Too hippy
Bit much very annoying after the first couple of the tracks
Not bad. Instrumental covers with sitar instead of voice
Interesting... funny to hear a fusion of an Indian artist use rock influence instead of the other way around.
WIld
Weird combo…sitar with rumba beats. Verx experimental. Nice listening to it while working. But not my cup of tea.
cool
Austin powers anyone. I don’t mind a sitar bit a whole album of playing lead vocal melody lines? Nope
I don't dislike sitar music but I think the sitar versions of the songs on here I knew were all worse versions of those songs.
Not sure why this on the list. It just be going doin doin wearrrr di did id
Gimmick - no place on the list as good as the playing is
Fcking George Harrison man. The sitar has got be near the bottom of "mainstream" instruments. 😴
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Sooooo, are you nominating this on the merit of sitar, or sitar covers of Western rock singles? Either way, this one struggles to rise above the idea of "novelty". Easy miss, imo.
Private session used for Spotify on this one. Indian takes on 60's hits, I see this as nothing more than a novelty, amusing to listen to once, except for the 13 minute dirge called Sagar, I didn't need to hear that at all.
Varför finns denna?
Couldn’t finish it
Not really my thing either, some of the covers of songs were pretty interesting, but not enough to salvage this. One star.
lol. So this is a cover album? Of classic American rock where the guitar is replaced with a shitty sitar and synths? Why does anyone need to hear this? Get real, 1001. Honestly, this feels insulting. I don’t give a shit about world music at all, but if you’re gonna throw it on the list—with the premise of its inclusion on the list being that I NEED to hear it before I die—at least throw on something that actually represents actual world music and not just a record that apes Eurocentric cultural norms but with a sitar. Plus, I hate the sitar. This one was always going to skew low for me. 3/10
Didn’t finish it. I really hate the sitar as an instrument.
Viac by ma to bavilo, keby to boli vlastne piesne. Tieto prevzaté veci sú také nijaké...
Fine sitar rock album from a Shankar. Only liked the light my fire cover and the rest were just okay. There's better.
Scitar. Does not age well and is silly.
If you like sitars you are in for a treat
Horrible
I couldn’t get through it.
Covers of songs you already know, but with a sitar! Why is the necessary listening?
sad poulobt dzma amat
Bot for me
1001 albums I couldve lived without hearing
nochmals 70er-Jahre-„Nicht-Meins“, diesmal mit indischem sitar-touch. obwohl, jumpin‘ jack flash hätte es beinahe noch gerettet.
Someone could probably make something fire sampling this record but I don’t see any situation I’d ever go back and listen to it myself
Il not a fan of sitar. It can be tasteful sometimes but even in the Beatles tracks it annoys me. Just cuz of that not a fan.
cheap
If I was a hippy in 1970 on acid then I imagine I would love the 13 minute ‘Sagar’ track…. But I’m not. The stones cover was quite good, the doors one less so…. 1.5
Absolutely awful. How anyone can listen to a sitar is beyond me.
1,4/5
Skip
not mad
Weird but cool
Track 6; circa 10:20: Please, God! No more! I'll talk! Whatever you want to know! Just. Make. It. Stop! Seriously, Robert... the best representation of Indian music you could find for your list is an album with instrumental covers of well-known Western songs performed in cliché sitar? Way to really push your comfort zone, mate. It's a sad, sad day when I have to fail an album with so much Moog, but somehow this challenge found a way to ruin even that. Astonishing.
Elevatormusik. Måske MEGET INFLUENTIAL elevatormusik, men stadig elevatormusik.
This wasn’t for me
Really?
If you've ever felt like the organ riff in Light My Fire wasn't annoying enough - man do I have a sitar album for you.
Not my style.
Ok, the wiki entry has be interested to hear how this one is. I know Ravi Shankar but nothing by his nephew. This is beginning to sound more like elevator or telephone hold music to my ears sadly. Quite pleased that has finally finished. Not one for me, even if it is apparently one that made the history books for some reason.
Not for me. 1/5
What are we doing here? 1001 albums to hear before I die and I'm listening to jumping jack flash played on a sitar
Review - God I hate sitar Rating - 1.5/10 Need to hear? NO
Interesting music with several interesting songs that are reasonable to listen to once.
A whole album of sitar solos just isn't for me.
What a load of shite, not even good elevator music
Can't dig this stuff
I have enjoyed sitar. So why does this suck so bad to me?
Un calvaire à écouter
This is not good.
The guy is obviously a proficient sitar player but I found this difficult to get through. There wasn't enough musically keeping me interested here, there's a 13 minute song (which isn't a problem - I've heard longer) that barely changes up at all. To me a lot of it was random twangs of the sitar just constant, and it did grate on me after a while.
Wallpaper music, nothing more. Listenable for a bit thats all. Certainly not groundbreaking
nah
Not my jam, the sitar cadence makes me anxious, and I don't like religious music.
Did I ever need to hear Jumpin Jack Flash and Light My Fire played on the sitar? No, I did not, but now I have. This was better than the Ravi Shankar album though because it was more than just the sitar. You know I don’t like instrumentals though.
Terrible
50
Standart Musik von jedem mittelmäßigen indischen Restaurant
idk man i just don’t like listening to an instrument for like 8 songs straight they all sound the same and it’s really not my typa instrument. sounds like something you hear if u go to someone to tell u ur future
Thanks - but no thanks.
DNF, got a headache
LMAO Why is this in the list???
better than I thought it would be, but not good enough to re-listen.
Well that was weird.
Ananda Shankar by Ananda Shankar is, quite frankly, not for me. Despite only running to around 40 minutes, it felt like a bit of a slog to get through. At its core, this is a novelty record, taking well-known Western songs and reinterpreting them through the sitar. It sounds interesting in theory, but in practice it didn’t land. The fusion feels more gimmicky than innovative, and the arrangements don’t have enough depth or energy to keep you engaged. Favourite track: If I had to pick one, Jumpin’ Jack Flash stands out, mainly for the novelty of hearing The Rolling Stones in this style Least favourite tracks: The rest of the album blurred together and didn’t leave much of an impression Album artwork: Like the music, it didn’t really resonate and feels quite dated Overall, this might appeal to fans of experimental fusion or musical curiosities, but it missed the mark for me
Not really captivating, pretty forgettable, nothing interesting besides Rolling Stones in a sitar - which I'm not really sure is that interesting.
Blahhhhhhh.
no
Listening to this on the home from work made me depressed.
Lännen ja Intian suuri kohtaaminen kuulostaa turisteille kaupiteltavalta CD:ltä (ks. Jumpin' Jack Flash ja Light My Fire sitarilla tulkittuina). Yksi 13-minuuttinen jami herätti sympatiaa, mutta en usko ottavani sitäkään tehosoittoon. 1,5
Yeah nah. Sitar, big no no. Annoying after a minute. mhm No thanks Ananda
What the actual fuck...
Wasn’t keen on this. Felt like a novelty act
May have been groundbreaking in 1970 but not really that good. Covers are a bit meh! I’ve listened to much better sitar music
Sort of whimsical and if you are in the mood for that it would be great. A whole album of it gets a little tiring for me. It's creative and I'm sure the musician is great at what he does but I'm not sure I need to hear it again unless it was in a super light hearted setting where people are putting odd songs on for comedic effect.
Not gonna lie, the sitar versions of Jumpin' Jack Flash were a bit odd, but on a re-listen, I actually dug it a bit. The sitar being used as a vocal fill-in is a bit jarring but it works in this case. Overall, this isn't my jam, but I appreciate it. 1/5
Sitar covers of Rolling Stones songs?!?!?!?!?!?!?! No
Not my jam
Interesting idea, not my jam at all.
I did not need to hear this sitar album before I die. Nope.
I didn’t need to hear this before I died. This is just sitar karaoke.
This album should have been listed under "1001 Albums you would have wished you had died before listening to this dreck"... 40 minutes and 35 seconds I'll never get back...
Replace the sitar with any western instrument and nobody even notices this album.
Sitar music… light my fire is kinda cool.
WTAF?
Ok interessante ma non fa per me.
Good God. Abandoned after four songs.
started out okay then it just got weird.
No, no, no!
Hey Alexa, play that one album where that indian guy covers american songs but makes sure every song still sounds the same. Oh also Alexa blow out my brains
I like Indian music, but these covers are more muzak than meditative.
Vaya chorrada de álbum. Versiones de canciones clásicas tocadas por un tío con una trompetilla de feria.
Couldn’t find this on a free service.
Awful noise. Hated it.
india is a garbage country (racist)
Vaya chorrada de álbum. Versiones de canciones clásicas tocadas por un tío con una trompetilla de feria.
One of the weirdest additions yet.
Meh. Don't think sitar is my jam
1. jack flazh - 1 2. flouuer - 1 3. light my fire - 1 4. mamata - 1 5. morphoziz - 1.5 6. ocean - 1 7. dance indra - 1 8. raghupati - 1.5
“I wonder what Jumping Jack Flash would sound like on the sitar?” ……is a question no one really needed to know the answer to.
Ugh No thanks
Lovely music for the Polash Shit for my drive to work
Min bevidsthed er ikke blevet kemisk udvidet nok til at kunne se storheden i en sitar
Uh ... nah, dawg.
Not enough cow bell…too much sitar.
Usually im a big fan of sitar music. But this is too much
If you like sitar you’ll love this. If you don’t, like me, you won’t. This was awful.
1/5 Why, of all of the music from India, was this album included? Bad sitar covers of popular songs does not make one of the albums you should hear before you die.
Not my thing.
Not my thing
Cool to hear in a new age store, but not for every day listening.
Not for me. I could not finish it. I don't like the sound of the Sitar. I can understand how this was influential to global music being put on the map. I did not finish. 1/5
So because this guy did covers of great songs on an Indian instrument this ends up becoming one of the 1001 must hear albums ever made? Seems pretty silly. Just give me the originals. This wasn’t needed to be on the list. Covers were well done too but it’s not a must hear album. 2.0/10
i was excited when i first started listening, but then i realised the first couple of songs were just covers and from therei got less and less interested, to the point where the last couple of songs grated.
Experimental, but not in my wheelhouse.
🙄
Don't take drugs.
Gefällt mir nicht.
Awful. Just terrible
Mulle kuin korianteria
Jeg ved ikke om jeg har brug for at høre indiske covers at klassiske rocksange
not a huge sitar fan
Not my jam but I’m sure he got all the 70’s bobs and vagenes.
Had to listen knowing that I wouldn't like it. Not a fan of the Sitar in general except for the couple of Beatles tracks it appears on. Yeah, I was right. Didn't like.
I appreciate the eclectic mix here, but it just wasn’t for me… maybe I am just an uncultured swine… maybe it was just boring…
I’m sorry but I don’t need a full album of sitar
Jeez, like muzak for elevators or shopping malls, if you can make an exciting, revoltionary song like Jumping Jack Flash or Light My Fire into this soothing stuff, for me you are killing music. Not prejudiced, nothing wrong with the instrument. But please...
This is yet another example of the western take on this list: a mediocre Indian album with two covers of western songs. Probably that is the best way to become essential: western artists, covers or collaboration. Too bad. This is a subpar album while there are so many Indian albums deserving recognition.
Suprised not to have come across this before. I like Ravi Shankar, I like the Sitar. I like the Stones, I like Blues/Rock. I do not like fusions of them.
Best served with earplugs
Not only is he riding his uncles coat tails, he’s covering other peoples songs. Didn’t even do well when it came out, not sure why this is on this list. Interesting enough listen if you’re sat in 1970, but this is not what peak western/Indian music is in 2023. 1.5/5
No doubt this album is a favourite in Indian restaurants, to really give that """"authentic"""" vibe. For me though, as someone who isn't a particular fan of the sitar, this album was a flop. Once you've heard one track, you've heard them all. Nothing exciting or new. Felt like a demos track on my Yamaha keyboard.
Boring mix of Indien and western music
индийские биточки, мимо
I prefer music to have lyrics, so 40 minutes of almost exclusively instrumentals was really not to my taste. Also, the ringing sound in Sagar (The Ocean), the song that makes up for more than a quarter of the album, really bothered me.
Today I learned a new music term - raga rock. While some efforts are enjoyable, I found this one incredibly dull and adding nothing new to the random Rolling Stones and Doors covers.
If this was your first day / album you might just cancel your sign up and walk. Pants
Strangely interesting album. Dug the 2 covers, Jack flash and light my fire. Others seemed to drag on. Did like Raghupati. On my Spotify, immediately kicked into Beatles after this album. Wierd. .5 for having SHANK in his name. .5 for Stones/Doors cover .5 for Raghupati 1.5 but enjoyed the new experience
Sítarábreiður, hvað getur maður sagt.
Not more Sitar. Not for me
The two covers were kind of interesting. Not really my thing. Really lost me in the middle.
Not a fan. The covers I recognized were maybe a little neat, but the Sitar is an insturment that I can only take in small doses and an entire album of them is painful.
Oh no.
Vaya chorrada de álbum. Versiones de canciones clásicas tocadas por un tío con una trompetilla de feria.
Do you want sitar covers of the Stones and the Doors? Do you want other music that contains synthesizers and just the sitar? If you answered "yes" to either of these questions, then this is the perfect album for you. If you answered "no" then go ahead and skip this album. I have no desire to listen to this again and I didn't need to listen to it. It is better than some of the albums that have received a 1 but not worth a 2.
This is a ridiculous album.
I really liked the doomsday vault review somebody posted 1
I just couldn’t with this album. Someone needs to inform the manager of the website that sitars do not qualify a good album
This album transported me both to an old school indian restaurant and an elevator all at once
This? No. Just no.
Nope
1.5/5 Not really enjoyable
I skipped through most of this 😬
this is a crossover that didn't need to happen
Why? If I released an album of covers played on swanee whistle and kazoo, would that make the list? I love a good raga as much as anyone, but this is just nonsense.
No thanks
Tenenkrommend, na "light my fire" ging bij mij het licht uit
I stopped listening to it during Sagar (The Ocean). Didn't like.
Didnt really enjoy this one
Nah, not for me. The later more traditional tracks were OK but the covers were awful.
Muzak. Pish. Maybe, and I'm being generous, it was new and exciting in 1970 but it hasn't aged well. At all.
Would have given 0 stars if possible. Unbearable
Not for me. Sounds like parody altho thats likely due to the passage of time
Did not like this at all.
Muck
Don't like the oriental style.
Great sound, but the songs are a lot of covers off Western music. I'd be happy to listen classic sitar music.
Lame
1.5 - the covers are interesting, but the rest os not for me
Unexpected. Didn’t mind the quirkiness for one song but a whole album I could not bear. The tone of the sitar (?) was like a mozzie in my ear - especially this early in my morning
Nice idea that sort of works on a couple of songs, but a whole album of these covers is just too much. You end up hating the semi-good stuff because it just keeps coming, more and more and more of the same trick. It's all very unnecessary.
If someone asked me before I’d listened to this if I wanted to hear covers of overplayed classic rock songs done by a sitar, I would’ve said no. My answer is still no. Love Ravi and some more traditional ragas, but this is not something I would reach for. Ever.
I’m sure it’s fine, but it’s not for me.
4/5 Enjoyed that - 60s standards were a bit cheesy, but would happily explore more classical sitar music.