Reviews (page 6 of 7)
I listened to the re-mastered version of this album. It is folk-y and old school guy. Acoustic guitar noodling. Single is called Angie, which is excellent. The rest of the album is good!
Was nice an folky but not a lot of lyrics. I really liked it when i was making dinner
This is a really robust and enjoyable folk record. I really love his guitar work. I can hear some John Fahey, but perhaps a little less intricate. Favourite song: Finches 3.5/5
Interesting. I wouldn't have listened to this otherwise. I wonder what the rest of folk music was like at the time? (1965) Not sure if how unique / different it would have been. Can see it / him as a big influence in modern guitarists.
Interesting. I never heard of this artist but can see why he was influential
5/10. Pleasant background music, but boring.
Alice´s Wonderland is nice!
Este álbum lo dejaría sólo en moods muy específicos, para no decir que me aburrió de repente. O sea, mmm, la mayoría de las canciones es como el wey que en la fiesta saca su guitarra cuando todos están pedos o drogados. Su voz se me hizo medio meh y las letras 2-2. Creo que prefería las instrumentales, acaso "Veronica" y "Casbah" sean las que me gustaron y eso como música de fondo. No lo volvería a escuchar y pues no me emocionó como para buscar más de Bert Jansch (que vi, además, tiene un chingo de material). 6/10
I really enjoy this style of guitar playing. His influence is big, but from the perspective of 2021, the album is not bad nor great as no song stands out, other than the legendary Angie.
Nice album, good sound, obviously knows his way around the guitar. Glad I listened, reasonable background music, but otherwise there's nothing here to pull me in.
det var ait, likte instumentalene mer enn selve synginga.
Good folky music. 3 stars.
Folksy, seems pretty socially justicy which i like but I still don't enjoy folk music
Wow. Amazing acoustic sound. Nick Drake's inspiration, for sure.
6
I had only heard "Angie" from this album before listening to the whole thing. Overall, album is OK. "Angie" is the best song on the whole thing.
I've never heard of Bert Jansch, but this was a pretty good folk album.
Listened to this multiple times while doing homework, I’m here for it.
Decent album, great length, nice listening, just a bit too monotonous
Pretty solid folk album. Nice atmosphere and I love that there are some purely instrumental tracks. His playing was as good as his writing.
This looks like it's gonna be folk music. Yep, acoustic but not country really... ok according to Wiki it's Scottish though (I was expecting American). Guitar work is really cool, but it's hard to judge otherwise - feels too old-timey. 3/5.
Clearly a very talented folk guitar player, I always wanted to check him out on the back of Johnny Marr saying he was a major influence, but for me this album lacks something, it sounds like a sort of pound shop Nick Drake, none of the songs really grab me and there are no memorable Melodies, it played, it didn’t grab me, it didn’t offend me and when it finished I had no inclination to listen to it again. 2.3
Okay
No thanks Bert
It was quite boring. Once he opened his mouth it got immediately worse.
Uninspiring
Boring folk.
не зацепило.
Didn't make much impression on me, except the last song, Angie - which I then realized is a cover song. Oh well.
05/23 Meh
Dit is echt precies de folk muziek waar ik een hekel aan heb. Het genre "Witte folk goos met een gitaar", er zit meteen 0 fun in. Niets van funk, geen drums, helemaal niks. Gewoon een goos met een gitaar. Prima, maar het word zó snel, zo ontzettend saai... Dan moet je je ontzettend gaan focussen op de lyrics, maar met zn manier van zingen, beetje klaagzang country achtig merk ik echt dat ik totaal geen focus kan houden er op. Het album duurt maar een half uur, maar ik heb al minstens 10 keer gekeken of het al bijna klaar is. Er zitten wel wat leukere instrumentale nummers tussen, maar grotendeels is dit gewoon niet echt mijn ding. Heel erg Art & Garfunkel, en daar ben ik ook niet zo wild van. Een album wat zo kort duurt, maar zo lang voelt. Het is toch bijzonder... Ja, uiteindelijk is mn favoriete nummer van dit album het instrumentale afsluitnummer. Das geen al te best teken. FAVO: Dreams of love, Angie
Quite cozy, but also a bit anonymous. There is nothing that really stands out here. Maybe it would've been different if I heard this first time on a rainy autumn day on my way to the cabin, not sure. Folk album in '65 feels like a saturated marked and hard to sell. Guess it must've been quite early with this sound, perhaps. Didn't really manage to break my concentration at all when working, just felt like background noise. It's lacking in the hooks department, and in the singing. Strong 2.
Long, too noisy, and not noisy enough.
Oh, now I see why I have never heard of this. I don’t like this kind of music much. (ntm.)
I only like the little instrument solos
I really don't enjoy this style of music or this style of singing, but there is some really good guitar work on this album
nothing special here. already forgot about this and moved on.
Nice if on mushrooms in a cabin somewhere, otherwise kinda dullish folk tunes.
Guitar playing is good. Just didn’t care for the songs - most of them anyway
Less good than Croce
This is fine, and the dude has a nice voice, but truth be told I liked the instrumentals the best.
Generic sad boy guitar
imagine a bloke.... with a *guitar*...... and get this, he *sings*........ Standouts: Finches • Needle of Death • Angie
I usually like the genre of guy finger picking and telling stories, but other than Needle of Death, which was stunning, I found very little of interest here.
This was pleasant. I could take it or leave it
Impressive guitar-play. But not exactly my jam. favourite: "Angie" 2,5
bon ok
Not really for me- kind of hokey rock. Bob Dylan adjacent. I could see this being an influential album for some musicians.
My mum likes this album, I'm sure. My dad has a beard because of this album, I'm sure.
Not really my thing
Maso
3/10
How many 60s singer songwriters are in this list…. I mean it’s ok…
not for me, all the songs kinda sound the same. felt like background sleepy music
Let me start off by saying this album is fine sonically. It sounds good and the singing is fine and theirs nothing egregious about it at all. However, this album is just not for me. I enjoyed the instrumentals, but his singing was a net negative for me and idk what it is about it. My favorite parts of this album were the instrumental songs.
Recht roh für Folk, aber hat mich nicht bei der Stange gehalten.
Makes me respect Dylan more as this doesn’t sound that much different from early Bob but I don’t find it nearly as compelling. I checked to see if Bert went electric eventually…..he did not.
Downer. Best saved for a movie soundtrack
pffff! Dull.
Definitely not bad by any means, but just not very remarkable to me. Like listening to Simon and Garfunkel without all the interesting bits.
This is #day569 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to the last-day-of-winter record. Some inoffensive mid-'60s folk with occasionally interesting guitar work. Let it be a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day570, aka the first day of spring, 2026.
Meh it's fine, Nick Drake came out less than 5 years later
You honestly could have played the same song 9 times and the album would have sounded more or less the same. You need more than a man and a guitar to make a good album.
Vibe cowboy triste avec sa guitare acoustique, pas ma came
Assez boring aussi...
It was ok
Folk singer not my bag
5/10 - a bit boring, harmless though
Feels like a worse Bob Dylan, and it's interesting cause he got screwed by a record company?
This guy is good Guitar player, but these songs are a bit boring. 4/10
Another not available “in my region”. So it’s either a great or crappy album.
British white guy playing the blues. He can pick a little bit, but other than that damn this one was boring. Wonder Bread and mayonnaise sandwich
Folky style with a bit or ragtime. Great folk guitar playing, songs are a mixed bunch, with most not holding my attention. A few standouts like Angie and Smokey river.
Ah oui, mon genre musical préféré: un gars qui chiale dans un pièce vide en zignant approximativement sur sa guitare acoustique
This one flew by thankfully, perfectly fine but kind of boring and not a lot of substance. The guitar work is mostly impressive, the instrumentals are the album highlight. However folk is kind of like the poetry of music, can be good but mostly uninteresting.
This lad can play guitar. Unfortunately, the songs and style weren’t really for me.
Boring
Boring
Boring. Nothing to cling onto here. Almost fell asleep.
Bit of a curio. Didn't take much from listening to it today but probably included more for the influence
A nice guitar jam session. Still a bit boring for me, though. Favorite Track: Not on the OG edition but Instrumental Medley 1964 was really nice
More dull than Peter Brady
This was kinda boring
I mean it's tolerable, but it's just not that great. I don't really know why it became so popular. I also knew almost nothing of this man and his work, even though I thought I was a doctor in Rock (and related) music.
Great album but not really my thing
The album sounds like the lack of production is a choice, but really just a marker of the time it was recorded. Intimate, simple, and unpolished which compliments the artist-and-their-guitar format well. But it also feels like going to a café to hear a local musician trying out their original songs for the first time. You can hear something good, but clearly needs more input from others. 2.5⭐️
Good album, just not really my kinda music.
It's not that interesting.
Some of the guitar was really pretty, but overall this was a very boring experience. I guess Scottish folk(?) just isn't my thing.
good, not mine
The guitars a good but the singing is tough to listen to.
There are other instruments besides acoustic guitar
I like some folk music but this one doesn't do anything for me.
This singer songwriter is good enough, but a lot of the songs lack variety. It's just Guitar and vocals. Makes me wonder, where the hell is Al Stewart on this list, how come he gets nothing and Metallica get four shit albums that all sound the same? Year of the cat, time passages or the outstanding past, present and future. One of those should be on the list.
To country for my liking
Boring. Dull and boring.
Nothing remarkable from my end.
For lovers of folk and acoustic guitar, Bert Jansch and this album is surely a good thing. But it is not something you have to listen to before you die. Never, ever. And there is no question about it. There are so many folk musicians out there doing the same thing as Mr. Jansch is doing here. His music is not bad and he is a skilled guitar player. But on this list ... ?? Well, maybe it was supposed to be a joke.
Not a bad album just kinda whatever
It was boring! Normally, I do not have a problem with albums where it is just a man and a guitar. His voice was a little too wobbly.
I am not a fan of folk music but this was a pleasant listen, even if somewhat dull. I think this would have benefited from having an actual band supporting the really excellent guitar playing. I am still glad I found this artist because I checked out their other stuff and really like the first song from the LA Turnaround album, FreshAs A Sweet Sunday Morning.
4 - BAD
Angie is a classic, but otherwise not my cup of tea
This was fine but I’m not really into a lot of folk
Smori me ovaj čovjek. Folk stvarno nije za mene.
Pleasant enough but probably will not revisit
Greit med alt som er gjort
This was damn fine music for sitting in a coffee shop in Ireland around 11am. Driving down the road it makes me sleepy. 2.5
Who? Confirmed, this is a British Top 1001, no one in the US has ever heard of the Bertster. Wow, started out wobbly. Britain's Bob Dylan? Unless we're talking about his amazing lyrics, which I didn't hear, I have no idea how this is groundbreaking, even for 1965. It's a folk singer and his acoustic guitar. No hits, nothing unique, no staying power, below average voice, unsure if he was an influence but I've never heard his name mentioned, and I've never heard a cover song... how important could this album or artist be outside of England? Guess you gotta be into folk music, and I'm clearly not. B for Boring. Every song sounded like the last. 2 stars period.
I stopped listening to Avenged Sevenfold for this? This Simon and Garfunkel meets Bob Dylan influence? Sheesh And when I make the comparison to Dylan, I mean only in the frolicking guitar sound. The lyrics are weak like Lou Reeds but it’s far less exciting as Lou’s. This is blah This is a head shaker This is going to my lawyer to see if I can sue for lost time from listening to this I even skipped to Angie thinking maybe, just maybe he wrote the Stones Angie and that was this guys claim to fame. I’d get that. Butttttt no. Not the same song though I will say I think it’s the best song on the album. So, there. Choice cut: Angie
Not enjoyable for me
I was down the Hyde Tavern last night and pretty sure this is a live recording of his spot there. He seemed to go down pretty well although everyone had had a few tbh.
Vocals killed it for me, not much there.
Well that is certainly an album to which I have now listened.
2/10 Nothing great
I really don't know enough about this type of music to really give it any substantive rating. That said, some of the tracks seemed perfect to play at place like Nowhere or out in a national park. I'm giving it two stars, only as a measure of my personal preference.
Boring
A pretty pleasant acoustic guitar time. Nothing that really grabbed me to make me want to listen to it again, but was totally fine when it was on
A little sleepy for me, dog.
Meh 2.5
The playing is objectively fantastic. I just kept drifting away from it in my head and can't really imagine going back to it.
Competent performance but a total snoozefest
Für mich zu wenige Songs, die ich gern mehrfach hören möchte. Ein Singer / Songwriter unter vielen!
Very good at strumming his guitar, but this wasn’t a particularly memorable album for me.
Absolute snooze fest of an album. I couldn't tell where one track started and one track ended because they all sound so similar. This is better suited in a children's nursery to lull them to sleep than on a list of albums that you need to hear before you die.
I can't tell you a single thing about this album aside from I found it very boring.
Not really my thing. 2/5
TIL that I think I'm over early 60s British folk. It's fine. Just incredibly dull.
Mouais, pourquoi pas en phase déprimée par l’hiver mais là j’ai pas ete trop touchée
Bert Jansch’s debut was pleasant to have on in the background, but it all blended together so much that nothing really stuck with me once it was over.
Premessa: il folk è un genere che ascolto da sempre e mi piace molto. Recensione: questo album è stato molto spiacevole. Ho desiderato la morte per tutto il tempo. Due stelle solo per Needle of death che ha apparato un po’ la situazione. Male male.
Couple of nice songs but big highlight is Needle of Death. 2.5
Not a fan of most folk songs, but I'll admit to liking [Smokey River] and [Alice's Wonderland]. The rest bored me.
wasn't for me
as an album it kind of sucks. there is some amazing bits of guitar playing on it and some lovely singing. but the songs mostly don't feel like complete bits of work, merely scrapings of ideas and nice melody's. it isn't horrible and at times its quiet beautiful I just think it isnt a very good album
Made me want to end it all. I am sure it’s musically good for its genre but god it was dull
Nice. Hadn’t heard of or it before. Probably won’t return but glad for the education.
Jännä kun tämä ja Skip Spencen Oar tuli perätysten, periaatteessa ovat ihan samaa kamaa. Tää on vain paljon parempi, tai tää hiljainen tyyli puree muhun ja tempoa on enemmän, jess.
Yeah just ok at best, for me it's a poor mans Nick Drake on this album.
Had the lyrics been written by somebody with some more subtlety, and the songs been performed by someone who can sing, this might have been good.
stale
The type of music you'd hear at an open mic night. You really wish they'd just play something you know, but they insist on playing original songs that they have written. I'd have to be in the right mood to listen to this album in full. I probably wouldn't turn it off if it was on, but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it. It's all passable stuff. The chillest of vibes throughout this slightly bluesy folk album, but nothing excited me, there's nothing absolutely amazing here. It's a fairly enjoyable experience overall. There's some nice guitar work which definitely makes up for the not so strong vocals. That's all I have to say about this one really.
generic blues
01) Strolling Down the Highway - 6,0 02) Smokey River - 5,5 03) Oh How Your Love Is Strong - 5,5 04) I Have No Time - 5,0 05) Finches - 6,0 06) Veronica - 5,5 07) Needle of Death - 6,5 08) Do You Hear Me Now? - 6,0 09) Rambling's Gonna Be the Death of Me - 5,5 10) Alice's Wonderland - 5,0 11) Running From Home - 5,0 12) Courting Blues - 5,0 13) Casbah - 5,0 14) Dreams of Love - 5,5 15) Angie - 6,0 TOTAL: 5,83 (58/100)
Not horrible but in no rush to listen again.
This didn’t excite me.
this one was lost on me, failed to resonate - well someone thought it was an important album but I did not :)
Another obscure ‘60s musical soul who I’d like to like (“Angie” was pretty well-played), but who, in the end, seems like a middling guitar player with little singing acumen who would be more at home in a local coffeehouse (which I expect was his selling point in 1965) than in my ears in 2025.
Ei tää ny jotenki purassut 2/5
En ihan saanut kiinni tämän taiteellisesta arvosta. Ihan kelpo levy muttei liikauta.
Folk zegt wiki. Het is niet ver van de opzet van Dylan. Muzikaal wat eenvoudiger en de zang wat minder wrikkend. Goed dat het in de lijst staat om te laten horen dat Dylan in zijn eigen genre met gemak wordt overtoept. Maar man wat ligt dit ver bij mij vandaan. Ik krijg dit niet in één keer weggeluisterd...
Nah
This was fine. Not something I would normally go for. The guitar playing was good but I feel like the songs never really went anywhere. His voice at times got on my nerves but other times were good. I think like the instrumentals all sounded solid and then it was like...okay now what. Liked Songs: "Strolling Down the Highway" , "Smokey River" , "Oh How Your Love Is Strong" , "Needle of Death" , "Running from Home"
I liked the minimalistic sound, but that is about it.
Ugh. No thanks. It was too low tone depressing for me to enjoy. I feel like there isn't even much to comment on because it was just lacking interesting aspects.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Boring acoustic folk garbage where every mumbly song sounds the same. Not aggressively terrible, but profoundly uninteresting.
Zzzz
Was hopeful when I heard this was a Scottish folk musician. Only occasionally could I hear his brogue! Disappointing. Especially because this album is so boring. 2/5
wie viel folk muss i no ertragen...
Nice easy listening. Just no humdingers or knee slappers. 2.5 goin down.
Lød godt men også lidt kedeligt. Fedt nok med de der instrumentale numre!
Some fine folk, but just very generic
a little too slow for my liking
Jert Bansch
The Good: You guessed it; an album named after the artist! The Bad: Nobody knows how to properly pronounce the name… The Ugly: Nobody cares… With all the lists that are floating around in the world, I still need to fully understand why this album needs listening to? It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t great. The style has been done by others, and much better. Chalk the experience up to one which, though definitely preferred over rap, can be skipped with ease… 2*
I think I listened to this once but forgot to rate it right away. When I listened to a bit of it, I didn't recognize it, so it went back on the list. Listened again yesterday, and at one point I was called away from my desk. I didn't note where I left off, and when I came back to it still playing, I went back to find where I left off and again, didn't recognize any of it. So I think this gets a rating of 1.5: the number of times I heard it without it making an impression on me.
comforting in a curious way
Nick Drake sans ‘tortured poet’-vibe.
Sorry, but I don't understand why this album is on this list. What did it bring to the world of music? Another album where some of its only claim to fame is that it was put on this list...
Perfectly fine piece of minimalist folk, but perplexing as to it's inclusion here.
Didn't WOW me
I think I might not be keen on folk music
Artiste inconnu. Guitare+chant uniquement, je n'ai pas du tout accroché. Seuls les instrumentaux le sauvent de la note minimale. =>2/5
meh. 2.5 stars
Day415 - the only thing interesting about this is the story of led zeppelin ripping him off and not giving credit
5/10. I don't know, I just found this album somewhat dreary and boring. There are more enjoyable folk albums in the generator.
Greit med alt som e gjort
Unfortunately nothing special but not horrible
Nothing special here.
It was ok..
Generic Bob dylan
Boooooring.
This guy is a phenomenal guitar player. But I find his stuff to be a bit boring
It’s lovely in places and he’s technically brilliant. Not something I would listen to again but I can appreciate it for what it is.
Forgettable. Afterward I couldn’t tell you his name or a single song part.
Man and a guitar, simple folk music. While Bert is clearly good on the guitar, I do not enjoy his voice and the album is just not interesting or exciting. In fact it’s quite grating. I prefer the instrumentals.
whatever
Fine, but not particularly memorable.
Fancy fingerwork
I get that this was influential, it's just not for me.
Folksy vibe, meh, not bad but was not good either
Muss nicht wa Bissorl longweilig
есть интересные мелодии которые при развитии были бы топовыми жителями моего плейлиста но overall мне такое слушать скучно 💔
Not for me
This album is all right. I'm generally not big on folk music, but it's fine for what it is. Can't say any of it will stick with me or I'd listen to it again, but I also didn't hate it. That said, I'm also not hearing anything essential here either.
Not bad, just doesn’t leave much of an impression. “On How Your Love is Strong” is the first song to get my ears to perk up, but most of these songs sound exactly like that. “Needle of Death” is another one. Decent stuff but most of these sound the same with different lyrics and few, if any, standout for me. Very Bob Dylan inspired it seems, which I can at least appreciate on some level.
Pretty cool sounding 60s acoustic folk. Gets a little boring after a bit since it's literally just one guy and a guitar for the whole album and he's not exactly a dynamic singer. He's a damn good guitar player though, some pretty impressive finger picking throughout the album. Overall not a very exciting album but not bad.
just bert i guess
First listen. It was ok.
5/10
i can see this being a huge treat for folk guitarists but i found it to be a big snooze
It's competent, but not very passionate or anything. C
I understand why it makes the list. Doesn't mean that I have to enjoy it.
Wasn't bad, just didn't grab me at all.
Just a guy and his guitar. Awesome playing but not my style. I'd like to give this three stars but I can't, although it is unquestionably better than most of the two star albums.
Let’s make Bob Dylan less interesting
Forgettable songs interspersed with quite good guitar instrumentals that could be the same one each time for all I know. It’s…fine.
Just some nice folk music. 2.5
Lovely music by a very talented guy, clearly. Compared to later artists like John Denver or Woody Guthrie, it feels kinda two dimensional. Although maybe it was more groundbreaking at the time.
Not a fan of the folk genre and Bert did not change my feelings. At least his voice isn't like that Dylan dude. I would have have found another musician, named Ernie. That would be awesome to see an album just titled Bert and Ernie and cover a bunch Sesame Street songs. Bring in Big Bird, The Count and Oscar to do some cameos. I think that would have been a pretty cool album. Anyway, this is none of that, so 2 it is..... 2
Consider me bored.
Meh
“I gave my love a Cherry that had no stone”…..grab, smash, bang…..”sorry”. If you know you know and that’s what this album reminded me of.
A snooze fest
OK music, but somehow boring
Glad to hear something different but a bit dull with the best will in the world.
The guitar work was really exceptional in places, but I couldn’t take to his vocals.
Forgive me I am sick
Impressive guitar skills, but not much else standing out for me.
OK.
Hay discos que no son para uno, este claramente no es para mí.
Meh, I got bored. Even his big tune, Needle of Death, I was looking at the track list wondering what boring song is this? I went to start skipping forward songs after that, though I got caught up in what I was doing and never bothered. Maybe this album deserves better than a 2 - it wasn't awful. But did I mention I was bored?
Fine
now do classical gas
Any danger of a tune at some point mate
Kveikir ekki í mér.
JOOOO GEIL NOMOL FOLK. find etz oh hoe your love is strong recht nice i have no time au. s isch cool er singt cool aber ha eig gnueg gha vo fingerpicking gitarremusig woni meeega mue uf de text lose zums guet finde. bin bi needle of death und ich wird langsam warm demit, möst echt voll uf de text achte aber schaffs nöd. isch aber schön. er tönt sehr amerikanisch für das daser schott isch Running from Home isch sehr nick drake (aber vor mick drake) het mich afoch am nick drake sini stimm erinneret. angie isch anschinend es bekannts intrumentals stuck. recht cool aber s lupfts nöd. ich glaub well ich under anderem sochli folk-übersättigt bin gits es zwei
smokey river ischmer extrem ufd eier gange oh how your love hani jz rig na cute gfunde ICH MÜED poah also die gitarre interludes findi ganz schrecklich veronica more like ver het nach dem lied gfrögt d lieder woner singt eig na sehr cute do you hear me now arsch gambling blabla au ja s isch definitiv nöd besser worde
I really don't like folk music, and this is some really folky folk music.
Feels like a demo album from some artist that never planned to release it. Kind of all over the place and not an overall great album experience. His guitar playing is really good but something about it just doesn't sit right with me.
A man, his acoustic guitar, and his depressing songs.
I like the bluesy acoustic guitar, but that’s about it.
Oof. Sadly did not enjoy this one The off tune guitar strumming and heavy breathing really made it worse. Didn't really like his voice either Kept waiting for it to end 😩 2 ⭐️
Never heard of the guy before, will probably forget about him tomorrow. Not a big fun of Scottish folk music from 50s, surprisingly. Music wise I didn't remember even one melody or piece of lyrics from the album. I might be 70 years too late to the hype.
Wish I liked it!
I feel like I'm at the point now where I'm really starting to realise how much I underestimated the size of this list. I feel like I've already heard this one about 100 times because there is nothing about it that makes it even remotely interesting or memorable.
Boring
4/10 - I was pretty bored the whole time. It was not very interesting and made my work feel much longer than I wanted it to
Ok
its not bad, and sometimes id feel like i would be writing similar guitar parts if i was into fingerstyle, but its definitely not something you have to experience in your life. its not bad, its just not particularly significant NMN
like Donovan but not as poppy and a little darker. doesn't hold up well over time
So so
The underdog success story behind the album is surely laudable. but I think that I don’t quite connect with this gentleman’s artistry. I read that he was also involved with Pentangle, and that album also left me cold.
Soft, simple album but Jansch shows his skill with some complex acoustic guitar playing. Thought there may be 2 guitars overlayed with editing but not sure. Angie was best song and I know I've heard it (or portions) of it before...I swear Led zep may have used it. I'd didn't love the album but I didn't hate it either.
A relatively pleasant country folk album featuring some fantastic guitar work. Didn't expect anything from it but I'm surprised how much I liked it. Despite that not something I'm going to go back to but glad I was exposed. 2.49 stars
I was trying to find ways to give this a favourable review but… He is very good at playing the guitar, but it’s not got much else going on for me. I’m not a fan of his tone and the guitar playing gets painfully twanggy at times. At the end I thought at least Anji was a song I recognised and maybe justified this album making the list, but no, it’s a cover. I’d just rather listen to something else thanks.
Nick Drake did it way better.
Senza offesa Bert, ma capisco perché hai solo170.000 asoltori mensili
Concilia abbastanza il sonno
probably really good if you’re into folk
The instrumental near the end was great! The rest was BORING.
Looks to be some back to back 60s folk at play. Man, maybe I'm just not in the right mood for this, but this is just putting me straight to sleep. Some of it borders on interesting (e.g., Needle of Death) but generally I just don't care. 2 / 5.
We are certainly in a older, folky, singer/songwriter groove right now. Just not really my jam, kinda just sounds the same. Could have been 20 minutes shorter. This is one of those ones where there is nothing wrong with the music to bring it down, but I feel like a 3 would be overstating my personal enjoyment of the album.
A little to dinner theater music for me.
Folksy, country, old time feel
Folk acústico agradável, mais um que será esquecido.
This did nothing for me. Just sounds like very dated folk music
Folkie finger-picking. This was a bit of a drone tbh. The DIY demo roughness rules. And not in a good way. It probably makes more sense if you're on a downer. It makes Morrissey sound cheerful.
Oh God. Insert Animal House guitar smashing scene.
I had to listen to this album 3 or 4 times before I really I had it. Kept weaving in and out of focus because I wasn't listening to it in the right setting. It is a good genre when you know the album but trying to listen the first time was hard. These albums are hard to rate because they are quiet enough you have to pay attention but so bare-bones it is hard. Not my go to music either but it can be really nice, needle of death is probably one of my new favourite songs from this project I though it was great. The rest was alright but I just don't think I would ever really go to listen to it. From what I have seen it is really high rated and quite influential but it's just not my kind of music. I feel terrible rating it a 2 but I struggle to do more. There were lots of guitar interludes but I have no idea if they are impressive but I did like the sound of Alice's Wonderland and Angie. Angie seems to be another really popular one and it is a great outro but I couldn't put it as standout because it is just instrumental and there are other good songs that I can list. Stand Out Songs: I Have No Time Needle of Death Dreams of Love
I probably needed to be in a different mood for this one. Otherwise I could listen to it to put me to sleep.
# 192 : meh! When your only claim to fame is that you're on this list... Not bad by any means, but not an album I would seek out, or want to listen to again. Smokey River was ok.
Huhh
fine?
just about average
Fine but dull
It was ok. But I don’t know why it is on this list.
Not my jam
I was just so bored. Maybe it was my mindset that day
It is a 60's folk album. Dude with guitar sings and it sounds pretty good. Bad? Nah. Good? Eh. It's simple but does it do anything at the level of a Nick Drake album? No it does naut. I enjoyed the listen but am content with leaving it there.
Not a big folk person but this album was good. Felt like something I would hear today.
boring and uninspiring. not for me.
Zzzzzzzzzz...*snort* Wha? Oh, is it over? I seem to have fallen asleep.
Omg que c'est plate dla guitare/voix. J'ai pas trippé. Je comprends l'impact musical mais juste non.
I hear a bit of Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, and even a bit of spice from John Mayer, all rolled into this album
Not a fan
Not much happening here. Can't tell if I genuinely liked some guitar solos or just appreciated the breaks from his singing
It's subdued but it doesn't all just melt away into the background, there's enough of Jansch in the music now and again that I often found myself captivated in the quiet. These songs, scattered through the album, draw me into it: Needle of Death, Strolling Down the Highway, Running from Home, and Angie.
Generic mid-60s accoustic singer songwriter stuff.
Getting major "My Lover Gave Me A Cherry" vibes. Not my kind of music at all. But not offensively bad.
Not for me. Maybe more of a visual artist but listening to someone show off on the guitar when I know not if the performance is good is not my idea of good listening.
Good guitar work. Poor vocals. ... is this folk music?
Decent
Nope, that's not for me
Worth a listen once for the acoustic guitar but other than that its a no for me.
Not bad, pretty slow and folky so gotta be in the mood for it
I didn’t hate it, but it couldn’t excite me. It sounds like many other artists of the time, nothing particular hooked me here.
Kind of boring. 2 stars
Im not to fond of this genre
It's from a different era. A more simpler one. So it's tricky to rate it according to today's standards
I mean he was alright but got a little old towards the end.
I didn't think much of this. It was fine but didn't stick with me. I liked that it wasn't over-long. 2.49/5
A perfectly listenable folk album that'll put Grandpa right to sleep. Seriously though, I didn't dig it too much, but it achieves everything it sets out to. There is some beautiful guitar work throughout, even if the songs linger just a bit too long. Jansch isn't Dylan, and he doesn't need to be, but sometimes it feels like he wants to be.
Talk about one note. I appreciate Bert’s guitar work on this and many other albums, but this was like one long run on sentence. Sorry Bert.
meh, i guess it just seemed like regular old dude and acoustic guitar.
I admire his brilliant guitar playing, but I still think he's better suited to a campfire than an album.
Scottish folk singer and gifted guitar picker. Running From Home Angie (guitar only)
Didn’t listen too closely but never really felt too excited.
Bert Jansch - never heard of the guy, to be honest. Not that I'd missed out on anything particularly good. His brand of Blues and Folk is pretty generic and, really, quite boring. 2/5
Not atrocious just super boring. Some people like this I guess. They probably also eat plain oatmeal and only have missionary sex strictly for the purpose of conception.