Reviews (page 6 of 8)
3,5 of 4
unexpected cowboy
I enjoyed it. Great story telling through guitar. Mixes are a bit rough, but that tended to happen in the 60s.
Raw, chill guitar vibes. Similar to Nick Drake, acoustic-centric and feels largely unedited
Need to listen again .
Not in the mood for folk rn but damn those guitar works are fire.
it's ok
- Quality folk - James Taylor vibes - Strong chance of being played at the next campfire - Fantastic guitar skill
The guitar picking is good. It’s totally fine. But not my thing.
Just a guy pickin' and sort of singin'. Best track: Smokey River
Sounds about like a lost, unappreciated (but secretly influential) troubadour ought to sound. Some lovely quiet playing. It’s good to know lost gems like this, even if the listening experience is a little underwhelming, with a strong "eat your vegetables" feel. BJ looks a long shot to change one’s life. 2.9 > 3
I didn't love it, but at least that is something different that I would not listen to without the 1001 list, so it increases my rate a little since I'm here for it (sometimes?). Excellent to listen to a good folk album that does not go so fast to the bland country and early rock and keeps it folk until the album's end.
enjoyable, but would rather just listen to nick drake
This was a good album not one I personally intend to revisit though.
Very artistic guitar work which was pleasing to listen to. If you don't get it, you prolly won't. Solid 3 from me.
Un bon album de ringos-folk, ce genre musical mettant généralement en scène un chanteur, le plus souvent extrêmement ringard, venant nous bassiner avec ses histoires peu passionnantes sur fond de guitare acoustique. Merci Bert.
J'ai passé un agréable moment avec cet illustre inconnu de Bert, qui s'est averé être extrêmement sympathique, me proposant même de payer ma consommation, Un vrai chic type.
Bert coming in with that era of acoustic poets doing their thing
What if Bob Dylan were Scottish and didn't haven an annoying voice?
It's oj. I like the instrumental music at the end. kek
Jag kan inte tänka bort Nick Drake när jag lyssnar, och då känns detta nervlöst och klent på egensinne. Och lite för rootsigt. Men han spelar ju fint gitarr.
Didn't mind this at all, nice folky vibe.
2.75
Needle of death inspired Ambulance Blues, so that's good. Acoustic wizardry.
3.5/5. good listen.
3.5
An interesting foray into a folk singer I had never heard of. I did not know his reach and influence and back catalogue was so immense. I could hear how it influenced people like Donovan and the Thompsons and Neil Young. Sad to say though I’d still rather listen to them. Jansch is a very accomplished musician and storyteller. The quality of this record is undeniable to say he recorded it in his bedroom on one mic. In 1965, that was a feat in itself. Until now, Bert and this record have completely passed me by. I’m glad to have added to my musical education - I knew of no song about taking heroin before The Velvet Underground so Needle of Death was a plaintive revelation. On the whole this was very easy to listen to and an album I was glad to be introduced to.
Why have I never heard of Bert Jansch? This is a very good folk music album with some interesting guitar work. I wasn't in right head space to listen closely to this album. It seems a little rough but decent first album for an artist that recorded a string of solo albums over the years. This is not a favorite but definitely peaked my interest for his other albums and his work with his band Pentangle. I didn't recognize any of the songs but the instrumental song "Angie" has a familiar riff but I'm not sure where I've heard it. I plan to revisit this artist and album again.
I'm glad I got to hear this, because I know how influential Jansch was to so many musicians in the '60s and '70s. Then again, I prefer his work with Pentangle because there's more variety (plus, there's a whole band and another (better) singer). There aren't too many dude-with-guitar albums where I can get through the entire thing. Pink Moon is the only one that comes to mind, and that's because Nick Drake is a better singer and songwriter than Jansch. Bert's a great guitarist, though. I can see why so many people value his work.
Never heard this before, but it was pretty good.
Pretty boring folk, nothing good or bad about it
Simple, stripped down, listenable.
folky fun, finger picky, not as good as leo kottke, light weather stuff. the deuxe has a medley on it that i liked (but no one else listening did). its recorded like shit, but rules. it’s a fine album. you might like it. run of the mill whatever jams to plink plunk cry to.
Rating: 6/10
This album has been my first exposure to Bert Jansch’s unique brand of folk. I didn’t know what to expect, but it certainly wasn’t a guitar virtuoso on this level. These songs feel like the steeliest dust-bowl blues tracks to ever have materialised from a folkie in Glasgow. I’d hesitate to praise “Bert Jansch” as an album to listen to for the strength of the vocals, songwriting or narratives. Jansch does a serviceable job of all three, but nothing to elevate him above his peers. Instead, this is a guitar album through-and-through, with no other instruments (or musicians) featuring across its 38 minutes. Everything is doggedly unadorned and stripped back, usually to the benefit of the material and stark cold aesthetic. Of “Bert Jansch”’s fifteen tracks, six are instrumentals. When these get a little more rushed or odd notes are flubbed (like in “Casbah”) it doesn’t even matter: it feels raw, real, honest. In “Smokey River” and “Alice’s Wonderland”, you can even hear the faint sound of Jansch breathing underneath the sonic textures he manages to craft out of a single acoustic guitar. It’s sheer expressive playing in its purest form, and helps give the instrumentals every bit as much value as the vocal tracks. In terms of the other songs, they’re mostly unremarkable if not for the guitar playing. They’re generally straightforward blues tracks and concepts or dark laments on war, famine, love, death… the usual suspects. “Needle of Death” is the most poignant track on offer here and deserves to be singled out: it’s a rare track where the guitar settles in a repeated fingerstyle pattern and the melody sits comfortably above it, occupying the sweet spots of Jansch’s range. Finally, it’s eye-opening reading about those who Jansch influenced with his guitar playing, which read like a who’s-who of 20th century titans. Jimmy Page adored this album. Neil Young placed Jansch above Hendrix in his own guitar pantheon. Paul Simon adapted “Angie” early in his career. Nick Drake seems to have based his whole career on picking up where this album leaves off, with “Angie”’s final wistful strains. Bert Jansch may not be talked about enough in 2022, but respect to this list for giving him a rightful place among giants.
This one didn’t leave much of a mark on me, but the guitar work was enjoyable in the moment.
reminds me of elliot smith in a weird way
So so. Good background music. Acoustic and folksy, Kinda like James Taylor with a bit of a drawl. Not my favorite but I didn’t hate it. 3 stars seems perfect.
Really quiet. Good finger picking, singing could be better.
Ég heyri vel áhrifin sem hann hafði á Zeppelin III plötuna sérstaklega, og jú þetta er alveg skemmtilegt svo langt sem þetta nær og sumt er flott. En þegar allt kemur til alls er þetta bara ein rödd og kassagítar, og ég vil eitthvað meira.
Pretty good in places, pretty average in others
Very fun listen. The guitar „solos“ in between the songs are a nice „pause“ that are also just fun to listen to. Couldn‘t really determine a highlight since the entire album flows really well while also working if you jump in at any point. Not my favourite kind of music either but I enjoyed this more the longer I listened to it.
Buena voz y buenos acordes para un disco fácilmente escuchable. Tranquilo y reposado
A pleasant folk surprise…feeling fresh and nostalgic simultaneously.
Don't love it, but I appreciate the new discovery.
Very folksy, lots of instrumentals
I don't know that I would ever listen to this album again but it was neat to hear a 1960s take on blues.
Needle of Death was good
3.5/5
I liked the last few songs a lot but then it turns out the album had finished and I was listening to Waggoner’s lad from a different album.
Some of the guitar playing was really nice but the songs didn't really stick out to me
Good shit
I enjoyed the guitar in general and the instrumental tracks and a couple of the songs but less so.
If Bob Dylan could play guitar and sing like this, he might have never gone electric.
Kind of cute British Folk. I liked it more at the start but it became a little same-y by the end. Not bad though.
Listened to on 6/24/2022 3.5/5 Favorite song: Veronica The guitar playing in this album is so beautiful and continually impressed me - very easy to listen to in the background and enjoyable
Almost a 4.
Fav Song: Angie
Cool, mellow 60s folk
I like how this kicks off with Strolling Down the Highway, the whole album has quite a nice feel but didn't really grab me.
Some foundational folk stylings here. A really solid group of songs for the most part, with some real standouts. However, the whole thing is so homogenous that it gets a little tired by the end, even as the songs get better, and it just didn't suck me in like some others of the same vibe like Nick Drake.
Действительно потрясающая гитара и приятная мелодика.
It's a good record. Might have to give it another listen one day. 3.5/5
Alluring folk music that could have undoubtedly scratched a persistent itch in the time that it came out, mediating between short guitar noodling and thoughtful, lyrical performances. Favorites: Strolling Down the Highway, Needle of Death, Do You Hear Me Now, Running From Home, Courting Blues, Casbah, Angie.
Solid folk music.
A very simple formula for a pleasant listening experience.
Genre: Folk Baroque 3/5 I do admit, I've never heard of the guy, and that when I got this album in my queue, I giggled very hard. Bert Jansch, while certianly not the most unfortunate name around, is certianly giggle-worthy. Tangent aside, Bert Jansch seems to have been the dude who preceded the folk heavy-hitters. As soon as the album began, I heard George Harrison, Brian Wilson, Donovan, the good parts of Bob Dylan, and even some of what Taylor Swift has been up to over the past few years. This was a really cool listen from that viewpoint, that this is one of those albums that contemporary songwriters were clearly influenced by. Other than that, this is fairly bland folk-pop, which is not altogether my favorite type of listening experience. What he was saying was way prettier and way less cringy than Bob Dylan, and his guitar playing was sweet and fit the mood, but it certainly lacks energy. Influential to many, but a bit too stale for my tastes. I'm sure, though, this will please plenty of listeners looking for more quiet projects. Not bad.
Super guitar picking. I prefer the blues pieces to folk. Jansch's version of "Angie" has long been a favourite, so although the album really doesn't pull me in, I am inclined to give it another listen a medium mark for Angie and for the amazing guitar picking.
Ok folk album
Ok album. Some songs felt like quintessential folk songs from the 60s. The album was enjoyable however it felt like there’s been stronger albums of the same style. In 65 this may have been viewed better but to me it’s just ok. 5.7/10
That's some guitar twiddling.
A bit plucky and twangy for how I was feeling, but a pleasant interlude nonetheless
Good folk rock and great guitar playing - reminds me of a whole album of Beatles’ “Blackbird”
Liked Bert’s album… great guitar playing
Nothing wrong with it
Some real nice stuff here. I often like folk music, and I also happen to like fingerstyle guitar, so this album has some solid tracks on it because Bert Jansch can really play well. So expressive and flowing. This genre was massive in the 60s, so it's a little hard at times not to hear it as part of that large catalog produced in the 60s folk revival, and this album has a lot of elements common to that movement, but to my ear, he's good enough to stand out a bit from that crowded field.
Charming collection of folk songs, if a little repetitive in style.
Good singer, happy to know about him
Folking hell. Superb guitar playing singing classic folk songs. Distinctly British. Best Tracks: Needle of Death; Running From Home; Angie
Running from home, Dreams of love j'ai bien aimé
Bon album, mais je sais que y'a des meilleurs albums de folk et des meilleurs albums de Bert Jansch que celui-là. Prefs: Smokey River, Finches, Needle of Death, Do You Hear Me Now?, Casbah, Angie Moins pref: Oh How Your Love Is Strong
Great guitar player. In his field completely untouchable. The album was a bit one dimensional.. bit that ain’t Bert’s fault!
The guitar work on this album is pretty amazing. The singing/lyrics leaves much to be desired though. They sort of even each other out. This musical style isn't really my cup of tea but gotta give it up for that guitar playing. 3.5 stars
Guitar was really good. Preferred the instrumental tracks over the songs with his voice. Finches and Alice’s Wonderland were my favorite. 3.5/5
Some nice songs but a bit disconnected, confusing at times.
Eh, a couple of decent tracks. But overall, a bit slow for me.
I had never heard of Bert Jansch. He has a wonderful voice on this album. I liked how there were some instrumentals - when one loves playing guitar, I assume sometimes one just wants to play, and do their best to express something with the instrument. Glad to have been introduced to this artist.
Schon arg überstrapaziert, dass uns Ahnungslosen da als Referenz immer als erstes Nick Drake einfällt, ne? Vor allem, weil diese hier schon lange vier Jahre vor Five Leaves Left rausgekommen ist. Man könnte - auch hier wieder gesegnet mit Ahnungslosigkeit - den Sound des frühen Drake über weite Strecken sogar für deutlich angelehnt an Mr. Jantsch halten, viel mehr als zB immer nur an Donovan. Aber sei‘s drum. Das hier steht für sich, und es steht sehr schön. Bisschen haunting, deutlich in sich ruhend, wunderbar sparsam und trotzdem dicht gewebt. Beim ersten Durchgang besonders im Gedächtnis geblieben - weil stärker heraus ragend aus dem doch oft auch homogenen Sound: Casbah und Do You Hear Me Now. Werd ich gern noch öfter hören und vergebe erstmal 3,4 - beim nächsten Mal vielleicht mehr. Wobei: Drake wird - weil für mich halt der erste - schon auf Anhieb mehr bekommen. So ist das eben.
Solid folk, it didn't make a huge impression beyond that.
This album didn't really do much for me. He has a nice voice, and the tone on the guitar was captured well, but I'm not really into this style of folk music 3/5
some of that was brilliant. some of it not so.
Folking hell. For folks sake. Un-folking-believable. Have you seen that video where Haaland balances three balls on each other and hits a target? Yeah, I've got nothing else to say.
Nice, calming little album
Boring for me
Cultura general
Good but not for me
nice songs accompanied by acoustic guitar, some songs in de middle are kinda of lacking in diversity and a different dynamic, angie is nice altough i wonder what kind of lyrics theme it would fit
I'd like to believe that the Coen Brother's "Inside Llewyn Davis" is based on this chap. This is literally just a dude and his acoustic guitar, but said dude can play! I hear a lot of The Beatles' "For You Blue" on the first song. I hope Bert at least had a cat hanging around the studio like Llewyn Davis would.
Folk. Un hombre y su guitarra. Ni fu ni fa.
solid folk rock.
Very unique and cool voice.
Ok
Acoustic voice and guitar folk. It's fairly well done with some amazing guitar playing. Sadly I just find his voice quite dull and there's nothing to really grab me.
i think the first song is fantastic but i quickly lost interest for the vast majority for the rest of the album. the songs were not bad but did not do enough to garner my full attention. the runtime is quite short though which makes it relatively acceptable. 2.5 to a 3/5
Pleasing- good Sunday afternoon listening
This definitely has a 60's folk vibe. It's mostly soft folk with a few instrumentals. It's great to just put on repeat and have as background music. My favorite song was Needle of Death.
Nice easy listen
Hard not to like. It was nice. None of the songs really stood out to me, but I enjoyed it. I don't know why this album made the list when there are hundreds just like it. I hope to listen again but not sure if I would seek it out to listen again.
Inoffensive background music
I can hear how this album influenced Nick Drake, Simon and Garfunkel, Led Zeppelin, etc. Great acoustic guitar playing, and great folk music.
Good album…nothing special in my opinion
Good music
Good old folk
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.
Elevators in Hell will be playing this
At times this sound a little bit proto Nick Drake-ish and those are the best parts of the album. But overall I didn't find it very memorable. Might want to revisit some time in the future.
Some perfectly fine folk guitar, it's a genre I like, but this album didn't feel that special to me. It seems like Bert got included on this list because his playing influenced later British guitarists. I'm an ignorant American but I think this list maybe could have used just one album from Pete Seeger or Woody Guthrie or Phil Ochs instead.
The guy on the cover looks like Carmy from The Bear. I'm assuming that's Bert. Anyway, this largely bored the hell out of me. Couple cool quick instrumentals, especially that last song Angie, but I didn't really like any of the songs with vocals.
One guy and a guitar. Simple, rough around the edges folk music. I don’t feel a strong need to listen to this album again.
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There were na couple of song with some good guitar. The rest was uninspiring.
Gesang-Gitarre Balladen
Jonninjoutava. 2/5
While it is not unlistenable, it is a super boring album that never really delivers any energy.
Biggest song doesn't even have words
three listens, very chilled, very quiet. Coffee shop, busker-esque.
Bored to tears
Meh . Had high hopes but no
That sure is an English folk record that some of my favs liked when they were younger.
Pleasant but unmemorable folk
“If cherry trees bore fruit of gold; The birds would die, their wings would fold” SHUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH YOU STUPID FUCKING HIPPIE AND TAKE YOUR GODDAM ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND YOUR FUCKING BERET AND SHOVE THEM UP YOUR ASS AND GO GET A FUCKING JOB!!! THEY SHOULD HAVE SENT ALL THE HIPPIES TO VIETNAM ARMED ONLY WITH ACOUSTIC GUITARS AND LOVE BEADS AND THEN WE’D HAVE WON THAT WAR BECAUSE THE VIETNAMESE WOULD'VE ALL KILLED THEMSELVES! THERE ARE OTHER TYPES OF TREES FOR BIRDS TO EAT FRUIT FROM AND I ASSUME THEY COULD STILL BUILD THEIR NESTS IN CHERRY TREES EVEN IF THE TREES SPROUTED GOLD RATHER THAN CHERRIES! I DON’T REALLY KNOW HOW BIRDS WORK!!!!
Really nothing special. There are much better folk albums out there.
Didn’t really grab me. Not bad, just not that interesting. 2.5/5
Basically the same song recorded 15 times. Notable for being one of the first of its kind in terms of folky Americana. Not that listenable though
Sort or samey and what was there was cool...but I yearned for variations.
Boring
I really can’t think of what to say … I guess it was OK but sounded a bit dated.
This list is very UK centric. Sorry but boring…
I don't mind some sleepy folk music but this was a little too sleepy.
Great guitar picking music ok but feels dated. Lyrics don’t cut it. Would be better if only acoustic without sappy lyrics,
Keby to tu nebolo, vôbec by mi to nechýbalo.
Pretty boring. Idk what else to say.
Not in love with it
[yawn]
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.
I don’t know, at first I thought it was nice. But for example, the song Do You Hear Me Know sounds so whiney with the breaking voice in the middle. I don’t know.
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.
I found this deeply boring, sorry, Bert!
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.