Night Life

Say "honky tonk" one more fucking time, I dare you

good oldie time Country! A treat! 997! 4 more to go!!!

That is pure classic country.

Not for me, Clive.

This might be a pinnacle of the genre but by god this genre is bland and soporific. Very little variety in the instrumentation and songcraft meant that it all sort of dissolved into a honky tonk soup. This isthe bad side of country, and the kind of music that gives it a bad reputation.

I listened to the first few songs in the morning and wasn't feeling it. But I listened to the rest at night by myself and it was a while ass vibe. As much as I love the glossy lap steel it was quite repetitive starting every song with the same lick. My favourite song was Night Life.

crooner classic country!

more albums should open with the singer welcoming and thanking you for listening

nice that this one has an introduction. thank you for showing your workings

favs: night life the twenty fourth hour rating 0.8/5

Ça me fait penser aux musiques du jeu Fallout, un peu rythm & blues des années 60 c’est marrant. C’est pas mal mais avec modération

Can’t go wrong with some classic country.

636/1089 - I really liked the title track. It's bluesy with a good pianist, guitarist, drummer and an expressive vocalist. Dips a bit in quality in the middle but finishes nice. Very creative country music.

This is a fine old country album. It exists in a weird nexus between Elvis and Roger Whittaker and John Denver. It could not remind me less of Night Life. But who's to quibble?

I’m much more charitable to albums that I never would’ve listened to without this godforsaken list. These are them.

UGHHHHH boring ass album oh my god fuck this album i dont even wanna talk about it remotely at least some tracks were decent i guess

pleasant

im sleepy

Much more enjoyable than the last honky-tonk album I got….yesterday.

Kinda reminds me of very many other 60s “popular” albums. Tame and a bit boring, but a decent singer. Would say it’s a 2.5 that bumps up to a 3 because u wasn’t really offended or annoyed by any songs

ну такое

A pretty damn good example of the honky tonk style of country. The bass lent a jazzy, smoky atmosphere to the music, the violin was excellent, and of course Ray Price sang each song with passion. It did feel a touch longer than its 37 minutes, which is why I can only give this a 7/10 instead of 8.

This was just… blah 60s music but add some fiddles at the start of each song that eventually stop being played? I mean either way it is absolutely not for me, but like it was fine idk

Ehhh. Overall, this album has a sound I really like. You get some classic country fiddling along with an incredibly smooth, almost jazz club vocal. BUT - every song on here is the same. It's one after the other, lament for broken-down party guy who's run his life into a brick wall. Great for country, but surely you have some other ideas? I'm convinced that this, combined with the overall slow tempo, makes this album seem four hours long.

Enjoyable early country

Love this style of country. Kinda cheesy lyrics but great vibe and emotion in Ray Price's voice.

Excellent classic country album, I think I liked it more than I thought I might. I understand when folks say it sounds a lot like every other country album, but this is on the list because it's one of the albums that brought the sound to life.

Not for me, but honestly kind of charming. I could drink some whiskey to this at a bar.

i liked it. had almost a crooner feel at times. Title track is really good

Very little substance here and the music is pretty boring to top it off. I appreciate this era of music for what it inspired later, but this album just didn't age well unless you're cosplaying a time long gone.

Normally, I hear the strains of a steel guitar & wince in fear of what’s to come. However, this album was tolerable. I’ve certainly heard worse.

Rate that

I don't like his voice. It grates on me a bit. Would otherwise be a 3

His voice is powerful, Frank Sintra-esque to my untrained ear. Feels like a mix of country with polished pop (of the time). And Amber pointed out he sounds like an old-school Orville Peck.

Really nice voice, kinda fun and classic to listen to

Need a good nap? Put this on.

I do enjoy this kind of crooning and was tempted even with 5

Off to a rough start with all the blaa blaa blaa. And it didn't really improve afterward. Perfectly mundane nothing burger. Kinda' gross in places actually. I don't agree with my grandfather's values. But this does.

Yikes.

music is love

Jazz/5

Never heard of this country musician before although he's been around for a long time. This album didn't do too much for me, vocals were a bit to crooning at times and the spoken word parts fell flat. Nothing wrong with his voice necessarily I've just heard better singing in this style. As always I enjoyed the steel guitars and this was listenable but forgettable for me overall.

I loved it. Not my usual type of music. Ray has a great voice. It’s a light country sound all through the short album. Cosy.

I’d never heard this before, but it’s a kind of country that I like, where it borders with early blues, has swing and has more to its songs than any modern equivalent. Well worth a listen.

Perhaps you have to be American to like this agonised claptrap. Not an album I needed to listen to.

Nog niet vaak gehoord: een artiest die door zijn eigen nummer heen kletst. Maar deze cowboy steekt meteen van wal met een praatje ('Mogge buurman'), op het gemakske over de schutting. De man legt uit dat deze plaat gaat over het nachtleven, iets wat je toch ook wel zou kunnen horen als je gewoon naar de nummers luistert, zou je denken. Maar goed, na de swingende Buddy Holly is dit weer een stap terug in de tijd, al is de plaat zes jaar ouder. Belegen country in het tempo van een vermoeide ouwe knol. In z'n soort wel aardig gedaan, en al die eenzame kroegtijgers vormen eens een ander onderwerp dan de geijkte plattelandsthema's, maar verder hoor ik er weinig bijzonders aan.

Ik schreef bij ons vorige album dat we kregen, van Buddy Holly, dat ik het erg saai en gedateerd vond, maar dat het vroege rock and roll geluid in de lijst niet mocht ontbreken. Dat geldt eigenlijk ook voor deze vroege country. Natuurlijk, het genre bestond al. Dit was zelfs zijn 6e album lees ik. Maar het feit dat de eerdere 5 niet in Billboard's top Country Album lijst zijn beland, omdat deze lijst pas gelanceerd werd na het album Night Life zegt genoeg. Voor de liefhebber van toen zat het allemaal prima in elkaar en meneer verstaat zijn vak als zanger natuurlijk goed. Genoeg reden dus om in de lijst opgenomen te staan. Dat hoeft niet te betekenen dat ik ervan kan genieten. Country is een energietrekkend genre. Als het dan ook nog hopeloos ouderwets is, zit ik me toch te verbijten. Het spijt me, muziekgeschiedenis: ik kan hier slechts 1 ster aan toekennen.

Het klinkt als de trage ballads van Elvis of Johnny Cash, maar dan nog meer richting de cuntry. En er zit een jankend pedal-steel gitaartje in, dat af en toe bijna Hawaiiaans klinkt. Het heeft absoluut iets potsierlijks, zeker omdat het natuurlijk vrij gedateerd is. Als ik wiki mag geloven, heeft Ray Price er mede voor gezorgd dat de countrybeat van 2/4 naar 4/4 is gegaan, wat zelfs naar hem vernoemd is, namelijk de Ray Price beat of Ray Price shuffle. Kijk, dat zijn op zich wel weer soort van muzieklessen die je wil volgen. Jammere is alleen dat je dan heel veel van deze honky-tonk gezapige muziek moet luisteren. En daar hebben alleen verstokte fans zin in waarschijnlijk. Maar prima, de man heeft zijn plaats in de muziekhistorie en daarom is het prima dat wij er hier naar luisteren. Ik vind het zelfs wel grappig eigenlijk. De man kan een degelijk potje zingen, er is een fijn basloopje (bijna letterlijk een 'loopje', een walking bass heet dit blijkbaar) en dus die bijna Hawaiiaanse pedal-steel. Ik zou er bijna zin in een cocktail van krijgen. Het is allemaal net iets te gedateerd om een vergeetbare 3 te geven.

Perfect.

Classic country with heartfelt story telling. Not my favorite genre but I'm not upset that I listened to this.

Did not enjoy. It felt like the same song over and over again.

⭐⭐⭐ Honkey tonk country. Är skeptisk men efter några lyssningar så börjar jag uppskatta albumet. Läser en del reviews där man jämför Rays röst med Sinatras men jag tycker den har mer likheter med Elvis Presley (egentligen kanske det är tvärt om). Det är jämnt men saknar spår som riktigt står ut så det blir en stark 3a. Bäst är Lonely street, The wild side of life, Pride, If she could see me now

Rock à l'ancienne à la Elvis, très répétitif

C’est ok mais pas top pour le sport haha

J'aime pas la countryyyyy arrêtez

Сара 4,5 Марко 4+

A solid old country album. I enjoyed Ray's personality and the sound they were going for. 3.3/5.

Favorite songs: Night Life, Lonely Street, The Wild Side of Life, If She Could See Me Now, Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women

Notable Textzeile: Oh look around you look down the barroom The lonely faces that you see Are you sure that this is where you want to be? Das Night Life scheint das lyrische Ich in mindestens jedem zweiten Song anzuöden, abzustoßen, auszumergeln. Also warum sucht er sich nicht eine andere Beschäftigung als darüber zu singen? Das ist so langweilig wie es der Hauptperson in seinen Songs ist. Die sind musikalisch okay, aber auch nicht mehr. Das ist besser als einiges was ich mit 2 berwertet habe, aber eine 2,5 ist es noch nicht.

Großes Achselzucken. Honky Tonk Konzept Album mit dem beliebigsten Thema ever? Very boring edge-less music.

For my taste, this pushes too far into Nashville Sound terrain. Country music—and certainly honky tonk—needn’t ever have sounded like pop standards. But these are strong songs, and the concept (apart from an opening explainer track) works well. An obvious country classic. There should be many more of those here! Essential.

I'm afraid not, western cowboys, sing along, slow boring.

Somebody come rescue me! I’m stuck in a senior citizen country music lounge.

A solid 3.5 because I thoroughly enjoyed it. I love this era of country and even added the wild side of life to a playlist. Doesn’t get 4 stars because I don’t feel inspired to go to this album and listen again

Some songs about how miserable life is.

Not bad

This album cover is really boring, would have been slightly better without the songs written on it, but of course it makes sense because of how vinyls were printed. The background music of "Night Life" sounds better than the singing, even with it only in my right ear. There are some genuinely great themes of loneliness and isolation on this album on songs like "The Twenty-Fourth Hour" and "A Girl in the Night" but unfortunately this album just boils down to an "I can fix her" kind of album. Ray Price speaks like he can save this girls life by marrying her, but she seems to be doing just fine on her own. He speaks about how a drinking problem seperated him from her in "Sittin' and Thinkin'" but in the song he says that even if he got back together with her, he cannot promise he wont drink and ruin her life again. Unbelievable. I really wish this album focused more on the loneliness aspect, both from Ray and this girl who works at the HonkyTonk bar. It was really interesting to hear about someone who is extremely appreciated while working, however becomes lonely the moment shes off the clock. Best Song: The Twenty-Fourth Hour. Worst Song: Sittin' and Thinkin'

There are 14 too many songs on this album and I think it only has twelve. Ray say’s, on Sittin’ and Thinkin’ he got loaded on a bottle of gin. It’s possible he wrote this album immediately following his intoxication.

It's called Night Life because I'm sleeping through it. I understand this album is meant to be a smooth, slow lovely listen, but it simultaneously boldly leans over the calm waters and is, cowardly, afraid of falling in. Ray Price's vocals borrow from old artists in a bland, dull, and generic fashion which ages each song. It feels as if these songs are building towards some explosion of color, yet no such thing occurs, and it produces an uncomfortably monotonous and muted sleeper album. The storyline Price tells, on the other hand, is actually fairly interesting — in the beginning. It quickly falls apart with a song all about his alcohol addiction and the destruction of his relationship with this girl, whom he expresses his desire for, then blames his drinking problem for domestic violence. The second half of the record reveals more weaknesses, highlighting unbearably repetitive styles and lyrics. Even though this album is relatively short, at 38 minutes, it drags on and on to the point I could not listen in one session.

3.5

countree

No, from an era and style I have no care for

Piacevole ma non mi dice molto

Definitely pre-rock n roll but enjoyable.

Interesting to hear some early country honky tonk, but not that interesting

Novel the first time through, pretty bad the second.

Apart from Ray's opening monologue this was a pleasant surprise. Occasionally interesting progressions and guitar licks shine through the mostly standard country fare. An agreable 3*

Ikke super interessant

Ret corny, havde måske ikke strengt taget behøvet en 2 minutter spoken word intro til lige at forklare hvad et album er

The cozy feeling of being in a smoke-filled bar in the 60s

Average

Not bad

Okay!

Olde worlde cheery music … what’s not to like 👍

meh

Lounge music meets stereotypical country. Songs about women and drinking that all start with the same three notes on the fiddle. But if that’s your thing, then eureka! Otherwise, good luck playing Name That Tune, because you’ll always need at least four notes.

I just wandered into the right bar.

Old school country. Have had a few of these recently. Interesting voice, seems very dated but it’s fine early on. It’s very old fashioned simple country music. Feels like it needs something. It’s missing passion. His voice is real classic and great though. I just can’t fully connect with this at all. The sound is too dated to me on some songs. And your first reaction is this is all fine but doesn’t wow me. This will be a 2. It’s fine and can listen to it but it’s fairly boring to me. I think it’s all very repetitive. It’s a simple tune with a constant bass and some steel. His voice and the simplicity of it is good, but never won me over at all.

This ones not for me First track ok after that too much of the same sound Didn’t get to hear it all

I enjoyed the tone but felt the album didn't vary enough for me and I could hear the link with Hank Williams.

Really enjoyable. Especially 24th hour

Definition of an easy listening album. Just so nice and chill

Honky Tonk country music. The songs weren't particularly varied, but he has such a nice warm baritone voice with great phrasing and delivery.

50's country, love and simplicity, before it got complicated. A little monotonous, but not bad.

A nice change from the modern wall of sound always heard.

Makes me want to bust out a new playthrough of Fallout New Vegas. It’s a pretty traditional country album. He’s got a great, wailing voice, and the band keeps it simple and tight. This is the kind of classic country that I almost always enjoy, but since I can’t promise I’ll be coming back to this with any frequency, I’ll rate accordingly. No knock-out songs or moments of catharsis. Just competent, good, wallpaper country.

Best way to describe this is crooner country, and it's good. I really like Ray Price.

Another singing cowboy, another early-60s country album built from very familiar ingredients. 𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 is well played and easy enough to listen to, but by now I have heard this particular combination of twang, shuffle, and heartbreak quite a few times. The most interesting detail is Willie Nelson turning up on bass, which gives the record a nice bit of historical trivia even if it hardly transforms the sound. Ray Price sings with confidence, and the band does exactly what it needs to do. Perfectly solid, but also the kind of country album that gradually blends into all the others from the same era.

2/5

O estilo clássico, mas que não faz muito minha vibe. Talvez eu tenha decidido ouvir num momento inapropriado.