Night Life

A strange blend of standard country fare with almost Hawaiian-sounding guitar.

Pretty good. Easy listening old school country

Became more country than I was expecting.

This was some totally acceptable Honky Tonk music

I think this played at my grandparents wedding.

Not really a country fan, but I did enjoy this enough to give it a 3, even if I may never choose to listen to it again.

lounge western

The louche beginning got my hopes up more than the eventual album met. This is interesting where it gives you a perfect intersection of lounge and country, but often veers into plain bland country that lacks any real hook or innovation. It's not bad. It's just also not great.

Country como se fora blues.

Country. Ni fu ni fa.

Rating: 6/10

I can appreciate this for what it is, but it's really not my speed.

Nice

a lovely, easy listening album! wonderful to have in the background while concentrating on the task at hand. it's pure sixties country! it isn't heavy at all, even when the lyrics are somber. it's rather soothing, actually. i should like to listen to this again!

Za ljude of the night life ide trojka

ovo bi bilo dobro slušati u nekom starijem kafiću u noći po ljetu. zapravo čak i sam naziv albuma ukazuje na to.

Cantautor americano de los 60, con buenas melodías, muy agradable de escuchar, pero para los amantes del género

country cry tunes

Pretty cool classic country album. Will never be my go to, but this was fun.

Приятный классический альбом. Хорош, чтобы сидеть вечерком и думать о вечном

You can just barely hear the beginnings of Willie's brand of outlaw country on the few tracks he's responsible for. Otherwise, it's honky-tonk accompanied by strings. Best track: Night Life

Easygoing country cheese.

I love that kind of music. Nothing truly stands out for me after the first song, but it's all about that nostalgic, deeply American atmosphere anyway.

I really enjoyed this one!

Great vibe. Not really familiar with this genre, but It'll get back to this singer. Great voice also !

I have not heard a more generic and standard country blues album. Love the genre and this fits in that genre but there's like nothing unique about it.

Growing up, a local radio station used to have an hour of music such as this, but a bit less country, every evening. They called that hour Twilight Time, and I used to hate it but my mother would always have it on. Nostalgia may be dreadful, but one cannot deny the yearning for simpler days, days that now seem free of worries (but, in actuality, were anything but).

Music my grandma used to listen to while she was baking in the kitchen. Major nostalgia! I love it.

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Introduction and Theme, Night Life, Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Country version of Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours, love the intro and title track, the rest is some real sad boy hours stuff. Not as varied as I would've liked but still decent.

Really interesting. I've never really listened to this genre before. I liked it more than I thought, but not a whole lot

It’s country music. But not the western sort. Pretty lush

3.5/5. Some nice tracks here and there, but it’s very one note

ok

Ray Price and Night Life are new to me, although there was at least one track ("The Wild Side of Life") that I have heard by other artists. Night Life is full of gentle, almost sleepy, country swing. The album seems to be presented as an invitation for people to go out and enjoy the night life, and dancing. The music is pretty good, but the lyics share prominently chauvanistic view of women as a temptation that men cannot resist. I can't seem to overlook the lyrics in favor of the underlying music from these talented musicians.

5/10

I dig it

Nice discovery and change of pace.

Not really a lot to say on it - it was fine.

Very old school

Well this is certainly outside of my wheelhouse :) I was completely amused by the "introduction" - how he welcomes the listeners to the Columbia product (RAY YOU CORPORATE SHILL). Yow - they loved to drench his voice in cavernous reverb. So I'm not a country fan but I didn't completely dislike it, it's more a slow american western blues. I was a bit tired of the pedal-steel (no slight to the playing whatsoever; I know how difficult it is) as it really defines the sound. I liked to think of it as a soundtrack to a slow-moving 60s movie . Probably won't listen again but it's good to get an education on this classic American musician (also: Willie Nelson plays bass!) 6/10 3 stars

This really old country stuff is alright. It's dated as hell in 2021 but compared to what modern popular country sounds like.... it's definitely not a genre I give a shit about, but yeah this runs rings around whatever passes for cool these days in those circles. short and sweet, it's unpretentious, it just does its thing and does it well. didn't exactly knock me out of my chair but there's still nothing to really complain about. 3/5.

Pretty decent traditional country album. It seemed like ray price had the old traditional lyrics and songwriting but his guitar playing and melodies sounded a bit what the 70s and 80s turned into. I enjoyed it and didn’t find it too old and slow as some country albums are. 6.2/10

would make for a nice listen with a cigar on my porch, sitting on a rocking chair. except I don't smoke, don't have a porch or a chair. 3/5

Enjoyable.

Definitely of its time, but nice, welll written tunes

Found this strangely endearing and enjoyable over all ….. hard to dislike any of it. Lyrically it’s actually really good too - feels like a country Sinatra and I enjoyed the fact it had a theme running through it

This is fine. Love his voice.

So classic, but quite myogenetic. I had never heard Honky Tonk Angles in full, and it's a bit much. Different times and all that, but it's hard to fully enoy.

Could've done without the intro, but the rest of the album was decent. I guess they didn't know what people wanted back in the 60s, but the music is good.

This was a welcomed listen and I was into it until about the third song when I realized that they all sound roughly the same and rely heavily on his voice. However, this album opened up a door that I didn't know existed. RP is prolific and has recorded a TON and even had Willie Nelson in his band. Anyway, this may not have been the best album to start with, but he's been added to my list of musicians to explore a little further.

Good, traditional country. I can see his influence on later artists like k.d. lang and Lucinda Williams. 3 stars.

Surprised me in a really good way

Okay Ray It's nice but fades into background rather easily

perfect for getting drunk alone at your apartment.

-Apparently this is like Honky Tonk Country -To me it just sounds like Christmas music that wasn't written about Christmas -Except it turns out that "Bright Lights and Blinds Haired Women" does talk about Christmas -Enjoyed while it was on, but no desire to listen again

As stated in the 1001 albums book: "Night Life is Nashville's answer to Sinatra's In The Wee Small Hours". Succinct and spot on description.

Very nice sounds but I don't think I'd listen again

A pleasant listen, but not the kind of genre i'm particularly interested in. I don't have any real complaints though.

Very old-fashioned, although a surprising amount of drunkenness

OK, but I'm not big on the style.

Probably says 'honky' a few too many times.

It's okay music. I'm not a huge fan but it's good for what it is.

country western singer. Soso.

Not very interesting. Sinatra meets county. It’s just nothing inspiring, and every song is more or less the exact same.

Solid country music, but didn't really grab me.

lots of honky tonk

Decent album

classic, wouldnt listen on my own though

Having been exposed to very little country music, I was rather intrigued to hear a traditional honky tonk-style album, but that curiosity factor only lasted until about track three. After the unusual but strangely charming spoken-word intro and the bluesy title track, which did have a bit more quality, every other song here is genuinely virtually indistinguishable. Pretty much every one consists of the following elements with barely any variation: swung brushed drums, walking bass lines, pedal steel guitar countermelodies, rhythm guitar chords, the odd piano fill, and stereotypical lamenting country lyrics and vocals. A real snoozefest of an album.

2/5

Title track is a bit bluesy, but the rest is standard country getting drunk and pining after the woman you lost.

Average crooning, Elvis impersonating, country fare.

Meh

Ehhh

4/10 Bonus points because Ray Price has a song in Fallout: New Vegas but overall not my type of music.

Not my thing ig

I loved the small introduction where he talks directly to us. Because of that I will round up my rating to 2.

Depths of a sorrowful and longing soul. Even though it was drinking hardships away, girl done me wrong, young fool, etc. I was surprised by how it was more blues than country. Mostly avoided "the twang" until track 8 "Pride," the "anguished fiddle" in track 9 "There's No Fool Like a Young Fool" or the slapping bass in track 10, 11, and 12. Okay, so it started with a great blues beginning, but drove into country pastures. It's just needed something about his pickup truck. What miseries did Ray experience to create such a heart wrenching compilation?

I had absolutely no idea who Ray Price was and what type of music I was going to listen to when starting this album. I have to admit that I am not a huge fan of 70 easy listening/crooning/county. I cant quite put my finger on what I dont like about it. Ray has a pleasant voice, the songs aren't challenging or unpleasant... I just find it a bit stale and slightly boring. Its just not for me. (1.500)

Not my cup of tea

Not bad

Started out ok but got quite samey, quite quickly. Nice enough but really bland overall, and one I'll forget about in no time. 2.5/5

Ray Price has an amazing crooner's voice and that helps lift Night Life up, but it's just not enough to save it from a boring tracklist. There are a few highlights, especially the title track, but most of these songs are slow jams to get couples on the honkytonk dance floor. It's fine at first but the slow tempo tends to make Night Life a sleepy chore to get through. I love a good honkytonk record but you need to balance the slow dancers with some rabble-rousers to make it work.

Dosada živa, kao nije to loše, ali brate tko to može slušati u komadu. 2/5, 3/10

This is the music they play in movies when they need a random western saloon song

Man today’s album would’ve gone so hard at The Ol’ Tulsa Saloon! After the intro and first song I was cautiously optimistic - the introduction caught me off guard, and the slow guitar solo in the first real song was surprisingly interesting…but the rest of the songs did nothing for me. A 3.5/10 for me today

This album decides to explain itself with a spoken word intro, but there's not much worth explaining throughout its short runtime. It manages to succesfully create that nocturnal atmosphere a couple of times, but the concept is quickly abandoned and all that's left is a pretty standard set of country tunes that does little to make itself stand out. It's not bad, but I doubt I'll come back to it any time soon. I really enjoyed the title track, at least.

"me and the Cherokee cowboys are knocking on your record player once more..." Well, you didn't have to🤔

We meet again, Country Music. At least it's the only subgenre of Country I find remotely interesting. Unfortunately, my interest quickly trailed off because of the boring music, simple minded lyrics, and generic singing. At least it's not modern day Nazi Country music. Can we call it a truce, Country Fans, and agree to a two-star rating? Favorite Track: "Introduction And Theme/Night Life".

I mean it isn’t bad it’s just unmodern. 4/10

Ça commençait très bien avec l'intro style concept album, mais après c’est juste un album des années 60... Playlist pick : Night Life

I think what i love most about 1001 album generator is to see all of these vastly different album covers. They dont take so much space in spotify and usually its minimized so you hardly ever notice them. The first track is an introduction, which is interesting. Not your usual most recognizable track. But basically crony type of music.

Ei ollu ehkä freesein albumi, mielenkiintosta lyriikkaa ollu ns. vanhoina hyvinä aikoina. Näitäkin levyjä ja artisteja tuntuu olevan läjäpäin, Elvistä edeltäviä tai lainaavia kantri/rock, mitä ikinä. Tulipahan kuunneltua, ei ärsyttäny, mutta tuskin tarvii enempää.

The Night Life Ain't No Good Life 1001 Albums Generator 300 (5/27/2026) Night Life is a very lonely album. Ray Price's baritone voice and the orchestration, along with the slide guitar, exudes exactly the kind of late night vibe that he was going for. Unfortunately, there's not much here in terms of the substance of the music, and nothing really grabs at my attention or sticks in my brain long. A pleasant listening experience, but there aren't many songs I see myself coming back to. 2/5. Favs: Night Life The Twenty-Fourth Hour If She Could See Me Now Least Fav: Introduction and Theme

Music to listen to while drinking away your sorrows at a bar.

Honestly this was so pleasant and a great use of 40 minutes. That being said, damn it's simple and repetitive. Some nice pipes and decent storytelling, and not a lot else to write home about Fave tracks: - Night Life - The Twenty-Fourth Hour - There's No Fool Like A Young Fool - Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women

Awful country music. The stylistic similarity to Elvis Presley doesn't make it any better. He made some terrible music too. 2/6

I can dig some sad country music, but I couldn’t latch on to any of this one.

Un buen disco de Country antiguo, con producción típica de los '60s. La voz de Price es lo que más destaca de todo el trabajo, ya que las composiciones son bastante estándar y las letras para nada rupturistas. Creo que me llama la atención saber qué era lo que dominaba el panorama musical estadounidense antes de la inevitable llegada de The Beatles. Si bien es un buen LP, que emana tristeza y desencanto del artista y el mundo del entretenimiento; en su totalidad no llega a ser mejor que trabajos anteriores de artistas (que en mi opinión son mejores al momento de interpretar) como los Everly Brothers o el mismísimo Roy Orbison. Pistas destacadas Lonely Street The Wide Side of Life Sittin' and Thinkin' Pride There's no Fool like a Young Fool Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women

Ray Price or Len Houmous. I know who I’d choose to play and my grandsons baptism. 2.4 2/13 Night Life

My beer has been successfully cried in.

this one has a cute introduction. wiki article describes this as honky tonk which is a genre ive only heard in name. the walking bassline and violin are super cute together highlights: none. i liked listening to it, but its old country blues, which i dont feel too strongly about.

2.5/5. Some very standard Honkey Tonk ballads of heartbreak. There is nothing offensively bad about it, but also there’s so many artists and albums that do this sound way better that you could be listening to instead. I left this one not really feeling much of anything, it’s the album equivalent to unseasoned chicken and rice.

😐 Thankfully, the album was brief, but it felt like one long song—in which case, it’s longer than 'Atom Heart Mother (Suite).

All around seems pretty generic to me, far from the most interesting country album I've ever heard. Honestly I really feel like I have nothing to say about this album or contribute to the discourse in any way because I just found it that uninteresting. I definitely didn't hate it but it just completely failed to hold my attention in any meaningful way. Maybe other people who appreciate this kind of thing would be able to see that it's actually something special, but as far as I'm concerned I wouldn't even entertain calling this essential listening.

Ray is loving his life

A bit old school for my taste but pleasant enough

K-Rose San Andreas Radio

Presumably historically significant but as a listening experience it's fairly dull 2.5*

Almost every song starts the exact same way. Then the song sounds the same as the previous song. It’s not actively bad, but the staggering lack of variety in the song structure means that you can listen to three tracks and get pretty much the same experience.

This is just not my kind of thing at all. Honky Tonk music that feels part lecture and part sad drunk guy music

Sad crooner stuff. Not crazy about it for the most part. Check out Mark Lanegan’s rendition of “Lonely Street”, though.

This is #day625 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to the second country record in a row. This one does have its moments, though. I kind of don't mind the jazz-leaning touches (at least compared to some of the more straight-ahead country on this list), and there's a nice Saturday night feel to it. Still, it's country. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day626.

Langweilig

Not too long ago had to listen to Buck Owens. Not great but at least more relevant than this. Spongebob also didn’t help

I think there are better examples of country albums from the timeframe that could be included. This just seems like the same song over and over. It is well executed, except for the weird intro, but is not for me.

Country

I appreciate a good drinking tune, but these were just meh.

Ok, it's a country album. I like listening to 2-3 songs. But after that it simply is boring.

Look, this was slightly more charming than it had any right to be - mostly for the presentation. Otherwise it was crookin' country, with terrible patronising and cheesy references. Which means I still can't bear to give it more than 2. But well done for tryin'.

This was some pretty slow crooning to country backing tracks. The opening monologue didn't feel me with hope. It was like listening to what I assume they put on in American bars at 4am when only the really serious drunks are still there nursing their 4th bud light questioning their life choices. For some reason one of the songs later on sounded like it was suggesting all those people were lame. I dunno, I wasn't listening enough by then. There was a track lonely street, which reminded me of the track broken down angel by Nazareth. Reminding me of that is the best thing that this album gave me.

I don’t think crooner country is a very good genre. Something about the two styles just clashes in a way that isn’t interesting or something greater than the two parts. The musicians were good on this album, and Ray Price has a nice enough voice, but it didn’t sway me. I did enjoy getting a personal greeting at the top of the album though. I do like the idea of the artists talking you through the intent of the music before you hear it. Maybe that is the importance of this album.

Found it whiny with a sad sack, poor me vibe. Odd how this works with many country artists but this album just grated on my nerves. Just didn’t relate to Ray Price’s the “aw shucks”, we sure are humble sell.

Don't think I've ever had an album introduce itself before. I did not enjoy this album. I've never been a fan of "crooner" style music, and you mix that with country - another genre I only enjoy very specific parts of - and you've got an album that's just not for me.

Even too much country for me

Classy and pleasant but I feel a bit sleepy 2.5

I listened to this on the Autobahn ane it just wasn't a vibe

Do yourself a favour and switch this to mono if you can, the stereo version is a pain The steel guitar is fantastic and it's always great to see a Nudie suit Very nice voice but overall feels dated considering Elvis had been around for a good while

My first thought was this sounds like Willie Nelson. So I wasn't surprised to learn that he played on it. It's ok but a bit dull and repetitive. I think this is one of those albums that i don't really like but appreciate it's influence.

Not my style of music, but I can see the musicality and lyricism would appeal if it was! It is definitely showing it's age though.

the price, for me, is not right. though i'd like a little bit of this here and there, the album is far too homogenous for me and not much stands out

This is not my jam, I don’t know why this is on this list and others aren’t. But something about this album makes me jealous of growing up in this era when everything moved slower and things appeared simpler.

eh

Nope

4/10 I enjoy country music, but this is that old style honky tonk stuff, where there's not much of interest happening in either the music or the vocals. It's very much all the same thing, again and again. It works as a background album but it's not interesting enough to seek out of its own merits. What stands out, however, are the extraordinarily gay lyrics - I kid, but like, not really. Take, for instance, the following: "the glamour of the gay night life has lured you / to the places where the wine and liquor flow / where you wait to be anybody's baby /and forget the truest love you'll ever know." Okay, yes, I am reading into these lyrics tremendously, but as a gay I find them hilarious. Anyways, do I like this album? No. But at least a couple parts made me laugh.

Not my cup of tea.

Nice voice. 2.5

I thought some of these songs could have been a bit faster, but on the whole it was a fine background album

Country isn't really my kind of music. Most of the songs sound the same on this album.

This album has a presentation of itself followed by 12 copies of the same honky tonk song, which is basically slow country with strumming guitars and themes about drinking, love and loneliness. The thing is, the songs have a certain charm thanks to the smooth voice and sad feeling, but as an album experience, is incredibly monotone and repetitive.

We need some kind of different scale for pre Beatles albums. It’s a 3 maybe even 4 pre Beatles. But it’s a 2 today.

So 60s western music is one of my least favorite styles of music. I just hate everything about it. It's sappy, cheesy, I hate the steel guitar, the vocals usually have that warble-y quality that just grates on my soul. I was gonna hate this one from the get-go. But I'll add a star because I do like Night Life, all versions of that song are pretty decent, and Willie Nelson on bass is kind of cool. Grudging 2/5.

Another fairly generic country album. He did heartaches by the number which is a goated fallout soung

yawn

Nice change of pace but rather generic voice of the time.

I like the oldies and the nostalgia but this one was too deep in the vault and I think it's time has come. Not a fan.

Not for the day folks

Nothing inherently wrong with this album, it was entertaining to listen to but not a lot drawing me back either. Pretty mid really 2.5

more of a historical fascination than an actually enjoyable listen.

Not bad, but didn’t grab me like other country I’ve had on here. Love Buddy Emons on the steel

Each song just melts into the other. It's basically the same song over and over. It's 37 minutes but feels like a decade trying to get through it.

old style country

Ray said "if you like it, tell us about it." So anyway

nice mood piece. the same sounds and rhythms got old pretty quick. maybe if i was having a different day id have enjoyed it more, but as is it gets grating after a few songs. favorite was Let Me Talk to You

Good background music…if you live in a country and western themed geriatric home. It’s inoffensive, but is quite repetitive and doesn’t set your pulses racing.

Oh dear not for me. Music was pleasant enough, skillful playing, the guy can sing. This just does nothing for me, not my type of thing.

Not my bag

Easy listening. I didn’t find it as memorable or unique as a lot of the older country albums on here. Maybe as I understand the genre/era better I’ll understand what it does different. My enjoyment was more at 3 and a half stars but giving it 2 and a half. It’s not explicitly a holiday album but think it works well in that role. Rating: 2.5

I don’t know, it’s real subtle but i think this guy might have an alcohol problem.

Early country, simple songs, well done, I’m sure. But not my thing.

It’s not as great as Ray thinks it is.

this album kind of lopes along with every song sounding a little too much like the one just before it, and I'm not sure why I had to hear it--it doesn't sound distinctive in any way to me. Perhaps that's why? It's so generic it's genius? don't know.

Not my type of thing

The same song 12 times

Some of the vibes were cool. I enjoyed the opening to the album. I couldn’t stomach the lyrics on many of the tracks.

Not as bad as anticipated. A nice honky-tonk vibe here and there. 2.5 rounded down.

spotify bio says he brought country back to nashville and for that he is one of history's great villains

too dated lyrically for a 3

Old country. Wholesome, good voice, can’t say it really gripped me or anything. Two stars.

>We want to do something different and hope you like it >continues to make the most basic yee-haw country ever

This is lame.

nice enough but i got a bit tired of it towards the end IM SORRY RAY

2/3 border. Pretty redundant and similar to a lot of classic country with the sad sack loner repetition. Liked it enough early on but got tired of it pretty quickly

2.5 - ok

537/1001

Not my thing

I like the Orbison like vibrato on the vocals. The band sounds great too, I’m just not coming up with anything that would land it on this list. It’s a completely fine country record from the 60’s but nothing about it is remarkable at all, it just a little too generic. 4/10

It’s fine as background music I would say. It’s kind of a weird mix between crooning and honky tonk… like Sinatra and Elvis

Eh. The songs themselves aren't bad, but as a total package everything sort of runs together and doesn't really grab me.

hmmm I like old country but this is a lil too honky tonk for me.

I wonder if anyone had more 1963 Country swagger than Ray Price

I could definitely see where this album has a time and place

I’ve definitely heard the name Ray Price before. I don’t listen to country, but I kinda like the cowboy vibe it’s giving.

Picture this, you're in a bar and he's playing live because this is so boring it would force people to converse. However I decently don't hate this

Reminds me of melancholy drunks. Not really my thing

4/10 Ray Price appears, from this album at least, to be an incredibly nice man. His strange, almost shy little introduction to the album onwards, there is something very pleasant about everything he delivers. There’s more than a hint of easy listening to it, and if you’re into easy listening country, this is the album for you. He kicks things off with a track that leans a little towards bluesy jazz, which did perk my ears up a little, but unfortunately that edge fairly quickly recedes out of view, only becoming apparent the odd time here and there through the album. The rest of the album plods along nicely, never daring to raise its energy above that of a sleepy, leisurely Sunday stroll. Unfortunately for me, Ray does lean towards a more crooning vocal style for decent chunks of the record, which is something that can push the songs over the line from being pleasant if uninspiring, to something that I struggle with a little more. But it never really became offensive in any way, because it was all delivered in such a pleasant package. The band were very tight, even though they barely had to do much more than play remarkably similar parts for most of the album, but there were the odd moments of flair and interest that peeked out from the background now and again. I would say that it’s remarkable that nearly every song on the album was written by a different person, but they all sounded so similar that they could almost have been variations on the same original idea. I guess that’s what you get with such a formulaic genre, but it does beg the question how much songwriting actually goes on if you’re using essentially the same chord structure, bass line and rhythm for every song. I think part of the reason I’m giving this the score I have is that it doesn’t really stand out as anything special, despite its overall pleasantness. My streaming service started playing similar music after the album had finished on my first listen to this, and it took me a few tracks to notice, because so much of it sounded exactly the same. And while it was a nice enough listen, I won’t be bothering to listen again, and I also don’t really understand what sets this apart from so much other music in the same style. Introduction And Theme - What an oddity this is. I don’t recall ever hearing anything like this to kick off an album. He seems like a nice bloke, and the music is perfectly pleasant, but it is quite strange. Night Life - And now we’re into the album proper. It’s quite nice actually, with an edge of bluesy swing to it that’s quite pleasing on the ear. His voice is quite of its time, but doesn't feel forced in the way of someone like Elvis. There’s some pretty nice jazzy piano playing in there in the second half, which adds something to it. Not bad at all. Lonely Street - This drifts more towards the country side of things and gets a bit more croony. Again, it’s perfectly pleasant, but it lacks a little bit of the interest to me and sticks very solidly to the very static rhythmic inflection for the whole song, which makes it a little repetitive. The Wild Side Of Life - I think I might overuse the words “pleasant” and “nice” during this review. Another that is a little plodding, but has a decent bit of feel to the rhythm. It doesn’t really do a lot for me, but it’s a well written song delivered in about the most inoffensive way possible. Sittin' And Thinkin' - It’s almost like the band has just carried on playing the last song while Ray sings a slight variation. It’s funny, because tonally everything seems very similar, regardless of the lyrical content. It is getting my toe tapping along, so there is that, and they seem to be a very competent band. Everything is tight and swings nicely, despite the clear focus in the mix being the lead vocal. The Twenty-Fourth Hour - It is incredibly formulaic. Again, this is a similar composition to a lot of the previous ones. It’s super easy listening and it’s never going to hook me in much more than as pleasant background music because there are no edges at all to hang on to, but it manages to not be yawn-inducingly boring either. A Girl In The Night - We’re really not really getting much variation in pace or style here at all and it’s all blending a little into one for me at this point. It’s also making a track by track review quite difficult, because I could just say the same thing for quite a lot of the tracks. Pleasant. Competent. Starting to get a bit boring. Next. Pride - It feels like the tempo has lifted a touch now. There’s so little variation between different sections of the song that it all just kind of washes over you. The violin is at least wandering around a little and trying to do something a bit more interesting. There are the odd nice bits of guitar in there too. There's No Fool Like A Young Fool - For this one, there’s a bit more of a discernible difference between sections and it does benefit from that, although he does croon a bit too much. I’m kind of feeling like the very plodding and persistent rhythm is starting to drain me at this point. They try to break it up by slowing it down at the end, but they do it at the end of every song, so even that has become stale. If She Could See Me Now - There’s some nice moments of guitar and violin playing in here that give it a bit of a lift, which is nice. It definitely sticks to the formula in terms of songwriting, structure and vocal delivery though. Bright Lights And Blonde Haired Women - This feels a little different for once. The swing of the groove is a little more dragging and the groove is a bit more prominent. Some more good guitar work too. When he does this slightly more bluesy stuff it works so much better for me. I prefer his vocal delivery here to the more croony stuff too. Pretty good stuff. Are You Sure - And we’ve drifted back to the more plodding stuff that we had before. It continues to be pleasant and there’s some nice strings in there too, but it is all kind of a wash. Perfectly pleasant background music, but not a lot more. Let Me Talk To You - OK Ray, I’ll give you one more chance. Oh, you’re doing the same thing again? But the band do feel like they’re doing something a little more jazzy even if you’re not. Some lovely moments of piano in the background, but they almost get lost in the mix, which is a shame.

Great voice but not my style.

This was fine. Easy listening. I liked the intro, more albums should have that

Right there with Marty Robbins, Tex Ritter - I lived a while in Nashville and even there this is comic stuff. I'd give it a 1 but I reserve that for Marilyn Manson.

Forgettable background yehaw

I dislike two types of music: Country _and_ Western. That said, this wasn't _bad_, just nowhere near my comfort zone. Might put it on again semi-ironically.

C'était vraiment pas top mais pas non plus complètement horrible

Its just an ordinary country/popular music style album of its age. Nothing objectionable, nothing exceptional. Not my thing, therefore just a 2.

Doesn’t hold up. But at least it was short

Sounds like the classic tunes that my older family members used to listen to. He has a beautiful but it's not hitting my happy sensors, apart from the remembrance.

Sounds like the stuff that used to play on my grandparents' radio when I was sent to their place for summer holiday... I found it boring then, and turns out I still do now.

felt unnecessary

The "We have Sinatra at home" album. Or more like, we have Sinatra at our middle-of-nowhere truckstop cafe. Neither bad nor brilliant. I'm not an expert in the era, but I'd bet this is quite derivative of other works of the time. It starts out nice, with a "fallout retro" vibe, and the eponymous song being the best in the bunch. But listening to a full album of the same exact vibe, tempo and style, loses the magic very rapidly. And my guy, maybe give your spring reverb a raise, it's been working overtime in this album.

Not good, not bad, not for me, not gonna listen again, not sure why I needed to hear it.

2.0 - Weak

Again, fine, but not really my thing.

Changed the music as soon as the album finished so 2 stars is fair.

Inoffensive but I'd never listen to this again ever. There is a lot of existing music that sounds similar to this that pull it off a lot cleaner, unfortunately.

No private session used for Spotify. Not my thing, I certainly don't associate this music with Night Life as the album title implies. I associate it with driving down to your well in your beat up ford pickup to figure out why the well has run dry only to find your dog, Trigger, had fallen in the well and it's rotting corpse was causing the problem, then you remember you got drunk the other night because your girl left and you had kicked Trigger in the well in a fit of blind rage as Trigger liked the girl more than he liked you probably because your ex girl didn't get drunk and start kicking dogs.

Old people music

I found this a bit dated for me it’s not one of the timeless classics

Not a Price you could pay me. Literally fell asleep after the third song & thought it was alright. Then I heard the rest of the album. It’s just not my thing.

This entertainment for some, just not me. There’s talent, I just never would put this on to enjoy.

Widely regarded as country music’s first concept album (which it isn’t) it is certainly odd. There’s a rather rambling spoken word intro before Ray gets into a kind of smoky crooner vibe for the first song, as if he and his honky tonk band somehow wound up in the city, fell in with some jazz musicians and ended up in the Nighthawks diner at midnight. After that it relapses back into safe country territory like they found a residency at a country music club in the city and are trying to raise their fare home. Price has a good voice and, for what it is this album is OK but it’s not nearly as musically adventurous as that opening leads you to expect.

Musikk for hvit mann 70+

As a person not immersed into the world of country, there have been a few country albums I’ve enjoyed surprisingly well during this project, such as Marty Robbins, Nitte Gritty and Dolly Parton. This one, however, is too «nice» and one dimensional. I can’t really tell the songs apart. Not too keen on the vocals either.

Interesting

While I admire a good country crooner, and Price certainly was one, this was very much not my jam at the present moment.

This is very odd album cover at first glance. Looks like the dude is watching a couple get it on. Pretty standard country album. Nothing wrong, just boring. Glad it wasn't very long.

That into into Night Life was pretty cool. Won't work all the time but I think it works well here. Still not my fav genre, but I could get down to this a bit more than the Louvin Brothers. Are You Sure is a great song.

Standard 1960s country album that isn't something special. I liked the introduction part, though. A good listen on a Saturday.

Music for a 60s whites-only Lūʻau

no

I don't really like country but the blues influence was great.

not for me but it's not bad. im like 65% sure ive heard most of these songs before.

Music my gran would listen to - not terrible but definitely not good.

Yet another generic country album, there are so many artists in surprised aren't on this list, and yet we get stuff like this. Interesting bass lines are the kindest thing I can say about this. The intro it's just odd.

I loved The Wild Side of Life, but the rest was too similar to each other

Some good stuff but just all together too similar.

Music to get wasted on eggnog by.

The music is fine. Maybe even good. But why did I need to listen to this? It’s absolutely nothing special. It’s like a poor man’s western Elvis. And I don’t like Elvis.

Sounds like the stuff from fallout lol

Not good....

4/10

Este es un álbum bien intencionado que propone una atmósfera romántica, nostágica / melancólica y relajada. Si uno disfruta del estilo country y honky tonk, este podría ser un álbum muy disfrutable. En mi caso no es un estilo que me guste mucho, pero el verdadero problema que encuentro en este álbum es que es extremadamente monótono. Al punto tal que haber escuchado un solo tema es como escuchar el álbum completo, porque el mismo no ofrece virtualmente nada nuevo en toda su duración. Todos los temas tienen la misma rítmica, sonoridad y temática de amor / desamor. Considero que una cosa es que el álbum sea cohesivo con la temática que propone, lo cual en general lo considero positivo, pero esto tiene que venir de la mano de ofrecer algo distintivo, especial o innovador (sea en ritmo, armonía, melodía, letra, timbre, instrumentación, etc.). Este no es el caso. Como dije anteriormente, puede ser un buen álbum si te gusta el estilo, o por el hecho de ser tan monótono, uno ya sabe de antemano que todo el álbum va a generar una misma atmósfera, y por ende puede servir como música de fondo. A nivel personal no lo considero un álbum relevante como para estar en esta lista, a pesar de estar bien interpretado y de que me pareció interesante la introducción.

The album happened definitely! The bass and pedal-steel was all I can remember :)

Generic country music?

Man, white people sure know how to party am I right?

This did not catch my attention. The music is alright but the twangy old-country singing ruins the vibe for me. The songs blended together and it didn’t hit the spot

There is much better Country albums than this one. Have no idea why this made the list.

I felt like I was being serenaded. Good for a dinner party. Not a big fan of country.

2/5. I am not sure I enjoyed this fully even if his voice is very warm and deep that brings a sense of homeliness to the songs. I think I just feel like it is the balance of country and Sinatra but I'm not feeling the emotion behind these songs like I should with those influences, so it kind of feels tried than true. It's nice for what it is but it feels like part of a Holiday playlist more than anything, doesn't stand the test of time for me. Best Song: The Wild Side Of Life, If She Could See Me Now, Night Life

Mostly the worst excesses of country. Bonus point because Elvis Costello saw something in Sittin' And Thinkin' and made it acceptable. But then again it was a Charlie Rich song anyway.

Ok, I’ve had a pretty good run lately, culminating in a 5 star masterpiece yesterday, but all good things must come to an end. I listened to this walking the streets of Manchester on my office day, and it occurred to me that no one could possibly imagine the album I was listening to. This is proper country music, it’s perfectly pleasant in so many ways but it’s just not for me. I appreciate the relatively short runtime at 38 mins because all the tracks are quite samey.

Feel good songs from an era distant enough that I can both relate to the experiences and the experiences remain foreign.

I don’t understand

Прослушал этот альбом за ужином, на который у меня были 20 макнагетсов с соусом "блю чиз". Лучшая песня - Night Life.

Guess you had to be there. Not my cup of tea.

I liked a couple of the early songs and then it just got….less memorable with each song.

the definition of Easy Listening. Nice but forgettable

Not terrible country, but a bit dated and melancholy for my tastes.

Not terrible, not my cup of tea necessarily lol

A nice but forgettable honky tonk album. Wouldn't mind listening again, but none of these songs stuck in my head even a little bit.

Sorry. Not my jam.

Nah man, just annoying

Not for me

A bit too country for me

A fine album, hard not to just zone out though, nothing really drew me in.

2, big zone out time

This is fine but there's a place and time for this music- and it's not my morning commute. I'm sure this would be pretty amazing to hear live, though. Favorite track: "Night Life"

I was really expecting to hate this... but it was tolerable.

Не тронул и не заинтересовал.

Slander these hussies gramps 🔥🔥🔥

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

Some of this 50s & 60s country is just too much. It doesn’t hold up in today’s world.

Let’s just say, if you’ve hit rock bottom, torched every meaningful relationship you’ve ever had, and managed to completely derail your life, only to turn around and feel sorry for yourself while drinking yourself blind on a Tuesday morning, then congratulations, this is the perfect album for you. It’s like a warm hug from your own self destruction.

country, 1963 -> 2

More albums need an Introduction and Theme song. That was lovely. Some good old school country. Favorites: - Night Life - Sittin' and Thinkin'

Music made to be played while Robert De Niro love-bombs a woman in a Scorsese film. Faves: Night Life Country. April 1963. American/English. 12 tracks. 37:36 runtime.

I really do not enjoy music like this

Boring

Not the one for me I’m afraid, a little too swoony.

So far from what country music is today. Interesting time piece but not much in the way of amazing music or lyrics to get me to listen again.

Not a big fan of the honky tonk (-3), or this weird cuck situation on the album cover (-2). Willie Nelson is pretty cool (+1), Hank Hill likes Willie (so +0.5), and the album is short (+0.5, because why not). So let's go with 2.

Night life… I see. Time for bed, right?

ok, bit boring

1. intro - 1.5 2. night - 2.5 3. lonely - 1.5 4. uuild - 2 5. thinking - 1.5 6. hour - 2 7. girl - 1.5 8. pride - 1.5 9. fool - 1.5 10. nouu - 1.5 11. bright - 1.5 12. zure - 1 13. talk - 2

Classic country. I wasn't a huge fan

This is literally the music that plays at Cedar Point (amusement park) in the frontier cowboy place. Corny, repetitive, & boring.

Great voice. But it is still just basic country music, and maybe a little boring.

Despite all the praise I gave yesterday's Buck Owens effort, my second classic country album in a row did not result in the same appreciation. This one reminded me more of the music that blew up the aliens' heads in Mars Attacks, just without the yodeling. Maybe that's why my head remained intact. I didn't love the presentation. I didn't love the music. I didn't love the "theme" either, and the whole intro part pretty much turned me off to that immediately. It kind of reminded me of an attempt to make 50s swing music into country music instead, and I didn't think it worked very well. There wasn't much that stood out or impressed me about it. Even with all that, I still didn't hate it or think it was terrible, necessarily. I just didn't think it was good. It seemed like something I'll easily forget after listening to a few more albums from the list, and I don't see myself coming back to it. Overall: 1.8/5

Boring

• 2/5 • Good as a lounge act, but not worth an album • Nearly every song sounds the same

I see how people like it but it's not for me

Good golly, so schmaltzy. Everything that Sinatra made classy just falls so flat. Its not big band, its not blues, its just <sigh>.

you can drink to this and maybe should otherwise you'll notice how it's the same 3 songs 4 times each

Certainly better than more modern pop country, but if I’m being honest, there’s no way I would willingly put this on.

Way too much steel guitar and honky tink piano for me. Just another old country album, they all sound the same to my uneducated ears

Zoned out a bit in that one, not a fan of the old timey country.

J'ai mis ça en background en pensant que ça allait me relaxer, mais son ton de voix country lancinant et irritablement similaire d'une toune à l'autre m'a rendu au contraire extrêmement aggressif

Of all the country music this project has tried to foist on me thus far, this is easily the most pleasant on the ear. The sound of a band and a voice entirely comfortable with what they are doing, which is - by Ray's own admission in the very quaint "introduction" track - songs about happiness, sadness and heartache... and getting wasted in bars, being an asshole to girlfriends - all the usual stuff. Traditional country fare, but with a pop edge, competent production, tight playing and a decent amount of personality. Not my bag at all, but it is getting a well-deserved two stars, if nothing else for that killer chord turnaround which provides the hook on the title track. Lovely stuff, shame the rest of the album is never quite as inventive, but it is solid enough within it's own limited boundaries nonetheless.

Before listening, I can already tell that this album doesn't really belong here. If it's from the early 60s, it'd sure as heck be popular enough to justify its inclusion on the "most important 1000 albums of all time" list. Fun atmosphere, sort of an old honky-tonk style (as Price points out in The Wild Side of Life) with elements of country and blues. Price's voice is full, soulful, and has a surprisingly wide range for a baritone. But there's only so much you can do with music that absolutely refuses to push any boundaries. Harmonically: essentially just the standard 3 chords. It makes the full-album experience a bit frustrating and monotone. I suspected this would be the case from the get-go, but still enjoyed the first few tracks since I hadn't yet succumbed to the lack of interesting chord progressions (and resulting lack of creative melody). The percussion is also brutally unstimulating to the listener, right from the beginning of the album. No fills, not really any pitch (frequency) variation... The guitar plays a reggae-esque line in most tracks, but somehow even simpler. The player could be a master guitarist for all I know, but he/she certainly doesn't demonstrate it here. The bass is probably the best non-vocal instrument, but even it sticks to bass convention of playing solely arpeggios with a few transition notes scattered in there. And yes, this record came out before the huge musical/cultural revolution in the 60s. I'm not saying the record is bad for its time, just that it's a bad inclusion on this list. In terms of specific tracks: I'm not a fan of the Introduction and Theme track. It seems a pointless inclusion when the album isn't a live one. Lonely Street has some of Price's best vocals, easily earning it a spot on any "key tracks" list. There's No Fool Like a Young Fool has similarly strong vocals. A Girl in the Night is unfortunately placed right after The Twenty-Fourth Hour in the track listing, and the two are functionally identical. Similar tempos, identical arrangements/riffs/basslines, same key, and similar melody. This is one of many examples of poor album design in the 50s/60s. Artists, remember: the best albums are both a collection of songs and an artistic statement. You need to keep the listener engaged for the full runtime by varying songs sufficiently - especially consecutive songs! 2/5 Key tracks: Night Life, Lonely Street, Are You Sure

This one was new to me so as far as this 1,001 Album Challenge goes, this is why I’m doing it. Although the first impression was - eek Country Music - I did enjoy this album. HonKy Tonk Angels was a nice surprise. Great production values - I can see some of these tunes being used in a Tarantino film.

Speaks to a time and place in America that’s almost unfathomable now: twangy country dance halls on a Saturday night with a band politely singing about honky tonk angels and repentant drunks. Nothing stands out particularly, however. Like Bob Dylan, I think the idea of the music has outlived its actual quality.

This was fine, nothing really stood out, but I didn't mind it. 3/5

It’s not terrible, but it is incredibly boring and uninspired

Night Life is an album that i didn't enjoy very much. This album mainly suffers from issues that some other albums suffer from including ones like Richard Hawley's Coles Corner where the album does nothing all that horribly but its just super uninteresting. I get that this is a fairly early country album coming from the early 60s but there are country albums that released before this that are way more interesting and memorable than this one. This is just a massive nothing album to me that lacks anything to make it really good or really bad, I'm running out of things to say as it is just kinda there. Best Song: Let Me Talk To You Worst Song: Sittin' And Thinkin'

Kind of all the same song and boring at that. After listening I still don't know if overall Honky Tonks are a net positive or negative on the night life.

It was OK. Not my cup of tea, but pleasant enough for background music.

I dunno. It was definitely a product of it's time. The intro on the album. The music itself. I read that he brought a new tempo to country, and if that's so, then I can definitely see why this album was considered, and why it's revolutionary. It can stay in 1963 though. I won't play it again.

The album ended, and I didn't even realize. Which probably means that it was so backgrounded in my head. I didn't hate it, but clearly my brain also didn't like it.

Pretty unremarkable

Not for me but old country > new country for sure

It takes a special talent to make 13 songs sound identical.

2/5