Night Life

Nope

MY LIIIIIFE

God fucking dammit, I loathe country music. Dire.

Try to respect it for what it is... but this is not my jam.

Based

Strong 3, 4/50s country vibe

Old time ‘honky album’. Ray sure does have a stunning voice. At times it lags for me, but Night Life is a great song. And overall an enjoyable relaxing listen. Would rate 3.5 if I could.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah, nice kind of jazzy Favourite song: Track 3 - Lonely Street

Honestly every one’s a fuckin’ banger.

I listened to the first song on this album, "Night Life", whilst actually driving in the middle of the night, and it absolutely fits the mood of the night, as does the rest of the album I'd say. However, issues arise when you sit down and actually focus on the music, as it becomes very same-y, and the longer-than-average country album (for the time) makes the repetitiveness all the more present. I enjoy the fact that his voice isn't that exaggerated warble that many country artists do, it makes it not excruciating to listen to, but otherwise a very safe album just a couple years before popular music as a genre really started expanding as an artform.

nah actually had such a great time listening to this, late night and having a whisky kinda music I love it

Feels like listening to Mid West radio or a cd in the car with my dad. I never say I hate a genre but this comes close.

I kind of liked him breaking the fourth wall right away in the introduction. The music itself is not my niche, but he does have a great voice. I can see Tarantino slaughtering to this stuff.

Very country sounding country. Unlike the other country albums on this list, this didn't speak as much to me. 2.5/5

I thought honky tonk shuffle had some movement to it, some energy. This just sits there like a glob of oatmeal. The tempo of the music remains the same throughout, Ray’s singing never changes in inflection or volume, the melodies and themes are of the songs are indistinguishable. It’s the musical equivalent of watching a luggage carousel slowly trudge around and around and around in an empty airport for 37 minutes and 8 seconds.

This was such an earnest sounding album honestly, and very melancholy which I didn't expect. Ray almost sounds like he's wandering around Vegas after losing a lover to the lifestyle of somebody who works on the strip, there's a heartbroken quality here to how he sings at times. Otherwise this was a nice little listen, with a lot of classic country sounds with the steel guitar and such.

'60s nightclub country is not my thing

Sad cowboy music

I can’t say I’m too excited for today’s one with it being country, but there have been a few surprises within this genre for me so far. Let’s hope this is one of them and we can have a nice time listening to this. Side note, it’s too warm outside for a pasty ginger like me. I hate this weather. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Night Life, Pride I didn’t mind this album. It’s the type of country music that I find more tolerable. I’d compare some of the tracks to an Elvis song at times. I did find it very funny how at the beginning of the album he spoke over the music saying he’d made this album and hopes you like it, and if you did then to let him know. Despite it being released in the 60’s, I half expected him to say, “Like and subscribe,” which made me giggle. It does get a brownie point in the it made my parrot sing and dance though.

I hated it. Yup. Moralising and dull. Terrible combo.

For a genre that I care little about or for, this sounds like well practiced and heartfelt music.

This was a good soundtrack for a Wednesday, a nice change of pace, but nothing stuck

What a pleasant and dreamy lope through some old skool honky tonk. Nothing really stood out, but Price's voice is spot on and the whole album is thick with atmosphere. I could certainly imagine a few cuts making it into some uncanny David Lynch nightclub scene. Did anyone else check out the band on this record? It's absolutely stacked. I'm a fairweather country fan but recognised every single musician, all of whom are Hall of Famers in their own right. Nice.

Yep yep. Completely enjoyable and pleasant soundtrack for the background of a work day. Couldn’t name a single song if you asked me, but I’d listen to it again!

Hmmm, I didn't get into this album, perhaps it is due to being nigh on 70 years old, or perhaps I'm just not taken by bluesy schmooze.

Nice old country music, with some of that melancholy energy that good old country albums so often have. Enjoyable listen.

Another country album I really just had no time for.

A bit too country for my taste, but good guitar work.

A little samey in theme and style but not bad

classic country with a little twist. Nothing too crazy, but enjoyable

Willie Nelson and Johnny Paycheck appear on this album. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground and Take This Job and Shove It do not.

This album has ruined my morning and filled me with rage. This album is 100% mysogyny.. I'm on the last one right now and he's just telling this woman that her friends don't like her, look at your life, essentially sort yourself out and I'm the only one who loves you. A song which screams coercive control. There was another really perverse one criticising a woman for being a young fool and how cute it is that's she's not silly but tomorrow her life is fucked and life will ruin her. It appeared to be she was just drinking in a bar and he was observing her and patronisingly saying how her life was going to go shit imminently. Eugh. So many instructions to women in this album. No wonder the 60s were sexist as fuck when the backing track was this absolute nonsense, instructing men how to control women under the guise of a sweet little ballad. Also it's just all boring. Every song sounded the same.

Kinda nice to have on in the background but it's basically just some bloke whining about women and being a dick.

I am not big into this particular style of music, though he does have a nice voice (I can sort of hear my Grandpa in his pronunciation). Definitely not an album I would listen to casually, but if it were playing in a restaurant, bar, or even in a movie, I'd be okay with it! "Night Life" is genuinely good. "Sittin' and Thinkin'" is even actually, surprisingly, good. This is not stuff I usually like, but I think I like his voice enough that my general distaste for country music is overridden. This might be the only actual country album I like. 4/5.

I liked it. It reminded me a little of Roy Orbison

4.5, really enjoyed this. Not quite perfect enough for a 5 but very damn close

Well, it's not my genre. I don't know enough enough honky tonk to say whether this is a particularly good example of it. I guess it's kind of interesting for what it is, but not really for me.

Un po' vecchiotto, ma non male.

As country albums come, this ones not bad. Relaxed vibe with some jazzy elements makes it much more original.

Only good thing about this is how short the album is. All else is just a snoozefest, and I generally like this era of country. 4/10.

Not terrible but very same-y.

Great combination honky tonk and western swing. Ray Price has a wonderful baritone voice that cuts through the instrumentation. This album was released at a crucial point in Ray Price's career as he was embracing the lush Nashville Sound while still retaining some of the Honky Tonk in which he cut his teeth.

Very pleasant country-western album. Nice short songs, subtle instrumentation, honestly a very pleasant listening experience.

Good for country?!

An old-style country album full of sad sad lyrics. Liked Ray's voice.

I hate ("modern") country music, but somehow the older stuff always clicks with me. I enjoyed this album. The subject matter is depressing, though. Every song is about alcohol enthusiasm, but I guess country music is always about how shit it all is. Would listen to it again.

This is a concept album and I'm into it. Willie Nelson wrote on this. I love that it's set up like a program where he introduces the album verbally. It feels like we're at the show, seated right behind the two love birds sitting in front of us. Cowboy blues meets jazzy night club. Pedal steel, honkytonk piano, crooner, but country blues songs. This is right up my alley. Night Life: Around 2 min mark, the left channel pedal steel is juicy AF. Really nice experience listening throughout. I love this era of music production.

The intro was the best part, more albums should do that. The rest was pleasant crooning.

Started OK, with a nostalgic country sound I grew up on, but got repetitive real fast.

I feel a little harsh scoring this a 2, but I just find it too boring to go higher. I'm sure it's very good gentle American country music, but the songs really don't grip me and I can't see myself going back to this again.

Never heard of this guy before. I love the title track! This album has a real mood, and I like the production a lot. The music really does evoke the nightlife setting described in the lyrics. Price has a fantastic voice too. This might be the best (non-Johnny Cash) country album I've ever listened to. Having said that, I do find a lot of the songs quite similar, and the lyrics are a bit preachy in places. Some people just like to go to clubs and drink alcohol, Ray.

1.5

This is a very difficult listen for a modern ear, though interesting to hear it from a time when bluegrass, honkytonk and western swing were coalescing into what would become the 'nashville' C and W sound. Academic interest only. Willie Nelson played bass.

Country. Un poco aburrido.

That introduction seems such a unique touch. I don't know if this was a common thing at the time or what, but it was kinda nice. Really put me in the mood for whatever they offered. So I kind of enjoyed Night Life (the first song). After that it creeped out of my interest and by the back half it all started to sound samey to me. So, thanks for the listen. A good album for the list I guess. Sorry I didn't really enjoy it.

Waste of time

whew that hit my sweet spot for orchestral mid-century twang fronted by a golden voice, i am not joking

Honestly very nice. I don’t really listen to this genre of music but it is surprisingly calming.

Good old country

Probably enjoyable after a few listens. Will that ever happen thought?

Not a country music expert by any means and the album won’t make me start listening to it more, but I appreciate how polished this album is. Clear dreamy vocals, reverb laden lead guitars, plodding bass. This is what I imagine a barn slow dance would sound like. Also appreciate that this is trying to be a concept album at an era where this wasn’t the done thing.

Deftly blends darkness with some countrypolitan-ish sheen and upbeat bounce in the playing. "Honky Tonk Angel" is aces. Title cut is classic, though with many other excellent versions.

Its not bad but not my thing - 2.5

Dig the pedal steel and stellar musicianship. Definitely evokes a vision of bars of ill repute, the very best kind. 3/5.

I wasn't expecting to like today's album as I don't love most country, but I thought his voice was good and I enjoyed a lot of the lyrics. I probably wouldn't seek this out by I'm glad I heard it. 3.5.

Honky Tonk goes Music Row. A slick slice of the seedier life by a master of singing.

He's got a great voice and I love the double bass and pedal steel guitars. It's all a bit "safe" and pleasant, though, but a nice listen. 3 / 5 stars.

For such a strong and promising start to ultimately descend into the sonic hell scape that is honky tonk country is just such a travesty. God I fucking loathe the fiddle. All albums should start with a spoken introduction though.

avergastón qué onda... Parece un episodio de Better Call Saul. Solo que BCS me gustó.

Very soothing and nice to listen to when you have to study.

Bit like the music my grandad likes, no thanks.

Really solid country, I love the low-down bar stories, and the lonely guitars. I'm glad the "introduction" trend did not catch on, it feels like a weird commercial where he's required to rep the label and promise the fans that he'll promise cranking out hits. Though there is something funny and charming about it. Favorites are "Night LIfe" and "Sittin' and Thinkin'". Some of these songs are just ridiculously similar to each other, which makes the album wear out prematurely.

I absolutely love the mood and atmosphere of this album. I often think of music in terms of "day music" and "night music" and this is pretty much THE epitome of night music. Bittersweet and seductive. Romantic but honest. I feel like almost any professional musician would have to identify with that title track. I remember hearing Willie Nelson's version of it first when I was a kid, and I love that version too, but there is something about this version that is so much more haunting. The rest of the album doesn't quite have the same magic as that opening track, but it's still top notch crying-in-your-beer country. The playing, production, and arrangements are all spot on. I especially love that splash of reverb on the vocals. The fact that the songs all adhere to that theme of the trials and tribulations of life in the bar scene is what makes it so great (and believable). A perfectly executed concept album before concept albums were a thing. The intro is a bit goofy, but quaint in an old fashioned way. And goddamn that cover is so cinematic.

Kinda nice and cute ole country. Definitely a vibe, but probably not something I'd wanna throw on. Not bad though.

Dit soort muziek doet me echt niks. Klinkt als iets wat je kan kopen via TelSell onder de naam 'The Complete Country Collection'. Doe me dan maar gewoon een emmer Quick 'n Brite. Dit staat denk ik regelmatig, heel zachtjes aan bij de McDonalds in Best. Het album is 37 minuten maar het voelt als 2,5 uur. Bij de Mac hebben ze dat graag want dan heb je de neiging om snel weer weg te gaan. 2 sterren.

I remain not biggest country fan, but this was a pleasant enough listen for as long as I could handle it. I like the songs that don’t have too much honky tonk in them which is unfortunately hard to find. Ray’s voice is great though Saved tracks: Night Life, Pride

Night Life's vibe is sedate honky-tonk, sad songs sung earnestly but with little urgency. Skip the Intro and Theme track to get right to the reverb-soaked crooning, brushes drumming, soft tinkling piano, and gentle guitar playing. It's a slow dance best reserved to be uncorked long after sundown.

Escoltar la introducció en la penumbra a una bona hora de la nit i deixar-se arrossegar per la veu i maneres de Ray Price en les cançons que la segueixen és el vehicle ideal per disfrutar al màxim d'aquest clàssic del country. Desesperació, tristesa i aventures de borratxo en una veu que traspua sinceritat. I clàssics com 'The WIld Side of Life'

Solid honkey tonk album

The narration totally reminds me of the great Bob Ross, rip. The cadence and the drop off ending phrases/sentences. Great voice, lovely story telling. Earnest but still over-the-top lounge cowboy music. Clearly top notch honkytonk, which I suppose should be represented on this list. I recognize the quality but its not quite for me. Could be fun in small doses, though; chuck any one of these tunes into a mix tape and I think it would shine.

no

Ray price seems really talented and sincere and honest and the band are really solid and tight. I also really dig the intro, starting an album by directly addressing the listener is such a cool, meta idea. That being said its still ultra twee country and for me has to start at a 1 and earn a higher score. The reasons outlined above are enough to bump it up to a 2 (didn't completely hate it) but doesn't quite reach the lofty heights of 3 (really enjoyed it but didn't blow me away). Ray price really does almost carry it there on his charm alone but I don't think I can do it.

I tried. Really.

It's not super exciting when you hear 1 note and you know this album isn't for you. I've never heard of Ray Price. Sure he's a lovely individual. I don't need to listen to more of his music, though.

This played in my grandma's kitchen the entire time I was growing up

A good set of pipes on that lad.

Music is great but the songs are not my cup of tea.

Kahoy.

Ray Price is a 50's - 60's country artist. His backing band is called the Cherokee Cowboys, and has featured the likes of: Johnny Paycheck, Roger Miller, and singing backing vocals and playing bass on this record, Willie Nelson. At the start of this album, specifically on the song "Night Life", Ray sounded like a cross between Frank Sinatra and George Jones, which I didn't really care for. After that, though, he settled into the traditional old country western, with themes of drinking, heartbreak, and chasing women. Notably: the songs "Lonely Street" and "The Twenty-Fourth Hour" are very strong to the old country genre with the fiddle/steel guitar and sad theme. I didn't think I knew any of Ray's stuff. I had heard of him before, but turns out I knew "The Wild Side of Life", and it is a great song. Now I must say, country isn't my favorite genre of music, but it is moreso the shitty pop country they are making today. The old classic country still had talented artists and really good songwriting. Today, anybody can be a country star, as long as they sing a song about a dog or a truck, or a beer. Overall, not a bad album. I don't think I would gravitate to it often, but can see how it definately influenced a lot of country artists that came later on. Favourite songs: The Wild Side of Life, Pride, Sittin' and Thinkin', The Twenty-Fourth Hour Least favourite songs: Night Life, Lonely Street, There's No Fool Like a Young Fool 3/5 Note: the album cover is kinda creepy. A lad leering at a couple who is just trying to have a drink. Greasy.

Kan zo op de Fallout radio

too american

10/10 - woeful as fuck makes we wanna get a trad wife and be emotionally absent to her

A fine country/western album. The only reason why it's rated a little lower is because it doesn't seem to offer much variety from other country albums of its time. Unsure what makes it stand out amongst its ilk -- can't even find much other proof online of its particular influence.

I had hoped, on getting a fleeting first glance at the album art, that this might have been a jazz album. It is not jazz. It is the countriest of country music. Not something I'd ever want to listen to.

This was nice/fine/pleasant. I enjoy listening for 30mins and will never listen again.

Is he wearing make up in this photo?

A great representation of the country western genre in the early '60s. A simple beat, simple sound, and a basic band composition provides the sound that is clear and honest. The songs are more about the story than the music, but the songs are still sung rather than yelled out. What is interesting is that you can draw a line from this music to the folk rock and country rock through the 60's and 70's. Sounds that you would hear from Jimmy Buffett to The Eagles. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - I enjoyed listening to it but wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.

Country music is far from my preferred genre, but there are rare ones that come around that make me think it isn't nearly as bad as I think it is. I wish I could say this was one of those times. Ray Price's voice is very pleasant, and looms large at times in very impressive ways. Night Life stands out as something different among the other honky tonk tunes on this album, and that really helps it to stand out. Otherwise, this album just isn't meant for me, and that's okay.

Not for me

Whyyyy, Atleast he was nice

Aika oli kyllä ajanut näistä herrasmiehistä ohi.

Around the time that people started finding hidden messages when they spun a vinyl album backwards, there was a fun joke circulating: Question: What happens if you play a country music record backwards? Answer: You get your car back, your dog back and your wife back. While I thought this joke was clever, I also considered myself at least a pseudo country fan so didn’t really agree with it. This Ray Price album validates that joke. If you listen to albums like this, your dog will definitely run away, your wife will leave and your car will be repossessed. No doubt about it.

They said that this LP was a step in the direction of a more commercial sound for RP so I listened to some of his songs from the 50s and they definitely had more twang, although this is still okay. Lots of songs about heartbreak and loneliness, I like the slide guitar and his smooth delivery.

This is music from a bygone era that seems pretty quaint by today's standards. I imagine this was quite popular back in the day though. Ray Price certainly has a good voice and is a great crooner. His song writing is pretty formulaic though, and as someone else mentioned all the songs sound the same. This is definitely not my jam, but it wasn't terrible either, so two stars from me.

Niks aparts

Classic country. Willie Nelson on back-up vocals and bass guitar. And, includes Willie's classic Night Life!

Very nice stuff, very pleasant, but it didn't do much to grab me or hold my attention. I think this could be worth revisiting though; could be more of a mood/vibe thing rather than the album quality itself.

I am constantly impressed with early country songwriting. Ray really nails it here. At this rate, I may have to start saying I like country.

Kaikki biisit kutakuinkin samanlaisia, tällasia vähän classympia hillbilly-biisejä. Ei hirveesti mitään vikaa, mut tylsää.

Just my kind of background music :D

not country dude

Mysig skönsångare. Känns som något mormor skulle spela.

Helt ok men inte så spännande

Songs about drinking too much and fighting with your "best girl"

2.5 It’s fine

15th November 2022 Listened in the morning while doing washing up and tidying kitchen. Bake off final in the evening. Slide guitar, quite dark undertones to the beginning but classic country with a crooning voice.

Croony and wonderful, nice morning album.

This was decent. Very well produced and performed, it just becomes a bit monotonous. The linkage between honky tonk and jazz is nice. Favorite track: Lonely Street

I prefer Elvis.

Great album to listen to at night, reminded me at times of Orville Peck. A nice classic country album

With as little country music as this list contains, I thought we'd only get fire when we do get it, but this one is more warm than hot. Upon reflection, I'm not mad about that, because this stuff is valid. Wikipedia says someone called this country music's first concept album, but that's not even true, Marty Robbins definitely beat him with Gunfighter Ballads, and I think the true OG was a "Dust Bowl Ballads" by Arlo Guthrie way back whenever. Still, any concept album from the early '60s (predating the "big two" in Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper's) gets a point in my book. An album of songs from a man who's weary of the night life, done with the game and the games. I respect it. Guitars and drums sound great on here. There's a few on here that I'll hang onto, but nothing too crazy. Favorite tracks: Night Life, Pride, There's No Fool Like a Young Fool, Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women. Album art: Perfect for accomplishing and tying the concept together. Ray seems to be performing at a club, staring at a young couple about to make the mistakes and play the games that he knows all too well, that he's grown tired of. Very well done. 3.5/5

Ik ga dit nog wel eens op mijn gemakje luisteren. Beetje veel van hetzelfde maar er kan zomaar een pareltje tussen zitten.

"I didn't know God made honky tonk angels" Zingt Ray ergens op dit plaatje. Wist ik ook niet, maar wat mij betreft had ie ze in de hemel mogen houden.

Brrr, wat een aalglade country is dit.

Elvis, maar dan allemaal nét niet, en ook nog té veel country.

Graag laat ik jullie even meegenieten van een citaat uit het boek bij de 1001 albums: "Het titelnummer is geschreven door Willie Nelson, die meespeelde tot er ruzie ontstond. Naar verluidt omdat Price een haan van Nelson doodschoot." Verder: mooie stem, maar iets teveel hoempapa-country naar m'n smaak.

too honky tonk for me

Enjoyable listen once through of "honkytonk" music. I guess this is just another word for people who liked to drink and dance back in the day?

It's a fine background sound. Reminds me of a Fallout universe but not sad enough

Really lovely lounge country songs, sung beautifully with Willie Nelson involved. U great deal to enjoy. Best song is the title track.

Night life in 1963

Some more country greats. I really enjoyed "Are You Sure?", though I think I still prefer the Willie Nelson version. I also liked how the album kind of opens with an ad for the album itself. "Hope you like this one! If you like it, buy it and we'll make more like it!" BOLD

It feels like I'm playing the next installment of the Fallout franchise. This is one of the best country albums I've heard and I'm certain there's a place, time and crowd for it. It's just not here, now, and me.

Broadly enjoyable, but just a little bland.

Bof...

Didn't get much out of this. There were a couple of impressive moments here and there but overall I'm not really sure why this was on the list.

4.1 - Being a total sucker for lap steel guitar, I loved this record! I also love the songs themed around (not surprisingly) the perils of night life. Ray Price sings with a baritone twang about pursuing “honky-tonk angels” and about keeping company with barflies.

Muito country pra mim. Nem consegui ouvir tudo...

Nice but I like my country a bit grittier.

Top 3 Songs: 1 - Sittin and Thinkin (5) 2 - The Wild Side of Life (4) 3 - If She Could See Me Now (10)

If Frank Sinatra had a simplistic and even more depressing sound... he'd do a better job than this guy, but I still like it nonetheless. No amazing tracks, and half of them are pretty boring filler, but there are some cool highlights, and the lyrics are good. He gives an emotional performance, and some of them are even a bit catchy. Favorites: Night Life, Lonely Street, Sittin and Thinkin, Pride, Bright Lights

Nice and chill.

Not my thing.

Country no

Nice notes but the texts didn't age well

I really hate weepy, moany county music.

Hell this is good fun honky tonk!

5/10 nothing special

Tittellåten var nydelig (om enn lang), ellers var dette trøtte greier.

Like the old country. Almost has an Elvis feel to it. Would definitely try some of his other music.

Well hi neighbors. I’m so glad to be introduced to this. Started and listened, because the famous name, then hung around for that unbelievable voice, steel guitar, fiddle, piano, strings, bass. Every line perfectly enunciated. (Perfect in its own way). Yessiree all of it right thar.

Oh, boy. People making out to Hee Haw on the cover. Doesn't bode well. But then, Ray invites me to take off my shoes and enjoy his album. Huh. Linkin Park never invited me to take off my shoes - instead, they made me wear uncomfortable surplus army boots. Night Life gets bluesy - no mentions of broken trucks or sad dogs. Well, never mind. Lonely Street hits all of the tropes - damn, Ray. Pick yourself up, take off your shoes, and go enjoy the night life! Even so, there's a Roy Orbison quality to it - kinda like that late nineties country/pop crossover trend (no slide guitar? It's Hootie! Slide guitar? It's Darius Rucker!). Sittin' and Thinkin' - "I got loaded last night on a bottle of gin"? He just comes out and says it - I think this is probably pretty risqué for the time; 15 years later, Jimmy Buffett will make fun of the country music tendency to dance around topics, and he penned "Why don't we get drunk..." as a parody of those songs. Ray doesn't quite get there (he skips the "...and screw" part), but the first step is admitting you have a problem. He still cries for an entire hour each day - so clearly there are some unresolved issues there. Bright lights and blonde haired women - "I'm getting sick and tired of being lit up like a Christmas tree" - wow. Look, Ray, you left your brunette woman at home with a single dim bulb hanging from a chain in the middle of the room. You ain't going back. Just get used to being drunk and hanging out with the easy blonde girls. You chose this life. Take off your shoes, get your crying over with, and do what you gotta do. Overall review - I didn't hate this. Look, I'm not going to be jamming to this while sitting in carpool or docking a pontoon boat, but it is infinitely better than the mid-nineties "been working hard all week, got my good jeans on, I love America" crap that country music turned into. Ray seems like he'd be fun to hang out with - I just gotta make sure I'm "on a work call" for that one hour of crying per day...

Damn this is some good shit.

Fine not my favorite album. Good background music

Yup, that sure was a country album

Country, 1963. This record didn't age really well at all. It's just an old fashioned project full of songs which are not so interesting nowadays. Unfortunately a pretty boring album.

Lush and rich and shadowy, despite the countrypolitan sheen. VIntage in the best sense and Americana-ish (weird, old division) plus Lynchian and this is how cool country could/can be.

Night Life is the sixth album by American singer and guitarist Ray Price. It is a country western album featuring the true honky tonk sound that eventually made its way into the "Nashville sound" of the 60's. This entire album sounds like a love letter to someone that doesn't reciprocate your romantic feelings - break out the tissues. The country music was enjoyable and made for a relaxing morning while listening to the album. However, the theme of the album - being one sided love - did eventually get old, because Ray Price would go on & on about this woman he was fascinated with, and towards the end of the album he began to sound whiny and annoying. Still, the individual songs hold up as being great old timey country.

Old school country, slow crooner. Good bluesy basslines. Overall ok

Starts off strong with its off-kilter, fourth-wall-breaking intro, but quickly becomes a bit plodding as each track stays firmly within the 60-80 bpm song about heartbreak lane

An album that I can say is probably a very good album that just isn't for me. Really good voice, decent songs but just doesn't do a lot for me.

Folk Country

Heureusement qu'il s'agit de Ray Price et non de Ray Charles parce que l'album qui suit est l'œuvre de Costello, et autant vous dire que ce dernier n'aurait pas été tendre avec notre ami timide et recroquevillé sur lui-même. Ray Price s'inscrit dans le genre Bob l'éponge Country à l'instar de Buck Owens et Merde Haggarl ce qui signifie que vous pouvez passer votre chemin. Pour rappel, la Country est objectivement un mauvais style de musique.

On en peut plus des incapables dans ton genre Ray, et ce n'est certainement pas la présence d'Elvis Costello en tant qu'album suivant que nous allons redresser la barre.

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

Can't decide if this guy is a sad alcoholic or a dick, or both. Didn't listen that closely to the lyrics but those I did hear were not great.

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.

A very enjoyable experience and nice classic swing and vocals. Certainly you need to be in a specific mood to enjoy though.

Whether you like country or not, there are some finely crafted songs on this album delivered by some magnificent musicians and Price, who is an engaging singer with a great voice. There’s an undertone of darkness and restlessness throughout and you can depict the seediness of the nightclubs Price frequents. Frankly, if you’re not enjoying that fiddling and a backing band known as The Cherokee Cowboys; or you aren’t vibing with songs like Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women then I don’t even want to know you.

Otro disco que no estaría aquí si el autor no estuviese obsesionado con los gringos. Es cierto que para nosotros la música occidental está predominantemente representada por gringos, tanto así que el Rock es, básicamente, la música tradicional de occidente desde la segunda mitad del siglo xx. Pero escuchar Country es como escuchar una música regionalista, una cosa muy diminuta que pertenece a un grupo bastante pequeño en comparación a toda la gente que vive en Occidente. ¿Porqué habría de estar tan sobrerrepresentado?

Swaaaaaaag

Some great downtrodden, melancholy country songs. Lapsteel guitar features prominently and when Ray Price really breaks out his majestic voice it’s sure to impress

Swag....

I didn't know God made Honky Tonk angels

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

Sounds so cliche to me. It has its moments but it’s just too theatrical and exaggerated

Sweet and charming country music.

The introduction really set the tone by making the album feel more personal. Can't think of a record that starts with one, but I love it here. This is some real tears-in-your-beer kind of music, but I am here for it. Lyrically, it's great, and vocally, it's superb. Ray Price is a hell of a singer, and really conveys those emotions directly into me. Also, holy hell, Willie Nelson on bass and backing vocals? Neat. Favorite tracks: "Night Life", "Sittin' and Thinkin'", "There's No Fool Like a Young Fool"

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

Typische country-huil-muziek. Niet mijn smaak, maar wel goed gezongen

Not a fan of country, but the slide guitar is fun

Nice

ehhhh

Not a massive country guy but there were some elements that were cool. Wouldn't listen again though.

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!

I'm already not a huge fan of country music from this era, and this album didn't sway my opinion. I don't think Ray Price did much on this album to define the country genre in the 60s as compared to many of his peers (Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard), and he himself certainly has more country-sounding music out there, so I can only assume this inclusion comes down to him going more country-crooner on this album, which is somewhat unique when compared to most country singers at the time. Not a bad listen, but still not really my thing.

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.

Zvuči ko da nije bilo dovoljno dobro da završi u falloutu na radiju. Nije da je 2, al nisam se mogo uživit.

This album lines up with the stereotypes of country music that I was indoctrinated to dislike as a youth. The album has the feel of a honky-tonk meets crooner longue act, which could potentially be enjoyable, if wasn't for the fact that the whole thing is so monotonous and monotoned. For kicks, listen to the first 10 seconds of the tracks 'A Girl in the Night', 'Pride' and 'If She Could See Me Now' respectively, and see if you can figure out which is which. And that's kind of my problem with the whole thing. It's basically the same song, over and over and over again. Heck, the first distinguishing moment I heard in any of these songs didn't come until 1m15s into the 11th track (out of 13). It's like the whole album is just one big song, or that each song is just a shortened version of the whole album. In effect I listened to the whole album 13 times, and that's about 12.5 times more than I ever wish I had.

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

country cry tunes

Just good classic country. A simple beat and melody that just make you happy. Another of what my grandpa would call "attitude adjustment music" type of album. And Willie Nelson played bass and sang on this album too which makes it even cooler.

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

For the time period, maybe this was pretty good. But very hard to listen to now, and honestly got no enjoyment out of it.

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

Boomer country

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

Bien sûr, le lien Tidal n'est pas le bon (par ici pour le bon: https://tidal.com/album/65017341). Pas dans mes cordes.

Easygoing country cheese.

Boring Elvis. 2/5.

It's country and I suffered through it. Thankfully it was less than 40 mins.

boring

A bit too night time country

So this is "honkeytonk." Solid voice, I agree.

Curti, um bom álbum pra ouvir sozinho à noite. 7/10

eu vo sair desse trem a própria sandy bochechas

country conceito

Pretty boring

Sorry, Ray. Cigar lounge realness with this one.

My dad would like this. Not me though.

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 really the fact that the album has an intro to put the listener in the mood. It was the best beginning of an album of this genre I've ever heard. I'm a fan of this era and this kind of country/crooner singers. They give a strong impression of their time. It's weird to say, but their music is timelessly outdated and that's the best part of it.

Thoroughly okay

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.

This is a lot of fun. Would make a great movie soundtrack, too, which is my bias reflecting how this style of music is sometimes used in movies I've liked. I so rarely listen consciously to country & western like this, and it's nice to hear that swing beat. Could waltz to a lot of this. He croons perfectly for this style. Nice album.

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).

It's definitely something I would never listen to independently so am grateful for being given something different. I was pleasently surprised Willie Nelson was on this as I didn't know he used to be a backing musician. Apart from that fact the album wasn't that interesting to me. Liked the smooth introduction and a few ballads here and there like the title track and Sittin and Thinkin, but nearly fell asleep. I do see it in the backdrop a film set in the 60s or even earlier and would be pleasent in the background of a party.

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

Yes I didn't like this at all 1/5 Cheap Frank Sinatra, literally has the same song twice with a different name. I want my 35 minutes back

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.

Good stuff. I'ma sound old here, but I love the old country and can't stomach new country. It reminds me of 80's hair rock. Only diff is that the lyrics aren't about partying. They're about drinking alone, sitting on tractors they've probably never driven, and supporting white supremacy. The lyrics haven't changed much, but the music has.

Enjoyable. Classic honky tonk music with a bit of a sleepy, sometimes torchy vibe. It takes a few songs to settle into it, then it's pretty great. The only drag on the whole thing honestly is that weird intro, which was really unnecessary. Fave Songs: Pride, If She Could See Me Now, Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women, Sittin' and Thinkin', The Twenty-Fourth Hour, Night Life

I suppose it might be good for it’s genre.

Not bad, but not a big country fan. The honky tonk is real though.

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

I thought that I was not a big country fan but it might be more that I’m not a big modern country fan. Ray Price was great and what I would think of as old school country.

Very smooth, "feelsy" album. Would be good for nighttime listening

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

The title track is quite a pleasant surprise, actually. It's a blues-meets-country-and-they-go-to-a-swing-concert type of track, that I quite enjoy. I was hoping the rest of the album would be cut of a similar cloth, but alas! No. ... The rest is run-of-the-mill old style country with cringy lyrics for good measure, and I found myself fast forwarding all the way until the end. *sigh* 2/5

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

Feeling ill, so I'm listening to this and reading Dickens. Somehow they go together!

Hyggeligt, jazzet, bluesy country. Vild stemme. Ritti godt

ok

Old school country, simpelt

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.

Kind of a concept album. A little bluesy, deep and lonesome songs drenched in barlight, spilled whisky and regret. The tunes still hold up today.

5/10

Never Heard of Ray Price or this album so at first listen my view is he is a cross between Roy Orbison and Jim Reeves and Willie Nelson. So can hear the influence he has had, Like the Willie Nelson written "Nightlife" but the rest is much of a HonkyTonk Muchness. Not one for me I am afraid.

Good classic hony-tonkish country. I've heard the name Ray Price before, but don't really recall ever hearing any of his music. I threw the album on and started doing some minor research on its history and saw that Willie Nelson is credited on a couple tracks. Then notice that one of them was "Are You Sure", which is a song that I first heard on Lost (yeah, yeah...) and I immediately fell in love with it. It's probably the moment I started really taking a lot of the classic, outlaw type country more seriously and I'd just never realized it had an earlier incarnation. This is just great news! Oh, and the album here is solid. Not much to complain about. 4 stars!

It's like an Alcoholic's Blues album. Loved it.

good stuff

5/10

Loved it, transported to the 60s

I dig it

Nice discovery and change of pace.

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

Very old school

i mean it is country so I don’t like it but honestly it was not the worst thing in the entire world. I didn’t despise it but i just wouldn’t listen to it again.

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.

whats this? elvis? frank? it just annoys me somehow, but can´t say it´s really bad

Country music on an album I did not know. I like the typical sixties sound, but it is not something I would regularly play.

It is as if Hank Williams had a lobotomy.

Sensuous and bold

Went in expecting to hate it and did.

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

too slow for me

I like meself some good oldies, but this one... not so much

Very odd framing in he album’s intro bit, leading into a straight forward but very good honky tonk record.

This album was average. I felt myself getting a bit bored as I went through the album. Night Life was good though. 2.5/5 stars.

Shite Life

Enjoyable.

Definitely of its time, but nice, welll written tunes

Every song is a carbon copy of the last.

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

The Price is wrong

Couldn't finish. Got about 5 tracks before I was bored.

This is fine. Love his voice.

I was fixing a greasy mower while this was on. Could not find a filthier panegyric for this album, I really liked it. Felt like I was transported to the era

A focused set of country takes, but in the honky-tonk style which has never completely won me over. Comparisons to Sinatra are ubiquitous; For my part I'll say that Price doesn't have the affect problem I mentioned. There's solid fiddling on several tunes as well, elevating the music above the level of the rest of the playing.

Nine change of pace

Eh

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.

So much tiresome crooning, and I did a cringe at half the lyrics

Sorta country, sorta lounge and kinda frank sinatra. Pretty darn good!

Take me to the dance

und wieder ein 60's Schnulzen Album. Weiß nicht, warum so viele davon unter den 1001 höhrenswerten Alben sind...

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.

Zzzzzz.... Huh? What's that? What time is it? Shit, I slept through... well, nothing - I'm a teacher on summer break. But good grief, this was dull. A good representation of its style, I suppose, and a style that I like more than some kinds of country music, but too... droning? Monotonous? Dull? I dunno, in my groggy post-nap stupor I'm having trouble coming up with the right words. Willie Nelson, early in his career, played on this album. Willie's a cool dude.

It was rather refreshing to open the album with Ray telling me about the theme and background. It was almost like he was starting a talk at a conference. Unfortunately, this style of country just isn’t my thing. Ray’s theme is dancing songs from their shows around the country. Well, they must have all been slow dances because the pace is sedated. This seems like ideal music for a lazy river ride in the Deep South.

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

I generally dislike country, this was ok

Old fashioned country. The songs are almost all 3 minutes or under, but due to the pace of the music they feel very long. It doesn't help that the songs mostly sound the same. Not really my thing. Very close to 1 star, but I didn't feel I had to turn off any songs, so 2 stars.

perfect for getting drunk alone at your apartment.

Not bad but not my fave. If I’m going to listen to music like this I’m going to reach for a different album. It’s fine. Don’t love his vibrato.