Green Onions

The song Green Onions keeps popping up in my playlists. It's so cool and always fun. I've never heard the rest of the album before. Unfortunately, the guys don't manage to keep the level as high as on their opening track. Overall, the album was quite fun, but reminded me in part of the music at private parties where a solo entertainer wanted to try out the possibilities of his new synthesizer. I will continue to listen to the Green Onions track with enthusiasm, but probably not the rest of the album. 3/5

And so the streak I spoke of yesterday continues. It’s been a rough week. I’ve been exhausted almost the entire time, and these albums are really not helping my case. I’ve spoken before about my dilemma when it comes to music released generally before the year 1965. So I won’t bog this review down by saying anything more. Truthfully I didn’t know there was a musician named Booker T. Because I always assumed that was a wrestler. But Booker T. and Booker T. Jones are two different people. The consensus towards this album seemed to be that the titular opening track was the one, and only, highlight. I wondered how that could be. And then I pressed play and understood why. Green Onions is actually an incredibly iconic song, that probably needs no introduction. Everyone has heard it at some point in their life, whether they remember it or not. So I can understand why this record is notable for that song exclusively. It is hard to do better than that. Definitely one of the most defining soul songs of all time. I saw a comment someone made that said Green Onions was released first, became super popular, and then everything else was recorded after, in hopes that they might capture the same energy and get another hit. I don’t believe that’s true at all. The only song that really sounds like they were trying to replicate Green Onions is Mo' Onions, which is pretty obviously a reprise of the former. And it’s still a decent song at that. Besides those two tracks, there is only one other piece of original music on the record. Everything else, including the entirety of the B-side, is all covers. So that’s not where my issue lies. Why is not giving this a glowing score is because almost everything else this has to offer past the first four songs is super lackluster. If Green Onions and I Got a Woman weren’t included, this was just be looked at as the weak debut from one of soul music’s most important groups. Rating: 5/10

Odd

Ok

Adequately chill and funky

I knew the song Green onions (like pretty much everyone on the planet) going into this. The rest of the album is interesting, but I find it hard to get excited when most of the songs are covers.

A tough one. It's fairly catchy, clearly significant, and well done, but I just don't like it all that much.

Good little instrumental album this band were some seriously talented musicians and Booker T was a real talent at such a young age. The title track is an all time banger and the rest of the album is good but no where to the standard of the title track but the musicianship in each track is spot on and makes this album worth listening to.

Some great tracks on here. Excellent background music rather than an album that absorbs you though.

6/10. It features some really nice, and smooth music, but I don't really vibe with it that much. :)

A bit old for me, I recognize a lot of parts that was sampled in other songs. I respect that but overall I wouldn’t listen to it regularly.

Title track was very good. The rest of the album sounded a little samey, perhaps too much pipe organ for my taste when it is an instrumental album.

toaster music 6/10

Green Onions (the song) is a hood classic. As for the rest I didn't mind but I wasn't mind blown. Good album overall. Best - Green Onions Worst - no bad songs 3/5

Royalty free music you can play in the background of a high school video project

Crematorium Ray Charles.

Enjoyed the album, no lyrics, easy background listening

Green Onions, the first track, is great and the rest is very good but feels a bit like the foundation of a house. Like the bones of some great music if only there were more elements in play. Great band but will listen to some other efforts next time.

That song! This was inoffensive enough if not the most exciting.

It's difficult to listen to this without finding a mix of mario kart and elevator music even tho it predates both!! We enjoyed nonetheless on the way to get pancakes

It’s ok. Not much going on. Fucking love green onions on everything tho

baseball stadium ahh music

“Green Onions” has been in too many movies to count, but my favorite is “The Sandlot” when the country club kids roll up on the crew at the Sandlot. Ham Porter: Hey, Is that your sister out there in left field, naked? She's naked?

Sounded really familiar.

For a band and album I’d never even heard of, I was surprised how many tunes I recognized. The title track in particular is instantly recognizable, though I never would’ve guessed its name. While I appreciated the lack of vocals and I think this could serve as decent background music, as a whole album it felt pretty one dimensional, and I admit the organ started to feel grating.

It’s fun I like it enough. Not really my music and I’m ignorant of the history of the genre but it feels genre defining.

Fuck yeah, what do you even call this. It’s great when you can’t fit a record into one genre (usually). Makes it feel wholly original, much like this album. On the con side, many of these tracks, especially the covers, feel like they belong in commercials. There’s a big hole in this album that substance should be filling that they instead tried to plug with instrumentation as fancy as they could find. I don’t think any of the songs are bad, some of the compositions are really quite surprisingly beautiful. However, I wouldn’t really want to listen to the whole thing again. A song or two I could handle. 3/5

The music here was smooth, funky and delicious. The lack of vocals was conspicuous and could be a little jarring on well-known songs that have an integral vocal melody. The organ is a decent approximation of vocals, but it ended up coming off as corny or muzaky in some cases. The Green Onions tracks were excellent and perfectly balanced. Three stars.

Nice Background music, but overall lackluster

Waaaan waaaaaaan

01) Green Onions - 10,0 02) Rinky Dink - 8,0 03) I Got A Woman - 7,0 04) Mo' Onions - 8,0 05) Twist And Shout - 7,0 06) Behave Yourself - 7,5 07) Stranger On The Shore - 7,0 08) Lonely Avenue - 6,5 09) One Who Really Loves You - 7,0 10) You Can't Sit Down - 7,0 11) A Woman, A Lover, A Friend - 7,0 12) Comin' Home Baby - 7,5 TOTAL: 7,46 (75/100)

Right away I’m shocked. The song Green Onions, I had always thought was “On the road again” by canned heat. I had never listened to Green Onions on my own and never really heard the whole song. Mind blown already! Then Rinky Dink comes on and I didn’t realize these guys made that song. I think I had these guys and Sly and the Family Stone mixed up. I was expecting some Soul/Funk/Disco type music and not fun smelling flowers hippy stuff. Either way, this is a win 2 songs in. The only issues I have with this album are 1) there isn’t any singing on it 2) even though there isn’t singing on it, I still enjoy it so that tells me that I just don’t like jazz Choice cut: Rinky Dink

Back ground music at a dive bar. If I was attending blues night and this was the band I'd be impressed and say they're tight. Only thing that would be better is more guitar just like "You Can't Sit Down"

Agradable. Pero sin más. Instrumental rocksoulR&B.

It's okay, I actuslly would like to re-listen to it

Curti

Wild that this was released in 1962 when Booker T was 17 years old. Such a pioneering album and sound. That being said, there are moments where there is Hammond Organ overload. The album is all covers other than two songs. Great background music. Check out Booker T's Christmas album. It's a staple in our house.

The music is entertaining but I kept expecting to hear a "your call is important to us - a representative will be right with you!" in the middle of each song.

Enjoyed this a lot. Funky and a bit silly with the comical sound of the Hammond organ. Certainly a refreshing change compared to many albums on this list.

Very influential, these instrumentals set the stage for a ton of later songs. Every one I hear I feel like I've heard somewhere else. And green onions is a banger.

bro like every song ever is in this. very cool and interesting but not my cup of tea

{60/100} Some solid stuff, but there was no track here that really floored me. I can see the influence this album has had, and I appreciate it, but it's just not that texturally interesting to me. Some very simple sounding drum parts, other than a few fills, and heavy reliance on the organ. For something somewhat adjacent to this, I prefer what I've heard from The Meters.

Totally solid but you really only need to hear the title track. 5/10 as an album, good background tunes tho. Booker T Jones is a living legend though.

Green Onions! Ich kannte weder den Namen des Songs noch die Band, aber schon nach 2 Takten den Song! Leider zuwenig Zeit im Urlaub alles zu hören, daher 3 und nicht mehr.

Title track is a classic. Not sure if I'd necessarily seek the rest out, but overall enjoyed this.

me senti dentro de um jogo então a experiência foi positiva na sua maior parte

6.5/10

Really good blues album

you can't go wrong with some sleazy 60s soul muzak. there's a good amount of tracks that stick to traditional doo-wop-pop progressions, but it's done in a way that's easy on the ears. if there's one thing i can say, this album is stylish but it seriously lacks variety. you'll listen to one track, you've basically listened to all of them. it's alright for what it is though. the perfect album for relaxing in the sun.

Booker T. & the M.G.'s green onions is a project that really shouldn’t be listened to, its lifeless and was capitalized off the success of the title track. all boring and very repetitive. 3/10

This was pleasant enough but slipped into the background a bit much for me to score higher than this.

Green Onions (track) is the obvious classic, still, there’s some other good stuff on here.

A bit dated but a few great tunes

Ein bisschen Swing und ein bisschen Jazz angeführt von einer Bontempi Orgel und einem frühzeitlichen E-Bass sind gar nicht so schlecht. „Green Onion“ ist weltbekannt und „Mo Onion” ist ok. “Twist & Shout” ist eine Erinnerung an frühere Tanzschulzeiten. Aber alles in allem ist das Album ok.

It's a classic for a reason.

Green onions (the song) is v fun, but found the album a little repetitive

Pretty good instrumental album. Definitely one to throw on at parties. The organ sound is cool as fuck. But let's be honest this album is really carried by the iconic title track. Couple of other really fun songs, but mostly background noise for the most part

1. 9 2. 7 3. 6 4. 7 5. 6 6. 8 7. 7 8. 6.5 9. 5.5 10. 6.5 11. 6 12. 7.5 6.83/10 3.42/5

An oddball album. Felt like an instrumental jazzy cover album with a very prominent organ player. Some of the songs I had heard before but not necessarily from this album. Feels like they’ve been sampled a ton. The organ kinda wore on me after a while. Felt like being at a baseball game.

Chill and nice album but most of them weren't very memorable

Pretty chill, although a tad repetitive

Ya al primer tema caigo en que he escuchado la primera canción de esta banda en alguna película (creo que en The Big Lebowski). Green Onions, también: clasicazo. Álbum puramente instrumental, ideal como música de fondo para cocinar con amistades o ya para el momento de comer.

Un muy disco instrumental, ideal para trabajar. Si bien después de un tiempo la combinación de teclado y guitarra puede sentirse repetitiva, la producción y las interpretaciones hacen que el tedio se sienta ligero rápidamente, sobre todo considerando que este disco se escucha sumamente bien y se estrenó antes que el primer álbum de The Beatles. Recomendable, incluso esencial.

green onions isch so en fucking banger. tönt au huere geil. RINKY DINK??? oh mein gitt das isch s men in black pitbull sample?? huere geil uuuh i got a woman banger. ray version scho besser aber huuuere geil gspielt. mo onions isch scho afoch green onions aber chli falschrum. twist and shout isch okay? afoch twist and shout mit orgle halt. behave yourself isch en herzige slow blues. chamer mache. stranger on the sea isch pretty. one who loves you tönt noch doo wop 50er stuff. finds langsam chliiii langwilig.

I liked Green Onions, Stranger on the Shore and Lonely Avenue.

Bro popped his ultimate on one song lol. I like how easy this is to listen to and it is too damn iconic it is a perfect three I think the piano and the guitar is so smooth.

Pretty old instrumental music, many parts could be used in chase scenes in tom and jerry. Stand-out: Can't Sit Down

The legendary Stax backing band which sounds so fucking good on Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding and Sam and Dave tracks releases an instrumental album. It's interesting the hear this band in the spotlight since it's always the singers who sing on their foundation who often steal the show. The album essentially sounds like a very good band jamming on some original songs as well as some unnecessary covers without a singer. At times this results in really cool in songs like Green Onions and Mo' Onions while in others songs you miss the singer and you recognize why they are meant to be a backing band rather than recording artists themselves. Tempted to give it 4 stars because they contributed to so much music I love, and because you can tell that this would just awesome to hear live. But going to give it 3 because that's would I would give it without all the aforementioned context

It was good, but as a purely instrumental album it’s missing something

3.5 nice to listen to but all sound same-y

Notable track: Green Onions

Vibes but no lyrics

Pretty good.

Well this was sort of OK. I did recognise Green Onions and it and the rest are OK. However this was just short enough not to get irritating as there was little variety.

Ansi hresst og skemmtilegar útgáfur af allskonar lögum. Booker greinilega mikið undrabarn.

First song is exceptional, the rest is quite boring

Solid nice old 60s jazz 5/10

it does the bluesin' pretty well

Fabulous musicians - but besides Green Onions I’m not going out of my way to listen to this regularly. Also is the song "Stranger on the Shore" used at the beginning of Callin' Biz on the first handsome boy modeling school album?

Although it is an important record for music history I just don't get it. It sounds like it was played at a baseball game and it was not for me. "Green Onions" the song was ok but nothing crazy. "Twist and Shout" was interesting as an instrumental but I much prefer The Beatles version. Overall it was just fine.

Все мелодии до боли знакомые, сыграны хорошо, но не более

Was fine

Vibe for background music while working. It was fine.

Oh, THAT tune! And that one, too? OK, I know this band. And so do you! OK, the Dr Suess-like rhyme there was accidental, especially since this music is more like something you'd hear in a Peanuts cartoon. It is fun to imagine an era and setting when this was the jam.

wau. wau wau wau... albumin tittelibiisi, toki kuullut mutta Top 10 Songs You've Heard But Don't Know the Name! (Part 1).... elin (organ) soi ja pauhuu lähes kokoajan ja miellyttäväähän se on.. jalkoja kutkuttaa, ei voi muuten rapsuttaa kun tanssimalla tahtiin hehheh VITTU!!! !VIVTTTTTUTTTTTTTT !!!!!!!!!!! part 9: nowadays techno berlin new york... urkupillikaktus . siinä sana generaattoriin jos ei löydä, eri tietopankkia käyttöön kiitos. jarremainen albumi jarre jarre jarre jarre jarre jarre jarre jarre sinne control äffään vähän vääristymää, pikkusen harhaa sinne etsi painikkeen toimistolle.. green onions

Oh, so THAT song is called "Green Onions." Heard it, but never knew. Matter of fact, that holds true for the entire group; I've heard of Booker T. & The MG's, but I couldn't tell you a single song until now. I'm usually not a big fan of the 8- or 12-bar blues as it is predictable and there's not much more one can add to it, but "Green Onions" does find a nice groove with it. And then there's "Mo' Onions" which is, well, mo' "Onions." "Rinky Dink" reminds of "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)", "I Got A Woman" is a fun, romping jam, and the slow strut of "Behave Yourself" and "Stranger on the Shore" makes me wish they had a female jazz singer to accompany them. Some sweetness should be warmed with honey. I would be fine never hearing another version of "Twist and Shout" ever again. The guitarist has some tasty licks on this tune, but if it ain't the organ, good luck hearing it in the mix. All organ, all of the time. I feel--not insultingly--like I'm grooving during a prolonged Seventh Inning Stretch at the ballpark. Long, hot summer days on the bricks. The guitarist does eventually get some love in the mix half way through the album on tracks like "Stranger on the Shore" and "Lonely Avenue." Overall, not bad. For me, the same instrumentation throughout calls for a break, and these tunes would work better in a playlist in order to break things up a bit. I enjoyed it, but I'm not going to pick this one up.

This was a fun, easy listen. I was familiar of course with the title track since forever, but I enjoyed listening to mo'. At times I wondered if the organ would be better with a sustain pedal, more soulful, but then I think it would lose its jittery staccato melisma that gives it so much of its character. This album is mostly covers, and while their original, Green Onions, is probably my fave, I enjoyed hearing the band's signature sound applied to various songs of that era.

I liked this. Soul, Jazz, Gospel, Rock and Roll and Blues is what I hear throughout this album. Green Onions is truly a great song. I think It's the only one of theirs that I am familiar with. It seems like good music to have on in the background at a dinner party. I'll have to look into more of their music.

3.5

There's some really iconic music in here. You really get a sense that the 60s were starting to come grow up out of the 50s musical origins in these tracks

That opening should come with a parental advisory. The rest is just cool--you can have it as your background music to a groovy pre-hippie 60s-themed party and enjoy every song but have a hard time thinking of any names. C'mon get you're groove on.

Twist and Shallot Cornichon baby Allium, a lover, a friend Pickling’ dink One who pearly loves you Grab your white boots and min skirt! Groovy baby!

I mean, yeah, this is cool enough. It's hard to argue with any individual tune—and the title track is a gem—but it's a little too one-note for an intense listen. as background music, though, it's hard to complain about this. put it on at a party or in a bar and you're good. plus, the band is great.

They really brought the Hammond organ into the mainstream and damn that opening track just makes you bop.

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Agradable. Pero sin más. Instrumental rocksoulR&B

Very nice

Pleasant. Sandlot vibes

Definitely influential for its time and worthy of being included on the list, very repetitive by the end though despite some tasty organ and guitar work

It's fine

Quite like green onions and a few of the other tracks. But a whole albums worth of organ funk was a little bit too much for me.

I don't usually listen to more than one album a day, but I missed yesterday and I'm bored on the train back from Boston, so let's go for another one. I had absolutely no clue what this was until I clicked play and realized it was 'The Sandlot" song. "Green Onions" the song is an instrumental that's been used in a ton of things, including "The Sandlot" and "Happy Gilmore". It's one of those things that's kind of iconic but I had no clue what it actually was. Apparently Booker T. (Jones) was only 18 years old and still in high school when this was released, which is super impressive. The album is all instrumental and has this soul/rock thing going on. It's a bit hard to rate something like this. Old instrumental albums are already a bit tough, but then throw in the fact that this one has one truly iconic song and a bunch of others that are much less well-known. It's perfectly good, and I'm glad that I know what this song is now, but I'm not sure that I really loved it. The vibe is a bit "county fair" to me (I think because of the Hammond M3 organ that Booker T. is playing), which maybe is fine but not something I need to listen to a lot, it doesn't sound very cool if I'm being honest. I just made a comment yesterday at a Catholic wedding that organists have to be a bit of a dying breed. Booker T was crushing it 62 years ago though. I also have to comment on the cover. Very possibly the most literal album cover ever. It is a (not particularly high quality?) picture of green onions. To the point. Favorite song: Green Onions Other: Rinky Dink, Mo' Onions, Twist and Shout, Behave Yourself, A Woman a Lover a Friend 5/12/24

Sounds like if the organ player at Wrigley Field decided to hijack the entire game with his album. Sounds great but just play ball.

classic. one hit wonder

This is great background music.

Less of a one song album than I anticipated but it’s hard for me to get into any all instrumental album 2.8

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Dressman miesten rähinä musiikkia. Täysin instrumentaalista. Green Onions on THE Dressman biisi. Parhaat: Green Onions, Mo' Onions

Some classics on here but I have heard them so many times that I got a little annoyed by the end.

Fun, but in an incidental kind of way. Good background music

Enjoyed it more than I expected. Several song were familiar which also surprised me. Makes for more background listening than dedicated listening for me.

Green Onions has to be one of the grooviest organ lines of all time. Ripper start to finish that oozes cool confidence. Hearing "I Got a Woman" my brain was so confused. I started to imagine Kanye West's gold digger and didn't place this at first as a Ray Charles cover given how it is arranged. Stranger on the Shore is another standout to me. Languid bluesy, jazz song that is extremely easy going. I will say that, while I enjoy some strong organ work with jamming drum and bass, I think I would have preferred to hear more original material in the vein of Green Onions rather than a litany of covers. Certain areas really stood out (Stranger on the Shore and Lonely Avenue) but a lot of the rest sort of fell to the background. For me this falls into a grey area; high 2 to low 3. Nudging on the strength of the title track.

Green onions is a great song. other solid jams on here as well. 3.5 stars for me

Never heard of this band or this album, but I have definitely heard Green Onions a hundred times in my life. Loads of organ-forward jazz to start and then it switches into more of a surf rock style. Overall I liked the sound, but it was pretty samey the whole way through with nothing too exciting going on. Definitely teeters on a 4, but I'll pull out another 3+ for this.

This is from such an earlier time that it almost feels basic or weird but you can see some of its influence on a lot of bands. I probably don't have the musical depth to get everything out of this that's there. Green Onions is a classic song.

Classic opening track. This is a band who know what they are doing.

If you told me I was about to embark on 35 minutes of instrumental music from a backing band in 1962 I'd have said Oh Christ. Luckily it wasn't as bad as I feared. I do actually love the 12 bars riff which formed the basis for a good chunk of the songs. The organ was a welcome addition in lieu of any vocals. Couple tracks saved down, first one is obviously timeless. Also nice to hear where Beatles got their Twist & Shout version from.

Interesting instrumental album. Standout songs: Green Onions Lonely Avenue You Can't Sit Down

It wasn't bad, but it really confuses me how highly rated this instrumental album is.

Some of the songs were NOT funky fresh by my tastes. Overall quite a good album, but some of the songs were too slow and boring instrumentally. Still enjoyable, but it was very slow at times. At least they respected my time and only made the album 35 minutes lol. 3/5 for the good songs, 2 taken off for the slow songs and it just not being my taste in instrumentals. Favourite gotta be Green Onions.

The title song is a classic of course, but I prefer them when they are fronted by Otis or some other star.

I swear I already had this album.

I liked this. All instrumentals.

Songs

Nice to hear those classic tunes that have been used in so many different contexts, but listening to the whole album was a bit boring after a while. The organ got on my nerves.

Love this band, I was meaning to listen to more from them since Green Onions

#178. This is fine. That's about all I've got to say about it though. Not bad, but also kinda background-musicky 3/5: decent

Está gracioso

The title track is a jam. The rest of the album is a definite vibe that can be grating sometimes.

I am glad I listened, but the songs did not make an impression with me- I kept thinking another instrument would come and join forces.

Familiar tunes, nice enough for background music but not wild about it.

It turns out when you take the repetitive lyrics out of the blues and play them electronically, they seem to actually be a little more interesting. There are no sappy lyrics here, just stripped down blues riffs and covers that make heavy use of an organ. Organs aren't my favorite instrument sound. They remind me of church. But they kind of lend a smoothness and electronic sound to this album that I enjoy. As suspected Booker T. Played organ in church growing up. But it almost sounds a bit sacreligious here as if he's rebelling against the normal church organ sound. It also felt a bit jazzy at times with flair added to sections to spice them up a bit. I generally liked this album even though it's not music I would typically listen to.

It was good. Maybe for some background sound, not particularly something I would listen to the whole album for

Classic opening track. Reminds me of a summer night. Good album overall, easy listening.

A lovely little instrumental album. Great easy-listening

Reasonable set of old-school tunes going on here. Green Onions is a banger. Others were alright.

Instrumental covers for other hits. Kinda fun

I've never listened to so much electric organ at one time. When I hear Green Onions, I can't help but think of The Sandlot

I do love Booker T, does this stand up for a whole album. Very nearly

It’s very hard to dislike this. Given the consistently happy grooves and the fact they absolutely nailed their classic sound on this debut album I was tempted to give it a 4, but once again the high percentage of cover versions means that a 4 doesn’t feel quite right.

Some fun songs I’d never heard

The title track is great, but every thing else just seems like a lesser version of it. I ended up completely zoning out during the middle third of this album. The musicians on this album are great and I love the sound of the organ, but it just couldn't really hold my attention. Also for 35 minutes, this album felt very long.

Green Onions (the song) is a classic, but if you've heard that one you've essentially heard most of the others on this album as well since they follow the same tone/vibe. While I normally like instrumental albums to be a little more involved or flashy, I could definitely see this album spinning on a turn table on a relaxed summer evening while cooking some dinner.

Green Onions is a classic, but you can hear that house band talent in everything.

Good intrusmental grooves

Шо за лук о, груви, знакомый сэмпл. Но вообще альбом это чилл лукособирание и копание на грядке. Слишком спокойно и чиллово на мой вкус. Но при этом приятно

The title track is iconic. That and the rest of the originals are so dialed in they are the perfect representation of a hot studio band. Sound "timeless and perfectly of their time." But the covers just get boring.

Great performances by all the musicians, I’m just not a fan of pure instrumental.

It's ok. Plenty of Hammond organ and slow walking blues. Lobby music these days an d in offensive - I might call on it for focus / desk work.. .

"Hey guys, remember that single you threw together recently? Well, it sold a bajillion copies. And now we need an album." "um, ok. When do you need it?" "Tomorrow afternoon, latest." Don't get me wrong, Booker T. and the MGs were a crack band, and they recorded some amazing singles over their career, and I quite like their McElmore Ave album (a track for track cover of Abbey Rd). But this album is a quick cash-in on the popularity of the Green Onions single. Most of the material is weak, and they haven't quite dialed in on their sound. For my money, their following album Soul Dressing is much more listenable, and certainly they released lots of very strong singles. And they backed many, many classics cuts as a backing band. And we shouldn't underestimate their influence as a multi-race band from the South in the 60s. I suspect Dimery wanted to acknowledge the band and their significant influence, and so popped this album on the list (partly because he won't acknowledge compilations, which are often the best representation of singles bands). But seriously, did he listen to this record? Not their best work (title track aside; that is an absolute banger).

Buen disco

nothing special except the title track

Early 60’s instrumental groove. The title track is iconic, peaking at #3 on the US Hot 100, and topping the R&B chart. One of the great instrumental tracks, back when instrumentals were part of the hit mix. Which leads to the downside. This is not an instrumental track, it’s an instrumental album from an instrumental band. A dozen tracks over 36 minutes. And while the song “Green Onions” is brilliant, the rest of it kind of blurs into the background. Maybe what you’d expect in the background of an early 60’s beach blanket movie. I owned Green Onions on 45 back in the late 60’s, and I have a “Hits” album by Booker T and MGs. Their peaks are great, perfect for you oldies playlists. But the whole album wears a little thin, except as background music. 3/5

It was interesting. Sometimes I was bopping along and good without lyrics (I Got a Woman) and other times I really wanted lyrics. Listening to Rinky Dink felt a little unsatisfying without Mickey and Sylvia. All in all it was a good listen and fun to recognize a talented group that probably does not receive enough praise.

Fun early rock n’ roll instrumentals. Enjoyable but not something I’d come back to.

Super interesting that they were mainly a backing band for famous artists. I found this to be groovy and a pleasant listen. Title track has become pretty iconic over time. The album had me wishing they would’ve experimented with adding vocals, but a good time nonetheless.

this is great background music for whatever but would never choose to listen to it in and of itself

5.5/10

good stuff

You know how everyone thinks Otis Redding songs would be way better without the vocals? Well finally an album that's just the band!

I liked the Hammond organ ... it fits the songs. Typically, I don't go for purely instrumental pop bands, but Booker T. & the M.G.s are more on the early soul and funk side of things, and so I didn't mind it.

Removing the title track it's a solid 3. All nice and groovy while it's playing, but doesn't stick with you.

Groundbreaking, but not for me. Hell knows how many films Booker T.'s music has been featured in. How many times it's been used by other artists. Let's be honest, his version of Abbey Road is better than the Beatles performing it themselves.

- anyone else think stranger on the shore sounds like o christmas tree

Heard Booker T a million times but never listened to a whole album.l enjoyed it, it's a little bit like rocky bluesy Jazz.

This album has a cool, distinctive sound that I like but I was bored after about 4 tracka

Good, didnt find full album.

Really liked it! Green Onions is a classic :D

Instrumental not usually for me but these felt like classics for some reason?

Title track was great n fun n all that — the rest sounds like the echoes and reverberations of the first without the vibes. Fun still, but very homogenous. Listen for vibes

elevator music

Background noise. Brilliant album cover.

I played the album in the background when I cleaned. It did feel repetitive sometimes but I still enjoyed the music.

Can I interested you in some of the funkiest Hammond organ? Obviously the title track is one of life's great bangers, and just gives you a serotonin rush like little else. The rest of the album though - not for me. It's impressive and quite fun, obviously, but you're definitely pleased when it's over.

Classic early 1960s R&B. Worth it for the title track "Green Onions" alone, but the rest of the tracks on the album - which are mainly covers - feel a bit dated now.

Eka biisi on ”aaa tietenkin tää”, ja sitten syna saa kaikki loput biisit kuulostamaan vähän samalta. Tosi hauska kyllä! En ois jaksanutkaan puolta tuntia enempää, joten pysyy hyvin myös ruodussa. Ei hulluttelekaan liikaa. Kivoja melodioita, jos toi soundi ei ärsytä (ei mua).

Ca s'écoute mais sans plus. Certaines musiques me font penser à des musiques de salle d'attente.

Not a fan of the keyboard/synthesizer, but there's some good guitar work on here, too. Very listenable.

yeah no gay ass vocals to make me hate it. no offense.

3.8 - Easygoing organ-forward bluesy R&B jazz. Booker T casually slays on "Behave Yourself" putting down a sound that the French space-electro duo Air would cop on their 1998 release "Moon Safari."

collection of instrumental tunes with an organ in the forefront. several covers. i have heard the title track countless times but didn’t know the name or the artist. overall, a fun listen.

This was okay. Certainly good musicianship.

Good stuff right here.

Most of this album low key sounds like elevator music. Not necessarily bad, but not the most engaging listen. Works great for background music. Less great for an album to listen to and pay attention to

Always good vibes when listening to Booker T, but the sound gets repetitive and old pretty quick for me.

Great instrumental album to listen to while making dinner or to have on in the background

Kind of a one trick pony but easy listening

Alles met een Hammond orgel klinkt 10 keer beter. En dan hoop je dat dit album vol zit met pareltjes, maar dat viel me wat tegen. Iedereen met een beetje liefde voor muziek kent natuurlijk het openingsnummer, Green Onions. Daarna kakt het voor mijn gevoel iets te veel in. Het zijn natuurlijk geweldige muzikanten. Ze vervallen alleen iets te veel in freak gefriemel, wat mij betreft. Gelukkig is de afsluiter dan weer wel geweldig.

Ja de classics op de Hammond. Kan je niks van zeggen

Some great playing here, I’m not normally an instrumental album person but the organ playing is amazing.

Que de morceaux samplés !

Again knew just the one track. Enjoyable and would happily listen to again, but more of a background album for me. Maybe if I had a leather seat, a record player and a tumbler of whiskey I could give it the attention it deserves...

Good instrumental music to listen to when no lyrics are desired lol

Bit o'brass, bit o'shuffle, bit o'Hammond.

felt like it was missing something

Very fun, great mixing of instruments. I felt like songs that would be played in a bar in the US on the 60s

Enjoyed the groove of this album. All instrumental but varies in style, this is a funky and timeless classic.

Fajny blusik 3/5

You play ball like a GIRL! 😶

So many hits and rhythms from the next few years pulled together in an album. Relatively simple, but super important to music

Seems like a 1 track album. The rest sounds like filler, even a couple of cover tracks just to fill out the time.

The title track is great obviously, just an absolute classic. Great vibes all around. Still though, most of the rest of the album kinda feels like background music than something you'd put on to really listen to.

Roots

Fun listen! To hear other songs besides 'Green Onions" which everyone knows but probably not the title!

While I think the performances are great and there are some really stellar tracks, the lack of lyrics and relatively unwavering style makes this pretty boring. Using an Organ as your lyrical instrument, makes everything sound like elevator music for me. The first half was great on the first listen, but it just doesn't stand out as much for me. Favorites are Green onions, Rinky Dink, and 'A Woman, A Lover, a Friend'.

I love an instrumental, and I'm a fan of the tone that they set out in the first track, Green Onions, but 6 or 7 songs in, the album started to get repetitive.

pretty fun the whole way through, and a perfect album to listen to while doing house work

It was fine??? Idk, I got kind of bored, but these are all clearly very talented musicians and I know that their work was very influential.

I mean. cool idea I guess but this is tiring

Classic Hammond and tight, economical guitar riffage.

4/10 Beats r chill but it all sounded like the same song towards the end. Some of the beats sounded familiar

Instrumentals sound way ahead of its time. Music is sort of nostalgic too. 3.5

I listened to this in January on the west coast. It is very dark out. It is not raining but this music was the rain hitting my metaphorical windows in the dark.

Rating: 7/10 Very good album overall. Very groovy and pleasant to listen to, the organ was nice and not something I would normally listen to. Pretty much no variety on here though, all of the songs sound very similar. Favorite songs: Green Onions, Ring Dink, Twist and Shout, One Who Really Loves Me, You Can't Sit Down. Worst song: Mo' Onions.

Smooth and an essynlisten

feels like a video game soundtrack

Not bad. Not bad at all

You’ve never heard “Green Onions”? Yes, you have. Just trust me. No, seriously, you have. An absolute classic of the “songs you didn’t realise you knew but you do” genre, the title track of “Green Onions” has endured sixty years through enduring live performance, radio play, endless cover versions, and constant uses in extended media. Through it all, it has remained effortlessly cool. A basic 12 bar blues with an instantly distinctive organ riff, born from an idle in-studio jam session, it introduces Booker T. and the M.G.’s as consummate professionals ready to have a darn good time. Its reprise later in this album, “Mo’ Onions”, is even bluesier, foregrounding the guitar and milking the smoky groove for all it’s worth. Across the rest of this debut album, Booker T and the M.G.’s tear their way through several standards of rock and blues, putting in performances which were once the bedrock of R&B. The more buoyant tracks include “Rinky Dink” (originally by Dave “Baby” Cortez, who also played lead on organ), “Twist and Shout” and “One Who Really Loves You”. Or for the sedate, moody, end-of-the-night stylings, there’s the three-in-a-row run of “Behave Yourself” (a sleepy original blues), “Stranger on the Shore” and “Lonely Avenue”, then Jackie Wilson’s “A Woman, A Lover, A Friend”. Booker T. Jones was seventeen years old on the release of “Green Onions”, and already possessed a distinctive style of playing which would carry him through the next several decades as a session player. Filling out the band are Steve Cropper rocking a very trebly, brittle guitar tone; Lewis Steinberg adding solid bass work; Al Jackson Jr. locking things down with the drums. Booker T’s organ work is, of course, exceptional throughout, though it does become difficult to stomach as a lead instrument for a full album. Because of its limited tonal or dynamic range, the organ does wind up feeling repetitive: no amount of full-band interplay can quite save that. It would be a stretch to suggest that leading “I Got A Woman”, “Twist and Shout” or “Stranger on the Shore” on an organ improves those songs: they’re just curios more than anything, “what-if” covers from another universe. Above all, I appreciate this album as a bit of a history lesson, directing me to many popular songs and artists of the day. Still, it’s hard not to be impressed by Cropper’s tight triplet rhythms at the close of “I Got A Woman”, Steinberg and Jackson Jr’s rocksteady unison in “You Can’t Sit Down”, Jackson Jr’s wild and free drum fills in “Twist and Shout”, or Jones’ bluesy noodlings stirring up “Behave Yourself”. A tight band playing tight songs, easy to enjoy and hard to ever shake off the title track for the rest of your life.

This is one of those albums that’s in the background of every documentary about the music of the early 60’s. You just feel that early, “hey, let’s make an album, guys” energy. The organ player has that awesome, nervous, frantic energy on the keys that somehow translates so well, gives the instrument a totally new type of groove. Fun, and unique, in that you can hear this sound and immediately go, “that must be the Green Onions album.” Good time was had. 3/5

Old school cool. 3/5

A timeless instrumental album. Great soulful and groovy sound

Sounds like Otis, Carla or Sam and Dave without the vocals. Because, of course, it is! Even though its Stax without the best parts, its still pretty great. Time to watch the Blies Brothers.

A nice mix of interesting covers and originals.

Un album sûrement très chouette à sampler, beaucoup moins à écouter en revanche.

Oui ok Robert on a compris que cet album était un repère à samples, c'est pas pour autant qu'on avait besoin de l'écouter.

Thought this was a nice instrumental album with "Green Onions" being one of the most recognizable instrumentals ever. Outside of that I thought it was disappointing that it was mostly covers of other popular songs so points have to be docked from that due to lack of originality. 7/10.

It was aight, kinda boring but good performances

Cool and boring. Influential I’m sure. 2.8

It's interesting having a solely instrumental album for a change, and there's some nice songs in here... but it's a bit limited.

I understand the appeal, but this album feels redundant to me

титульный трек, конешно, абсолютная классика, смотрим, что там дальше. остальное все клишировано

I can’t believe I didn’t know the name of that song is “Green Onions” until today. This album was enjoyable, but I was hoping for a bit more. Many of the songs sounded somewhat the same, but the talent and musicianship were there. If I could I’d give this a 3.5, but I’m rounding down just because outside of the title track I probably won’t listen to this again.

Love the title track, great organs and drums throughout. Would have liked some lyrics.

Nice, but very repetitive

The title track is huge. Rest of the album is a nice listen but nothing especially noteworthy.

Classic, nothing to dislike really but can't say I'm infatuated

I love the blues. Not a big fan of this composition though.

This is really good for a couple songs, but listening to the whole thing front to back might not be the move.

One classic tune.

This album sounds good, it has funkiness and also good guitar with good instrumentals. To me, it felt like it was missing something, something that would make it special or give it a twist or something. The songs sound the same, and more than one is boring. I have to give it praise for the influence and how it had sounds of genres that were under the surface, just not quite there.

what a fucking tune i've known the first track on this album maybe for the same amount of time i've been alive. sooooooo good. and so i was very glad to see that i had an excuse to listen to the entire thing!!!!! i Love funk instrumental so much. and i also very much enjoy the motif that Green Onions establishes is riffed throughout the album, i.e. Mo' Onions + Comin' Home Baby in particular. some weaker bits, the cover of Twist and Shout i wasn't a fan of (as a self-proclaimed beatles fan) and Stranger on the Shore in particular i didn't get on with. generally though a very fun very funky very casual album that's so nice to put on if you're doing a room tidy or i can imagine having a really cold beer with lime in and talking with friends in a low-lit room. it's not really a wine album i don't think. i give it 3 stars but i think it is a 3.5

funnily enough i’d just watched the sandlot a few days ago….

I can see how this influenced musicians that followed in the 60s

i knew "green onions" already, acoustic psychedelic organ stuff

Getting chased ahh music

Napoleon dynamite

Some of it, such as the title track, I really like, and none of it is objectively bad... but I think I just really don't like the Hammond Organ as a lead instrument.

2 tot 3 sterren? Leuke deuntjes, apprecieer ze wel.

Aight

Not my style of music but it was not bad. Flash man stage music from mega man 2 was definitely inspired by comin home baby so that was fun to discover

Great instrumental album. Lots of popular hits. I think it was a favorite of my dads.

The album started off strong with their most famous song. However I started to get bored with the same repetitive style that existed throughout the album. It was Ight. 6/10

Green onions has been played in every single baseball movie I have ever watched yet I never knew the name. The music is very good but the album and songs themselves are just essentially background noise. Not a great standalone project but there isn't much to hate on either. 5/10

‘Green Onions’ is such an iconic song and I would never have been able to tell you the name or artist that made it. This is the music that plays during a montage in a kids coming of age movie where the kids have to work together to make money to buy some pointless object that in the end just shows them that it was actually the friends they made along the way that matters. The instrumentals are very clean and Booker does indeed kill it on organ but the sound can get a bit tiresome. I believe this is great intermission music, where listening to one song in between other songs of other artists/genres is great but listening to the album front to back detracts from the experience. 6/10

All instrumental— pretty good/iconic melodies

I had fun, the walking baselines and blues/jazz feel has had a huge influence on the music industry I like this but not sure it's for my regular listening

Iconic opener doesn’t fully save this from sounding a bit too much like a novelty act for much of its duration.

Favorite song: green onions

No lyrics, just iconic instrumentals.

Super memorable first track, I knew it but couldn't place it.

meh too much organ

Heel mooi maar wanneer zet ik dit ooit op

Reminds me of the American Graffiti soundtrack! Played that often!

Great album, although they tried to sneak Green Onions onto it three times. Green Onions is a legendary song, but the rest didn't catch my attention the same way.

puro soundtrack de telefono celular y la pantera rosa! funny y entrentenido peeeeo cansado

Some charming and aggressively 60’s American bluesy rock-n-roll tunes on this one. It’s light, fun, and simple and there’s not much else to it. It’s so simple in fact that I think about half of the songs on this one share the same classic honky tonk rock-n-roll chord progression. This is the kind of instrumental record that’s begging to be sampled in some lo-fi hip hop single. I found it funny how I recognized the melody in the title track from the soundtrack of that Hill Climb mobile game lol. Fav tracks: Green Onions, I Got a Woman, Stranger on the Shore

6/10

Couple songs icon, rest not my thing

green onions. for some reason I thought this was a zz top song. rinky dink. thinking music on a game show, or ambient fair music. pretty cool instrumentals. organ and a little funky, pretty cool for early 60s.

the whole onions thing is cool and so are the tracks green onions mo' onions behave yourself you can't sit down comin' home baby

Ok, so this was pretty cool! Wasn’t sure what to expect and pleasantly surprised indeed! Perfectly pleasant background grooves!

This album has a lot of songs that were sampled later. It’s not my style but was fun to listen to

Green onions was kinda fun, but overall it was a little boring to me

Very good but repetitive to me after a while. But funky and cool

Title track is an all-time classic, the rest is fine but didn't really impress.

Learnt some new stuff from this one (twist and shout wasn't written by The Beatles?! What?!), beautifully done.

I really enjoyed this. Great lively churchy Southern organ music. Reminded me of living in simpler times.

Yes 5/5 for Green Onions itself, and the rest of the album is a groovy collection of organ-driven mainly covers. Very pleasant, though a little monotonous as a whole album and no 'Soul Limbo' - the intro to Test Match Special for UK listeners and up there with Match of the Day as the greatest UK sports show intro music.

Muy buenas instrumentales, probablemente lo volvería a escuchar.

I enjoyed the sound! It is more background music than anything but I enjoyed it!

Very bluesy, great organ sounds - would be a good one to play along to on the keys. Most famous is comin' home baby - great classic!

I know many of these melodies. Interestingly, the second song here, Rinky Dink, is a sample of the 1957 song Love is strange which was featured on the Dirty Dancing OST. Oh how timeless some pieces of music are. Astonishing!

This album sounds like a 2018 sound id on roblox that got copyrighted and replaced with the generic roblox copyright music 2.5

Passable

Whole album is pretty similar. I Need A Woman - original Gold Digger sample? Twist and Shout original?

Green Onions is a song I've heard a million times but didn't know the name of. Overall a pretty solid instrumental album, though the organ does get a little grating after listening through the whole thing.

Definitely a 60’s vibe. Just not big on instrumentals.

For a blues album, it's great, perfect maybe, for what it is generally.... it's... a modern blues album, it's a blues album that's what it is, it's good don't get me wrong...... it's just the same old blues, nice blues, bluessssss.

It is really progressive sound for 1962.

The title track is a bop, the whole thing just wears thin after a while. Gets points for being well ahead of its peers at the time, though, and exhibiting musicianship so skilled it seems nearly effortless.

Groovy innit

Organ/keys make this album. Lot of soul, some jams and some grooves. Green Onions is the iconic track but Behave Yourself another standout.

Jiggy, non vocal, not bad

Kind of rooted in its era but totally unique as well.

Good album. Some songs I knew and some I didn't.

Groove.

Not my cup of tea.

green onions is a great track, but the rest of the album began to wear thin on me. the hammond organ works great for a track or two, but 35 straight minutes of it was a bit much. after a while it felt like i was at a very confusing baseball game or wedding being held in a liminal space. favorites: green onions, twist and shout

- this was a very enjoyable listen - songs had very happy energy, this put me in a good mood - great music that could be a soundtrack to anything

songs you've heard a thousand times before and all alright, but no crate digging buzz