This Is Fats Domino

This is just about *the* quintessential picture of the one-trick pony. It's a good trick. But that's it. That's all there is. I've called out some Same-Song Artists on this list. This the ring leader of the Same-Song All-Stars. I like it! It's a good song! But why must I listen to a whole damn album? Gets old quick. 2 & 1/2

Very nice songs overall, but listening to the whole album one after the other is... boring. They're all pretty much similar, and it's making me crazy

Not for me

Helt standard sanger i en sjanger som er uinteressant for meg. Vanskelig å forstå hvorfor dette albumet er med på denne lista. Heldigvis kort, så takk for det, Fats.

No me agarró en el mood adecuado

J'ai pas ete convaincu

If you want a good early rock and roll record listen to Here's Little Richard, now that's got some energy to it.

3/10 Probably good if I was born in the 40’s. The day it ended.

Very american. It's ok.

Creo que hay al menos 10 discos exactamente igual a este que ya me hizo escucha resta página

Definitely interesting but I think this is just too old timey sounding to really get into it

This classic and vintage rock and roll music takes me back to the basics. I can almost picture myself in a bar in the 1950s, listening to this music.

Good old swing music. Wonder if he’s Corey in the House’s grandfather, damn they look similar.

5/10 - it's alright in the background, of its time

LOVED IT OLIDEIS WOW

Influencing everyone from Elvis to the Beatles, I was looking forward to spending some time with Fats for the very first time time this morning. As scandalous as I'm sure this would have sounded to the general population seventy years ago, time has removed a lot of edge from Domino's music. What you are left with here is a collection of old school rock and roll that is still pleasant enough to enjoy for this LP's very brief runtime, even though it is ultimately forgettable. I was expecting this to be more fiery and energetic, but its a laid-back affair with Domino's warm voice and piano leading the songs. The influence of Fats may be undeniable, I'm in no rush to check out any more of his stuff.

Some blues, some rock, some soul sounds, but basically he's a crooner. Short stuff for radio - yawn.

Sorta what feels like the Ed Sheeran of his time, popular in what he wrote and is catchy in certain parts but doesn't hold much substance when diving deeper

most of it wasnt on spotify so i only got to listen to a portion. just not for me.

El álbum presenta una instrumentación que me pareció interesante, especialmente por el uso del piano y los ritmos clásicos del rock and roll. Se nota la calidad musical y la influencia que este estilo tuvo en su época. Algunas letras que logré entender me parecieron bien construidas y coherentes con el estilo del artista. Sin embargo, en lo personal, no fue un álbum que disfrutara completamente. Prefiero otros tipos de música más modernos, ya que nací en los años 90 y este estilo se siente más cercano a la época de mis abuelos. Aunque entiendo su importancia histórica, no logra conectar conmigo como oyente actual. Además, no encontré ninguna canción que me motivara a escucharla en mi día a día, por ejemplo, mientras conduzco después del trabajo. Para mí, la música también debe funcionar como entretenimiento cotidiano, y este álbum no cumplió con esa expectativa. En conclusión, le doy una calificación de 2/5, reconociendo su valor musical e histórico, pero sin lograr generar un gusto personal en mí debido a mis preferencias por otros géneros.

good for background use lol but kinda enjoying though i wasn't paying attention, thus 2 stars (must revise later this)

Not necessarily my taste but also don’t super dislike it.

not so bad. got a little bored by the end, just nudged the score down. favorite song was So Long

Rating: 5/10 I'm not even sure I listened to the right thing. Whatever the collection of songs I listened to actually is, he's a talented old timey guy. Don't think I'll become a of Fats

A little annoying at the beginning, pretty grating by the end. Wasn't vibing with this one 3.7/10

Not really my bag

Pas trop mon style, mais dansant

253/1089 the music is good/alright, as an album i can’t say i really cared for it much but it was a nice vibe to listen to fave: Trust In Me 31/100

I understand the huge impact Fats Domino had on rock and roll but nearly 70 years later this just feels like generic blues/rock. Many of the songs sound very very similar. It has its place in history but for me doesn't really hold up today.

Not an overly appealing sound to me. I'm gonna pass on fats. I respect the hustle, but it just aint for me.

Ja alltså det lät ungefär precis som man trodde att det skulle låta. En del låtar saknades så det var en kort upplevelse.

Meh. That being said, Blueberry Hill

Well, I had to piece this album together on Deezer from various other albums, so who knows if I gave it the proper listening it deserved. This is run-of-the-mill boogie woogie that probably made a few people smile back in 1957. It's an amiable enough listen, but nothing that I find really interesting or exciting.

This seems historically important. But so is the decline of the Holy Roman Empire and yet that doesn't appear on a list of albums I'm supposed to listen to. Blue Monday is the only song I would conceive of listening to again voluntarily. I'm giving a generous 2 because he was thoughtful enough to make these songs only 2 minutes long.

Riktigt gôtt dansbandssväng på flera låtar (det är menat som positivt) och blåset är fantastiskt rakt igenom, det är skivans stora behållning, tillsammans med Fats sång. Sista 3-4 spåren tappar skivan lite styrsel, fanns kanske inte tillräckligt med kvalitativt material. Stark tvåa

Efter att ha lyssnat igenom Fats Dominos skiva rekommenderar streamingtjänsten mig att lyssna på ”Frogman” Henry, som under 50-talet blev känd för att kunna sjunga som en groda. ”Frogman”, som var samtida med Fats, hankade under några magra år dessförinnan sig fram som pianist och trombonist. När han en kväll improviserade fram sin imitation av en sjungande groda satt en av scouterna på Chess records i publiken. De signade honom direkt. ”Aint got no home” blev en hit där ”Frogman” Henry sjunger första versen som människa, andra versen som en liten flicka och tredje versen som groda. ”Frogman” Henry var en sann allkonstnär i dess rätta bemärkelse. Han dog 2024 vid en ålder av 87 grodår. Om Fats Domino har jag inte så mycket att säga. Han gör sitt jobb. Har man hört en låt har man hört alla.

2.5 Stars - half the album was unlisted on Spotify but wasn't bad from what i'd heard.

Doododoooo good vibes yadayada

I’m torn because it was fun to listen to and I liked what’s the reason I’m not pleasing you a lot but I probably won’t think to put this on again…

It swings, it rocks and it rolls but it's a bit too dated for me.

While Fats Domino may be an influential singer, especially in the transition of soul into rock, this album is mostly filler surrounding Blueberry Hill.

Was probably good before all other music existed

Wider Pre-60er jahr. Chani nüd defür wenn sie denn die modern musig noni erfunde hend. 2 mal e dominispizza mit würstlirand bitte

Enjoyable listen, but not something I'd revisit.

I have to be really in the mood for this, or watching a period piece or something. Otherwise it’s kinda boring to me

Not for me lmao

Kinda boring, not my thing.

Objectively good and talented but just not the type of music I am drawn to listen to

i have nothing to say

this couldve been an email

because it's so old i found it hard to enjoy fully. pretty sure i listened to the wrong album, as well

No es mucho mi estilo pero aprecio su valor histórico 2.5

Not really my cup of tea, and I say this at risk of repeating myself, but it was mostly a background music for me that day, sorry... :/

Like working at Happy Harry’s all over again

fun

About half of this album was unavailable on Spotify, but I did manage to find a complete YouTube playlist from a user called "1001 Albums Journey" who must have encountered the same issue 8 years ago. Anyway, another one to file under "appreciate having heard it but have no desire to revisit". Sounds like exactly the sort of thing you'd hear in a smoke-filled dive bar.

Domino wasn’t fat. He was heavily pregnant with rock’n’roll. And his discography is the sound of a slow, pained labour. Yes, this interstitional between pre-rock’n’roll and rock’n’roll has some of the lush, horny orchestration of swing, but it don’t swing. It has some of the unthinking simplicity of rock’n’roll, but it don’t rock. It is the worst of both impulses - big band, with a small band; rock with needless ornaments. Rhythmically leaden, harmonically unsophisticated. Sure, Domino is a charmingly staid presence, but he can hear him gritting his teeth, quelling them screams, the pangs, the tears, the abjection of birth. Within him, a rough beast turns and twists, dragging his slouched body to Memphis to be born. But he is trying to ignore it this whole time - like in Eastenders, when the teenage Sonia didn’t even realise she was pregnant until it was too late. 2 Fats Domino has an interesting voice. It has a quality of surprise at finding itself singing; unshowy, slightly flat but game. The piano playing, when audible, is good too and there are unexpected delights from the rest of the band; the guitar on Reeling and Rocking, the odd drag of the drums on So Long, the horns on Trust in Me. The songs aren’t bad - procedural maybe but I appreciate how much they pack in in their unassuming 2 minutes each. I enjoyed listening to this - a nice surprise. Although it will be a while yet until I am over Vladimir Putin’s version of Blueberry Hill. 2.5/5

Some interesting bits to this but it all sort of went over my head.

Det er ikke noe direkte galt med Fats Dominos This Is Fats Domino, men som er tilfellet med that old rock 'n' roll, er det ikke noe spesielt interessant ved det heller når man ser det utenfor contexten av sin tid. Låter som The Fat Man's Hope beviser på en måte at jazzen var nexusen for det interessante som skjedde i musikken på 50-tallet, mens gitaren i Trust in Me demonstrerer hvordan det var den elektriske gitaren som var den egentlige revolusjonen i rocken. Men på 50-tallet var man som regel for pussy til å shredde, og når man først gjorde det, som på Trust in Me, tar det bakteppe til borgerlige instrumenter som piano og vokal. Det var (så vidt jeg vet) først med Link Wray's Rumble i '58 at den elektriske gitaren fikk være både stjernen *og* elektrisk. Før det foretrekker jeg jazz. Play me some of that old surf rock.

I am simply not interested in this type of music. I dont like this late 50‘s early 60‘s sound and probally never will.

I’m not a huge fan of early rock and roll. I knew Blueberry Hill. It was fine. It was nice and short, but nothing great in my opinion.

I see it, but my mind is not blown

Album #28 Fats Domino: This Is Fats Domino I ended up listening to Fats Domino Swings since I couldn’t find the other album, and it just seemed like a compilation album anyway. Swings seemed to have most of his memorable songs, so I went with that one. An album that is really more essential to listen to for its influence rather than how well it has held up. That isn’t to say it’s not an enjoyable experience, but even less than 10 years after this came out, music had evolved so much to the point that this just seems glaringly outdated compared to music from the mid-60s, which, to me at least, holds up tremendously. But when listening to this album, you can hear the groundwork forming for what would make up much of the rock and roll movement. There are some lovely and timeless songs here, though the production will forever hold it back from appealing to modern audiences. Funnily enough, a few months ago I watched the movie 12 Monkeys, in which the song Blueberry Hill was a prominent part of the plot; and just a few days ago I watched Marty Supreme, in which Timothee Chalamet and Tyler The Creator, ghost ride the whip to the song The Fat Man. So it seems that Fats has remained an icon for his era, as both those movie plots centre around the 50s in some way. Best Songs: Blueberry Hill, Ain’t That A Shame, The Fat Man Worst Song: Bo Weevil Score out of 10: 5.5

boring yawning

It's fine. Nothing to grab on to.

blueberry hill is one of the most important rock records of all time but after about 10 minutes of 50s diner rock i swear i've been listening to the same song the entire time and the playlist is just gaslighting me

OVERALL: This is pretty mediocre, a lot of the instrumentals were basically loops with a solo halfway in between, and his singing is fine but a little stale. I know this was made almost 70 years ago, but there are other albums from around this time that are pretty good and more consistent than this. A lot of the songs aren't mixed very well, and don't have interesting lyrics. They don't sound that bad, but they don't really sound impressive enough in any aspect to be something that you must hear. I guess Blue Monday and Blueberry Hill are good enough? SONG AVG: 5.77083333/10 PERSONAL RATING: 5/10 Blueberry Hill: Pretty catchy, although the lyrics are extremely simple. Nice singing and trumpets, I like the fusion of R&B and rock. Unfortunately, it's really short and very simple. The drums are basically the same for the whole song. 8/10 Honey Chile: I just realized how short this album is. This is shorter than a lot of 'interludes' I've heard, so there isn't much to judge. More interesting lyrics than Blueberry Hill, but the instrumentals are definitely worse. I still like the jazz stuff, but it's so repetitive that it gets kinda stale after a few seconds. 5.25/10 What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasing You): Are all of these songs the exact same thing? The instrumental is repetitive, but it's more interesting than Honey Chile. There isn't anything special here other than the sax solo, which is pretty good so that's nice. His vocals are kinda stale. 6/10 Blue Monday: Blueberry Hill but more interesting in every way. Pretty nice energy, very catchy and great instrumentals. 9/10 So Long: Might as well be an instrumental track, but the instrumental isn't that bad. Still not much going on. 7.5/10 La La: Horrendous mixing, sounds like someone is playing this in an apartment below me while I'm trying to sleep. Also, it's fairly annoying. It doesn't sound that bad, I guess. 3.75/10 Troubles Of My Own: So forgettable. Nice solo I guess. 4/10 You Done Me Wrong: There is one verse, the rest is just Fats screaming OH OH OH OH. I like the instrumental, but the oh's are way too distracting and not mixed well. 4/10 Reeling And Rocking: His vocals are way too loud, but it's pretty good other than that. 6.75/10 The Fat Man's Hop: Pretty nice instrumental, and that's it. There are no lyrics. 6.5/10 Poor, Poor Me: It's so mid. 5/10 Trust in Me: This is the longest song on the album, and it's under 3 minutes. I guess it's interesting, but the solos are not that good and the end is pretty annoying. 4/10

Not my type of music, everything pretty samey.

Um...

A primeira faixa do álbum, a caixa da bateria parece uma caixa de abelha, a partir da segunda já volta ao normal. As coisas estão certinhas nos devidos lugares.. e pra quem gosta do estilo musical considero um bom álbum

5 / 10

Made me want to play backgammon.

Ehh

Just kinda tough to get into man

Recognised more than I expected to but not really my taste.

didn’t really listen properly so maybe my fault i found it boring 17/12

Not my cuppa

Ei kyllä maistu. Kovaa yritystä siellä täällä, mutta varsinkaan tähän mielentilaan ei kolahtanut ollenkaan.

Läski pelinappula varmaan ihan legis ukko, pioneeri ja sillee, mut nyt siitä ei pisteitä ropise. Ei jaksanu edes kaikkia biisejä kuunnella

Eipä tässä nyt mikään kuulostanu mitenkään erikoiselta, samanlaista tauhkaa varmaan miljoona levyä.

Täähän on tätä aikasta rokettirollia mutta vähän on pliisua. Eikä oo taaskaan tarpeeks Fallouttia. Ei lähe oikein millään vaikka kuinka puristelis. Mutta nimestä plussaa jos ei muuta. Ei pysty kyl ees kolmosta nyt antamaan. Ei oo sermiä saati särmiä.

inget som stack ut

old classic stuff that sounds like it

I'm sure it's historically significant, but I seriously doubt it'll get much more play for me.

that was it? fun I guess. reminds me swing dancing with **. two

3.0/10

After a couple of tracks became a bit boring

pretty good. i like the piano it was fun and upbeat. not something i see myself returning to though

I listened to it twice and still can’t remember it.

A thorough exploration of a few chord structures and musical ideas. I do like this kind of mellow bluesy rock and roll and it would have been amazing to hear live, but the recordings are showing their age and nothing really stood out.

Not my style, but I can appreciate how important the artist and music was/is. Listening 2 stars, respect 5 stars.

I wonder what current music will be so much of its time that it cannot possibly make it out of its own era…

Day 67 Voice as smooth as butter but not an album I’d return to. Good but not for me 5/10 Highlights Blueberry Hill

nothing music

Some old albums feel timeless but this just felt kind of old. 50s music is not a preferred genre for me. The lyrics are kinda simplistic and boring

Nice, simple fun listen, but I don't see myself coming back to it very often, if at all. Pretty basic stuff, but still interesting to see where rock was at before it really came into what it's perceived as today.

I see why this was popular, but it didn't really do much for me.

This is fun stuff, and obviously important music. The building blocks for so much that came after is here. That said, I just can't get into pre-Beatles rock 'n' roll. It's a nice listen, but rarely goes deeper than that for me. Standout Track(s): Blueberry Hill, What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You

Okay album. Not really my cup of T...i'd give it a 2/5 or a 5/10

Meh, that's the general feeling I get when listening to this record. I understand the importance of Fats Domino's boogie-woogie piano playing style on early rock (and roll), but man, this is plain dull and repetitive. Also, I'm not charmed of his so called laid-back, but to me almost sleepy, voice either. Not for me. Early rock 'n roll is not my thing, but I rather listen to Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis than this. 1 star for his importance, and one more for the fact that, luckily, this record lasted for only 26 minutes. 2/5

Too 50s

Fats has a beautiful and powerful voice. Not really my kinda music but I enjoyed parts of it. Favorite track: The Rooster Song

Boring?

Placeholder #2 - gotta get to it but it's not available for streaming.

A nice little album. Nothing crazy from my listening, but I can see the influence on future artists, but not something I'll come back to. 2.5/5.

Fats by stage name. Skimps by nature. Outside of Blueberry Hill and Blue Monday i.e songs with ‘blue’ in the title, this album is more like a size zero when it comes to real essential highlights. Such boring, hokey and madly dated bread and butter 50s rock and roll but no butter because that’s too calorific and just a crumb of bread please. Original cover has got good Jack Torrance at a typewriter energy though.

mwa oud. leuk voor een keer op de achtergrond. zal ik nooit opzetten

Meh

Background noise

2.5

nothing special 2me

I can appreciate the influence but I'm not waking up in the morning thinking hey let me play that Fats Domino banger Fav song: Blue Monday (NEW ORDER REFERENCE?!)

Better than Elvis

I guess this must be very early rock and roll because this was mostly piano and horn instruments, which doesn’t exactly sound like rock and roll to me. The first half sounded like department store music. I was bored. The 2nd half was better but not by much.

Not at all a fan but he looks nicd

Dinner music, like music you put on at real low volume.

I get why it's on the list, but not for me. I quite liked the lyrics, but it didn't keep my interest very well aside from that.

Definitely sounds dated. Not my cup of tea.

I wouldn’t have usually ventured into this, but it was enjoyable. I guess that is the whole point of this generator. Grooves, catchy tunes and just generally pleasant. Not sure how many times I’d revisit it, but that doesn’t detract from its validity.

I didn't hate it but it was boring. Blueberry Hill set the tone with it's lazy, laid back, sleepy sound and it rarely picked up after that. I appreciate the influence he gave to other bands but quite frankly all they did was throw in a guitar, drum kit and 100% more effort and enthusiasm.

This is unfortunately a bit boring - understand how it would've been influential but much prefer this style with a more energetic singer, this ends up sounding quite dull.

Whenever I give music like this a low rating it makes me feel very uncultured. That’s not Fats’s problem though.

A bit too 50s pop for me

I'm not saying that Fats didn't have it going on back in his day, but as far as old school Rock n' Roll goes, this was one of them. Fine, but hard to imagine anyone getting too worked up for this one other than to scratch a pseudo-nostalgic itch while eating a milkshake or something. This one slid right off my brain, and for that it gets a 2

Tenho dificuldade com os primórdios do rock n roll qnd ele não é em torno de guitarras

It was ok

Swing jazz. But boring. 2/5

not bad!

Giver mig tidlig Beatles vibes. Som “you’ve really got a hold on me”, som jeg ikke kan huske hvem har lavet oprindeligt Og faktisk også “that will be the day”

“This Is Fats Domino” es un álbum que adelantaba el sonido del R&B, soul e incluso rock que llegaría a su punto álgido en las siguientes décadas y pudo servir de referencia a artistas como Elvis Presley o Paul McCartney. El disco lo componen melodías alegres y letras que abordan temas como el amor o la vida cotidiana. Sin ser un sonido de mi agrado, considero que es un proyecto bien trabajado, que suena realmente bien y la voz del artista es muy agradable de escuchar.

Maybe could be on low in the background. I see the talent, but the recording is nearly 70 years old and it shows. Glad to have listened to it once. I found no thrills here.

Cool, I liked one of the middle tracks and the one near the end with the whistling, but not enough to want. Decent though. 2.5/5 stars.

Maybe pretty good at the time (?) but I won't be revisiting this one

1. Poor Me 2. So Long 3. What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You

Просто джаз. Кого этим удивишь?

Not for me

Até curto uns oldies. Não é meu estilo musical preferido nem nada, mas eu gosto de ouvi-lo as vezes, tenho vários discos e CDs compilando as melhores canções desse período, e muitos deles incluem canções do Fats Domino. Mas ouvindo um disco inteiro dele, não consigo sentir muita coisa não. Mesmo gostando do estilo e tudo mais, o álbum não me prendeu muito. Mesmo com sua curta duração, ele me pareceu longo, laborioso. Uma pena, visto que, tecnicamente falando, tudo aqui está de acordo. Acho que simplesmente não gosto o suficiente do cantor para apreciar um LP inteiro só dele. Mas em compilações de artistas variados ele encaixa como uma luva! 2/5

Honestly I’m sort of annoyed that a compilation record counts as an “album that must be listened to before I die”. That said, I don’t hate the songs on here at all, but I’ll never search them out. This record feels like the equivalent of not changing the station when something comes on that you don’t care about, but you just quit paying attention instead of putting in the hard work of changing the channel. I dunno. I feel like this is just on the cusp of being enjoyable, but just falls short for me. The only thing that would probably save this for me would be a nostalgic connection, but I don’t have that, so, maybe this is a sort of disingenuous 2 for me. I feel like it’s not actually bad enough to warrant a 2, but it’s not a 3 for me either. 2.8, maybe? I just don’t want to round up.

I don't hate it, but it sounds so dated.

Blueberry Hill Good for 1957

I didn't like this as much as I expected to. Most of the songs sound pretty similar, so if I was seeking swing/big band, this isn't the album I'd revisit.

I know it’s kind of classic stuff, but today it’s just one of those albums you didn’t even notice was on, and then it ended.

nothing to say really

Começo do rock and roll. 1950.

When this era really got kicked off.

It's important to listen to this for the historical record, but I'm not into it personally.

Stopped at Blue Monday. I didn’t need to hear the rest. Favorite Track: Blue Monday.

Somebody needs to sample the opening keys on “La La”

Some good songs, but I have a problem with this being on the list since it's a compilation album.

j’aime pas le blues et/ou la musique des années 60

Important artist. Dull album.

Menee taas osastoon ihan kiva. Hyvää laulua, miellyttävän kuuloinen tulkinta. Ei kuitenkaan lumoava.

Enjoyed this, 2.9

For a second there I thought this was the guy they did the movie about in “Be Kind, Rewind”, but that was swing jazz pianist Fats Waller. Man, folks used to get real creative with nicknames back in the day. This is an early rock and roll album. Very bluesy and the Spotify version has surprisingly good mix and production. Cool songs with fun rhythmic variations but can’t say any of this really sticks with me.

This feels like the type of album where I would've much preferred it in a different setting, maybe a bar or a restaurant, or listening to it live. As if right now it didn't resonate with me

Nearly 70 years old and sounds like it.. Belongs in a museum.

Ok, nothing special. Can't give it a 3 as there's albums I enjoyed way more that I rated 3.

Super

Wasn't my cup.of tea

Eeehh?

Thought this would be better than it was but I'm not sure why. It didn't really get going depsite being quite upbeat. Maybe it's just me, but I was just a bit whelmed by it

Another one so generic of the era that I hadn’t noticed when it had finished and songs by two other artists had played(!).

Inte för mig, rätt tråkig blues typ

Det var da fint nok, men accepterede også nemt Spotifys 17 minutter lange udgave af albummet uden at have behovet for at opsøge de sidste numre.

Kedeligt. Bedre når det bliver blues’et end når det er jazz’et

Like just such a forgettable project😂 I won’t remember this in 2 weeks but yk for it’s time it was good nothing special today but Fat Dominoes (stupid name) vocals are very expressive and just make me feel good. Don’t rly have a favourite song just all of them were neither bad nor good. Not even an album but like for me a 5.3/10 2.6/5

I'm not a huge fan of blues music. I don't think the music is bad or anything. The singer had a really nice singing voice. It is just not to my taste.

Its hard to rank something like this. Do I appreciate it? Yes, but would I listen to this on my own a ton? Not so much. I have no context really to even rank it against its peers.

Im sorry I really don’t know what this was…. 28 minutes of hmm music was just funny and like K don’t know. I didn’t particularly dislike it but it was just like ok.

This album is not available on spotify so I guess my rating should be inconclusive

Okay

FATS. One of the great names of all time. I wish this was “Fats on Fire” so I could see Fats on a fire truck. Ah hell. I’m going to google it. Haha. Nice. He’s on that thing. Well. It took way too long to find the correct listing of songs, but some good soul put them together in one playlist. Take it away Fat Man. This is way less fun than I hoped it would be. I don’t know if this is Fats Domino “Chopped & Skrewed,” but it feels like it’s trapped in Molasses. You ain’t nothing but a bundle of joy. They used to be so dismissive of women, did they not? Trying to find the words to describe this bundle of joy, without being disrespectful. Another fine song. Nothing crazy to report back here. Run of the mill 50’s rock. I’m not getting the energy from this vocal performance yet though. This one swings pretty hard. And in the wise worlds of Garfield the cat “We only hate Mondays because of what the world has been shaped into by the Industrial Revolution. A return to humanity would make Monday a beautiful day like any other, but instead, it signifies the chains that bind us to machines not of our own creation.” Or something like that. I could play drums on this album. The little saxophone solo is nice and chilled out though. Not too shabby. I hate La La La’s in pretty much everything. This is the whole song. Perfect. Nah he breaks into some verses. Pretty fun. Standard fare. We all have troubles. Fats is having trouble staying awake by the sounds of it. You’ve done me wrong Fats. This is getting worse before it gets better. Hopefully it does indeed do that. Oh my sweet lord. He teased me with some energy, and then fell right back asleep. It’s like the movie trope where the sleeping security guard almost wakes up. He dies in the verse. This is almost there though. I wanted “The Fat Man’s Hop” to sound way more, well, Fat. A stinker. This rhyme scheme is pretty pungent. Man what an annoying closer. I hate that the 1950’s has emerged as my most popular decade in this experiment. I think I can explain it by saying that there have been fewer albums from this period, we had Miles Davis in there, and the rest have been relatively simple and fun collections of music. Fats Domino almost falls into the final category there but he is doing just enough to irk me on this one. I do have to say, the man sounds comatose. At points he sounds like he’s being propped up in front of a teleprompter. There is barely any singing going on, and while I enjoy the slower, almost heavier, early rock tones; I just wish there was more vitality here. Some annoying tracks and a sleepy vocalist drag this one down into the early stages of mayhem. I’m sad. I wanted to love the Fat man. No fires to be put out here. Just a lukewarm plate of early rock and/or roll. Mostly roll. 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Blue Monday, So Long

Not my style

can not listen. Dead link. Sorry Fats

This is #day161 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... this is Fats Domino, right? A few tracks were blocked on Spotify, so I didn’t bother searching elsewhere and just listened to what was available. Honestly, the music is pretty straightforward—good ol' blues, rock 'n' roll, and all that jazz. Not something I'd be reaching out for regularly, if ever. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day162.

Unsure how to rate this as an album. I think the question (about its inclusion in the 1001) is, have you listened to any Fats Domino before? No? Then you'd be better listening to one of the several greatest hits compilations. Do I like Fats Domino and a few of his songs? Yup sure. I'm less interested in this particular album.

It was okay. His voice was so easy going that it didn’t sound like that he had any personality. The songs needed more life and more improvisation. If I had to pick an artist from New Orleans that I would rather listen to, it would be Louis Prima.

Meh. This didn't really boil my potatoes. It's fine. Just... fine. Some songs hit different but mainly... No.

Respect. Fun. Essential.

only 17 minutes?

Pretty plain 50s album, closer to a 2.5. I like La La though

Really not my sort of music, but not quite bad enough for a solitary star. I might have even gone up to 3 stars if it hadn't been such a chore to find a version of this album that played from start to finish; Spotify only had the first half.

Some familiar songs. I thought the album was kinda slow, and the recordings were a little low quality.

Just the intro notes make me happy, "Blueberry Hill" is so classic and a Mt. Rushmore track for early rock & roll. I'd say the rest of the album is pretty vanilla and not all that compelling, but at the time it was probably a rocking album! The entire album was under 30 mins as each track us around 2 mins long. It was a table setter for what was coming in the late 50's and early 60's as rock & roll blossomed, so it has its place in history and was clearly influential. "Blueberry Hill" is still a great song, still instantly recognizable to the masses and heard in TV and movies. Not sure I'd include it in the T1001 but it has Honorable Mention status.

Not my cup of tea

just don't really see the point of listening to this

das ist so alte musik

I like Fats Domino. So Long is a great song. This was more of a compilation of songs by a great artists rather than an album. He obviously influenced every soul and rock and roll artist of the 20th century so for that I'm forever grateful.

Just ok,

Didn’t hate it

Enjoyable stuff

After listening to this, I'm feeling nostalgic for the innocent days of listening to Jimmy Saville's Old Record Club on Radio 2 on a Sunday afternoon. Luckily for me, this is the only Fats Mr Saville forced down my throat in my prepubescent years. But for its jolly tunes it gets a 2.

It was an okay album. It was nice to listen to but not a lot of these songs are going into the rotation

Maybe it's just the drag of time, but I don't think this album is essential to hear. There's a nice roll to his stuff, but it is all similar to other groups from the mid-50s. Maybe it was groundbreaking, but I wish there was more variety and length to the songs--I wonder if the songs were freer live ...

Like bad Chuck Berry

I get the significance. Just to date. But still fun songs

Fun look back. Not my first choice, but I can respect the significance

A legendary performer by all accounts, in my modern perspective a boring album. I understand that this era of early rock n roll was extremely important in the development of the sound, but it really doesn’t do much for me. Lyrically pretty empty, sonically it’s fine. Not something I’d ever go out of my way to listen to again. 2 stars.

2,4 1,7 1,8 2,2 1,5 1,8 -> 1,9

Meh, not my style. I like some of his stuff, but none of it was on this album.

This was OK. Unrateable even due to statute of limitations

Not my thing

Ok album, very generic old times blues. Nothing stood out to me and just felt like it was missing something. 4/10

Nothing interesting to see here. I get that Fats Domino is considered a legend by many. But this album isn't as good as I expected it to be. And it's also less than 30 mins long. There's better rock n' roll artists out there. 2 stars for "This is Fats Domino".

Short, all kinda sounded the same. Not bad but wouldn’t listen again

Ok. But not my thing

not available on spotify, typically means its a great album... not....

The television show “Happy Days” was filmed in the 1970’s but set in the 1950’s. It was a running gag on the show that whenever Richie Cunningham would “make it” with a girl (offscreen, of course), he’d appear in the next scene, bold as brass, singing Fats Domino’s version of “Blueberry Hill”. It was his way of celebrating what had just happened. His way of giving thanks for being happy, for having indulged in a rite of passage, and for simply being alive. https://youtu.be/o20YZ9B5BaQ?si=V5ceaCHJ4Rl1T7Tq That carrot-topped freak would stroll right past his mom and dad and little sister, walking bowlegged, reeking of sex, sticky love juices quickly drying on his be-freckled face, incubating a virulent case of the clap he’d just picked up in the backseat of his jalopy from Pinkie Tuscadero, with a shit-eating grin on his face and singing “Blueberry Hill.” That nasty little ginger sex fiend had no shame. Walking right up to his cornfed midwestern momma with her bouffant and her apron, doing a “I just blew a bitch’s back out and since this is the 1950’s she’s probably going to get pregnant and have to drop out of school and have the baby in secret in a dingy charity hospital in Chicago and give it up for adoption and slink back into town ten months later and say she was recovering from polio but everyone will know what really happened and she’ll never be employed in anything other than a service job and no one decent will marry her while I marry the bank president’s daughter and start working in his bank as a vice-president right out of Wisconsin University and turn her down for a loan to open a beauty shop fifteen years later because she doesn’t have an upstanding reputation even after all that time and she has this emptiness inside and never stops wondering if her baby is okay” touchdown celebration dance, singing “🎶I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill🎶.”

Once again one of these albums one knows is historically important but one doesn't really like. How to vote. Well, I chose a two. Blueberry Hill is at least one song I can listen to again and again and which I have liked for decades. The other ones typical rock'n roll of the 50s where you really hear very clearly the movement from blues to the "new" form called rock'n roll.

not on spotify???

Fun to listen to, but not something I’ll be coming back to soon.

..

Fast-paced and blessedly short. I can see why people like this, but it's not for me.

One of those germinal 'this is where it all comes from' artists - swinging bluesy piano jazz with a big band and charismatic vocals that sets the template for rock and roll. It's so foundational it ends up sounding very basic and over-familiar going back to it, so hard to enjoy as something other than a kind of museum peice.

Pretty fun, just not really my cup of tea

Youtube

Yep, seminal Also very much can be visualised as part of a Tom and Jerry soundtrack, so much pastiche

I wanted to like it because I enjoyed the Little Richard album a couple days ago so much. I did not like it.

Golden oldie

Loved it actually. But so many amazing records got a 3.

I’m sure it was groundbreaking at the time - quite pleasant now…

I’m sorry, it just bores me. 2.4/5

“If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” I think is the motto of this type of music. Each track is short and very similar to the previous 10 tracks. I like a bit of variety.

Неинтересный ранний рокнролл. Я такую музыку в целом не люблю. Лучшая песня - Blueberry Hill.

If this is Fats Domino, I guess I don't need to listen to more of him.

This album was a let down for me. The audio itself was choppy which likely made it hard for me to enjoy. High two star rating.

Usually I like old timey music but this one did nothing for me.

I'm sure this was exciting at the time but now sounds background.

Blueberry hill , very good and iconic. The rest of the album i found very samey.

Not available anywhere. But I know enough Fats D to rate him a 2.75

Had to listen to each song individually in order as couldn’t find the album…. Enjoyed reading up about Fats Domino and his impact….

Notable track: Blueberry Hill

Gear: Focal Clear (ZMFed) Artwork: wie die Collage aus der wenig begabten Nachmittags-Betreuung eines Vorschülers Mix: bleibt zeitgemäß technisch extrem limitiert und damit immer unter der Oberfläche zu etwas Großartigem Musik: so eingängig "Blueberry Hill" auch ist - dieses Albbum mit seinen kurzen, unaufdringlichen Nummern werde ich aber nicht noch einmal unironisch auflegen Wertung: 🎹🎹(🎹)/5

2.5

puh - it sounds old, for me it‘s an oldie, but not a goldie :-)

Pleasant music nothing special not bad. Glad it was a fairly short album.

Yeah tiz fine Won't revisit High two

Correcto pero muy antiguo y no demasiado de mi agrado.

I liked the fact that the album was short and sweet.

In dit album zitten een enkel hoogtepuntje hier en daar, maar verder is het meer van het zelfde. Vergeleken met een Little Richard, een tijdgenoot, is Fats Domino wat minder interessant en uitgesproken, een net mannetje. Dat maakt het al gauw wat minder boeiend om te onderzoeken en in te duiken. Rating: 6/10 Highlight: Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday

Waar een Chuck Berry en een Little Richard al een stap verder waren in het proces waarin de transitie van rock & roll naar moderne rockmuziek centraal stond, zijn mannen als Fats Domino een belangrijke schakel in de evolutie van blues en jazz stijlen naar rock & roll. Dit album geeft die kentering goed weer, waar de delta blues de confrontatie zoekt met jazz en New Orleans brass, wat een aangenaam en zo nu en dan swingend R&B album tot gevolg heeft. De opener 'Blueberry Hill' is een klassieker met de hoofdletter k, en is met deze versie wel echt toegeëigend door Fats. Het zet je direct met beide benen in Fat's French Quarter. Legendarische opener, maar ook een piek waar de rest van het album alleen maar naar op kan kijken. 'Blue Monday' doet een verwoede poging, met een resultaat waardig aan het niveau van 'Blueberry Hill'. M'n favoriete instrumental van de plaat, vanwege de opzwepende crescendo's. Voor de rest is het gewoon een aangename verzameling rhythm & blues songs, maar mist het de aanstekelijke energie waar het genre later in de 50s mee werd verrijkt. De status van Fats Domino als een centraal figuur in de bruisende New Orleans muziekscene, en zijn cruciale betrokkenheid bij het kneden van het rock & roll-genre, mag niet onderschat worden. Toch vond ik het wat moeilijker om die invloeden tijdens het luisteren van dit album op waarde te schatten, en is het werk wat minder expressief als het debuut van Little Richard. Ik vibe wel goed op deze transitiefase in de muziekhistorie, maar veel verder dan een enjoyable listen kwam het niet. 6,5/10 Highlights: Blueberry Hill Blue Monday

Houd wel van de sound van de 50's en zeker ook wel van Fats. Blueberry Hill is een banger en alles lijkt op elkaar dus ja, dan ben je snel voorzien. Echter... Misschien heb ik het niet aangezet op het juiste moment en de crappy YouTube playlist heeft zeker niet meegeholpen maar vind het eigenlijk wel gewoon wat saai. De nummers lijken teveel op elkaar en daar raak ik toch wat snel op uitgekeken. Ben iets anders gaan luisteren, en dat zegt vaak voldoende... 6,5/10 Highlights Blueberry Hill

Music from before my time. All songs very similar and out of date. Good jazz piano by The Fat Man (2.3*s)

Chillin with the Fat Man. Some catchy tunes. A little dated obviously but holds up if you want something to dance around the kitchen to. I prefer Fats over some of the other albums on the list from the era...2.45.

Sorry Fats, it wasn’t you it’s me…..not a fan of New Orleans’ jazz, rockabilly and the 50s more generally so I don’t think I was ever going to like this one

Didn’t actually listen bc I couldn’t find it on Spotify so I’m just gonna assume it’s a 2

I understand the romanticism of the era, but jeez Fats could you not get better musos. About the only that nearly got a response from me was the horns, but then they'd drift badly out of tune and the moment was gone

Thanks Antoine (Fats) Domino., your legacy is strong and valuable. It's not my delight, but it is others, and I'm pleased you are remembered fondly. Joyous plunking R&B, but so short and brief. 2 stars.

This sounded like the typical 50s album. It was nice but it was pretty much the same throughout all the songs.

Fats was a vibe! Very concise album that showed off Mr Domino’s many talents. Just not a go-to style of music for me!

ok

Fats Domino, Derek & The Dominos, Phats & Small - think about it. 2.4

An artist at the cutting edge of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s, but, whilst fine, this doesn't have a huge appeal in 2024. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Blueberry Hill Date listened: 26/02/24

Another case where I'm sure he was great at the time, but it didn't do much for me listening to it 70 years later.

I can’t front, I know Fats Domino is a big deal and a huge influence on rock music as a whole, but this is grandpa music. Just not very interesting from a modern perspective. Best song: Blueberry Hill

Sure it’s good, sure he’s one of the greats. Doesn’t mean I want to listen to it.

Blueberry hill is really all you need to listen to

Veldig gammeldags, det svinger og er hyggelig, men gir meg ikke så mye mer enn det

Only about half of these songs are available to stream online, but from what's available, it's just totally fine. Inoffensive and nothing remarkable.

Meh, I’m sure it was entertaining back in the day.

Belongs on this list, but no my thing.

It's fine? Kinda hard to listen to since half the songs were copyright blocked on Spotify lol

I respect the Fats Domino hustle and 50's music in general, it's just not for me. It's slow and boring.

I understand that 1001 albums is a lot of album so fillers are to be expected, but like . . . this is 1957 chief. Little Richards, Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, his contemporaries were pumping out far more memorable material. There's a quality to his voice, but it's not something I would revisit. 4.35/10.

Boring and samey to me

Бле, этот альбом невозможно найти. Фатс домино выпускал тыщу альбомов с таким названием. А должен быть _один_ Ну что тут сказать, это толстый чёрный ритм-блюз. Песни простые, с простой житейской душевной лирикой. Музыкально -- не сказать что это что-то выдающееся! Может, это основоположник жанра, может что ещё -- но все эти приёмы я уже слышал. Ну норм, ничего особо, две звезды, едем дальше.

I dunno man, I just cant feel it. Not really for me.

Das erste Lied ist gut. Die weiteren sind so La La.

13 is an unlucky number, and it appears that this day is probably the most... mixed reaction thus far. fats i've read is a great pianist, and his voice has a real nice tone and twang; i truly do feel like he could make some awesome stuff if he really wanted to. but unfortunately, this album is just not one of those great ones. typical typical typical rock from this time. half the songs sound the same to me. it's just... this isn't one i would recommend.

Not my jam. 2

DK - Beautiful sounding album, really amazing to get to the roots of where R&B merged and created rock & roll. So many stand out tracks at the start for me, my favorites being 1. Honey Chile 2. What's the reason for not pleasing you 3. La La However, this album does taper off slightly after the first six tracks, slightly losing steam and having some tracks feel pretty similar to others. Another album unfortunately with lots of portions missing off streaming. I appreciate the fact that it is a tight concise album (runtime of 31 mins with the bonus tracks). Fun little album, probably won't revisit any tracks except for the top 3. Rating - 2.5/5 // Aaron - As you would expect of a 50s album, the instrumentals are always on point and a pleasure to listen to, however, the overall songs weren't that enjoyable. While I can appreciate the obvious influence as a pioneer of sound Fats Domino has had, it would be disingenuous to rate this higher than I enjoyed it which is a 2/5. This woulda been a bop in the 50s though.

Nicht so meins

This was a really difficult album to find and listen to because it's not really an album, it's a compilation. And only half of it was available to me so that sucked. But this type of music is always fun and easy to listen to. He had a certain quality that makes his seem more special than the other artists like him.

This Is Fats Domino! is the third album by R&B pianist and vocalist Fats Domino. This is a rock 'n' roll album that sold 50,000 copies in just three months. I think this album is showing its age. The music and vocals sounded dated, and one can tell this album was produced during the early transition from blues rock to rock 'n' roll. It's not the same rock that were used to today.

Simple uplifting R&B of the 50s

I kind of like it conceptually (the vibes mostly), but it's really dated. >1957 must be the oldest album we've listened to Nope! It's Sinatra, ~1955 if I remember correctly. I remembered because it's the first album in the book

Bastante guay el rollo, se le nota el precursor del rock. Pero un poco verde, lo noto aún. 2.5/5

It was okay! Not rly my vibe tho.

classic blues but not really my thing

While Fats is a pioneer of the Rock genre, I can only appreciate its novelty.

Mysigt men lite daterat

I'm glad I listened, and I hear the greatness, but I'm not sure this changes anything.

ok

Was he part of the Colgate Comedy Hour? What happened to the old lady's rooster? What a shame. 2/5, not really for me. It's good old timey big band jazz I guess? Didn't really do much for me.

Onhan tämä melko vanhanaikaista. Ei tätä useampaa kertaa ehkä laittaisi kuunteluun, mutta näin historiallisena kuriositeettina aivan ok. Pari klassikkoakin matkassa.

An audio assault in terms of engineering, very repetitive after a while... It also makes me wonder what it would've sounded like had it been recorded & produced with today's equipment...

Maybe historically relevant but does not feel worthwhile as an independent listen.

2/5

wasn't to my taste really.

This definitely peaks with the first song, as the rest of the album is very bland proto-rock 'n' roll with no substance save for some nice instrumentals and surprises peppered throughout (the instrumental, the guitar in the final track, etc.). It certainly isn't a bad album, but considering this album is already confusing enough to track down what to listen to, it isn't really worth the end result.

this is fine

Production on it is so... old. Also was only 19mins for me which was a bit underwhelming.

I'm trying to come up with something more positive than 'some of the songs are good, and he wrote them way back then'. But that's it. Listening now, this is an incredibly pedestrian meander through some old rock 'n' roll songs that is as dated as you would expect. 2 / 5 stars.

Old school dance music, pretty low energy by today's standards.

its ok, but i'd never listen to it.

Historically important but not my cup of tea.

This is Fine.

Rock and roll 1957.. Pystyy ennalta arvata miltä kuullostaa uskomattoman geneerinen.. Aivan mitäänsanomaton mutta heh silti nautinnollinen..

simply too old, sounds like its coming out of a gramophone

While no doubt a pioneer for rock & roll, many of Fats Domino's songs are just fine. He plays it safe by playing a tried-and-true approach to songwriting, which is mostly inoffensive. Yeah, this is fine.