This Is Fats Domino

10 years ago a simple idea was born. That every Monday a setlist should be produced and shared that is exactly 10-tracks, no more and no less. While the idea has gone through many tweaks and evolutions over the years since, the core is as solid today as it ever was. 160711_chump sauce, my first setlist contribution to this wellspring of joy, first track: Blue Monday-Fats Domino First track.

Well I’m glad I bought the book because I never would’ve found this on Spotify based on the title. (It’s the playlist with the Sufjan Stevens song at the end)

Sometimes music from this era annoys me and sometimes it’s exactly what I feel like I need to be listening to. I feel like this album was a perfect way to start my day.

I love original 50's Rock and Roll and Fats often gets overlooked. Great album

The thought of my man Dennis from work getting crunk to this justifies my rating. Also the horns are real nice, real NOLA flavor (7/10, 3/5 on this scale)

Pretty good, very good vibe

I Found My Thrill on Blueberry Hill 1001 Albums Generator 359 (9/28/2026) Inoffensive old school rock and roll. However, no individual song really stuck out to me, the whole album just is in one ear and out the other, never becoming obnoxious, but never becoming great. Definition of a 2.5/5, rounded up to a 3 for being fine. Favs: Blueberry Hill Honey Chile Blue Monday Least Fav: Poor, Poor Me

Not something I’d naturally go for, but this is 30 minutes of just good songs. It’s of its time, but still enjoyable

Good vibes l

JL : 2, Blue Monday

As one of the earliest albums on this list, I can't fault it for sounding like many sounds that I've heard before since this has undoubtedly gone on to inspire whole genres of rock and roll. It's a catchy album and I enjoyed listening to it.

Not for me, but not bad. 3 leaning 2, but going to give a 3 because if someone had this on I wouldn't be annoyed or bothered. I just wouldn't really listen to it on my own.

Look I think Fats is great, but I do not think a compilation album is essential listening.

some cool songs

Highlights: Blueberry Hill, So Long, La La Version #1, Poor Me and Blue Monday. 3.1

6.3/10

Not really sure I even found the right album as I had to listen on Youtube! But I did enjoy the songs on that playlist at least:)

This was a good album by the Fat Man. With his big hit Blueberry Hill. Some covers done well and original songs.

Enjoyed this

Great rock’n’roll album. It was time I listened to it.

I spent so long trying to find something to say about this album but I knew in my heart that all there was to say was: certified fiver.

escucho esto y pienso en cintura pequeñita. chasquilla redonda. labios brillantes.

Ah oui, Fats Domino ! Je connais pratiquement pas le gars, mais j'adore Blueberry Hill et c'est justement l'album sur lequel cette chanson se trouve, alors forcément, ça fait bien plaisir ! Le reste de l'album est à l'avenant. C'est fort agréable à écouter et Fats Domino a une voix qui me parle beaucoup, riche en personnalité, etc. Alors c'est un chouïa redondant, les albums de l'époque avaient souvent ce petit défaut, mais je vais pas faire la gueule, je suis super content de l'avoir entendu. EDIT : alors, visiblement, c'est le bordel. Parce que l'album listé par Robert Dimery est celui de 1957 (et pas celui de 1956 que j'ai écouté). Quant à la pochette bleue affichée ici sur le site, c'est encore une autre chose. Bon ben je vais aussi écouter celui de 1957 et je revendrai donner mon avis sur celui-ci aussi, puisqu'apparemment, c'est le plus influent des deux et celui que j'étais censé écouter. EDIT 2 : eh ben non seulement il était très bien aussi, mais il était aussi plus varié au niveau de l'instrumentation, ce qui est une amélioration par rapport au premier. Décidément, deux belles écoutes en une journée ! Allez, ça sera un 4 bien mérité pour les deux !

fun, felt like dancing in a military tent in the 40s after the war like in captain america yk

Maybe not the best album to get right after 3 hrs + of The Gershwin Songbook, but 50s music usually does makes me happy and this is no exception. A quick, fun listen.

Buenas vibras

Cant find this on streaming so ill come back to it

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some songs missing off spotify, its alright kind of meh

Maybe it was revolutionary at the time, I have no idea. Right now though, its not great.

If this is a greatest hits there must be some shite on his normal albums

You can just tell how influential Fats was, kicking about some length of time

Nice piano rhythm. Simple and fun but a bit similar across the album.

Scratched my brain in all the right places!!!

Cool album, I enjoyed listening to this in the morning

This album doesn't seem to exist on streaming services, but I listened to some compliation tracks and it was solid.

Disco interessantíssimo de um músico que nunca ouvi falar. Voz marcante, músicas bem legais e contagiantes. Pode ser considerado talvez um ‘mais do mesmo’ do gênero, mas isso não tira o fato de que é disco muito bom e bem feito.

Приємний рок-н-рол/рнб. Не без філерів, що для альбому на 27 хвилин звичайно не дуже прикольно)

Легенда рнб 50х, але сказати про цю музику мені нема чого.

I grew up with Fats Domino as part of all the other Oldies station stuff and feel like this particular record was put in the book since they couldn't just add actual compilations into the count. It's boogie-woogie 1950s piano rock stuff, and it starts to sound the same when played in a row. As an album, it's a big Meh. I'd rather just put on a Best-Of if I'm feeling Fats (which is very rarely to begin with...). (3/5)

This was really good. 4 stars for me. It was fun!.

Cuando piensas que grabaron esto en vivo, entiendes el talento que tenían estos artistas

Artiste connu de nom uniquement. Blues rock bien exécuté. Les morceaux sont courts, avec des chorus de cuivre pertinents. Découverte intéressante donc, mais je ne suis pas fan du style par ailleurs, donc je ne suis pas sûr de le réécouter. =>2/5

Cool album to listen to. I can hear how he was so influential to rock music as well with this album. I really enjoyed 'Blueberry Hill' and 'Reeling and Rocking'.

Some real toe tappers in here

Not my thing but cool chance to timetravel to 50s new orleans

Fats is good fun, but I feel like this music is so dated that it doesn’t reach me anymore. Maybe I’d feel differently on another day, but Fats was hardly transformative. Still, the hits are the hits. Maybe I should listen to Carbs Jack.

Fabulous album! Listen with friends and one yelled... this is a 5 stars for sure!

I enjoyed this on a Sunday morning. A quick burst of fun. That's what she said

Rad

I listened to this once, thought it was good. Listened again, now thin it's great

Easy listen

“Life is good, but it can be better” Esta persona no dijo esa frase, pero es lo que me transmite el álbum.

Creador del rock? Aburrido, meh, hay albumes mejores, hay peores, qcy.

Could not find this album but listened to another and recognized several of the songs. Loved it!

Ok'ish early rock

Not exactly prodigal, but absolutely born to be a rock and roll pioneer. It'd be so cool to see how the energy was live.

Not rly my vibe but not bad.

Un bel blues, lui voce sopraffina. Struttura delle canzoni riconoscibile ma al contempo con stratificazioni, oltre alle 12 bars. Nel complesso un ascolto divertente. Le canzoni si assomigliano tutte abbastanza, quindi non riesco a scegliere la mia preferita

I couldn't find the album so I just listened to his stuff for like 40 minutes. it's pretty good

Es un disco normalito 2,5/5. Igual es una escucha divertida. Las letras no son nada del otro mundo, su voz diría que es lo que más resalta. Pero lo disfruté.

nice and enjoyable

3/5. Finding this album was part of today’s journey. Not on streaming and on YouTube it has a different name and album cover, but the same release year and track-list so I’m like 95% sure it’s the correct thing. Rating non-jazz albums from before the 60’s always feels somewhat difficult, because it feels somewhat unfair to think of them the same way you would an album from that decade or later. As back then albums usually just vehicles for the hit singles to be placed on, with other songs thrown on as a bonus, the album as a cohesive whole wasn’t really as much of a thing yet outside of some jazz records. That being said, this Fats Domino album is a pretty solid collection of songs. You get the big hit right out the gate with “Blueberry Hill” and there’s some other highlights too such as “Blue Monday” which has a great instrumental moment about halfway through. The biggest issue for me here is that a lot of the songs are samey, a lot of 12-bar-blues backing instrumentals with songs of love and heartbreak sung over them. Solid songs individually but when put all together it doesn’t make for the best album experience.

okay, i know *of* Fats Domino, at least. i've got that going for me. i'm having a real hard time finding a place to listen to this one. i think i'm going to have to manually listen to individual tracks. it doesn't help that he evidently also released an entirely different album called 'This Is Fats' lmao HOLY FUCK. okay. Blueberry Hill. i am, sort of, kind of, extremely familiar with this song, for the stupidest and weirdest reasons. when i was maybe 10 years old i played a very esoteric mod, Half-Quake Amen. it's weird and surreal and meta and has some sort of kaizo mario-ass mechanics. whether it's 'good' is not something i'm prepared to tackle, but i had absolutely never fucking seen anything like it, and we were several years away from contemporary indie games existing and playing with the medium like that. it completely changed my ideas of 'what can a video game be'. it has a bunch of music in it- some homemade, but also a bunch of existing stuff. it was the first time i heard Come To Daddy, for example, and it has a loop that i loved and didn't find out was a fucking Nine Inch Nails song for another 12 years or so. this is getting very long-winded but tldr there's a stupid fucking song where these austrian motherfuckers sing about the game, and that song has been in my head for over 2 decades, and today i have learned that they're singing over Blueberry Hill. anyway, Blueberry Hill's a good song i like Blue Monday but i do feel like it's musically quite similar to Blueberry Hill a *lot* of these songs sound very similar, actually, lol his voice on Troubles Of My Own is good and he's also really strong on You Done Me Wrong. i wasn't as convinced earlier. also You Done Me Wrong is fun in general okay no Reeling And Rocking is where i understand that he's a great singer lol The Fat Man's Hop is a hard song to find. i really love the brass here but this is identical piano to Blueberry Hill Trust In Me's great. maybe my favorite because of how i'm having to do this i'm getting autoplayed into other stuff that's not on this album and liking it more, honestly. I'm Walkin' is real good, i like Jambalaya huh! i feel like a plebe for not rating this higher but i've got some issues here. there are several songs that all sound very, *very* similar, and i don't think his singing is as strong on some tracks as it is on others. i think this album has some great stuff on it, but i'm not sure i'd rank it as a great whole album. it's a bit uneven. it's also frankly just not really my taste; i think i prefer other genres from this era. this falls into the category of things that are *so* foundational i can't really get a grip on how i feel about them learning that i've known Blueberry Hill for most of my life was crazy though

nice

Classic songs

fats! i have loved you since the fifth grade during my 50s obsessive phase. very familiar with all of these but always a pleasure to listen through, crazy how different he was in a way i can only really appreciate today listening to it older.

Not a bad album. Some classic songs

Not a favorite

I started off thinking this was going to be a low 4, since it isn't really my style, but I was enjoying it. But as it went on, I just found myself being less and less interested. Still a decent album overall, but not something I would ever really return too. High 3.

Really good album! It's Rock N' Roll, but without the electric guitar being the primary instrument. It's amazing how Fats Domino did that! Most of the songs have a horn section and that really complements the rest of the song! Amazing!

Fine, struggled to find this version of the album which didn't help

Very nice classic R&B album. The guys from that era must have been drinking the nectar of the gods to get their amazing voices.

1055 - "Here's your juice box and orange slice. Thanks for coming."

Some of the best original swing music. Voice is so distinctive but can be a bit of a grind to listen to.

Blueberry Hill : 3 Honey Chile : 2 What’s the reason I’m not pleasing you : 2 Blue Monday : 2 So Long : 3 La La : 2 Poor Poor Me : 2 It might have been groundbreaking back then, but I don’t think it aged well. There’s better albums in the 50’s than this one. Glad I’ve listened to it though. But it’ll probably the last time. 2/5

Definitely a weaker point in my typical listening rotation, but it was an enjoyable listen despite this. Modern streaming platforms also don't see to have this album in their discography, just variations of it or similarly named ones, luckily their was a playlist on Spotify that worked. Fats is often considered to be one of the pioneers of rock and roll, and I can see why that is the case. Beautiful instrumentals, with typical lyricism and messaging for the time. Favorite Song: Blueberry Hill Score: 82/100

This style of music is all my dad listens to and it drives me absolutely insane. I think there’s something weirdly repetitive about the instrumentals that irritate the hell out of my brain. I know he was influential but my personal musical taste cannot stand it.

Okay songs the lyrics are fun 5.8/10

Pleasant

Not bad for nearly 70 years old. But limited in appeal for me. I'd not mind if somebody put this on to listen to, but I'm not seeking it out for a re-listen. And having just read the whole bullshit about which actual album is the correct one to review, I'm definitely not bothered to go back for a 2nd look.

It certainly is! I'm unsure if calling yourself “Fats” is empowering or a sad commentary on how if you're in a larger body it's all someone sees. But this dude is getting thrilled on Blueberry Hill, so who's really losing? You and I, thrill-less as we are. Anyway, sometimes I wonder about what made someone popular in this era. Domino doesn't have a classic crooner voice, but I like it. It feels down to earth and conversational in a way I appreciate. It seems out of place in his era, though. He also has a solid band, leaning into jazz and ragtime and blues… a lot of the big acts like this are too polished or too reserved. Domino has players playing. It makes you able to picture dancing to these guys at a club. Maybe that's the key: these guys feel tight and together like they are Fats’ band and not just the studio band. If Domino had to run to the bathroom, you'd be in good hands with these guys. This is mostly pretty classic pop-blues of the time, but Blueberry Hill does stand out a bit. I wouldn't call it the best here, though. Blue Monday is probably the owner of that medal, though in general I like the second side better, leaning into the blues as it does. “Honey Child” is the clear misstep, which is a shame given it is so early in the album. It doesn't really stand out from dozens of these songs that give bland praise and platitude toward a love interest of indeterminate age. But the overall package of early singles is pretty enjoyable if simple. Sometimes you don't need much. I'll push this right up to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I dig it.

Cooler Swing Sound

ja ganz nett

Geiler Typ, Geiler Sound

making a playlist of the album took longer than listening to the it

Incredibly valuable, electric and important to listen to! Within my stupid criteria for this list i am ever so slightly penalizing it because it isn't much of an album experience

Not great; had to watch on YouTube. All over the place.

Easy listening, probably new at the time but it's not the 50s so i don't know

Really enjoyed this one. The man oozes cool and the short, snappy songs made it a great listen. 3.5/5.

Loved it

Easy to listen to and fun. But, not a lot of stand out songs. A good listen but not great. 3.5 on the 3 side.

Definitely a fun listen. I love a lot of music from this time period I feel like. Probably 3.5 territory? Spotify had 5 songs that were unavailable, so I couldn't listen to the album the whole way through, but the songs I could listen to were enjoyable. They were quick, upbeat, and fun! No takeaways (I do have a playlist where they could probably go), but enjoyed it!

Really smooth and great, he's a classic and this is a solid 4 star album for me

This album isn't available on any of the streaming platforms so I pieced together a playlist of the songs from various compilations. Couldn't find one of the tracks. It doesn't matter. The music is fun and well-performed. The Platonic ideal of early Rock and Roll. 5 stars.

I like, high safe krass. Drei Sterne

I enjoy Fats' music, but I think it might be best enjoyed through a "Best of" compilation - Ain't That A Shame.

No entiendo el appeal de Fats Domino. A lo mejor necesito más oírlo, pero me gustó más la canción de little Richard que salió después de escuchar todo el disco en Spotify

Idk man... It's so easy to hear genres like "doo-wop" and call everything samey and generic. Maybe music from this era was best experienced over the radio where there was a little more variation between artists who were filling a role or something. I don't want to be too harsh but after the 3rd song sounding like the other two it made it a little harder to listen intently to this album. Favorite(s): none Least: none 1.5/5

Fav: same as everyone else’s Blueberry Hill L: Blue Monday 1 With respect to Fats and his contribution to the music world, I did not enjoy this one. It’s a cool piece of history but the recording hit a similar nerve as the Orange Juice one. The rhythm piano was especially grating to me and it was in like every song. I think part of my problem with it is just the limitations of the recording in that era. Album Cover: 2 I guess this was before they really tried but Fats has a great smile so that boosts it up. Album Title: 1.5 I guess this was also before they thought about naming albums

I do not frick with rock and roll. It's mostly pretty annoying. I like some bits that are a little more bluesy or jazzy, but then I may as well listen to blues or jazz. And the audio quality wasn't very good. It kind of hurt my ears, and not in a based noise rock or harsh noise kind of way. Maybe it's a harsh rating, idk. But I yam what I yam. 1/5

Easy listening blues. Not my go to genre but man Fats can play the keys.

Couldn’t find this exact album but I found some version of it. I liked it but it’s not something I’d listen to regularly.

Best kind of music. No notes

Not sure if I listened the correct album, but I did listen to Fats Domino. I really liked it.

This is just pleasing to listen to. And where so many people drew their influence from later on. Really cool, Fats is the man.

Quick, fun. Blueberry Hill is a classic. Great album for cleaning day!

Love it!

The man could play and sing. Hard to find his albums though.

He has great talent but this album isn’t easy to find

Solid jazz. So much better than Morrissey. Very unpretentious. Fun to listen to, literally the only downside was this was kinda annoying to track down, but that is not Fats' fault. Stupid music industry.

Hard to find but these are classic, old school early rock tunes. Short & sweet. 3.5 stars

get it fat boy

I missed 1-2 minute songs, just gets right to it. The Spotify summary feels telling, it’s the same song the whole time but it’s a really good vibe. Sometimes music doesn’t need to be crazy and unique, I think you could put this record on in almost any setting and it probably wouldn’t offend anyone. It’s precisely 2.5 stars but I guess I’ll give it a 2

Certainly consistent. I do love the music, but the exact same song 14 times in a row is a tough lesson regardless of how much I like this song. Kind of torn on this one. I would still say it's better than average.

Fat boy can really play. It’s good and makes me feel like I’m thinking of a different tjme. It transports me.

Very influential but very dated

This is good however very samey

Some really great tunes

Classic good stuff

It’s ok but I can kinda see where the start of rock comes from. Obviously he had a huge impact on creating the genre

He’s just a chill dude

Jamais écouté avant. La découverte d'un pionnier, que je ne connaissais que de nom, est toujours un bon moment, ne serait-ce que pour la valeur "historique" de l'écoute. Ici, on est vraiment aux prémisses de ce qu'on appellera plus tard le rock'n roll (d'ailleurs, Fats Domino lui-même refusait cette étiquette, se revendiquant plutôt du rhythm and blues). Il n'y a même pas de guitare ! Pas grand chose de plus à dire, ça s'écoute bien, ça n'est pas très long, et heureusement, parce que ça devient vite monotone et un peu vieillot, mais c'est une pièce essentielle des fondations de quasiment l'ensemble de la musique pop d'aujourd'hui, en particulier du rock, évidemment, et pour ça, ça mérite d'être écouté et reconnu. Top : Blueberry Hill Flop : The Fat Man's Hop

Primórdios do rock'n'roll, ainda bastante influenciado pelo soul, blues, boogie-woogie e até jazz. Merecidamente citado no livro.

14 songs Ahh yes, quite exquisite music for the Club Penguin Ski Lodge! Short and sweet songs, had a real good time listening to this

Notable Textzeile: Woke up this mornin' Feelin' low Where my loved one used to live She ain't there no more Tight, kurz, immer eine oder zwei coole Ideen angefangen, ausgeführt und nicht übertrieben verlängert. Das ist echt super, ich möchte ne Platte.

So sollen Drums und Bläser zusammen arbeiten. Eine Lektion in Spieldisziplin und souveräner Bandleadership, die Fats Domino erlaubt zu scheinen und schunkeln. Ist damit auch total glatt und mono-ton, man hätte sich ein bisschen mehr Edge gewünscht. Aber schön.

Wie sagt man? Evergreen? Klassiker? Sowas auf jeden Fall. Melodien die nicht alt werden, immer irgendwie was auslösen und die gerade die Bläserparts machen schon Laune.

Some fast, fun 50s. Crank it up and do the twist (that was Chubby Checker). Top track: “Blueberry Hill”

--Blueberry Hill...tit bit sleazy. sleazy is good --Honey Chile...a little dated for my millennial ears but it swings --What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You...toe tapper. finger snapper. it's fun but a little safe (understandable for the time) --Blue Monday...here we go. R&B? rock n roll? whatever, it's great --So Long...sweet, sexy sax --La-La...this is fun. another toe tapper --Troubles of My Own...blues --You Done Me Wrong...definitely rocking a li'l bit --Reeling and Rocking...more sleazy blues. again, sleazy is good --The Fat Man's Hop...rockin' instrumental --Poor Poor Me...saxes are dirty as hell. love it --Trust in Me...eat your heart out, Dick Dale

Not an actual album and half of it wasnt on Spotify but.... great handful of tunes all the same

Well, shit - I completely regret my negative attitude going into this because it was a damn good time. Every song was short and sweet, and my rating is only as such because this isn't a genre (or musical decade) I return to often. Regardless, I can absolutely see why this album made it onto this list, since Fats is a pioneer when it comes to early rock & roll. He's got a great voice and is a stellar pianist to boot. Favorite tracks: Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday, You Done Me Wrong

Muy bueno el tipo. Entretenido álbum. Una voz que, sin destacarse banda, te tiene ahí. Muy expresivo. 7/10

50's rock of this type makes me nostalgic for drives with my parents. Blueberry Hill being sung by my mom while my dad nodded along. Good times.

This is classic '50s early rock and roll. Driven by strong piano and an excellent voice, these are simple songs well done.

Not my cup of tea but it isnt bad.

Was an ok album I find it hard to review a older sounding release it does sound of it's time but I liked the sound fats voice is great and the music was solid

😃

7/10 Nice little record, very bluesy. Just happy it wasn’t a double album

8.5/10 = was very close to giving a 5 and i might go back and edit not sure yet, really nice and easy to listen to and i can see how he inspired a lot of future genres and sounds, super good voice and reminded me of my grandad quite a lot

Half of the songs weren't available on Spotify but it just sounds like a classic soul album.

Couldn’t find it streaming but got to hear most. Impressive and super catchy. More of singles than an album,

Favorite songs: Blueberry Hill, What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasing You, Blue Monday, Troubles of My Own, You Done Me Wrong

Give me a feel and reminder of my late uncle. I think he would love to hear this if he hadn't already. Im loving the new Orleans sound and song. Its just a little bit of blues inspired it sounds like as well.

I love this so much. This is classic Nawlins r&b, soul and blues with perfect song after perfect song.

Rate: 10/10.

I really like this very enjoyable

Aw he such unnie chubbie bunny kawaii fat

not for me

Fun! Happy songs, sad songs, love songs. Everything with a swing. Great band accompagnement.

Very enjoyable listen, fun and danceable. Lots of similar songs (to my ear) is my one complaint.

Makes me want to dance

Now this is a perfect jazz album

Interesting title, as soul music wasn't used as a genre term until 1961. But along with Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and James Brown, Fats played a role in expanding the horizons of R&B, planting the seeds for soul, especially the funky New Orleans variety. Everything he did was all killer no filler.

Classic album, definitely hear the beginnings of Rock & Roll, leading to Elvis and early Beatles among others. Fun listen.

Amazing!

Profoundly easy to listen to but a little bit bland in the way that most stuff that broke through the 50's mainstream tends to be for me. Probably not the fault of Fats Domino -- that's likely a testament to how ingrained in the culture some of his work has become. It's all very good music but it doesn't hold my interest particularly. 'Mardi Gras In New Orleans' is a great example -- a nice enough song but without much of the character of its namesake. According to Christgau, "though his bouncy boogie-woogie piano and easy Creole gait were generically Ninth Ward, they defined a pop-friendly second-line beat that nobody knew was there before he and Dave Bartholomew created 'The Fat Man' in 1949." I guess "generic" representations of subcultures and regional styles have been a part of "pop-friendly" rock & roll since the very beginning. I guess you should listen to this and decide for yourself. These days, it just sounds inoffensive. Great voice, great piano playing but the music is so subsumed by our current culture that it reads as entirely unremarkable, today. A cautious 3/5.

I don't know

Great parkrun album. Such a charismatic voice. Ticks lots of boxes.

low 4

A wonderful jazzy blues record that does everything you could want in an album. Fun, heartfelt, engaging, and has a nice ballad or two thrown in for good measure. Zero wasted space, wholly enjoyable

Not me thing

Energetic music. I somewhat recognize this ones significance having talked about the artist in history of music course back in college. However, not for me. Glad it was a shorter album

Totally exceeded my initial expectations - these are some fun songs Not my bag, but glad I got to listen to them nevertheless A solid three

Bien de los 50s. Me gustó, además fue corto.

Smooth rock and roll, even though I am two generations (or more) removed from this music, the urge to dance is strong. Three very strong songs, the others are fun for a listen, but not nearly as memorable.

classic

Not sure this counts as an album tbh, but some great tunes on here that still have a swing to them. 3

Growing on my appreciation for rock and roll pioneers .

I'm pretty sure I have a copy of this on vinyl somewhere. It's decent blues piano rock. Simple as that. He plays and sings well. I really enjoyed it. But it does blend together a bit. 5 Stars.

This album is like catching the 13 year old neighbourhood rascal getting up to mischief, but being hesitant to punish him because deep down he’s got a heart of gold. You often see him wolf-whistling at ladies, sneaking through the abandoned construction site even though there are fences and signage prohibiting it, and sometimes even skipping school. None of this is good behaviour, but the other day you saw him help old Mrs Jensen carry her shopping bags in from her car, so you know he’s capable of being a kind boy. You found him skipping rocks over the pond towards some ducks. Naughty behaviour, but surely you can just tell him to pull his socks up? His parents don’t need to hear about this.

I can't argue with what he was and the impact he had. But it was also a bit samey. So "personal experience" is 2 stars but I'll bump it up a star just because.

echt een vibe

hij is een mega goede zanger en dit s echt goede vibes

Difficult to fully appreciate this album nearly 70 years on and just how groundbreaking its sound was. Still a decent listen

Fun songs. I like Blueberry Hill and what’s the reason I’m not pleasing you

Me gusta el rock n roll pero no amé las canciones

Sure, maybe having a compilation in here is cheating, but also this guy rules so fuck it 5 stars

sigh. just because an album is old does not mean that I have to listen to it before I die.

A couple great songs can't make up for the lacklustre ones.

enjoyable rock album. more style than elvis

I loved the album, and I wish I could give it a 3.5 because that is how I feel about it. I may need to give it another listen because it may be deserving of a 4. Instrumentals were nice, and it was very listenable

5. avgust 2026. 16.41h i mean it was okej i don't really know what to say

Couldn’t find the exact album but alas listened to a best of album of some sort. A rock’n’roll legend Fats Domino is.

Obviously very formative and important from that stance warrants placement on this list. But is also pretty basic but also very fast!

Fine old doo-wop album. Enjoyable, but better as background music than active listening. By today’s standards, this is super quaint and mostly uninteresting. By its own standards, it is a decent album from a bygone era. Nothing bad, but nothing that blew me away or even really held my attention.

couldn't find the album so I just went through his top 10. Luh calm music, W name 3/5

Good album, the recording sounds surprisingly well, I can see the influence it had on many artists and the acknowledgement is deserved. Each song is well put, lyrics are good and composition blends very well.

I thought this would sound more like rock ‘n’ roll. It mostly sounded like R&B. Still very good, but I am having a hard time understanding why he is regarded as the beginner of rock ‘n’ roll.

8/10 Muy buen album. Buenos ritmos, divertido, excelente todo

Sadly, half the album wasn't available on Spotify, so I only heard the songs that were. However, the half that was available was very good, and I've always enjoyed Fats Dominos music.

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twas pretty groovy :)

1) Troubles Of My Own 2) Blueberry Hill 3) Blue Monday Least Favourite: Trust In Me

2.75

I can‘t remember a song except the blueberry house. I liked it but it wasn‘t life changing honestly.

Lovely :)

I can see how he influences

It's a little dated but it's still a fine album of the type of boogie woogie that Fats was known for. At the time this album was groundbreaking and it still deserves a four.

It's kind of hard to find the album that it's trying to get me to listen to but i'm trying. I found something similar but I don't think it's exactly the right thing, i'm not sure though. I'm just going to listen to "This Is Fats Domino!". Better than I thought it would be to be honest. 61/100.

The epitome of late 50’s rock and roll. Very easy listen, great flow.

На спотике альбом опять неполный Упаду как доминошка к смерти в лукошко Ну так норм 3,5

Seth - 3.9 /5 Logan - 4.5/5

fine

as you see, the problem is that there's already many fat people that are an important part of my life. and there’s already a better song named blue monday which is kinda a important part of my life. 3/5.

7/10 A little boost for being so influential and cool. It's all boogie boogie, short, punchy songs. Job done.

grampa's romantic music and tbh it holds up!

Solid.

Great time. Loved all the follow up music too.

Several tracks are catchy enough, but im not sure it's a relisten.

Unavailable on Apple Music

One of the worthy inclusions of its era. Despite the many versions of this album and similar ones available online, any iteration of Delta Blues hits would result in a worthwhile inclusion. 7/10 [KEEP]

This was a great time capsule listen. Blueberry Hill is a great jam that contains a catchy hook with a danceable chord progression that instantly reminds you why such songs were inescapable back in the day. I was amazed with how familiar the song sounded on first listen. This was pop music before we knew it....catchy, danceable, and lyrically relatable with words of love, pleasure, and pain that instructed us to forget our troubles and dance the night away. This Fats Domino record should be preserved for future generations to listen to as there are many pop, rock, and even punk elements. Catchy and uplifting chord progressions, quick guitar shredding, and melodic, fast paced drumming made this record very enjoyable.

See this is why I love this whole exercise. Would I otherwise have ever listened to a Fats Domino album in its' entirety? Absolutely not.

The blues are still blue. I want to make a film just so I can use these blues jn a smoky bar scene 🎬

enjoyable 4 stars

this is the type of music I think would be playing on the radio in the world of LA Noire - absolute vibes

This was pretty good.

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I've loved blueberry hill since I was a kid. I didn't love anything on this album quite as much but a cool early rock n roll album. Clearly so influential.

Fats Domino is classic. Great listen. 5/5

So good considering how limited rock was back then - he can really capture some specific feelings in a 3 minute song with no multi-track recording and no guitars. Blueberry Hill is so good. So much energy to it without just being a "rock around the clock" style party song.

Decent album, quite fun and suitable for work, good energy, not boring.

This album (a compilation maybe?) isn’t available on Apple Music so I went from the Wikipedia track listing and put together a DIY version of it which may or may not be the album version. I couldn’t find “The Fat Man’s Hop” but I did find “The Fat Man” which is approximately the same length and it’s jaunty enough to be a hop. There’s a line in it where he sings “they call me the Fat Man/because I weigh two hundred pounds.” If Fats Domino was alive and making music today he’d be Average American Male Weight Domino and that just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Good tunes

I couldn’t find this Fats Domino album, but I had fun listening to a bunch of his top songs.

Records like this is what this project is all about, since there has never been a day when I would have said to myself "I think I'll listen to a Fats Domino record today." But this is a great record, with the jamming horn section and piano underlying his singing. Lots of fun for a hot summer afternoon.

Another average rock’n’roll album from the oldies era, but a decent listen

Some good hits

I did not expect after listening to old ass albums to them really like Fats domino.. First off all what is that name lol. But also what a voice this dude had, really liked the singing and the bops Dont remember the name of the songs but will probably look him up again. Review - 7.5/10

I can see this being foundational. "The Fat Man's Hop" was fun.

I enjoyed this one…obviously feels a tad dated and perhaps a little ‘safe’ but this was at the forefront of authentic Rhythm&Blues so will have been much more daring at the time I guess. Fun but unlikely to revisit.

A bit dated and the vocal performances didn’t grab me much, but immensely listenable.

This album is not David Bowie just so everyone’s aware going into it

This was a delight

Was kinda difficult to find the actual album, but it was a pleasant listen, not really my thing, but I still think this is really good for its time.

One day I’ll make it to N’awlins and watch how they do it live. Until then it’s nice to listen to this

Fuck yeah

This Is Fats Domino Fats Domino 1957 Genres: Blues, Rock, Soul Styles: Rock And Roll, Rhythm Blues, Vocal 1. Blueberry Hill (★★★★☆) - Contexto: Un clásico romántico sobre el recuerdo de un amor vivido en "Blueberry Hill". La interpretación cálida y relajada de Domino convirtió una canción anterior en una de las grabaciones más emblemáticas de los años 50. 2. Honey Chile (★★★⯨☆) - Contexto: Canción juguetona y llena de entusiasmo dedicada a una mujer encantadora. Predomina el coqueteo y la alegría. 3. What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You (★★★☆☆) - Contexto: El narrador intenta comprender por qué su pareja ya no está satisfecha con él, mezclando desconcierto y tristeza. 4. Blue Monday (★★★★☆) - Contexto: Un himno al trabajador común que soporta una semana agotadora esperando la llegada del fin de semana. 5. So Long (★★★★☆) - Contexto: Despedida tras el final de una relación. Hay resignación más que enojo, con un tono melancólico. 6. La-La (★★★⯨☆) - Contexto: Pieza ligera y muy bailable, construida más alrededor del ritmo y la diversión que de una historia compleja. 7. Troubles of My Own (★★★⯨☆) - Contexto: Domino expresa que ya tiene suficientes problemas personales sin cargar además con los de los demás. 8. You Done Me Wrong (★★★⯨☆) - Contexto: Una canción de desamor donde el protagonista acusa directamente a su pareja de haberlo traicionado. 9. Reeling and Rocking (★★★⯨☆) - Contexto: Celebración pura del baile y la energía del primer rock and roll. Importa más el movimiento que la narrativa. 10. The Fat Man's Hop (★★★⯨☆) - Contexto: Instrumental festivo pensado para hacer bailar. El piano de Domino y los metales muestran el sonido característico de Nueva Orleans. 11. Poor Poor Me (★★★☆☆) - Contexto: Lamento humorístico sobre la mala suerte en el amor, sin caer en un dramatismo excesivo. 12. Trust in Me (★★★☆☆) - Contexto: Cierre más íntimo y romántico, donde el cantante pide confianza y fidelidad para mantener viva la relación. 13. Goin' Home (★★★☆☆) -Bonus 14. Mardi Gras In New Orleans (★★★☆☆) -Bonus -TOTAL = ★★★⯨☆ (3,43)

Nice ! Forget Elvis and his watered-down covers – the real kings of rock'n'roll are Little Richard and Fats Domino, without whom most of the popular music we listen today simply wouldn't exist. As a knowledgeable reviewer helpfully pointed out, the album mentioned on the list doesn't seem to exist as such, but is rather the result of a mix-up between two or three different records. I wasn't sure which album I was supposed to review - This Is Fats (1957) and This Is Fats Domino ! (1956) - so I decided to listen to both (they're basically 25 minutes each, so it wasn't much of a time investment). Both are incredible works of early rock'n'roll, although subtly different from each other, one being more soulful and closer to blues roots, while the other one is lighter and more party-oriented. As much as I enjoy them, I'll admit they're a bit too old-school for me to put on at home. They can also become repetitive after a while—a lot of the songs recycle the same hooks and melodies with only slight variations. Even so, I have enormous respect for these pioneering records, and it's the kind of music I'm always happy to hear. 6/10

Really enjoyable from start to finish. Fats has a great voice, and if you’re in the right mood, the whole thing just works. I’ll probably come back to it with pleasure. It’s the kind of record that’s perfect to throw on while doing the housework :)

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

Late listen

Loved this. Then read a review about Fats and his various albums, the naming, the history, etc and I love it even more. What a rascal, will be listening to more Fats

Album #138, Fats Domino, This Is Fats Domino! ⭐⭐⭐⭐ You often hear the phrase “pioneer of rock and roll,” but sometimes you don’t necessarily hear the rock and roll in the music itself. Not in this case. Fats Domino is very clearly a precursor to rock music. You’ve got the rolling and slamming piano, the relatively simple, no-nonsense arrangements, the stabbing guitar licks, and songs that just move. You can hear where so many later artists got their sound from. His voice is interesting too. It has a real everyman quality to it. He’s not a technically astonishing vocalist like Ray Charles, for example, but that’s not really the point. What he has is charm, soul and warmth, and I think that’s just as important. It feels like another stepping stone towards rock and roll, where personality and energy matter just as much as technical ability. Anyone can sing rock and roll if they’ve got enough soul behind it, and Fats Domino has that in abundance. The bluesier tracks are probably the highlights for me. Blueberry Hill is an absolute classic. I kept trying to remember where I’d heard it before. Was it Goodfellas? The Irishman? One of Scorsese’s films anyway. I really enjoyed this record. I’d never properly listened to Fats Domino before, and this was a great introduction. Just a note: this album is a total mess on Spotify if you follow the link from the generator. You’ll have to piece it together yourself using the track listing on Wikipedia and searching for the individual songs. So if this one comes up for you in future, I’d recommend checking the Wikipedia track listing first.

Lovely

Not really sure why you'd listen to a Fats Domino album. His natural habitat was the 45rpm single. He put nearly 50 of them up the charts over the years. They deserve to be listened to in a stack of singles on a picnic gramophone with an automatic changer. However you hear him, Fats is a one man party. The rollicking piano triplets, the straight ahead rocking beat. The songs are simple, the performances belting. You can smell the gumbo, you're so deep in New Orleans. This is the real stuff.

Classic rock album

sounded like elevator music to me ngl, it was good at first but the longer i listened to the rest of the album, it all sounded the same and it didnt seem to make any type of impression at all.

Favorite track(s): Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday, Reeling and Rocking

Not my style

Not my type

This web site directs to a Spotify album which is missing some tracks. Also, the sound quality is rather bad, but partly because this is music from the 50s. One of the tracks “The Fat Man’s Hop” i was unable to find. Otherwise, this is standard Fats Domino, who is one of my favorites. Too bad there aren’t more hits on this record.

Who's this? This is Fats Domino. Glad we cleared that up. According to Wiki, the original album has an exclamation point: "This Is Fats Domino!". Some of his other albums are: "This Is Fats", "Here Stands Fats Domino", "Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino", and "Fats Domino Rock and Rollin'". Frankly, that's delightful. Much better than the Led Zeppelin album naming scheme, which lacked followthrough. The songs aren't quite as good as the album titles, but they're pretty good. Short and snappy and the kind of "R&B" that is actually just "oldies".

Not my kind of thing. Not terrible, just would never go out of my way to listen to it again

Made me feel like a jovial fat man

As with most of the pre-1960 albums I’ve listened to so far, I can understand that this is Important and that Fats Domino is a foundational figure, but I can’t say it was a super enjoyable listen.

Good ol’ swingin’ fun time. Blueberry Hill is a genuinely good song. The rest is more of a vibe, but a vibe I can dig.

Grand yet every song pretty much sounds the same. Uneventful

Most of the songs sound the same. Not sure id ever play it again, and 30 minutes of it is enough. Despite this i did enjoy it. I can imagine it would of being great in a small sweaty black club in the 50s

Rock n Roll, Boogie Woogie, Swing ya Pants music. Nowt wrong with that. Hes a pianist, not got a belting voice or anything but the songs are nice, simple, crowdpleasing. Cheered me up. Flew by. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

Fun fallout-esque music

7/10 Classic bluesy vibes, nice chill chords with smooth singing over the top. Liked the innovation in instruments when they emerged like whistling and wood blocks. Highlight: Mardi Gras in New Orleans

Getting to this one was a real chore. The recording quality is time frame appropriate meaning not very good. The coolness factor is high here - that they played like this is mid 50s and his style of singing is engaging. All the same, not something I expect I'd reach for on the regular. 3/5

This album just sounds like New Orleans, and that is a good thing.

Funky and groovy, I like it

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*Apple Music note — had to piece this together track-by-track from compilations* Fun to read about his influence on rock music. I had him lumped in as a jazz artist in my head but this is rock, unquestionably. I enjoy his humble and laid-back vibes as a singer. 70 years later, the sound does just sort of wash over me instead of sticking in my head since most rock I’ve heard grabs this structure and adds to it. Even if it’s not a record I want to spin again, a 3 for good clean fun and legacy — it holds up just fine. And a good reminder that songs don’t always need to be longer than 2 minutes just for the sake of it. Fav songs: What’s the Reason I’m Not Pleasing You, So Long, Reeling and Rocking

Its more a collection of songs, a best of than an album, and I don't know how to rank that

Good old album but my enjoyment was average

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27 minutes of pure class. 4.5/5.0: Excellent

fun listen but even with the short runtime it feels incredibly samey

Second time for this that must be bootlegged. Today it’s a relief. Happy for some sweet instrumental solos and competent vocals. Yeah. And it’s not the 60’s. Double yeah. 4 Boolean: True, True

En Spotify solo hay 8 canciones disponibles de las 14 que tiene el album

Старий рок-н-рол. Я не фанат. Оцінка: середня-висока 4

This is what I'm talking about! "Blueberry Hill" is so freakin good. The album isn't on Apple Music, but most of the songs are, so I had to piece it together. Nevertheless, I loved it. Easy 4 and maybe more in the future. (Shout out to the guy in the reviews who lays out the whole history of Fats and which album is which even though he hates CrazySexyCool and loves Morissey/The Smiths and I still don't know which one I was supposed to listen to for this project)

Really enjoyable and what sets him apart from other early rock n roll for me is how much I love his voice!

Classic rock n roll, can’t go wrong with the classics

Loved it.

Early rock and roll that's well done. I have a soft spot for this genre at this era. Pre-Beatles rock and roll was something special and a very unique sound is captured here.

While the songs are remarkably short, and the arrangements all fairly simple and predictable, and Fats himself is resigned to sing and play well within the lines, I rather enjoyed the listening experience.

Couldn't listen to this exact album, but I listened to a bunch of his tunes from this era. Good stuff, some of it great, all of it foundational. Definitely deserves to be on the list.

Comforting Just loved every song

It’s really difficult for me to call this “rock n roll” as other reviewers suggest, given the lack of guitar on the album, but this is certainly pretty good for rocked-up jazz. Elvis himself even refers to Fats Domino as the real king of rock and roll, but Elvis himself was virtually a country act, so it would also be difficult for him to name someone king of a genre he didn’t play. Examining that- there are actually a lot of artists who lay claim to that “king of rock n roll” title. Little Richard probably came first, Elvis copied a lot of what he and Fats did, and Chuck Berry comes out a bit later and actually wields the axe like a real rock star. Yet they’re all mentioned at some point with the same moniker. I’d probably give the nod to Chuck Berry myself, given that he started the formula for guitar driven music that gave way to actual rock in the 60s. Anyway, Fats does a nice job in his jump blues shoes. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I don't want to cast doubt that I think this was bad. Just not my style. I know for the time it was released it pushed the envelope and Fats is one of the great Fathers of RnR. I'm just more of a Lil Richard kinda guy

I liked it. Not something I usually listen to but I loved La La 8/10

I also couldn't find this exact album, used this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdA9bBHvc0&list=PLowQCq3Ss89h_zdP0-wIycRkVk-nAh6i9 Enjoyable, classic rock n roll. Never heard him sing before, and really liked his voice. Walked so others could run. 4*

OK

Funnily enough I could have been listening to this when I was in New Orleans. Very easy to listen to but it doesn't leave much of an impression on me

only Blueberry Hill

I'm really trying with these 50s albums, and I understand that they might be groundbreaking and the first of their kind, but that doesn't mean they're enjoyable to listen to. I sat through all of it and didn't recognise a single song, so I don't really know what to say.

This was a fun dive into some of the roots of Rock'n'Roll.

Hard to find album - ended up creating playlist from track listing found online.

Yep, that’s Fats Domino. It’s lovely but it’s basically the same 12 bar blues throughout.

Not on Apple Music. Pieces together.

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