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I can’t tell if I actually listened to the correct album but as a legend and one of the Founding Fathers of rock and roll, is it possible to not like dislike Fats Domino? I think not. 4/5
Very Happys Days
Rock & roll del viejo. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
Yep. Old timey rock and roll.
Shame that the second half of the album is missing on Spotify
One of the all time greats
Very classic fun
It's surely a criminal offense to give this anything less than a 4. Fats Domino somehow doesn't get the credit for being such an early pioneer of rock music. Elvis himself called Fats the real king of rock and roll. Yet Fats is impossibly underrated. The only thing keeping this from being branded a 5 is that it's not an album per se as much as it's a compilation. But it's important to remember that albums were like that for the most part until Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper. Plus Fats was mainly a singles artist. But Christ, what a singles artist.
Pretty fun to listen to
Classic rock and roll. Still love hearing this music. Great musicianship, good voice, and has a nice unassuming yet quiet confidence to it. It knows exactly what it is and it does it well. 4/5
I had heard his hits, but listening to this closer, and thinking about when it came out, wow. Impressive. Although not on this album, I also checked out "The Fat Man". Hard to argue that's not a rock song, and it came out in 1949. In general, I would call this more of a hybrid between big band and rock. Interesting to see the transition. And great music. I'm giving this a four, however, because it's a compilation. Those are, by definition, going to be better than a typical album, so I'm offsetting that. That's not 100% fair, since when this came out, albums weren't really much of a thing, but I'm approaching this project as a review of albums, not singles, and not artists.
Love Fats
Really enjoyable, "swinging" music, feels like listening to the birth of Rock
Pretty fun. Definitely iconic
Loved it. More jazz please.
Took me a bit ro get into it and then by "trust me" I was bopping. This era started rock n roll and modern music, the inventive new sounds are important... And there is walking blues and jazz and swing and everything mixed in. I didn't realise his single FatMan is considered by some as the first ever rock n roll singles. or that he sold 100 million albums. It almost got boring until I read about the origins of rock n roll on wikipedia and the then it came to sounds that defined it . I wonder if the others like Sister Rosetta Tharpe get it... But so many were singles and not albums back then....
Listening to an early Fats Domino album is like attending a history lecture. Fats was steeped in music that was so influential to the growth of rock’n’roll, &, indeed, popular music. This album features two classics - Blueberry Hill & Blue Monday (puts Geldof’s Monday tune in the shade). It’s a great listen, if a little samey, but the beauty is in the brevity - a dozen songs clocking in at around 27 minutes - you don’t have time to get bored.
Good Music just not my vibe
Spotify didn't have the full thing which was disappointing as hell but everything it had was hit after hit. Super fun!
Fats Domino vertegenwoordigt de smeltkroes van rock & roll, creole, soul en blues in het diepe Zuiden van de VS. Sterk album met de New Orleans sound die o zo te waarderen is. Tracklist staat vol met muzikale evergreens. leukste nummer: So Long "Mardi Gras in New Orleans" is een leuke bonus, werkt goed met de stijl van Fats Domino
Great album, you can clearly see the foundations of blues and it does it so well. One of my more preferable genres
A great classic collection of rock and roll songs, it was a fun listen. 4 5/5.
Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty good.
Fats Domino was one of the great ‘50s artists and this shows it. Classic older music that really encapsulates the sound of the era in a very enjoyable form.
Classic rock n roll/blues bangers. Love a wee oldie.
Ridiculously talented, you can clearly hear the impact Domino had on rock and roll. That voice, that playing, popular music would be immeasurably different without him.
I couldn’t find this exact album anywhere but played a load of Fats’ songs and love em to bits.
Piano nervoso, muito sopro, forma blues com pegada rock dos anos 50, comportado. arranjos bem montados, com algumas baladas mas bastante coisa dançante.
Very nice early soul/rock'n'roll album. Sounds great
Rock & roll del viejo. Me ha gustado. Un 4.
8/10 - Couldn't listen to half the album but what i heard was good
Classic Rock and Roll. He was one of the first, and one of the best.
4.5, can confirm, was born to honk and tonk
Honky TONK
Iconic singer, Blueberry Hill the obvious hit from the album
Rounding up to 4 due to Fats Domino's influence on rock & roll.
Great
Ok
noh 50 luku musta pekka... ei voi liikaa valittaa että 2min biisuja... pakko sihne, RADION , RADION KUNNIAAN JA MAINEESEEN PÄÄSTÄ...heh... ok aika vitun tärkeä henkilö josta en ennen ole kuullut hmm...Uusi musiikkityyli rinnastettiin ”alkuasukasrumpujen pärinään viidakon yöllisissä menoissa”. Se yhdistettiin nuorisorikollisuuteen tai luettiin mielisairauksien piiriin. AUDOFIILI ALERT!!!!! 1957 ALBUM HUONO RECORDING!!!! HÄÄÄH????? Blueberry Hill
Just lovely.
This isn't my normal style of music, but I can tell why Fats is legendary. In the music, most of the instruments feels like they have their moment to shine. Fats' voice is very inviting and warm, leading you along an easy and fun listen. Chicago jazz and blues in the 50's and 60's was definitely a defining time for music, and Fats was no small part of that. His piano playing just tops it all off too. Favorite Tracks: Blueberry Hill, So Long, La La
Fats sounds great! This is a great album to reset and come back to ground on core rock and roll sound. The relentless blues changes sort of start to grate on me after a while but thats the blues.
Great blues songs and playing, classic music
Sing it, Fats! I like it. You get a fun, swinging good time. Fun, happy-go-lucky songs about love and life that don't take themselves too seriously. Even the "boo hoo, my woman is giving me troubles" kind of songs are somehow upbeat or triumphant instead of sad. He just seems like he was a fun dude in general and that comes through in his vocals.
Very short album but incredible music and what a voice. Brilliant.
Classic Rythm and Blues album
I like rock ‘n roll
Fantastic, swinging, rocking music from one of the giants of rock'n'roll. Every track is two or three minutes of fine, focused and groovy dance music, delivered with that great, deep voice. Blueberry Hill is rightly the standout track but they are all good
25th November 2022 Listened while going round Tesco getting bits in for Caroline, Ian and the girls to come and stay. Classic rock and roll, Fats has such a rich voice making him stand out in a crowded field.
Who doesn’t love The Fat Man?!
Many classics that I had no idea were Fats Domino. Good to put a face to a sound.
What a fantastic short and sweet blues rock n roll album. Really enjoyed almost every song. Felt like I should have been listening to it in a smoke filled bar wearing a fedora. Highlights were "Blue Monday", "Reeling and Rocking" and "Blueberry Hill".
I enjoyed this a lot.
The album this linked to on Spotify has half of it marked as Unplayable for some reason, but I dug around a bit and found a playlist of the correct tracks someone had made. I'm glad I did, this is a great album! New to me, but I recognised a few songs and new of the artist. Not something I'd listen to often, but miles better than that Elvis shite I got a few weeks back!
Unfortunately not all of the tracks are available on Spotify. Cheery and joyful album! Liked it :) Saved tracks: Honey Chile, Blue Monday, La La
It rocks.. it rolls.. it's Fats.. it's great
This type of music just always makes me happy. Fats has such a clear tone of voice and he makes it sound effortless
What an awesome voice. Not all songs were available but the ones that were I really enjoyed. 3.5 but rounds up to 4.
Very good
Great listen.
A pleasant pioneering album, with some classic tracks and a solid, fun listen. It's not the most memorable, and also one of the hardest to find to listen to in 2022, but well worth the hunt.
Great blues singing. Fav tracks Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday - 4/5
This album is simplistic in the best way. It's very of it's time. It gives you weird nostalgia for the 50s even if you weren't alive then. Fats was great and very formative to the genre that became Rock & Roll and this belongs on the list even if it isn't as complex as later rock.
Couldn't find this album on Spotify, so listened to "Fats" Relaxed, bluesy, fun
This is a blueprint, a template, a guide book, a whole damned education in what Rock and Roll (emphasis on the Roll) should sound like
Fats is a good band leader-style artist. His voice is distinctive. This is pop-style blues here. I'm not sure I feel the soul of the music, but it's still good stuff. For those struggling to find the album, here is a link: https://youtu.be/pFlvEdcypxU
Addictive. Not really what I would choose to listen to, butI still played it back to back 5 times. Great stuff.
Couldn’t get all songs from Spotify
Fats Domino was playing rock n roll before anyone knew what rock n roll was and he said as much. He is a pioneer of the genre who did not get the respect he deserved though he was well respected by his contemporaries such as Elvis. This album is great as a piece of history, though it is clearly dated at this point. It's a bridge between the black R&B of the 1940s and early 1950 and rock n roll as a popular genre
First time listening to fats domino, only knew him by name. Great songs, short but all very happy. Favourite songs: - blueberry hill - blue monday - so long
This is an album of classics
As a note, Spotify had half of this album restricted in Australia, so I had to make a playlist of it using other albums of his. • He has a fantastic voice that I think would suit any song • The songs all have very happy sounds • I don’t think there are any songs that are significantly better than the rest, it’s just a very good album altogether. However, I think the first impression Blueberry Hill made was great. Favourite song: Blueberry Hill
Classic 50s Jukebox
While that name conjures an image of a pizza movie night for me, I know he's great considering how he made a Spotify playlist for himself in the '50s. Not to mention that the half-hour jam is composed of songs with freaking "la la" and "oh oh oh ooh" as choruses. Pure bluesy good vibe energy here. I loved it.
j'ai vraiment aimé, voix juste et bonne instrumentation
YEAHHHHH I LOVE FATS! The whole thing is not on Spotify, might look up later. I found it good shit.
Super hard to find album, ended up cobbling together based on the track listing on Wikipedia. Lots of fun regardless!
Yeah man. What a voice!
Thanks to Hollywood, I just assume that the songs on this album are what the 1950s sounded like. Not bad, if true. Not bad at all.
Half the album is unavailable on Spotify :| besides that though, I really love the sound. It’s impossible to be unhappy while listening to his music. 7/10
Pretty great
One of the old rock n roll classics on this list but I feel like some of the performances were a little lacking compared to, say, Little Richard. 7/10
toe tappin
p28. 1956. 4 stars. Feel-good primitive rock'n'roll that still sounds fresh today. Great sound, great production, great voice. The only thing missing is the same sense of excitement you get from a Little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis track.
This is a great listen, but it's the only Fats album on the list, and it's not his best one. They should have included Rock and Rollin' with Fats Domino. Best track: Blueberry Hill
Who said the oldies can’t rock 💃🕺🧓🏼👴🏻
Detta är bra.
Again one of these where, what am I going to say about this most classical of classic rock? So I’ll just ponder again the oddity of selection on the YT Music - all of the songs in question were easily found, but the “album” per se was not, I had to cobble a playlist together from compilations.
I really dig it
Yes.
Das antiga, empolgante
The album was pretty good. Relatively short. I am familiar with Fats Domino so I knew what to expect. I did not want to skip any of the songs. I cannot pick one song and say definitely listen to this but all were pretty good. I will round up.
I didn't listen to the album recommended to me. Instead, I listened to a Greatest Hits compilation called Walking to New Orleans, which includes the majority of the songs from this album. Going through the record, you can sense and hear the self-proclaimed Fat Man's influence on what would eventually be rock and roll. Despite the majority of the songs containing a set formula, that formula is consistent and gives off an aura of genuine greatness throughout; thus that can give the listener a song or two from his catalog to cherish. Favorites: The Fat Man, Going to the River, Please Don't Leave Me, Ain't That a Shame, I Can't Go On (Rosalie), Don't Blame It on Me, Blue Monday, I'm Walkin', I Want to Walk You Home, I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday, Walking to New Orleans.
Love some deep origins rock and roll. Fats can really cook. You also have to give the man credit for calling himself "Fats" I never tire of this kind of thing.
3.5
This kind of thing is the reason for my use of this site. It's hard to analyze these pioneering musical works, so I'll just remark that this is something that I'll surely listen to again in the future.
delicinha de album
Wow. Solid album, great voice, mellow and energizing energy at the same time. Soulful. Fun. More than a little blues-y. Not an indefinitely replayable album for me but excellent nonetheless. Fave track: Honey Chile. Classic in the BEST way.
Smooth jams, daddio
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Blueberry hill, Mardi gras
Nothing bad to say about this album except that it wasn't Spotify. Still fun to listen to though
Fats Domino was a referent of the golden years of Rock'n'Roll. "Blueberry Hill" is a great song.
2/3/2022 Today's Album: "This is Fats Domino" by Fats Domino - This album is a blessing to my ears compared to the last one. These are a collection of 1950s blues tracks by Fats Domino and each of these tunes are surprisingly unique compared to most of the music that was creating blues melodies like this in the 50s and 60s. Whatever mic they recorded his voice with is excellent because his vocals absolutely shine through the mix. Theres some great solos and buildups throughout the record as well. Blue Monday stands out as a very full and soulful tracks. This sounds a lot like the Ray Charles record, but it came out a few years prior and is just very rich sounding. La La is simple but just shows how such a simple concept can be made a really fun 2 minute track. It's obviously a very creative person appealing to the tastes of music listeners at the time, so its a lot of very danceable tracks. Overall, an essential listen. Classic, yet unique tracks that are great to have in the background or foreground. Score: 8 Great Highlights: Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday, You Done Me Wrong, Reeling And Rocking
A great compilation of some of hits that you’ve heard over the years. A look back at some classics we’re very familiar with. Pretty good from start to finish.
A little treasure of early rock n roll! A joy from start to finish. Can’t help but smile at this (even through some dodgy lyrics that have not aged well). What a brilliant pianist.
Great mix of R&B songs and instrumentals.
4 stars
This was great.
110. This is Fats Domino - Fats Domino 14 tracks. Longest track on album is 2:22 He really kept em short and sweet so I will too. Enjoyed this. 4/5
What a classic! Fats sure could play the piano!!!
Hmmmmmm. Classic sound/fun, but obviously not something I would listen to randomly. Might be fun background party music.
Classic rock n roll. Songs still sound great today.
Classic 50s rock n roll
Not for me but very good otherwise
Blueberry Hill - Venice Feel Vibes and pretty short
I listened to this album a few times because I wasn't sure what was so special about it. Fats was a big deal and he had some massive hits (Blueberry Hill is a classic). His voice is excellent (it gets stuck in your head) and his backing band is great too (his piano work is also very good). Take a song like La La, it's mostly those words plus his band (and his piano solo, which rocks) and it's great. Is that enough for this to be 4+ stars? The album is full of solid but perhaps unspectacular songs. Easy to like, but are you going to gush over it? Tough call; I started at a 3 but after a few listens it kept creeping up.
This album makes me want to go to the Reservoir Lounge. Well to New Orleans really but The Res is much closer. To see how important Fats was, one needs only to look at the artists that covered him. The list includes those who changed music in a significant and positive way including John Lennon. His rolling piano (B Berry Hill being a great example) is classic and his voice is also excellent. This album is quite good but I'm not sure why this album was picked for 1001. It's a compilation which is probably the right way to go with an artist like FD but could they not find a compilation or live album that had more of his popular songs like The Fat Man, Ain't that a Shame and I'm Walking? The songs on the album are good but they don't include so many of the hits which I thought was the purpose of a compilation.
Short, sharp, fun and straight to the point
This Is Fats Domino! by Fats Domino (1957 [sic]) Reviewing this album is problematic in that its 1956 (not 1957) mono release (Imperial #LP-9028) consists of a particular selection of songs, mostly previously released as mono singles. There was a later ‘reissue’ (Liberty #LP-12389, 1969) with synthetic stereo effects and a spliced composite of “Blueberry Hill” (Wikipedia, “This Is Fats Domino!”). This Is Fats Domino! is not available as an album on Apple Music or Amazon, but it is cobbled together on a Spotify playlist of other recordings of these same songs (in stereo) helpfully compiled by Spotify user “Rice” (hat tip to you, Rice). The Spotify ‘album’ linked to the 1001 Album Generator (2020 version) only allows play of six of the twelve original tracks, unless you have Spotify Premium, and I’m not playing that game. This review will treat “Rice’s” stereo collection and order as the ‘album’. Shame on everyone for their irrational fear of mono—the recording technique that Fats Domino and Imperial Records actually (and unavoidably) employed for the first fifteen years of his career. ‘Monophobes’ are the kind of people who would prefer a ‘colorized’ version of the black & white parts of The Wizard of Oz. Fats Domino was a giant (no pun) in the history of rock and roll, which he preferred to call “rhythm and blues” (These terms would undergo change in the 1960s). He was hugely (again, no pun) influential for later rock artists from Elvis Presley to John Lennon to Robert Plant, and all who in turn followed them, so basically everybody. His voice is quite pleasing (“What’s the Reason [I’m Not Pleasing You]”), with its confident tone and Creole-spiced diction. It is perfect for mono single play on classic jukebox and AM radio, especially on warm summer evenings down south, where a cold drink, minimal clothing, a handy hanky, a single bare ceiling bulb, flypaper, and a window fan would complete the ambience. This music puts me there, and it’s a nice place to be. Put away the headphones; this is small-speaker music. Domino selects keys that are vocally comfortable for his somewhat limited range, which results in occasional sharps on the bottom tonic, but it’s okay in the mix when the tenor sax has its own pitch approximations on the sharp side. One gets used to it. The ten tracks written by Domino himself are nice, simple lyrical constructions—classic versifications of standard R&B poetic tropes. There’s some very nice solo lead guitar on the closing track “Trust In Me”, sadly marred by the following trio of saxophones that are not quite together tonally. Overall, while not quite rising to the status of a classic, this very fine collection of songs is a rewarding listening experience. 4/5
Classic stuff that still sounds great.
The music sounds really old, but still I feel like it has aged quite well. A few good songs here, good voice, chilled and pleasant music.
Listened to this kind of early rock n roll with my dad on road trips and around town in the car. Solid.
I'm kind of a sucker for this old-style R&B/Rock. It just feels so pure. I listened to "Fats Domino Swings" since the linked album didn't allow all the tracks in the US, I think it's the same album? It all is good-feel music to me, without being saccharin.
-A nice old school rock and roll album -"Honey Chile" is catchy
Man, I loved every song on this one. Each one just perfect, great energy, and aims to please. I liked this a lot!
On the one hand, it's pretty much variations upon a theme. On the other hand, it's a damn fine theme. The singing, the rolling piano, the overall feel of everything - I suppose it's the limitations of the era's production that I'm enjoying, but there's such a warmth and lushness to it - that I found this album quite irresistible.
Really liked this as background music when cooking, can imagine playing it more
Classic rock n roll, what's not to love. "Blueberry Hill" is era defining. Fave track - "La-La", or "Troubles of My Own" - they both have a backing rhythm that makes me think of a locomotive chugging away...
never listened to him before... really good
La parte del disco que estaba disponible en spotify me agradó, tiene buen ritmo, suena mucho al soundtrack usual que ponen películas y series para los 50. Todo bien, agradable, 8/10
Couldn't find album. Listened to fats best of.
Very early rock, rhythm and blues, pop. NIce simple but catchy arrangements with Fats Domino's signature voice leading the way. It's completely enjoyable and incredibly charming.
this wasnt on spotify- i used fats domino swings 1959 instead
I hadn't realised how many classic tracks were on this album.
What’s not to like here? The guy’s a legend and every song is super listenable even 60ish years later.
I’m disappointed that not all of this was on Spotify. I was really enjoying the sound of it.
In alcuni momenti mi sembrava di essere da Tiger, in altri a New Orleans. Molto carino
R&B/Soul/Blues. Smooth, easy, toe-tapping listening. This is what you think of when you think of soul/blues. Couldn't find the album on Spotify; sourced the songs and built a custom playlist.
Н: Чилловый, вечерний, славный Э: под него хочется замешивать тесто для сдобных булочек
Great music from the 1950s. 8.0/10
Sweet album, feel like it could be played anywhere and not be out of place. At the same time, nothing super stand-out-ish about it, just a pleasant listen all round.
Solid album. I have not listened to him much, but respect his being the foundation for a lot of other music.
pretty decent
Good music
Had to reconstruct this album because it's not listed on Spotify. Pretty good though! Fats Domino sounds much different than I expected tbh (based on his name alone). As a man of no culture I tend to not like music from the 60s or earlier but I genuinely liked this work!
Fun and fresh album! Despite being an antique by this point, most of the songs on this album are very good! While the old familiars like blueberry hill, blue Monday, and honey chile draw me in, I'm loving new discoveries like fat man hop. I rate it 3.5, but will up it to 4 due to a history handicap.
No one does it quite so well! Love it
R&B, piano-blues y swing. Rock&Roll primigenio, usa el piano como instrumento principal. Mucho rollo de Orleans. Corto y directo, bonito y divertido.
Clasdic
Unfortunately not fully available on Spotify, but fantastic song writing, stunning Voice, can tell song structures influenced future music in a huge way
Lekker plaatje, ik hou wel van wat 'gedateerde' muziek, merk ik ;)
This knows what it is. Short, simple, sweet. Great sound that has established itself in everything leading up to today.
This is the kinda stuff I was hoping to discover on this list. I knew a few of these songs, but the whole record was great.
This is a test
Nice little songs to enjoy!
I couldn't find the specific album so I can only give a four, but ever since I sat Treme I've loved me some Fats. My favourite of the early rock and roll era pioneers.
An interesting mix of blues, jazz and rock. The recording privileges voice over the instruments which is a shame because it sounds like the playing is good. I like this.
Good vocals. Love the Mardi Gras one!
Some great piano, he is one of the kings 🤴
What’s not to like, just some easy listening that sounds great.
Good album, brilliant voice. Can't see myself revisiting it often but it's still nice to hear.
Early big band / pop solid
I didn't find this album, but I listened through some greatest hits and am glad I did! What a legend, blending swing, blues, and early rock together to create upbeat, fun, and entertaining songs.
The master of rock n roll piano. The only song missing on this is Ain’t That a Shame. This is a good, short rocker that I can listen to over and over again. Also for being from the 50s, it is recorded very well. Favorite track: Blueberry Hill Least favorite track: You Done Me Wrong
Absolutely classic, not a weak track on here. There's no escaping the groove on any of these tracks thanks to the strong instrumentation and lyrics from Fats.
Loved it! Excellent Louisiana swing and blues. Messy and lots of fun. Great grooves!
Feels like I'm in a mob movie. I like it so far.
A blues pioneer-- truly a fun listen.
Old fashioned but still worth the jam
Finally, an album whose significance I can immediately understand. Some of the finest work of early rock n' roll. It would be nice if the recordings were a little better, but there's not much that can be done with that. Very upbeat album, even when he's singing the blues 4/5
Muy bueno!
Blueberry hill is good
Nota 4 pelo valor histórico e pela influência de Fats na música e, claro é música de primeira
Beautiful soulful songs, too bad it's missing about half the tracks on Spotify.
- Classic blues. Aged better than I expected. Clear voice, clear instruments
Figura muito importante pro surgimento do rock. Influência grande nos Beatles.
Seems like there's a decent amount of jazz influence in this rock n' roll. Fats is a classic. If this site had half stars, it'd be closer to 3.5. Favorite tracks: "Blue Monday", "Reelin' and Rockin'"
Can't go wrong with Fats. It's funny how its close to impossible to navigate through his album during the 50/60's. All named similar and with his wonderful face on the album covers.
Hard to find the entire album, but enjoyable smoky club blues.
both rocking and rolling. certainly must be important, but also not something I'll listen to a lot
A very pleasant collection of classic New Orleans R&B. It's full of this jumpy, toe-tapping energy that resembles jump blues the most. Both genres served as one of the myriad influences that combined to form rock and roll. Fats Domino, with his shy, reserved vocal and piano style, doesn't seem like the most likely of rock pioneers, but Elvis and the Beatles both cited him as an influence. On this frustratingly hard-to-find album (the Spotify tracklist doesn't have all the songs available, and Youtube has no clue what I'm asking about,) Domino does what's typical of this era - sway left and right between bittersweet piano R&B and jumping blues numbers. It's repetitive, and songs are samey, but this is the 50s! The idea that an LP could be anything but a collection of the singles you had out at that time was basically unheard of. The material here is fine enough, though I must admit the best songs are the ones with "Blue" in the title, "Blue Monday" and his signature tune "Blueberry Hill." This is really a collection of singles more than anything else, a good release made up of short, mostly interchangeable songs outside of those 2. I will credit the list's authors for keeping these 50s releases on the list since their historical importance is somewhat lost as we get further and further away from them. Key Tracks: Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday, Poor Poor Me
Yeah this is clean for the 50s
Just feels very classic. Nothing more, though highlights: blueberry hill
Fats Domino Chubby Checker Portly Pawn Obese Parcheesei Thicc Tac Toe
A short and sweet album, but it had its moments. It was full of personality and good music. Just wasn’t really my thing. 3/5 ⭐️ 282/1081
Радио из мафия2 3/5
It was fine.
Old man music according to my wife, classic as I call it Very dated but still lovely 3/5
Definitely an important and influential musician. Catchy and decent listen.
Half the album was missing from Spotify, so could be that I missed out on something important. It was good, but probably not something I’ll return to often.
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)
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
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:)
Enjoyed this
escucho esto y pienso en cintura pequeñita. chasquilla redonda. labios brillantes.
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.
Cant find this on streaming so ill come back to it
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
some songs missing off spotify, its alright kind of meh
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.
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)
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.
I enjoyed this on a Sunday morning. A quick burst of fun. That's what she said
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
I dig it.
ja ganz nett
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
Easy listening, probably new at the time but it's not the 50s so i don't know
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!
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.
Easy listening blues. Not my go to genre but man Fats can play the keys.
Quick, fun. Blueberry Hill is a classic. Great album for cleaning day!
He has great talent but this album isn’t easy to find
Hard to find but these are classic, old school early rock tunes. Short & sweet. 3.5 stars
get it fat boy
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
Classic album, definitely hear the beginnings of Rock & Roll, leading to Elvis and early Beatles among others. Fun listen.
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.
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.
Not sure this counts as an album tbh, but some great tunes on here that still have a swing to them. 3
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.
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
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
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
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.
Muzyka co leci w tigerze
twas pretty groovy :)
1) Troubles Of My Own 2) Blueberry Hill 3) Blue Monday Least Favourite: Trust In Me
2.75
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.
На спотике альбом опять неполный Упаду как доминошка к смерти в лукошко Ну так норм 3,5
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.
Solid.
Unavailable on Apple Music
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.
Väl genomförd klassisk blues
Det svänger ju!
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.
I couldn’t find this Fats Domino album, but I had fun listening to a bunch of his top songs.
Another average rock’n’roll album from the oldies era, but a decent listen
Some good hits
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.
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.
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)