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Not my usual, but I enjoyed it.
Loved it.
Great
No private session used for spotify. I think I have heard most of these songs at some point, early rock n' roll, lots of piano and saxophone.
Cerramos la última semana de mayo con Fats Domino, un tipo que ubico por su nombre, mas creo que no por su obra. Canciones felices, con cierto dejo de naifs, pero fundantes de todo lo contracultural que iba a volverse el Rock and Roll. Ideal para música de fondo. Hasta el lunes, gente.
I loved it. Surprisingly good recording of his outstanding voice.
Classic old school rock and roll. Crisp, piano driven bluesy tracks that are all under 3 minutes. How can you hate it?
Pretty good but a very short album.
Blueberry Hill and Honey Chile are great. Also enjoy Blue Monday and What's the Reason I'm not Pleasing You. Album is quite short but high quality. That said it does feel weird to include a compilation album. Why not include Fats Domino Swings instead? Would have made a lot more sense.
like my ass
SUCH a beautiful voice. it's crazy how much good music we might lost over the fact that it's from a few generations ago. Never would've heard of this guy if it wasn't for this list
One of the OG pioneers of rock, rock wouldn't be the same without Fats. Favorite track: fat man's hop other picks: blueberry hill, blue monday, so long
I know he’s one of the Godfathers of Rock n Roll, but I only really know Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino. It’s a great song and I can see why it endures but listening to this, I wonder why I’m not more familiar with the rest of his work. I know plenty of his songs but mainly as covered by others. I liked this. It felt good. I’ll dig deeper.
Off the cuff remark: just great. Joyous, in places, but love the somehow understated delivery in many songs Standout Track: Probably Blueberry Hill which is already very familiar to me. Revisit?: Yes.
nothing to say really
Those big ass dominos
Besti Fats með hellað sound! Hugljúft og gott.
Fats er alltaf góður en mér finnst skrýtið að það séu safnplötur á þessum lista.
Começo do rock and roll. 1950.
2.5
4.5/5. No full album on Spotify and songs were spread out over random compilations but it was worth it to stitch it all together. Fats is the coolest cat.
When this era really got kicked off.
I like some old time rock and roll, though the tempo of a lot of these ones starts to feel kind of similar.
3.5
This guy absolutely rocks. I wish I walked into a random speakeasy in New Orleans and this guy was sitting in a chair serenading me. Hard to find this kind of music anymore. Wild mix of blues, folk, and rock & roll. Divine intervention, heard Ain’t That a Shame at dinner hours after listening to his discography.
It's important to listen to this for the historical record, but I'm not into it personally.
Fats does alright, but I thought I’d be into him more than I was. He’s definitely skilled on those keys. A rock pioneer but perhaps a little dated to listen to today.
Enjoyed this. Sound like Elvis, lovely voice
Ehhh, it's ok
Compilation album, likely one of the full length albums by Fats Domino would have more cohesion
Half the album is missing on Spotify and the songs that are missing are the best ones!!
Solid album from an undoubtedly important and influential artist for music of the late 50s and beyond. 3/5 Standout tracks: Blueberry Hill (obviously) Troubles of My Own Poor, Poor Me
This guy rocks and rolls. Favourite Track(s): La La, Mardi Gras in New Orleans Least Favourite Track(s): Goin' Home
Stopped at Blue Monday. I didn’t need to hear the rest. Favorite Track: Blue Monday.
Somebody needs to sample the opening keys on “La La”
This album was a great example of the blues-y origins of rock & roll. Fats has an iconic voice and I enjoyed several tracks on the album. Favorite tracks: Blue Monday, Trust in Me
Some good songs, but I have a problem with this being on the list since it's a compilation album.
Liked a couple of the tracks more I'm the middle
Fats rounds off a good week! I enjoyed this quite a bit more than most 50s rock and roll, I think because of the NOLA Boogie-Woogie jazz influences this had
Of its time, and good to have heard it, but not interesting enough to draw me back in
Great album. All these cats were cookin'. They were SWINGIN'. Some good early rockin' and rollin-type music that I really dug. Easy five stars.
These cats are swingin!
Perfectly okay.
I love you 20-minute albums from the 1950s!
# Album Name: This is fats domino # Artist: Fats Domino # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Great opener with blueberry hill. Outstanding track. Loved the vibe of this album. Fats is going for it. I enjoyed the rest of the album. Good listen but not great. # Top Tunes: Blueberry hill # Would I listen to it again? Yes
j’aime pas le blues et/ou la musique des années 60
Good stuff. Showered my ass off listening to this
Compiled this manually on Apple music using the Wikipedia tracklist because I almost listened to This Is Fats which is a different album. Anyway this was great.
i actually had never listened to this bloke ... i guess it was cool ? lol ... i liked it enuff
I appreciate its historical place and gave it two listens but nothing stuck in my brain except for "Blueberry Hill."
It was ok, not something I would have chosen, but thats the point of being here.
Blues rock. More blues. Little jazz. Loved it. Better than little Richard. Jazzy boogie woogie piano sax. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Important artist. Dull album.
I am saturated on Fats for this life, thanks. I do like the drums actually allowed in the mix along with that jackhammer piano.
It’s pretty wild to consider this was the vanguard of popular rock and roll, considering that the Beatles, Stones and the rest of the British Invasion were less than a decade away and within two decades of its release, the genre had blossomed into a kaleidoscope of musical styles, subgenres and sounds. It’s proof that rock and roll had an incredibly fertile early growth spurt. Anyway, Fats Domino deserves a ton of respect as a trailblazer, both musically and culturally, for popularizing a new form of music in an era of suffocating conformity and racial segregation. Musically, this album feels a little like a tale of two sides, and most interesting to me are the more overtly blues-influenced numbers that dominate the second side, such as the instrumental “The Fat Man’s Hop,” which features a guitar solo, and the hard-driving “You Done Me Wrong,” where Fats opens up a bit more vocally. Also feel obligated to call out the lovely sax solo on “So Long.”
I didn't expect a rock record from the 50s to have a song that surprised me, but Honey Child with its AABCC rhyme structure did.
#94 - Perfectly pleasant, of its time
After two days of elvis costello this was a real breath of fresh air
Good ol’ timey rhythm and blues.
This wasn’t on Apple Music so assuming what I was able to find on YouTube was the right thing I thought this wasn’t too bad at all. Not what I’m really looking to listen to haha, but I thought it was pretty good. Sounds very aged though, but that’s just the nature of the 50s.
such an easy listen. runs down the ear canal like water... figuratively speaking... sorta...
Decent album. Easy listen
***A great album
Love me some Fats.
I loved it! It was hard to find a playlist with all of the songs, but I am a big fan!
You can hear how much this influenced rock and roll. It is a fine album, though I can’t imagine myself actively searching to listen to it anytime soon.
Lowkey amazing. Couldn't find in streaming so took to YouTube
Classic. And safe. There is no way to avoid swinging along with 'Blueberry Hill,' 'Blue Monday,' was a perfect pick-me-up for my Monday. This is my first review and a compilation album (I'm assuming of single-45s?) is a little tough to do. These are the fan favorites, the juke-box hits. I'd never hate on this, but this particular compilation probably unfairly makes Fats a little one-dimensional. Hmmm, I wonder if there was a box of expectations in our country at the time that he was expected to conform to?
Solid tunes.
This website keeps messing up my comments which is pretty annoying. I'll have comments on a new album and when I click submit it puts in comments from the previous album I rated. Anyways, this album was weird because the entire middle section was greyed out and I couldn't listen to it. The songs that I could listen to were pretty good though, groovy.
Album not available... Checked a couple songs, he good
Fav: Blue Monday Notes: It's good. Would do 3.5 if that were an option
Finally, something from the early times! Loved this one, saxy songs all over. Quick listen, makes me dance, and I'm no dancer.
Just excellent old songs here
A foundational album that served as inspiration for so many.
Menee taas osastoon ihan kiva. Hyvää laulua, miellyttävän kuuloinen tulkinta. Ei kuitenkaan lumoava.
Kaksi klassikkoa, ja kuinka saatanan hyvä Blue Monday onkaan (ehkä parempi kuin se toinen). Lallalaat ja oo-o-oot ovat tietenkin pitkälti täytettä. Mutta jos ne saavat artistin koneen käyntiin, minä en ainakaan valita.
Enjoyed this, 2.9
For a second there I thought this was the guy they did the movie about in “Be Kind, Rewind”, but that was swing jazz pianist Fats Waller. Man, folks used to get real creative with nicknames back in the day. This is an early rock and roll album. Very bluesy and the Spotify version has surprisingly good mix and production. Cool songs with fun rhythmic variations but can’t say any of this really sticks with me.
I like him, but not a ton standing out!
This feels like the type of album where I would've much preferred it in a different setting, maybe a bar or a restaurant, or listening to it live. As if right now it didn't resonate with me
Sorry, Fats and New Orleans :pensive: This one just wasn't hitting for me. My real rating is closer to 5/10, for what it's worth. EDIT: Revisiting several months later after some Little Richard, and this is hitting more. Up to 3 stars it goes!
Overall, this is a very fun album that just puts you in a good mood and makes you want to get up and dance. It’s simple, but simple isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Simple, but fun, and it left me wanting more. Fats is not only a New Orleans legend but a music legend in general and I was lucky to see him play a few times at Jazzfest as a kid even if I don’t really remember it.
Some good jazz tunes, the vocals have some oldie recording quality that really adds to the charm. Standouts : Blueberry Hills, Blue Monday
This is the jazz that people who say "I don't like jazz, it's boring" are talking about
i like it! i had been wanting to discover blues albums so this was very welcome.
oh hell yeah, this is just so damn fun. absolutely classic shit right here
side note-- spotify does not have this record in full, so i'm not sure if the versions i listened to of side B of the LP are the intended versions of the tracks but i dont think it really matters. quintessential music
Actually hard to find on streaming services, so I listened to 1959's Fats Domino Swings. Good stuff, I've heard most of these at one point or another. "Ain't That A Shame" is a standout. "My Blue Heaven" and "Blueberry Hill" and "Goin' Home" and "I'm Walkin'"are good. Longest track on the album is 2:46, gotta respect a tight pop song.
Well, unfortunately, I couldn’t find a copy of this album to listen to, so I listened to the album, Golden legends: Fats Domino – live. It included 14 songs and lasted about 45 minutes, but it really didn’t sound like much of a live album to me, other than a couple of tracks that were longer with additional instrumentation. So, although I can’t rate the album in the book, this one is terrific! There’s just nothing to not like about this, and the songs have aged really well, especially for something that was recorded back in the 50s. I’m going to save this one and listen to it again from time to time. And although I’ve heard a little bit of Fats over the years, I didn’t realize that he really does have a good voice. I would’ve loved to go to one of his concerts back in the day, I bet it was a blast! Five stars.
having a "How Do I Rate Old Ass Albums" dilemma with this one
Nearly 70 years old and sounds like it.. Belongs in a museum.
Ok, nothing special. Can't give it a 3 as there's albums I enjoyed way more that I rated 3.
I'll admit, this album took me a bit to find. I had to check YouTube, and I also had to steer clear of the similarly named album This is Fats, which has a completely different track listing. With that out of the way, Fats Domino is someone I heard of before from one of his first hits, "Ain't That a Shame". While Fats considered himself an R&B musician, his contributions helped shape rock and roll music such that even Elvis Presley and the Beatles were influenced by him. As for his third album, This is Fats Domino! is a solid collection of old-school tunes carried by Fats' belting delivery and excellent piano playing. The rhythm section swung and swayed as needed, and the saxophone players added an extra layer of pizzazz. From the opening ballad rendition of Sammy Kaye's "Blueberry Hill" to the high-energy closer "Trust in Me" and hits like "Blue Monday" and "Poor, Poor Me", Fats and Dave Bartholomew wrote and compiled a good, jaunty variety of songs. Sure, this album may not be super exciting in the modern age with its simplistic song structures. But it made for an entertaining listen all the way through, and I'd say that's commendable for the legend that was Fats Domino.
Great
Super
Wasn't my cup.of tea
Easy listening. Very easy to get into and just let it flow over you. Classic, innovative stuff
More of a collection of songs than a "properly" cohesive album, but that's just the era. The tunes are good though, some certified classics. I know I heard some of these listening to the oldies radio station growing up, but early rock and roll is a genre I haven't really explored so I'm glad this one came up.
All in 3/4! Very catchy. Influential music. Love his voice and personality.
Blueberry Hill Blue Monday
It was a little samey but in terms of early rock n roll it was fun
Spotify didn't have half the tracks, but this was a fun album with lots of bops. might add to my discogs wish list for party music
This was so fun!
Nice classic vibes
Enjoyed this.
Sure
It's fine. Classic, I guess. Not my style Would I listen again: No Deserves to be on this list: Yes 3.2
Always fun.
i need to be in NOLA <3
He certainly found his thrill.
King of Rock n Roll like Elvis said.
Again not my vibe - but I can respect that it’s good for the genre it’s representing. I wouldn’t listen again, but was easy listening all the same.
Great R&B. Fats' baritone is pure sex over the top of a great band. The only criticism I have is that some of the tracks are a bit too 'trad'. That's more than made up for by rockers like Honey Chile. Tracks where he's banging the keys like La La are definitely the best. Its no surprise he caused riots when you hear the banjo on Trust in Me. The letdown is the recording quality which is what it is I suppose. Makes you wish you could have been there live. Highly recommend watching him play Blueberry Hill on the Ed Sullivan Show to get the charisma of the man.
Couldn’t find the proper album so I listened to other works. Classic, but will only rate a 3 since I couldn’t listen to the right thing.
Yet another album from the 50's with every song being 12 bar blues. I'm not saying I hate it but cmon fellas, a little bit more variety would be nice
Such a soothing voice, very casual “big band” music. It has soul and class all wrapped up in one. Great for background enjoyment, as well as critical listening.
First off, it is really hard to find this album. On Spotify half the songs weren't playable, and Apple music didn't have it all. I had to hunt down individual tracks, which took away the experience of listening to the album as a whole. Which is a shame, because this is good stuff. I would love to be in a small bar in New Orleans listening to him and drinking an old fashioned.
Pretty good. Old people music
01) Blueberry Hill - 10,0 02) Honey Chile - 8,0 03) What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You - 7,5 04) Blue Monday - 8,5 05) So Long - 8,0 06) La La - 7,5 07) Troubles of My Own - 7,5 08) You Done Me Wrong - 7,5 09) Reeling and Rocking - 7,5 10) The Fat Man's Hop - 7,5 11) Poor Poor Me - 7,5 12) Trust In Me - 7,0 TOTAL: 7,83 (78/100) Current ranking: 196/519
Eeehh?
The original album was issued in 1956 with 12 tracks (6 more than offered here) with the two bonus tracks added in 1957. I love Fats Domino, but this is kind of weak.
What a neat record. I love this style of soul and blues, capturing an era of Americana and truly representing its essence. Fats has such a fantastic voice and the complementary instrumentation is straight up cool. Not a record I’d listen to often, but fun to put on to reminisce about the days before I was born.
No disrespect
C'est fort plaisant, le debut du rocknroll au piano et en plus, c'est pas un meurtrier.
Écoute relax. Brûle bien dans le poêle à nostalgie. Le genre d'affaire que tu fais jouer pendant que tu passes la balayeuse dans une autre pièce.
Det här går liksom inte att tycka illa om.
Fine
Thought this would be better than it was but I'm not sure why. It didn't really get going depsite being quite upbeat. Maybe it's just me, but I was just a bit whelmed by it
Very short but some nice blues. Don’t think I’d listen to again but it was still enjoyable. 5/10.
Fun but too short. Favorite track: blueberry hill. Overall score: 6.7/10.
Makes me feel happy. I'm staying in the bar/cafe where this is on
Another one so generic of the era that I hadn’t noticed when it had finished and songs by two other artists had played(!).
This dude invented rock and roll, so that's cool.
Cool
So good I listened to it twice in a row. Loved Blueberry Hill, Going Home and Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
didn't really listen - no time today - these sound so old and dated but I know they are part of the foundation - and some are still really great
Notable of course for the inclusion of Blueberry Hill. An early entry in to the rock cannon. Itself a cover of a song written almost decades earlier but brought to life in a new world. This song - and album - are a bridge between two worlds. You have the remnants of the jazz roots on RnR/R&B with the sax and piano playing the role that would soon give way to the guitar. Certainly a vital piece to the puzzle - the album is well recorded and a blast to listen to.
Absolute classic!
Gonna give this a five. Due to time constraints, I ended up listening to some other works from Fats because Spotify's version of the album doesn't have all the songs available and I couldn't go hunting them down. That said, dude's got good sound and good vibes. It's a bit too dated for my tastes, but I'm glad I was exposed to Fats Domino.
Inte för mig, rätt tråkig blues typ
of all the proto-rockers ive heard, fats domino might exude the most warmth with the least effort...a steady and humble but still incredibly gravitacious presence the likes of which u just dont see v often in any era, plopped right into the bridge between rnb and rock n roll. was also delightful to find out that his songwriting is all over this collection...not because its a requirement, certainly not in this style and this period, but just cuz it feels like an extra mile of involvement and expression. rly this whole thing is just Pure Personality, itz incredibly hard to imagine not enjoying it!
The horn arrangements are the things that impress me the most on this album. It was truly a golden age of horn sections. And how about those bongo solo breaks in "Don't You Hear Me Calling You"?
A Classic.
Good stuff Fats :) 4/5
6/10
Не зацепило, обычный рокнрол
That's not nice.
OK, mostly disabled so couldn't listen
Love this album the songs are short and sweet. Fats Domino has a lovely voice.
It's good musicianship, I just don't love this era so much
Couldn't find this on spotify. I listened to the one his most popular songs were on and enjoyed it less than expected tbh
Swinging :)
A Don of rock'n roll and New Orleans music in general and this is a fine album compiling various singles and non-single recordings from 1952-1956, at the height of his super-successful career at Imperial Records. Need-to-know music and highly enjoyable to this day.
Not really my thing, but fine enough.
Det var da fint nok, men accepterede også nemt Spotifys 17 minutter lange udgave af albummet uden at have behovet for at opsøge de sidste numre.
Kedeligt. Bedre når det bliver blues’et end når det er jazz’et
It’s the tits! From start to finish!
type of music elvis probably stole. i don’t mind rock and roll this was solid, inoffensive and enjoyable.
I was expecting this record to be really fun, but I did find it a bit dull, so I ended up feeling disappointed with the lack of energy. At least it is really short.
I liked his voice and playing. Not a huge boogie woogie fan but I liked this
A lot of classics, not a lot of recognition.
Ok - not super interesting
Like just such a forgettable project😂 I won’t remember this in 2 weeks but yk for it’s time it was good nothing special today but Fat Dominoes (stupid name) vocals are very expressive and just make me feel good. Don’t rly have a favourite song just all of them were neither bad nor good. Not even an album but like for me a 5.3/10 2.6/5
Enjoyed it!
A nice short one to start the week I wasn't really expecting much, thought it would be just fine, standard 50s rock n roll. It's a fun listen and has something of an ageless quality and Fats had a great voice. But it also feels pretty simple because of not only how many other rock n roll artists were inspired by him, and how much the genre has grown since. That's not me trying to put the album down, I would say it's perhaps a case of the original being so copied to the point that he himself doesn't seem that original. I imagine it sounded very cutting edge and unique at the time, and it definitely deserves to be on the list if he inspired Elvis and The Beatles This isn't on Spotify so I had to listen to a user-curated playlist, which I hope used the same versions that appear on the album (it also ends with Fourth of July by Surfjan Stevens for some reason) 3.5 Highlights: So Long, Troubles of My Own, What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You
Behagligt, ska nog in med någon på middagslistan
8 songs, 17 minutes? HELL YES!!! These songs are simple but so, so catchy and expertly crafted. Fats' performance is soulful and organic...it sounds like you are listening live to a guy playing music he enjoys...which you are, of course. Music like this is enjoyable, doesn't overstay its welcome, and has a lot of depth in addition to being historically significant.
I'm not a huge fan of blues music. I don't think the music is bad or anything. The singer had a really nice singing voice. It is just not to my taste.
great music, but it's just not something i'd listen to on my own. if i was in the middle of a family gathering or a louisiana festival then hell yeah turn on fats
Simply an enjoyable listen. Good stuff.
Not groundbreaking, but not bad.
sad, spotify didn't have half the tracks. Still good times for the ones it did have
Short n sweet from Mr Large Domino
What a voice he has !!! Really chill and while listening to it made me want to dance and there were some really great sax parts. Good album in general that's for sure.
Why are some songs on splotify grayed out ? Absolute oldie 3
Fella has a big and beautiful voice but overall just okay.
#awesome I liked the jazzy blues type feel and I recognized some songs in the mix
Cool 60s music, but not my favorite.
What a great bright, breezy and fun album. Pioneering stuff, Thanks Fats.
First! Captures the energy and style that everyone would eventually want to have.
I'm not someone who grew up on Rock and Roll beyond the small tune used for some toy commercial, so it's hard for me to really get into that stuff because it generally doesn't have the same appeal to me as rock after the 60s. Despite that this album was pretty good! I think what helps it so much is how it has a jazzier sound besides the obvious blues sound, along with Fats' voice being just so nice to listen to, hearing something like "Blueberry Hill" or "So Long" just feels so different to the Rock n Roll of that era but still is that and you can tell how something like those songs would be so liked by rock artists later down the line (Elvis, Beatles, you know, all of those). I'm not so into the songs that are more typically Rock n Roll but I wouldn't mind checking out another one of his albums!
Pretty cool although it can be a little bit samey.
Record slaps today. I bet it had peoples heads spinning when it was released.
Don't think I've ever actually listened to Fats! I dig, but it appears a lot of these older jazz/blues records are capturing me as much as they probably should.
++*: Blue Monday ++: Blueberry Hill, What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You, La-La, You Done Me Wrong, Reeling and Rocking, The Fat Man's Hop +: Honey Chile, So Long, Troubles of My Own, Trust in Me +-: Poor Poor Me 8,8/10
Woulda been crazy to be a fat guy in the past. Your name Harold? But you’re fat? Nah, you’re not Harold you’re Tubby Rollins. Fats Domino and Fatty Arbuckle really cornered the fat guy market, gotta respect it. The album isn’t streaming so I made it out of a makeshift playlist of Domino singles, and that did the trick. These are some high-grade ‘50s tunes. I do love that he had this album in 1956 and then released an album called This Is Fats literally a year later. Guy’s an absolute legend and one of the main driving forces behind the music we have today - no Beatles or Elvis without Fats!
Recognised some doings but not my type of music
You just got to love this record. Fats Domino is a pioneer of Rock‘n‘Roll.
Easy listening. Wasn’t one of my favorites but definitely one I will revisit
Kind of fun. Not an all-the-time food, but a nice place to visit.
I liked this, especially the singles. Going into it I wanted to like it more than I actually do, but overall it’s probably the low end of 4 stars.
I enjoyed it, knew a few songs and the rest were decent early rock and roll.
12 (ish) songs depending who you believe has the canonical track listing and 27 minutes of music. What is this a punk album? I love Fats Domino and I listened to this like 5 times yesterday.
Pleasant.
Couldnt find the album on tidal, but the album we listened to was a treat. Fun loving happy old time stuff
I didn’t mind this but it didn’t do anything for me. Blueberry Hill was a cool tune.
Its hard to rank something like this. Do I appreciate it? Yes, but would I listen to this on my own a ton? Not so much. I have no context really to even rank it against its peers.
A fun album with great grooves. Great sax in The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You, great piano in So Long, whistling in Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Appreciated it, would listen again though it could be difficult to match to the appropriate mood/setting.
"classic" in the purest sense. That early rock and roll. A very good time. Listen if you want that vintage vibe.
Im sorry I really don’t know what this was…. 28 minutes of hmm music was just funny and like K don’t know. I didn’t particularly dislike it but it was just like ok.
I couldn't find the original album so I went with Fats Domino Swings. Which he did. The true father of rock and roll? Definitely more so than Elvis (duh) and more fun. 8/10 4 stars.
Un taulier. Ca balance, ça rigole, le rock'n'roll de la Nouvelle-Orléans dans son état le plus pur.
Klassisk råkkenråll. Han har en flott stemme. Det er gøy å høre hvor Lady Madonna kom fra. Jeg syns en del av sangene var ganske svake på akkurat denne platen, dessverre.
Is it dated? Absolutely, but it is awesome.
6/10
absolutely slaps. can’t be a 5 bc it’s greatest hits, but damn it were they great!!
Good ole music
Paar Songs sind echte Brecher 🙂↕️🙂↕️
The title makes it look like a compilation album, but it isn't, as Wikipedia tells me. It's Fats' third studio album. And I expected a decent, but sort of middle-of-the-road R&B/rockabilly sort of affair. It isn't. It's a great collection of tunes. It really is, and it's a delight to listen to.
I mean, come on, it's Fats Domino. It's not exactly hard to hear why this stuff is great. Between how hard Fats pounds the piano and all the general New Orleans (N'AWLINS) jazz influence... Yeah, this is my favorite 50's rock n' roll music, without a doubt. I agree 110% with Elvis when he said that Fats was the **real** king of rock n' roll. And normally I'd like to get my reviews up and over 300 words, but in this case... Yeah, I ain't got much else to say, and I ain't gonna force anything else. This isn't particularly complicated material. I mean, this isn't the first album I'd recommend; I'd probably go with FATS DOMINO SWINGS, 'coz it has stuff like "The Fat Man" and "Ain't That A Shame"... And also that album's actually **on streaming**... But no matter which release you go with, you can't go wrong with Fats. Huge 5 for just being a fun as hell time.
Plain ol' Rock and Roll from one of its biggest names, nothing more, nothing less. Solid 4 Stars.
I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5. I know, perhaps it's heresy to not give this a flat 5, but it’s just because there’s a few too many “woe is me” sad tracks on the album, sue me. Besides that, Fats Domino did live up to what little I knew of him – “Blueberry Hill” is a trivia staple and a pretty strong song in the musical canon, but I’ve never heard it until now. Hell, I’ve never really heard Fats’ voice until now, and while I was expecting more of a Ray Charles-y tone, I’m surprised that he has a slight country twang on him. I’m not surprised that these were all pretty good tracks; classic blues structure to a lot of them, and his voice really glides on some of the heavier percussion / piano / sax present throughout this thing. Not too much to say besides that, really. I have a decent reverence for 50s music like this, and it’s just because it’s all stood the test of time, and they’re simple & easy tracks. These fit the bill, and I had a good time listening to them – pretty breezy 27-ish minutes, even if it took a bit longer to find them all on streaming like that. I can hear why Elvis called him “the real king of rock & roll”, and how influential his music must have been to his contemporaries. It’s a good album, and I’d be a moron to not give it the bump up – it’s certainly no less than a 4.
Hard to fully imagine the context for this album, but it was a lovely short change of pace for today, and the playing is so easy.
This album is not available on spotify so I guess my rating should be inconclusive
its not on apple and the youtube playback is not at the correct playback speed but other than that its pretty decent
At only 17 minutes long, is this the shortest compilation album ever? Ain’t that a shame.
Great easy listening. Hits: Blueberry Hill
Half the album is unavailable on spotify so I had to make do with just listening to another album lmao
Fun piano driven rock-n-roll. Enjoyed listening to this.
Love it. Favourite track is Blueberry Hill 4/5
Really fun and jazzy!
Nice short listen, a little dated and repetitive but pretty good all the same
3 Stars (8/15)
Okay
Good music, but I probably wouldn't listen to a ton of it. Although it did kind of spark my interest in those earlier R&B music.
Too short to really get into, had potential though
grrovy
Loved: BLUE MONDAY Liked: Blueberry Hill, La La Disliked: None so far
I find this rather boring Rock & Roll (very much based on the 12-bar blues). Here the first two notes and you can basically imagine the whole rest of the song. It's not particularly well sung either. BUT this is 1956 and what sounds boring now didn't then. Being the first at this, is quite a feat and Fats was very influential. A 3 then.
Assuming I listened to the right songs, this is a good record, pretty timeless for something almost 70 years old. It doesnt stand out as it maybe did at one point but I liked it. Especially the first half.
Bloody marvellous
Great sound, enjoyed it.
Good
Had to listen to this on YouTube with commercials, so the experience was choppy. Very enjoyable songs. More bluesy than I expected but I can see how this might be a transition album from rhythm and blues to rock and roll.
FATS. One of the great names of all time. I wish this was “Fats on Fire” so I could see Fats on a fire truck. Ah hell. I’m going to google it. Haha. Nice. He’s on that thing. Well. It took way too long to find the correct listing of songs, but some good soul put them together in one playlist. Take it away Fat Man. This is way less fun than I hoped it would be. I don’t know if this is Fats Domino “Chopped & Skrewed,” but it feels like it’s trapped in Molasses. You ain’t nothing but a bundle of joy. They used to be so dismissive of women, did they not? Trying to find the words to describe this bundle of joy, without being disrespectful. Another fine song. Nothing crazy to report back here. Run of the mill 50’s rock. I’m not getting the energy from this vocal performance yet though. This one swings pretty hard. And in the wise worlds of Garfield the cat “We only hate Mondays because of what the world has been shaped into by the Industrial Revolution. A return to humanity would make Monday a beautiful day like any other, but instead, it signifies the chains that bind us to machines not of our own creation.” Or something like that. I could play drums on this album. The little saxophone solo is nice and chilled out though. Not too shabby. I hate La La La’s in pretty much everything. This is the whole song. Perfect. Nah he breaks into some verses. Pretty fun. Standard fare. We all have troubles. Fats is having trouble staying awake by the sounds of it. You’ve done me wrong Fats. This is getting worse before it gets better. Hopefully it does indeed do that. Oh my sweet lord. He teased me with some energy, and then fell right back asleep. It’s like the movie trope where the sleeping security guard almost wakes up. He dies in the verse. This is almost there though. I wanted “The Fat Man’s Hop” to sound way more, well, Fat. A stinker. This rhyme scheme is pretty pungent. Man what an annoying closer. I hate that the 1950’s has emerged as my most popular decade in this experiment. I think I can explain it by saying that there have been fewer albums from this period, we had Miles Davis in there, and the rest have been relatively simple and fun collections of music. Fats Domino almost falls into the final category there but he is doing just enough to irk me on this one. I do have to say, the man sounds comatose. At points he sounds like he’s being propped up in front of a teleprompter. There is barely any singing going on, and while I enjoy the slower, almost heavier, early rock tones; I just wish there was more vitality here. Some annoying tracks and a sleepy vocalist drag this one down into the early stages of mayhem. I’m sad. I wanted to love the Fat man. No fires to be put out here. Just a lukewarm plate of early rock and/or roll. Mostly roll. 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Blue Monday, So Long
Really good if short
I adore the vibes of this. It's a joy to listen to, very easy-going and just fun! 4⭐️
Great songs don’t constitute a great album. But these are great songs
Dad used to play blueberry hill in the car all the time, a classic. Again though 17 minutes is not an album
Blueberry Hill is one of the greatest songs ever. Voice is great, some unreal piano work and vibes going on here but alas a full albums worth was just a bit much for me
Cualquier disco de el verdadero rey del rock and roll entre el 56 y el 59 es imprescindible.
Someone said in the reviews that this is a compilation album - I don’t think it is, but Wikipedia has a few more tracks than the Spotify link that I’m eager to hear. As a big fan of New Orleans jazz and early rock and roll, I enjoyed this a lot.
Couldn’t get this album so I just listened to a bunch of Fats Domino and he rocks
Awesome jazz. I wish this album was longer
Interesting, but more challenging than normal to get hold of.
Not my style
Bit monotonous
Short but sweet, I liked it! It was nice to listen to in the background, and you could definitely see how this became the progenitor of rock and roll.
He puts a nice spin on the arrangements to keep blues and r&b fresh. But despite that it will sound dated to modern ears. It also sent the spotify algo to a nice place after it was done. Enjoyed this one.
Perhaps doesn't sound like anything special, but that is because literally everything that came after owes him a debt across genres and nations. Effortlessly cool, and manages to rock and roll and be laid back all at once.
It's a fine album but not my taste
Aww, I wish they still played this on the radio. 4/5
Wait, his surname actually IS Domino???
Echt leuke muziek, ik werd er helemaal vrolijk van!
Soort nostalgisch omdat mn opa dit vroeger ook wel eens luisterde. Echt jammer dat niet het hele album op spotify staat. Echt leuk.
2.75
This is such a foundational album that inspired so many great artist afterwards. It was way ahead of it's time. I found my thrill listening to this classic.
Good old classic R&B album. This belongs in a old movie recording or something. Analog recording sound. Not something I'd search but nice to have in arsenal, I suppose Songs feel quite similar to another?
4 estrelas - Blueberry Hill é um clássico. FD merece um trono!
Love the big band music. This era just feels like the absence of stress.
Just so damn good. I’ll never get tired of this stuff.
this is something my partner would really appreciate, great for studying and generally needing down time while not being over the top beats which most music tend to have now great at it's time and still has a place now
Lovely delivery. Effortlessly cool and those triplets with the walking bass are the defining Domino sound. It's hard to separate how ground breaking this was at the time because this sound has been copied countless times since and can be heard in every blues bar everywhere every night - well and badly. But this is the blueprint
I rally enjoyed these jams. You know you can find a video of Vladimir Putin singing Blueberry Hill? Anyway, great cruising tunes. Love that I was able to discover this!
i dunno. this is exactly what i expected fats domino to sound like. what do you want from me
Couldn't find the album on my streaming app but fantastic artist. Classic sound.
Really enjoyed this
A foundational artist. You can see everything that came after in this record.
We all get our thrills up on blueberry hill from time to time.
The fantastic roots of rock and roll. If you can’t at least appreciate it his on some level, you have no business listening to music.
Such a classic. Love it
Really enjoyed this
can not listen. Dead link. Sorry Fats
Nice piano blues
I guess I lack the context to fully appreciate this. It’s fine.
Yaaaas 🫶🏻 napokon malo dobrog rock'n'rolla 😊 slušala sam ga dosta dok sam bila u dubokoj rockabilly fazi i ovo mi je baš melem za dušu. Odličan album, prekul lik, fini spoj bluesa i rock'n'rolla, sve najbolje imam za reći! 4/5, 8.5/10.
Fino, više kao background, možda neka čagica uživo.
Couldn’t find album.
Really nice and with such a short length did not stay its welcome, but it is the same reason I took a star off as this is basically EP length. I know things have changed since those days but yeah!
Fats Domino!!!!
Fats brings happy memories of working in Books @ 58 on Cotham Hill. Late one Thursday afternoon Ben Dark spun up Blueberry Hill on the Bose, and it opened a window into a world of early r&b, rock n roll and and swing. This continued in earnest when I met my now wife in 2016 and we swing danced our way to marriage a few years later. This album is full of amazing tracks. I love the earlier songs in this album (e.g. Honey Chile and What's the Reason...) and it's only some of the slower tracks towards the end (like the Fat Man's Hop) which drags this down a star.
Enjoy big band/swing stuff.
This was great! Loved it!
Rock ’n’ Roll, Blues, easy listening, great stuff!! Superb jam for the weekend. Will listen to it again and probably more of his stuff. At least one of the tracks will end up in a playlist at some point. Not really an album though, cheats.
3.5
nice compilation album
8/10
I liked it, but I had to listen to some of it a few times because it kept slipping through my ears while I was working. I wish it had a little more KAPOW. 3.5
До минор крутой !!! Классика классика ьььь 8/10
2.85
I’m actually surprised by how bluesy Fats is rather than Little Richardy or Jerry Lee Lewisy. This is the classic simple lyrics mixed with quick straight to the point playing. The songs are over quickly and sometimes before you are ready. Please note, Spotify didn’t have this particular album so I chose to listen to the Complete Imperial Singles. I’d say it’s a fair trade off. This is happy bluesy music. Production wise I’m sure it was the best they had to offer. It’s just simple music as I had said. Nothing to blow you away but enough to keep you listening.
"Thrill Yeah!" Evidently, Thrill was the preferred euphemism for Fuck back in the day. Also, do you think he'd been flagged by censors if he'd sung about a 'cherry hill' the same way he sings about blueberry hill? Spotify wouldn't let me listen to the entire album, but what I heard, I thoroughly enjoyed.
I went into the 1001 experience thinking it would be a great way to see the evolution of different styles of music. Unfortunately, the randomization of the album generator makes it a little challenging to approach it from that perspective, and Fats Domino as our 982nd album is a good example of why. “This is Fats Domino” is one of the earliest albums in the book, and “Blueberry Hill” and the rest of Fats’ early catalog are so influential in the development of rock and roll. Don’t get me wrong - I’m glad we didn’t go through the list chronologically. I don’t think I would have survived the 80s.
I can't help but feel transported to the Enchantment Under the Sea dance in Back to the Future.
Great music from the 1950s. I like Fats’ voice a lot.
Some good ol' stuff
Was okay. Lots were familiar from being in the zeitgeist.
Well, I enjoyed it, but I might have enjoyed it even more if the only copy I could find wasn't at the wrong speed/pitch.
Excellent early rock and roll from a real talent