Bluesbreakers

Whatever.

Blues by a bunch of white men. Kind if lacks the soul of real blues a bit.

Meh, this is really nothing special, blues without the soul.

Two stars for the toan. And zero stars for everything else. It borrows so heavily from American blues that it comes off as 'what if some white British guys did it instead?'. It's like when Phil Collins re-did 'You Can't Hurry Love' and just did it the exact same way but with just him singing. This list should point listeners to genre defining albums which would be whatever these guys ripped from.

no se si me gustó la verdad lo escuche dos veces y me gustó más lo que digo después recomendando Spotify

All lowlights: -Eric Clapton - blues - when I saw this album cover I thought it might be the Beatles, but it sure wasn't - "colloquially known as The Beano Album"* ??? - 'Little Girl' is kinda creepy *Beano is the comic mag pictured on the cover, the most successful outside Japan, and the longest running one (1938-present)!!! That's much more impressive than the beano I know about (1990-present). This album is not my cup of tea. I'm sure it is important in Blues Albums, but if I die without hearing any more of those, I'll live. :P

Very ok blues.

No thanks

Good musicianship. Not exciting blues, and certainly not really emotional. This may be seminal for bringing blues to a bigger audience, but I'd probably rather listen to more original blues albums than these British enthusiasts.

J’aime pas vraiment le blues

Pretty torturous for me in all honesty. White people should never have touched the blues let alone British whites. Fav song: Another Man

Kinda generic white boy blues. It all started to blend together making me think I already heard some of the tracks.

Just noise.

This is too stock for me. Too nothing. I'm sure its significance and innovation is lost on me, but on its own it's just not that great.

It Ain't Right Just To Treat Me This Way 1001 Albums Generator 85 (07/30/2025) John Mayall was a British musician who got his start in the late 1950's. He became interested in this burgeoning American style of music, the blues, and decided to form a group called The Bluesbreakers. The Bluesbreakers are not so much a band in the traditional sense, as they featured over 100 unique combinations of musicians that played under the name, with the only constant being the mastermind, John Mayall. After touring for a couple of years around Britain, John Mayall recruited the great Eric Clapton and the band recorded and released their debut album, Bluesbreakers, which was largely responsible for pushing British Blues into the mainstream. Unfortunately, blues is in general not really my thing, and boring British blues is certainly not my thing. I like Cream and Layla, but even Eric Clapton's playing feels muted here. The opening track, All Your Love is a decent enough blues track and Little Girl is a lot of fun. What'd I Say is actually interesting, starting as a piano-led blues before a nice drum solo leads us into a Beatles homage. Interesting tune. The final song, It Ain't Right has the best use of harmonica on the whole thing and a great energy. Pretty much every other song is vastly forgettable. Why did the drummer go take a bathroom break for Ramblin' On My Mind? Who listens to an electric blues song and thinks "we need to remove the percussive energy immediately"? Same with Another Man, which is basically just harmonica. At the very least, this album isn't very long, but it still drags, with every song feeling the exact same, which is partially due to the fact that it is blues and partially due to the fact that it is not very inventive blues. It's honestly mostly a matter of personal taste to not love the blues, but it seems like even blues lovers don't jive hard with this album, so it was certainly an interesting choice for the list. Bluesbreakers has a couple of interesting songs, but is overall quite mediocre. I'm feeling a 2/5. Favs: All Your Love Little Girl It Ain't Right Least Fav: Ramblin' On My Mind

Meh. 2.5. - 3

Vocals too high in the mix. I'm not gonna dunk on white guys doing blues because I think they're allowed to it and I often like it. However.. I can see why this is largely forgotten these days when you know, Are You Experienced came out a year later. JM and the Bluesbreakers sounds so goddamn weak in comparison, no wonder Jimi made EC freak out. And the obligatory: fuck Eric Clapton

I had no idea who is Eric Clapton till I opened reviews of this. Then I understand that he sings "I'm gonna give you love, child", it was frighting...After that I went through racist stuff he told and other shit. And I feel kinda strange because I liked some songs, especially instrumentals but all of the context makes me feel wrong when I think that it's even 3-4 star album. It really inspires me to go into a long-winded discussion about an importance of artists as a person and impact on their music... well, okay, it'll be 2/5. because of really good instrumentals

Very unexciting. It doesn't sound like any of the musicians on this album have *really* had the blues, which doesn't help.

2/5. The Blues but white guys. I get it, but it's kind of hilarious that so many publications are like "wow this is truly the blues" when a white man does it. It's just rock mixed with blues so to call it innovative is just wrong. Eric does rip it here, and at age 21 at that, so I gotta give respect where it's due. And the tracks are still good, since the original versions are good, just feels a little empty at times. Best Song: Steppin' Out, Double Crossing Time, Ramblin' On My Mind

Naaaa I am not about the blues at all

I hate you Eric Clapton and all these songs sound like blister in the sun by the violent femmes

Lader til at være fint. Lyttede ikke til alle sange men kunne godt lide viben

Some alright blues songs that I wouldnt ever see myself going back to listen to

Meh

I mean they sound great but wow does this seem wrong.

Somewhat generic.

It’s was fine. Would give it a 2.5 but can’t so I’ll drop down because this is not a round up.

If you're into purist revivalist blues from the 1960s this is for you. However, although there are some great solos and some decent workouts, a lot of the British bands who did 'authentic' blues numbers produced some very wishy-washy and weedy versions of far superior US originals. These are no exception - a fair lot of it is very bland and flat, especially some of the organ playing.

There's some occasional talent to buy found by the musicians on here, especially Eric Clapton. The vocals are quite weak and the drumming is mediocre (don't get me started on the drum solo) The songs in the beginning sound unique and fun, until you realize that that's how most of the songs sound

Well performed I guess, but dont like it Will I listen to again: 0%

generic af. i don't caaaare

Meh

Blues like this is like baseball - it's cool live at a bar sometimes, no one cares about re-runs. If you can get a group of friends together and play, it's quite fun! But the only people who watch religiously are old dudes who haven't realized there's something more interesting. Also, that was the weakest drum solo I've ever heard. I'm glad we've come a long way from that

Truly the masters of sucking their own dicks. We get it, you play your instruments.

Blues...all sounds the same to me. I'm sure this is great, but I couldn't tell you the difference between it or bad blues.

This album went by so fast. Just a bunch of guitar and some guys singing quietly. 4/10

I’m not a middle aged man so I’m not the target group

My distaste for Eric Clapton on "the blooz" grows every year. I don't like them. This is fine, but it's a bunch of English guys pantomiming better bands, mostly actual Chicago blues guys. Why do you need this when you can just listen to them?

Meh. Not for me

Not bad but nothing memorable

They’re all fine as shit but this is the kinda music that makes me go nuts

I recognize that the British Blues Boom of the 60s was a cultural phenomenon, but it's not one I care for and I think it's over-represented on this list. Having said that, this album is a worthwhile entry. I especially liked the horn section - interesting to learn that it was only added post-production.

Meh. This version of blues rock cross over always is a little meh. 1.5/5

I was wondering when my first Clapton would be and didn’t expect or know of this one It’s an ok album , solid instrumental work .

Clinical, sterile blues music. It leaves me totally cold.

I just can’t get on board with this. Clapton has sounded better. The heavy use of organ is dated and silly. But most unforgivably, the songs are beige. I get that this music was important, but the more of the blues I hear, the more I’m convinced the style belongs in the past.

Boring, more moring than fleetwood mac pre-1970

This seems like a very good example of a blues album. I just don't like the blues all that much.

Lengthy Rock soli.

Solid blues riffs and vocals, just nothing new or experimental that would set it apart from other entries of that time period.

The tough part about blues albums is once you've heard one, you've heard them all. Decent listen with some highlight instrumental parts, but still a blues album through and through

Generic blues. Nothing too special. Extra star for Clapton.

This is the 4th or 5th Eric Clapton album so far on this list and I'm only 140 albums in. I haven't seen a single black r'n'b or blue artist however. This album impressed me when I was 16, now it just sounds weedy and devoid of any soul.

Mixed bag on this one. A couple of the instrumental-only tracks are really solid. Any track with singing suffers though. Too bad Clapton is so unlikeable as a human being, he really shreds.

Generic blues I guess.

Ikke helt min sjanger still

I love the blues, but not my blues.

Is this the worst drum solo of all time on what’d I say?? It sounds like that scene in Tarzan when Rosie o Donnell and the other gorillas who have never seen human life or artifacts before are learning to play with instruments for the first time. Speaking of terrible solos, have yall ever seen that Nick Jonas guitar solo at some music awards a couple years ago? It’s been popping up on my feed a couple times recently. It truly is so bad. I feel bad for him though cuz I’m sure he’s somewhat talented. But back to what’d I say, this is also just a terrible cover in general. They think by just changing the genre to a rock song that that’s doing something original but it just makes it worse. The rest of the album is not much better. They feel like blues-lite. Feels pretty generic and their blues melodies and rhythms don’t have much soul. Was going to give this a 1 because of how annoyed I got at this but I have to give it at least a 2 because of the obligatory harmonica. Decent harmonica work here.

I think the only time I like the Blues is when it's live in New Orleans.

Ugh. Did Eric Clapton own the only blues album in England? Its just so derivative.

Fucking Eric fucking Clapton. If I want to listen to blues, I would listen to blues. Two stars.

heavy guitar and drum instrumentals but not really my vibe. I liked the 5th song.

Okay I might write a little treatise here. ha. I can't stand Eric Clapton as a person. He's racist and his pompous, some of my least favorite attributes of people in general. He's a guitar God. He's a genius. This is what they all say. But I think that Eric Clapton is the biggest cultural appropriator in music history, which for some reason isn't attached to Clapton as much as it is to Elvis, for instance. One way that I think he's worse than Elvis is that he actually hated the people he stole his music from. I was willing to give this album the benefit of the doubt despite my feelings on Clapton as a whole. But all I think is, hasn't this been done better by someone else? This record is good in the sense that it's got some sick guitar work from Clapton, however I'm less impressed by it as almost every single song on the record was the very basic i-iii-iv progression. Maybe that makes me bitchy idk. I think part of what made this album so important was actually more about the audience that was exposed to the blues after this record. If you've never heard a blues song in your life and you listen to this record? Seems pretty decent. Then there's if you've been exposed to great blues in your life, maybe Mississippi John Hurt or Leadbelly or Howlin' Wolf or Little Walter, this sounds like an imitation. Which it is. Another thing is there's a few moments that sound like other songs to me, which when I looked them up basically came out in 1966. lol. "Another Man" is the only one, but reminded me of "Baby Please Don't Go," which is a blues song from long before Van Morrison recorded it. "Double Crossing Time" gives me big "It's a Man's World" with the melody, both came out in 66. As well as at the end of the cover of "What I'd Say" there's also a guitar lick that sounds exactly the same as the Beatles song "Daytripper" which came out in Dec. 1965. Despite saying all this, it isn't a bad listen necessarily. The singing could be stronger. The drum solo in "What I'd Say" could have been cut in half at least. Clapton could be less of a racist dick culturally appropriating Black music. But there's some sick guitar here and there. It didn't make my ears bleed. I wish I could do half points because I give this a 2.5.

Niet echt mijn muziek.

good, not exactly for me and nothing was too memorable about the album in my opinion

Eric Clapton is overrated

Don’t care for John Mayall. Just can’t get past the vocals. My dad likes them and I’ve tried for years. Just not for me.

It's a sound in search of a song

I've been annoyed by a few reviews of various albums here where they mention white people misappropriating blues music, and rate it extremely harshly almost out of spite. In those cases I've seen the skill in the album and enjoyed them in their own right. I thought that might be the case here too, but actually.. I think they might have a point. This is still accomplished enough, but it does sound like a much tamer sound, like they've taken something way more raw and powerful and just 'blanded' over the top of it. They play their instruments well enough, but this is incredibly dull for the most part. I enjoyed some of the tracks. 2.5 rounded down.

Maybe it was the day, but I was just annoyed by this. I'm sure other people "get it" but it's just more white guy blues to me. 2/5

Blues cosplay from the Brits. The musicians are proficient, the vocals are weak. Last track (Bernard Jenkins) was probably my favorite. Don’t know why I’d ever listen to this instead of Muddy Waters. Guessing this is like music for musicians or something.

I'm in a bad mood and I can't stand Eric Clapton and his wimpy little voice.

2.5 stars, don’t really know what’s so special

There is too much Clapton on this list.

White British guys in the sixties were really trying to appropriate everything huh? Can I not have, like... Actual blues?

Some good moments but generally couldn't care less

99% of the time, boring and soulless.

It's very generic blues. There's a couple of songs that would be fun in a bar but too many guitar solos which aren't interesting Also, clapton is a prick

It's blues. It exists, and Eric Clapton is on it. If that sounds like your thing, go for it.

I like rock with blues elements, but this was a bit too "bluesy" for me. Usually those kind of albums get tiring for me around the halfway mark, and this one was not an exception. I did find it interesting that John McVie (later of Fleetwood Mac) played bass on this album, though. It makes sense since Fleetwood Mac was originally a blues band. 2.5 stars

yay more eric clapton Honestly, Eric Clapton is good at guitar, but he’s not anything special. Disraeli Gears being included is fine, since there’s some actual good songs on that album, but I don’t understand listmakers’ obsession with him in general.

Really didn’t care for this one. Was not interested in listening to it at work. Just not for me that day. Didn’t keep track of the standouts.

This was a competent yet dull album, it could have been edited down to a shorter package and I would have enjoyed it better. I don't think I will ever remember listening to this album, and that's a fate worse than death.

Nothing stood out.

I can imagine this was fairly exciting at the time, when the originals of these tunes were hard to get hold of or hear, but at this distance this comes across as a bit of a pub rock covers / wedding band set. And of course the one thing that really stood out about Charles' original of 'What'd I Say' was the ridiculous drum solo.

Influential yet pedestrian. Fuck Eric Clapton.

Someone described this as white blues and I couldn't agree more, 2* Even the drum vamping in "what i'd say" sounded like someone with no drum skills fucking around.

If I was a white man with a goatee born in the 1950s, I would be absolutely ripping my cock off its hinges at this (presuming I could still find it under my belly). I'm not, so no.

If I have to listen to songs about shagging kids I'd prefer them to be good songs about shagging kids

1 boom BOOM 💪

Day 66 - Nov 17th, 2024 Eric Crapton amirite. 2/5

Nett.

bad quality and weird ass lyrics, got boring really quickly.

Meh.

This was fine. A 3 downgraded to 2 because I hate Clapton.

Really very bluesy. Not my bag. Some of this is more bluegrass (?) and other parts are more jazzy or soulful, but I liked very little of it. Expected more Clapton guitar I guess. The instrumental second track was pretty good, at least. Listened to the stereo mix.

Have You Heard // Steppin’ Out // Bernard Jenkins 2.5/5

Eric boy plays some mean blues guitar, and that's all there is to it. No real sentiment and no eye for when to tone down the flashiness - fair play, that's how life is when you're in your early twenties.

Mostly included to showcase the early guitar playing of Eric Clapton. It might do that - but it accomplishes very little beside from that.

White boy blues

boring, repetitive and self indulgent. Not sure why i expect more from something that Eric Clapton has had his mits on.

Some claim this album hugely popularised the blues genre. I call utter bologna, because even by 1966 standards, this kind of music is massively overdone. And an entire album filled with 12-bar blues (half of the tracks all in the same key) isn't doing the music any favours. Sure, it sounds fine, but it also has that '60s unpolished feel that makes the band appear more unprofessional than anything else. With a more interesting mix of genres, a la Revolver or other contemporary albums, they could've gotten away having unsteady mixing and performance – but here, they don't quite cut it. The piano (appearing in many of the tracks) is probably the highlight. The singing is fine, though I slightly prefer the instrumental tracks to the ones with lyrics. I have such an intense and rightful grudge against Eric Clapton as a person that all of his music is irreparably tainted even if it's played well, so I can't really say I loved his guitar cameo. As with a lot of my recent album reviews, I'm probably being too harsh here. But Clapton deserves it. Take that, little racist anti-vax guitar boy. 2/5 Key tracks: All Your Love, Have You Heard, Little Girl

What a nice example of cultural appropriation!

There is too much Clapton on this list! Look. This is fine. The music is clearly well performed. But this style of white, boomer boy blues is way too over-represented on this list. Absolutely unnecessary.

I think my problems with Clapton's 'Derek and the Dominos' apply to 'The Bluesbreakers' threefold. While Clapton is most certainly a talented and "fast" blues-rock-styled guitarist - I struggle to find any distinctive personality in his recordings (barring a few songs, like the incredible 'Layla' on 'Layla...') or playing. A good chunk of the tracks here are covers of blues and RnB greats like Ray Charles and Freddie King, and the Mayall-written songs aren't anything to cry home about. He's a decent vocalist in this area though. Good playing only gets you so far on records like this that have so little in terms of substance or, especially, variety. There's no definition here, it just sort of trudges along...soullessly. John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers (and Clapton) are undeniably good at what they do, but what they do is just kinda bland.

😴💤😴💤😴💤😴

Yet another forgettable album

Mostly forgettable.

boring ahhhh

So, yeah, Clapton can play guitar. Besides that, this, to me, is a totally unremarkable blues album that also clocks in way too long.

01) All Your Love - 6,0 02) Hideaway - 5,5 03) Little Girl - 5,5 04) Another Man - 5,5 05) Double Crossing Time - 5,0 06) What'd I Say - 5,0 07) Key to Love - 5,5 08) Parchman Farm - 5,0 09) Have You Heard - 5,5 10) Ramblin' on My Mind - 6,0 11) Steppin' Out - 5,5 12) It Ain't Right - 5,5 13) Lonely Years - 5,0 14) Bernard Jenkins - 5,0 TOTAL: 5,39 (54/100) Current ranking: 227/261 I guess this was significant when it was released, but I rate it based on personal taste, not significance to world music, so this is barely two stars. So boring!

Certified noodling! something uniquely lame about british blues

I don't like this. This reminds me of the kind of blues that your uncle listens to while doing that gross head bob thing that blues fans do (people do bob their head to various styles of music but boomer blues people do it in a very gross and different way) and tells you all about how you don't understand music because you don't like this crap. Honestly, it's not 1 star bad but this album gave me a stomach ache or gas or something. Gross.

That was some blues rock music

The production on this album is distractingly poor, I get that it was 1966 but this didn't age well. Clapton's guitar work on here is undeniable but Mayall singing about "being my little girl" is miffin' it up too much for me to like. The instrumentals with harmonica were slightly better but I got bored with it even though there's so many songs in the list. It just felt like it was hitting all the tropes of standard blues rock and I think others just do it better (with more passion and grit). This combo isn't working for me.

An abhorrent racist prick is still an abhorrent racist prick whether or not he can or can't play guitar. Maybe it was transformative at the time but the album just sounds bland and lacking any kind of authenticity.

I had to listen to Can Blue Men Sing The Whites by Bonzo Dog Band after listening to this. It's good considering they have none of the oppression and were all doing too much coke at the time. It's just not great.

Only appears to be a noteworthy album because it heavily features Eric Clapton. Meh. Another reviewer says "it's probably the whitest version of the blues I've ever had to listen to"... sounds about right! Which is fine, if that's your thing.

Not my favorite blues rock

And whaddaya do? You join the Mothers! And you end up working for Zappa! And he makes you be a creep! You could have played the blues with John Mayall or far out exciting jazz with Blood Sweat and Tears. Look, no one will ever take you seriously. How CAN they take you seriously? In this business, you've either gotta play the Blues, or sing with a high voice!

Liked the more quiet songs like Another Man

Not my cup of tea.

Cooler Blues - die Stimme ist mir aber durchgehend zu angestrengt. Schade.

Yawn

Imagine in 2010 a bunch of white British 20 year old dudes made an album of covers and attempted replications of like 90s gangsta rap (which they clearly have no ability to truly relate to) and did absolutely nothing to change the style besides using more modern recording/beat-making tech. That's pretty much what this is to the blues. Aside from the fact that you should just listen to real groundbreaking (and more talented) black blues performers (muddy waters, howlin wolf, Mississippi John hurt, bb king, delta blues guys like Robert Johnson, blind willie Johnson/mctell, and more) , Hideaway does fucking rule and is probably the only track I've heard where I kinda understand the praise for Clapton. Steppin out and the guitar solo at the end of of have you heard are also pretty good. 5/10, its objectively not bad but just kinda pointless to me.

Fine, nothing incredible and given the history of these types of groups...

Fine, kind of boring.

I don't really wanna listen to this album I'm not gonna lie. I have no desire...

This just annoyed me the more it went on. Dull. Lacklustre vocals. Drum solos. Drum solos get me like that Michael Scott ‘please god, no’ gif.

Not really into blues

More than anything, this album is about TONE. Eric Clapton may be a dickbag, but his playing here crystalized the style of solo and tone that should accompany the new shifting era from Blues to Rock. Though the album is built around his playing, I find some of the best segments to be without him

I find this sort of album to be more of a showcase of musical ability than an enjoyable listening experience. I can somewhat appreciate that they are very talented but I don't think it is fun to listen to

A nice record. A showcase of Clapton's guitar powers that soon will make him "god". I particularly loved the guitar sound. The band plays well also. But not something I think I'll go back to often.

Clapton is technically impressive on this, sure, but it's musically uninteresting.

White guy blues covers. Bland but quick. Crazy the member history in this group though.

I don't like blues rock and Eric Clapton is a failure of a human being.

Previous comments about young English white guys doing blues still apply. (Short version: please don't)

Fine

Disclaimer - I have always really struggled with blues rock. Especially with Eric Clapton. In the case of this record, I get it. These are competent musicians. They love the blues as a musical form. I love it too. So why is it that I am left completely unmoved by what is happening here? This feels like a conversation I am not invited in. And I have no desire to engage with it.

I thought I could be boys with white dads through Eric Clapton...

Meh. I like Clapton a lot, but this album was just very ok.

I'm in a state of shock, early Clapton, legendary band!! Yet totally uninspired white man blues. Was excited when this album popped up but god its weak. Truly disappointing.

I like the blues but this wasn't it for me. Felt a little soulless to me.

Pretty basic for white guys playing the blues.

# Playlist track - Hideaway # Notes - Decent blues. Fun for a while. - Has good moments, but it's not a good *album*. - For the fans, it's kind of cool to get some Clapton's early work, but this is far from his best.

I wish the singer felt the words the way the guitarist did, and didn’t just hit the notes.

Okay

1.5 - This was annoying. I don't like blues very much and this certainly wasn't an exception. The lyrics were the usual stuff that I literally don't care about. Just more sad white boy blues...

The first two songs, I was into it. But the longer it went on, the more I realized I was listening to a cheap imitation of the genre. The drums were messy, the singing flat. The guitarplay is all that is really good, but I feel like it mostly hides how bad everything else is. Weird album.

Nice.

It's as boring as it looks on the label.

Kinda ok to start with but ultimately boring and self indulgent

maybe it’s just me, but white guys shouldn’t play the blues. the ONLY white guy i’ve ever heard that could pull it off was SRV. this was bad and some of the songs were downright embarrassing.

Meh

They do a good job, but it's just blues.

Ich hab ein großes Herz für Blues, aber das hier fand ich irgendwie ein bisschen langweilig. Rating: 2,25/5

- Blues - Bluesiger - Am bluesigsten - hat mich absolut kalt gelassen (mit ausnahme von Another Man, was ich irgendwie ganz geil fand) 2/5

There are better Blues Rock albums. Star removed because Eric Clapton is a cunt. If Clapton was God then who was his Nietzsche?

Ehh

Nah, boomer rock from a racist asshole. Don’t need it.

Very bland and not at all interesting. Maybe it was influential in the 60s. But today it’s not special anymore.

Liia pitkä. Kovia rumpusooloja välil.

Yep. It’s smoke. Good blues album.

It's bluesy classic rock! Sounds pretty good. Nothing bad about it. Reminds me of Cream. I love Cream, and I'm not sure if any blues / classic rock outfits come close to them. I'm giving this a 2 because of the context of this 1001 list. It's not bad songs, it's just not really blowing me away. It only takes a few listens of Clapton to pick him out on songs. Not that it's a bad thing, but I had an expectation and received it. Nothing more, nothing less.

Eric Clapton I’ve really soured on the last few years. This is another entry in the 50s/60s phenomenon of covering other popular songs that have already been done to death, then getting added to this book. This act covers What’d I Say in just the most embarrassing way. I was giving this man the wrap it up signal 60 years in the future.

No bad... kinda like a poor man's https://open.spotify.com/album/3SgBIPBgm2Vmhv2kdym6pI?si=aewUpx39R3avsJjz6sZz8A&context=spotify%3Aalbum%3A3SgBIPBgm2Vmhv2kdym6pI

I’m usually a big fan of the blues but this doesn’t really do it for me. Eric Clapton is good on the guitar as usual. Nothing here is going to make me want to come back to it.

Man, blues is so incredibly predictable and boring. Literally every single song on this album is a 1-4-5 chord progression. It's actually painful to listen to what sounds like the same song again and again and again. Half the songs on this album are covers of older blues songs and are thus not original to this band. It's really amazing what boomers actually thought good music sounded like. I know Clapton is a good guitar player and all that, but this was just difficult to listen to.

Very basic rock guitar blues. Nothing special whatsoever.

So sorry, I am not in the headspace to have the patience to enjoy this album currently. I'll revisit it in the spring and I'm sure I'll love it but for right now I just can't really.

Blues. Fine. Not my thing.

Rowdy

Instrumentality fine, but lyrically banal.

Not a fan of this one, couldn't make it to the end. After listening to Santana a few days im afraid Clapton doesn't hit the same

I don’t doubt the musical prowess of Eric Clapton or this group. But I’m finding that I really just don’t enjoy blues music.

I'll tell you what, this list here did not need yet another Clapton album

It lacks too authenticity but the talent on display is undeniable. Clapton in particular saw through each song on guitar with a calmed frenzy. He and Mayall are putting in work. It’s a shame the album itself is so damned bland and overall uninteresting.

This is classic rock blues. It's okay. I'm sure for the time it was wild. I suppose this album is just a vessel for Clapton to solo on top of blues standards? That's what it sounds like anyway. I'm fine with just listening to this once, the guitar is tone is pretty good and Clapton in '66 sorta rips, despite him also being a racist POS? Review of Reviews: Yeah I guess I agree with what a lot of people are saying. Through the lens of 2023, the blues has been done to death, and white boys cant really play it all that great. The drum solo in What'd I say.. was terrible. Best Track: Steppin' Out

All Your Love- 3.5/5 Hideaway- 2.6/5 Little Girl- 2.2/5 Another Man- 2.9/5 Double Crossing Time- 2.3/5 What'd I Say- 3.5/5 Key to Love- 1.9/5 Parchman Farm- 4/5 Have You Heard- 1.8/5 Ramblin' on My Mind- 1/5 Steppin' Out- 1/5 It Ain't Right- 3.4/5 Total- 2.5/5

If you like the blues this is probably pretty good. I couldn't get past the third song.

It's like if Ned Flanders tried to play the blues. Not awful but very weak.

Best part was Ray Charles

boring, stick to one genre

2/12, 17%

Meh. Not bad. Not particularly good.

This would be good for when I want to listen to honky tonk blues (which is never).

It's been done a lot better after them. It sounds clumsy by today's standards, not essential at all.

White guy blues featuring noted racist Eric Clapton.

ew @ little girl, felt like very standard issue blues

I can really do without Clapton’s vocals… but his guitar is amazing and the other guy sounds great. Overall, this was fine but not mind blowing

Meh was just ok

Day 105 John Mayall & The Ballsbreakers - Balls Breakers with Eric Clapped Out I am really hoping the authors have included some Albert King, FFS.  Rating: It's in the title if you haven't noticed. Now get out of here. 

Dodo

This album has quite the lineup that played on it. I think that is the reason the album is on the list. I don't dislike Eric Clapton and enjoy a lot of his music, but I do find his guitar playing to be dispassionate and very clinical. It doesn't speak "blues" to me. So because this album had young Clapton on it, it made the list. Otherwise, I don't really see very much special about this album. It's not bad, but is just standard blues performed by a guitarist that is technically really good.

2.5

70s blues is not really my thing

bluessia bluessia more like diearrhia... heh... tylsää on ja sonics more like hedgehog niin paskat heh ei claptonin parasta (hyvät polittiset, politiikka mielipiteet, hyvät ajatukset, tuumaukset & funtsaukset herralta) mitäänsanomaton.... steppin out

It's blues. Eric Clapton is playing guitar. That's all you need to know. Incredibly well executed but you've heard it all before and it smells of shit beer and machismo. Knowing as little of the blues as I do, I suspect there's something in this being an important album in the history of such music but it's a history full of guitar wankers I can't really be doing with.

Music for divorced middle aged men in poorly fitting jeans and tshirts bought from HMV 👍🏾

whoever told john mayall he could sing the blues was playing quite the prank, the only question is if the prank was on john or the listening public

Not a blues guy 1.5

Eric Clapton makes this band somehow more boring than it already is, which seemed impossible considering they’re a white blues band. 2/5

very bland, but undeniably great. Everything is crafted incredibly in a musical sense, but none of the songs actually felt meaningful. A lot of the same on this record, which made it a boring listen.

I love blues and Eric Clapton but this is so boring and soulless. It feels like eating a steak without any seasoning.

White guy blues. Don't get me wrong, I like white guy blues sometimes but this is just like black guy blues other than a sheen of inauthenticity. The voices are an imitation, the guitar licks have been overheard elsewhere first, the band is a homage and the grooves are affectations. The problem is that these people admire blues musicians not for the emotions they evoke but the technical ability they have. And generally these early British blues guys practiced that in their private school dorm rooms. It's a different, worse, world. And throughout this ineffable sensation that they thought they were so cool for producing this fake bread. The album, in the end, is forgettable, cliched, at least by now, and just a bit annoying

It takes a lot for electric blues to grab me, but parts of this did! eric clapton is probably the best part of this but for the most part its kinda standard electric blues-fare. best tracks: all your love, double crossin time, key to love

Musica vecchia e ritrita, non interessante

Highlights: "All Your Love," "Hideaway" This narrowly slips in before Hendrix with that heavy midrange and the Marshall sound, and Clapton does have some good tone and licks. The tone on the opener sounds bleary or washed out in a way that has aged remarkably well, and the album ends on some great feedbacking harmonic. A lot of unforgivable lyrics on here, but especially "Little Girl." Almost as unforgivable is the bumbling and interminable drum solo on "What'd I Say." Ultimately, it reminds you of why blues rock feels so utterly dead: from the start, it's been promulgated by unabashed middle-aged British statutory rapists. Don't feel bad for letting Clapton's later outbursts of 1800s-level racism tarnish your perception of this mediocre album.

it's blues, it's aite

2.5

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers: 4

Just kind of a stock standard blues album heard 1000s of times before pleasant enough but not too interesting and been done better. Also fuck Eric Clapton. 2/5

2.5

Sometimes there's a well written blues song on the album but mostly it feels like listening to someones jam band. Sometimes it works but not in this case.

Not too bad, but not really engaging. There were a couple tunes that were interesting, but somewhat forgettable.

Pretty meh on the album overall. The blues style is simply not to my personal taste. The performances are objectively great on a pure musical basis. I don't know if this is how blues rock always has sounded or if everyone and their mother has simply ripped off this album.

Good playing but not so great vocals. Meh

Didn't enjoy it much

This is the third Clapton or Clapton related album I’ve gotten after ‘Derek and the Dominos’ and ‘461 Ocean Boulevard’. By now I’ve heard enough of his music to know that his version of the blues doesn’t really do it for me.

It’s pretty bluesy, I’ll give it that. Cons: - Very generic sounding - nothing standout about it - Much of it is pretty samey - Lacks the ‘authenticity’/soul of other blues albums, maybe? - Lotta covers Pros: - It's quite fun - particularly the earthier, less electrified numbers - Supposedly influential (I'll have to take that claim at face value) - The Beano - John Mayall was apparently born in Macclesfield. Represent. Firmly in 2.5 star territory, then.

So boring The drum solo in "What I'd Say" is so out of place.

mid 6/10

A demonstration of good guitar playing. May as well be an Eric Clapton album. I'm not really much of a blues fan, the album in fine to listen to but don't see myself seeking this one out to play again. 2.5/5

Wow am I sick of white British boomer dudes playing the blues

Supongo que es un buen disco. Quiero decir que se deja escuchar, pero a diferencia de otros discos dd esta época, su influencia no es tan clara para mí.

I don’t know, don’t really like blues.

It was ok. Just not a huge fan of their music but I respect it

If you like blues rock from the 60s sung by white dudes that sound older than they are, you'll love this.

I will always remember this album because I put it off for 2.5 years and it was just as boring as I expected it to be.

Another one that I felt like I should enjoy, but simply did not. 0 songs stood out to me, but nothing was really bad. I’d never come back to it. Normally a 3 but it lost a star for disappointing me.

Just boring really. I tried to listen to this album a couple years back, wanting to like it. However, it’s just boring af. Instrumentally it is quite good at points, but it never builds and by staying stagnant it’s somewhat boring. The singing voices are not notable, arguably even bad. All in all, mid as a Wednesday afternoon. Sounds like it was made by a 65 year old hipster. Reminds me of the scene from The Office where Robert California starts a band in the warehouse by burgling Andy, Darrel, and Kevin’s instruments.

did not feel a whole lot. love the cover art though.

2.5 Fine Blues Rock - I can see how this could be influential for the rock bands to come in the decade ahead. Another Man in particular reminded me of the opening to Bring It on Home by Led Zeppelin, though to be fair, both artists were inspired by (or ripping off) blues artists from years prior. Don’t feel like I have a ton to say beyond that. I’ve never been much of an Eric Clapton fan, and this didn’t do much to change that. One of the most “Yeah, that’s music alright” listens I’ve heard so far, and, as someone who is far from an expert on the genre, I’m confident there are much better blues albums out there. Favorite songs: All Your Love, Another Man, It Ain’t Right

A bit much to take in all at once. Standout track is probably Parchman Farm.

I guess this was the o.g. but it's still dull white blues. Better than the Yardbirds at least

I like the blues. I like blues-based rock. I like Eric Clapton. But this album was the same progression of blues chords on, and throughout, every track. This bored me very quickly.

I hate Eric Clapton

This is the kind of record to launch a thousand guitar solos, but wouldn't it be better for all if it simply didn't? A big of grudging respect for choosing the blues, but most of the beginning and end is at such a lifeless pace that I found myself getting bored. In the middle, organ or harmonica flourishes that I expected to genuinely hate took on a charming character thanks to the early-stereo mixing. But in the end, Clapton and Mayall fall back on their old tricks.

Some songs are rather nice, if not a bit faceless. Others are deep in generic blues rock structures and that bores be to death. I just dont' care for that genre at all.

Boring basic blues rock

Generic blues rock, probably wont listen to it again

I mean it's the same chord progression for 40 minutes. Which is fine when you've got lucille singin to you but these guys aren't exactly B.B. King. like low 2

Blues w/ Jazz organ doesn’t impress me the same way it might’ve before I started this albums project, found this kind of grating after a full album of it

fine

Hetkittäin oikein toimivaa settiä ja sitten taas ei. Kokonaisuus painuu enemmän ärsyttäväksi kuin nautinnolliseksi, mutta silti 2* on aavistuksen verran väheksymistä.

Was good for its time, I'm sure.

Even though these guys are immensely talented, a bunch of Brits doing American Blues just sounds off to me.

Some taught a pair of denim jeans to sing

Some of this was alright but it was also just quite boring and the solos were far too noodly a lot of the time

Okej, but not for me.

repetitive, no new inspiration

I find this pale wank showcase rather grating. Ground zero for so much mediocrity.

Wasn't the biggest fan of the album. Had a hard time getting through it

found it boring

Meh.

Not super exciting, a bit like the janis joplin album but less interesting

Album felt pretty mid. Didn't really like or hate most of the songs. 1. Steppin' Out 2. All Your Love 3. It Ain't Right

It's hard for me to evaluate this album. The lack of production is probably a cool part of the sound. It may have been a break through at the time this album was made. I compare this to the really good Blues albums and this is average. Don't mean to offend anyone, it just didn't do it for me.

Boring. Clapton is overrated.

Okay

This album - informally referred to as The Beano Album, because of the artwork showing Eric Clapton reading comics - is from the English blues rock band John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers. This commercially and critically successful album is seen as the pioneer of guitar centered blues-rock, as well as influential to the artistic development of rock'n'roll guitar playing. Eric Clapton - an amazingly talented guitarist - is prominently featured on this album, and is the spark that started a new version of rock styled guitar playing. The music was upbeat and fun - definitely a great album for blues or rock fans. I liked the album and I'm glad that I can appreciate music from 55 years ago.

was ok

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I get that this was supposed to be an influential blues album for the British, but the British are stinky poopy people and I'm not into this one like I was with the last few blues listens.

Can see why its in the list with is apparent influence on blues, and the fact it shows an early Eric Clapton and John McVie of Fleetwood Mac. If you're a blues fan, its an essential listen. I however am not, and found it a bit of a drag. Has some decent guitar and harmonica solos though. If i was reviewing Bluesbreakers on legacy it would be higher than Legacy my actual enjoyment of the album.

Blues rock heaven to be fair. 4 stars -2 stars for Clapton, the dick

Strictly irrelevant, but still...Motown Records? Possibly a licensing issue... Anyways. Dull.

Ugh

Meh, Not awful but hard to really give it a rating higher than 2*. It kind of just sat in the Background and never really got my interest enough to listen thoroughly through a song, but I listened the whole way through so it's not a 1*

Rubber soul. No duende or danger

It's got all the hallmarks of other bands and guitarists. I like Peter Green and Cream so this sounds like a pale imitation- but then Mayall seems to have been there first! It just doesn't do it for me though- the production seems tinny, Mayall's vocals are poor ('What'd I say') and the songs written by him are embarassing- ('Little Girl'). The rest are covers and it's only 'Ramblin' on my mind' (sung by Clapton) that lifts it above the mediocre. It begs the question - should we venerate an album because it came first but was eclipsed by later music? The same applies to other genres too I'd say. The guitar work obviously is wonderful and there are some nice touches in there with John McVie on bass and even Mayall on harmonica but ultimately I'll stick to Cream and Green.

Middling white man blues. Mean musicianship though.

its okay I think the fact that it has so many people that went on to make a ton of hits really makes people overrate this album

No soy muy de Blues y esto me ha sonado todo igual. Lo siento no es para mí y no creo que sea algo destacar como imprescindble.

Surely someone blares rebukes for recycling the 12-bar blues over a whole album.

Listening to this album feels like I'm intruding on the musicians' private time. I don't think they're playing this for us to hear, I think they're playing it for themselves to enjoy playing. This isn't always a bad thing, I love to hear people enjoying their craft, but this album does leave me a bit cold because of it.

I will never understand the appeal of 60s/70s blues rock . It's all-the-same, all the time. 1.5/5

Early Clapton < The other Claptons.

I am so bored of these eric clapton albums

Different kind of music which was a nice change but nothing inspirational

Best Song: Parchman Farm. Nice and high tempo. Harmonica is the star here. Worst Song: What'd I Say. Not terrible, but just a needlessly lengthy drum solo. Also weirdly positioned within the album. I feel like a solo like this is best placed near the album's finale, not a third of the way in. Overall: This kind of blues is not my genre, although I could see how some would like it.

Ah, Eric. Another chance to separate the man from the music. Better blues that I expected to be honest, but still rather generic sounding. Reading the wiki entry, that might be because it was a huge influence on all blues rock that came afterwards. I doubt I'll play this record again.

Genre: Blues Rock 2/5 Hm. Wikipedia says this album helped pioneer a guitar-dominated, blues-rock sound. Somebody needs to tell Wikipedia that black Americans were doing that 10 years prior to this, and that what we hear here is a cheap knockoff of one of the most important American musical innovations the country has generated. A few decent licks from Clapton here, and a couple decent heavy blues jams there, do very little to make this any more palatable than it could’ve been. John Mayall sounds like 300 different singers who’ve preceded him, and the mixture of covers and wannabe-originals in the tracklist left me wanting much more.

From the two songs I could stand to hear, not bad!!! That Eric Clapton touch is obvious. Just not my thing. My dad would go apeshit if I gifted him this rec as a vinyl

No thanks.

Meh

It's hard to come down off the Rush high from yesterday, and this album is not a cushy landing. It's too homogeneous throughout. I just don't care about it. And fuck Eric Clapton! He's an enormous ass. I know he's talented, but he's also such a dick. I'm going back to Rush.

Þokkalegur blús, ekkert mega.

Even with Eric Clapton playing solos, a whole album of 12 bar blues is too much for me.

A mostly forgettable rock album filled with gratuitous lead guitar and not much melodic substance.

Unremarkable white boy blues

Meh. Not especially good blues.

Pretty heavy blues centered album. Nothing really bad but sometimes blues songs have similar sounds and don’t differentiate much. This one wasn’t bad but it ran into that same problem. 4.7/10

Second listen. First was a 2/5 the first time and stays a 2/5 for me this time. It is fine, it's really good music. Just not exciting for me.

It was okay. Not really memorable, though. 2/5 stars.

Another one that I can appreciate but just didn't like. Yeah Clapton can play guitar and some of the piano and keyboard is nice but it's all just one long jam session with boring and repetitive blues lyrics.

I don’t like blues

Wate ja ganz gern im Blues Fluss, aber das hier ist dann doch ein eher flacher Tümpel. Seichte 1.6