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Not bad at all
Pretty good listen
Love this sort of thing - the sort of stuff that your favourite rock artists reference as their inspiration
Typical for country of that time, nothing special. There’s a reason people like Jennings and Nelson took the country world by storm in the 70’s.
Ekki laust við sinn sjarma þótt manni þyki kúrekar etv. svolítið hallærislegir.
The real cowboy shit. They just don't make country music like this anymore, at all. i'm not much a fan of country music but this was definitely among the best of that genre. Every single song is a story. Which is somewhat exhausing, like bingeing a whole 15-episode season of an anthology TV series. Nearly every song is 3 minutes or less, but feels like several minutes because they're so lyrically dense.
It was good to listen to a classic country artist i didn't grow up with. Enjoyed some of the tunes
it’s cool and has some poetry but it’s too mannered to really move me
Yeehaw
Wouldn't have been my cup of tea but nice album. Great if you are riding a horse through US or something...I dunno. I liked El Paso.
3 No way, they made the Fallout song into a full album?? An enjoyable listen front-to-back that didn't outstay its welcome, though I do think all songs pale in comparison to Big Iron, which is by far the standout. They start running together shortly into the album, but distinct or not, each song does a great job of creating ambience, so I didn't mind too much. Also, if you're able to focus in on the lyrics, there's a lot of fun storytelling going on. There's nothing bad here, and as a whole I find the album niche enough to scratch an old-timey Country Western itch I didn't know I had. Makes me want to play Fallout or a cowboy game like Red Dead. Favorite songs: Big Iron, The Master's Call, The Hanging Tree Also, if you haven't heard it, Mike Ness of Social Distortion has a solid rockabilly cover of Big Iron - would recommend giving it a listen.
En ole suuri western diggari mutta genressään tämä toimi ihan hienosti. 3/5
I've heard, and like, a lot of these songs. But this style is a bit too much for a full album.
Country. Folk gringo. La 2da mitad >>>>> la primera mitad.
Kill bill
Couple of the songs on here were brutal! Was a long album of similar sounding songs but defo some stand outs, they’re hanging me tonight and the hanging tree I really enjoyed.
Wasn’t expecting an album like this to be on the list, but I liked it. For sure not one of the greatest but there have been far worse. It’s a fun album with the western style and his way of storytelling is just great. Nothing special but just fun to listen to.
I knew one of these songs from the Breaking Bad soundtrack. I enjoyed but as a novelty only.
Country folk homenatjant el Wild West, a mans d'un bon coneixedor del tema. Autenticitat, honestedat i cançons que arriben a l'ànima, directament des de la veu i lletres de Robbins
Not at all bad, some easy listening tracks
3/5 Best song: Big Iron
3/5 Naja okay
Nothing ground breaking but great mood music if you're in a depressed cowboy or a epic western mood. (3.5)
The black gunfighter figure against the red background is top notch. I was surprised to recognize a song, El Paso. Can't fault the voice. But still.
I wasn't able to listen to this album in its entirety, just a matter of a busy day, not a statement about the music. It's interesting, listening to older albums and hearing things that sound so cliché — in terms of songwriting and production — while recognizing that this was probably pretty novel at the time of the release. Hard to put myself in that place and hear it as new. That said, I was surprised to recognize at least one song ("Cool Water," from "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") and found this to be a pleasant listen. Not expecting I'll be pulling this album out to spin just for enjoyment, but who knows? Robbins has a great range and tone as a vocalist, and there's something soothing about this music, even if it is about outlaws and gunslingers and the dusty trail.
Country. Ni fu ni fa.
Archetypal Western music, beautifully done
Perfect voor een rustig ochtendje. Big Iron is top.
Surprisingly enjoyable listen. Engaging storytelling, beautiful vocals. Marty Robbins goes for a very specific mood/vibe here, and he commits to it admirably. If you don't really love this kind of music, it can get a bit tedious in the middle. That said, "El Paso" is a really gorgeous song, a true classic of the genre. Fave Songs: El Paso, In the Valley, They're Hanging Me Tonight, Big Iron
Enjoyed this way more than I expected, solid 3.5, but can't justify giving it 4 stars over 3.
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP. Such a tune. Some fantastic storytelling throughout this album. Not every tracks a banger and it could do with some tracklist editing but great album overall.
Definitely not among the worst country I've heard. But also very far from the best I've heard. Quite OK and El Paso is a nice track.
Campy classic!
Decent early honky tonk Country music. Nice to hear once but doesn't leave a lasting impression
Big Iron fucks
I can see how this might make the cut for being culturally significant in the way that an album of sea shanties might be but I thought it was a strange choice. Having said that I appreciated the history of it and even recognised at least one track. It wasn’t awful by any means so a generous 3*
Though most of these songs sound the same, I enjoyed hearing the sappy stories. Every song sounds like it was played while mounted on the back of a loping horse. I love these old cowboy folk tunes.
Started strong and faded. Glad this is being preserved, but I was excited for old western ballads, and left a tad disappointed.
Big Iron was the standout track to me. It was interesting listening to this after Kid Rock. Definitely would like to revisit this.
I mean.. western songs I guess.
This is the kind of country I like. Marty has a lovely baritone voice - not twangy. Not much variety in arrangement. You can tell the emphasis is much more on storytelling. Standout tracks for me were "They're Hanging Me Tonight" and "El Paso". I'll be interested in listening to this more in depth later.
Very good story telling and wow everyone really dies in the end huh
Didn't mind this too much, but it was a bit boring at times.
It's a fun album. I wish I was the gunslinger on the album cover. What a man. It was more diverse than I predicted it to be. It's got some nice vocal harmonies and some fun chromatic guitar playing! There's something about American folk music that attracts me at a deep level; it's the depictions of the west, the stories about outlaws, the way that they sing about love in a vastly different era but it surprisingly isn't really that different from modern day love songs. I love it. Overall I liked the album, and I think a record like this deserves a place on this list.
Western music is often fun as it generally tells quite a straightforward story. A bit different. I admire a lot about this music, harmonies and story telling but it does tire doesn't it... Christ there were just about 5 too many songs on this album. But that's quite a small reason to slag it off
Yeeehaaaaar cowboy. Enjoyed this. Got a bit samey but it was good fun
BIG IRON ON HIS HIP
I think I remember reading a review for a Little Richard album, saying that it was unfair to judge the album since Little Richard existed before the concept of an "album artist" was established. I feel the same for this. The songs were looking to fill a niche and weren't designed to be listened to back-to-back like this. If I were judging it that way, I'd say the songs get a bit repetitive (he mentions "20 notches in a pistol" in three songs I can remember), but he has a wonderful voice and paints a vivid picture. Favorite tracks: "Big Iron", "Saddle Tramp"
Mighty damn white.
lite småmysigt men inget som får mig att gå så att säg
It’s an accurate album title - old school country campfire narratives about life in the badlands.
see you, space cowboy
Calm western music, delivered by a pleasant voice of Marty Robbins and a splendid guitar. Definitely felt the vibe of the western trail. Had some fun listening to it, but I don't feel the need to return to it for some time. Highlight: El Paso
I started off enjoying this album because the songs are so catchy and he has a great voice but after 5-6 songs it started to feel like the same song over and over again. Like you could have taken the lyrics from any song from this album and swapped them with any other song from this album and it would have sounded totally normal.
This is a little hokey, but I liked it anyway. Reminds me of songs during the credits of old B/W western movies. It's very well recorded for the time (or maybe it's been completely remastered). Another half-star problem for me. Would like to give it 3.5.
Mooie zwoele country
Mmmmmmmmmm. No sé. Me puso nerviosa por momentos.
I like outlaw country but this was a little toooo old school for me
Marty paired perfectly with Sunday brunch this morning. Thought I’d be disappointed but I liked the storytelling. It was a rootin’ tootin’ good time!
I wasn’t sure what to expect but I liked it, very pleasant. Made me want to read a Western. I liked the simplicity yet the vocals have more range than a Frank Sinatra and the lyrics tell great stories. Musically decent. I’ll likely listen again.
Expected to hate this, in fact I quite liked it. A fun mellow album.
Good voice but not something I'd listen to much.
Det helt gamle blues rock, 50’er, country vibes, simpelt og ganske godt
Cowboy shit.
Yeehaw 🤠
Love the stories. Usually hate country, but this was more western!
Fallout new vegas classic but only a few takeaways
Great western classics…. Big fan
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. However I’m not going to buy the album to add to my collection because of the topics, killing and death.
When I saw the cover I feared the worst, but I actually thought this was pretty good! Catchy songs, and though the music was very samey, the stories kept coming. Yeehaw
Enjoyed this one! Marty's voice is excellent and there are so many amazing harmonies throughout with the backing singers, and some excellent little guitar licks that add so much to the songs I felt the songs did start to get a bit samey after a while, and the ones that were just Marty on his own didn't click with me as much, but on the whole it was a great vibe.
Well, better than I thought. Like Nick Cave's Murder Ballads, but country style. Yee Ha!
Liked it! Great collection of country ballads
Never Heard beford, probably never Heard again.
Buen disco
Прослушивание 1 + размышления: 1 Это кантри? Эм.... не люблю такое. Но мало ли удивит. Но звучит это интересно, и даже не отвратно. 2 Кантри- музыка для добряков. Бывает вообще злое кантри?) Песня- добрый отрывок на 1.5 минуты. 3 Очень жалко, что я не носитель английского языка (да я и русским не очень владею). Столько великих песен, а я не понимаю о чем они. Вот песня пробивает на слезу, но о чем она? Эх :( 4 А вода прохладная, или хорошая?) 5 Как красиво поёт этот мужик. Любит он протягивать гласные, это завораживает. 6 Это песня про друга, которого любил исполнитель, и который был как брат?) No Homo. Возможно я не понял про что песня, но будет кринжово, если я не так понял. 7 Мне только сейчас мысль пришла, а альбом не концептуальный случаем? Ааааа ненавижу языковой барьер- это ужасно. Я могу оценивать только звучание, а так как это кантри, тут нет ничего интересного.... 8 Снова ничего не понимаю, но песня вдохновляет. 9 Вот это веселуха. Что за шесть пушек у него? Six gone, six gone, ничего не выкупаю. 10 Вообще дикий запад с одной стороны ассоциируется с 2 клише: салун, перестрелки, а также кантри. Как такие 2 вещи пересекаются? Непонятно. 11 Ох... сейчас бы в stardew valley поиграть. Совет дня, не идите в 10 класс, потому что в 11 надо сдавать ЕГЭ. Лучше бы я в шарагу ушёл, чем остался бы тут учиться. 12 Сейчас бы за город, выращивать в огороде патисоны. Пожарить потом шашлыки, а затем, вечером играть в домино. Такое настроение мне передаёт песня. 13 Какая песня весёлая. Танцевать хочется. 14 Седло трампа, нет блин трон байдена. Вхахаххахаха 15 Что, уже конец? Очень увлекательный был альбом. А этот трек был вроде. Банжо похоже на балалайку по звуку) Прослушивание 2: это музыка не предназначена для фона. Вот едешь в автобусе, хочется спать, а тут такое, не поспишь. Пришёл домой, поел, лежишь и кайфуешь Вывод: альбом мне не зашёл, такой жанр я не люблю, добавил один трек, но альбом дал мне заряд положительных эмоций, поэтому моя оценка- 3 из 5, супер!
Old fashioned but so enjoyable! It took me back to watching Calamity Jane as a kid!
The 12 tracks on this album certainly sound like authentic "cowboy songs" in terms of there arrangements (Solo singer with a small choir of male harmonies, acoustic guitar, acoustic bass and mandolin). Indeed, in 2017, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant." It's very much a lyrical and storytelling album, usually with a fatalistic ending for the protagonist. Is very much music of it's time, so it's hard to imagine this album gaining an audience from today's generation. Lacking any real variety, the album does get a bit samey and the laid back nature works for and against it. It's a shame there is nothing with excitement like 'Rawhide'. Stand out tracks: the two singles 'El Paso' and 'Big Iron'.
Decent shit vel gert og allt það en nenni ekki að hlusta eitthvað oft eða mikið á þetta no offense
Wtf Um this is fun Marty Robbins is officially an icon in my book
Guns blazing out, country and western songs seem to have taken a large part of the American musical consciousness in 1959. This was the year a sleazy and cynical Italian-American crooner such as Dean Martin reinvented himself as a cowboy hero in Howard Hawks' *Rio Bravo*, even managing to have the producers press 'pause' on the proceedings onscreen to have enough time for him and Ricky Nelson to wistfully duet on the unforgettable "My Rifle, My Pony And Me" in front of an elated John Wayne. Only a few years before this endearing musical interlude on film, Marty Robbins' well-rounded persona and clear, juvenile voice had already surged in the US country scene thanks to hits such as "A White Sport Coat" and "The Story Of My Life". But it was also in 1959 that Robbin's real foray into western balladry actually started for good. And for those willing to invest their hard-earned bucks into a collection of records dedicated to such a quaint-yet-charming subgenre, *Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs* is deemed as nothing shorter than a landmark album. (For more information on this crooning, conservative and cosplay take on "country music" taken as a whole, see also: Jim Reeves. Or at least, that's what online specialists are trying to whisper into my ears right now--even though I'm not a horse). Wikipedia even informs us that years after *Gunfighter Ballads*'s release, members of the Western Writers of America chose six of its songs as being among the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. Three of them were written by Robbins: first his signature song "El Paso", along with "Big Iron", and "The Master's Call". And three were written and previously recorded by others: "Cool Water", "Billy The Kid", and "The Strawberry Roan". Without a doubt, the six songs listed here were the highlights of the album, whether then or now. It's worth noting, however, that in that bunch, "Big Iron" is probably the least compelling track, and its relative fame in 2022 seems to have more to do with the online craze of our day and age than in any relevant influence during the late fifties. In 2010, with the release of Obsidian Entertainment's Fallout New Vegas, *Gunfighter Ballads...* was indeed rediscovered by people who played the game and listened to the in-game radio. The radio feature included "Big Iron," which caused players to seek out the entire album, discovering the other songs online. Many Internet memes were created as a result, with the most common of them being parodies and edits of the album cover, along with edits or mashups of "Big Iron". And this hot trail was then picked up by the Breaking Bad producers, choosing the song for an appearance in the finale of their postmodern spaghetti western. Seems like Hollywood is never really far when something is labelled as 'Western'. It's those dreams shot for wide cinemascope screens, never really burdened by any sense of authenticity. How could those dreams *not* be part of the overall package here? Coincidentally or not, such a sudden and inexplicable online craze as the one that befell "Big Iron" also nicely ties in with the Tik Tok success of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road" ten years later or so. And even beyond the common country and western influence displayed in those two admittedly very different tunes, there's *another* interesting parallel to point out here. In both cases, what we have is a competent song fooling around with clichés inherent to the genre involved, which often has its charm if it's done in the appropriate, tongue-in-cheek manner, as is the case for both tracks. But can such immediate, albeit somewhat hollow success be equated to art having a truly *meaningful* discourse about our current culture? The jury's out on this one. My best guess here is that all those playful Hollywood shenanigans are just ephemeral excitement, nothing that would change any listener's life in the long run. Not to say that Marty Robbins or Lil Nas X didn't *deserve* to have their fair share of success. But this sort of overwhelming popularity shouldn't *necessarily* have any bearing on any retrospective critical assessment, mind you. And I'll point my pistol to anyone who says I should change my mind and speak more cautiously about all this. Understood, gringo? All oh-so-serious grumblings about the commodification of music aside (niche or otherwise), the six Robbins songs quoted earlier in this piece still have very clear assets, like trump cards in a poker game explaining why this album shouldn't be totally forgotten either. "The Master's Call", in particular, could remind modern listeners of Nick Cave's killer-rampage rants about outlaws and other low-life thugs swarming in his narrative pandemonium of beautiful losers and desperate psychos (it seems like Cave's aptly named *Murder Ballads* might even have drawn a little influence from Robbins, at least on the conceptual level). And among the three covers quoted up above, the cautionary tale "Billy The Kid" also stands out for sure. Flavored with peppers and hot chili sauce all around its Tex-Mex arrangements (just like in the sweeter, grander and yet more by-the-books "El Paso"), there's even a gripping quality to the rendition of that traditional tune in here, with its smart, bittersweet alternance of major and minor key chords neatly thought out, recorded and performed. The images evoked by such a technicolor-shot motion picture are thus nothing short of stunning. And you can't complain about the script either, even though you know how the story ends (spoiler alert: badly). As for most of the other unquoted songs, there's nothing in them particularly worth raving about on first listens. If you happen to be obsessed with them tales of the Old Wild West--or if you're right in the middle of a Red Dead Redemption marathon--you will probably find the time and energy to immerse yourself into that hackneyed Grand Canyon vista so as to sort the wheat from the chaff before stacking the good stuff up in your carriage and move on. Other pioneers, however, might elect to go at once and find a creek with fresher water elsewhere to plant their tipees or tents. The American west is large enough for all sorts of pioneers anyway. Interestingly, *Gunfighter Ballads...* is now part of Sony's "American Milestones" reissue series for classic country and western albums, including, among others, *At Folsom Prison* by Johnny Cash and *Red Headed Stranger* by Willie Nelson. "American milestones", those figures are indeed, mostly because Cash and Nelson knew a thing or two about how they could raise a vast array of emotions in their listeners' souls (laughter, anger, cynicism, despair, romanticism and so on...). And doing this, the two also had a legitimate influence on other genres far outside of their initial reach. Cash's mordant lyrics, deep rumbling vocals and dry instrumentation, in particular, still stands the test of time today. Next to these giants, Marty Robbins kinda looks like a midget holding a water pistol instead of the glittering, proverbial colt. And the Old Wild West is certainly not kind for simpering tenderfoots with a suave voice, as every free-lance undertaker (and music critic) this side of Colorado knows... [[Number of albums I listened to from the list: 4 Albums left to listen to: 997 Number of albums I've found genuinely relevant: 0 Number of different albums you should *probably* listen to before you die: 1 Number of different albums you should *definitely* listen to before you die: 3 (counting this one out)]
WITH A BIG IRON ON HIS HIP I liked it it was good.
You know, Cowboy Elvis, I actually enjoyed our trip in the Western Country. I love the vivid stories and the delicious cowboy rock flavor of it from the '50s. I guess I enjoyed this little album as a whole. Most dads and grandpas today would love this set of '50s pop-rock tunes. Simple and even generic, just like "the good old days". It has a generic overall sound. It gets boring after a while, not so different from the old cowboy movies the local movie channel sometimes shows. But it's the vivid stories that bring this album to life. Much like the stories our grandparents tell us, there's fun in experiencing the adventures that they went through during those days.
Solid old country. Does sound kind of same-y after a while, but El Paso is hard not to like.
Dudes pretending to be cowboys will never not be funny. Still an enjoyable listen.
Bang bang. A smooth listen as I cooked some Mexican food.
A real classic western crooner. I recall several of these songs from my childhood.
Interesting.
That's right, this is old songs, nice singer.
Seltsam wie unironisch ergriffen ich solch kitschige Räuberpistolen von heißen Eisen, Mexikanerinnen und Kristall klarem Wasser unter schattigen Weiden hören kann. Durstige 2.9
True 50s country & western, classic album. He loved El Paso so much he put it on there twice. Favorite Track: El Paso Relisten: Yes
it's not as bad as i was expecting but not something i'd go out of my way to listen to
New to me, though I recognised El Paso from the Old 97s version. Enjoyed this more than I expected, though over time it felt a bit samey and not sure I’d listen too often.
Good
Very of its time, you can hear all the influences of rock ‘n’ roll within some of these songs
Nice and jolly
Super cute gunslinger ballads - enjoyed lots more than I expected! Perfect campfire music, and love all the close harmonies. Fav new track: El Paso
Loved Big Iron, though I'm pretty sure I recognise this from a computer game. I also liked Master's Call and Hanging Tree a lot. The rest of the album doesn't have any tracks quite as standout, though it is a fun listen. I do enjoy having a story to listen to 👍
This is a lot more fun to listen to than I expected. I don't listen very often to country and Western music (I don't know what the difference is between those two categories, but I always see them listed as two discrete names, so I'll do the same), but I was somewhat familiar with one or two of these songs because I've heard covers. I like the sound of these tracks. Reminds of music we'll hear playing in the background of a film in which bad things eventually happen; e.g., music like this plays quietly over speakers in a roadside diner as two characters meet late at night to talk about some nefarious thing or we can tell one of them is going to kill the other later, stuff like that, or maybe it's playing on the soundtrack as an aural juxtaposition to someone getting their teeth kicked in. I also enjoy how wonderfully anachronistic yet deeply familiar this all sounded to me. Almost kind of steampunk-ish, you know? There's really nothing out there like this these days, or at least not that I've heard or encountered. I can hear, too, the roots of all sorts of music that followed in a wide variety of styles; that, of course, means this music reflects other earlier influences, and that's cool. I honestly thought this album would either bore or annoy me to know end, but it didn't. Nice. Oh, and is it okay to admit I kind of get a little misty-eyed at the end of "El Paso"? Of course it is.
Fun one. Although I would listen unironically
Fun to listen to, but couldn't imagine listening to this sort of music (this is called country, right?) for pleasure
Рррр
Country just isnt my cup of tea. The first song is pretty good though.
These songs are fun, I used to like the song El Paso more, but as I have listened to it more closely, the story is really simple and kind of stupid. A good album for what it is, a collection of westerns.
I like the slower number "They're hanging me tonight" but the rest is just okay to me.
I knew of El Paso, which is just ok. I also knew of Big Iron, which is quite nice albeit a little long. Overall beyond a couple of the songs I'm not too into it, but I respect it.
1959: Big Iron, They're Hanging Me Tonight
Classic country. There is not much to add to that. You like it or you don't. (6/10) Favourite Track: Big Iron
Songs blend together but they all sound pretty good. 7/10
Standard cowboy country story tellin… good to start with, but got a tad boring!
I liked it better than I’d expected to. Fun stories and he has a great voice.
Had some good tunes.
Skimmed through the songs and will have to go back and give the whole albumin a listen!
6/10. I do enjoy this music, but I can't take it seriously, and as an album, 45 minutes of it is a lot because it all sounds roughly identical. Now, there is the plus side that each song usually tells a fun little story. The Master's Call's lyrics almost feel like a parody, but I am pretty sure this is meant to be sincere: "My wicked past unfolded, I thought of wasted years / When another bolt of lightning killed a hundred head of steers" Or better yet: "I will weep like the willow that weeps in the valley"
Great old cowboy songs. Big Iron a staple of Fallout New Vegas, and Bob Weir covered El Paso at GratefulnDwad shows for decades. So much better than the crap Nashville pumps out onto your local robot-programmed radio station 90.3 THE BULL WE PLAY ALL THE HIIITTTSSS Y'ALL
Big Iron is a good song, but country doesnt seem to be my style
3/5
Fine
Gangster Rap for country grandpas. Great voice and melodies. Enjoyed it more than I thought I would.
Liked Utah Carol. Made me think of Kingston Trio doing a western
Yee. Haw. He has a really nice voice, and the songs are fun but a) they're all the same, and b) it almost sounds like it”s mixing in doo-wop influences? It's so very, very 50’s and that isn't necessarily a bad thing. I don’t hate it. I can’t hear “El Paso” without thinking of advertisements for taco kits. Favourite track: “The Master's Call”
Upbeat old time country. Easy listen
Amusing western style music. Not sure I'd actively choose to listen to it again though.
I liked El Paso and a few other classics
Not as boring as I thought it would be when I first saw that this was country - actually a fun vibe that I enjoyed listening to quite a lot.
The name of the album says it all. It was a fine album to listen while I play Fallout New Vegas. The first song is a banger.
My earliest memories are of cowboy songs, so I found this both soothing and sad, a relic of a bygone age when a man's best friend was his horse. Do children still play cowboys and indians? No - and cowboys and native americans just isn't the same You can't even buy caps anymore. All the songs are familiar to me, even the ones that I hadn't heard before. Predictable themes, tunes, the solemn tone - you can almost sing along without knowing the song. Like hymns for the godless. I'll never listen to it again, but I don't need to, it's part of me.
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It’s ok for what it is but wouldn’t listen again necessarily
Hanging tree pas mal. Globalement c’est pas mal mais vraiment je suis pas le public, c’est country western quoi.
Abrimos o álbum com fallout e continuamos bem. Até cair numa mesmice agradável de músicas de cowboys. Mas como diriam os Garbage, you are not my kind of album. Nota:6/10
Never heard of this, and I know almost nothing about country music. Is this where the country genre began, in this kind of mythical "wild west" aesthetic? The album title is completely accurate, as the album alternates between two different types of song: 1) narrative ballads, telling stories of gunfighters who shot various people; 2) introspective cowboy songs about life on the plains, and so forth. The whole thing is vaguely absurd, since it keeps a completely straight face while invoking a simplistic "wild west" neverland of a great American past. (No surprise to find out Marty Robbins was an outspoken ultra-conservative, since right-wing politics depend heavily on laughably glorified ideas of a great, lost national heroism.) On the other hand, the music is pretty enjoyable. I prefer the trail songs to the gunfighter ballads. It does get a bit samey, so I made the right call avoiding the reissues with bonus tracks! 3/5
Cowboy blues
Fun music I'd never heard before. Well, except for El Paso. :)
It's alright
I'm being generous
Matig gevoel bij dit album. goed voor achtergrondmuziek
American Murder Ballads: Country Love is a Zero Sum Game.
a poor man's jonny cash
A rollicking good time
Mukavaa menoa, vaikka musiikillisesti vähän samaa settiä tarinan vaihtuessa. 3,5, pyöristän tällä kertaa alas.
Novel
BIG IRONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
I've always liked songs where you have to listen right to the end to find out who gets shot. Robbins has a nice voice, the harmonies are silky and some of the songs are real classics. It's hard to believe I was already born by the time El Paso was released. It seems ancient.
All of it was a jammer, wasn't listening too closely to have a favourite track but liked his voice and the consistency of it. If I were to revist it I'm sure I'd like a couple.
Western music
brought back some memories
Straight out a Tarantino/Coen Bros movie. It's kind of corny on the surface level... but at the same time every song is about guns. I love the casual, consistent violence. 1 - Dog shit album. 2 - Think it sucks, get why others might like it. 3 - Fine and even enjoyable, but wouldn't listen to again. 4 - Like it enough to listen to again at another time. 5 - Love it. Could listen to whenever.
3: You are listening to K-Rose.
Wilder Westen all over again. Kann man gut hören und versetzt mich in Fallout76 Vibes (spiel is crap btw) Ist jetzt nicht meine designierte turn-up musik aber alles angenehm hörbar. Ein must-hear der Musik Geschichte ist es aber nicht... Langsam hab ich das gefühl hier werden nur random alben rausgepfeffert nach dem Motto "hörs da oh odr lass es DU PENNR" Anyway 3* bekommt der schnellste colt auf spotify von mir
Geile Western-vibes, die schnellen songs schieben anders, die langsamen aber garnicht. 3* El Paso isn BÄNGER. Pferde sind mir aber suspekt, deswegen 1* Abzug. Außer in Wurst, da find ich die gut.
Fun. Not horrible. Quite repetitive though.
American folk. Not great, not terrible
Leppoisaa, positiivista taustamusiikia. 2,5* joka pyöristyy ylös tällä kertaa.
El Paso!
A couple of amazing songs and lots of filler.
its okay
Old school country eh
Quaint and mostly about the lyrics than the music. Not really interesting as a dedicated listen start to finish, but each song in isolation could work in the right context. For the songs in isolation this could be a three star. But I'm rating the album experience.
Gangsta rap for your great-granddad. I'm sure if I was born during the Great Depression, I would find this awesome... but it's really hard to appreciate today. There's a couple of really good songs ("Big Iron" is a banger and should certainly be on a movie soundtrack somewhere), but the remainder of the album is just very dated, and is rooted in a mythology and a musical culture I can't really relate to, no matter how hard I try. I didn't hate it though - this kind of old school country is much more palatable to me than the modern stuff, and the "dark lyrics on a jaunty tune" gimmick is definitely interesting. I won't listen again, but it was all right as a one-time experience. 4/10
Beautiful voice, sometimes reminiscent of the King on a few ballads. But cowboy stories and old-school country have too much Cohen brothers’ filling in this :) Nice as evening background music.
I might of enjoyed this when I was a kid, when I used to like watching the old american cowboy films, nowadays it was a hard listen.
Just sounded like big iron on repeat for 45 minutes. Not a bad song, but the album doesn’t hold up and gets repetitive
Elvis imitator inging cowboy hymns?
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs isn't the worst country album I've ever heard. Despite this, I still didn't enjoy it.
So I randomly learned of this record about a month ago because a guy from Converge talked about it on Amoeba What's In My Bag. I think I mentioned this in a previous review, but (with some exceptions) narrative/storytelling songs are not my favorite thing. Westerns and the outlaw aesthetic have also never appealed to me. But this is a top notch representation of this genre.
My hopes weren't high when I saw the cover and after listening they didn't get up. Country music is just not for me. I can't relate with american culture. In addition to that, the album was just repetitive. And when I say repetitive it's the rhythm, the lyrics and the vocals. To conclude, it's a very boring album.
Heavily carried by big iron
Boring and very repetitive.
Pretty samey although there was something about El Paso I kinda liked.
I would listen to El Paso or Big Iron as a novelty one-off, anything more is too much
There was some overlap between this album and my Gunfighters Top Trumps I had as a kid, which earned this an extra star.
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I can’t not think of Tim Robinson’s “The Night the Skeletons Came to Life” sketch from I Think You Should Leave while listening to this.
1.5 - I don't like this, but there are far worse country albums that could come up on the list.
A collection of romance for and about an American history that never quite was. Decent crooner, lousy material.
1) A Hundred And Sixty Acres 2) Little Green Valley 3) El Paso Least Favourite: Strawberry Roan
Pretty unmoved by this collection of tunes. Mythologising of the Wild West is generally a bit uninteresting, but maybe it's different if you're American.
Good album.
I thought this was gonna be abysmal, but then I realised it was all stories in song form about, well mostly being lonely, miserable and people getting shot. So then I decided I was judging it hastily and I should give it a go... But then I heard it. It's all that bopping baseline nonsense in every song. I don't see how you think you can portray death and heartache if the guy next to you is going "bom bom, bum bum, bum bum be bum bum bum. It's too jolly, even when the chords are minor. The stories were ok. Often predictable, his voice is alright, every so often you felt he meant it. I feel like I want to hear these ballads in a more stark environment. A single guitar and a withered voice. Maybe add some backing vocals for effect at the right moments. I feel I might be describing those later Johnny cash albums that I reviewed as not that great in a previous review here. Ah well. I didn't hate it. I won't look it up again, but it didn't ruin my day.
pretty okay but idk if its playlist worthy
Never heard of it, but the conventions seem familiar - guess I learnt about (Country &) Western music, without needing to hear this album. It seems neatly made (recorded in one 8 hour session? they musta gigged a lot before hand), instrumental arrangements mostly v simple but at first seem okay, Robbins has a nice voice. I could question why the Western motif at all (and the cover photo!), there's a femicide song yuck. The simplicity, predictability and twee story lines start to get quite wearisome before end of side 1. I could see this album meriting a representative place in the 1001 (if there's no other C&W from the period), but I won't be replaying it. It's Pretty Poor, 3/10.
Very very country. So not really my thing - I enjoyed one or two tracks but a whole album of this felt like a LOT.
#184/1001 🇺🇸🤠 Starts off quite promisingly but got quite tiresome by the time i got to the end. I prefer the storytelling element to to this musically. Best Tracks: Big Iron, They're Hanging Me Tonight, Utah Carol.
"Ooh cool. The song from the taco commercial"
not my thing
It is crazy how for genres I don't listen to very much, it feels like every artist has no unique identity at all.
I continue to find the number of country albums on this list bewildering, especially now I know that the editors are UK-based. I also find the obsession with cosplaying the Old West in these cowboy ballads bizarre and laughable, and a bit distasteful because of how strongly it connects with America's exceptionalism and self-mythologisation.
had a really hard time listening to this and being objective with the rating... I pretty much despise this kind of music but its what they had back in the day. Man can definitely sing, and the recording is so clean considering it was recorded in the late 50's and its IN STEREO! The guitar in "El Paso" is really good and sounds fun to play. I don't like this album and I wouldn't tell anyone I know that they have to listen to this before they die
Its alright, not much to review I feel. Very similar throughout. Feeling an OK 2
I don't hate it but this is definitely not going on any playlist any time soon Can't go much higher than: 2.2
5/10 No me gustó mucho, pero tampoco es malo. No me termina de cerrar aunque tiene partes buenas
Old country. I don't care for it
I enjoyed some of this, but most of it was kind of cheesy and monotonous.
Je met une prédiction en avance : Ça va être tout le temps la même chanson et je vais mettre 3 ou 2 Et c'est gagné
C'est agréable, et probablement très bien pour jouer à Red Dead, mais qu'est-ce que ça fout dans cette liste ? Playlist pick : Big Iron
No empieza mal y entiendo que es cultura musical. Suena a música de película del Oeste, pero no sé hasta que punto eso es un género o no. Esto sería otro 2,5 estrellas, pero esta vez voy a tirar por lo bajo y se queda en 2.
It always blows my mind when an artist that I've never heard of has millions of listeners. there are still 3 million people who listen to Marty Robbins, and he died before I was born. This music isn't my cup of tea, but I would absolutely be listening to it if I was driving on route 66 in Arizona.
Im too young for this
lifelong conservative, i see, who spent most of his time stationed in the Solomon Islands during WWII and taught himself how to play the guitar. not a bad album, but not my kind of music + definitely don’t agree with his political views.
It was harmless enough. Absolute rubbish song writing, my parents loved this sort of stuff, I remembered some of the songs all this time later.
This was my grandma's favourite. She was deaf. Reminds me of irish folk crap, but with a horse. He literally sounds like Daniel O'Donnell but with fewer fiddles. Not offensive, but I'm 3 generations removed from the average enjoyer of this. Not for me.
Big iron is fire but thats it
Not saying I didn't enjoy it, and it's something completely different so far, but I might as well be listening to medieval lute music for all it's relevance.
mid mid mid
Day 4 Before: This looks interesting. Maybe some rock 'n' roll, country, blues, something like that? I feel like I'm a cowboy listening to this. Although that's kinda a vibe, it gets repetitive pretty quickly. It is nice, and there are some great guitar works and solos and the harmonies scratch my brain. But this album does lack a bit of depth and I think I understand now what people mean when they say some really old albums are just a collection of singles. And the same song twice on the album? Favorite(s): They're Hanging Me Tonight, The Hanging Tree, Saddle Tramp
Not my thing but an interesting diversion
Hard to judge this, I like songs with a story and some of them on here are pleasant enough if the mood takes you but I would never feel like listening to the whole album. Like a lot of the very old albums on here they are just too far removed from my era / taste. I like later stuff that was probably influenced by this (see Dave Alvin) but that’s because the music is way more developed and interesting. 2.2
Not my thing. Tuned almost all of it out.
I'm not as averse to country as some and although this was a bit pedestrian, even despite some of the subject matter, I could hear a little Johnny Cash in some of the tracks. But this is not really going to win me over to anything beyond this single listen. I bet my dad would be all over this though!
Not my kind of music, but lovely singing voice
Country, pero con algunos detalles y arreglos diferentes. Álbum regular, con canciones buenas y otras no tanto. Big Iron me gustó mucho.
Fav song: Big Iron
Country and Western music might not be my cup of tea. It is an album released on 1 January 1959.
Fine but not really my genre.
No thank you.
Unless I'm a Coen Bro in need of soundtrack material I can't imagine why I'd have any interest in this. What tone are they going for here? Why goes the vengeful gunslinger have a smooth backing choral?
Started out promising as this seemed to have the hallmarks of Americana, reminding me a little of Calexico and the like, it got tired quite quickly however. The Elvis sounding vocals don’t do a lot for me and the songs sounded very similar with little to differentiate one from the other.
4 - Old Timey western songs. Odd how upbeat and genteel the music is with the gritty subject material.
Never would have listened to this. And while I'm glad I did, it wasn't necessary listening to me. 4/10
2.3/5 Some good songs on this album. I'm not much of a western era type of guy so some of these songs didn't interest me much but I enjoyed listening to it mostly
medio country folk muy muuy tranquilo. no me encantó bastante depre
Literal ballads
My wife loves this shit so I’m gonna attempt to not be too derogatory. It was hard to listen to as someone who sucks at hearing lyrics because it was like “ok… he’s telling a story” but there was not a single second of interesting music behind it. I really struggled to get through most of this. Like halfway through every song I was like “ok I get it.” I however think the song El Paso has been forced upon me enough where it’s catchy now.
2 out of 5. As much as I don't like country music, I believe Big Iron is hands down the best country song ever.
Jag har nån samlingsplatta med Martys tidiga grejer, stora delar av denna plattan är med på den. Martys röst är oantastlig, en riktig tillgång. Men det här blir bara en western-kliché, en gimmick, ett avsnitt "Bonanaza" i Lp-format. En låt kanske är kul, sen räcker det för ett tag. Han kan få en knapp tvåa för man drar på smilbanden emellanåt
Jeg liker dette ganske godt, men det er for langt. Samme dette til en fokusert og rask liten pakke på 25-30 minutter med cowboyviser så begynner vi å snakke!
A little dated, hasn't held up amazingly well. Musically repetitive, but falling closer to the side of thematic rather than tedious. Relatively light once you get past Big Iron.
2/3
there has to be better things then this
182/1001 First listen. So this list has just any old album on it huh? Most of it sounded like the same mediocre song to me but that’s just one listen. 4/10
El Paso is a good tune. They all sorta sound the same and try to be nostalgic for a time that is far enough in the past that no one today really connects with them. Fine enough to listen to in the same way that you might watch a John Wayne movie and enjoy it.
Fully acknowledge I didn't make it through the whole thing - a few decent songs but on balance, just not for me.
Musica vaquera
I love cowboys. I didn't love this
I have been wanting to listen to the album since I alway see people buying the record. It is okay. Big Iron and El Paso are stand outs, but besides that, the album just doesn’t hit for me.
Tough listen out of context from old westerns. El Paso is good, but the GD version is better.
I don't think this singer would bust a grape in a food fight.
2/5
“No one dared to ask his business No one dared to make a slip The stranger there among them Had a big iron on his hip” Marty Robbins does what he does very effectively here. This album is so “does what it says on the tin” that it’s almost impossible to be surprised by a single note of it. The difficulty I have is that the stories don’t compel me and the music is predictable. It cultivates the vibe it’s trying to achieve without flexing a muscle. It feels almost effortless. However, I feel that this effortlessness rather than seeming impressive just comes across as lacking any edge or grit. I feel here that I am getting a Saturday afternoon television Western when I could have had “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”. I may be being humourless and something of a fun sponge because there were tracks on here that I enjoyed. I just felt that even at its best it never quite broke free of its tackiness or lack of real depth. It’s cowboy music for people who want to see a bad guy dressed in black gunned down by a good guy dressed in white who then rides off into the sunset. There’s nothing wrong with that, it just doesn’t do it for me.
Rather be listening to Johnny Casg
A bunch of cowboy tales. Pleasant enough, probably good in the context of a film soundtrack, but not something I would listen to in isolation.
The first track is very good. The whole thing definitely creates an atmosphere and tells a story. A few too many that sound similar to break into 3 territory though.
Un gran tema pero lo demás muy monótono
This album cashes in on the 50s cowboy nostalgia and feeds memories of the old West. The Indian wars were within living memory when this album was made and makes you realise how young a country America is
Des ballades blues de cowboy, on se fait un peu chier
Où est mon cheval ? Trop calme et pas assez diversifié
Pas trop ma came
Listened to this during my first time eating at a Cracker Barrel First country album from here. Never really been a country gal, but I do kind of like "Big Iron", it's a very iconic song. Another one I liked more than I expected to is "The Master's Call", but I wouldn't say i have any favourites. I appreciate the storytelling, but that's about as far as my praises can go.
Liked: Big Iron
I've always felt a way about country music and this album never stood a chance on changing that feeling.
Different times.
Every song is about outlaws, fair maidens, and guns. Don’t like this kind of country music at all. Sounds extremely dated, and I would turn this off if it came on the radio. I’ll give it a 2 just because of the cool album cover and the storytelling (albeit repetitive).
Sounds exactly like the cover of the album looks. Some good square dancing tunes n here (if that's even still a thing). I didn't need to listen to much of this.
El tiene muy buena voz. Son lindas baladas muy estadounidense similar a Elvis.
I don't really believe this guy is capable of killing anyone for love or money, not with the little wry smile he has while he sings, as if to say, "Isn't this fun, pretending we're in a cowboy movie?" Except the outlaw country that works is sung by people who believe that these songs are about real life in some way, that not only people but they themselves are capable of desperate acts, and that these songs are about the beauty and depravity of the human condition. The fun someone like Johnny Cash or Steve Earle has isn't cosplay, it's gallows humor. Not "Let's pretend" but "You gotta laugh or cry."
And it was also the night that the skeletons came to life The bones are their money So are the worms They pull your hair up, but not out To turn into a man and have another chance at life All they want is another chance at life They’ve never seen so much food as this Underground there’s half as much food as this And the worms are their money The bones are their dollars
Trying to keep an open mind but Not for me. As my daughter said, I could die without listening to this one.
Seems like a niche that didn’t need filling. But it was popular in its day.
Not my thing. Pretty samey
Classic country
The first couple of songs were interesting but then it got weird. He really likes singing about times when men could shoot other men. By the end I was openly hostile towards the album.
4/10 An album like this is always interesting to get. It’s a genre that I have no real fondness for outside of a few artists here and there that just click with me, but I’m always open to hearing something different, so I was hopeful enough when I gave this a spin. The first thing to note is that the production and musicianship are both excellent here. The sound is crisp and clear, and apart from Marty’s vocal being a little too prominent, meaning things got a little lost behind him now and again, the balance and coherence of the sound is really good, particularly for a 67 year old record. The band are really tight, but play with a fun, free style that elevates the feel of the songs really well. Marty himself is an excellent singer, and when they’re playing the more fast paced numbers, I found myself getting a bit more into it, but when things slowed down, I began to struggle quite a lot more. Crooning singing with fast vibrato really grates on me and when he started on that kind of stuff this became much less engaging. Fortunately, the record did shift around a bit and things rarely stayed at the same pace for long. As a whole, it kind of has the sound of an Elvis record had Elvis stuck to playing white boy music, rather than pinching black music and packaging it for his white audience. I did find myself bobbing along to this and, while it was generally fairly simple stuff, there were little moments of musicianship and composition that just perked up my ears a little and helped me along. All in all, not a bad record at all, but just not one that is really my thing, and it didn’t have enough of musical interest to drag it over the line into something that would have grabbed hold of me and demanded further attention. Big Iron - There’s a decent pace and bouncing rhythm to this. His vocal style reminds me a bit of Elvis, but it feels a bit more honest. It’s not exactly complicated or anything, but it does what it sets out to do really well. The production is great, the backing vocals are really nice and it’s just a pretty coherent and consistent song. Nice. Cool Water - This is more hard for me to stomach. Warbling vibrato croony vocals are a bit of a kryptonite for me. There’s nothing terrible about this, but it’s pretty plodding and where the previous track had a bit of drive and groove to it, this just settles back into benignity. As a composition, it’s pretty standard and doesn’t offer anything particularly interesting, but it kind of hits the tone it’s going for. Billy The Kid - Ah, a cowboy waltz, why not? Again, this is quite a plodding, but there is more of an interesting choice of chords here to create a bit of an uncertain feel to it as it shifts between major and minor tonalities. Unfortunately, it’s more of that vocal style that doesn’t work for me. A decent production, an interesting song, but ultimately not something that really grabbed me. A Hundred And Sixty Acres - This a bit less croony. It’s still a bit plodding, but feels a bit more foot forward so drags itself along with a bit more panache. There are some decent bits of guitar work from the lead here that add a bit of extra depth to the composition, but it’s still a little on the dull side. They're Hanging Me Tonight - Oh, we’re backing the pace down again. This does sound quite a lot like a crooning Elvis track and it’s just not for me. Compositionally, it’s very basic, both structurally and instrumentally and it leans too much on the warbling vibrato. It does sound great for a 1959 recording though. Strawberry Roan - The pace has picked up again now and it’s more engaging for it. When he’s not crooning, he is way more subtle with his vibrato, which helps a lot. It’s quite a plodding rhythm, but there’s some pretty decent lead guitar that drifts around in there. The way the vocal climbs and falls up his register is quite nice too. II don’t think this is bad actually, but I do think it’s a little on the boring side. El Paso - Some pretty guitar to kick us off here and Marty’s vocal is subtle but well delivered. The composition shuffles around into different movements pretty nicely. It’s quite a breathless song, despite not only having a moderately fast tempo, but it’s pretty persistent. The band are really tight and flow around each other really nicely, and the vocal harmonies are really consistent and well controlled. It does drag on a little too much though, sadly. In The Valley - Back to an extremely plodding, croony number. The thing is, the quality of the playing, singing and recording is really good, but it’s just a little bit uninspiring and doesn’t particularly do anything to grab hold of me. It’s very nice, but that’s about it. The Master's Call - The rhythm and swing to this is way better. The bass line is a little too deep in the mix, which is a shame as it gives this a bit of a bouncing drive to it that I quite like. There are some pretty interesting developmental changes at places in this that don’t always take things the way you would expect, but it does get a bit samey as it goes along. I’m finding the general pace and groove of this pretty decent and I feel like I want to like it more than I actually do. Running Gun - More pace, yeehaw! There’s a nice bouncing groove to this, some solid instrumental work and it’s got some decent hooky melodies in the vocals. As with the rest of the album, the quality of the playing and production is great. This was an enjoyable little ride, did its thing and then it was done. Lovely stuff. Down In The Little Green Valley - We’re back in croon town, sadly. Again, it’s competently done, there are some nice tight harmonies, but it’s a bit too plodding and croony for me. It’s a decent example of the genre, but it’s the genre itself that I find the problem. I can appreciate the artistic quality of this, but it’s just not for me. Utah Carol - This is quite plodding and rhythmically uninspiring. The melodies are decent if a bit too repetitive. It’s quite a nice little track, the performances are decent, but it’s also just… Not that interesting.
The "El Paso" song was catchy, but the rest all sounded very similar. I love the vocal tone though.
This is like an album of title sequence songs from 1950s B-movie westerns. I am far from convinced this is an album I needed to hear.
Pleasant and cool vibe, but super simple 3.8/10
Muy ambiental y muy “de su tierra”, se nota que es una americanada country, pero es agradable y recuerda a Elvis antes de toda la influencia rock. No es mi estilo, pero para una película de Tarantino no estaría nada mal, me gusta.
I need to play rdr2
Big iron was good
Top Track: They're Hanging Me Tonight
Yiihaw
Aburridísimo.
I could have not listened to this before I died I think
As much as I would like to get into the country and western genre, I seem to cannot do so... It's not the worst thing i have heard from this genre, this one is decent I'd say.
Too Johnny cash
Album Review 061 Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs by Marty Robbins (1959) Rating 2/5 Here’s an album recorded almost 70 years ago that romanticises the Ol’ Wild-West of at least another 70 years earlier. This is primitive country music about cowboys, outlaws and how love will end up with you shooting someone of getting shot yourself. I can understand why this is seen as such an important milestone in the history of country music, and it may have sounded exciting and polished back in 1959, but now it just sounds hokey, dated and repetitive.
Weird album tbh
I found it was pleasant and a cool theme (all out cowboy country/western) - maybe it's my unfortunate British sensibilities but I found it just fine really
Følte mig lidt som om jeg var i en western
Uh . . . I'm gonna say this was entertaining enough not get a 1, but, c'mon! What are we doing here?
Listened to the first 3 and I think I got the flavor. Not something I would like in most circumstances, thus the low score. But it did make me think about how my enjoyment of music is very context-dependent. If I were cooking flapjacks in a rural cabin, or driving down a lonely western two-lane highway, or sitting in a diner in a David Lynch movie, this would have been perfect.
Enjoyed - smooth vocals. Only problem for me is that cannot really relate to Cowboy songs about horses so kinda washed over me with no emotional hook.
2/5 No início você se sente no deserto texano em 1850. A piada, no entanto, fica velha rápido, e o álbum é unidimensional.
MNT
Hokey honky-ass shit.
Musik aus der Zeit, in der Cowboys noch die Helden waren. Für die Zeit eine gute Pop/Country Mischung. Mittlerweile etwas angestaubt. 2/5
I do like some old school country like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and even all the way back to The Carter Family. But, I have never even heard of the name Marty Robbins. Or if I did, it did not stick in my brain. First impression - this is some corny, old timey music that reminds me of Burl Ives singing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer - or something like that. After a few listens of the whole album, it started slightly growing on me. As soon as El Paso came on, I realized that I have heard that one somewhere before but couldn't place where or when. Perhaps from Breaking Bad? Could be. I also noticed some similarities between Marty's singing style and Roy Orbison. Not sure if they influenced each other or not - couldn't find evidence of that online. Some of the characters in these songs also reminded me of the types of characters found in the songs on Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska album - which is one of my all time favorite albums. Though I like the sound of Bruce's record so much more. Makes me wonder if Bruce is familiar with Marty Robbins. Another thought - I wonder if hip hop fans would like this since it's a lot about killing people that crossed your path or took your girl - so has some similarities thematically. Bottom line - it's ok, and I ended up clicking like on 5 songs (Big Iron, 160 Acres, They're Hanging Me Tonight, Cool Water, El Paso). They say he was influential on the "outlaw" country genre - but I'm not sure I see the connection. I'll probably never listen to the whole album again, but wouldn't mind these handful of songs popping up on my playlists. Liked songs on Spotify: 5/15 Rating: 2/5
Dainos visiskai taip pat skamba it aint bad but like TIKRAI nesiklausyciau tokio albumo
Jeg gir alle disse albumene en sjanse bare så det er sagt altså… å Big Iron har jeg jo hørt før!!! Hørte dog ikke hele albumet
i recognize a couple of songs. overall not bad. not my type of music. going 2 stars.
Tbh lyssnade inte äns hela. Jag menar kanske lite najs men jätterandom genre och det känns som att det är barnvisor till nån Zorro film. Zorryyyyy (haha lmao?
Not one for me.
I'm really not a country fan, so I was ready to give this 1 star from the get go. But I figured I should at least listen to it, which I'm glad I did, as there were honestly a couple songs I had fun with. Still not a fan of country though.
certainly something
Very nice country like music, but with a little Spanish guitar
old fun for a little bit
Lk cool
Tiresome.
15 Gunfighter Ballads is 14 too many for this cowboy.
Not for me