Reviews (page 12 of 13)
That was a tough one to get through. If you like traditional country, boarder line folk music, this one is for you.
Already knew a couple songs on this that I loved but was severely disappointed with the rest. Many songs you couldn’t distinguish from each other..guy has some hang ups about his old girlfriends that will get him hung up sooner or later. 5/10
A couple times but mostly the same. Not a huge fan
Carino, un album decisamente country - un genere che non avevo proprio mai esplorato, e già questo gli da merito. Però non posso dire che mi abbia entusiasmato, melodie un po' troppo ripetitive (giustamente, dato il genere) per i miei gusti
Not my thing
Cowboys.
Hard to get through
Oh Lord. Another Country album. It'll take a miracle for this to not be a one or two stars. Let's find out. To his credit, Marty does not have the acid-on-eardrums whining twang of most Country singers, and there's a lot less steel guitar and dismal violin moping than I expected. But that's about it for positives. Lyrically, it's the same old bullshit. Let me tell you a tale of [insert cowboy name], whose deeds involved [insert horses, guns, shooting, and being shot]. Repeat. You have to wonder just how much responsibility these Country singers must bear for the countless gun related deaths and atrocities which have plagued the USA for the past hundred years or so. There's no two ways about it - this music, and the genre as a whole, romantisizes firearms and the notion of a man getting shit done via his ability to wriggle his finger while pointing a weapon at someone. Good job, Marty. Now admittedly, there is a certain allure to the notion of spending your days and nights with a posse of like-minded men, roaming the plains, and law only onto yourselves. But two things: for as cool as that sounds, the music which typically encircles that ideal, is hot garbage. Utter shite. Tame, yarn-spinning, weak and fetid wank. Secondly - grow up. What a pile of childish nonsense. Anyone can imagine a life of non-responsibility. Woop-di-fucking-balls. So. Marty. He has a nice enough voice and his sound is not as apocalyptically grating as the genre usually is.
A good listen and a good example of what I think country music started as. A lot of people seem to get shot.
Got old real fast
There’s this road of tat shops in Great Yarmouth and one of them is a CD shop that used to have a huge Labrador asleep outside. It was an open shop front and it would either have an Irish comedian playing on the speakers or, as far as I can tell, this album on repeat. This is the first year I’ve not been exposed to this in ~20 but I’m confident this is still the case. Still not as cringe as some of the country we’ve had so far.
Schön, gemütlich, aber halt ein wenig langweilig.
He’s got a good voice, but to me there’s nothing interesting going on musically. The songs mostly sound very similar and it’s not a style I dig. It also feels inauthentic, like he’s doing a schtick singing about being a cowboy. I know some(or all?) of these are traditional songs, but if he can’t sound genuine then how is the listener supposed to connect with the words?
Couldn't finish the album, really not my style of music. Feels very generic and uninteresting
some bops but mot my type of music
Really not a country guy
Very elvis-ish
This is #day477 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… it's been a while since this list threw some country at me. It's still one of my worst genres on this journey and will probably stay that way, but this record isn't the worst specimen. I'm just not into the western-cowboy thing and all that jazz. Let it be a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day478.
Excuse me while I whip this thing out. Definitely not my vibe, but I can appreciate it for those that like it.
Why wasn't The Master's Call called Big Iron Part 2?
Enjoyed the first song but lost interest after that
It wasn't bad. It wasn't exciting. It sounds very dated, in fairness, it is very old! I know artists have a particular 'sound', but this album was 12 versions of the same song.
Robbins has a glorious voice and his enthusiasm for the material is catching, but I'm sorry this just isn't for me. As enjoyable as the narratives are, I can't beyond the ballroom style melodies and hyper-American subject matter.
This album took me back in time. It felt like I was a kid again sitting on the couch watching those old westerns with Dad. Other than that, not my bag.
Made me want to fall asleep.
2.67, good storytelling and cool sound but I would never listen to this again it wasn’t interesting to me
Fine, nice voice, but i won't gain anything from ever hearing this again
Haven't heard of Marty before. I was hoping for some fun cowboy stuff but after couple of songs it started sounding quite repetitive and boring. I will go back to listening to Townes Van Zandt instead 2/5
Mitä helvettiä
Elvis does country. Not my bag
Not my thang.
Know “El Paso” from numerous movies and shows it is in. Can appreciate the album for what it is and the time it came from, but not for me.
Cool cosplay and album title. Otherwise, nope
Musica de l'oeste...un 5
2.4 1x+ good enough just not my thing. El Paso added to liked songs regardless
wtf?
I did like bits of this, but it got very samey
Any of these tracks alone would be fun, all of them in a row is a bit much for me though.
Just not my style
Entspannte Country Musik. Gut für entspannte Wache. Ansonsten nichts besonderes.
Ancestral to many genres, a product of its time. I've mostly heard Marty Robbins' music used to establish atmosphere, which is something it's very useful for. Still, he was pretty clearly romanticizing frontier life and doing his part to glamorize the image of the Extremely Rugged Cowboy Survivalist, and the testosterone poisoning oozing throughout these classic western songs doesn't sit well with me.
mehh
Honestly just quite funny
Yeehaw! Very clear voice but at the end I felt I had my fill of cowboy music. The Little Green Valley was my favourite song.
3/10
This album was pleasant, especially as a more sanitized and family friendly version of Nick Cave's masterful Murder Ballads album that came out several decades later. The rhythm in Gunfighter Ballads can get quite repetitive but the songs are evocative and the singer's voice is easy on the ears. The tracks themselves don't stand out much but it's an album that can be put on without skipping the songs. The opening track, however, Big Iron is the best and contains truly beautiful choral performances as well as some really great songwriting. I'd give this a 3 if it wasn't so generic, but it is closer to a 3 than a 2.
fun, not for me tho
Не очень мне зашла эта ковбойская тема
Who knew the wild west was so sanitised? The songs are great but the whole enterprise feels like it's all be Disneyfied. I want some hard-fightin', flea-bitten bastard to be singing these songs; not some dude. Best Tracks: Big Iron; Billy The Kid; El Paso
Spaghetti Westerns or fallout songs. I can appreciate the layered harmonies here but it does get samey melody wise sometimes. Made me sleepy at work
They all sound the same. Just slower or faster
It's fun, but repetitive and a bit boring tbh
Not my jam
cowboy bullshit
2/5 Not my type of music. I am missing somehow a horse and a cowboy hat.
Taky meh
"I got a hundred and sixty acres in the valley Got a hundred and sixty acres of the best" Muziek voor de 'happy few'? Enerzijds is dit typisch Amerikaans oude country. Ik vind het maar moeilijk luisteren zonder weg te zakken. Toch moet ik erkennen dat de ongeforceerde zang van Marty wel verschil maakt. Ja, het blijft een Amerikaanse klank. Maar het standaard extra accent blijft achterwege. Ik neem Marty daardoor toch meer serieus. Het lijkt mij daarmee een mooie vertegenwoordiger van het genre. Maar echt gelukkig maak je mij hier nog steeds niet mee.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaaaaw
Recognized a few songs again. Enjoyed those. Saddle tramp, interesting.
Not for me
not my cuppa
59/1001 Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ I mean, Western albums aren't going to be my thing, but I didn't dislike it as much as I thought I potentially would have. There's some decent storytelling in the songs, but it lacks variety for me so could never engage fully.
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A mix of Texas Swing and the worst of 40s and 50s pre-rock n roll pop music. Marty has a great voice and that helps carry some otherwise truly horrible songs - saccharine, little doggy in the window type stuff. Still connected to folk music traditions of storytelling through song. Also, from a time when all things were regional. Notable songs include Big Iron, The Master’s Call, El Paso.
I feel like Alice in wonderland.
Did not like this. Maybe the lyrics were good, but I didn't catch them. Very hokey to me.
Dont enjoy country
old and uninspiring in the present time
You can see why people went mental for Elvis after listening to this stuff.
Fundamental stuff I guess. I don’t care for it though.
It’s not my thing but an easy listen and clearly an influential record for its genre.
5/10
This feels like an album that would have been sold on late night television at one point. This music did not age well, I bet it sounded old six months after it came out. Billy The Kid is super corny. I would have thought El Paso was the big hit but apparently Big Iron is the more popular song from this album. Never mind, it was in Fallout so its got a bunch of listens due to gamers. This album was the definition of meh.
Okay for a couple of songs but too much thereafter.
Big Iron carries hard
Not sure if I've heard any of these songs before. Certainly I have not heard the album proper. I'm very excited to give it a spin. Track 1 by far the most played song on the album. Its jaunty with a great story. A+ Track 2 slows things down with a song about his land. Just okay. Track 3 is a ballad lamenting his upcoming demise via the rope. Somewhat similar to Cash's 25 Minutes To Go. I like this one as well. Track 4 isn't for me. I don't like the background singers singing at the same time. Just give me Marty. Track 5 another slower paced one about Billy The Kid. This one works for me. Good storytelling and straight forward vocals. Track 6 is a peppier little number. A nice follow-up to the last track. Track 7 is an ode to a horse. This album is growing on me. Track 8 depicts a crime going down. Another solid track. Track 9 one of the more upbeat songs, as much as a gunfight can be upbeat. Maybe the best track since the first one. Track 10 is the most famous song, even though it doesn't have the most plays. I've heard this one plenty of times. Not sure I'd remember its Marty Robbins though Track 11 slows things back down. Disappointing after the last one. Track 12 nice bounce back. Wish they didn't layer the voices again but they stop halfway through for a bit at least. Track 13 this is a funky song. I like this one a lot. Good story and a bouncy beat. Track 14 is just okay. Mid-tempo but not super interesting to me. Track 15 is El Paso again. Its still good. I'm glad I got to listen to this, but there are only a handful of tracks I need to hear again. 2.5/5
This feels like an album that would have been sold on late night television at one point. This music did not age well, I bet it sounded old six months after it came out. Billy The Kid is super corny. I would have thought El Paso was the big hit but apparently Big Iron is the more popular song from this album. Never mind, it was in Fallout so it's got a bunch of listens due to gamers. This album was the definition of meh.
I don’t play video games nor do I live in the Mid-West USA. This album doesn’t have anything to appeal to me. Country music is not for me, but this isn’t the worst example of the many, many country artists on this list. So this raises it from what would be a one to a two star review. It’s better than the other shit country music, but that’s it.
Oh boy how boring was this 💤 Why are we making music pretending to be a cowboy in 1959?
Maso
I am not the biggest fan of country, but did enjoy this storytelling version of country far more than the current stuff. Still not my favorite though.
J’aurais pu mourir sans l’avoir écouté et sans avoir de regrets
I recognise a lot of these songs as Johnny Cash covered them afterwards. Not the worst album as some songs are moody and well written, but not the most "up my street" album. Probably won't choose to listen again
(closeup shot of a tumbleweed) (the reviewer holding a gun, two legs open like in a western film's duel scene with Marty Robbins standing opposite them) Reviewer: Sorry, Mr, Robbins. This favour of Western is not my go-to choice. And also, i prefer other ballads, like pop ballads, rock ballads, and... MURDER BALLADS. (gun shot) 2/5
Good performances, but each track blended together a bit too much. This had some fun moments though.
Quite the body count for light entertainment....
Good performances, everything was too similar. Forgot about his song being in a Salsa or Taco kit commercial back years ago
I should have used a private spotify session for this one, but I forgot. Nothing wrong with this album, it is what it says on the tin. I just can't imagine listening to it on my own volition.
Starts off kind of fun.. I kind of like big iron. But really quite monotone and samey throughout the album. Very easy to start listening to the album but actually quite difficult after a few tracks
buf i dont know
2/5 besides big iron (which is a masterpiece) the other songs all sound similar and aren't very good.
Definitely not for me. Just sounds like any other old western style music I've ever heard.
Someone had to make music for Saturday westerns in B&W. Roy Rogers and Dale, Tex Ritter - does this genre even exist anymore?
A bit boring for my taste…
I feel like this whole album screams Fallout vibes (obviously, Big Iron is one of the most well-known songs from the franchise). That being said, this also means that the album is very one-note. There are multiple times where nearly the exact same tune appears in different songs, which I didn't really care for. This album was fun but nothing to write home about.
Not my style. Competent for what it is
Overly cheesy. Not for me
I enjoyed some tracks, but most tracks felt like a chore to get through. Once you’ve heard the first couple songs on this album, you’ve heard it all.
I am not the target audience for this album.
The lyrics say “outlaw”, but the music doesn’t reflect that in the slightest.
Tedious.
Marty BOBBINS more like!! (wasn't actually that bad)
Uf - isch das sozialromantischi Musig. Hät aber schöni Harmonie und Backgroundgsang.
album vo 1960 so country style (?). eis lied no nice gfunde de rest esch halt eif ned so min stil. und es esch eifach no recht sexistisch gsi was chli wtf gsi esch
what was going on in American culture that this became a thing? Cowboys and such were well done by the 1950s...nostalgia? Amazing voice, although I'd prefer hearing him harmonize with someone else than himself.
Knallsterk start. Blir dessverre veldig mye likt etterhvert. En og to innimmellom gjør seg, men ikke hele albumet i ett kjør.
Big Iron is iconic and El Paso is solid too, nice simple storytelling songs. There is about two songs worth of material in this album. Marty Robbins is a fine singer and a pretty good performer in general, and nothing really sticks out as particularly bad. But most of these songs sound the same, and song after song of the exact same cowboy-themed mush is not a lot of fun. I also don't really like the background singers, and the instrumentals are very dull, repetitive, and best ignored. This album certainly provides quite an authentic cowboy experience - really transports you into the saddle of a horse in the wild west, watching cows walk across miles of featureless grassland.
If Elvis was a cowboy. I don’t mean this in a good way.
Love the gunslinger/crooner genre. Fun stories, but the songs became a little redundant and monotone after a while. Still pretty cool album.
i have yank fatigue
Old timey country western. All a bit saccharine, you can see why up and coming artists rebelled against it.
No le conocía. Los 50 son una decada muy muy floja. Se salva algo de jazz y Elvis
Meh, old
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say 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 Big iron on his hip It was early in the morning when he rode into the town He came riding from the south side, slowly lookin' all around He's an outlaw loose and running came the whisper from each lip And he's here to do some business with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip In this town there lived an outlaw by the name of Texas red Many men had tried to take him and that many men were dead He was vicious and a killer though a youth of twenty four And the notches on his pistol numbered one an nineteen more One and nineteen more Now the stranger started talking made it plain to folks around Was an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town He came here to take an outlaw back alive or maybe dead And he said it didn't matter, he was after Texas Red After Texas Red Wasn't long before the story was relayed to Texas Red But the outlaw didn't worry, men that tried before were dead Twenty men had tried to take him, twenty men had made a slip Twenty one would be the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip The morning passed so quickly, it was time for them to meet It was twenty past eleven when they walked out in the street Folks were watching from their windows, everybody held their breath They knew this handsome ranger was about to meet his death About to meet his death There was forty feet between them when they stopped to make their play And the swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today Texas Red had not cleared leather, for a bullet fairly ripped And the rangers' aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip It was over in a moment and the folks had gathered round There before them lay the body of the outlaw on the ground Oh, he might have gone on living but he made one fatal slip When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip Big iron, big iron When he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip Big iron on his hip
This roots and toots in equal measure.
Yeehaw guns woo boom boom bang bang. No thanks. Rating: 2
Listened to this for another list. It's just ok. I didn't care for the little interstitial story bits before each song. 2/5
Not my vibe.
The problem I have with this is not the music at all. It’s pretty good. My problem is there is no reason I can conceive of that I would listen to this again. This falls under a case where I can’t say I don’t like it, I just would never listen to it again.
Not bad but pretty dang ol’ fashioned
smooth voice and melancholy lyrics, but just as a whole not my thing
Look, it's a western album because it was the 1950s and everyone was obsessed with the wild west for some reason. Marty Robbins can definitely sing! El Paso and Big Iron are pretty solid. But it just isn't my jam. You can hear the western/Mariachi influence, but the weird cowboy falsetto work and edgy lyrics make it out as something distinctly not for me.
got through one song. eh
Sure
Country at its simplest.
you fucking ass
More songs about horses and dying. I don't have a logical reason to not like this. I just don't. It doesn't feel authentic to me and all of the songs sound the same.
Cool, but just ok.
Big Iron is one hell of a song, but then the rest isn't really my style. (24 known/46 new)
Not for me
Very traditional. Certainly well sung and performed, but not my cup of tea.
Moderatly fun, mainly novelty.
Big Iron and El Paso are the only good ones
Classic Country and me are simple incompatible. 2/5
Bit shit but different
Sviđa mi se rockabilly vibe koji se tu i tamo pojavi, ali to je i dalje country. Ne mogu reći da mi je užasno jer imam ogroman respekt prema tom razdoblju glazbe, ali mi je mlaki filing kad slušam jer nema ničeg preuzbudljivog. Zbog toga će biti 2/5, 4/10
He's got a fine voice, and it's a good representative of its genre, but this isn't really my kind of thing. The lyric "He's about the worst bucker I've seen on the range" made me double take when I (mis)heard it.
Pretty good, surprisingly.
Not really my style, but I love that every song is about murder
Yeah
Even if you imagined what the epitome of old school country sounds like, this would still blow it out of the water. A bit too twee for me
I know cowboy is having a moment and objectively his voice is lovely - but I simply could not bring myself to engage with this.
Shout-out to El Paso for it's place in Grateful Dead songbook. Otherwise not really a fan of the smooth, straight-ahead, and of it's time nature of this music.
Considered a classic this is just too far outside my wheelhouse to really enjoy.
Country western songs from the 1950s. A little bit Cash-Style, not as dark. Happier.
Sometimes things can get a little too yeehaw for my liking. I do enjoy country music, and the tracks in this album are a full reflection of the album's art, but my problem with it is that almost every song sounds the same. There are some highlights, like The Master's Call, but most of them were as catchy as the same cords over and over again in a track can be. Enjoyable, nothing mind-blowing.
2 Stars (5/15)
Its kinda fun. The songs start to sound the same to me. Its not really for me, but it was a fun listen and the stories painted were kinda fun lol. "Big Iron" and "El Paso" are classics. I think this is actually like a 2.5. Liked Songs: "Big Iron" , "Utah Carol" , "The Strawberry Roan" , "El Paso" , "The Hanging Tree"
liked songs: I definitely recognized Big Iron. I can't say I'm a big fan of this genre (cowboy country??). 1.75
I suppose if I was going to go out to an old-timey western-themed restaurant.... well, I think I would still get pretty tired of this after just a couple of songs. My tolerance is even lower in my own home. I can tell it's got some merit to it, though, so I'm not giving it the dreaded one-star rating.
Country music, cowboys in the Wild West - Voice is smooth and deep - Pretty boring for melodies, lyrics, and instrumentals
Starts out like a gunslinger; quick and sure. But tumbles down into the little green valley faster than a wild mustang being chased by a runaway wagon wheel. OK finish with Saddle Tramp and El Paso, none the less it’s still old country. Overall, the album feels dated and a bit hokey. Limps in at (2.1*s)
I don't know what's stranger: the fact that I recognized a few songs on this album or that I actually enjoyed it all the way through. I expected to rate this very low but to my surprise it was really fun and engaging. I also like how this is considered "Pop" for 1959; catchy strumming, detailed stories, and a copper voice make these bonafide foot-tappers. You're damned if this doesn't make you wanna grab your boots and go herd cattle. It definitely evoked feelings and scenery in a very tangible way. An easy 2.35 for the cowboy waltzes, now go watch The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.
Some jaunty cowboy tunes from a bygone era. Marty my boy can spin a good yarn about the gunslingin' west. Little surprised it was written and released in 1959. I was quite caught up in the ol' saddle tramp's story telling, despite the repetitive themes and it being country music. "El Paso" and "Big Iron" were best tracks. Much more enjoyable then I expected...2.39.
This album makes you realize how really radical the Beatles were in 1962.
El bodrio del country no termina. 1.5
Sorry, not for me, I skipped it after a while! I guess it's a cultural thing, I don't know; for English native speakers I understand the storytelling can be fabulous but for me, meh... let's just say, doesn't make my type ;-)
I’d give Marty Robbins a role in the sack.
He has a lovely voice and some really pretty harmonies. I really really don't love this genre, the stories are all basically country and western stories of stealin' girls and shootin' bad'uns and rustlin' horses. I can see the charm and I didn't hate it, but it's not really for me. Tip of the cap for El Paso, though, which is a brilliant song and immediately brought me back to watching Breaking Bad.
pretty fun for what it is
Nej tack. Rätt trist country. Inte min kopp te alls.
I was in a 60s mood today. After listening to a random 60s playlist, I remembered this project and came to find a 60s album. Unfortunately this one didn't really hit the spot.
Nope. Couldn’t get into this. Not my thing.
I was once in a semi-fictional band called Nevermind Mr Bear, and this is what we aspired to be. Unfortunately we lost all our music when MySpace ‘accidentally’ fucked up their data migration. This is good at first and then every song is the same!
It’s country, but not the kind I hate. This is bearable.
What I expected to hear: cowboy music What I heard: cowboy music, I did recognize El Paso If you like cowboy/country/western music you will love this album. I don't, so this was a tough one to get through.
Tem a importância por apresentar "Big Iron" que boa mesmo é na versão do Johnny Cash. No mais, foi esperar acabar os 40 minutos restantes.
Western, country music. I can't say it's bad, but couldn't make it to the end of the album. 3/10
Buster Scruggs the musical.
I had never heard of Marty Robbins, I am not interested in western vibes of music. I was shocked that I knew a song from the album “Big Iron” and that was pretty catchy. I probably won’t give this album another listen, but maybe it will be good small talk with my grandpa
Bra för att vara den genren men tråkigt. 2+
Just wasn't my thing
I don't really like it but my horse kinda likes it so it's a 2
Nice and gentle and sonorous and not at all for me thank you very much.
Not my favorite type of music but I understand the appeal. Good for background music. Probably will not listen again unless a special circumstance arises.
El Paso is a fantastic song. More of the same on the rest of the album. Not really my style though.
trotos
Aika erikoinen täällä seassa, tai siis taidokas lajissaan ja vaikuttavaa laulua tämä on, mutta en voinut olla kuuntelematta tätä soundtrackina (olemattoman elokuvan). Vähän liian kiillotettu paketti. El Paso on kyllä hyvä.
Third slice of pure Americana thrown my way in this project. Can’t say it’s growing on me but this wasn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard either.
I'm not very into country music, but if someday I need some ballad for a gunfight, I'm sure that now I know where to look for it.
High highs, but guitar story telling gets a little old after a while.
noise vomit.... hehe i kid just not for me, howdy!
Not my thing. I’m sure it was a bop 65 years ago.
Fine - not my sort of thing. Exactly what you’d expect from the album name and cover.
I don’t hate this album. It just isn’t for me. I can recognize the artistry of its time and Marty is great at his craft. The time in which this album came out saw country music as a great means of storytelling and this album delivers on that. Some fantastic harmonies and for its time, great production value. I can’t tank the ratings because it doesn’t speak to me but I can’t give it high marks on a personal level because I just don’t feel like it is right to give a high rating on something you aren’t drawn to just for the respect of its artist. I wish I could give a 2.75. Just dropping it below the 3 mark cause I respect it but again, not for me.
I don't exactly know why American culture is so obsessed with cowboys and Manifest Destiny, but it is, and this album epitomizes both. I've never heard of Marty Robbins and I've never heard any of these songs but I see the through line from this to modern country and some pop crossovers (looking at you, Sting). The voice is beautiful but the songs idolize terrible acts.
Simple and fun
Not for me
Country isn't really my genre but I did appreciate the quality of voice and the storytelling in the music initially. However, to me there wasn't much of variation in the songs and after listening to 5 tracks I lost interest. 2*
Good album. I liked his voice and the stories but as I wouldn’t listen to it again it has to be a 2 from me.
With it titled Gunfighters ballads I was expecting a slightly more grand bigger aggressive sound. However what I did get was a very easy listening honky-tonk genre. None of the tracks really jumped out at me, but there is no questioning Marty Robbins talent and his vocal range
Not my cup of tea
His voice is pleasant actually and the music is pleasant enough, but after a couple of songs it just gets boring.
It's really similar to songs that are played often where I'm from, and I barely like those
El Paso - They definitely killed him for yoinking that horse and not for shooting the dude Big Iron carries this.
That’s a no for me dawg
Like a boring Western soundtrack. Every song just sounded like I left a Western movie or TV show from 60 to 70 years ago playing in the background. There’s an audience for this music, and most likely people who think Gangsta Rap is too violent and black.
Great story telling. Was probably a fantastic album by 1959 standards. But every song quite literally is the same song with different lyrics. Would not listen again
If you like twangy, old time country this is the album for you
Favourite song - Big iron
2 stars only because country isnt my type.
A pleasant voice but you don't get the same feels as you get from other country voices like Patsy Cline or Johnny Cash. I personally don't find the stories that interesting either.
Country, 1959 -> 2
Ah, I wanted to like it more. Some of the songs are really oddly overwritten (looking at you, Utah Carol), and he sings every song the in the exact same tone, never mind if the protagonist is about to be hanged or in love. Prefer my cowboy songs with a bit more edge.
How did he make those songs boring?
Me pareció aburrido, las canciones son bastante indistinguibles entre si y el album pasa a un segundo plano. Lo recomendaría a gente que le guste el country o los western de Henry Fonda o John Ford. No es para mí.
Does exactly what it says on the tin
Country guy, western type songs seem to be bread and butter - first track slapped then fell off
Kind of a novelty album. I have seen this being restocked at my local record store almost weekly, so it is obviously popular. It was fun, but a little too repetitive. 2.5/5 Probably won’t listen again.
Feel like I listened to the same song 15 times.
I have never been a country western music fan. At all. Despite that, I enjoyed the story telling and Marty’s vocals. I can certainly tell how he influenced many future performers and appreciate the significance of this album and genre. Solid work, but not my jam.
There’s a couple of great tracks here but the rest just falls flat to me. 2.5 stars.
Big Iron isn't bad for what it is (traditional country) Not really my genre but clearly important. Odd that it didn't go platinum until 1986 though. El Paso is also fine and culturally classic obviously. I skipped about half of this because I just really dont like that old school country, so Im giving it 2 stars but really its 2.5
Old school country music. Some of the more tolerable country to be honest, but still not my thing.
kinda disappointed, big iron is a classic, the rest is ok NNN
Ha, delightful. I'd never have found this in a million years. Such a time where riding horses, pining after women, being hung for murder, and shooting folk were the common language of being a man. So, let's make a song or 12 about it. Thanks. I'm now a bit more aware of where Johnny Cash came from, and Leonard Cohen, and perhaps even k d lang. Three stars. Two? It could be two. Let's go two. It was nice but not really nice.
Music for little boys and kitsch honky tonks in the 1950s. It just feels cheap, vaudevillian, and plastic, with its plot-driven lyrics and literal cowboy chords. The best songs are Robbins’ original material (mainly the singles), with a good rendition or two here and there, but that’s not high praise. For the most part, there’s very little variation on this thing. Both sonically and thematically. What you see is what you get; if you want cowboy country, then you’ll be more than happy, but I think the audience for that is basically nonexistent. Gunfighter Ballads is ultimately a trivial record, elevated mainly by its age and critical praise. It seems like most of the adoration around it is tied to the singles and the idea that country “used to be good,” so obviously this old album with a good critical track record falls into that nostalgic interpretation too, right? In reality, it’s kitsch. Sometimes kitsch can be good, but this is far from camp. It was meant to be forgotten, and in a week, I’ll definitely have forgotten that I ever listened to it.
Gothboy shit right here. Not bad but fuck me are all these lyrics depressing. Does feel like I'm just listening to the same kinda song over and over again. Great voice, don't makem like they used to i guess. 2/5.
This album was better than I was bracing myself for it to be. I thought it would be very hokey patriotic country nonsense. Instead, it was sometimes interesting and often catchy. I can definitely see how it was culturally significant. That being said, will I listen to this one again? Probably not, because it's not a genre style that really does much for me.
Did you ever hear the Gilligan's island theme song and say "Wow, this is a great song but if only this was 2 hours long and about Texas instead!?!" If so, this is the album for you, and it can be all yours for the low, low price of all of your self-respect.
Funny Country stuff, cant Listen for more than 20 mins.
Old school country story-telling. Fine if you like that sort of thing, which I don't really
Repetitive. Did remind me a little of the background music of the old television show, Gunsmoke.
Happy songs about people being shot, domestic violence, and being stampeded to death
Took me a while to get through but wasn’t bad. El Paso is nice
Eh paid is the only song I liked
2.5⭐ The thing I love about country music is how often the songs are just fun stories about chasing baddies and riding cool horses. Sometimes the songs are about shooting women though so ya know... Not my thing usually, but I can't deny that I enjoyed listening.
Super not my thing. I find westerns to be painfully trite and the music here is equally repetitive. It’s someone’s thing, but it’s not mine.
Cowboy songs
Es música bien yankee de recitado y banjo. No es mala, pero es monótona y aburrida, no puedo agregar de esto a la playlist.
yee-haw
6/7/24 wasn’t expecting to enjoy this but not bad. good background noise. starts off with the classic “big iron on his hip.” most of these albums so far have been “oh so that’s where this song is from.” pretty neat 4/10
Lots of stories of lonesome men, grief and a certain degree of idiocy. Not a whole lot of musical variety.
Eh
I'm happy to believe this is as good as the genre gets, but unfortunatly it's not a genre that particularly excites me. It's fine, but I can't imagine I'm going to want to listen to it again.
thank god i wasn’t consuming music in 1959
As soon as I listened the kind of music in this album, I was like "Oh, let's see which is the song I know from a movie or whatever". That moment never came.
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs is twee as all hell, it's alright at times and forgettable at others, and the most interesting songs sound like inferior versions of stuff that Gene Pitney did a few years later that I far prefer. Give it a 2.
This is fine, gets up to good in places but feels like that it's mostly on the list because it's really old. He's got a nice voice, there's the occasional good lyric, but it's so simple in terms of structure (both storytelling and musically) that it's hard to give it any more than a 2/5.
Lieder aus einer anderen Zeit.
I do not like the genre, so I had low hopes for this album. I recognised the first song from Fallout, but other than that slight joy from recognition, I was right in having low hopes. I think people who like country music will probably enjoy it. It sounds like country music, but that's not for me.
I didn’t mind this and would probably give it a 2.5 if I could. All the songs sound similar, only a few stood out to me.
This is okay but I have heard many other versions of these songs that I prefer over the ones performed by Marty Robbins here. But as a collection of ballads and trail songs it's not bad, just kind of mid and melodically monotonous.
Fun Cowboy ballads. Smooth crooning voice like Roy Orbison or Elvis Presley. The Strawberry Roan (horse song, but sounds like swearing each time he sings "buck") El Paso
Good album, very cohesive for its time, but only a couple of songs clicked with me.
Fucking everybody in these stories is armed to the teeth. They love their hip iron. Musically, pretty boring, but nice enough. The stories are okay haha
Nog nooit van deze Marty gehoord maar positief verrast door dit album. Overduidelijk een voorloper van de country-folk waar Cash en Townes zoveel furore mee hebben gemaakt. Moet bij veel nummers aan Johnny Cash denken, zeker bij de intro van the Hanging Tree De plaat wordt op een gegeven wel wat smartlapperig. Zoals in the Little Green Valley. Dat zie ik zo een gepensioneerde mannenkoor zingen op net niet goed bezochte kerstmarkt. 6,5/10 Highlights The Strawberry Roan The Masters Call
Too old-fashion for me
Mad. I thought 'cool water' was a Coen brothers' parody; but here it is, without a hint of (big) irony. It's kind of great but more of a curio than a real repeat listen.
sure this was wonderful for its time...
he knows how to tell a story in song, but all of the songs start to sound about the same at some point. He does have an impressive voice.
interessante exemplo de um gênero pouco explorado, mas está aqui para representar um grupo
Gear: Grado Hemp Mix: YEEEEHAAW Musik: Wow. Das ist (fast) unironisch cool. Aber immer noch Country. Wertung: 🤠🤠(🤠)/5
Country and western with the emphasis on western. An album that's almost as old as me. Some of the tracks, such as "Cool Water" are vaguely familiar from my childhood when cowboy movies were all the rage.
Big Iron is lively and fast paced but it's mostly followed by a collection of - appropriately - ballads which all blend together. If I had to pick one, The Master's Call is it.
Too western for my liking
I'll certainly never listen to this again, but that's the case with pretty much anything released before 1965 or so. I thought this was largely pretty good for what it was. 2.5.
From country rock to a full on country album.... Well... At least this isn't as bad ad country rock. But if anything, this list has really established my disliking for country. I give this a 2 for the storytelling and big iron
NOT FOR ME!!!! NOT MADE WITH YA GIRL ON MIND!!
Repetitive
I liked the storytelling aspect.
hmmm
Big iron on his hip
I can't give something so simple a high rating. As previously stated I'm not a big country guy but this is ok. Another good background album El Paso is the standout.
Overall -apparently this is culturally significant and in the library of congress -this is not for me -I mean is good poetry but I could fall asleep -it all sounds the same to me. I mean the guitar melody’s are pretty but this is hard to get through
If there was such a thing as emo cowboys this would be THEIR guy. He's such a sad boy- I think that's what people must like about him because it definitely can't be the music. I got excited with the first song Big Iron that I might have pre-judged this album- time makes fools of us all. The Valley, The Little Green Valley, it all sounds the same. This album really dragged for me.
Needs more cowbell.
The Good: Dude was a NASCAR driver! Music has a distinctive Western flair. Unapologetically narrative songwriting ... The Bad: ...almost to a fault. A cool anthology of short stories, but doesn't really land in the medium. Instrumentation wears out its welcome. I won't mind hearing these on their own once in a while, but together they're repetitive as hell. The Ugly: His political views 😬 Favorite track: In The Valley
Cool klassisk cowboymusik. Känner igen en del från film. Inte alls min grej att lyssna på.
This seems like an album my parents might have owned, even though they weren’t country fans at all. This seems more balladeer-ish, so they might have liked it — Perry Como with a twangy guitar. I quite like his voice but too many of the songs sound the same to me.
Great period piece but not one I’d listen to at length.
Really dull. Nothing else much to say other than that. It is just a long ass cowboy album with nothing truly that substantial to enjoy in the whole play time.
Nostalgic, but not my thing.
Naja, wem's gefällt ... Mir nicht! Vote 2
Country balades are fine, I can heard a couple of them, but not a full album
I was really anticipating that I wouldn't enjoy this album at all, but I was pleasantly surprised with how catchy most of the songs are. I've never heard of Marty Robbins before and I was very impressed with his vocals...great singer. He tells great stories too (which is impressive because I'm not the biggest lyrics guy). The backing vocals and harmonies were delightful too! AND I finally know where a song that my Pap would sing when I was younger comes from - the great El Paso. My favorite songs: Big Iron, A Hundred And Sixty Acres, El Paso, The Master's Call.
Old El Paso
Not my type of music at all but I can appreciate it for its time and it was easier on the ear than some I've listened to. I could imagine Elvis singing one or two of these tracks.
Probably good for its genre. Not into it.
Nice country ballads
It's not bad, but it's uninteresting. It's Johnny Cash without the great voice. I think there's other old country music that belongs on the list more, like Chet Atkins or Jerry Reed, who didn’t make it. Favorite song: I don't really care. I lost interest after 2 songs. I did finish playing it, but it didn't register.
Not my taste…
I can see that this established a genre, but I think we all need to get over the myth of the cowboy gunslinger
Not particularly enjoyable.
Best Song: El Paso. Love me a storytelling song. Worst Song: Saddle Tramp. I might have disliked this one just because I had reached my saturation point on cowboys. Overall: Sure it was annoying when it started, but by the end of the album my leg was kinda jangling and I could imagine myself attending a jamboree. The album's definitely too denim to authentically enjoy, but as almost a parody of itself it kind of slaps.
I have absolutely no idea how to rate this album. It's so outside of the realm of music that I've been exposed to that I barely know what I'm listening to. I'll tell you one thing, though: it's fucking violent. All the old people that cry about hip hop music -- this is an entire album dedicated to shooting people! Hanging Me Tonight is a story about a dude that murders his ex-girlfriend and her new man in cold blood. There's an ode to Billy the Kid, a notorious murderer; a serial killer feted in Big Iron; and is chock full of stories that glorify the robbing, killing, and all-around depravity of the thug life. Marty Robbins is about that life. Who knew?
Seems like an important album but it’s not something I’m going to seek out again.
Soft Elvis.
I genuinely do enjoy country but every country album on this list has just been so old and sleepy and drawling and doesn't resonate with me at all Marty Robbins' "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs," released in 1959, is a concept album that attempts to capture the spirit of the Wild West. While Robbins' storytelling in tracks like "El Paso" is vivid, the album can feel overly dramatic and formulaic in its portrayal of cowboy narratives. The repetitive themes and musical arrangements may wear thin for some listeners. Despite its historical significance, the album's adherence to Western clichés can make it seem dated. While it has moments of charm, "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" earns a modest 2/5 for its somewhat formulaic approach and potential lack of broader appeal.
The wild west was so romantic and violent. Or romanticized? Surely it was just like Marty Robbins and western movies made it sound, right?
De cover zegt alles wel
Eh
I’m sure my dad has this on vinyl. Reminds me of home. And for some reason I have a soft spot for westerns and Texas music.
country AF
Not for me.
I think this is an interesting artifact that probably deserves to be on the list, if the list is about mapping out the evolution of modern music. But it's too damn cheesy as almost all fifties music is. Just doesn't feel like it has a soul. Probably influenced Johnny Cash, though?
Ja opzich wel cute
Folksy but not my style. It’s just too old. Can’t think of a time I would want to actually listen to this
Weirdest genre ever. El Paso is a bop though.
Track 1 and El Paso. Not my vibe but I got into it.