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An exciting album. I thought I'd heard music by this band before. At least the name sounded familiar. I'm going to give it another listen. 4/5
Enjoyable listen. Hard for me to say “it’s great”. I liked the mono version of some of the songs. And Jeff Beck is sort of legendary. I would give it 3.5 stars.
I really enjoyed like a third of this album. Ever Since the World Began would fit into any Peaky Blinders episode. The best part was He’s Always There started playing, and I genuinely thought my phone was playing a second song at the same time. Then a lightbulb appeared above my head as I made the connection that The Pussycat Dolls sampled this song for When I Grow Up. That beat was too sick for 1966. 3.5 lawn birdies
This album contains flashes of greatness to come, but isn't particularly great itself. This makes sense for a band that is best known as the launching pad for exceptional musicians who went on to do amazing things ... with other bands.
I didn’t hate listening to this, but also nothing particularly jumped out at me. There were some nice instrumental moments.
Psychedelica turned up to 11. A bit of a rough listen; no Clapton on this album and it shows.
At 13, this, dear reader, was a Bible to me. It was the perfect amalgam of 60s psych, mod and blues. Jeff Beck carved out his own legacy at the age of 22 here and that was all it took. Still, to this day, a marvelous album and a rarely discussed piece of 60s blues history. I've genuinely listened to this more than Hendrix. I'm not kidding.
6 1/2 - enjoyable listen. Wild guitar line up for the life of that band.
some of the 60s brit rock. honestly I couldn't even get through a few songs. boring
Blues rock is niet mijn genre, gelukkig was dat niet het enige wat op deze plaat stond. Prima plaatje
De eerste twee nummers vond ik heel moeizaam, het is heel experimenteel en dat is bij veel nummers wel leuk. De eerste twee nummers klonken ook experimenteel, omdat het klinkt alsof het is opgenomen met een leeg blikje en een touwtje in plaats van een microfoon. De rest vond ik wel leuk. Goede muzikanten erg creatief.
Verrassend leuk, Jeff Beck brengt wel echt wat anders dan de gemiddelde jaren 60 gitarist. Veel verrassingen en grappige dingen gehoord. Door het vele experimenteren is het als heel album wat wisselvallig, het mist wat samenhang. Hot House of Omagararshid, Turn into Earth, Ever since the world began, over fundeer sideways Down zijn leukste nummers.
Historisch gezien is dit een belangrijk album als voorloper van verschillende grote bands en artiesten. The Yardbirds heeft veel legendarische muzikanten voortgebracht, waaronder: Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck en Jimmy Page. Veel wisselingen hebben plaatsgevonden, wat het ergens ook weer interessant maakt, kan ik me voorstellen. Jeff Beck drukt zijn stempel door wat meer psychedelica en experimentele elementen in de muziek te brengen. Dat maakte het voor mij ook wel interessant om te luisteren. Het album is daarom ook wel goed te noemen, maar super leuk vond ik het ook weer niet.
Pleasantly surprised by this one. Psychedelic guitar rock. Didn’t have much hope for this one given the album cover, name and the fact that the Yardbirds / Jeff Beck have never done much for me in the past
Its a cool album but not the greatest of them. Solid music and a good listen but nothing that scream I cant live without this
I really enjoy the Yardbirds, but this is one of the albums I never really got to grips with. I think Eric Clapton was a much better fit for the Yardbirds and made more interesting music with them. Jeff Beck is a great musician in his own right, but he doesn't really experiment like on his own works. Over Under Sideways Down has one of the best guitar riffs of the year, but outside of that I struggle to find many memorable moments here. There are better Yardbirds albums and better Blues Rock albums from this period.
Where would this be without Jeff Beck? He’s definitely the highlight what keeps this whole album interesting.
Crazy Clapton was in this bad
Now we know the inspiration for Spinal Tap's "Gimme Some Money"
This album was all over the place. It was a blues record, then it was a Beatles album, then is was a weird psychedelic album. And none of it really appealed to me. There were a couple songs I didn't mind, but overall, just not for me.
Same old 1960s blues rock. Painfully boring, desperately unoriginal, nowhere near as special as it thinks it is and just like all the other bands that sound exactly the same (and there are loads), it is as racially insensitive as can be. 1 star just on principle alone.
didn’t hate it, but nothing stood out to me
Suenan bien pero no me convocan
7/10
683/1001 2026.08.19 🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑
Pretty neat! Probably not an everyday listen but cool to see the dna of this band woven through lots of later stuff
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Day953 - another late sixties great rock band that influenced everybody afterwards…if i had a nickel
I like it. I like this really much. I mean, by today's standards, I would compare this to something like an unflavored shawarma: You know the meat is good, it has been cooked good, but something is missing. this is raw. But at the same time, sounds really good and the music is very pleasant to hear
It’s comforting to know that such great guitar playing came out of this mess.
Better than expected. I thought we'd get loads of blues based guitar wankery but actually not that bad. The 60s definitely had a sound though didn't it.
I enjoy how bluesy this album starts, but as it progresses, it moves further into psychedelic rock, and that's just not my cup of tea. The first half grabbed me much more than the second. Overall, it's not a bad album, and I can appreciate what The Yardbirds were doing here. It just doesn't really scratch the itch for me.
#218/1001 🇬🇧 Not terrible but not great either. Jeff Beck's guitar is the main attraction here but i don't care for the actual songs. Best tracks: Over Under Sideways Down, Jeff's Boogie.
Ass
(3.6) Very underwhelming.
What. I don't really know what this is or how to feel about it. Fast forward montage music. Just some bullshit really. Just so mid as hell. No point to even making this music. Favourite: The Nazz Are Blue Least favourite: Idk man none of them really made enough of an impression
ewww what a weird freak
Oh good I was wondering if there was any room on this list for white british guys to perform 12 bar blues at me. The saving grace for this listen was a song I hadn't heard before 'What Do You Want'. I will probably listen to that again.
More ups than downs, this album shines on the blues rock groove pieces where Beck can do his thing - great bass lines too
The Nazz Are Blue alone flirts with a 5/5, the rest of the record settles on a more sensible 3. Even at their most confused, their orientalist psychedelia was more lively and edgy than many of their tepid, limp contemporaries, which counts for something.
Their best song was For Your Love which unfortunately didn’t appear on this album. It was a bit meh.
Dated and a bit dull
Eh. Still don’t see the charm of lots of “classic” classic rock. Feels like soulless blues noodling a lot of the time.
242. ok
There's clearly a lot of talent and expertise on display here, and this wasn't without its promising moments, particularly when it leaned into Eastern-inspired instrumentation; but they felt surrounded by a fair measure of filler and by passages which felt more like half-baked session jams in desperate need of stronger hooks to ground them.
Another good one
Decent. Some decent vibes and a few catchy bits. Something about it didn’t gel for me.
Huh, didn’t know this at all, this is the kind of thing I like, I will have to check out more.
1960’s blues rock. Three stars.
More of a 3.5.... it's fun and jammy, cohesively chill and loose throughout. Something you should be dancing too. Psychedelic and bluesy, I like it alot. Not something I'd return to, hence it not being a 4, but I'm glad I listened and wouldn't change it if it happened to come on.
3,5
6/10 Good guitar, rubbish vocals
I thought this was Eric Clapton and it’s not. That doesn’t shield it from my hatred, but I’m going in now with less prejudice than I would previously have. By the way, I get to have prejudice against Eric Clapton. He sucks. I hate him. Anyway, this album. I don’t necessarily hate it. I don’t even necessarily dislike it. I also… I don’t love it too much. It has its moments though. In the spare moments when the album turns to the psychedelic influences more than the blues influences, it shines as a work that can actually contain some good pieces of music, for example, “Turn Into Earth,” or, to a lesser extent, “He’s Always There.” These psychedelic touches, though frankly still largely unimpressive, at least make me feel safe in taking this seriously, unlike some of the other, much more ridiculous-sounding blues tracks, such as “Rack My Mind” or “Over Under Sideways Down.” That’s not to say that there’s no good blues here; opener “Lost Woman” is at least worth listening to, and “Jeff’s Boogie” is a good ol’ really fun blues song. There’s remnants of what The Beatles had been doing, but it’s a little different, a little bit more conventional, but still interesting. I can absolutely see why it’s considered an album you must listen to, even if I don’t love it. And the closer sucks. Forgot to mention that. I hate the closer. Fuck that shit. 5.5/10
Was pretty good. 4.2
Experimental stuff!
Één heel leuke ontdekking, heel aangenaam
pretty good I wonder if this Jeff fella ever made anything else
The Yardbirds are so damn cool
pretty meh for me
3/5 Favorite Song: He's Always There
Gear: ZMF Auteur Classic LTD Shedua Artwork: 😟👂🛠️ Production (Mono/Stereo Mix): 🔊🔇👎/🔊🔊👍 Music: 🎸🦖🥱 Rating: 🐦🐧(🦆)/5
I've never heard of The Yardbirds before today. I did recognize the song "Over, Under, Sideways, Down" from a commercial, though. It was aight.
Really liked this! Mod roots still identifiable but heading towards more driving bluesy rock and psychedelia. Amazing riff on Over Under - no idea how he did that - and wobble board on another track. What Do You What seemed to simultaneously influence VU and Monkees.
One for the geetar purists if I’m honest. Some nice blues licks but inconsistent and only nudges a low three overall
An album of it's era, blues rock that starts well but the quality of material varies over the album
Meh, there's better from the individuals in this band. Not sure why this album is such a must listen to
Not really my thing. Too all over the place.
I know the Yardbirds but didn't know this album. Shame on me. What a great surprise. A mix of blues rock, psychedelia, harmonies with long jammy and even some weird unusual passages and bridges. I like this. Very interesting song structures.
Lost Woman 3.6 Over Under Sideways Down (Rechanneled) 3.5 The Nazz Are Blue 3.6 I Can't Make Your Way 3.3 Rack My Mind 3.5 Farewell 3.5 Hot House of Omagararshid 3 Jeff's Boogie (Rechanneled) 3.4 He's Always There 3.6 Turn into Earth 3.3 What Do You Want 3.6 Ever Since the World Began 3.4 Score: 3.441666667
This was a great guitar album, as it well should be. You can tell the three had not quite hit their stride yet, but overall fantastic.
A very influential band but to me just a collection of songs with little cohesion.
I got the Yardbirds confused for the Byrds. Thankfully this is the only Yardbirds album out of around 800 so far, not another bloody Byrds entry, and it's pretty good. Mildly psych rock, not a difficult listen, with some 60s groove. Ugly cover art and a couple of dud songs, Rack My Mind is a special lowlight, but then the fun and simple Farewell immediately followed. I can't say that the pedigree of the guitarists stands out especially.
fine album. hey anyone else find it kinda weird how the blues genre on this list is almost entirely made up of blues rock band made up of entirely white people? is that not a little racist or am i being too woke idk. not a fan
there's some really great guitar on this but i'm struggling to really cling on to anything. i enjoyed a lot of it but not enough for me to want to come back to. i assume it was huge in the 60s but now there's so much more out there that's better. not much else to say.
I do love Jeff Beck.
So sick of this shit. So sick of all these crunchy boomer grooves.
6/10
Alright Old Rock. Listened twice and still nothing really sick with me, but nothing to complain about. Okay, maybe the song about the devil and money stuck with me
Lively but most of it is meh.
asleep at mid album
I didn’t really like this and the confusing tracklist doesn’t make it it any better. 5/10
Beck's playing is amazing, but it can only carry a pretty humdrum set of tunes so far.
Way overstays its welcome. Would be good if it was a half hour shorter
kinda boring British 60s stuff. It all starts to sound the same after awhile
Groovy man as the kids used to say. You can tell Jeff Beck’s playing at this point was so developed that you knew that he was moving on as the confines of this white blues played by Englishmen had largely run it’s course at this point. Overall it is a pretty competent approximation of psychedelic influenced blues but it does come off as rather unemotional and cold - possibly because of the composition of the band. Overall it is an interesting artifact of a certain time and place but not among the 1091 albums or more you should hear in your lifetime. 3/5
Never heard of it, yet I get the feeling that it provides a nice snapshot of the era.
Jeff Beck is one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Thank God he was on this album, because without him, it would probably have been a 2. There’s a very good reason why people look back fondly on this band for the sole reason of making Beck, Clapton and Page famous. It was always just a pipeline for them, and not anybody’s favorite part of their careers. Unfortunately, a big reason for that is that this album is just overwhelmingly boring and lifeless. The other reason is because Keith Relf wasn’t a great singer. He was always carried for the entirety of his Yardbirds career by the vastly superior talents of the aforementioned Beck, Clapton and Page, who all went on themselves to be some of the most well respected and talented musicians of all time. Each era of the Yardbirds is fun to listen to, if only to hear what they sounded like so early in each of their blossoming careers. What I don’t want to listen to, however, is the singer. If The Yardbirds ever had a legendary singer, I think people would view the band in an amazing light, rather than the stepping stone that it actually is today. Hell, ironically, I gave Jeff Beck’s solo album on this list a 4 due to the singer their, Rod Stewart, also taking some getting used to, being the weaker part of that album which was also being overwhelmingly carried by Beck and the bassist. The funniest part of all of that is that the best song on his solo album is his solo song. It seems as if a good bit of the site agrees that the best song on this album… is also a solo by Beck, appropriately titled “Jeff’s Boogie”. While it was a close second for me, I rather enjoyed the song that came after it the most, “He’s Always There”. The singing for the most part doesn’t bother me at all, I think he’s fine myself. Completely and deeply unrelated to the review, but did you know he was actually electrocuted in his basement at 33?? It’s a very weird story. Before he went though, he got to work with some immensely talented people. This album is way too long for what it is, it’s pretty boring, and it’s not going to stick with me. But the guitar playing is immaculate, and for that I’m going to give it a medium-low 3.
Oh man, talk about a blast from the past! This gem is like a little history lesson that rocks your socks off. It's raw, it's real, and it's got this dirt under its nails vibe. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions - Lost Woman - Over, Under, Sideways, Down - Turn into Earth - Happenings Ten Years Time Ago
Overall solid … feel like if I grew up with them I would’ve loved them 3
A quirky one. I like the early psychedelic sound here, but the melodies and riffs can get repetitive and the band didn’t really have any talented singers. A solid time.
60s boomer psychedelic rock with a band synonymous with Clapton, so you know what to expect Fair play that there is actually No Clapton on this , but it’s still shit Beck is a great guitarist though I can like weird sounding albums , but albums trying to be wired and wacky less so The only bit I actually liked was the start of “Ever since the world began “ as its sound like a less heavy version of a Sabbath song
Feels like a different genre every 2 songs.
i don'T remember if i finished this album
3.0 - Ok
Loving this so far !! Not sure how I haven’t listened to this yet. Okay I didn’t mean it Kieth sorry
Fun, wild, early rock and roll.
This was an interesting mix of all sorts of genres - blues, psychedelia, rock, and one awesome boogie song. Great guitar work by Jeff Beck early in his career. I enjoyed most of the songs, a good listen.
The sound is dated to the 60’s when the album was created, but the Rock & Roll is great. Lots of guitar and drums in every song. A good collection of tunes.
Really puts the “sigh” in psychedelic 60s rock. Boring AF.
Groovy blues rock is always a good listen, but the jazz element is the highlight here. The tracks with that touch of jazz really shine. Interesting to hear a young Jeff Beck kick off his career, you get a nice hint of his talent and creativity. Overall a fun album.
This was interesting enough Playlist add: "He's Always There"
The Yardbirds had better fire Roger, because the mastering and stereo on this album is practically a crime against humanity. Seriously, why would anyone want to listen to a track with only vocals in the left channel, and only drums and guitar in the right? Outside of that, all of these songs are only mediocre to begin with, no standouts and nothing incredible.
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Fun album
I can imagine the appeal in groovy baby 1966 but it’s not great listening 60 years later.
I'm guessing this is here either because it's a fine UK blues-rock record or it's the Yardbirds and they're very famous for their history of guitarists. The fact that these guys had Clapton and Page in the band at one point is insane though you may ask why I left out Beck. I sadly did not know Jeff Beck until he died, but he's apparently a big deal too. I still don't know what he's most famously known for which I feel is a disrespect to some. Anyway, here I am listening to his work with the Yardbirds and what he's doing is pretty good. I'd consider him the best part of this record that switches from piano ballad experiments to minor pentatonic chimney sweeps. But besides that, I don't know what else to say about it. It's fine, I guess. I've been lazy enough to postpone a week of generations just for this and this is all I got (5/10, 2/5 on this scale)
awful
Marginally-entertaining-but-mostly-lame early rock. What purpose does this serve 60 years later? I'll wait.
i am not wowed but it is not bad!
Woah! Solid blues rock with a couple of psychidelic singles thrown in
No comments
Nothing really stood out on this album for me
A good variety of songs I didn't care for
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Boring songs but insane guitar.
Perfectly fine British psychedelic rock. I know at the time this blew peoples minds and the sounds of a sitar was the most interesting thing in existence; but it’s good not great. Nothing super exciting, perfectly functional, and easy listening not worth remembering.
Pretty sweet
muy repetitivo medio rari
Experimental but very fun !
Primo English psychedelic blues rock, with a portion of whimsy - the energy levels leap up every time Beck rips into a solo It would be 5 stars if it was all rip-roaring fun like that, but the gentler tracks are pretty ordinary
Fuck no
Raro, arrancó entretenido y después me aburrió un poco. Nao queda guardado
I am overwhelmed at how bored I am and I'm sorry
Get me off the college radio's 'Advisor Special.' I do not want to listen to road dog blues music when no student can man the booth.
Not really sure what we were going for here. 1.5-2 bc nothing was aggressively offensive
Jeff Beck is certainly the highlight of this album for me. Besides him, I feel like we've heard ten variations of the same sound so far in this list. Pretty great album art for the 60s.
why is blues rock so boring guys you can do anything why does every song sound the same Jeff Beck why I do not recommend listening while operating a motor vehicle
Some solid psych moments and flashes of fun Jeff Beck solos, but otherwise meh
Groupe connu de nom uniquement. Blues/Rock standard, rien qui donne envie d'une seconde écoute. C'est plutôt l'inverse, certains morceaux sont très mauvais ('I Can't Make Your Way', 'Hot House of Omagararshid'). =>2/5
One of the songs The Nazz are blue, def a rock blues song cause the repeating refrains of talking about troubles of daily life. Thats really cool though. A lot of the songs on this album are actually really good while listening. Mr. Zero a song I could daydream a whole contemperary animation to. I do like Keith Relf singing :D.
Where the British Invasion truly entered the States. Legendary musicians started right here.
My dislike of anything Eric Clapton made my preconceived expectation for this album wrong. Fun, way better than I would have ever thought, and would never of listened to it otherwise.
Classic rock/blues album.
Evokes an era for sure. The more experimental elements moving away from the poppy sounds make it more intriguing.
I was not captured by this album at all. It just kinda passed by me as background noise
gostei bastante, tem bem um estilo 60s que curto com algumas experimentações e bons solos de guitarra.
I know this album as "Over Under Sideways Down" and I hadn't listened to it in a long time. There's so much great psychedelic weirdness to enjoy here, it was a treat to revisit. I'm less taken by the boogie bar blues songs, but they're infrequent enough. I love a bunch of these tracks and will definitely continue to go back to this album.
Old
Product of it's time, but not too original even for this period.
#416 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ✅ - maybe This sounds very much like the pre-psychedelic era of rock music, some of it sounds very conventional, but there are also some strange instrument choices. British invasion rhythm and blues bands sounded pretty much all like this, well, the core of what this record is about. I feel like Yardbirds was more about the very technically able players, compared to many other ones of the era. Bluesy rock 'n roll, many familiar riffs and overall sound, except for the weird instrumentation choices here and there. Some of those stranger sounds work quite well with the material, but on some tracks it feels quite... superficial. While I like the bands psychedelic era, this is not it. Barely reaching 3/5
Not even the best Yardbirds album... not the best British blues guitar rock of the era, albeit an early example (man, I've been itching to use 'albeit' today for some reason, and THERE IT IS). Jeff Beck is without equal however, and when the band hits it right, there's an undeniable spontaneity and fun bubbling up. There's an identity crisis going on, and it gets a bit silly. Like Cream's uncool little brother.
Bit boring blues
Love the historical significance of this album. Super fun to pick out different guitar tones and sounds developed here that would essentially lay the foundation for the next generation of blues- rock music. I don't know that I would appreciate this quite as much without the context and significance, but still a fun listen.
It's wild to me that three of the greatest guitarists, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton, all cut their teeth in the Yardbirds. Roger the Engineer is from their period with Jeff Beck and, unsurprisingly, the guitar playing is excellent. What is surprising is that I could never get into the Yardbirds. As a teen I was absolutely obsessed with Led Zeppelin, so of course I had to check out Jimmy Page's earlier band, but they just didn't do it for me at the time. Listening to Roger the Engineer now and I really don't know what I was missing. This is exactly the kind of music I would have loved when I was a teen; a mix of blues rock and psychedelic rock with a touch of hard rock here or there. It's not quite the type of music I listen to now, but I still really enjoyed listening to this album and I'm glad to finally be able to appreciate the Yardbirds.
Bit disappointed with this, given who is on the album. Nothing really rises above mediocre.
Very interesting enjoyed most of the tracks. Very dated, but very pioneering. Although I enjoyed the experience, it's not an album I will probably listen again, at least not often.
solo ending by Keith Relf carried
Wow I really liked this. The songs are varied and stood out from each other on the second listen. Felt like the Monkees a lot. Maybe just a tiny bit too much British blues rock in there, but overall a fantastic new (to me) piece from a band I like whenever I hear them. Close to a 5.
A nice ride, good music, generally the kind of thing I enjoy.
jeff beck on guitar . . . holy smokes
Quite a creative departure for the Yardbirds - maybe the imfluence of Jeff Beck. Music is very 'of its time' but that is no bad thing. Plenty of bluesy/pysche. Have always found that the sound engineering of this period wasn't quite up to speed with the rate of change in music.
This was fine, nothing special though. Ever since the world began was cool, almost proto-metal for the first part, then the transition to jangle pop was unexpected but fun.
Fun sound, enjoyed most of the songs. He’s Always There among the faves.
Holy mid. 2/5
This was ok. Felt like any other generic 60s band.
Jeff Beck's guitar is the star of the show here. Quite enjoyed it, but it did run out of steam imo.
About what I expected from a Yardbirds album. A perfect mix of the styles of the time.
Overall: 3/10 The only thing I found even remotely interesting about this album is Jeff Beck's guitar work. Everything else was (at best) really boring and (at worst) kind of awful. I don't know if it's as bad as the worst albums in this list but it's not good at all. Fav Song: Jeff's Boogie
Here we have the definitive rock album from mega superstars THE YARDBIRDS, one of the most commercially successfully rock bands to come out of the UK. Still can't believe Jimmy Page decided to leave and form his own Lead Zeplin(?) band right before the Yardbirds really took off. Oh what could have been... Snap back to reality: this is a pretty killer 60s psych rock record. Really emphasizes the overall state & sound of the UK rock scene by the mid-60s. Jeff Beck's guitar playing suits these tracks very well (this is basically his band, after all) and Jim McCarty's drumming is super tasteful. That said, I can see why Page was feeling disillusioned with the group and opted to leave to start something heavier. The Yardbirds' sound is decidedly 60s, whereas Zeppelin was an earthquake shift into the 70s.
Guys I’m a sucker for a cool guitar riff
Hell yeah.
Eh. First minute had my expectations way high, then it fizzled to nothing. Closer to a 3 than a 1.
It's fine
charming, but probably an album i'll forget about.
Solid I guess. Great hearing Jeff Beck's stuff. Lost Woman and The Nazz Are Blue were my highlights of the album
Good stuff!
Early rock pioneers.
I’ve heard this before. This is one with Jeff Beck on guitar and I like his playing better than Jimmy Page and a lot better than Clapton. Beck really adds to the psychedelic sound they had started and it’s all over this record. There’s a lot of stylistic variation with only a few standard 12 bar blues style songs, and Beck adds a lot of depth here where Clapton woulda done something boring if he was still in the band. Altogether great mid-period british invasion.
I rather enjoy Jeff Beck. Thought I didn’t know any Yardbirds songs, but then Over Under Sideways Down comes in.
very very very okay
Some excellent musicians on the album. A shame the songs aren't better and I've never been a Blues fan
it's so funny seeing a killer blues song paired with the picture of these children, these absolute INFANTS on the album cover. keep rocking, you funky little baby faces
Knew of this band but hadn’t heard this album. Did they borrow from the Beatles or was it the other way around? Or was it just the sound of the British Invasion?
Significant influence on guitar bands that followed, bluesy but also reminiscent of Beach Boys in parts.
Taffe Gitarre lowkey. Die Songs sind bissle hit or miss aber für 66 sind manche Gitarren parts krass, ich meine das Album kam vor Are You experienced.
Nothing too special about this album. The version I listened to has a few bonus tracks at the end by Keith Relf and those are the best songs on the album IMO. Mr. Zero, Knowing, and Shapes in My Mind. If the whole album was that, I would've liked it more.
Guitar playing, thumbs up. Song Writing, thumbs down. Every other aspect of this album thumbs sideways. Album art!? Double thumbs up! Woulda been a 2 without it.
It’s interesting music—bluesy—but for some reason, half the album isn’t available in Germany. Plus, the songs repeat in the second half. Overall, a few of the songs are interesting, but it’s hard to judge the album as a whole.
I really hate this
No fan of the Yardbirds and it seems all this 60's rock starts to sound the same after a while. Thought there were a few good tunes in Rack My Mind, What Do You Want and The Nazz Are Blue, but the rest was just background music to me. Nothing great but just OK. Something about I Can't Make Your Way annoyed the shit out of me. Speaking of shit, Clapton was and remains a POS. Nothing I'd come back to or play on in my own time. 2.5
3 I always mix these guys up with The Byrds given the similarities in their names and legacies, not to mention the fact that they both broke out at like the exact same time (seriously, how did that happen?) In this case, these are the British blues boys whose work Jimmy Page repurposed for Led Zeppelin’s debut album, not the American country rock hippies. However, before Page, the group cycled through two other guitarists, a couple of nobodies named Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. This album is a product of the Beck era, though, the roots of Zeppelin are certainly still detectable - it seems Mr. Page owes a few people a round of beers. Anyway, for the most part, this is pretty standard blues rock from the era. While it lacks much of the soul infused into it by the black artists they were undoubtedly influenced by, that’s made up for just a bit with some of the edginess they apply here. The heavier songs here are definitely the standouts, though mostly because they’re the ones that actually feel like real products of the group and not just inferior versions of blues standards (the compositions are, in fact, all originals, though, so I’ll give credit there). That also may just be the Zeppelin fan in me projecting - I mean, come on, if you cover one ear and squint your eyes, there’s a hint of Communication Breakdown buried in Psycho Daisies, no? The group also seems to dabble a bit with psychedelia here and there, much like their avian contemporaries, and it’s not bad, though it also doesn’t result in anything overly remarkable. It almost borders on annoying in the case of ya ya ya-ing Hot House of Omagararshid, but the anti-capitalistic droning on Ever Since the World Began at least helps bring it back around to tolerable. Beyond that, my only other two thoughts on the album are that Jeff’s Boogie is impressive, but weirdly Christmas-y to a distracting degree, and that Farewell, while not especially noteworthy, is placed in the middle of the album instead of, say, at the end? (It is at the end of Side One, but it still bugs me) Overall, this is probably one of those albums that’s more influential than it is interesting, or I guess just indicative of better things to come. I know Beck is considered an esteemed guitar virtuoso, but outside a song or two here, you really wouldn’t be able to tell with this songwriting. It’s still generally enjoyable work, but ultimately, pretty unmemorable. My biggest gripe though? What the hell is this album cover? It’s visual gibberish and looks unfinished. I respect the fact that they tried something different instead of just slapping a photo of themselves on the front but, idk, maybe they could have added a splash of color?
Почався альбом дуже яскраво, є класна гітара. Далі трохи пішов на якісь стежки, де багато чого відбувається в пісні, але мені вони не сильно подобаються. Загалом досить приємні враження.
На диво альбом більш-менш сподобався, враховуючи що цю гараж\психоделік сцену 60х я не дуже люблю. Тут ще звісно Джеф Бек (до того як він став тим самим Джефом Беком), але вже нема Джиммі Пейджа. Коротше ок альбом, послухав не без задоволення.
This was more fun than I thought it would be. I listened to the mono version and that 60s studio sound really cut through
Mediocre Blues is what this is. The draw is Page, Clapton & Beck but apparently not all at the same time. Beck is just here. It's fine, instrumentally. Its the lyrics & the singing. Just mediocre. 3
It's a great album! Classic rock vibes akin to early Stones with the prowess of Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck.
It's alright. Not my kind of rock'n'roll. I've never been a big Clapton fan, but I do like Beck's solo stuff. Yardbirds never resonated with me years ago when I tried to get into them, and they're not resonating now. Again, just not my kind of guitar rock. Alright, but mostly became background noise for me.
3/5
Jaunty bluesy rock n roll straight from the Chuck Berry Bo Diddley recipe book with a few British pop and early pysch touches. The songs are pretty generic and the vocals have nothing going on. Makes sense this band is most famous for what it's former guitar players did next. The guitar really is the star of the show with a snarling dirty sound, he's hurtling through the turnarounds, ripping licks. I don't fully get the hype with Jeff Beck, especially here, it's energetic and tight but there's nothing especially inventive to his playing. Is it the tone?
Amazing this band produced 3 of the top guitarists to ever live. I just can’t get into this mid 60s style. Happy to listen once. Not my thing. 2.75
All I really know about the yardbirds is they employed Page, Beck and Clapton and that may be all I need to know. Sort of a Rosetta Stone of British Invasion rock. On its own never blew my socks off, but a few tracks sounded pretty great, a few big swings production wise. Shout out to the live version of Lost Woman by James Gang.
Don’t be a rock whore. Don’t be a rock whore. Don’t be a rock whore. Damnit this rocks tho
I am not sure I appreciate Jeff Beck enough to love this album. There is some cool psych stuff on here - Lone Woman, Ever Since the World Began - but alot of this sounds like generic blues. Fun but not ground breaking.
Solid psych rock
Wild album. The songs are clearly from the mid-60’s, but Jeff Beck’s guitar work is a decade ahead. I would give this a 4 because the guitar work is great and so obviously influential. But many of the songs are children’s-lullaby simple (lots of runs with “do-dah”, “yah-yah” sounds) and the lead singer can’t sing. A 3.
Rollicking stomps and envelope-pushing sounds. Doesn’t quite all land but with all the seeds being sown, plenty of it flowers
A descent album, but not one I would likely listen to again.
Roger the Engineer was fun, but it was nothing groundbreaking!
TIL that there’s a band that had 3 household-name guitarists in it (not all at the same time, of course). That I had only vaguely heard of this band could mean that that it’s one of those bands that appeal mostly to other musicians but lack songs that will appeal to mere laypeople. It did nothing for me
This is one of those that’s just on here because it’s old.
This is too long and unedited and just not good enough for me to actually want to sit through a 1 hour 30 min album. If you really focus on just the guitars it’s kinda good once in a while, and a few times there’s a sort of old-movie-soundtrack-playing-in-the-background-at-my-grandparents’-house charm to it, but ultimately I won’t be returning to this one. Favorites: I Can’t Make Your Way (but like calling it a favorite is perhaps a bit much) Rating: 4/10
Pretty dated sounding. Nothing particularly standout
Stealing this from the top comment because it perfectly encapsulates my feelings on this record: Great guitar players need a lead singer who can do two of the following three: 1) sing, 2) entertain, and 3) write music. All three are not needed but two of the three are. Pete Townshend found Daltrey who could do 1 and 2. Keith Richards found Mick who can do 2 and 3 and Jimmy Page found Plant who can do 1 and 2. Keith Relf couldn't do any of the three. The result is excellent guitar playing (Jeff Beck’s in the case of this album) being stranded in a wasteland of songs that, from all other perspectives, are painfully mediocre.
Ilo kuunnella tällainen albumi. Vaikka olen alkanut tulla tämän listan perusteella tulokseen, että 1960-luvun musa on kuraa, tämä albumi todistaa minun olevan väärässä. Jotain taikaa tässä on. Hyviä biisejä, genret sulautuu hyväksi kokonaisuudeksi ja totta kai soiton virtuositeetti on huipussaan, etenkin kitara. Tähän levyyn palataan uudestaan. Mahtavaa! 5/5
Rv
I was excited for a 60's album but I only got halfway through it. I didn't hate though and will try again later.
Jeff Beck has failed to convince me, nor has any of his boosters that he's actually all that great. That said, there are some nice riffs on this, and if I'm not mistaken Black Sabbath may have been seeded with "ever since the world began," no small thing.
Never caught my attention, some songs were alright but wasn’t my thing. Highlight of the album to me was The Nazz are blue and Jeff’s Boogie
Completely new to me and it’s one of the best examples for tracing its influence throughout the rest of 20th century music. Can imagine muddy waters rolling in his grave and mumbling something about honky music when this album was described as a take on the blues
I liked
Good background music but nothing really stands out.
are there any good non-zeppelin blues-rock albums? just one?
Old 60’s rock, sounds so much like many of the bands from that era
Definitely dated sounding album, but extremely adventurous for the time and Jeff Beck’s guitar certainly stands out.
Probably more important the personally enjoyable, but undeniably great. The drive on "He's Always There" and the meandering solo in "Lost Woman" are highlights.
What the hell was that!?
Waarom is dit giving Beatles van Temu? Nee oke ik vind het gw boring 4.5/10
This was mostly a subpar experience, but I do appreciate that it was also a Clapton-free experience. It's also not worse than yesterday's Stones album, so a 2 it is.
Well, this sucked
impossible to pay attention to, even while driving
the best part of this album was clocking the pussycat dolls sample and listening to when i grow up before getting back to it. 2.5
Not terrible but I don't know why it's here
Some nice guitar playing but some otherwise pretty boring arrangements and lyrics.
Главный плюс альбома - он идет всего 30 минут
Good
A classic display of classic rock. This album was interesting because it was before the psychedelic craze, and had a more Blues Rock sound. Clearly a lot of talent on the album. Some hits, a lot of easy listening. Overall- good album
just boring
The Yardbirds’ historical importance is almost entirely about who passed through the band — Clapton, Beck, and Page forming one of the more remarkable guitarist lineages in rock history. Roger the Engineer is the best argument for the recorded output, and it still doesn’t make a convincing case. Jeff Beck’s guitar work is genuinely impressive — inventive, playful, and pointing toward things that would define a generation of players. “Jeff’s Boogie” in particular shows a technical and musical imagination that was clearly ahead of its time. The playing earns its reputation. The songs surrounding it don’t. Too much of the album leans on novelty and experimentation rather than fully realized songwriting, and Keith Relf’s vocals are unremarkable at best — a significant liability when the guitar work is doing this much heavy lifting. When the voice feels like an afterthought over impressive playing, the songs themselves start to feel like showcases rather than music with something real to say. The Yardbirds matter because of what they launched. This record is more interesting as a historical document than as a listening experience — and at this stage of the project, that distinction is worth making clearly. A 2 that respects the guitar work without pretending the album around it justifies the listen.
A fun album with some really great guitar work (see "Jeff's Boogie"). It seems Jeff Beck was the guitarist, so not very surprising, then. I love the goofy cover sketch and the music isn't bad either. Favorite track: "What Do You Want"
Its raw psych blues with a garage rock quality. The singer is a bit weak compared to his contemporaries but it wasn't terrible. There are a few great boogie tunes mixes in some rockabilly. Couple of filler songs but the album is so short they don't bring it down much. Jeff Beck shreds throughout and I like that they kinda flirt with all the genres of the time on this one.
Decent
BIG SOUND GOOD
fine
Good jams aye, not my favourite genre
Interesting rock music
Fairly decent 60s jangly rock album, can’t complain really!
A bit more fun than the rest of the blues slop in this list, there’s a fun intensity. Still not amazing though, there’s better 60s stuff out there 4 me!
I liked this a lot better than I thought I would. Jeff Beck was awesome even back then.
Pretty solid for the most part but eventually became a chore. RYM: N Saved a song: N
Pretty great stuff. Great distorted dirty guitar with vocals and bass to match. Wish there had been more of this type of stuff in the British invasion, and less of the twee stuff like Herman’s Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Freddie and the Dreamers. Oh well.
Pretty okay stuff. Extra star for the box art.
Good background music but I haven’t heard anything jaw-droppingly awesome. Yet?
***An ok album
I liked the Beck Fuzz 4/5
Kinda fun? 3.3/5
About what I expected. Good music, good guitar, but petty sounding of its time.
Some sick blues riffs
2,1/5
Blues-rock of the British 60s sort, but on a few songs it pushes harder, gets weirder, fuzzes out noisier. Some good ones, but some, or kinda a lot of, uh, not good ones.
Probably unfair to compare to Dylan live, our previous listen, but this came out at around the same time, and well, there’s no comparison. It sounds wan and thin, despite the active genre experimentation, and only a few of the songs stood out. Maybe just dated, at this point.
I get it pero no me encantó
An interesting inclusion on this list, and I've got to say that the album cover alone is worth it - I love it. It's a really fun jam, but I'm not blown away by the album as a whole. Still a really good listen. The alternate versions are very quirky, and the song 'Ever Since the World Began' is itself an interesting phenomenon. Favourites: Lost Woman Over, Under, Sideways, Down The Nazz are Blue What Do You Want
Somehow, through many, many, many, lineup changes, and name changes, this becomes, the far superior, "Honeydrippers."
Fav- over, under, sideways, down 3/5
Roger me that was awful
Hay Rocanroles muy interesantes.
Muy bueno y con muchas canciones me encanto
beatles type tunes.
Lost Woman is my favorite track so far. The Nazz are Blue is good.
Couldn't find it particularly interesting. Seemed kind of thin loose blues rock. Very disappointed as kind of a jimi fan. I guess it makes me conscious of how good the other players and the chemistry of led zep are.
This is kind of a charcuterie board of popular music styles of its time: pop, blues, blues-rock, psychedelic, and annoying forgettable trash. Most of it is in the first several categories, and they're passably good. I find myself enjoying the blues-oriented stuff more than anything else. I have to admit, I got more into the wobbly sheet metal thing on Hot House than I would have thought possible ⭐⭐⭐.5
Los Yardbirds, como John Mayall y sus BluesBreakers, son una banda esencial. Trampolín de guitar héores como Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page y Jeff Beck. Aquí tenemos el único álbum, además con Jeff Beck tocando todas las canciones (no hay versiones). La banda para entonces la conformaban Keith Relf en voz y armónica; Jeff Beck en la guitarra líder; Chris Dreja en el piano, guitarra rítmica y voz; Paul Samwell-Smith en el bajo; y Jim McCarty en la batería. La anécdota es que fue publicado originalmente bajo el nombre de The Yardbirds en Inglaterra. En Alemania, Francia, Italia y Estados Unidos con el nombre de Over Under Sideways Down y para el resto de los países, Roger The Engineer. La portada es indie antes del indie. Abre con Lost Woman, un blues extraordinario. Un comienzo inmejorable. Sigue con ese rítmico beat que es Over, Under, Sideways, Down. The Nazz are blue es un R&B de toda la vida. I Can't Make Your Way es uno de mis temas preferidos, con ese toque gamberro. Rock my mind recuerda al mejor sonido de Chicago con Paul Butterfield y su Blues Band. Ciera la cara A Farewell, un tema pop más convencional. El lado B abre con un bajo a toda pastilla y un extraño tema como Hot House of Omagarashid. Sigue el virtuoso Jeff's Boogie y un tema más psicodélico como He´s always there. Es línea se acentúa aún más con Turn into Earth. What do you want acelera y recupera el brío. Ever Since the World Began cierra esta cara más psicodélica para un disco excelente, aniticipo de Led Zeppelin o del garaje que vendrá en apenas unos años desde USA, donde ellos giraban y sembraban seguidores. Uno de los mejores discos de la Primera Invasión Británica.
This album sounds flat with a so so singer. Not the experience I was hoping for when this album came up.
This album felt very unnecessary for a list of the albums I must listen to before I die. What I was thinking as it was playing was how they just took a listen to the radio and wrote songs that were reminiscent of everything else they heard-some bluesy rock, some psychedelic rock, some British folk, some British Invasion rock. It was all fine, and only a couple of songs got on my nerves. But then nothing really stood out as something I wanted to ever listen to again. I had hoped for some tasty guitar licks from Jeff Beck, and Jeff's Boogie was where I thought I'd get that. But it was as uninteresting as the rest of the record.
2/5
I listened to most of this album while stuck in bumper to bumper traffic and it was honestly only marginally more entertaining than sitting in silence
This one started off kinda interesting for me, with some slight psychedelic rock (Which normally I wouldn't be into, but for some reason was enjoying here). But whether is just lost steam or I wasn't paying much attention, the rest of the tracklist didn't really wow me. It was fine, but not attention grabbing.
Buen álbum, buen rock. Antiguo, se siente como inicios de algo interesante, diferente, disruptivo. Dos temas: Happenings Ten Years Time Ago y Turn Into Earth.
This isn’t bad but it feels more like a compilation than a complete album. I’m not sure why everyone considers Jeff Beck such a great guitarist. Overall better than The Black Album
I think we let too many British invade in the 60s. This one sharks have stayed on the boat.
Had never really gotten the chance to listen to Jeff Beck, so I really appreciated the chance here. He has some great riffs. This album is nothing spectacular but really solid. Happy I listened.
Swing placeholder but alright. nice cover
This is a fun rock album. Not like hard rock though. Soft rock kinda or folk.
I was expecting way more from this. Jeff Beck is an exquisite guitarist, of course, but otherwise I was quite disappointed. The blues songs aren't doing it for me - too formulaic, and I'd rather listen to original blues, e.g. Elmore James' Dust My Broom rather than The Nazz Are Blue. The singing isn't the best. Some songs are rather The Kinks-like (e.g. Farewell) and have that children's songs-like character I don't fancy.
6/10
Legendary band but this is really basic old school. Not ahead of its time...
In the past week I've been subjected to three separate projects featuring Jeff Beck and/or Rod Stewart. Faces, Jeff Beck Group, and now Yardbirds. And it all sounds pretty much the same.
It's a yardbirds album. It slaps. It's not my favorite but it slaps.
Not a fan
do these guys even know what they're doing? Would I listen again: nope Deserves to be on this list: nope 2.1
Some tame Brit pop rock from the early days. Has a comfortable sound and is easy enough to listen to. Not exactly my favorite tunes, but it’s pretty good. I’d listen again.
Had no clue Clapton > Page > Beck as guitarists. Nothing jumped out, rooted in blues!
Loved the style, the energy, the voices, the rhythm. It's super catchy and an amazing album to listen and to dance to. Not five stars because you know how a five star albums feels and this one wasn't like that
This music makes me annoyed. I really don't enjoy it, especially when I realized that there are sound imbalances making the vocals come through more on my right ear in some songs.
Good. Not great.
Definitely get the strong 60s vibe, love the drums and funky bass lines. Not really for me though unfortunately.
Over Under Sideways Down
Cool array of sounds. Definitely the cusp of genres where some old meets new. Newer stuff is pretty cool.
This album was a 1966 release in the summer and it was very dark, dirge like sounding, psychedelic and just plain heavy rock/blues with guitar work by Jeff Beck who added many distortions and amplified odd sounds and effects. It was a step ahead of its time by not being a pop oriented sound."Lost Woman", "Over Under Sideways Down", "He's Always There", "Turn into Earth","What Do You Want", "Ever Since the World Began" - these are strange explorations into a new realm of music, that have a dark, soulful, almost urethral kind of sound.
Fairly generic but solid 60s British invasion fare. Top tracks: "Over Under Sideways Down," "He's Always There"
It's fine. Pretty much a bog standard 60s rock album with folk influence and tons of talent. Very 3.
Final thoughts: interesting as a historical artifact but not something I needed to hear before I die ********************************************** —Lost Woman…decent bass but otherwise meh —Over Under Sideways Down…fun but sounds like it was recorded by mics n the other side of a football field —The Nazz are Blue…solid blues number. Jeff Beck shines —I Can’t Make Your Way…I’m annoyed by this —Rack My Mind…basic 60s garage rock stuff —Farewell…feels like a Syd Barrett —Hot House of Omagararshid…has a “Little Green Bag” groove going. Not as good as “…Bag”. —Jeff’s Boogie…harmonics! It boogies —He’s Always There…I like the middle breakdown. Not much else —Turn into Earth…the altered state recording —What Do You Want…to listen to something else —Ever Since the World Began…well, I need money
Pretty good! Cool production for the era.
Not really for me, but obviously there's some impressive playing, and it's right at that confluence of blues and rock-'n'-roll and psychedelia, so lots of interesting things to hear along the way.
more a fan of the stereo album. my favs were happening ten years time ago and mr. zero.
meh absolutamente sem sal
aparentemente é uma banda que lançou bons guitarristas e um eric clapton. não dá pra acertar sempre esse aqui eh sem ele, pelo menos. rockzinho psicodélico regado a guitarrada, mas mei xoxo. nada demais
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I enjoy this era of this band.