Roger the Engineer

I'm not enamored by this band or album. There's some good songs such as the opener, and then some boring blues rock yawn inducing stuff. A 3, but not with much fanfare. I just think it (barely) deserves better than a 2.

British as hell with some blues to boot. 6/10

Definitely some great jams on this one.

Pretty standard blues/rock. It might have been groundbreaking in its release year, but it hasn't aged too badly and remains a fun listen. "The Nazz are Blue" is a highlight. (prior listen)

Good listen, blended many genres for me, including rock, jazz, funk, and others. Better than expected.

I appreciate the Yardbirds and the influence they had, but at the same time I think their music hasn't aged as well as some other music of that time. Some of their music brings to mind early Spinal Tap. Standouts here are Over, Under, Sideways, Down and Jeff's Boogie, which really brings to mind Stevie Ray Vaughan. 3 stars.

It was okay a pleasure to listen to.

Pretty good, but didn't excite me

It's fine. Good even. But like the AC/DC album before it, feels like a relic of an older time

Very 60s/70s vibes, you know that the lyrics are not what's important especially when you hear those guitar riffs. Not bad I enjoyed it.

Yeah, this is good but it didn't really stand out for me.

A decent collection of rock-and-roll/blues inspired tracks that mix well with the album's more psychedelic side. Somewhat reminiscent of mid-era Beatles.

A bit boring

I like the cover art.

I like the punk Beach Boys sound of Psycho Daisies, and the classic British Blues Revival sound of “The Nazz is Blue” was up my alley. There’s a good bit of weirdness sprinkled in too, like “The Hot House of Omagararshid”. Jeff Beck is the shining star of the album musically, of course, but shout out to Jim McCarty on drums - percussion sounds fresh and just the right amount of wild throughout. Altogether, the album has a decently tight feel, which i prefer over the looser psychedelic/virtuoso supergroups of the time like Cream and early Pink Floyd. I did some reading and found out that the lead vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf died at the age of 33 by electrocuting himself on his own guitar. That’s a tragic and crazy way to go.

Kind of liked it, kind of forgot about it as I was listening.

Nothing outstanding, nothing upsetting. This was very much an album I listened to.

sympa le petit dessin au bic

Cool stuff.

Thought it was ok. Jeff Beck is good but it didn't feel innovative. Seems like heavy influences by American blues musicians.

Good. Great at points.

I was not familiar with any of the songs. The album for the most part was alright, but it got a little eccentric a parts. Still I did not skip any songs and it was a relatively short album. Unlikely that I relisten to any of the songs again. I will round up.

Tolerable. Such a wild collection of styles. Some neat guitar and bouncy bass lines.

Sounds like hippies. Some good blues vibes, and yet again, not something I'm likely to pull off the shelf.

Le problème de cet album est que je ne suis sûr qu'à 90% de l'avoir écouté.

Cet album nous présente une anecdote de plus au sujet de Jim Morrison, que nous ne prendrons pas la peine de décrire une fois de plus dans ce review. En effet, tout le monde a déjà compris que derrière l'oreille de Roger l'ingénieur maladroit se cache un crayon a papier.

Kinda lost interest in this one half way through. It was alright and somewhat unique

Pretty classic English blues rock.

Klassista blues rockia! Ei valittamista mutta eipä tuo päätä räjäyttänyt. Lost women hyvä ralli 3/5

Alkupuoli kova. Lopun kokeellisempi meno ei taas kovin kummallista.

Ihan jees, mut ei mitenkään säväyttävää. tasapainottelen 2 ja 3 välillä, mut annetaan nyt 3.

tof

Prefer the bluesy stuff on this but still some great tracks despite it being a bit patchy.

I enjoyed this just fine. Some good sixties British rock. Nice guitar work.

This album was pretty good. It was just way way way too long. I dont need 31 tracks. I was over it by track 20.

It’s fine. It sounds like ‘60s rock but isn’t really all that interesting enough to catch my attention for longer then a few moments.

Some good bluesy tunes to bop along too. Fave: He's Always There

Another 60’s rock album, this one with a lot of blues and hard rock. There’s some fun oddball psychedelic stuff too like “Hot House of Omagararshid” (maybe my favorite song). There’s a cheerful, playful spirit to the album, especially in the vocals. Not exactly a high water mark of the era and it’s a little all over the place but there’s a lot of enjoyable music here. Other highlights: "Lost Women," "Over, Under, Sideways, Down”

The yardbirds are dope because they launched the careers of Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page (I think), and Eric Clapton (fuck clapton). I always thought the band was good but not nearly as great as those guitarists follow-up bands. Regardless, they deserve a spot on this list.

Holy panning, Batman. It's so strong on a lot of these 60s albums that it hurts my head. That aside, I dig the music a lot. I swapped to a mono version and it let me appreciate it much more.

A couple of good blues songs. Can't help but really feel the art of the English 60s band selling US blues back to the Americans - more so than even The Stones, Animals or Cream. Bit cynical, but for some reason this album made me very conscious of the copy and paste and re-sell that went on in the UK in 1960s. Not bad, but I prefer other bands doing this, however it is great to think of the three exceptional guitarists from The Yardbirds.

Better than the other Yardbirds album only because it had more psych songs

Pleasant psych-rock, not much else to say

Another album of historical interest. The Yardbirds were once the home of Clapton, Page and more significantly Beck. I think this is the only UK album.. This is full of meh psychedelic blues. Great sparse production. Solid 3.

Cool! Glad to give these lads a spin but disappointed there's no Jimmy Page on this album. Solid opening track with Lost Women, savage bassline and harmonica. Great drums too. Over Under Sideways Down is a good one too, surprised I even knew these two tracks. after that the album was just ok, wasn't too stand outish, but may need another listen. With that said, I liked the closing track, Ever since the world began.

Ah, I love a bit of Yardbirds but this just isn't a great album - feels - monotone

I've listened to the Yardbirds before, but never straight through an album. They were a big deal and this album is pretty good. Some tracks don't stand the test of time, but it's always interesting to listen to such important predecessors of rock.

I don't hate it but I can't say I like it either. It's just a bit meh. I'll probably not ever listen to it again.

I thought it was great.

Goed ochtend vibeje, beetje beatles maar wat expirimenteler

I honestly hadn't heard for The Yardbirds before. Given the timeframe and the rawness of the sound, it is clear that this is a root album. Plenty after could be said to have refined the pieces here. I found it enjoyable across the twists and turns of the album. It certainly wasn't polished but also wasn't flat. It was vibrant and groovy. Bluesy and psychedelic. And without the weight of all that came later. What it lacked in production, I think it made up in heart. Kind of like your favorite local band that just so happens to be 60 years old.

Enjoyed learning about a new song (Lost Women) and "Inside Outside Upside Down" is a classic. Overall a great overall psychedelic record that I'm glad I learned about. Also just love these origin story types of bands that jump-started the careers of some true icons. I'm just not enough of a fan of the genre to give it more than 3 stars.

Interesting album that I'll never listen to again.

This album was definitely interesting but not too bad.

Mix aus richtig guten und richtig langweiligen Tracks. 3

Well this was very pleasant and not quite what I expected. An enjoyable listen

A pretty legendary band for all the people involved and the careers it started. It's amazing to hear so many sounds that can be applied to other later bands all coming through at once.

Like the album cover. Music is average.

A couple songs I really enjoyed but I was mostly pretty bored. Lots of 60s tropey sounds and song structures (?) that just didn't feel exciting to listen to.

One of those bands by whom you really only need a good compilation rounding up all the singles, but if you want a "proper" album this is the one to get, I suppose. Recorded in under a week and sounds like it, but covers some interestingly diverse ground in just 32 minutes.

typisch '60 album met wat psychedelische invloeden. Oké, maar niet zo erg speciaal

Ganz ok! Nicht ganz so meins ^^

die erste hälfte hatte ein paar gute tracks, die zweite eher weniger

Hatte leider keine Zeit hier was zu zu schreiben, aber ist gut! Einige Songs kannt ich schon aber finde der Sound ist immer noch sehr gut heute noch

Der Sänger erinnert mich ein bisschen an Alex Turner von den Arctic Monkeys. Ansonsten hab ich keine große Meinung dazu, ich fand’s unendlich langweilig und messy aber nicht *schlecht*. Scheinbar hatte das aber nen starken Einfluss auf die Rockmusik danach und das hört man schon auch, aber von nem heutigen Standpunkt, bleibt da echt nur das „Historische Interesse“

Das Problem mit Alben zu dieser Zeit ist dass sie nicht dem Konzept eines Albums wie wir es heute kennen entsprechen. Es wirkt oft wie eine Zusammenstellung verschiedenster Stile die eine Band gerade so gut fand oder als gewinnbringend erachtet hat. Hier spannt sich das ganz von klassischem Blues über Mod bis hin zu psychedlisch angehauchtem Blues Rock. Unterm Strich ein schönes Gesamtpaket, catchy, verspielt und denke auch fortschrittlich für die Zeit, selbst wenn hier nicht die Meilensteine drauf sind, einfach sehr solide. Für mich hitten die Untescheide leider manchmal zu krass. Dann merkt man, wie Marc ja schon geschrieben hat, dass es eben nicht Revolver ist, wo das nahezu perfekt funktioniert. Diese Bubblesound auf Hot House of Omagararshid nehme ich in Verbidnung mit diesem Chorgesang als "odd" und besonders wahr - danach Jeff's Boogie dagegen die generischste (nicht schlecht aber halt belanglose) Nummer auf dem ganzen Ding. Over Under Sideways Down ist für mich zb ein sehr solider Track der dieses flotte Beat mäßige mit psychdelischen Nuancen verbindet und das Album so in Bestform repräsentiert. So bleibt irgendwie aber doch ein spaßiger abewechslungsreicher aber nicht allzu prägender Eindruck aus einer Zeit die mir noch ein wenig unbekannt ist. Es ist ne 3,49 ca.!

An sich kein schlechtes Album, macht gut Laune und ich konnte es gestern problemlos zweimal am Stück anhören (warum auch immer das in Mono und Stereo im Spotify-Album is). Allerdings ist es das auch schon, es hat irgendwie nichts an sich, was einen das wieder revisiten lässt, die Hits sind nichts so gut, das Album hat kaum etwas, was es hervorstechen lässt, und die psychedelic Elemente (etwa auf Hot House of Omagararshid, Turn Into Earth, Ever Since The World Began (was sollte es mit dem zweiten Teil?)) sind leider underdeveloped und wirken verloren auf dem Album. Einziger Song, der einen bleibenden Eindruck hinterlassen hat, ist He’s Always There. Außerdem gibt es irgendwie keine vernünftige Version von dem Album auf Spotify.

Blues rock with a giant slice of psychedelia. I don't think Jeff Beck gets enough room to flex his muscles here. Never knew the Pussycat Dolls of all people sampled from this record. Middle gets a little lost, but finishes strong. Call it 3.5. Favorite tracks: "He's Always There", "Turn Into Earth"

Loved the first song and a few others but as an album, no thank you

It was fine

Meh. Each song sounds pretty much the same. Nothing special apart from one or two guitar solos.

Pretty enjoyable

Indifferent. Not bad not great. Jeff beck rocks

It played, I listened, I moved on

I mean, it was fine. I don't really remember it here on the next day.

5/10

This album has some really good guitar, but overall it doesn't stand out as some of it's contemporaries. I enjoyed 'Over Under Sideways Down' - a good boogie track!

Great 60s rock with lots of variety. Very enjoyable!

Pretty standard blues/rock. It might have been groundbreaking in its release year, but it hasn't aged too badly and remains a fun listen. "The Nazz are Blue" is a highlight.

Thought I'd enjoy it more than I did as I like that period of music and have one of their live albums. Didn't know this album and found some great tracks but there were some I couldn't bear listening to by the end of the day

standard bluesy-rock shit tbh

it’s aight

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Lost Women, Over Under Sideways Down, I Can't Make Your Way, Jeff's Boogie, He's Always There Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Feels like a bunch of dudes messing around in a studio, which leads to some decent fun when you're lead by Jeff Beck (for the record I liked this more than his solo album on here)

I had low expectations for this but I ended up quite liking some of the songs on this album.

I used to collect all the birds from the yard after my milkshake brought them there. They would squawk in my ear all night as I plucked their feathers. Rough, rough stuff.

Alright

It's fine, mid-table blues inspired '60s rock n' roll with some mild psychedelia thrown in for good measure. At least it doesn't have thundercunt Clapton on it.

Interesting old album, nice to listen to.

Cross between the Beatles and the Monkees

Not bad at all.

This album is a prefect example of great musicians clicking on a great record. I wasn't super familiar of this one, but i definitely recognized a few tracks. Such a great listen.

About all I could remember of the Yardbirds is that they had someone in their band that I knew from somewhere else. I had forgotten that the description could apply to three different members of their band (Clapton, Beck, and Page). I don't know which (if any) of those individuals were on this album. The music was fine, but nothing stood out to me enough for a second listen.

A pretty alright older album. One recognized song

Reiterating what the critics said, this is blues trying hard to be psychedelic. It has a few great psychedelic tracks, and some blues tracks slap. Never heard of The Yardbirds, and I'm not a huge Beck fan, but hearing this, I can see why they are considered as one of the pioneers of psychedelic rock. The bass line in the first track alone reminds me of some Black Sabbath, early Pink Floyd, and Beatles stuff. Overall, an interesting album. While it has a few great tracks, it's a pretty dull album.

Ok ... bit dated ...sounds like Clapton tho,

6/10

Ok went to North Country Brewery with Ben and Dereck, Sam liked.

Not bad but expected more

I feel like The Yardbirds lived (unfortunately) in the shadow of the Beatles and Stones and are grossly under-appreciated. To me, they are a near perfect marriage of the aforementioned bands - not to say they are better, just a sold mix of the two. The had the musical talent (song-writing aside) of the Beatles - I mean, Clapton, Page, and Beck all had stints with this group, and I could argue that the Yardbirds' Paul is every bit the bassist as the Beatles' Paul. They also had a similar prowess for incorporating interesting instrumentation and progressions. AND, they had that "dirty" blues/rock, fuck-the-establishment vibe of the Stones. Still, this is not my favorite of their albums. I'm a bigger fan of the Clapton years - no offense to Jeff Beck.

6,5/10

Ambivalent

This seemed like the precursor to acid rock and was an enjoyable listen

Well, not without its merits but I don't know about "great". Went on forever - turns out I was listening to the Deluxe Edition (there's a Super Deluxe edition. Yikes). Not added.

This was pretty average 60's psychedelic rock. I liked a few songs, like Lost Women, The Nazz are Blue, Rack My Mind and Hot House of Omagarashid but rest of the songs were pretty forgettable.

Twas okay

Like many albums on this list it was fun but not amazing. I like the artwork, though. Favourites are Lost Women, He's Always There.

Some good songs here. But it doesn't rise to the level of some classic albums of the era. 3.5 🌟

28. Roger the Engineer - Yardbirds 22 tracks. This is decent. I didn't know Jeff Beck, Clapton & Jimmy Paige all played guitar with Yardbirds at various times. (This was Beck playing). It's simple but punchy in a rock/blues style. 3/5.

La millor obra dels Yardbirds, amb Jeff Beck iniciant la seva carrera i deixant la seva emprempta en el blues rock fanagós de la major part de temes del disc. Molt bon disc, però crec que la seva etiqueta de clàssic queda ja una mica desfassada

Love, Moby Grape, now this. I'm sure this is heresy to some who can pick apart the subtle nuances of these bands, but I find a lot of rock from this era to be very samey and redundant. This is probably the best album generated from this style/era so far, but this all feels like dress rehearsal. These musicians would need a few years still to break through to something actually interesting.

Klinkt fris en vrolijk voor hoe oud deze vogels eigenlijk al zijn.

Lekker 60's sound. Helemaal niet verkeerd.

Had some interesting parts

I'm amused by the oddness and looseness of this album but not much more than that. Holy Shit! Wait a minute... did they invent the template for Black Sabbath in the first 1:10 of "Ever since the world began"?!?! Other than that, somewhere between the sound of The Who, Kinks, and Stones from the same period with a touch more psychedelia. Kind of liked listening to the mono version more than the stereo.

Kind of boring for me, very much of the times. Not bad, but not for me.

Short, fairly generic. Maybe this is on the list for historical reasons? I mean it was okay, but nothing spectacular.

Tiene un sonido muy de invasion británica y el cierre del álbum me ha gustado mucho

Показался скучноватым. Терпел, пока слушал.

Mix of blues and 60s psychedelia. Preferred the former. Latter sounded quite dated, yet also reminiscent of more modern bands clearly influenced by it.

This was overall an enjoyable listen. A step up from the usual 60s psychedelic rock that was prevalent around this time. Not sure I'd listen again but didn't mind it while it was playing.

Some good songs here. But it doesn't rise to the level of some classic albums of the era. 3.5 🌟

sounds very blues inspired not as psychedelic as i expected

Very 60's. Lots of creative sounds and a general feeling of hippy-ness. Not quite my cup of tea, but definitely worth listening to.

Kratko i slatko. I jako mi se sviđa taj njihov naziv benda, Yardbirds. Zanimljiv album od samo 35min.

Mogu reć da dost uživam u ovome. Priznajem, Hrvat sam.

It was fine/good, but not really what I was in the mood for today. Lots of bluesy/rock-and-roll sounds, with some neat proggy/psychodelic twists. Reminiscent of the Cream tracks I don't like quite as much, but overall it seemed like something relatively enjoyable. Good cover art.

What would serve as a foundational work for the genre of rock as a whole, Roger the Engineer shows a lasting impact with several iconic tracks. That being said, the length of any current releases for it makes it difficult to truly gauge its experience as an album.

Some great arrangements. Fun bluesy album.

Would listen to this band again

Da konnte man bei Spotify nicht alles hören, oder? Die Melodie und die Gitarrensolos gefallen, der Gesang kann auch nerven. Geiles Albumcover!

Not great buts it alright

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Jeff Beck, el guitarrista de los Yardbirds, es uno de los entes creativos que elevó el rasgueo a niveles nunca antes vistos hasta el momento. Por alguna razón que yo considero cercana a la brujería negra, ha vivido a la sombra de un tal Jimmy Page, un copycat profesional de altísimo talento interpretativo que se dedicó a robar ideas, trucos, y probablemente el alma, a nuestro atribulado Jeff. Y aunque la mayoría de estas canciones quedan a medio camino entre la psicodelia y el blues semipesado, algunas veces genial, otras más bien medio meh, en todas podemos destacar la guitarra de Beck: un tono muy claro, metálico, sensual y lo suficientemente libre para estallar cualquier regla anterior. La influencia está en todos lados: los freak outs de guitarra y batería y bajo desbocados transformaron la gramática del rockandroll y la llevaron a terrenos alterados sensorialmente y también, más violentos, permitiendo que llegara después el hard rock, el blues pesado, el rock progresivo, el punk, todo. Muchos robaron de este men, primer maestro del feedback y el fuzz: Led Zeppelin, los Stooges, incluso Faust (comparren It's a Rainy Day con Hot House of Omagarashid). En fin, sugiero revisar los singles de la banda y los que sacó a mediados de los 60 el Jeff Beck (Beck's Bolero por ejemplo), hay cosas increíbles ahí.

good tunes. early jeff beck.

Nice and weird

3.3 - A dim entry in a long parade of Brits parroting American blues that's somewhat redeemed by a few fun psychedelic explorations. Middling as an album - it lacks cohesion and suffers from mediocre mixing and sound production.

So much of the music of this ilk sounds dated and tired, and I'm afraid that this is no exception. Jeff Beck is a fine guitarist but we don't get to hear him to his fullest advantage here, and Keith Relf is an awful singer. Still, 'Over, Under...' is good, but in 2021 I'd much rather be listening to the psych stylings of, say, Shocking Blue.

I went into this album thinking I wouldn’t like it just because I think of the Yardbirds as that old timey Everly Brothers type music. I was wrong. I enjoyed this album and mostly because of the variety in the music. The birds really felt like they were experimenting with different ways to play their instruments so that each song didn’t feel exactly the same. It was also nice how short the album was. My standouts were The Nazz are Blue and He’s Always There. The album cover is another story, however. Looks like some type of scary expressionist type drawing. I wonder which yardbird drew it or if it was one of their kids.

Pienso que después de escuchar tantos álbumes rockeritos en este conteo, el Roger the Engineer no me dijo nada nuevo. Eso sí, es un viaje agradable, con sus buenos momentos como "Hot House of Omagarashid". La primera canción, "Lost Women" fue la que más me agradó al final. 7/10

Rock, blues. Bastante bueno.

Kind of dad-rocky Rock and Roll. They very well might be talented, but it just sounds old and dated to me.

Thought it was going to be more psychedelic than it ended up being. However, it's some nice old-school, bluesy rock'n'roll and Jeff Beck was already a guitar-hero in the making. Interesting listen.

I can dig this. Jeff Beck’s guitar tones are solid, “Over Under Sideways Down” is fun, and the album cover looks like it was drawn by Tyler Baum.

Bluesy psych that mostly reminds me of “Rubber Soul”.

Psychadelic and garagey right from the start with some phat riffs. Me likey for the most part, even though that 'shoebox' sound comes off a little dated at times. Does this album ever end??

Never heard of it, but struck me as inspirational for many rock albums after it.

Beatles-esque, not bad

Couldn't get more proto-British 70s rock, a melange of blues, post-rockabilly and psychedelia. Kind of unfocused though

Very cutting edge for their time.

Yeah, not bad.

Eh, whatever, nothing caught my ears but it wasn't offensive to them either.

Pretty solid 60s psychedelic rock.

Nice

Ever since the world's began / Satan's followed every man

6.5/10 FT: Turn into earth

1966. Key Songs: Over Under Sideways Down, Lost Women

i like this! not enough to return to it but it was a nice listening experience. i can see the influence they had on other bands.

I didn’t really like this and the confusing tracklist doesn’t make it it any better. 5/10

Way overstays its welcome. Would be good if it was a half hour shorter

Feels like a different genre every 2 songs.

i don'T remember if i finished this album

Really puts the “sigh” in psychedelic 60s rock. Boring AF.

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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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.

Nothing really stood out on this album for me

Boring songs but insane guitar.

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.

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

I was not captured by this album at all. It just kinda passed by me as background noise

Product of it's time, but not too original even for this period.

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

Holy mid. 2/5

This was ok. Felt like any other generic 60s band.

Eh. First minute had my expectations way high, then it fizzled to nothing. Closer to a 3 than a 1.

Some excellent musicians on the album. A shame the songs aren't better and I've never been a Blues fan

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.

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

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 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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

2,1/5

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.

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

do these guys even know what they're doing? Would I listen again: nope Deserves to be on this list: nope 2.1

Had no clue Clapton > Page > Beck as guitarists. Nothing jumped out, rooted in blues!

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

meh absolutamente sem sal

I don't have a baseline for this. At face value, it's kind of a whatever 60s album for me. I felt like I was in a fever dream listening to the same song on repeat. 2*

Favourite tracks: Lost Woman, Rack My Mind, Happenings Ten Years Time Ago, Psycho Daisies I'm guessing it's because this album was made in the 60s and mixing technology wasn't as advanced but a lot of the songs on here don't hold up. They have great riffs and good vocals but it all seems too distant. I would've liked it if it was a bit louder and clearer. And like always, the extra tracks always better. 2.5/5

vocals are just terrible

1.5/5

Not really my thing, as classic 60s pop/rock

Album sounds a bit ass to be honest

Not much to recommend here aside from Jeff Beck's guitar, which elevates of a few of the tracks here (most notably "Lost Woman" and "The Nazz Are Blue") but most of this is blues rock and psychedelia that feels almost primitively basic, to the point where I was surprised it was recorded in 1966. Yes, this is the album that introduced the world to Jeff Beck. He went on to do much better stuff, and you're better off going and listening to that instead.

Did they cycle through guitar players because said guitar players knew the music sucked? 2 stars, but only for Jeff Beck. RIP

Beck's guitar? Yes. Everything else? Nah

At first, I had a hard time understanding why this record is on this list (mainly because I forgot about this band). But then I realized it’s (again) about a white man playing guitar like many great Black musicians before him. But because he is white - and British - he gets a lot of accolades. And yeah, Jeff Beck was a brilliant guitarist, no doubt, and some songs on here are actually worth revisiting. But it’s oh so dissatisfying to read all the critics praise of his style without ever seeing one mentioning his “influences” (aka the musicians he “burrowed” from).

Forgettable

Beck’s guitar is definitely the highlight. If this came out later, his playing would be much more prominent in the mix. Instead it’s almost hidden in the background of what are otherwise pretty standard country rock songs. It’s a pretty unique effect in that way but that’s about all I got from it. Pretty weird album cover for the time it came out. Rating: 2.4

I can appreciate what this did for psych and hard rock, but listening to it now, it just feels very by-the-books. You can hear the blueprint being laid down, but nothing really jumped out or demanded my attention. A lot of it feels more historically important than actually exciting to sit with in 2026. It’s just not got the chaos or atmosphere I gravitate toward. Respect the influence, just not something I see myself coming back to.

Classic

A few good blues rock tracks but the rest sound like odd novelty songs.

Incredibly mediocre album. One track stood, Jeff's boogie as there was no singing.

5/10 No real standout tracks, no strong opinions about the album - it just kind of happened. Bland 60s music. The definition of average.

Nothing to see here

1.6

You know how Kim Kardashian is famous for being famous? I think the Yardbirds are too. Without the legacies of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, The Yardbirds would have been another obscure act buried in a list of British Invasion bands on Wikipedia. But, because we must hear the most famous guitarist-uterus in rock, we get "Roger the Engineer," a 36-minute collection of mediocre-to-bad tracks with occasionally inspired guitar work. The opening track features a melody that rivals anything written by The Shaggs. Even the high points of this record ("Over Under Sideways Down," "Jeff's Boogie") do little to stay in mind.

It's the first time in this project that I have what is to me a completely new record. I like the guitar and the creativity, but I don't like the vocals, especially the backing vocals. Favorite fun track: "Jeff's boogie". 2.75/5

Standard 60s blues / rock. Only listened to half of it.

Jeff Beck aside this is just a standard 60s rock/pop affair

Not really my thing but enjoyed a couple songs

5/10 - got a bit worried when I saw another 60s album from an obscure band but could have been worse!

No. 95 I enjoyed it, but there’s probably not a great deal to return to.

More background noise 60s music. I feel like if an album was made in the 60s, it’s in this list. This one didn’t even have a one hit wonder hit, just generic 60s music. 3/10

Trying to review a 60s “white” rock album by the standards of later rock is like watching a boxing match between a Mike Tyson and a baby.

Fun enough but probably benefits from people thinking fondly of the 60’s.

Best Song: Over, Under, Sideways, Down. A song that is just quirky enough to enjoy that old-timey feel. Worst Song: Hot House of Omagarashid. Not only is this song annoying, but it feels like the artists' intention was just to be annoying. What a success. Overall: Old and it feels old. Undoubtedly very influential and ahead of its time, but that doesn't make it any more enjoyable to listen to with modern ears.

I get how important this album was in forming a bunch of musicians that went on to huge success, but it just doesn't do much for me. 2 - a good album but not my thing

Bluesy so sounds like everything else

Realmente -1/2 estrella por duplicar todas las canciones. Lo entendimos la primera vez.

Not really my favorite but still an interesting album. Due to celebration of New Year’s Eve I haven’t listen to the whole album yet.

This wasn't in the book. Still...whatever I suppose?

Not for me. I know Jeff Beck is this guitar god but there's only one good riff on the whole album (that riff drags this up from one star to two).

I would have liked to like this album.

Mediocre 60s rock. Meh. Nothing stood out except Jeff's Boogie.

eh

A couple good tunes but not a lot that stood out.

1 or 2

Most of these songs are corny...especially the vocals. Nazz Are Blue is an exception. The sustain on the solo reminds me of Nigel Tufnel.

geit eso

Alright look, this one was on me. 1hr 20 mins? Bloated

The Yardbirds are lame

This album sounds like ass, and the songs are all pure cornball shit.

Some of this was okay. Some was just too much. All those ya, ya's!

Eh. Nothing too memorable about this

No thanks. This seemed to be three albums: a passable sub Rolling stones attempt at early Rnb, a twee english folk album and a psych freak out later on. None of them dine particularly well.

Alright

Would’ve given 2.5 but can’t. Not a bad album per se just not for me. Never been a fan of rock n roll, always thought it was very formulaic.

Bit too much boogie for my moody

Not impressed. Just more 60's era rock. I didn't think there was anything groundbreaking here. My rating: 2/5 tabs

*1966. *Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page... But I'm not sure if Eric left before this album. *Strange album - it was all over the place, with what sounded like Beatles influence, Rolling Stones influence, some jam band bits... *Some good stuff, but wouldn't revisit. RATING - 6/10

classic rocknroll

Just felt weirdly and not fun bluesy sometimes. Not altogether bad but I wasn't enthused.

Cool guitar vibes

1.5 but feeling generous

Lite för kaotisk för min smak

Another new album for me, but I really love the rock here. Lost Women is a fantastic opener, with a very catchy hook. There's some 60s-standard blues rock here that is decent but doesn't feel new or different in any way to most of what came out at this time. After the opener a lot of this felt a little underwhelming. I'm guessing at the time this stuff was blowing people's minds but for me, in 2025, it wasn't as impressive/interesting. Overall a fine, not great or even really good, listen. 2/5

Eclectic

This may have been seen as groundbreaking at the time, but not today.

I found this an example of good but not enjoyable. I’m feeling harsh today so that means a 2

Subpar psychedelic rock. No standout moments other than Becks guitar solo. 2/5

Let Beck cook. I can do without most of the rest of the album. 2.75*

This type of Psychedelic Blues music that emerged in Mid-60's England was rendered irrelevant when Jimi Hendrix made the scene. The Yardbirds just don't hold up as virtuosos once you hear what followed them. Jeff Beck did his most significant work well after this. Even Jimmy Page's brief stint as their post-Jeff Beck guitarist just seems like an idling stop over while he was preparing to launch the mighty Led Zeppelin. What remains is a relic best appreciated by nostalgic Baby Boomers and Blues historians.

Old guy music

I really wanted to like this but it was just noise to my ears.

Cool, fun, but I didnt feel touched

Not bad but no standouts for me Favourite song: Lost women

As a listening experience, it doesn't do much for me. And I'm not convinced it's terribly important historically; more deserving of inclusion in a footnote than a page in the annals. The same year the Beatles released Revolver which actually features songs worth hearing, and the next year psych rock is everywhere with scores of albums considerably more interesting to listen to than this. (Side note: I'm 400 albums in and the albums featuring British kids playing at "the blues" outnumber the albums featuring the Black Americans who actually bled it through the music by about 10:1. Not good. )

Mediocre kinks knock off

2.5 stars I know some very famous guys were in this band. When I hear Yardbirds I think of their cameo in Antonioni’s Blow-Up. Never listened to them til today. It has a kind of a shaggy, proto-garage rock charm. Found myself losing interest after a few tracks.

I’d only heard one song by the Yardbirds, For Your Love. I like that song a lot, but it’s not on here. This album wasn’t bad. I liked the non-bluesy songs on it the most. I don’t really know what to make of this album, because it felt all over the place. I guess that could be good, to keep things interesting, but even with the mix of styles it still sounded fairly dull 🤷‍♀️

Bits of this were at least interesting, if not enjoyable. That’s the nicest thing I can say about it

Not great.

It was ok, but its age shows.

For every song I liked there were two I didn't. Some odd choices by talented musicians.

Yeah sorry Roger but I don’t know about this one. I’m just finding a hard time seeing why it blings on this list- I’m sure I can see why people enjoy it but influential?

Shit! I always thought Clapton had something to do with this lot, but no. I quite liked its quirky psychedelia. I shall give it another listen soon as it may grow on me more.

Another boring 60s album. Nothing new

Yet more 60s psychedelic / guitar-thrashing Grandad Rock 🙄 OK, I accept this was a seminal band but Jeff Beck (or Clapton or Page come to that) never, er, floated my boat maaaan 😏

Das Werk war für mich eine herbe Enttäuschung. Statt innovativem Rock-Klang bietet das Album größtenteils wirres, unkoordiniertes Gedudel, das weder musikalisch überzeugt noch atmosphärisch trägt. Die teils wilden Experimente wirken eher wie planlose Klangspielereien als durchdachte Songs. Zwei Sterne – einer für den Mut zur Eigenwilligkeit, ein weiterer für den historischen Stellenwert. Hören muss ich’s trotzdem kein zweites Mal.

I really didn't get much from this album. It felt generic in a bad way. I know the Yardbirds are important, the whole Page-Clapton-Beck thing, but sometimes blues rock can just be dull. I'm sure lots of people out there will dig/do dig this one. It felts about eleven tracks too long

Fairly generic 60s rock, nothing special here 2.5*

Generic 60s

Started OK but quickly descended

Listened in Mono. Guitar is very good, album cover freaks me out. My god the haircuts on these boys. Horribles. Who decided those? Why? For what reason? Incomprehensible. Nightmarish. Hot House of Omagararshid has a really cool sound to it. I love the wibble-wobble noise there. He's Always Looking There is very well layered. The percussion is addicting and the güiro (?) is really unique. Turn into Earth is also really nice. The bell, the vocals, and the wind-like noise really contributes to this very church-like atmosphere. The guitar is REALLY good. Happenings Ten Years Time Ago is a good sign of this. The acoustics on Mr Zero is really nice. The latter have is much, much stronger. I don't particularly like Knowing right now, but I probably will later. Blue Sands feels very Cowboy Bebop...though it's definitely the other way around. Rating System: 1/5 (1-2/10) = Bad 2/5 (3-4/10) = Mediocre. 3/5 (5-6/10) = Good, but wouldn't listen to again. 4/5 (7-8/10) = Good, would listen to again. 5/5 = New favourite. Solid 2/5, with a lot of 4/5 songs in the back half, but kinda weak as an album, and way too long. Specifically, 3/10 as an album. Highlights: Hot House of Omagararshid Turn into Earth Happenings Ten Years Time Ago Mr Zero Knowing is a song I'll probably get into later. Blue Sands might be good for a Cowboy Bebop playlist.

Oh man, this album is all over the place. You can definitely hear the transition happening from the rock of the late '50' and early '60's to the sound of the later 60's. I even hear some hardcore/punky sounds in there. Other tracks make me hear the sounds of blues and/or jam bands. And then there's just some weird stuff. I'll be honest that other than "For Your Love" I don't know much about the Yardbirds other than they were a British band in the '60's. Listening to it feels like something between the later Beatles and the Moody Blues, with a dash of extra drug use. I bet this was pretty edgy back in the day, but it kind of gets washed in with the rest of '60's Brit rock from the time today. Probably more famous for being the launch pad for Clapton and Page.

Some songs feel like a real showcase for Jeff Beck's guitar playing, but I found this to be wildly inconsistent and the vocals completely forgettable.

Near the beginning of this album I was ready to give it a three, but it wore on me as it went on and the I try to Ever Since The World Began tipped me down to a two.