Bongo Rock

Great vibe. I’m into it

Liked it overall

Blind album and artist. Cover compilation? It sounded interesting for sure and I am glad I tried to this style, but I probably wouldn't come back to this.

Love this. Bongos and Hammond organs playing classic track!

Basically a bunch of bongo-fied rock songs. Pretty nice.

not my music!

Zacne bębenki

The sort of music only a geeky 13-year-old would think is cool or "killer," and not really for any mature, much less discerning rock critic. At best, a briefly amusing novelty act. At worst, a complete waste of time.

Not really my jam

Fun album to listen to on my way back into the office after the holidays. I've never heard of this group but I knew Apache immediately.

Incredible 👏

Nice break beats that became hip-hop classics, but not something I would play.

Enjoyed this, never heard of the group or album before but some parts of songs are so recognisable they have clearly been sampled. Glad I listened but not one I’ll add to my frequent rotation.

- Ich weiß nicht so recht, was ich sagen soll - Einige Songs klingen straigt up wie aus einem Tarantino Soundtrack - Das Leitmotiv aus "Apache" kennt man natürlich (nicht zuletzt wegen des Sugar Hill Gang Samples aus dem gleichnamigen Song) - Ansonsten muss ich sagen, dass die Songtitel (die wahrscheinlich ernst gemeint sind) mich extrem amüsieren: "Okey Dokey", "Dueling Bongos", "Bongolia" oder mein fav "Last Bongo in Belgium". Ich sehe einfach automatisch so 'nen Dude mit Baskenmütze und schwarzem Rollkragenpulli und so einer kleinen runden Sonnenbrille, der sich so richtig in das Bongospiel verliert und "große Kunst" macht... - Ich finds alles okay, kann man auch erstaunlich gut hören, aber ich denke ich werds mir nicht nochmal anmachen Rating: 2/5

- Der Höhepunkt war, als ich im ersten Track ( ich hatte den titel nicht gelesen) Apache wiedererkannt habe - Der Rest ist halt das, was das Album verspricht. Bongo Rock. - Warum man jetzt diese Bongo Versionen anstatt des Originals hören muss, verstehe ich nicht wirklich. - Ich verstehe auch nicht, für wen dieses Album geschrieben und produziert wurde. - Ich verstehe wirklich nichts, was dieses Album betrifft. Das ist handwerklich alles total super, funky und groovy aber... keine Ahnung.WARUM? 2,25/5

I have high hopes for this being a very vibey album 🤞🏼 I was correct, a lot at once but a great part of a playlist.

Can't believe I'm saying this about an album called Bongo Rock from the Incredible Bongo Band, but there was a little too much Bongo in this. That being said, I enjoyed the album quite a lot and will defs get some singles from this into rotation but not an album that needs another full listen. Straight 3/5 Fav track: Bongolia

I genuinely did listen to this, but it immediately left my brain. I don't know if Incredible Bongo Band needed a spot. Felt quite sad in the office pushing through the 75th minute of bongos. One and a half. Fave track: Okey Dokey

Would be great to mix some of these into a DJ set or something. Lotsa fun, probably didn’t need to listen to before I died. Two and a half. Fave track: Apache

The beginning was awesome but in the end it was too much. Half the length would have been enough to prove the point here.

Um. While I appreciate the inclusion on the basis of diversity, and I also appreciate that the people making this seem to be sincere, this is kind of hysterically bad. It might end up being my first one star. I assume it's only on the 1001 because of the number of breaks that were sampled for various hip hop tunes. I guess I'll give it two stars because of how earnest it is.

I like this more for its influence then for how good it actually is. It has some good tracks tho.

Surprisingly decent. Given the name of the band, I thought I was in for something really weird. Instead, it was just some typical 1970s rock with some occasional bongos thrown in. It's not amazing, but it is somewhat unique.

BONGOS! Parece el tipo de album que escucharía Bob Belcher la verdad

Bongos.

I had zero hope for this based solely on the band name. Little did I know I’ve heard most of these tracks sampled across so many artists all my life. A fun listen - will throw on again when I’m in the mood for some funky beats.

The first song is great but as the album went on I lost interest

This was actually significantly better than I expected, lots of energy, especially the first couple tracks, Apache is fantastic but I can only rate a bongo cover album so high. 5.5/10

La música instrumental suele ser un riesgo. Por pretender agradar o mostrarse virtuosa, suele caer muchas veces en el aburrimiento. No es el caso de éste disco, nuevamente de un proyecto musical que desconocía. Todas canciones que pueden ser de un soundtrack de Tarantino o que van bien como música de fondo mientras uno trabaja. Qué loco cómo la música también ayuda a hacer más llevadera la monotonía.

Hell yeah brother

Ganz geil! Apache natürlich ein Hit. Wird noch mal angehört.

Oceans eleven et al. Understood as it is. 2/5

Was completely surprised to start this album spinning and find it immediately sound familiar. Very of its time but, surprisingly, in a good way. A pretty hilarious conceit executed to perfection. One star off for a little too much of a good thing. Thank you album generator, this ridiculousness was just right for today.

More bongos now

Holy samples batman! This was surprisingly awesome! Lots of bongo and it's true to it's name! My mind was blown by how prolific Apache is and the number of samples that one song has generated. Solid listen, there were moments were I felt like it was an opening scene of a sitcom or like in a James Bond scene where they pan away from him and whatever woman he's with at the time lmao. Super fun to listen to, I'm not sure I'd seek it out exclusively but it's definitely something I would revisit! Standout was Apache

Beetje gimmicky, een paar goede nummers, veel matige

bongoed up for real

At first I was excited to hear a bongo oriented album, never heard that before! But I was kind of quickly disappointed, unfortunately, by the low-effortness of playing mostly (only?) covers. The ones that weren't obvious covers felt more like jam tracks, and got a bit too messy. I don't think it sounded bad per-se, and it was quite cozy listening to the album, but I just don't think an album with mostly covers really belong on this list which is what brings the score down.

A collection of Bongo covers?! Not overall that impressed, although the cover of Apache is actually pretty good. Especially the break beat is a hip-hop staple. I have the same feelings about this as the "Ananda Shankar" album, there must be something better than a collection of pop/rock covers? I did however read about one of the musicians "Bobbye Hall" who played percussion on this as well as on everything from "The Wall", "Edge of Seventeen" and "Me and Bobby Mcgee", quite impressive!

Too many bongos

What a strange album - very 1970s (and so very dated). An album of covers of popular songs from the era heavily featuring bongo drums, conga drums, rock drums, and brass - includes their version of "Apache", "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", and "Wipeout". Weird.

Microsoft Sample Msuic - Kalimba

I mean its 30 minutes of bongo covers. But still surprisingly enjoyable

Was worried from the band name and title that this would be a gimmick, but it is genuinely great instrumental funk with lots of impressive percussion.

67 minutes of bongo rock is just too much

This exceeded all my expectations! Didn't know how this could work but it does!

Det for længe at høre bongotrommer uden vokaler, men ellers fede beats 2/5

bongo cat

Awesome beats, nice discovery !

I thought I wanted bongos. I did not

3/5

well. it sure is!

An utterly joyful album. Made me smile from start to finish.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Nah, not my thing but some soothing beats! Favourite song: Track 1 - Apache

I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I had feared a bunch of Maynard G. Krebs sitting in a circle playing bongos, but was treated to songs I recognized played well.

Why?

I fucking love this!

4.5 wowowow

Decent listen

Never heard of them.... Yet the first bars of the first song I realised I knew from some advert. A whole album of this would be too much in one sitting. Yet, there were tracks that I thoroughly enjoyed... Apache; Let there be drums; Raunchy '73; Satisfaction; Wipeout and Sharp Nine. Well worth a 4

Interesting in parts

fuck yeah loved it

sounds like the soundtrack to a quentin tarantino nostalgia piece. Need to revisit but didn’t think it was an essential album

Yaa. This isnt my jam.

Instrumental. Funk, rare groove, R&B. Amena. Un poco cansino al final.

Wow, just soooo incredibly funky! Haters gonna hate but the percussion on this is off the charts. Fantastic album, a reason to embark on the 1001 project is to find gems like this. So many samples!!

No need to rate individual songs here. They're better than I expected, but I would not seek them out in the future. 2.5/5.

11/07/23 9:40 S Tier————————— Apache Last Bongo In Belgium Bongo Rock A Tier————————— In A Gadda Da Vida Dueling Bongos Bongolia Satisfaction Raunchy ‘73 Wipeout B Tier————————— Let There Be Drums Sing Sing Sing When The Bed Breaks Down C Tier————————— D Tier—————————

Tuesday 11/7/2023, 9:38, office S Tier————————— Let There Be Drums Apache Okey Dokey A Tier————————— Last Bongo In Belgium In A Gadda Da Vida Bongolia Kiburi, Pt. 1 Pipeline B Tier————————— Dueling Bongos Raunchy ‘73 Sharp Nine Wipeout Satisfaction - I Can’t Get No Bongo Rock C Tier————————— Sing Sing Sing Hang Down Your Head… When the Bed Breaks Down…

I need more bongo!

I mean, someone has a passion for bongo drums and you can't deny it! Bonus point for the track title Bongolia, it made me laugh.

Surprisingly good!

Before starting: Well this is certainly going to be new to me. 3 minutes in: OMG it's that one song This went surprisingly hard. Unfortunately towards the end I learned that there's such a thing as too much bongos

Did not vibe with this album

I thought I might like this better. So good but not great.

Just some fun bongo music. It was far too long, but at least I didn’t hate it half way through. Probably won’t listen again, but wasn’t as bad as I expected. 6/10 Top 3: 1. Apache 2. Pipeline 3. Dueling Bongos

4 stars, great background music, kept making me think where have I heard this sound before but with a few less bongos?

Decent background music. Thought I would like it a lot more at the get go, but the novelty wore off fairly quickly.

This album overstayed its welcome for me. Both within each individual song and as a whole. 80 mins is just far too long for an instrumental album like this one. Most of the songs I would start out enjoying mostly just because they were a change of pace from the previous song. Then they would get repetitive and I'd grow tired of it again. That being said, the songs where the guitar took the for front really shined for me. Satisfaction- I Can't Get No was a really fun listen. But even that song could have ended at the halfway point. I think this is a good album to throw on in the background while you clean your house or something. But there isn't enough substance to justify the length.

i was skeptical going into this. now I'm a believer.

I mean what do you expect? It's bongos. It's a great historical curiosity and well worth a listen. Plus it has that sample that everyone knows. 3.5/5

Fun wears off quite quickly.

Way better than I thought a band based on bongos could be. Fun listen.

Fun instrumental album. Loved it

What a great concept - more bongoes!

Shockingly good. I really thought I would hate it.

This was such a dumb album. Like why does it even exist? Why would anyone decide to make it? Why would it get greenlit? Anyway, I loved it.

I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would!

Good, but got old really fast. Would be better to watch live.

很神奇的体验，90年代的电子音乐又新又老的感觉，还有民谣的味道，主唱声音好好听喔

Playbong Carti - Bongolia 4/10

4/10 Flashback memories of the 70s at its finest!!! Commercials, TV shows and Movies were flooded with this style music.

Thanks to this album, I've learned that bongo is only good in moderation. I think the Incredible Bongo Band realized that too, because some songs have the bongo parts at a lower volume. Plus...is this some kind of compilation album? It's pretty much the same tracklisting as the "40 Years Of..." compilation. Kind of weird for the 1001 albums list. Not saying it's not good music.

🥁🦟🦗🥁🦟🦗🥁🦟🦗🥁

Have to admit I went into this album with a bit of hesitation just because, generally speaking, I'm not a big fan of bongos, congas, and those kinds of percussion instruments. But this album has some really good tracks on it and is more listenable and fun than expected. It's helped me to qualify my general dislike of bongos, congas, etc. -- I realized what I don't like about them is when they sound incongruous and out of place; i.e., when they feel like an add-on in some musical setting to my ears. Anyway, there are definitely some moments on some tracks when the sound still annoyed me, but overall there are such skilled performances here on all instruments that it's a good listening experience for me.

Who doesn't love bongos?

Never knew Bongo Rock was a thing or that I needed bongo covers of songs, glad I know now. I particularly enjoyed In a Gadda Da Vida.

If you had told me that someone was making a bongo forward album of funkified rock covers, I would have said, “That’s a brilliant idea and there is no way for that to fail,” and I would have been right.

It was fun, fitted today's mood

Kinda cute album, a bit swingy I recognise the first song, it was sampled in that hip hop song that goes "jump on it, jump on it, jump on it" but I cant remember the name of it and I cba searching

Instrumental, but I knew some of the tunes.

Too much bongos.

One's being asked to take seriously "In a Gadda da Vida" with bongos? Seriously? And is one surprised this started out as a b-movie soundtrack? Decidedly not. One can't quibble with the playing – it's certainly funky – but it's also forgettable and, by design, filler. Naming this a required or essential listening suggests a near-pathological pet peeve on the part of a single editor (maybe two), perhaps even a grievance with the world that merits treatment via therapy or pharmaceuticals.

What a surprise!

Sounds like a shag carpet

I love how polarizing the reviews are

This was fun and different enough to be at least a little novel. Way more than just a bongo though, someone might be a little full of themselves

Did NOT expect to like this one going into it. Ended up really enjoying it. Good instrumentals, and the covers I think were solid.

this is a CRAZY entry to this list. an 80 minute instrumental album where the main focus is bongos. it goes so hard though

I had a really fun time listening to this. It’s no masterpiece, but these songs just slap. I don’t know what to say; it’s just enjoyable and fun. Aphex Twin sampled ‘Apache’ in ‘Heliosphan’ and I’m a big Aphex Twin fan, so that’s cool. 4, since it’s not amazing, but I have a good chance of listening to this again.

Starts off well, enjoyable, funky, energetic and different! By track 5 though I’m all bongoed out and have had enough.

Listened on Sunday am which was a mistake however still not a fan.

It was ok. I’d pull something from this as a segue if I had it as an LP and had to pee. I like it because I was at work and had time to jam. 2/5

Dog this shitbwas just bongo covers cmon now

Uhhhhhhh I hate all these songs to begin with so adding schmaltzy drums does nothing for me.

# 43 : Why would you need to hear a Bongo album before you die? In saying that, it was a good laugh. CLOP, CLOP, CLOPPITTY, CLOP! Raunchy '73

Erm, haven't I had this one already? Anyway, I'm well acquainted with the cover of Apache from the many nights at the Tiger Lounge, and yes it's an all-timer. So what of the rest. Bongolia has similar vibes and I'm absolutely here for it. Great schlock. Less so the last Bongo in Belgium. In the Garden of Eden is a fun cover but again the bongos are secondary for most of it. Oh no wait, here they are! Half an hour is pretty much the correct length, don't bother with the bonus tracks. Half tempted to give it a 4 because I haven't had a good album all week. Nah, yeah, this is really fun, let's go to 4 town.

HOLY SHIT

Shame they didn't go for the full 17 minute cover of In A Gadda Da Vida

This was a damn fun album. Bongos galore. Which I expected based on the band name and album title, but still! Groovy!

Enjoyable funk grooves. Mostly covers and nothing groundbreaking.

Yes it's the birth of a ton of samples...ok

Bangers in every track. Very cool and fun music for jamming, dancing, or general party time.

Weird, won't be listening to again

It has it's moments. The bongo theme is kinda funny, but it is possible to have too much bongo. 'Bongolia' is one of the best track names I've heard though

This was really good. Didn't know what to expect, but good beats were definitely not on the card. Simply great.

Cool and stuff, but a little more than Bongo instrumentals would have helped, little monotonous

Enjoyed this one a lot. Funky instrumental bongo covers of famous songs.

I'm not sure how bongos have claimed the spot for one of the funniest instruments out there. But listen to the new Across the Spiderverse soundtrack and you'll learn that bongos really do have a place in new popular media. This was allright. Could use more bongos. 2

Surprised to find this was excellent

actually goes pretty hard

Interesting album for sample history but not that interesting to listen to.

Surprisingly, 4

Pretty fun! Not sure if I liked it enough to revisit but it was a good time.

Liked this a lot more than I thought I would! The samples were familiar and interesting.

Enjoyed it!

Pleasant drumbeats and covers. No crazy displays of vision or talent that I noticed, this felt like a solid jam session through a through.

3/5

baita sonzao instrumental, bongo mandando lenha

It started off strong and absolutely hooked me. Remnants of liquid liquids, caravan and the clashes carjamming came to mind on the first few tracks. After that, it got pretty Repetitive. I'm sure at some point I'll back track and listen to this again

Favourite song: Apache

Några halvskapliga låtar men det blir långrandigt efter ett tag.

wow! didn't see this one coming, flawless for what it is, maybe it's an embarrassment of riches bit but wtf, it's bongos

They ruined In A Gadda Da Vida, an unforgivable sin. This strikes me as the 70s version of those horrifically middle of the road acoustic covers of decent music you hear in shops and hotels nowadays. However, Apache was a tune.

This music slaps.

Great record. I only listened to the 8 tracks on the original release, not the super expanded stuff on streaming services. Just a lot of fun.

Loved it

The opening track "Apache" is one of the most influential songs in hip hop, and there were parts I fully expected the Sugarhill Gang to jump on it. It was cool hearing all the parts that were sampled by hip hop artists, like "Last Bongo in Belgium" in the Beastie Boys' "Looking Down a Barrel of a Gun." These studio musicians take a bunch of classic rock and swing tunes throw in some instrumental funk and bongos on top. A lot of it sounds like a generic soundtrack with some cool bongos. There's only so much you can do with bongos. In some tracks they do ok replacing traditional drums. In other songs, they feel a bit forced. But there are a few that impressed me. "In a Gadda Da Vida" was insane, especially the spacey horn segment. As for the songs themselves, I thought the first 9 were mostly great (with several dull moments). After that, nothing stuck out to me.

no me gusta mucho

Bongos

Bongo’s kept-a-bongoing

Cool, but I don't like bongos THIS much

p287. 1973. 1 star. Cheesy 70s album of mostly shit covers. This is what they play during the intervals between acts in working man's clubs in Hell.

Fave tracks: Apache, Bongolia, Last Bongo in Belgium, In A Gadda da Vida 3.5/5

I enjoyed the vibes of this album, not a huge bongo rock person but some of the songs slapped.

Blends together a bit, but some great standout tracks. Apache will always slap. The bongos.

So totally not my thing. I feel like I could have slapped this together.

Started out fun but man that’s a lot of bongo. Nice concept for a song or two.

For an album of heavy on the bongos funk-covers this was pretty enjoyable but I don’t believe this is any way one of the best 1001 albums of all time.

Revolutionary rhythms

Pretty fun for 33 minutes. 6/10

What an unexpected influential random gem. Will be giving this more spins

Fine as background music, didn’t impress or excite me beyond that. Wouldn’t say this was deserving of this list or my time.

Música instrumental. Funk, rare groove, R&B. Un megahit. Está muy bien. Un 4.

Instrumental. Funk, rare groove, R&B. Amena. Un poco cansino al final.

Didn’t really rate it, decent beat but jsut meh.

Well this is certainly the best bongo based album I’ve ever heard

did not expect to come in with jump on it ! every artist ever has sampled this band. how did i not know them before. an incredible bongo band. 2.5

Why is this here

Entertaining though a bit of a novelty album. The cover of Satisfaction is gold.

Je crois avoir confondu Bongo Rock avec l'album Django Django dans ma critique, je vous renvoie donc à cette dernière.

Je suis un grand fan de funk comme tout comme l'illustre Sinclair, cêst donc tout naturellement que j'accorde la note de 4/5 à cet excellent album.

Bongo-cover rock, funk, pop, masser af samples taget herfra

Funky instrumental album that is mainly known for Apache which has been sampled a lot in hip hop. It was ok to listen to in the background and the focus on the bongos was different, but it had a lot of covers and wasn’t very interesting.

Very unique, a few covers but both interestingly done. Love the bongos and how they made it sound very funky

fun listen. certainly a product of its time, plenty of disco/funk influence… and of course, bongos! highlights: “apache”, “in-a-gadda-da-vida”, “okey dokey”.

I kind of expected this to be a joke, but the joke was on me. It's bongo... but it's good. It's not "sit and listen with the headphones on" kind of stuff, but it's a killer day at the beach soundtrack.

I actually sorta dug this.

Great album, like the ultimate backing track. I really was put off by the name of the band and album thinking it would be something gimmicky but it really works.

Apache ist der Welthit der Rest kommt nicht dran ist aber trotzdem sehr gut

Interesting adaptations

Some great bangers in here. It was quite fun, but it does get a bit too much after a while.

This was probably a top 10 instrumental album I’ve ever listened to. This was captivating right from the start as the Apache sound was so familiar. And then it hit me. Jump on it. A lot of great instrumental tracks that were used by hip hop on this album. The most surprising was the roots sample that was used. An absolutely great beat. Overall this was fun to listen to and I’d revisit. 7.0/10

F$cking amazing!

One of the best instrumental albums I’ve heard.

Inarguably cheesy, but it's fun all the way through. Don't really see myself coming back to it, but what for is it's worth a listen best part(s): Apache, In A Gadda Da Vida worst part(s): Three minute bongo solo

This was fun….in small doses.

It's kind of fun, but ultimately it's the kind of music you put on to keep the kids quiet in the car. Must also admit it took me three goes to get through this. It's long.. So a vanity project as well as a novelty album.

Pretty good. I expected something repetitive, but it was surprisingly varied.

It‘s long enough funny and deep before getting annoying 3.4

Incredible Bongo Band was created by film and record producer Michael Viner. The band formed in '72 to assist with the creation of chase music for the soundtrack of the film The Thing With Two Heads. From there, they went on to be a pop cover band, reimagining pop hits in their percussion heavy style. The have a funky soulful sound to their music, with the strong bass and percussion parts. The song Apache launched this band and album to legendary status as it has been excessively sampled (Sugarhill Gang, The Shadows, Beastie Boys, Nas, Aphex Twin, Goldie, Moby.... and on and on), and helped DJ's who sampled it create the sounds that would be the formation of hip hop. Overall, a fun, different album today. Not something I would necessarily gravitate to, but the music was fun and made you want to move. The runtime of this album is around 1hr 18mins, and it certainly didn't feel like that when listening to it. I was worried that bongos for that long may get old quick, but there were enough other instruments featured that it wasn't all bongos all the time. Favourite songs: Wipeout, In A Gadda Da Vida, Bongolia, Satisfaction - I Can't Get No, Apache, Dueling Bongos, Okey Dokey, Sing Sing Sing, Sharp Nine Least favourite songs: Hang Down Your Head Tom Dooley Your Tie's Caught in Your Zipper 4/5

Interesting but not something I would enjoy hearing if it came up in my music shuffle.

Average!

Listened to this.Most of it is kinda forgettable because its mainly bongo lead.Apache is 2000x better with bongos though.I dont really see why anyone would listen to any of the other songs thoigh,when they could just listen to the originals.Most of which have vocals as well.Like who listens to the bongo version of satisfaction instead of the regular version.

Liked most of their covers, percussions are great

4.0

Very influential for all the samples used in other songs, but not amazing to listen to on its own.

There are 50 albums that i would before this one. I'm a drummer and found this hard to sit through.

7/10. BONGO

Really not as bongo centric as you might believe. It’s kinda just a collection of funk band tunes and covers. Very enjoyable. 8/10

Inspiration for air drums from outer bongolia by jedi knights, for that alone worthwhile

I did not want to like this. I did not want to listen to an hour and 18 minutes of this. But I dis both. (I actually quite enjoyed, but don’t tell anyone)

Honestly, wtf

Epic, I like it very much.

Reminded me of 60's beach party movies.

Better than I was anticipating

Diversão garantida com uso inteligente das percussões.

Are you missing bongos in your life? Did you think the words to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida needed to be removed and replaced with bongos? Do you have a fever and the only prescription is more bongos? Then listen to Bongo Rock.

I had quite the dilemma with this album, because it may surprise you (not really) to learn that ranking purely instrumentals with a bongo as the background beat as kind of difficult. I knew I enjoyed what I was hearing, and not too much past that, but I could totally see the enjoyment and novelty of this album. I believe I'll go down the middle with my ranking, as it just seems the most accurate.

Bongos abound

6 albums in a row from between 1968-1974. Help me. This one was quite fun and maybe the most 70s one yet, in concept - a band based around the bongos? But whooo boy an album from the last 50 years would be nice.

Yeah I knew about Apache and Bongo Rock but wasn't expecting to spot a famous sample in almost every single track on the whole album! An essential history lesson that also happens to be a great album in its own right.

‘audio jungle dot com’

antaa sitä mitä mainostaa.. jokaisessa biisissä ainakin jonkin verran bongotusta.. alkuosuus albumissa täyttä bongotaivasta.. bongalicious bongotusta. sitten aletaan unohtaa juuret.. bongot laitetaan osittain taustameluksi ja kokeillaan johonkin uusiin sfääreihin menoa......EI. sanon minä...bongot ovat enään...eräänlainen kaiku...the echo of a distant time,comes willowing across the sand..... apache

10/10, one of the best instrumental albums I've ever listened to. No notes other than 'everything is perfect'

Great! My 3rd listen. It just get's better each time. Standouts: Let there Be Drums, Apache, Last Bongo in Belgium, Bongolia, Dueling Bongos, In-a-Gadda-Da-Vita, Bongo Rock Score: 4/5

Not really sure I saw the need for that

Instrumental. Basado sobre todo en percusión y una sección de viento. Tiene versiones de temas conocidos. Se hace pesado.

Honestly this fucking slaps like hands smacking the stretched skins of some bongos. Not exactly something id listen to when driving around but great background music! 3/5

Way more awesome than I was expecting

This is pretty funky. Would listen again.

This is absolute happy music. I love it so much. The fact that it started from the soundtrack to "The Thing with Two Heads" is just amazing. "In a Gadda da Vida" is a masterpiece.

I mean, funky bongos?!? What more could one possibly ask for???

Funktastic! Highly recommend!

WHAT IS THIS?! I’ve never heard of Incredible Bongo Band, but I am a big big fan of this sort of thing. The album does not disappoint. Great bongo-centric covers and tunes that were new to me, leaning heavily into the bongos, horns and organ. I loved every minute and spent the day grooving around my house to the crazy beats. A welcome addition to my musical library!

Skickligt men tråkigt

Apache of course an absolute bop, a lot of bongos in the middle, and then the instrumental ancestral jams of some of favorites such as Mother Fuckin Budos Band and Bacao Rythym & Steel

I came here to listen to bongos and kick ass.

Je moet wel heel erg van bongo's houden, wil je dit leuk vinden. Gelukkig hou ik heel erg van bongo's. Lekkere jaren 70-funk met trompetten, wah-wah-gitaren, een orgeltje, en... bongo's. Wat wil je nog meer?

De link naar Spotify brengt mij naar de versie van 2006. De bandnaam Incredible Bongo Band en de albumtitel doen deze muziek te kort. Natuurlijk biedt de Bongo de basis. Maar er wordt toch echt een geheel van instrumenten ter gehore gebracht. Ik snap het wel. Dit was (vast) één van de eerdere bands die muziek van anderen pikte en daar een drumbeat overheen gooide. (Je zou ze modern kunnen noemen.) Maar wel met zorg. Het geeft de nummers vaak meer power. Laten we het eerste nummer Apache als voorbeeld nemen, want dat is verreweg het beste nummer. Die slagwerk-solo is prima. Maar daar luistert niemand een hele cd lang naar. Het zijn de eerste twee minuten die het nummer geweldig maken. De basis van de Shadows wordt prachtig gepimpt, waar de drumbeat een belangrijke rol bij heeft. Binnen één muzikaal thema wordt in die minuten wordt heel wat afwisseling geboden. Het is niet voor niets dat dit nummer zo vaak is gebruikt in mixen.

Filmmuziek voor een schijtlollige actiecomedy van het B-garnituur uit de 70s. Het zijn wel voornamelijk (of alleen maar?) bekendere nummers in een ander jasje. Ik vraag me af wat voor meerwaarde dit heeft in een 1001-lijst. Maar goed, ik word er wel vrolijk van, het is aanstekelijk. Voor de muziek zelf zou ik best een 3 of een 4 kunnen geven, maar het feit dat dit wat mij betreft volkomen misplaatst is in deze lijst, zorgt ervoor ik het downgrade naar 2 sterren.

actually pretty good

Genre: Bongo Rock Review: That was brilliant. Apache is the one that screams (read: "percusses") at you from the get-go, but it's all pretty damn good. The combo of bongo and rock is so cool. Loved the covers of famous rock songs like "In A Gadda Da Vida" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" too. Rating: 9/10

Very enjoyable listen. Great musicianship and catchy tunes, particularly the opener and the cover of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. In the high 4's, but 4/5 for now. In my YTM library.

This feels like a 70s movie soundtrack. Lots of bongos as advertised. An endearing novelty that puts a smile on your face as you hear a familiar melody and start to recognize the covers. Not an everyday listen but fun to play for friends.

first listen incredibly funky bongo infused jam band

Incredible, Boring Band

ok, this was wayyyy better than expected. Some definite grooves on this one. Each song sounds familiar and for good reason, they took some good songs and made them Bongo anthems and in other cases, others have used tracks from this album in their hip hop albums. This could be the biggest surprise of the year! 3.5/5

Every track is a banger

Eka olin >:/ Sit olin :D Bongot :DD

Bongos have never rocked this hard before or since. Not something I see myself coming back to, but it was fun hearing some tracks that have gone on to be used in some pretty well known samples.

Pretty solid.

It was pretty good at first, but the novelty wears off pretty quickly.

Alot of fun listening to this. Funky 70s vibe and tons of percussion.

As a big time hip-hop fan, did this album influence almost every album because there is so many melodies that I've heard before in other songs. In other words, this album itself is so damn groovy.

Best Song: Last Bongo in Belgium. Maybe it's just because I live in Belgium now, but these bongos really did speak to me. Worst Song: In A Gadda Da Vida. There is zero reason to listen to this over the original. Overall: This weird blend of covers and samples of existing songs mixed with iconic original drum beats that have gone on to be sampled all over hip hop. The covers are categorically worse than the original versions of the songs. There are bits here and there that really snap, and I can see why so much has been sampled since its release, but more often than not it ends up feeling more like a bunch of ingredients than a cohesive, complete album.

It has a great 70s funky vibe that I enjoyed, this albums is like a best of late 60s/early 70s album with bongos & percussion. It's one of those albums that I wouldn't have discovered if it wasn't for my 1001 Albums challenge.

Kitsch. Novelty. Not even done very well. But it's fun to listen to for a while. Some songs are alright, but there's also some very bland versions of more spicy originals, like Pipeline and Satisfaction. A full album of this is too much. If you need samples for your hip hop or dance music, this record is for you. Otherwise ignore it. In my opinion this doesn't belong on the list. Favorite song: Kiburi.

FUCK YES

This album is fun, it's also a pretty odd concept but overall it has a good vibe and is easy to listen to. I don't know much I can say about this one except I definitely recognize a number of the tracks from being sampled in other songs. I didn't know this album existed but enjoyed listening to it. Standout Tracks: Let There Be Drums, Apache, Bongolia, In a Gadda Da Vida, Raunchy '73, Bongo Rock '73

Instrumental, percussion heavy, covers album. Yes please. Lots of samples and inspiration from this one.

so far, this is awesome. That is all.

Nice album, not sure why it's a "must listen" though

A 70s album / but with BONGOS!! Combine Stevie Wonder and 60s Contemporary Jazz and just add bongos. You technically have a “BONGO” album.

Opened with the classic Apache, awesome, and loved their version of In a Gadda da Vida. Overall its not a bad album, a few tracks like Duelling Bongos, Pipeline and Raunchy 73 lacking substance as tracks, but the rest makes up for it. Would happily select and want to listen to this album again.

It's great for a few songs at a time but a whole album is a push to get through.

Decent grooves. Another good background record.

Wow, so many instrumental hits here.

1970s NFL Films would not exist without this record!

DNF

not much to say about this album really — The Incredible Bongo Band more than deliver on their name, and their mission is a great success. Bongo Rock is a rich instrumental album which places great emphasis on the vibe more than anything else. what results is a meaty, illustrious collection of funkified tunes that feel light and catchy. this is the kind of background music that eats at you until you have no choice but to pay attention to it. and thank goodness for the meticulous detail and beautiful compositions of each song, so that when you finally give it your rapt attention, all that you hear are delicious bongos, reverberative trumpets, sublime pianos and organs; all of which tie together without ever feeling overwhelming. of course the bongos are the real star here — not once do they pull focus, but are also never left in the dust. even without any vocals, the bongos speak for themselves. “Wipeout”, “Kiburi, Pt. 1”, and “In a Gadda Da Vida” are the most evocative here — where the bongos scream freedom, desire, and passion all at once. and you can’t help but feel these emotions alongside.

Very good percussion album, mixed with 70’s electro.

I was putting off listening to this album for over a year…and tbh…it’s not nearly as rough as I thought it would be. In fact, if this thing didn’t primarily consist of covers, I might even have this higher. As it stands tho, this was a pretty decent, funky listen that definitely exceeded expectations, even if it’s not something that’ll really stick with me in the long run.

Bongolia is the best song I heard. The album was too long and too many Bongos. Felt like I heard different snippets that were samples.

Música instrumental. Funk, rare groove, R&B. Un megahit. Está muy bien. Un 4.

It was pretty good. Had never listened to a album that was exclusively bongo based. Interesting.

Fun engaging album. I was bopping to this all day long. It starts off with Apache, which is just fun. There were, weirdly, a couple random covers of songs like 'In A Gadda D Vida' and 'Wipeout'. They were surprising.

Eh. Nice to listen to, but going out of the experience, I cannot remember a single track.

Enjoyed listening to this with my son. He's in band and plays percussion, so he really enjoyed hearing all the sounds and telling me what they were.

Stopped listening after I got halfway through the second song. Can’t believe someone convinced a record company to let them fuck around on bongos for almost an hour and a half.

very good 8/10

Nice.

Interesting without being great

For an instrumental album I was actually liking this a lot. Very groovy. Unfortunately it was just too long which drops it to a 3

Good beats, well recorded.

Very much of its time, and later times too seeing how much it's been sampled since. Quite muddy production values?

Bongo Rock does what it says, a bunch of good-time covers with heavy bongo influence. Hard to hate, makes you smile. Not original but also kinda original, I dig it. 3/5.

A really fun listen, but it's upbeat jazzy bongo cover songs, so it gets a bit wearing after about 5 (and there are 19 tracks, although probably only 17 on the original release?). Prefer it in the contexts where it's being sampled rather than all at once! 2/5.

Marvelous! Completely unexpected but a new favourite

What just happened? An instrumental album featuring the bongos was going to start off ok, then get boring quickly. Nope! Not in the least. It's an ode to the rhythm section with some of the greatest rearrangements of popular songs. Especially the surf songs. Particularly Pipeline. This was such a wonderful surprise.

Really enjoyed that, but too long

S A M P L E S

Highlights: "Apache," the airplane flanger fuzz bass on "Last Bongo in Berlin" Not only a centerpiece of our Imaginary '70s, but a liminal space for the beginning of hip-hop. Excellent production for performances by consummate professionals. As a matter of personal taste, I hated listening to this, but it also wasn't meant to be its own object. Historically critical. It's not fair to exclude Ennio Morricone or Ryuichi Sakamoto from the list when this is here. It's not technically a soundtrack because it's not for *one* film, but then that makes it a compilation. A compilation of covers. Frustrating litigation here.

I guess it will be the first time I'll rate an instrumental album with the maximum rate, but this one was so unexpected that it deserves it. It is so jazzy and so funky that it's impossible to listen to it without enjoying at least one song.

The album for today is a novelty album called "Bongo Rock." A bunch of covers, most of them predictable. It's an hour twenty minutes long. Most of it, mildly entertaining at best. Then it stops me entirely in my tracks with a cool 70s slow funk arrangement of "Sing, Sing, Sing." Then immediately loses me again with a lazy instrumental "(I can't get no) Satisfaction."

2/17, 12%

Not the greatest

Some amazing tracks

Disc curiós amb molt de groove i funk que el fa d'escolta fàcil. Però és més una boutade que una altra cosa i, fora d'algun tema especialment efectiu com 'Apache', no va més enllà d'una raresa curiosa de l'època

5/5 why not. Funky! Pretty damn good. I would get down to this.

The album's a bit long, but man, did it make me feel cool

Too many bongos...

No.

Noice

Loved. Nice soundtrack. Apache.

Needs more cowbell.

I don't know about this one, all those bongo's are getting on my nerves. 2/5

Det är riktigt gött sound ändå. Men ingen behöver en styv timme instrumental bongorock

TIL I like funky bongo instrumental music. This is a fun album that would be both good "in the zone" and good "tune out in the background" music at the same time

I was surprised I liked it