Reviews (page 8 of 9)
With this, I’ve decided to include an addendum for each album in the list from now on, asking the question: do you need to hear this before you die? After all, that’s what the list is about, right? It can’t come as a surprise that this, an album centred around one instrument, sparked the idea for this new clause. It really is just that. A slew of (honestly rather unimpressive) drum solos, occasionally broken by unimpressive guitar, and unimpressive saxophone. Apache has a section sampled famously by The Sugarhill Gang in their song of the same name, and, uh... there isn’t much else of note.
Pointless album.
Como música de James Bond no está mal. Pero más allá de la gracia, el disco cansa y es realmente predecible. La versión de in a gadda da vida sí es excitante. Pero podría haber escuchado eso y haberme imaginado el resto.
okayy i expected bongos and i got bongos many bongos many many bongos the music is really chill and danceable i guess you could create some nice remixes with the tracks but all in all i don't really want to listen a whole album with just bongos in my freetime 😭
I usually take a 'why not?' attitude to weird, high-concept shit - especially where excessive percussive elements are involved. But as I listened to this inoffensive but dispensable album I confess I did find myself asking 'why?' - regarding both its conception and its inclusion on the list.
I get that this is an important album in the sense that it is highly sampled in rap/edm, but it's mostly just instrumental covers of rock songs with bongos and horns. I just ain't into it.
I'm shocked that this album rated as well (Globally) as it did! It was just a cheesy 'Hooked on Classics' (if you know, you know) but with bongos!. Who'd have thought!
I hate to use the word "gimmicky", since using one specific instrument prominently shouldn't be considered a gimmick, but man does this album feel gimmicky.. The cover of "Apache" at the beginning is pretty great but after that this album becomes very draining. I'm sorry I just don't care about bongos. Also the "Satisfaction" cover is pretty lame. Favorite track: Apache
A curio - some good grooves, and an interesting backdrop to early hip hop and the use of funky samples to build new grooves. But not essential listening - there are 4 Blue Note collections of hip hop roots that are far more interesting than this. (Blue Break Beats Volumes 1 to 4)
This made me laugh for some reason. But dueling bongos was great.
Mocht er bij een pubquiz ooit een bonusvraag gesteld worden over artiesten die in de 1001 albums lijst staan en die ook het nummer 'Apache' van Incredible Bongo Band hebben gesampled, dan zijn dit allemaal geldige antwoorden: Nas, Jay-Z, Wu-Tang Clan, Aphex Twin, Blur, Moby, Goldie, Roni Size, Dj Shadow, Run-DMC, TLC en Mick Jagger. Wat dat aangaat durf ik de 'Legendarisch' stempel wel uit te delen voor Apache van het Ongelofelijke Bongo Orkest. Verder valt er over dit album echt niks te vermelden en kun je de hele boel wat mij betreft gewoon overslaan. Xenos Ennio Morricone meets Safri Duo. Twee sterren.
Man this is a cool record that I have zero interest in. Like if I were making shitty beats this might be sick but I just can't. The fully instrumental path this is on is not my style. Even though I dont care about lyrics at all songs just feel naked without some vocals. Could care less what they say but its like an orchestra without the violins. Just feels wrong. The covers are a fun novelty but the whole thing kinda feels like a novelty. Just stack that shit up on tip of itself. Its just not my thing. Also the bongos get old after a while. Its a cool instrument but I dont know enough about percussion in general to really appreciate it. Also it gets old after a while. A long ass album highlighting the same instrument every time just gets boring. I dont hate it but im never coming back that's for sure
Covers
Great bongos! But if I’m honest & lying on my death bed I’m not going to ask my nearest and dearest to play Bongo Rock before I die
Worth hearing for the oft-sampled track "Apache" but you can pretty much lift up the needle after that (seeing that the rest of the album is corny 70s horn-driven pseudo-cop show soundtrack instrumental rock).
Is this a joke of some kind?
musicianship is good but not my thing
Interesting listen to see where the breaks are, but otherwise something of a curio. The story behind Winer, however, is a far more interesting slice of random west coast career paths.
It's fine - but an album of covers played on bongos just made me want to here some of the originals
It’s like the soundtrack to a bunch of 80’s & 90’s TV shows and movies. Fun, inventive, catchy but ultimately more kitschy than compelling.
It was fun! And I recognized some songs - covers - but not sure I found anything for me. Definitely worth a listen, but not personally for me.
Well, if you are really into bongos...
I am the Great Bongholio!!!
Bongos are hard to take for 78 minutes.
I was initially excited about this. I’ve been doing taiko for about 2 years now, so am more positively inclined to listening to percussion-forward (or even percussion only) music than before. Also! So many of my favorite hip hop artists have sampled stuff off this album! Always a thrill to recognize a sample. That said, I couldn’t make it through this. It’s good for a laugh, but the joke goes on for an hour and 17 minutes, like listening to a kid whose discovered one of those “101 ______ Jokes” books and then reads the entire thing to you on the bus. A couple of zingers, but mostly just me listening politely until I can leave.
Different
Tricky one to review Listening to the full album ⭐️ I imagine a live performance in the park at a summer concert series with a few buds and brews where they only play two songs, probably ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I get it, bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong bong OKAY I GET IT.
my immediate reaction was, man this is a dog run of albums. Then i checked, this goes for an hour and eighteen minutes? Fine... I was expecting actual bongo covers. not big band embellishments with the hint of bongo underneath. Some sneaky sick beats on here. Gems were - Let There Be Drums and of course, their take on In A Gadda Da Vida
Были знакомые нотки, но на этом всё.
Certainly a treasured historical document thanks to its influence on Hip Hop culture, but judged in a vacuum its just OK.
So bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't want to leave the Congo, oh no no no no no... No reference to this album, I just like fallout... I thought I'd hate this, but I didn't. Some cool moments on here. In a Gaddafi da Vida never gets old no matter the version😂 Give it a go at least once.
Good for them. Not for me.
Perfectly fine just not my thing
Less is defn more. Would have been happy just with Apache.
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My overall issue, aside from the fact that I have a visceral hatred of bongos, is that if you say you're a bongo band don't bottle it. Nearly all the tracks swamp the bongos in the mix, and introduce a drum-kit centre stage. With one ear off the bongo, it's clear how lightweight these compositions/covers are. They all verge on the saucy feel of Benny Hill - I imagine the soundtrack to 'Confessions of a Window Cleaner' would sound very much like this. But the opening run of three surf rock tracks is of higher quality, and certainly gives it some credibility and some chutzpah. Before the bongo fatigue sets in.
historical curiosity, given the later sampling. amount of bongos sufficient for a lifetime.
Quite a mixed bag. I couldn’t manage it all. Great musicians, sometimes really grooving. Sometimes the foundation they’re jamming over is really, really boring (Bongo Rock). Kinda feels like it’s best for sampling, not listening to.
There's no way that this is actually real. A bongo album. Is there a market for this? This is an album that we all MUST listen to before we die? Don't get me wrong, it's not bad. But it's all covers. The opener 'Apache' is essentially the song you know and love from The Sugarhill Gang. When looking through Wikipedia, I was not too surprised that there were many versions before this. I was absolutely shocked to my core to find out that The Sugarhill Gang actually covered Incredible Bongo Band when writing their version and that the bongo version is actually heavily sampled by a long list of artists and even called "hip-hops national anthem". So that's why this album is on the list, then. Anyway, the rest of this album is just funky background music, with a hell of a lot of bongo thrown in. The bongo doesn't particularly add anything and it the weakest bit of the whole of this instrumental album. I'd be a lot more intrigued if the bongos were the main focus of the album, but they're almost pushed to the background for the most part. Understandable I guess, as it's only a percussion instrument, but still. Don't go all in on bongos and not deliver on bongos. Despite the cool sounding music and the cool link to the song 'Apache', this is a gimmick album at best. This is definitely for someone, but it ain't for me I'm afraid.
Honestly as I see something called Bongo Rock I was a little eeee and I’m alright with it. It was intriguing and definitely something new but pretty cool. I definitely see influence and why people like it but I think after a while it’s not for me.
Samples galore - but not something I'd listen back to again and again
Écoutable, assez sympa. Mais ça fait très musique d'introduction dans un film de détective des années 70 qui se déroule à Dallas par un chaud jour d'été. Alors que John Stevenson s'apprête à partir en vacances avec sa femme et ses deux enfants, son passé refait surface et bouleverse tous ses plans.
I like bongos but not a full albums worth.
1. apache - 2 2. drumz - 1.5 3. bongolia - 2 4. belgium - 1 5. bongoz - 1.5 6. vida - 1.5 7. raunchy - 1 8. rock - 0 9. kiburi - 1.5 10. zing - 2 11. zatizfaction - 1 12. uuipeout - 1 13. bed - 1.5 14. pipeline - 1.5 15. dokey - 1 16. nine - 1 17. dooley - 1 18. apache - 2 19. belgium - 0
I know this was a big influence for sampling in the hip hop community which is cool. The album wasn't for me though
Lots of instrumentals covers of famous tracks with lots of extra bongos? Who asked for that?
BORING
Too much bongo for me but Apache and Last Bongo in Belgium are amazing!!
Correcto
Not bad for an instrumental only album I guess and some cool riffs but there just wasn't a heap to it.
Cool album but kinda boring
How many bongos is too many bongos? If this album was made as a joke I would give it a 5.
Why did the bongo player go to jail? Because he couldn’t stop beating one out. I like it… for a bit, but that is a very hard album to get through. Incredible amount of bongo. A couple of 4 or possibly 5 star tracks on their own, but as an album as a whole, not great. If I hear any more bongo this week, I think I’ll vomit.
It's fun, but I don't want an album of this. It's a side not an entree.
The novelty wore off pretty quickly for me
Eee
i am def growing more fond of instrumental albums throuout this journey, i gave gatz some strong 4s and 3s just last week , ive enjoyed jazz albums and have highly rated a lot of progressiv erock bongo rock is the bedrock of a lot of hiphop - my fav genre and i can appericiate that .. as a whole however, and as a standalone album it doesnt do enough for me
"Let There Be Drums" - great track. Loving the beats and the riffs. Also love the Last Bongo in Belgium Breaker Mix. The rest of the stuff I can take or leave. Great to dance to though.
With the album name Bongo Rock by the Incredible Bongo Band and songnames like Bongolia and Dueling Bongos, I wasn't sure if there would be enough bongos on this album. Luckily, my heart could rest easy. After about 3 songs, I was wondering to myself: "You know what song would be really improved by the addition of several Bongos? In A Gadda Da Vida!" And whaddaya know? It's right there. I think every second of this album has been sampled later, but to call that the redeeming factor?
If you’re into bongos, this is for you. I’m not. 2 stars.
OK... the arrangements are pro, but they wear after a few songs. How is this anything more than a novelty album? I don't care how many hip hop bongo samples it produced. Is a K-Tel record next on the list?
Oh boy
I also stopped listening after Bongo Rock. Was sick of the album by then so felt no need to continue. Pretty boring. Good band name though.
I like bongos but a whole album of them is too much
middling at best. Tired in places. Repetitive in all ways.
This was… kind of exactly what I imagined. Pretty unimaginative instrumental renditions of vaguely popular songs with the gimmick being that there are some bongos chucked in there as well. Except the bongos are weirdly low in the mix for quite a few of the songs, so the main gimmick isn’t even that prevalent. Duelling Bongos is the only exception, which sees presumably two (maybe more - maybe there’s a whole army of them) bongoists trade off bars of solos, like a rap battle between two beatboxers with restricted timbral repertoire
As advertised
Nie jest źle, ale już raczej nigdy do tego nie wrócę. Ale bardzo fajnie było się dowiedzieć że rap stoi na piosenkach z tego albumu, szczególnie Apache. Gdybym nie wylosowała tego albumu to pewnie nigdy bym się o tym nie dowiedziała.
Bongo covers. Am I supposed to be impressed or entertained by bongo covers? If I wanted that I’d just go downtown in any major U.S. city to listen to the guys beat on buckets.
4/10 Ovaj album mi uopce ne pripada ovdje. Bend koji je radio obradu neke stvari za neki film je odlucio snimiti cijeli album (vecinom) obrada. Samo zato cu drasticno sniziti ovome ocjenu. Inace ovo uopce ne zvuci toliko lose + Last Bongo in Belgium i Kiburi pt.1 su mi zanimljive, ali ovo mi je za stavit na promenadu u Karlovac za dan grada, a ne na popis najboljih albuma ikad. Toliko o tome, next.
Good action/family movie soundtrack
Over an hour of covers of other people's music, rife with the overuse of generic bongos. I can see this album being interesting in music history for sampling, inspiration, etc, but I don't truly believe I needed to hear it before I shuffled off this mortal coil. It's fine, it just goes on for entirely too long without introducing anything other than "hey, remember this song?"
Feel like I’m in Starsky and Hutch
Incredibly niche and a little samey. “Apache” still slaps though.
Needs more bongo
Pity we can't get the original version of streming
I didn’t really need to hear this
This is fun, but not a whole lot to it.
So the genre this falls under, which probably isn't included in the tags for 1001, is "gimmick". It's basically funk instrumentals, including some absurd covers ("Satisfaction" the most absurd), featuring bongos prominently. Think the middle part of "Jungle Boogie" where the only lyrics are "Jungle Boogie" over and over again, but slightly less organized. Which is fine, it's not unpleasant to listen to, but it also doesn't have much to offer except, says it right there in the band name, bongos.
Er... Seriously? Not that it ain't a little fun, even if you're not a bongo buff or a hip hop producer digging crates for samples ideas... But, I mean, seriously? Like it's important that I listen to this once in my life??? Like, SERIOUSLY??? 2/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums. 7/10 for more general purposes (5 + 2) Number of albums left to review: 49 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 409 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 238 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 305 (including this one) ---- Better albums released in 1973 (at least 45 of them): Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon Iggy And The Stooges - Raw Power Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells David Bowie - Aladdin Sane Stevie Wonder - Innervisions Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road The Wailers - Catch A Fire Can - Future Days Bob Marley And The Wailers - Burnin' ZZ Top - Tres Hombres Lou Reed - Berlin Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure New York Dolls - New York Dolls Lynyrd Skynyrd - Pronounced Lehn-Nerd Skin-Nerd King Crimson - Lark's Tongue In Aspic Mott the Hoople - Mott Blue Öyster Cult - Tyranny And Mutation John Cale - Paris 1919 The Who - Quadrophenia Steely Dan - Countdown To Ecstasy Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. Wings - Band On The Run Free - Heartbreaker Genesis - Selling England By The Pound Tom Waits - Closing Time Hawkwind - Space Ritual Gram Parsons – GP Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy Willie Nelson - Shotgun Willie* Tony Conrad and Faust - Outside The Dream Syndicate Neil Young - Time Fades Away Procol Harum - Grand Hotel Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Next Vangelis - L'Apocalypse des animaux Faust - IV Eno / Fripp - (No Pussyfooting) Kingdom Come - Journey The Beach Boys - Holland Roxy Music - Stranded Toots And The Maytals - Funky Kingston Todd Rundgren - A Wizard / A True Star Duncan Browne - Duncan Browne Sun Ra - Space Is The Place Alice Cooper - Billion Dollars Babies
It’s entertaining to listen to, but I didn’t find it particularly outstanding. The bongos aren’t really a prominent feature (which is difficult to do, admittedly) but you can hear them. ‘Duelling Bongos’ is mostly done on a drum kit too. Probably won’t revisit this very often.
It answered the question I always had: “can there be an album with too many bongos”
Levy selkeästi parempi kuin etukäteen osasi pelätä. Apassi ylivertaisesti paras. 2,49*
album cover with "Bongo Rock" in quotes is very funny record company executive recruiting musicians for a bongo project is funny, in that pathological businessman way of 'funny'. did Michael Viner play anything on this? being part of a sample library for early hip hop is very cool. 'this slaps' is a hilarious review. unfortunately I do not think this 'slaps' in a way that is not literal. I think I am going 2, because being a source for a drum beat used by good artists isn't enough to call it good. HOWEVER I do think prolific samples deserve a spot on an essential listening list. bongos: slapped. (⌐■_■)
Chouette, un album de reprises instrumentales avec bongo, en plein mon genre d'albums... Qui écoute ça régulièrement ? Qui pense que c'est un album marquant qui mérite d'être souligné comme ça ? Honnêtement, c'et une farce. J'ai entendu des trucs pires, mais c'est tellement pas impressionnant. Tellement d'albums méritent plus une place que ça. 3/10
Too many bongos
Too many bongos
As it's own album, it's whatever. The bongos were, despite being the headliner, the least interesting part of the record for me. Taking into account its influence, given it helped the Sugarhill Gang, and hip hop as a whole, gain traction? Second to none. So many samples from throughout hip hop history come from here. This is probably the album I respect the most in this whole list thus far.
Fun instrumental band. Fun listening to the album.
Just a bunch of covers mainly, so not bad but also really not important
Mildly amusing, but no more. 1.5 stars but rounded up to 2 for novelty. This is what I imagined Richard Feynman's office sounded like
I've got better things to do with my time than listen to extended bongo cover versions. I'll give it a couple points for some interesting percussion but this is one of these rare ones where I gonna call it done after the fourth song.
An 8-second sample you must listen to before you die
Really unsure what to make of this. Both originals and covers fail to interest me. I don’t mind an album made up of bongos, but the instrument isn’t incredibly versatile. Take the drum solo breaks in “Wipe Out”. Their cover couldn’t possibly reach the range of necessary commotion that was presented on the original track. I would listen to these songs if they came on, but don’t desire to listen to the whole album again, or even once, honestly. 2/5
I don't think it deserves the place on the list. Besides the two "Apache" remakes, it's pretty sparkless. 2.5/5.
Не понравилось. Одна любая композиция нормально. Но весь альбом - будто слушаешь на репите очень нудную композицию.
Not that incredible to me. I liked a couple of the cover songs enough but this album could have been about 1/3 of the length.
Never heard of this artist, was kinda intrigued with the first track and then it went meh from there. Suspect this is among the 1,001 only because a number of acts used samples from it years later.
Oh boy, that’s a lot of references to what’s at best a tertiary percussion instrument. Let’s see how this goes. -I know Apache. The sugar hill gang version was a staple at college parties. -I recognize “last bongo in Belgium” from the beastie boys’ “looking down the barrel of a gun.” -I hate the more famous inna gadda da vita so this is arguably an improvement.
2.5 I was expecting this to be a tough listen but it turned out to be OK. The other instruments/musicians were pretty good along with the bongo dude. Lots of bongos though. BONGO
Surprisingly not as many bongos as you'd expect
For film music it's great but for an everyday listen it's a challenge. Middle Of the road for me.
Ja ok, kann man mal machen. Aber ein ganzes Album? Muss echt nicht sein.
Nice upbeat music but no lyrics to the songs
Painful
You wouldn't expect a 75 minute album of bongo focused Instrumental music to be an easy listen. And you'd be right, but this is way more fun than it has any right to be. This is clearly a passion project and I can't tell if Michael Viner's is in on the joke or is the joke. Either way, I enjoyed it. The songs do drag after a time. In A Gadda Da Vida was rough and Dueling Banjos was all over the place. But the fun songs that later would be hip hop samples are great. Apache had me dancing. I can't give this a high score because it's not that good but I'm glad it was on the list. This is a super fun reference point and a cool band to show people.
Bongo
While technically impressive, with pounding bongos and an impressive brass performance, it unfortunately didn’t manage to capture my attention for very long. I can see people being very into this, but it’s not for me.
Bongos huh? And that's the whole thing? Like on every track there will be a bingo solo? Huh. Well. Alright I guess.
Woah! Slow down egghead. More bongo than you can poke a drumstick at.
I mean, how much bongo can one person handle
This was a really interesting album and I wasn’t really sure what to expect. I did like it a lot however it was strange that the songs were all covers and the only real difference was that it was using bongos. I liked it but not really sure what to say here. 2/5
1001 best album ever? Ever??
I didn't expect to like it. I gave it a try...listened to the beginning of all the songs, but ending up skipping after a little bit. Truth be told, I like singing with my music. 2/5
Lmao the bongos were absolutely the worst part of this album. They reminded me of my high school’s drum line. The horns were nice and interesting enough, but I am a lyric girly through and through.
What am I supposed to do with this lol, needless to say I’ve never listened to this and have zero expectations other than bongos. You ever listen to the People’s Court theme in full? That has a killer bongo part to it. I uh. I got nothing but to listen to this. It’s 1970s funk with bongos. I don’t know what else to say. It is cool hearing sample origins! I dunno. The best parts were guitars and synthesizers. Didn’t really get the full excitement from the bongos. It’s not really bad. 2.5/5
One song that gets sampled. Otherwise it’s …irritating? I love percussion but this seems inessential.
I feel like this is an album Homer Simpson would know by heart.
I’m not sure why the world needed this album but hopefully they enjoyed making it
Should there be an album of bongo-driven instrumental covers? (definitely, why not?) And is it any good? (no, not really) Destined to soundtrack the closing credits to every 70's-based film forever.
There is a reason this album has been sampled so many times. A fun record, managing to do a lot instrumentally. Feels like wood veneer.
Can see the historical value but it's just a kitsch curiosity
I thought it to be a little repetitive
Not a clever name. It's a lot of bongos. Interesting to hear the origin of some super famous samples but otherwise ...
it sounds very competent.. but why 2/5
This is a joke, right? It's got lots of good beats (obviously) but do I really need to hear it before I die? I don't think so - but unfortunately it's too late now because I already have.
A trip. At times extremely funny, occasionally it's absolutely astounding, and often it's like being at a weird all-inclusive hotel evening show that lasts far too long. Listened on a plane, which I don't know was the perfect location. I'd like to mark this higher in a way, but (a) the version of Satisfaction is too silly to bear and (b) I was extremely glad when it ended.
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
Nice break beats that became hip-hop classics, but not something I would play.
- 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 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
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.
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
Oceans eleven et al. Understood as it is. 2/5
Beetje gimmicky, een paar goede nummers, veel matige
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
67 minutes of bongo rock is just too much
Det for længe at høre bongotrommer uden vokaler, men ellers fede beats 2/5
I thought I wanted bongos. I did not
well. it sure is!
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Nah, not my thing but some soothing beats! Favourite song: Track 1 - Apache
Interesting in parts
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.
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.
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.
Fun wears off quite quickly.
Playbong Carti - Bongolia 4/10
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.
Sounds like a shag carpet
Starts off well, enjoyable, funky, energetic and different! By track 5 though I’m all bongoed out and have had enough.
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
# 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
Yes it's the birth of a ton of samples...ok
Cool and stuff, but a little more than Bongo instrumentals would have helped, little monotonous
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
Interesting album for sample history but not that interesting to listen to.
Några halvskapliga låtar men det blir långrandigt efter ett tag.
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.
no me gusta mucho
Cool, but I don't like bongos THIS much
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.
Didn’t really rate it, decent beat but jsut meh.
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
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.
Reminded me of 60's beach party movies.
Not really sure I saw the need for that
Skickligt men tråkigt
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.
Incredible, Boring Band
DNF
Eh. Nice to listen to, but going out of the experience, I cannot remember a single track.
Interesting without being great
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.
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
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
Too many bongos...
No.
I don't know about this one, all those bongo's are getting on my nerves. 2/5
Is this the best bongo album I've ever heard? Yes. Does that mean I want this much bongo in my life? No.
The zenith of bongo playing is 2 stars
I like. Funky. Wish I could give it 2.5.
Way more listenable than I expected, if not a little repetitive. Also, somehow (and surprisingly) more listenable than Daft Punk's Homework. Standouts: Apache, Let There Be Drums, Bongolia, Wipeout
I can see why this is sampled and used in soundtracks so often, but I'd never just put it on to listen to.
Rated on skill, this probably scores high. Rated on a listenability, less so.
too many bangoes in one place
It's not bad, they are a instrumental band with some covers.
there were a few fun songs in here but i don't need an entire album of bongo centric music
Some fine Price is Right music. But not sure how it's a 'best ever'
All I could think of was where are the bongos? I thought since it was a bongo album that they would be highlighted more but the other music outplayed them. Was still an okay album but not something I would just listen to on a whim.
Jammy and fun. Definitely needed on such a rainy day!
Very fun covers but not much more than back ground music for me
Neat little time capsule of 70s vibe, but a bit much to listen to all at once... This kind of soul sound but with the bongos turned down to a reasonable level was done well on The Olympians' self-titled (2016). (previously listened)
It's fun, but no idea why it's here
I'd like to think that it's possible to include almost any instrument into any genera of music and find a way 5o make it interesting. However, listening to an album of bongo focused music is where I draw the line. It gets a 2 just because of the talent of the musicians involved.
This is absurd
This actually has some pretty solid songs, but most of it is just goofy. Can't say I'll ever listen to it again.
bingo bango bongo
Kinda fun, kinda boring. Too long.
I understand a lot of samples are taken from this album and Bongo Rock is a great song and Apache a good cover. The rest is forgettable
Of all the albums. This maybe the bongoiest
Meh. Too much noise
I like bongos. I don’t like bongos that much
2.5
This is instrumental covers of songs including "Satisfaction" and "Inna-gadda-da-vida". I don't understand who this is for or why it's on the list.
Ok as background music but not rushing to relisten.
Every song sounds like an intro to a traffic report on morning radio. Bongolia is a good name. Missed opportunity for In A Bongo Da Vida.
2 not bad but not something I’d go out of my way to listen to nor would this make my 1001 top albums.
I really tried....besides Apache though, I struggled.
Found myself liking the beginning of songs before the bongos started. All in all, this is a lot of bongos. Probably too much bongo. Favorite Track: Last Bongo In Belgium.
Basically it’s covers with Bongos in the background and brass covering the vocals. It’s ok. They’ve picked some decent tunes to cover, but it gets a bit dull after a while.
It's a neat novelty idea, but that's all it really is: a novelty. Most of the tracks on here are covers, and while I can see where they were used in later rap, but anything other than that, it's unessential. Favorite track: "Last Bongo in Belgium"
Good for background while working - but seriously - does not belong here, even given the extent to which it was sampled. The point of sampling is to make gold out of obscure things like this
Meh. "Apache" or not.
Definitely a bongo album
Who composed this list anyway? I mean, I don't hate this album, but I could happily live my life without listening to it.
I spent an hour and 20 minutes inside an elevator... Joking aside, I never realized this is there the sample to Beastie Boys "Looking Down the Barrel of the Gun" came from.
04/01/2022 Meh. Not bad, but not great by any means.
For bongo music this is good. But about 3 songs in I’m thinking, “Enough with the bongos already!” It’s fun to hear the samples that have been in later hip hop though.
Tedious.
Made virtually no impact on me
Herkenbaar en op bepaalde momenten best goed te pruimen, maar werd me op den duur iets teveel trommels.
It's just bongos??? There's some other instruments I guess, but yeah. It's too many bongos.
Good in small doses, but this is not an album I would ever want to listen to straight through. The first track, Apache, is actually on my current Spotify playlist (might need to let that one go now…) Over an hour of this music is waaaaay too much of a not that great thing. Yet another example of the list author’s inability to get this list right.
Just kinda boring.
I want to say no. Just no. Never. It grows on you the way mold grows in a humid bathroom. It is slightly misleading in that there's a lot more than just bongos. But as we've learned, any band that has the label "Incredible", is, well, something.
Apache hits and i think i'm going to groove and enjoy this album. I raised an eyebrow at InAGaddaDaVida, but i carried forward. But wow... it turns south after that... certainly by the time of satisfaction, wipeout and pipeline. Unnecessary.
bingo bongo not for me apache little cool tho
I don't get it. Its a load of covers, but with bongos
Not very good
Terrible yet great.
lotssssss of bongo
Yeah
First listen. The songs are good, just not too sure if this is a must-listen-to album. I enjoyed it though. Standouts: In-a-Gadda-Da-Vita, Apache, Let There Be Drums I give it a strong: 2/5
Is it a novelty album? Maybe. It's done well, but I just don't see myself going back and listening to this one. I get that it's included because it's so heavily sampled, but it's not really for me. A couple of songs you say, hey, I know that one, or I know that beat, etc. But it's not really an album if you ask me.
meh, too bongo for me
meh... instrumental + covers... not great
The bongos are a fun gimmick for a song or two but get tiring. I could see myself throwing a song from this into a playlist easily but I'm not sure how much I would want to listen to the entire album.
Better than expected. Starts off with a bang with Apache, this may be an interesting trip. In-a-gadda-da-vida may also actually be better than the original. However Satisfaction isn’t. Overall feeling groovy, more so than when I was listening to Simon & Garfunkel recently. Drags a bit by the end but a novel idea
Wel grappig, maar verveelt wel snel
Ööö, ok. Pahimmat pelkoni toteutuivat, ja levy on juuri sitä mitä nimi antoi odottaa. Tai Incrediblestä voi olla montaa mieltä. Voin suositella tätä levyä lämpimästi ihmisille, jotka nauttivat bongorumpujen läpsyttelystä/läpseestä. Valitettavasti itse en kuulu tähän joukkoon. Vaikea arvioida, koska tämä ei aivan tavoita 1* levyille ominaista absoluuttista paskuutta. Tässä ei toisaalta ole juurikaan elementtejä jotka nostaisivat arvosanan kakkoseksi. Ehkä letkeä karibianristeilyfiilis voidaan laskea plussaksi. Ärsyttää myös yllättävän vähän.
sounds like background music from old cop shows from the 70s, that and old porno music
Great instrumentation, kind of souless songs. It would've been better to listen to some of the albums where this is sampled
Muy de hueva
Olipa paskaa
Starts with such a classic it's almost felt clichéd. Apache is such a banger to start with, incredibly high production. Let there be drums unfortunately sounds like an Austin power movie and can't shake it off Rolling Stones cover of satisfaction sounds like a community project of middle-aged middle England retirees with empty nest syndrome. Perhaps amusing at the fringes of a carnival for 20 minutes. But a 75 minute opus is unnecessary and self-indulgent
Ei
Meh not good
I can find something to appreciate in a lot of these albums. I have no idea how this one made the list. It starts underwhelming and quickly becomes grating. A real chore to finish.
Ok as background music
This is so stupid
fantastic album if your favorite genre is "elevator music". which mine is not.
In a nutshell: bongos without the rock. Overall: 2/10
Yesterdays album would have really suited the mood I’m in at 3am listening to this, but alas, this is todays album and I’m really not feeling it. It’s just there, happening… and I’m listening to it. I am truly disconnected and entirely unmoved. I fear I’m being really unfair but that’s just where I’m at in this moment - or perhaps I hate this album ? Time will tell. I’m glad this app has an editing feature - I will see if I change my mind on a revisit in the future. I probably won’t.
Apache is alright, but the rest of it is silly
I mean, fine. If it was on at a restaurant I wouldn’t leave but it’s just whatever. No need to be on this list though
We get it you play bongos
Kanske i en road move, eller på gym, men...
Did not listen lol
I can say without hesitation that I did not need to hear this. If the 70s had anything in abundance that would be some pathetically "hip" music that was anything but. This was an experience I did not need to have. Horrid.... Again, if we could downvote (or vote in negative) this would be at the "top" of THAT list. 1 star and may I never have to listen to this shite ever again.
Basta de bongos.
Malardo. 1/10
meme ass band
Nope nope nope
Oh it's the music from the gambling adverts on TV. I have many questions primarily...why? Why was this made in the first place? And why is it on this list?
It was fun for the first two tracks, then it becomes incredibly boring.
KLOP KLOP KLOP KLOPKLOP GEDUDEL. Hilfe. Sampling wurde für dieses Album erfunden um uns ganze Lieder zu ersparen. Morgen dann das Blockflöten Album
Being honest. This didn’t quite deliver on its bongo promises. Not like Houmous & Chutneys infamous album ‘Bongo Promises’. Still the best bongo album ever made that doesn’t actually feature a single bongo. 1.4 3/19 Bongolia
A bunch of covers and genre-type backing tunes…but with bongos. F right off.
WHAT! IS! THIS! DOING! HERE!?
why the hell is this album on this list, horrible covers of okay songs?? sure. Would I listen again: no Deserves to be on this list: Convinced me that this list is freaking insane 0.2
repetitive.
I tried. I really did. It seemed like it might be fun. It started out well! But it just... kept... going... The tempos weren't right, and after the initial "huh, bongos, ok" it just didn't do anything to keep me interested.
Pretty cool bongo
So gimmicky. Well produced but covers are sacrilege.
Unlisteneable
117 minutes of bongo music? Get the fuck outta here.
Sorry but wont listen to over one hour of bongo music
I mean the bongos are cool but...I am a bit perplexed by Bongo Rock making the list. Covers were just covers with hardly any bongos. Some of the end tracks were alright like "Kiburi Pt. 1" where the bongos were really featured. What happened to Pt. 2? I guess for 1973 this was something wild and hip? The Thing With 2 Heads has been on my watchlist ever since I saw a top 50 worst movies ever made list and it was #3 so even more interested now. These guys are better than the not so incredible strings but was hoping for more. Major let down...1.15.
No thanks
Simply a bad idea. 1 star or F.
Not sure why I needed to hear this before I die.
Bingo bongo
What are we now, all beatniks? Didn't like it, some great cover songs were nearly unrecognizable due to the interpretations taken.
I can’t lie. It was impressive but for how impressive it was, I’ll never come back to any of these songs ever. And I don’t think this needed to be heard before death. So.
No thank you.
Never heard. Won't listen again. It's pretty much just noise.
Nej det här behöver man inte höra innan man dör. Kanske var bongotrummor och elgitarr en kittlande kombo på 70-talet, men inte nu. Dessutom, väldigt lite bongo för något som kallas bongo-rock. Och alla bongosolon låter typ likadant. I slutändan ibland helt ok filmmusik från 60-/70-tals pasticher. Men ärligt , vad kommer sen, panflöjtscovers?! Vill lyssna igen: nej Bästa spår: Apache Betyg: d - 2 av 10 (1 av 5) Dw - 4 av 10 (2 av 5)
There is only so many bongo covers I can take in a way before seriously questioning my state of mind and how I got here.
I usually like a little funk in my coffee. But this hour-plus instrumental odyssey driven by bongos just really didn’t do it for me. Despite some of these covers being of excellent songs, and despite an addition by the Grandmaster himself, I just couldn’t get excited about this. Out of all the albums I’ve heard so far from this list, this (THIS!) was the first one I had to stretch out over five days or so. My body rejected this music. It was a literal chore to sit through.