Bongo Rock

This better have bongos in it lol. Ok it does, lot of fucking bongos. Too many fucking bongos, if I'm honest. 3/5.

Bongo's check. More Bongo's check. Some bad ass rifts with Bongo's, check! I got a feva; and the only prescription is more bongos!

Wow. I so enjoyed listening to this album from the time that I turned it on. Love the horns, bongos, guitar riffs and the feeling that I'm either hanging out with The Sugarhill Gang making music or reviewing the Rockford Files with Starsky, Hutch, TJ Hooker, Barney Miller, Thomas Magnum, The Six Million Dollar Man / Bionic woman and planning my next vacation on the Love Boat. ... Incredible. https://www.whosampled.com/Incredible-Bongo-Band

Album contains the sweetest cover of inna godda davida ever. I was in the right mood for this today.... Another reason O appreciate this 1001 album site... Would not have actively sought this out

This is good record to play “who sampled this?” with….and boy are there are a lot. Musically, it’s decent r&b/funk record, but…a little bit of bongo goes a long way, you know what I mean? You’re going to be hearing bongos in your sleep after listening to this and, soon, the “clop-clop” of bongos will permeate your psyche while you slowly disassociate, unsure where you end and the bongos begin…Somebody help me….Every day is a waking nightma— CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP CLOP

I never realised this album existed, and suddenly the origin of every hip-hop and dnb bongo sample I've ever heard has been revealed to me. Not only that, it's an absolutely banging album, I don't think there is a single track I didn't enjoy - whenever I got bored of the bouncy bongo beats a guitar riff appeared from nowhere to drag me back from the brink of not having fun.

I like bongos, but not that much

“Bongo Rock” by Incredible Bongo Band (1973) This album is highly entertaining, and if you can’t dance to it, you’re comatose. But, except for percussion, the music here (there are no lyrics) is completely sappy, corny, schmaltzy, and twee. What it could really use is a vocal performance by Alvin and the Chipmunks. And the percussion is—well, ‘formulaic’ would be a generous compliment. The gimmick on this record is to take tested tunes and render them with lots of bongo playing and other colorful percussion (uncredited but performed by quite creditable session musicians). It requires steady (I.e., boring) tempos and soulless attention to meter. Thus we have knockoffs of “In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida”, “Dueling Banjos”, “Wipeout”, “Apache”, etc. This is ‘music’ best enjoyed at old style parties for boomers, preferably after everyone is two sheets in. I believe the only country where any of these tracks charted was Canada. I’ll leave it to the reader to draw the appropriate inferences. There is humor here, but it’s at a small college marching band level. It’s the kind of thing serious musicians do on their time off, or when they’re bored, depressed, unemployed, or insufficiently talented (or all of the above and failing to connect the dots). This record might have improved productivity in a 1950s Soviet gulag or Chinese laogai, but I doubt it would have been allowed. Actually, it would make for a great YouTube video as a soundtrack to clips of chain gang workers from the Paul Newman movie Cool Hand Luke. Roofers and carpenters, however, should not play this as background music while working. It could cause seizures. 1/5

WOW I am so glad I listened to that. Perfect 10/10 for me. That was just miraculous. Actual sonic perfection. It blows my mind that these groovy songs that slap so hard were made in the early 70’s before my parents were even born. I have heard one of the songs before, Bongolia from Baby Driver. It’s really funny when I’m listening to old stuff like David Brubeck or Focus and am like… “Where have I heard this song before?” And once I realize it’s Baby Driver, it makes me love the movie that much more just because of how based Edgar Wrights taste in music is. Anyway, I couldn’t possibly recommend this album more. Actually just incredible.

APACHE!!! Origin of so many samples. This whole album is just super cool.

I am a sucker for some good percussion, and this album delivered on that and much more. I really enjoyed the upbeat/funky vibes that were present throughout "Bongo Rock". This record was just pure fun, and I had a great time listening to it throughout its super quick tracklist (I listened to the original eight song release rather than the extended 2006 version, but I am now tempted to listen to all of the bonus tracks in the future). The tight collection of songs here just feels timeless with all of the performers clearly giving it their all. After doing some research, it looks like a good chunk of these songs are covers of older hits (In a Gadda Da Vida was the only one I knew for sure was a cover), but I feel that they did a fantastic job making these tracks their own and giving them the twist they need to keep things exciting. This definitely feels like a record that had the potential to be sampled a lot in the future, and I recognized 'Apache' by its use in the Sugar Hill Gang's song 'Jump On It' immediately. Overall, this was a great album to go through, and I feel like I should own this one on vinyl in the future. 4/5.

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).

I love this album more than life itself. The perfect expression of the 1970's. A bit cheesy, incredibly fun (yes, incredibly), slightly tipsy. I can imagine Fatboy Slim hearing these grooves and thinking "I'm going to base my entire career on this." Incredible.

So bongo cover versions then. I could have done without hearing it but not too terrible

A decent knock knock joke. I chuckled, I smiled, I forgot it straight away.

I knew within five seconds of the first song "Apache" that I would like this album. This album started as a supplement to the soundtrack of B-film "The Thing with Two Heads." It is mostly cover songs using bongos, conga drums, rock drums, brass horns and guitar. The songs are all instrumental, mostly upbeat and funky and highly influential among hip hop artists - a lot of songs are sampled. To me, the sound is like "The Peter Gunn Theme" enhanced with bongos and funk. It's interesting; it does have a soundtrack feel but there are a lots of guitar, organ and other instrument solos making it feel also like a rock song. No need to further explain the song "Dueling Bongos" either. Great production also on this record. "Apache" starts with a great bongo and drum beat, horns and organ come and the funk kicks in. Great bongo solo. The orginal song was popular in the UK by The Shadows and in the US by Jørgen Ingmann. It also became very popular in the late 70's among hip hop artists. "Last Bongo in Belgium" is musically all over the place with organ jams, an impressive guitar solo sounding like Steely Dan, a few brass horns solos and of course, the multiple percussions keeping the rhythym. It has also been sampled by the Beastie Boys, Massive Attack and the Leftfield. I was in a bar last week, heard "In a Gadda da Vida" from the juke box and mentioned to a friend that has been a few years since I've heard this song. Little did I know, a week later I'd hear a bongoed-up version of "In a Gadda da Vida," a song that has also been used as the main loop in two Nas' songs. And, as if the orginal song isn't strange enough. I knew I was in for a unique experience when I saw this album pop up on the 1001 randomizer; It was to some extent but the real highlight was finding out about its influence and enjoying listening to the music.

This is the only example on this 1001 list (as far as I can tell) of a particular genre of record that you constantly come across int he wild, but is very seldom given any critical appraisal; the studio cash-in record. Studio professionals corralled together to crank a bunch of usually instrumental covers of some popular hits, and maybe some hastily written original charts that sound vaguely similar (but allow the publishing royalties to be collected by someone close to the project). Some name musicians had quite a lot of success using this formula (James Last is a good example), but often it is an arbitrary band name (as here) or even completely anonymous. A day or two in the studio can knock out a quick album that might sell a few thousand copies. As here (or in Australian EMS recordings of this type), studio down time was used to reduce costs. Well, this is an example from within that genre that exceeded all expectations. The fact that it has really great band (big ups to Jim Gordon on drums) and was superbly recorded int e MGM Studios means that it sounds like a million dollars. It has a great beat and lots of percussion breaks, which led to it being one of the ur-texts of hip hop. This has given this album a second life and a cultural influence that far exceeds the original ambitions for this record. The sound of this record has cast a massive shadow of music in the decades since its release. It's a pretty funky listen, assuming you like bongos. Standout tracks; Apache, Dueling Bongos, In A Gadda Da Vida.

We were pleasantly surprised by how lively and fun this ridiculously named band was. It's fantastic.

I'm not sure that I should like this album as much as I do - but I do. It's like a collection of the greatest TV and game show themes from the 70s and 80s, and I mean that as a compliment. It's just fun. Their rendition of Satisfaction is almost (maybe) better than the original. Ironically, the only thing that wore on me was the bongos. Sometimes they were cool, but - at the end of the day - they end up making every song sound like Apache. Every ounce of my being wants to give this a 5, but I'm just not sure I can justify it.

Well this is a lot of fun. No grand artistic statement here just a bunch of talented musicians showing off their substantial chops on some old favourites. Nothing wrong with that. 3.5 stars

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.

Holy hell, this floored me. I went in with zero expectations and got hit with a crash course in the DNA of hip-hop. Track after track is a stack of samples from hip-hop history. It’s almost disorienting: you hear a groove and your brain jumps across decades, mapping every beat that borrowed from it. What makes it work isn’t just the “hey, I recognize that break” novelty; it’s how alive the record feels. These arrangements have that cinematic, borderline-chaotic energy where percussion leads the charge and everything else just hangs on for the ride. You put this album on and suddenly the most mundane moment of your day acquires a swaggering, funk-forward soundtrack. It’s an absolute blast—one of those rare records that doesn’t just play in the background, it instantly reframes the space you’re in.

1,000 hip hop samples were taken from this bad boy!

Banger! Loved it. 5/5

This album has no business being this good. It's energetic, fun, and funky as fuck. I can see how influential an album like this can be to early hip-hop and the art of sampling. fav track: "Apache", "Bongolia" and "Bongo Rock". As a drummer, I have to give it a 5/5

Is this the album that launched a thousand hip-hop careers? Quite possibly. I had no idea what to expect from what appeared to be 80 minutes centred around bongo drumming, but mercifully, it was much more than that and funky as hell. It might actually be my favourite discovery yet from this challenge.

Very little of this is truly bad, but I most certainly did not need to hear it before I died. 3/5

Well... this exists.

Upon getting this album pop up for today's listen - I was really skeptical. But the first song on the album is Apache which at first didn't recognise by name, but recognised the sound from countless covers, samples and features in films. The entire album has a soundtrack like quality to it, which makes sense when you realise that Michael Viner was a record artist manager and executive at MGM Records. Overall a good listen for a Friday afternoon Best: Apache; In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Worst: No real weakness just a nice flow through the album as a whole Disclaimer - I only listened to the first 8 songs on Spotify as they were part of the original album. The remainder was part of the 2006 CD Release

Now That’s What I Call Bongos Vol 1. Having the word “incredible” in your band name is like North Korea having the word “democratic” in its name. It doesn’t necessarily make it true.

Loved it! The songs were fun and peppy! I would certainly listen again

Never heard of this band but I definitely have heard the first song and it is jammy! This is a really upbeat album and I am here for it. That version of In A Gadda Da Vida is epic. Great album. I think the album is tight if you only listen to the original tracks, less so if you listen to the 40 anniversary version on Spotify.

just cool to a t! Its funky for days. I was enjoying this and then Bongolia kicked it up to a higher level. There's a nice variety of tempo here as well, sometimes with albums like this it can run the risk of sounding kind of samey across the board but this is just a blast through and through.

This album feels like it was tailor made for me. Bongos and funky beats and horns and all kinds of other unique percussion. I loved it! But much like eating a bunch of peanut buster parfaits in one sitting, it does become a little too much of a good thing by the end. Definitely didnt need to be an hour long. If you break it up into a couple of listening sessions it’s perfect

Wow, I was not expecting this to be that good. And the cover of In a Gadda Da Vida is far better than the original (which is pretty good itself). 4.5/5.0: Excellent

Always only heard Apache which I love. Going through this is going through hip hop history. Samples everywhere. Amazing.

wooooooow i recognised so many of these songs, they’ve been sampled off pretty much every track of this album. unreal!!!!!

This album makes me wish I was a stripper in the 1960s or 1970s looking hella cute dancing nude in a cage among a far-out light show! Some of the music sounds super sexual to me or maybe I'm just horny. OK I hit the stage in 5! Oh Là La!

Despite my initial fears of this having too much bongo to handle, I actually found myself wanting/needing more bongo from the Incredible Bongo Band. This is a 5/5 instrumental covers record on its own but the bongos really bring this into a whole new world. Most of this could easily be used as the soundtrack to a paradoy Tarantino film. I would also like to hear it substituted for the original Dirty Harry soundtrack - I reckon that would fit very well.

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I initially thought that this was some sort of joke - it’s obviously an obscure novelty record (that was inexplicably popular in Canada for some reason) but something about the first track, a cover of Apache, triggered a memory. This particular track was discovered by pioneering New York DJ Kool Herc who found that he could mix together two copies on different decks to get a drum break that went on forever. This discovery was one of the foundational moments of hip hop and the rest is history. Let There Be Drums, the second track, was an even bigger rush of recognition. This was effectively the Madchester sound of the Stone Roses but 25 years early. You are hearing the origin story of Bez right here. The rest of the album, mostly covers of other popular songs but with added bongos and funky guitars, are similarly good, and this is easily one of the most sampled records of all time. How 70s could this album be? The answer is none. None more 70s. Bongo-tastic!

Played this is in my Year 4 class as the children came in in the morning. They were doing their maths, bopping their heads. They asked if we could have it on all day. So we did. Bongo Rock all day long and we didn't get bored of it at all. I even played it again while washing dishes that night. Still fresh.

It gets so confusing with these altered track listing on apps. Have to check wiki to make sure. And yes, this album is actually 33 minutes and 8 tracks, rather than 80 mins and 19 tracks as the link takes you to. (Album finishes on ‘Bongo Rock’ btw) Ahhh THIS is where Apache comes from! Solid opener and great introduction to what this band is. Great energy and just asking for dancing or to be used as samples. Interesting history with the MGM exec on bongos and revolving door of musicians. Endless groove and great as an album to listen to with engagement or just have great background vibes. Me likey

Trumpet drums guitar. You can hear so much of what influenced future artists in this album

bongolicious bongo songs hitting bongbastically hard? Ja bitte!

A loud audible groan when I saw this pop up, but this is WAY better than I was expecting. This is some FUNKY shit. I am way digging these bongos (just as well really) and some of these covers (like Apache) are BAD ASS. I thought I would finally answer the question of "how many bongos is too many bongos?", but you know what? I haven't. We need more bongos if anything. More. Bongos.

One of the more quintessential blueprints for what would be known as hip-hop/b-boy culture and it is perfect condensed and understood in the four minutes and fifty-four seconds of the first track (which I've just learned was a cover of a two decade old song). This is a pretty good collection of innovative songs and intriguing covers (the aforementioned Apache, In a Gadda da Vida, Satisfaction) and it's worth the time. Bongos have never sounded so funky.

Can't help but bop around when listening to this. Duelling Bongos was a bit of a let-down due to it not being a cover of Duelling Banjos. I feel like I should be driving around Santa Monica in a bright pink low-rider, with my uzi on the back seat, smoking like a chimney, picking up some roller babes and just being an all-round badass. 10/10 would listen to again. Would give 4.5/5 but withholding my 5/5 for something which I can just listen to on repeat

TIukkaa bongotykitystä ja rytmikästä menoa. Mukavan pirtsakkaa musaa, tätä kuunteli mielellään!

Beneath this novelty record there might have been an incredible orchestral surf band, but we’ll never know now. Some great moments mingling with make-do twang. Note another appearance by one of the more popular murderers on this list, stupendous drummer and violent lunatic Jim Gordon

Kinda fun instrumental album. Not sure it needed to be an hour though. 3/5

Definitely what the box said it was....

"How many bongos do you want?" "Yes" 3 ⭐️

It was okay, a bit long.

As a drummer/percussionist of 15 years, I love me a good bongo groove. However, it does not need to be slapped on 17 arrangements covering various popular songs that sound like they were meant for a high school band to play at basketball games. Also congas are superior.

I didn’t want to listen to it at first but then I realized it was straight FUNK!

I enjoyed this. But at bottom, it’s just a compilation cover album of other unique tunes played in a unique way, with big brass and bongos. Really incomparable to a regular release album.

... ... ... OK. ... I did not hate this album musically. However, BONGO rock by the Incredible BONGO band ought be... ... IDK? DRUM music perhaps, or at the very least percussion heavy. I would suggest the vast majority of this album was harsh brass and heavy 70's style guitar riffs, punctuated on occasion by legit and pretty sublime percussion. However (!) most of the instrumental bits that were not featuring drums drowned out the percussion, sometimes completely. But the Incredible Bongo Band is not a bongo band! They are a band that happens to have a pretty good bongo player who shows up towards the end of several songs. "Bongo" rock this is not. It is ... rock(ish) with occasional bongo beats. I came for the percussion and was left with ... a pseudo-70's rock album... I guess?

3.5 The highs are high. Its fun. It is the basis for a thousand hip hop and breakbeat samples.

It's a rocking bongo album delivered as packaged. There is no false advertising here. It's a proper groove.

FUNkier than expected

Nice tunes and enjoyable all the way through, all covers though

For all the sampling this inspired, it's basically a novelty record and quite a cheesy one. My apologies to Sabu earlier, his bongo mania was far more interesting.

Bongos

A novelty item that I'm not exactly sure belongs in this list. Sure, some of the covers are cute, but the idea runs out of juice pretty early on, leaving you with an exasperated sense that maybe bongoes are incredibly overrated, which is an entirely incorrect assumption because the instrument is pretty cool, actually.

Sounded like crazy elevator music or tv show themes from the 70s.

Okay look, the composition here is objectively good. HOWEVER, I have no interest in listening to this for 15 mins let alone the full run time.

OK, this is kind of fun. But I admit I couldn't listen to every song all the way through. But I did have to listen to in a Gadda Davida all the way through. I couldn't make it through satisfaction all the way though. They definitely had some pretty good musicians on this

I would happily never listen to this again. It wasn't a bad album, but it did nothing for me. I think it was too earnest, and I can imagine that people who understand music would really appreciate it.

Pre-listening feelings upon seeing the album art: Oh no. Post-listening feelings: So... these are covers of popular songs of the day, but with bongos? That's... that's what this is? Just to clarify - why 1,001 albums, exactly? Why not, ya know, 200 maybe. Weed out a couple. But also - reading up on it, I guess this album has been sampled a good bit, which makes it a little bit interesting. But I'm not otherwise loving it.

Yeah it sure does have that funky soundtrack sound for a movie in the early 70s. I keep anticipating Issac Hayes piping in with: You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother (Shut your mouth) But I'm talkin' about Shaft (Then we can dig it) After two songs I was wondering why it's called "Bongo Rock '' Yeah, I get it, there are bongos playing but nothing to justify naming the album Bongo Rock. The Bongos stepped up on Bongolia and again on Bongo Rock where they really do sizzle but in general I don't see anything special percussion wise. I guess if the only drummers you had heard play were Charlie Watts (RIP) and Ringo, the percussion might sound unusual enough to be impressive. I'm more impressed by the percussion on the Ravi Shankar album we listened to and the tabla playing on that LP was a footnote rather than the main billing. I'd prefer an a track of tabla soloing over the song Dueling Bongos any day of the week. Watching Dueling Bongos live might be fun but listening to it is as much fun as listening to some knucklehead mow his lawn. Ditto the solo in In-A-Gadda_Da_Vida although the jamming after the solo is quite good. Also, I'm far more impressed with the lead guitar playing than I am with the Bongo playing on Last Bongo in Belgium. I might consider a 3 if it weren't for the bongos. Given the name of the band, a 3 is off the table.

I can’t do this. It’s funny but that’s it. Great sample repository, again it’s funny, but whatever. There is musicianship here but inclusion on this list is weird.

They really are putting this on this list before african/carribean music with bongo-percussions. Frustrating

Pretty boring!

Headache, only worth a listen if for some reason you’re obsessed with bongos - obvious from the title, just seems redundant as a must listen album

One of the more coked up novelty records in the history of coked up novelty records. Decently fun, but it gets old fast.

Background Muzak for a crappy tiki bar. What is this doing on the list? Not only that - but cover songs that are desecrations of the originals? I bet Mick and Keith did not love the cover of Satisfaction. I certainly didn't.

Why is this here

Honestly, wtf

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.

“Largely ignored “ said the review. Where it should have been left. Ignored forever. Cover art 3/5

1/5 it began well, in the end it became disturbing

No false advertising here! Both incredible AND Bongo! I can't stop listening to this album. It's maybe my favorite discovery of this entire project.

it's what the title says

This is the wonderful beat based 60's music I have been looking for!

So I had to make a playlist with the first eight tracks of the 40 Years of the Incredible Bongo Band release, rearranged to the original LP listing. With that established... Ooh boy, there is a story to tell with this album. I hadn't heard of the Incredible Bongo Band when I got this record today, and it turns out they weren't even much of a band to begin with. Rather, this was a session project started by artist manager and executive Michael Viner over at MGM Records. Michael was tasked with providing the music for two chase scenes in the science-fiction blaxploitation film, The Thing With Two Heads. So he wrote some songs with arranger Perry Botkin, Jr., brought in bongo percussionist King Errisson and session drummer Jim Gordon for the recording, and worked out a cover of Preston Epps's "Bongo Rock" and "Bongolia" for the film soundtrack. The cover of "Bongo Rock" was released as a single and did surprisingly well, which inspired Michael to bring back Perry, Errisson, and Gordon, alongside other session musicians, to record an entire album. Thus, Bongo Rock was born. Right from the get-go, with the cover of Sandy Nelson's "Let There Be Drums", it's apparent that the stars of this show were King Errisson and Jim Gordon working these polyrhythmic beats on their respective instruments. The two of them just went hard on could be viewed as a novelty track, taking this surf rock instrumental and elevating it to the next level. Then I started listening to "Apache" and realized I'd heard it before, as I instinctively started singing "Jump on it/Jump on it/Jump on it" from my office desk. I checked the Wikipedia page for the song, and sure enough, this rendition of Jerry Lordan's "Apache" was sampled by The Sugarhill Gang for their song "Apache", which would become a dancefloor staple despite the blatant Native American stereotypes in the lyrics. But then I noticed that several hip-hop, techno, and drum 'n' bass artists also sampled this same rendition. That got me really curious, so I checked out WhoSampled for the Incredible Bongo Band. As it turns out, NEARLY EVERY SONG on this Bongo Rock album has been sampled in one way or another, including by artists I've already covered on my album journey. "Bongolia" would be used by Fatboy Slim for "The Sound of Milwaukee" off Better Living Through Chemistry. "Last Bongo in Belgium" would be used by Beastie Boys for "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" off Paul's Boutique. Hell, "Apache" alone has been used over 800 times, including for "Xtal" and "Heliosphan" on Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works and Goldie's "Inner City Life" on Timeless. I've praised these beats before without even realizing where they came from. So to recap, this album, from a bunch of session musicians put together because some guy needed music for a cheesy B-movie film, ended up being a cornerstone in a new technique of music creation. That's insane. But putting aside all that, this record's still fantastic in its own right. Again, King Errison and Jim Gordon's percussive playing went hard throughout the runtime, to the point where even their soloing on "Dueling Bongos" is a standout. Probably my favorite track on here is the grooving horn-blaring rendition of Iron Butterfly's "In a Gadda Da Vida", which nails the vibe without going for the full 17 minutes of the original. Yeah, call me genuinely impressed with this Bongo Rock record. Sadly, it didn't sell as well back in the day. Michael Viner would work on one more album with the Incredible Bongo Band, which would also be sampled multiple times. Since that second record didn't sell well either, Michael put the kibosh on the Incredible Bongo Band. Really, Michael got done what he needed to do with that project and then some. I don't think he expected the new life that his project would take for generations of artists.

Incredible!

Incredibly influential, really important for Hip Hop. The album itself fits in this weird genre of 60's and 70's albums trying to cash in on sounds that were popular at the time with cheesy cover albums. The covers itself sound real fun and have their own charm to them. The combination of recognisability and novelty works really well. Whether the concept is enough to sustain for an entire album is a different question, but there isn't much like it.

As it says on the tin.. or on the bongo

I had no expectations of doing anything more than tolerating this album. Man was I wrong. This album rocked in every possible way. Multiple listens and each as good as the first.

It was good all the way through Never a moment I thought "oh, this is bad" or "this could be better"

I mean, it was great, but it's bongos. I have no idea how I'm going to add this to a daily playlist lmao.

WOW! who would’ve thought that bongos could be THIS good? i’m absolutely speechless after this experience. „bongo rock” is an incredible example of an album that i would never listen to if it wasn’t for this project - obviously not due to any aversion for bongos but i just wouldn’t find it. there were multiple times while listening to this record where i truly opened my mouth from the shock of how good it was. my definite favorite would have to be „last bongo in belgium” (smart play on „last tango in paris”!!). i’m so happy i found this album or rather that it found me, i am also really glad that i finally opened myself to listening to - or even more - liking music with no lyrics. i simply always focus on the lyrical layer of songs, but here i didn’t feel like i’m missing anything due to lack of it, as i did in the past.

This had me drumming on my steering wheel all day. Couldn’t stop smiling. Loved it.

Awesome and funky album.

its a very ambience focused album, very african and calming to the nervous system. very expressive and instrumental, afrofunky and afrofuturism with trails of brazil sound and coloumbiam and jamaican . love this body of work,a staple in my home

You want bongos? You've got 'em. I thought that this sounded like the soundtrack to some cheesy 70s action movie even before I read thats basically what it is. Drum beats that were used by the Beastie Boys, musical variations of The Rolling Stones (and borrowed by The Coup), and even some Iron Butterfly thrown in for good measure. Will this make my regular playlist? No. Did I enjoy the ride while it lasted? Absolutely.

Not available on Deezer, had to turn to YouTube. The music is so phenomenal that I couldn't even get that annoyed at the ads being thrown in every other track. I'm thinking about getting this one in a physical media format so I can enjoy it properly.

Trop bien !! Mille samples et HUGE Baby Driver energy

incredibly fun. happy it ended when it did, because it did start to get a little tedious.