Reviews (page 7 of 8)
Pretty boring.
It was kind of interesting at first but it lost me over time. I ended up just not really liking it without being able to put my finger on why. 1969 must have been a crazy time! 2⭐️
This was actually not as bad as I thought it would be, had some interesting sounds here and there, but I just don't see myself ever listening to it again. This is a perfect example of an album that I'd check out once out of curiosity, then forget it ever existed. 2.5 stars
Good Irish band. Nice sound.
OH this sounds very dated and a bit annoying.
Yeh
Unfortunately I have a horrific memory and should have reviewed this earlier HOWEVER I remember by the time I got to the roses song I was in the verge of just stopping altogether. I think slowly but surely it got intolerable and it just got blah. I wish that these albums were more obvious with their influence.
Começa interessante pela emanação com toques medievais e segue apenas nisso.
2/5. Psychedelia taken to the edge I think, just a complete reversal going to back to traditional songs and songwriting mixed with diverse instrumentation and choral arrangements. Mix that with a lot of psychedelics and you got this album. Were they fully present when signing these songs? Most likely not. It wasn't necessarily bad but I don't think I would ever go out of my way to listen to it again or share it with anyone. Maybe it will grow on me (or get worse) over time so for now it stays at 2. Best Song: House Carpenter, Hunting Song, Light Flight
It's like medieval kinda folk music...the more I listened to it the more I hated it.
hmm, kann ich irgendwie nix zu sagen, ist so dahin geplätschert
The Singing: 1 The Music: 4 Seems ahead of it's time. Lol.
I always enjoy a folk rock group, and this album started off strong, but lost me by the end. I don’t know exactly what didn’t work for me, but I thought it was just kind of average overall by the end.
Was hoping for a cool psychedelic experience, not folky church hymns. We going to get some Gregorian Chants on here too? Jesus...
Could be nice in the right circumstances?
Various folksy sounds
good but not for me
I really don't like this at all. It's way too twee, earnest and, frankly, boring.
Last 2 tracks were great, but the turgid folk/prog from the rest of the album was not for me.
Nope. Hippy dippy silly prancing merrymakers.
That's a firm 'meh' from me
Basket of pentarse
I enjoyed the couple of more folk-oriented tracks but the prog-medieval stuff is a bit too niche for my taste. And why three versions of the same song? Pentarse.
What is this folk baroque rock? Take these magic mushrooms, and offer a tribute to the Wicker Man.
Not as god awful as the Incredible String Band which I had a few months ago but still a similar level of hippie bullshit
A bit to folky for me. Don't get why the became song is in the album 3 times, weird. Not terrible tho
I like folk music. I like 60s/70s folk music. This, though, is just uninteresting. There is nothing different or distinct happening here.
Voice was a bit grating and not a lot of moments that stuck out. Probably won't revisit
I dislike Jacqui McShee's voice, to the point where listening to some of these songs was painful. Otherwise, the music is good.
Bland album.
First listen Saved 2/9 Top track: Springtime Promises
Folk rarely manages to get me going, and this was no exception to that generality. Fine enough music, but ultimately boring and forgettable in my opinion. Production was pretty solid, but I was not ultimately into this. 2 / 5.
Not very exciting. Not bad though. Not sure why there's 3 copies of Sally Go Round on the album. Was ready for this one to wrap up after about 15 minutes. 2.5 here that I definitely want to round down.
I bet the people in this band are really smelly. Not terrible but definitely way too crunchy for me.
whatever 2/5
Too much "soulful rich white girl" vibe
Very 60’s RenFaire. Would’ve been a higher grade if I was at an actual renfest
B tier lou reed/velvet underground/nico. Its aight
Levyllinen tätä on aivan liikaa kerta-annoksena. Huh, muuttuu turhankin raskaaksi biisi biisiltä, vaikka ei ole "raskasta" musiikkia.
Kuunneltava, mutta snadisti joutava
VERY tradish' folk. Lots of songs about weather and seasons. My Mum would enjoy it (she loves weather), but it wares a little thin and by the end I was longing for it to finish. Rating: 2.5/5 Playlist track: Light Flight Date listened: 17/06/24
Typical of late 60s folk rock for me, there is some cool instrumentation but I don’t care for the singing. Bert Jansch solo was a little bit better in that respect.
The music isn’t terribly interesting even though it’s the best part of the album. The vocals are bad. The affects and strange phrasings off putting.
This would have been better if Monty Python spoofed it.
Acabando la década de los 60, el folk británico alcanzó con este disco una de sus cumbres. Su encuentro con la música progresiva y el rock produce canciones tan emocionantes como "Light Flight". Destacaría el recurso a instrumentos orientales en la interpretación de la canción folk tradicional "Once I Had a Sweetheart", así como dos grandes temas: "Sally Go Round the Roses", una magnífica versión folk del clásico R&B del grupo de chicas neoyorquino The Jaynetts, y "Springtime Promises".
i don't know what that was
Another strange kind of renaissance album. A couple songs saved it from being absolutely terrible. 2/5 Won’t listen again
I’m not familiar with this artist or album, and folk music can be pretty hit or miss with me, so I knew this album would be a roll of the dice. I didn’t really enjoy this album that much. There were some pleasant arrangements and nice harmonies throughout this, but it was somewhat boring at times, and there wasn’t a lot of variation musically. There were a few songs that had some different sounds, like “Lyke-Wake Dirge” and “Hunting Song,” but even as the high points of the album, I think they were only slightly above average. This album was better than The Incredible String Band, but not by much. My favorite thing about this album was that I could hear how it influenced Nick Drake’s music. This album might have some cultural significance, but it’s not something I’d return to.
Voices are nice, not really my thing
As a rule of thumb, I don't have time for English folk rock. I find it tends to be overly mannered, uptight and a bit bloodless. Several albums on this list that have challenged my prejudices on English folkies (Fairport Convention, Richard & Linda Thompson, John Martyn), which gave me some optimism that Pentangle too would be more to my taste. But sadly, my hopes are dashed. I admire the technique of the various legendary players here, but I just find this lacking in soul. There just isn't any real life in it to my hearing. The only time my ears pricked up was during 'Sally Go Round The Roses', but only to wish it was the far superior 1963 version by the Jaynetts. Bored.
Not good
lol
I was surprised by this. I like Bert Jansch a lot, I know I've heard Pentangle that I quite like, and hadn't heard much of Pentangle that I don't like. There's a lot of Pentangle I don't like here. Nearly every time Jacqui McShee sings on this record it brings in a renaissance faire thing that I can't stand. Usually there's another instrument contributing to that too, but not enough to ruin it on its own. Hunting Song sounds passable when Jansch is singing, terrible when McShee is on. When it gets to the blues of Sally Go Round the Roses she sounds fine, like a normal person singing. Then on the two more traditional tunes that could go either way it just has to go ren fair. The jazz-inflected folk thing has been done to death since, music for half-interested folk festival crowds and for musicians to feel like they can put their degree to use. I can see not having time for any of it. I think when Pentangle is good they're way better than what they influenced. I bet Pentangle has an album worth of stuff I'd like. As a result of this one I'm far less likely to try finding it. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
Is this my type of music? No. Is this good music? Also, no. Am I glad I listened to it once in my life? Yes.
Nun ja. Nicht mein Stil.
This must have been England's response to Genesis
I could not get through this one. Just to baroque and I was not a fan of the vocal stylings.
Correcto musicalmente pero no vá.
Lieblicher Gesang und Gitarre, alles etwas zu pfadiartig.
This is just kind of drab folky nonsense. It's pretty nice until the lyrics kick in.
Of all the 60s folk rock albums packed to the gills with sitar this was one of the more bearable ones I suppose. Instead I listened to Paul’s boutique by the beastie boys and I think I appreciated it quite a bit more than when I was listening to it for the list. Really great production and genius use of sampling.
This was an odd one. Didn't mind some songs, hated some others.
Pretty good sounding late 60's music but again, did not stand out
Just not anything special is it really
Yeah, as per what you both have said. This is twee, dull, and utterly unremarkable. 2/5, it's not actively unpleasant but is no good.
Hailing from the early days of what would become the Folk influence, Pentangle start at the far extremes with something that can be classified as folk, but really sounds like the background music of a Renaissance Fair. 2.5/5
I can appreciate the musicianship and the lead singer’s voice was angelic and pretty but damn, I felt like I was at a Renaissance Fair surrounded by elves, dwarves and fairies and badly wanted to escape.
Some songs I liked, but some were a little too medieval or something.
Hellish piece of media. You will be hearing from my lawyers.
Not a fan of the medieval folk sound.
Hippie bullshit.
It turns out I have an allergic reaction to holy jazz folk.
Listened Before? N Interesting album. Eclectic and unclassifiable. If I were still a stoner I'd probably get way into it. As it is, I didn't mind it at all but probably won't revisit it. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Light Flight
It consistently may sound nice but this is just very standard ‘60s spiritual folk
„Normally“ I like these folk stuff - and also Pentangle. But this album was annoying to listen. No fun at all - only 2 stars and waiting for Clanned
Folk music album from the UK? What a surprise to find more UK artists on this list! /s Slow start to this album, started out thinking maybe its just not for me. It picked up a little towards the middle of the album but not enough to make it good. Best I can do is 2 stars for good vocals. 2/5
Very medieval, very boring.
I feel as though I should have been eating gruel in a medieval army camp. Favorite song was Train Song.
I like music from this era. I like music like this music from this era (Dylan, Mamas and the Papas, Simon and Garfunkel, etc.). This was boring. Beautiful, but boring. Definitely see the merit of it as a folk album. But it really wasn’t at all my jam. Too bad too because I had high hopes. 2.5 stars (rounded down to 2). Standout tracks: Hunting Song, Sally Go around the Roses
Weird
Meh. I didn't get through this album.
Obvious musical talent throughout the entire album, but I just can't appreciate the medieval festival vibe.
I don't know this and I did not care for it. Too medieval-sounding. The straight blues tracks were very nice, but they were few and far between. Nice to get some context on Bert Jansch. But I much preferred his solo work.
If you like to choose between varieties of tea and you smoke weed, you'll love this album. I could only make it through about half and had to switch over to something more modern-sounding.
Felt like Henry VIII was going to storm in the room and sentence me to a violent execution with a soundtrack to back it.
I truly do not know what mood I might be in that would make me think … PENTANGLE! GET ME SOME PENTANGLE! The musicianship is certainly excellent, they clearly understand what they’re doing, and even the production is good given the year and the genre (which can often sound a big rough). But .. I found myself skipping through tracks because it simply did not resonate with me in any way. It even bordered on annoying at times.
Not for me.
It's... not bad, but not good.
Fairport Convention without the heat.
What the world needs now is another folm singer like I need a hole in my head...
Never heard of. Woo-woo-hippie start. Up next, appropriate musical sounds from India.
No
Nah
Some talented stuff and nice voices. Churchy cult vibe was throwing me.
2,9
Renaissance Fair music. Was a bit much.
The acoustic instrumentation sounded good but the singing left something to be desired. Maybe folk is just not my jam.
Didn’t like.
Yep folk music.
Får ångest av denna skiva. De är ju jätteduktiga på att spela men det är i slutändan för jobbigt att lyssna på. Kanske nån gång i livet när man får mer tid men inte nu.
Inget större fel på hantverket egentligen, men den här typen av folkmusik väcker inget hos mig tyvärr. Det blir mest tråkigt i längden. Gillar inte tjejens röst heller.
I'm not on enough drugs for this
Vermutlich wegweisend aber nix für mich - geht als Hintergrund durch.
Fín þjóðlagatónlist .... ekki alveg mitt te
Taking most of the fun out of prog rock lol
I just can't vibe with the whole fol-de-lol type British folk. I love our folk history, but our music was terrible. No wonder so many people decided plague and famine were better options if this was the entertainment available. Anyway, that's what this is. Clearly made by talented people but just not for me
Not very into folksy stuff but her voice is lovely
Danny Thompson plays bass - got me through some of the overly precious moments. Kinda liked parts of it, and it is a little weird.
No, thank you.
Maybe no vocals would make it better for me. Its like unicorns and castles. Isk. Was hard to get through for me.
Not very good
I just can't get into folks at all whatsoever, and this album ain't gonna make me change my mind
Sally went around the roses one too many times.
Better than Amy Winehouse
More 60s folkish stuff. Getting a bit bored of it now.
They were different times
Tämä LP antaa folkista saman kuvan kuin simplistinen epookkidraama, jossa todellisuus värittyy mollivoittoisella romanttisuudella. Ei niin, etteikö tässä olisi jotain nautinnollista: tietyllä tasolla pidämme kaikki fantasiasta, jossa brutaalit valtasuhteet ovat "luonnollisia", ja viehätymme siihen liitetyistä kaihoisista soinnuista. Mutta onneksi voimme edes osittain valita, mitä tuotteita milloinkin kulutamme.
i feel like im at medieval times
Felt weirdly religious. Not a massive fan of the woman's vocals, the man's were more to my taste and I enjoyed his songs more. Springtime Promises was solid.
Maybe there is a time and a place for this medieval sounding folk but I just couldn't get into it at this time. Should revisit at some point.
Reasonably pleasant listen. Probably not gonna listen to it again.
A band you might enjoy seeing at Woodstock, but wouldn't care too much about missing next to the rest of the lineup. I'm pretty lukewarm on this one. On one hand, the almost fairytale-like orchestration of strings and airy vocals are pretty beautiful. But that gets quickly dropped for bluesy guitar melodies and uninteresting lead vocals. A more stripped down track list probably would've done this one more favors.
The last song saved this from being a 1*
It sounds like some good campfire songs. Not sire why it made the 1001 though.
Folk rock isn't my jam but I can see the appeal of this record by Pentangle that was led by the prolific Bert Jansch. Wiki informs that Pentangle is based on the device on Sir Gawain's shield from the Middle English poem... hence the almost medieval sound of this band. They also sound very similar to Renaissance, which was more prog than folk so I like the latter more. Nice writing, good music-manship and nice female vocals, so I give it a nod, but I wouldn't seek this out for repeated listenings to be honest.
It was fine. Not really what I'm into.
Decent for that style, not really my thing
Folk music is definitely not in my likes list and Basket of Light was no exception. This sounded like I was at Church, particularly on Lyke-Wake Dirge. The arrangements were mildly intriguing, but not enough to get me to enjoy it that much. Best: Light Flight Worst: Once I Had A Sweetheart
Interesting listen but definitely an acquired taste that I am not going to give further chances to grow.
I don't like how the harmonies mix. It seems like they are in the wrong keys at times. Its disjointed to me.
WTF
A magical, mystical little journey. This was not my cup of tea, but it wasn't completely terrible. Hunting Song was kinda fire.
Pleasantly forgettable
Interesting but not my cup of tea
crazy hippy shit, pretty listenable. I'd be going 2.9 here if I had more room
Basket of shit
I will never understand this list. In the artists page on apple music this one is under compilations and I'm not sure what that even means. The cover makes this look like a live album but it doesn't exactly sound like one? Who knows. But then you click on the wiki entry and the best single...BEST...reached 43 on the UK charts...not even the US charts. Not even top 20 or 30 or even 40!!!! While the album looks like it was number 5 that still doesn't tell me much. If only there was a 1001 albums list made by someone else...anyone else. I bet we would be getting much better classics than this.
Not a fan of 1960s folk music. This is better than some others though. 2.5
They're funky. And I can dig it. Got a little annoying at the end but oh well.
Uk folk rock, har da lidt charme, men også lidt for kedeligt
Ja, folky. Tenenkrommend vaak maar ook best mooi met vlagen
Ik ruik wierrook en zit ineens in een linnen jumpsuit in een tipi! Gauw afgezet.
Beetje gedateerd en kon mij weinig bekoren
Oef dat was een lange zit. Zweverig hippie-gezever.
Na Korn was dit nogal een overgang.
Good start. Okay I did not know this band but by the cover I definitely did not expect that. Like it. Okay... nevermind... I'm in the 4th song y ya me siento como que evangelizada medieval.... Espero poder terminar de oirlo. Logré escuchar hasta la canción 8.... escuchare Miles Davis.
Really old style folk music 2.5
Oh, no thank you.
Fairly static folk music with gospel undertones. A lack in lyrical content made for a majority of the song writing content just being "la la la ooh ooh ooh la la la"
BL: never heard of Pentangle before, I like the RAH feature in the album cover. AL: it wasn’t my thing massively. I enjoyed many aspects and I can objectively say this is a “good” album. However it doesn’t align with my tastes, folk-rock has never massively been my thing. There were some tracks I could find myself getting into, but generally speaking I didn’t think this was to my tastes, despite being a very clearly well crafted album full of love. FT: “Springtime Promises”, “Cold Mountain”, “I Saw an Angel” 2/5
Not really much to make of this. Was rather boring. Might revisit.
Every song sounded the same
Sättet hon sjöng på påminde om cranberries.
Dnl yet
Folky. 2.5 maybe. Not my sound
Wikipedia labels this as “folk jazz”? Finally found a genre that doesn’t rly go with jazz
I mean you can hear the influence, but it's really tough.
It has a very church/cult kind of sound to it. Would probably go well in a soundtrack dealing with those topics...
Not really my thing
What a weird album. These songs sound like they would be used for a 1971 B-movie about a murderous band of hippies, especially during a scene where they are dancing around chanting. All filmed with a dreamy, grease lens of course.
Everything sounds pretty much the same
Church songs... And why the hell do they make a extended version with 3 versions of the same boring song?
House Carpenter is excellent, but ultimately, my wife came into the kitchen whilst I was working and listening to this album through the Bluetooth speaker and said “What the fuck are you listening to?”
Felt like I had just cut off the head of a Necker on my way to Velen but occasionally stopped off to suck on a Succubus’ tit. It produced some imagery of Witcher 3 and also What We Do in the Shadows. 1 star for each
I have no idea what I'm listening to, I'm gonna be honest. Usually I can find something in it that's familiar but I have no idea this time. It's good, I'm not gonna lie but it's odd. It got very religious out of nowhere too. Some of this kinda reminds me of Kate Bush in a weird way.
Disc folk clàssic i ben executat, però que acaba avorrint una mica.
This was weird. Part of it sounded like the Medieval Times soundtrack and part had a culty vibe. Not for me.
Weird
Mid
I didn’t pay much attention to this. I didn’t really understand why people like it.
I thought this was going to be some subversive satanic rock or some bible-thumping chamber music based on the cover. I'm glad it's just some harmless 60s folk music. The name of the band and the album cover evoke thoughts and judgements that do not align with the actual music at all, it had me worried for a moment there. It’s harmless but boring.
I start to feel bad about my predisposition against compilation-tier British output, then I realize I'm listening to compilation-tier British music. No real stinkers on this record except maybe the opener, but it totally failed to make an impression. The critical consensus suggests hidden depths, but for now it's a footnote to straight-folk albums from the same time and place which are actually good.
A weird crossover between Christian music and folk. Not the best album to listen to all the way through. Some of the folky songs weren’t too bad but overall it dragged and wasn’t that special. 3.7/10
Didn't really like this album that much at all.
2.5
Soft as hell. Mamas and papa's vibe
Meh
Quite weird, but quite chill, at times catchy
Voða mikið hippadót. Það mætti segja að dagsnúmerið eigi vel við. Ekkert rosalega markvert í gangi.
Sort of folk jazz with some English earnestness. Some really epic upright bass playing.
It’s the soundtrack to your Renaissance Faire weekend outing with that friend who scored some awfully-mediocre stank weed. Embarrassing to say you enjoyed some of it.
Empieza movido y llega a un momento demasiado folk para mi gusto. Seguramente es un referente para wiccans y folk actual pero esa mitad me aburrió. 2.5 que bajo a 2 porque no creo volverlo a escuchar
Vaya que fue un disco aburrido. Y eso que creo que el folk me gusta, pero esto sí se pasó y la verdad es de los que menos me han parecido que merecen estar en la lista.
Skipped most of it.
It's Ren Fair-Rock with songs mixed in that have nothing to do with the medieval themes. It doesn't sound bad, but an odd album.
2/11, 18%
An unintentional cliche of 60’s English folk music. Mostly bad. A few pleasant moments (all without the cloying vocals) save this from the one star dumpster.
Honestly had forgotten I had listened to this.
2/5 Sally go round the roses top song
Definitely a bit of a change from the usual on this list. The range of instrumentation is enough to keep me just slightly interested, but beyond that I don’t think there’s much to come back for. 3/10
Enya fap.
Female singer. British folk jazz. Kinda weird, dancing forest fairy music
Not their best album. I prefer pentangle
Folk ain't for me
um... I can't... am I in church? am I a buddhist? possibly a muppet? or am I just a hippie having a low-key life crisis while things *ding* all around me???
Not my thing
What in the commune did I just listen to? First track was 4 stars because it wasn't CSNY/Rolling Stones. But it got old quick. I can't imagine a person/group of color putting out this album with this (lack of vocal) quality and getting on this list. White mediocrity. Backing music was really good!
The folky stuff is OK but there's only so much I can cope with in one sitting
Starts off strong but then falls into a slightly dull, overly wholesome monotony. Giving it a 2 because I've given out a lot of 3s lately..
At first I hated it for the voices. Then I quite liked it for some of the music. Eventually I became completely indifferent to it.
This went on for so long.
Stop singing! Stick to what you're good at - sick instrumentations!
Pretty good folk album
Not really sure of this one.
Nope
Alright, nothing special for me though. I kind of get a Beatles vibe at times.
I'm not enjoying these vocals. Train Song is very cool, though.
Was alright, not for me though I think
Cheap-mans version of Renaissance. But no where near as good. Just could not get in to this. D+
I don't like folk much.
I did not care for the album. I was not familiar with the band or any of the songs. The songs were uninspiring and I did not need to listen to this album. No need to listen to again.
swing your pants
This is the album that ended the hippy movement
I definitely preferred the more funky ones, have to say most of it was a bit aggravating... The woman's voice in particular, too high and airy. Give it some welly
Periaatteessa ihan okei harmitonta soittelua, mutta ei tämä folk-setti oikein ole oma juttu. Snadi dislike, joten kakkosella mennään.
Tämä ei kyllä toiminut yhtään. Jotain taiteellista folkia kai? Ei jäänyt oikein mitään päähän parilla kuuntelukerralla. Hieman Jethro Tull-tyyppinen äänimaailma, mikä ei valitettavasti ole positiivinen asia. Peruskakkosen arvoista rallattelua.
I guess it was nice for a time. But not for me
It's ok for an old style of music that just doesn't work anymore. 2/5.
Twee medieval weirdness. Might sound good round an open fire in the vale of Avalon in 1969.. less so on a monday morning in work in 2022 trying to decipher how to edit Microsoft spreadsheets.
couldn't get into it, they all remind me of Christmas songs
It was exactly what I’d expect from the band and it was listenable but not really my thing. 2*
That was weird. Didn't hate it though.
Technically accomplished folk music with high-art aspirations, but man oh man is it ever not my jam at all.
Meh
I had never heard of this before. It feels very, very much of its time. In that, it succeeds. As something I'd listen to on a regular basis, it doesn't hit a chord.
I'm sorry - I'm amazing! All these bands I've never listened to sound exactly like I thought they would! I don't understand the fascination with olde worlde folk music. Probably important though.
Wasn't what I was expecting. Thought.it was going to be Death Metal. As folksy stuff goes it was okay.
Musica de igreja?
Wtf är detta för konstigt? Nej men extremt underligt typ Ronja Rövardotter inte min grej riktigt 2/5
At first I hated it for the voices. Then I quite liked it for some of the music. Eventually I became completely indifferent to it.
weird and band name sounds like a squid orgy
hmm interesting, progressive folk I don't think is a sound for me, at lease in these more lofty kind of baroque feels. This just seemed largely snooty and disinterested to me. Didn't have the more warm personal comforts that come to define folk for me. Talented musicianship and well written stuff, just not super interesting
Ich weiß auch nicht. Eigentlich sympathischer als eine zwei, aber manche Stücke sind wirklich zum Jaulen.
hin und her gerissen zwischen flockigem Folkpop und sektisch beweihräuchertem Ethno-Quatsch. Kein großer Fan dieser ätherischen Vashti Bunyan Stimmen. 1.9 reicht
Not a fan
A couple good songs, but idc about the king's third son
Not a huge fan of this summer of love type of music.
that was alright, i'm not big on folk but it was ok as background noise
Not my style of music at all
Nope.
Felt like fairy music
This album is why I don't go to ren fairs.
"Folk jazz" is not something that should exist.
1.5
Fuck no fuck you fuck this I feel like I’m back in fucking church! this is giving me fucking flashbacks to kneeling on a fucking pew and singing psalms with creepy Catholic men! why the fuck IS THIS ON HERE FUCK NO Like someone said, the musicianship and instrumentation can be commended while the whole album is still unlistenable.
Ugh
Not for me.
I'm sure this was serious music at one point in time but currently hard to take it seriously. The folkiest folk band that every folked??
Female singer has a beautiful voice I’ll be fine if I don’t hear this again😬
i felt like ia accidently walked in into a cult meeting
This was really bad. Hated the sitar, the music, the singing. 1/5
springtime promises
What the hell was that? Music like this is exactly why I avoid medieval markets. After just two songs, I couldn't take it anymore and turned that crap off. 1/5
This is a project I knew nothing about going in other than that this has an absolutely stunning album cover, and after completing this project from front to back I am left a bit underwhelmed but also satisfied with its' quality. Don't get me wrong I enjoy Folk music, especially Folk Rock, but when it came to The Pentangle's Basket of Light it just felt like it ran out of ideas very early on and became very plain and dry by the end of the 40 minute runtime. Even with the nice harmonies, simple instrumentals, and slightly lengthy track times, this album still felt like it hit a brick wall after the first 2 tracks and never really recovered. I wish I was more into this but I left very empty-handed and slightly frustrated here. Don't know what else to say so I guess nuff said?...
Too folky for me but musicianship was interesting.
Liked parts of it but couldn’t get past the vocals. The singers sounded off-key and took me out of the music. I didn’t finish the album
By Azura, by Azura, by Azura! It's the Grand Champion! I can't believe it's you! Standing here! Next to me!
British folk and very meh.
Feel like I’m in a catholic mass.
Gear: Moondrop Variations Artwork: 🏟️🌜🪔 Production: 👂🩺🧈 Music: 🪕⚔️😂 Rating: 🗡️(🛡️)/5
Absolutely excruciating
Primeiro álbum que penso "puta merda, não acaba nunca". Fiquei entediada o tempo todo que pegava pra escutar, e mesmo assim, não conseguindo mesmo fragmentando em cada hora do meu dia. Não tive nenhum interesse na banda e nem no álbum em si, pra mim, o conceito todo é sem graça. A música mais próxima de "finalmente, vem ai algo bom?" foi "Train Song". Escutei picado, e foi uma das experiências mais chatas com um álbum que tive.
Mierda, caca, heces, excremento, sorete, y por que no, diarrea.
Not a top 5,000 album chanting that really not good at all.
Very weird, medieval style folk music. Not a fan
q falopa es esto. demasiado psicodélico y experimental. quizás le de otra oportunidad algún dia
Some hippie bullshit
God no. I couldn’t get past the first few songs.
This is a renaissance festival of an album.
Not for me
nah
I just don't have the patience for this.
No, thank you
The Good: Who doesn’t like a basket of light? The Bad: Finding out that the basket has a hole in it… The Ugly: Ever tried cleaning up spilled light? Sure, I could just start this review off with a What The Actual Fuck!??!!?!??!!??! but why bother. I am realizing that I should be thankful that my parents had to sit through this shit instead of me… Maybe they love it… I don’t. Pentangle, 5? really? Oh, wait… read the wiki… Some of the guitar playing is pretty damn solid though. So they have that going for them… but that’s about it. I fear that I will blow a gasket if I see another “folk rock” album present itself… unless it is aqualung… which I will play now just to rinse the bad taste out of my mouth. Sorry for all those who love this.. 1*
A lot of sounds mashing together that do not agree with each other.
Ugh... Late 60s British Hippie Folk is not my jam. I kind of knew this from a podcast that I listen to but this confirms it. Definitely not a fan of Jacqui McShee's nor Bert Jansch. 1/5
l’impression d’être dans une forêt médiévale irlandaise soundtrack parfaite pour une partie de loups garous interminable je crois qu’on m’a jeté un sort au cours de cette écoute help me
There is no reason for this album to be on this list either. Could not finish it.
Not for me. Renaissance faire nonsense that wasn’t enjoyable to listen to. I tried to listen as long as I possibly could but found no enjoyment in it at all.
Reminds me of Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones, very folk-thematic, which makes sense, as it is a folk-rock band. Not my cup of tea, as while the music is beautiful, it is quite chaotic and monotone. Not a big fan of the tone of the voice of the female singer, as it is quite high all the time and just seems as she's not singing fully from her chest. Hunting Song and Sally Go Round the Roses were the highlights of the album.
Sounded like a group of music teachers and their "cool" music.
Oof tried to be open minded but couldn’t do it. Kinda liked some parts of Train song, though.
Jefferson Airplane crashed into Joan Baez and whatever this is emerged from the wreckage. I can almost imagine being really into it when it came out -- it combines really influential elements of music culture at the time -- but it also feels a little too much like a parlor trick, like the videos where someone plays a dozen songs using the same the chords. Okay, now what? I didn't feel a deeper connection to anything going on.
Speaking of not loving Ren-Faire-core… I eventually made it halfway through this. I can say without hesitation that 200 albums into this project, this was the album I hated the most.
Sadly another example of an album that did nothing for me. I don’t know whether this style of folk doesn’t connect with me, or whether it’s something else. I find this type of lyricism sometimes to be rather tedious, and I can’t explain why. The instrumentals were all nice enough, although I can’t say I was a massive fan of the vocals. Yeah this just kinda passed through me, nothing really drew me in.
This album felt like eating a kebab at midday, you know you won’t really appreciate it unless it’s 3am and you’ve had a gazillion beers. I felt the same way listening to this album sober, maybe if I had three tabs of LSD I’d appreciate it more. In saying that, night train made me think of a cut scene in a surf movie, where they’re driving around barren roads somewhere between get shacked off their melons
Exceptionally dull
Made me feel like I was at a ren fair and that’s not a compliment. I swear I could smell the BO and Mountain Dew.
Corny
Crap. Might have been listenable but for the vocals. I made it through once song fully (sally go round). All others were utterly unlistenable.
Not a fan of this churchy hippie music
Ugh
Interesting. A 3 perhaps? At most. Might only be a 2. A one
0.4
I did not enjoy a moment of listening to this. The vocalists, both male and female, sounded like they were trying way too hard to sound ancient and folksy and whimsical, and it just doesn’t work at all.
The woman singing reminds me of the Yoko Ono clip with Chuck Berry and the man singing is like Morrissey singing but in lowercase. Absolute cacophony of sounds that just do not make anything pleasing or worth revisiting. Album #3 that I refuse to believe provided any real influence.
You cannot find me a more discouraging feeling than listening to this for 25 minutes and then finding out that you’ve been on shuffle and having to start over.
Typical British 60’s Folk Rock. Pretentious & boring.
Gorgeous virtuosic album. I really didn't like it.
Not a huge fan of this genre of folk music