A Date With The Everly Brothers

Church boy shit

Classic tunes, classic hits and classic waves.

Yawn - so glad I was not around when these songs were THE TOPS of the day. Cute and warm.

Solid do-wop pop. These guys made it short and simple. Nothing too complicated here.

I'm not sure if this album predates all the really iconic 60s music or if it's a super generic album. Fun songs and catchy tunes though. Loving the length of the songs/album. If I was a teenage boy fanning over a girl in the 60s I'd probably have this on repeat.

It’s a too cute for me - and very dated

Nothing complicated here. Simple melodies, sweet songs about love and yearning and heartbreak. Also... because it's nothing complicated, each song sounds very similar. Musically, they're different, but I'd like a little depth in the emotion. Maybe a little about Dad's coming home from Korea and he's not quite the same. Something more. Come on, guys. My Rating: 3/5

Hard to not feel the sexism throughout after the opening track, feels weird man

Easy listening background music 5/10

3.5

Better than the beach boys

4/22/2025: classic, very good

Each song is the same. I know why it's on the list which is more than I can say for some of the albums on this list.

Too sugary for me but perfectly fine

very good old songs

I like certain Everly Brothers songs (they have some utter classics), but they don't have much range. It's an okay listen if you like 50's pop bands.

I enjoyed this date very much. 10/10 would go on another.

It captures the late fifties, early sixties vibe well enough. You can see where their vocal harmonies were leading things at the time.

Just whatever. Not very interesting.

Relaxed music but dated

Undoubtedly influential to the sound of thr early to mid 60s (looking at you early Beach Boys and Beatles albums). However, it just doesn't really offer anyrhing all that exciting or interesting in retrospect. It is very short though so it never out stays it's welcome.

Yeah it’s predictable and exactly what I expected from this genre but it’s still nice listening. Just wish older bands experimented more. I’m so sick of that tired ass rock n roll chord progression (looking at you Lucille)

Jolly album, of its time and finishing with one of the great songs of all time.

на любителя.

Like okay

Enjoyed this album, but small criticism, they really don't know how to end a song; fade out is a lazy way to finish pretty much every song.

Sweet young lads i suppose. This is the time period where if the song was not about love or a woman (usually both) it did not get recorded. Bit too lovey-dovey and mating songs kind of vibe for me. These are the kind of songs that teenagers and young adults of that time would play at every single event where two genders of that time would meet in hopes of trying to get laid. Decent singing voices i guess. Does not hit too many strings with me. Maybe im too young for this kind of whatever this is.

Extremely clean cut, but my god these bastards could harmonise. A classic for a reason.

I guess every generation has emo boy bands. Why would you choose to make whiny loser your brand? But clearly it resonates with people?

I'm not fussed either way by this album, apart from their massive hit "Cathy's Clown" - which is great - the rest of the album is meh!

⭐ Rating: 3.8/5 Well-Groomed Sad Boys in Perfect Harmony It’s clean. It’s charming. It’s not trying to change the world—just trying to get their girlfriend back. And you know what? There’s something comfortingly dramatic about that.

This was pretty good! Made To Love starts off nice, very cute song. Baby What You Want Me To Do has nice music. The rest of the album is nice, fun to hear. Best song: Made To Love

Kind of a one-trick pony, really grates on you after a few songs.

Apparently an influential group...glad this genre of music died.

Loved every second of it. Delightful.

Incredible harmonies and voices. A bit dated in terms of subject matter, but enjoyable anyway.

Look, it's good at what it is, but it really ain't my thing. Musically fun, but the lyrics are so incessantly inane.

So dull... 1

Had a pretty good time with this but that may just be because I watched Wild at Heart recently

this isn’t what i expected - I half expected more frank sinatra, and this is more if the early beatles were american. So it’s not great per se but it’s also not awful. some of the guitar solos on this are so boring it’s hilarious - the same 2 notes played about 20 times. I think literally every song ends by fading out which is hilarious.

Crazy how they took inspiration from Benson Boone for Sign Cry, Almost Die

They're not getting a second date, that's for sure

Ovo nikako nije moja šolja čaja

1.5 - whiny chipmunks singing songs about girls. Totally white-washed rock n roll. The only thing that was ok was love hurts

The initial phase of rock and roll had come and gone and The Everly Brothers were a solid foundation to lead on. A nice date with them doesn't sound like a bad time to be had and they made the time worthwhile. Twelve songs, less than thirty minutes, mostly killer. Surely some nice fellows you can take home to Mom and Dad. Favorites: Made to Love, That's Just Too Much, Sigh, Cry, Almost Die, Always It's You, Love Hurts, So How Come (No One Loves Me), Donna, Donna, Cathy's Clown.

I want to hear the modern versions of these same songs. Like what is the 2025 version of "Donna, Donna" where someone is singing about a tease and him being pissed even though it's really just entitlement. There's such an old sound to these guys considering how much music changed over the next 10 years. Good sound but of its time.

I get why this is here. It's a fine album, with some fine compositions and a fine example of early1960s music. I would rather listen to Sam Cooke, or Elvis or Roy Orbison.

To far back for me and not the Beatles or the Stones.

Pretty songs, but apart from the banger that is "Love Hurts" (wasn't aware that Nazareth were doing a cover), nothing too remarkable.

Songs of love and heartbreak for, I imagine, the teen market. It transcends that by showcasing the Everly's stunning (and influential) close-harmony singing and by containing the first recordings of Love Hurts and Cathy's Clown.

forgettable

Not a bad oldie album. Some songs I had heard before thanks to my parents playing stuff from this era. Didn't know Love Hurts was originally by them. But I still like Nazareths cover better. Joan Jett has a good cover of it too.

This was fine. A bit old fashioned for my taste. Lovely vocal harmonies though. The first song is a bit skin crawling to a modern ear

Defenetly not the killer level.

Super Generic sounding and it all sounds the same. The singing is also grating.

2.5

I enjoyed this - very 60s pop - some stone cold classics too.

Classic 60‘s vibe. Old school Rock‘n‘Roll

So much of the music I love is inspired by these songs.

Not my style

3.5. I enjoyed this

Time gone by. The harmonies are flawless.

Early 60s pop is very.. ugh. Schmaltzy. Not my jam. Thankfully a very short album.

Ok, this is so melodramatic it’s hilarious. I can’t take this seriously. Maybe I could have if I were a tween girl, but even then…

Very outdated bubble gum pop from the early 60s. Thank goodness the Beatles came along and changed the trajectory of American pop.

It's meh. Some of the guitar effects were cool though. Favorite Tracks: That's Just Too Much, Baby What Do You Want Me To Do 2.5/5

Love hurts it’s such an incredible song, and I had not listened to their version. The rest of the album is pretty but less memorable.

Another one I didn’t expect to be nearly as enjoyable! Great voices, fun tunes. Never gets too dull or maudlin. It’s a bit particular to the time, and perhaps not useful in all situations, but in the right moment it’s good for multiple listens.

An album 3.5 ratings were made for, rounded down.

Just go listen to La Luz

I was expecting something very samey, but it wasn't. Quite good actually. Favorite song: stick with me baby

Short, simple, enjoyable, early rock and roll. High 3

Tuttuja sointukiertoja

Listening to music like this and it being called "rock and roll" is pretty funny to me these days, knowing what has come of this genre with time. As I listen to this, I keep thinking to myself - this is is a bit too sappy. I wonder what it must have felt like listening to this when it was contemporary. Did it blow people's heads off? Love Hurts was pretty interesting though, was fun realising what it is I am listening to, having gotten used to another rock band's apparent cover of it (I never knew it wasn't an original!)

How is this on the list but doesn't even have the song All I Have To Do Is Dream

A bit simple, but you can hear the proto-rock. I found most of the songs to be a bit bland for my taste, and while the harmonies are well executed, they started to grate after just a few tunes. I dig the tick-tack shuffle vibes, but it's just one step shy of being something I'd listen to regularly.

Not too bad, didn't listen to the whole thing yet, Cathy's clown elliott smith reference?

Standing below half an hour, this warm and inviting pop spectacle ends before it can get too repetitive. It’s extremely clear to see the influence that the Everly Brothers had on the insane success of acts like the Beach Boys and the Beatles. It’s just like the cover says, these songs are great for listening and/or dancing to. I didn’t personally engage in the latter. As for the album as a standalone piece of music, you can’t expect it to be much more than what it literally says on the tin, a nice collection of early 60s pop. And, as with so many other cases, you wouldn’t want it to be much more.

reading through reviews of this album, i think a lot of the importance of the everly brothers is lost on modern audiences. yeah, this music is juvenile and a bit eye-rollingly too much about love, but it's also music for teenagers of the era. you can tie a direct line from this stuff to a lot of modern pop music. but what makes the everly brothers the most special to me is their harmonies, which are unmatched for the era and were immediately influential on a lot of their successors (the beatles, et al.). all that said, this isn't my favorite crop of songs from the everlys. but i do adore their sound and there are some Stone Cold Classics on here ('love hurts,' 'cathy's clown')

This has dated so badly in so many ways. Was this really important (or good)? 2.5

I wasn’t big on this one.

Not gonna lie, this was a fun record. It honestly sounds more modern than 1960… Gives off a sunshine rock, surf rock vibe and a touch of Folk. Better than expected. Favorites: Made to Love, Always It’s You, Love Hurts

Meh

The Everly Brothers hit me on a nostalgic level. I listened to a lot of stuff as a kid. Cathy's Clown was a bit of an anthem in our household as m mom's name is Cathy, so my dad was often referred to as, "Cathy's Clown." They straddled the fine line between rockabilly and country, and their harmonies are incredible.

50s pop. Nothing exciting.

72% Best: Baby What You Want Me to Do; Lucille Must-Hear? No. Run of the mill 50s/60s music.

Een typisch jaren 60 album, gezellige korte liedjes van twee mannen waarvan het hart echt te vaak is gebroken. Mijn persoonlijke favorieten waren love hurts en donna donna. Zou ‘m zeker nog een keer opzetten.

A date with the Everly Brothers doesn't sound very fun. It's the same shit over, and over with a few high points every now, and then. Favorite Song: "Baby What You Want Me To Do".

Date went okay, probably won’t go on a second one though.

RnR, 1960 -> 2-3

Listened Before? N Great voices and a really solid album. Evokes a different time in America. My father would probably wax nostalgic over this. Unusual format, having the biggest hits buried in the middle and at the end, but hey - clearly it was a different time as I said. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Cathy's Clown, Made to Love

• 3/5 • sappy pop, but influential • surprising that the best tracks are on side B

Gets repetitive but really pleasant tunes.

I think this record has dated rather a lot - it is likely to have been pretty influential. The Everly brothers seem to have been up there with the movers and shakers of the late 50s music world. It's an album that in its lyrical content brings out the broader sophistication of rock and pop music after the mid-60s. Not an album I'm likely to play in the future.

Sounds like a band trying really hard to make the best of constraints put on it: terrible vocals stuck in an extremely square sense of time. The thing it reminds me of most is the AI slop you see on YouTube, "X in the style of Y". It doesn't have the human touch. There's something not quite right about it. (the thing that's not quite right is that it sucks) Worse backing band and this would be a 1 star music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Boy thank god pop music took another turn after this eh? Imagine this is still what we were listening to.

Pleasant listening from the Brothers <3

I like the one song

Not the kinda music I generally find myself listening to. Very pleasant and unchallenging … but nice!

2.0

Good. Bit samey but nice enough.

Enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. Nice harmonies.

Lol! Im sure If I was born in the 30/40s this would be romantic and id love it :)

I like this kind of thing in short bursts maybe but man a full album of this is way too corny.

Zzzzzzzz

Bad then, bad now.

Definitely dated but not in a bad way. Safe, clean-cut white boy rock/pop that would make your visit to the malt shop a more pleasant experience. This album wouldn't get the parents wound up and it would make them think that maybe there was something to this "rock and roll" music. Flawless harmonies!

good diner music

We get it, you like girls. Seriously though this is all classic young handsome 60’s youth. They blend voices nicely, but nothing here is particularly new. Maybe I’m missing something but it didn’t intrigue me enough to go find out what. I suppose if you really like this style then this certainly won’t turn you off from it. Favorite - So How Come

Sweet and innocent pop tunes. Great harmony between the brothers. Family love!

This is #day143 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... it's been a while since I messed up the numbers. It was supposed to be #day142 yesterday, and I wrote 143 in my review. Anyway. Unlike most of the rock and roll releases I've heard on the list, this one has some fine tunes. But this isn't the record I'll revisit soon, if ever. There's Love Hurts, which I didn't remember, was first recorded by The Everly Brothers... Anyway, this is a 2 out of 5, not a 3. Looking forward to #day 144, and I do mean 144 now.

Prekursorzy Jonas Brothers i wszystkich cute boysbandów śpiewających dla rozmarzonych nastolatek. Dobre jako znak czasów, na tamten etap na pewno chwytliwe i nawet dosyć fajne muzycznie, słychać jeszcze echa epoki bluesa, dosłownie słyszę jak wysoko i niemal pod brodami chłopaki trzymają gitary. Podwójny wokal to też chyba było novum w tamtych czasach, domyślam się, że byli bardzo wczesnym prekursorem chórków w muzyce rozrywkowej. Patrząc na lata ich działalności nietrudno odgadnąć, że musieli mieć ogromny wpływ na późniejsze zespoły. Słuchając ich widzę te amerykańskie przedmieścia lat 50-tych, wymuskane domy i dziewczyny w spódnicach za kolano (coś à la wczesna Sandy w "Grease"). Teraz to już się zdewaluowało, ale rozumiem, dlaczego ta płyta wylądowała na liście. Podsumowując - przyjemne, ale anachroniczne. Idealnie wyważone 3.

This music should sound ancient. Sometimes simplicity is a key. I almost could give it a 4 but frankly within boys singing about love genre you need something outstanding to win me over.

A Date with the Everly Brothers is pleasant, efficient, and undeniably well made, but it rarely reaches beyond that. The harmonies are as smooth and locked in as their reputation promises, and there is a relaxed charm running through the record, yet it often feels more like a collection of nicely delivered songs than a fully shaped album experience. It drifts along comfortably, never pushing too hard in any direction. The strength here is consistency, but that is also its limitation. Tempos stay safe, arrangements are clean and predictable, and emotional range remains fairly narrow. Songs pass by agreeably without demanding much attention, and while nothing is actively weak, very little truly stands out either. The album works best in the moment, less so in memory, with tracks blending together into a warm but indistinct whole. Ultimately, A Date with the Everly Brothers feels like a snapshot rather than a statement. It captures the duo doing what they do best, singing beautifully and sounding effortless, but it does not aim for depth or evolution. That is not a flaw so much as a ceiling.

Getting through my backlog of albums, and put this one on because of its super short play time of 27 minutes. Wholesome and catchy. Bit sweet innit. Rather dreamy. There is a charm to this. It's obviously dated, an album of its time, but nonetheless…it's got something to it. "Stick with me baby" was a standout track. Really enjoyed this one; radiates charm. Lovely catchy guitar to get stuck in your head. Cool. I didn't go into this expecting to liking it. But it's simple, catchy fun. "Sigh, cry, amost die"…I can't help being charmed by songs like this. Impossibly dreamy. Same with "Love hurts" I know these songs aren't necessarily doing anything special or new. It's easy listening, and I can't help liking it. Having said that, by the 7th song, I am getting a wee bit fatigued of the sweet sound; almost becoming saccharine by now. The songs are all doing a similar twee thing, which is nice, but it'd be nicer if they switched it up as well. I'm rather surprised Cathy's clown was the most played song at 39M+ plays. It was unmemorable for me. Some of the rarer songs were much better. I didn't expect myself to give this thing 4 stars, but I enjoyed it too much to give it any less…

This is all thanks to BBC’s Arena. Lovely doc from the 80s about their comeback, which I watched a couple of years ago. Before that had never paid any attention at all to them.

Clearly a very important influence on my favourite band ever, but it is still nascent rock and roll, and quite twee, but there are a couple of hints and then you get a worldie to close the album, worth a star on its own

Mercifully short...Nazareth or Roy or Joan or really anyone's cover of Love Hurts is superior...

A lovely, joyful album. The harmonies are fantastic, of course. You can hear how they influenced so many others, not least Messrs Lennon and McCartney. The version of Lucille - compared to Little Richard's - shows where this sits on the scales of Rock'n'Roll. Beautiful rather than ballsy.

A little twee but some great guitar solos. The harmonies are spot on, without a vocoder to be heard. Cathy's Clown is a five star song alone. All albums should be 27 minutes long. Or short.

I dont know, too oldie for me. 3/5

Nice harmonies and guitar sounds in places. Short pop songs. This was ok, probably won’t listen again.

18/12/24 They have good voices, but it was a bit slow.

Groovy white boys with soul. Not my favorite but one of my mom's favorite and it radiates nostalgia for a time I've never seen or been to before.

An album of stuff that's a little bit better than the Beatles' worst stuff. Would recommend if you like early rocknroll or dowop music but other than that, give it a miss

Absolutely brilliant. The sound of The Everly bros is so clean and fresh and such good harmonies which is such an intrinsic part of their sound. Representative of a good era which the music evokes. Good listen

4.25

This was short, to the point where most of the tracks seem to be faded out halfway through, which actually isn't a bad thing. It's not bad because literally every track on this album is appalling. We have incredibly creepy lyrics, sickly-sweet vocal delivery, and awful rock and roll music. This is a nasty album from start to finish, but hits a low point in the cover of Lucille; wow, that is such an awful, sanitised version of Little Richard's classic. I read a little about the Everly Brothers, already sure that their tale would involve drug abuse, and indeed it does. Seems that their drug of choice was speed, which figures; they even managed to find a seedy drug to be addicted to. This is a clear one star album, painful to listen to, no talent to display. Instead, I felt slightly unclean at the end of my listen. If I walked into a bar and I heard this music being played, I would do an immediate U-turn and exit.

Is this album just here for Love Hurts? I'm betting this is one of the albums that got cut in later editions.

The spirit of Take That, A-ha and One Direction, if not their music, already existed during the late fifties / early sixties, as this album proves. Of course, boys bands from that time period have some sort of timeless cinematic charm. But they're boys bands nonetheless. You still have stellar work on the vocal harmonies, of course. Oh and you have the original version of "Love Hurts", then made even more famous by Roy Orbison, Gram Parsons, Nazareth or Traffic's Jim Capaldi. Enough to grant the two playboys three stars, I guess. But not enough to include them in my own list. Let's just be serious for one second. Un point en français pour mes chers compatriotes s'étant éventuellement égaré dans cette section de "reviews". Maintenant je connais aussi la chanson adaptée par l'équipe artistique de Claude François pour son "Belles, Belles, Belles", originellement écrite par un des frères Everly sur ce disque. On notera juste que le tube des yéyés de Claude François suit de fait la version bien plus enlevée enregistrée par Eddie Hodges que le morceau original. Même pour les chansons qu'ils écrivaient eux-mêmes, les deux frangins passent définitivement comme responsables d'interprétations très "vanilla" du bon vieux rock de grand-papa. Si vous voulez bien me passez l'anglicisme ici... 3/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 5. 8/10 for more general purposes (5 + 3) Number of albums left to review: around a hundred, as I've gone over the 1000 line and this generator is including albums from all editions of the book Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 441 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 260 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 320 (including this one)

So whiny. But hey, thanks for inspiring the Beatles!

Thumbs up for good old fashioned songs. It takes me back to my youth, young love and school dances. Cathy's Clown, a classic. A great album by legends.

Jolly album

I liked it a decent bit. I still like buddy holly over them but they weren’t far behind. The vocal harmonies are great and cool to hear what John and Paul were taking inspiration from. I enjoyed the guitar a lot more than I thought I would too. Rating: 4.2

No. 1/10

bad beach boys

A nice collection of songs, the later half better than the first half.

Still enjoyable. Takes one back to a simpler time.

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

When you take a break and come back to the project and have a selection of albums to choose from - and then you see The Everly Brothers - you smile, because it’s going to be a happy day. Simple but oh so good. No hiding behind sounds, yah gotta be able to sing, and oh boy can they.

Never heard this before. I can see how this might have worked as an introduction to a broader range of musical styles to suburban America while keeping it palatable by having clean-cut white boys performing. But looking at it now, there's nothing palatable about it. Any emotion or energy in the underling music is diluted through the production and results in an unlistenable album for me. For example, comparing it to Please Please Me (which came out 3 years later and bears surface similarities), there is so much more energy and inventiveness to the music. I'm also surprised at how often the harmonies seem to be off and how often they seem to slip in and out of tune. There are some exceptions (Always It's You, Cathy's Clown), but having only paid attention to the Everlys from afar, I thought their quality pipes and harmonies would be rock solid. It's interesting to hear the first recorded version of Love Hurts. Even considering it as a historical document, I can't give this album more than 2 stars.

Boring.

It was ok for 1960 rock and roll. But I feel like Ray Orbison, Elvis Presley, Chubby Checker or Sam Cooke have held up better over the years.

This is the G-rated, Disney music of the 50's. I know: the album came out in 1960, but I would classify it as the springboard for much of the changes that better represent the 60's: launching the Beatles, the punk rock movement, and the general shift of music to more "life" and less an idealized aesthetic. I'm glad this is on the list, as it is a good representation of that base point from which a lot of styles were carved out over the subsequent three or four decades. Like a G-rated Disney movie, it's cute, inoffensive, but feels a little light and sweet. In other words, it's fine, but not something I'll listen to much, so it's a 2.8.

Too syrupy sweet for my tastes.

Outdated and unoriginal. The covers are better.

I thought Houmous and Chutney were the only group brave enough to finish an album with the hit single? Huge amount of respect to Beverley & Neverley for that! 2.5

J'imagine qu'un album de ce duo était nécessaire, mais dans les albums de vieux pop vocal de ce genre, il y a bien meilleur que ça. 5/10

Qué trancazo descubrir que de aquí salió Love hurts. Tiene otras más muy conducidas, pero como aquella, en voces de otros artistas. Buen disco, cortito y ligero. Aunque siempre que quiera escuchar esas canciones, creo que me iré por los covers.

Music from a simpler time. Haha. Nothing special here. 2.5 rounding up for only being 27ish mins.

a 50s/60s ballad is going to do it for me every single time... I think that their voices mesh extremely well and they hit some really gnarly harmonies here, but those harmonies work best when they're in that slower pocket. Falls into the trap of most of this era-heartthrob album where they're essentially throwing every single concept of teenage love at the wall and hoping it sticks, but most times it does! 1. always it's you 2. made to love 3. love hurts

Ποπ της εποχης, καποια πολυ ομορφα τραγουδια, αλλα λιγο πιο βαρετα. Παρ' ολ'αυτα μαρεσει το cozy vibe των 60s που παιρνω απτο δισκο. Rating:B

Inoffensive, but outdated and bland.

good vibes only

Muy bello lo de los proto Beatles

nothing beats a god old folk

Okay

Phil & Don. Really early for me, FIRST grade. Early Rock- n- Roll

Really nothing to say here. Didn't enjoy it at all and I won't listen ever listen or think about it again. But it wasn't the bottom of the barrel of albums on here, so it has that going for it at least.

A very pleasant listen. Can imagine my grandparents listening to this back in the early '60s. Music from this era is often very hit or miss, but this album hit the spot. Their voices are like chocolate melting. 4*

Very old-timey music, pretty good for something that my grandma would have lost her panties for.

Meh. Cheesy and dull. Not for me.

Dated

no

If you ever got into a fight with one of the Everly Brothers, they'd roll up their sleeves, buckle their pants, and say "No more Mr. Nice Guy! Lemme at him, lemme at him!", while the other one holds them back, as steam comes out of their ears. These white boys lack the sauce.

Some classics but largely forgettable

I think my only knowledge of The Everly Brothers is Unchained Melody. And now I’m doubting myself and thinking that was the Righteous Brothers. Anyway, this album made for a pleasant listen. Made To Love set up the album well, with it being a bit of a soppy pop rock album through and through. I can imagine being a teen in the 60s and obsessing over this. With today’s ears, it still makes for a fun half hour.

когда не можешь осознать что это не одна большая песня даже если сосредотачиваешься... классический поп (?) 50х (?)

Man, the Everly Brothers are so good. Even as other acts from this style and period sound cheesy and whiney, the Everly Brothers will always sound so cool to me. Just perfectly executed emotional great music. Four stars.

Great harmonies and classic music of the era - in fact, it's crazy how much music would change less than a decade later. Anyway, very much singing about dating, girls, etc. I thought it was good, though not as good as Motown music of the same era; this was almost a little too Midwestern-y for me. 7/10.

not going back for a 2nd date

I love Cathy's Clown. I remember it from those infomercials for oldies compilation CDs, and I always thought the way they harmonize on that song was so pleasing to the ear. No other songs from this album grabbed my attention the same way, but it was a fun little time machine of a listen.

Meh, just kinda 50s-60s nothingness

Fun but very old school

Probably was great back in the day. Not something I can enjoy today tho.

If I was in my 80s I'm sure this would slap, but I'm not, so it doesn't.

I like the Everly Brothers sound, and this has some good songs on it. Overall the album is just ok as this is does have some songs that are a little forgettable as well.

Too country for my taste. Although, Lucille was fun.

The second side is killer! Sure, some outdated lyrics, but these feel like little vignettes of my parents' youth and I'm kinda into it. Feeling nostalgic for something I never lived and, honestly, something that never was.

Fun

great voices, wonderful harmonies

по одной песне нормик слушать - а скопом тяжело, хуй отличишь

I love Love Hurts

Just a collection of songs

Nice enough isn’t it. I’d rather not go on a date with two brothers simultaneously though. Weird.

Old but gold

Proto-Beatles

Pleasant enough, certainly not for me, but Holy Christ do you get more of an appreciation of The Beatles, Stones, Byrds etc. managed to do in a few short years.

Didn't know much about them before. Some songs were kind of cheesy but didn't mind some others. Can definitely see how they influenced the Beatles and other artists.

I really enjoy their harmonies, but only need to listen to them once in a while. I had never heard them do Love Hurts…loved it!

Solid listen.

No. 267/1001 Made to Love 4/5 That's Just Too Much 2/5 Stick With Me Baby 3/5 Baby What You Want Me To Do 3/5 Sigh, Cry, Almost Die 2/5 Always It's You 3/5 Love Hurts 4/5 Lucille 3/5 So How Come 3/5 Donna, Donna 3/5 A Change Of Clothes 3/5 Cathy's Clown 4/5 Average: 3,08 Aged pretty good.

They sound like the chipmunks just hit puberty. I got through 3 songs and had to stop b/c my ears were starting to bleed.

That’s Just Too Much, Stick With Me Baby, Always It’s You, A Change of Heart, Cathy’s Clown are too slow

This music reminds me of hanging out with my aunts and uncles when I was a kid. Cathy's Clown is my favorite and I learned that The Everly Brothers originally sang Love Hurts. I'm always happy to hear some Everly Brothers.

Definitely no problems listening to some Everly Brothers. Great classic music. Nice to work to.

Always a good listen

Bruh

That classic garbage radio safe pop

If Music sounded like this still I might have already killed myself 2/10

It's just a simple 50s/60s harmony heavy rock and roll. This is comfort music for me. Put it on in the background, and I'll be happy. The lyrics have a lot of the misogyny of the day loaded into them, and some of the blues licks get really old really quick. So, while it's a generally nice listen, if you start digging deeper it's not as perfect as it seems on the surface. Favorite Song(s): Stick with Me Baby, It's Always You

This album and its lyrics and themes have dated quite badly. It made for a rather distracted listening experience

Nice, will listen again.

These boys are the 🐐s for real

That didn’t age well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla

what a beautiful combination of the two voices. OK its dated but the backing instrumentation is still varied. excellent album.

Lovely. There’s something charming about the innocence and authenticity of music from this era. And the sheer musicianship and craft of it. Good stuff.

Got excited when I saw the title initially; then early today asked the car’s voice command to pop it on when I was running about. Imagine my shock when rather than a blistering electric guitar opening and a photo featuring a large number of Afro hairstyles on the car’s display I was instead treated to a photo of two white guys at a phone box and 50s/60s crooning. That’s the last time il get the Isley Brothers and the Everly Brothers mixed up (I guess).

Ah, classic Frat boy music from the 50’s/60’s. My dad loved these guys! Makes me ponder on what he was supposedly like in college; sitting around with his frat brothers wasting the day, playing cards and chain smoking Lucky Strikes, bemoaning about not getting laid (similar to gamer bros today). Then he met my mom, quickly flunked out, and the rest is history. The music is dated but fun. The cigs eventually took my pop, but this album brought him back for a while.

Didn't really strike a chord with me

Reminds me of the Beach Boys, who I know came after. Overall it was a pleasant listen, I enjoyed the early rock style. I saved a few songs for later listening. I love the crooning, it's definitely a great romantic album, but I guess that fits with the title.

As classic as you can get. These songs are so a part of everything that came after it, and just stand up over time. Short and sweet and succinct.

Clásico necesario

This was actually not too bad. The Everly Brothers are iconic to this day. Those harmonies?!!? You already know I appreciated them. Anyway, pretty average album if I’m honest with you

If we were rating the Everlys on influence, it'd be a 5. Undeniably shifted the entire course of pop and rock music with their output between like, 58 and 61. But listening to it now, it's just nice, quaint stuff. Fuller in sound than you would expect, though.

The best part about this album is that it was only 27 minutes.

The Everly Brothers are obviously very dated. The lyrics are sexism dressed up as teenage heartthrob romanticism. Although I don't care for the music much myself, I can clearly see the importance in music history. This is a huge influence on loads of artists, including the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, the Rolling Stones, and the Beach Boys. They'd all go on to do things much better but the Everly Brothers helped shape the direction of rock n roll to come, incorporating elements of country and R&B. It feels intrinsically wrong to think of these guys as playing a crucial role in the development of all popular music to come but credit where credit is due. They did inspire a lot.

2.5☆/5 09.29.2024

Nice record, even if I only knew of one song (Love Hurts).

Excellent harmonization and really the type of thing you’re ok with hearing at a roller skate delivery drive in.

This is probably due to knowing fuck all about these guys but the keys on this album were wayyy better than expected this was great, very mature sound for the time, and the recordings great too (a lot owed to the remaster I presume lol)

OG sad boys, lyrics are kinda wild but the music isn't bad. Felt like I was in a Breaking Bad montage

Boat club

Exquisite pop music, clean, functional, easily digestible and almost disposable. Except the really good stuff lingers.

I liked this one, the close harmonies sound great. It's fun to imagine that this type of thing is the 50's/60's equivalent of the boy bands of the 90's-onward. Key tracks: Made to Love That's Just Too Much Love Hurts

Boring

Country, Blues and Jazz had a lot more interesting stuff going on in 1960, even though the seeds of something big are sown in albums like this, it's like the throat clearing before rock really got started. It's influential and important and all that, but 64 years later it's just so familiar (even never hearing this album before) that it makes very little impression. There's blues rhythms and country twang and pop harmonies and it all sounds good, but it's basically bubblegum that's been polished by hindsight.

Like a small can of diet coke, not my first choice but short and sweet

Perfectly adequate with some lovely melodies and a few unexpected funks.

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Miserable

Sehr chilliges Album, aber gleichzeitig auch repititiv

süß

ganz gemütlich 1-2 bekanntes dabei

Altbacken aber groovig.

Gute Musik, hat Spaß gemacht. Texte leider ein Relikt ihrer Zeit und nicht mehr standesgemäß, sonst ggf. 5 Sterne

the truest example of folksy americana rock harmonies. 3/5

That was a cute and quaint album. Going to add it to the romantic weekend at the cottage folder

Everly Brothers made so much good music, given the time period they operated in. They were innovative, and had a great influence on future music. So why did 1001 choose this album???

Très classique mais sympathique.

Really like this. I already liked Cathy's Clown but the whole album was very nice

All a bit saccharin. And is that what we found attractive in those days?

sad. low energy, a body beaten and bruised. a body disfigured when seen in the mirror. a person broken when seeing herself. a teardrop. two teardrops. walking with naked feet. broken highway. big ideas. a cold staircase. lips twisted and frozen. lips with the skin chewed off. low energy. burning scars. a mind to never wake up again. this body isnt mine.

Late fifties (1960) rock in the style of Buddy, Roy, and others.

I know it seems like splitting hairs, but I don’t take a great interest in rock ‘n’ roll before 1964. (Blues, yes.) But I must admit, this sounds pretty good. Not sure if it is the magic of remastering, but the music was strong and the half hour was enjoyable.

Something about this feels icky.

My wife walked in and asked why I was having a high school sockhop in 1959. Some nice harmonies but let's be honest, I'm never consciously listening to this again.

Dated

Melodic, tones, simplistic

Man, what an innocent time.

About as charming as this kind of pre-Beatles music gets. You can really hear the influence on the early Moptops, right? 'Cathy's Clown' sounds pure Merseybeat. Also, it's a lovely, lovely song. Such a nice rendition of 'Love Hurts' too, better than the ball-squeezing version by Nazareth that I'm familiar with. What's being implied by the album cover, eh?

Not a bad album overall but at the same time there isn't very much that's special about it.

not my vibe but not bad

Good enough old timey tunes

I guess I can see the influence it had on later bands, but can't say that I really enjoyed listening to this. Not that it was bad, the sounds were pleasant, but it wasn't super interesting to me. Just a bit too simple. 2 seems too harsh for this so 3 I suppose.

Many of teh musicians I grew up with and still love today always gave props to these two boys. It's of its time (the lyrics have that late 50's early 60's creepiness occasionally) but you can't fault the importance or the tunes. Best Tracks: Baby What You Want Me To Do; Lucille; Cathy's Clown

This album exists in that strange microcosm of pre-Beatles ‘60s and utilizes the conventions of the era perfectly. With some fantastic originals and charming covers of country and blues tracks, The Everly Brothers single-handily (or double-handily if you will) craft THE early 60s pop rock album.

Beautiful harmonies, some familiar tunes, not a bad way to zone out at work for a bit.

Noteworthy songs - 808080808 Magical Dream - Kinda catchy synth, but the rest is bland. Ancodia - Good background noise. Cobra Bora - Actually kind of cool, reminds me of Bomberman Hero. Pacific 202 - N64 vibes, but melody isn't great. Donkey Doctor - Nothing too special, weird ending. 808080808 - Really cool beginning. A little slow in the middle but stays interesting enough. Sunrise - Nothing remarkable. The Fat Shadow - Eerie. Very short.

While I generally enjoy early rock & roll, this album was a bit of a snooze fest for me. Really have else nothing to say about this album, it's not a jam mate, it's just total marmalade. Lucille was a good song, but other than that, this record feels very plain and unimaginative, the lyrics were uninspired and all about the same thing. This is just Temu Beach Boys. Note, it's definitely still listenable, and I didn't dislike any of the songs, it just wasn't that interesting to me. I'm sure if you played this at the local RSL on a Friday you'd have the oldies frothing at the mouth though.

Did they have somewhere to be when recording this? Baffling that a 12 song album is just short of 28 minutes long. Reminds me of The Beach Boys. These guys really loved getting bitches didn't they? Not really bad just very boring and repetitive. I don't have much to say about this one unfortunately due to the duration and simplicity of a lot of it. Highlights Love Hurts: ***1/2 Lucille: *** A Change of Heart:***

Love hurts, Lucille and Cathy's Clown stood out a bit better than the others. Rest of the album was pretty dull and a chore to get through. Donna, Donna ends very awkwardly, like the fadeout didn't work properly. Maybe this is an issue with the remaster idk. I'm sure they were rock and roll trailblazers but it hasn't aged as well as acts and albums that would come out only a few years later. At least 'A Date R@pe With The Everly Brothers' was only 27 minutes long

tried to listen to it while reading and fell asleep two tracks in. tried to listen to it again before bed and fell asleep one track in. tried to listen to it in traffic, fell asleep at the wheel and caused a sixteen car pileup. boring bland and painfully uninspired, but its a 5 if you're talking about sleep aid

Is your favourite meal dry white toast? Do you wash it down with lukewarm tap water? Do you only have sex in the missionary position solely for the purpose of procreation? Well THIS is the album for you! Painfully bland music in a genre that’s been done better even by the contemporaries of this group. Why is this a must listen? These guys can’t be that influential as I’ve literally never heard of them before. This is just boring sixties white people radio pop.

Who's horny ass BOOMER grandma put this on the greatest albums of all time. ME FELLA, IM THAT HORNY ASS GRANDMA, THIS SHIT SLAPPED, Made to love is sweet corny and camp, That's just to much whips you into the feels, Sigh, Cry, Almost Die, is a MAJOR BANGER It's always you gave me butterflies and is an astoundingly beautiful love song. Lucille makes me wanna get up and dance. Donna, Donna is another great track which constantly brings me back. And Cathy's Clown's country sounds add the perfect touch to end the album on. Such a short, sweet and ENERGETIC romp. I'm giving it an 8/10 or now cause I don't think it's a Masterpiece or anything but it grows on me every listen and I could see it very easily climbing to a 9/10

Look if I had to pick an album that covered that 50s safe music, the kind where you would go to the dance with your mom from the past or whatever happened in back to the future. Anyway just kinda mid, might have gone hard at the time but given this came out in 1960, better music was on the way in anyway so would have sounded old by then too. 2/5.

Painfully mediocre. This shit probably went crazy at the milk bar in 1960 but it’s just shallow, competently performed music. Very glad this was only 27 minutes long. Love Hurts is the standout and Nazareths cover is way better than this. If this album came out today and I had to hear it all the time I would pray to be drafted into Vietnam. I would much rather have listened to anything by the Beach Boys than an album that was clearly put on here because one of its songs became bigger when covered by another band. Not entirely unlistenable but extremely boring.

Great album that gets stronger as it progresses. The latter half is filled with absolute bangers (Live Hurts, Lucille, Donna Donna and Cathy’s Clown as the highlights). The amount of under the poodle skirt hand action this soundtracked must have been mind blowing. Good shit. I’ll have another.

Solid. Dated?

I'd let these two 1950s smokeshows take me to the drive in on a date anytime ;)

Bien

A bit disappointing honestly — sounds like a knockoff of the early Byrds. I think The Everly Brothers' objective was to make every single track as monotonous as possible. "Love Hurts" was nice, of course, although I prefer Nazareth's cover. A lot more heartbreaking.

was okay

This must be the whitest album ever made.

She's cute but doesn't have a lot goin for her

The best two-part harmony you'll find anywhere. I mean, I can't reasonably give this a 5 considering the jarringly dated lyrics ("Girls, girls, girls were made to love / That's why some have eyes of blue / That's why some stand five feet two" - oh no). And from a modern perspective, the sound is just so simplistic and doesn't feel very fresh or creative. But other than that, there isn't much to complain about. The harmonies are great, giving me heavy vibes of early Lennon-McCartney. You can easily see the huge influence the Everly Brothers had on the Beatles' early music. And given the prospective influence of the Beatles on essentially every single pop/rock predecessor, we can trace the lineage back to these two guys right here. Pretty cool, eh? Even other huge legends of (roughly) the same era – the Beach Boys, Simon and Garfunkel, and so on – clearly took inspiration from this style. Every song here is at least a 6/10 – an impressive feat for any album. The instrumentation is pretty, pillowy, and perfect in the ballads, and punchy and powerful in the more upbeat pop tracks. The vocal harmonies are great. Did I mention I like the harmonies? (I guess I'm a teenage female boomer. Darn.) 4/5 Key tracks: Made to Love, Lucille, Love Hurts, Cathy's Clown

Love!

It’s not bad, but it doesn’t seem like anything special, either.

I imagine this was what every boomer kid came into after school. Not really my thing

Pretty nice album!!

A bit boring indeed

Bit boring innit?

Very good album, exquisite sound quality. Highly recommend to listen to, it’s pretty short and easy to listen to, great tunes and flow. 9.02/10.

Sounds old these days but still some nice tracks great vocals

Congrats to Randy Newman for taking whatever these dudes are doing and finding a way to make it memorable. Favourite track: That's Just Too Much.

Do we class these guys as crooners? If they are, I don’t like it. If they aren’t, I still don’t like it

Dated in every way. Horrible album, even if it is refreshingly short

Serviceable if not unremarkable. Not bad, just nothing special High 2

i said in the group chat it was a 5/10 put i really thought about it y esta madre es un 4/10. Es escuchable al menos.

Un filo troppo smielato

You can hear them influencing the Beatles! But it’s not as modern sounding as them so it’s only 3 stars. Still a good early pop/rock record.

These charming crooners managed to cram 12 songs into 27 minutes. Some of the songs were catchy but most just seemed corny.

Ok, but pretty vanilla and boring, with a little hint of 60s charm. Cover art looks like they don't have 2 cents to rub together - cheap.

Surprisingly enjoyable

They’ve definitely got the harmony thing down. That sibling blend is tough to beat, and it’s on full display here. “Love Hurts” still holds up, and considering how many artists have taken a swing at it over the years, that says a lot. “Cathy’s Clown” is another highlight—catchy and classic. The rest of the album kind of blurs together, though. It’s pleasant, easy to listen to, but nothing really grabs you beyond the hits. Feels more like a time capsule than something I’d put on regularly. Still, you gotta respect what they brought to the table.

I love this wholesome era of 50s-60s rock and roll. I'm not exaggerating when I say this is one of my favourite genres of music. This was easy listening today.

Yup, that's early 60's music alright. Half the songs just abruptly faded out

60’s pop

Early 60’s crooners