A Date With The Everly Brothers

The Everly Brothers are cool, a few hits here and there, nice vocals... but they are so harmless at the same time. It doesn't push anything forward. I think a 3 is a fair rating.

The Everly Brothers are a 50's - 60's pop group, similar to Elvis Presley or Buddy Holly. A lot of their content deals with how lovely girls are, and being in love. It absolutely feels of its time in that respect, but it is fantastic music all the same. The Everly Brothers were one of the first "rock 'n' roll" groups, and were there at the formation of the genre. Their harmonies added something to an already popular style of music, and allowed their music to stand out from the rest. I'm sure younger kids are wondering why these two are huddled around a box with a phone in it on the cover of the album. Overall, a great record. Nothing I would rush out and buy or listen to, but this late 50's - early 60's rock 'n' roll isn't really in my wheelhouse of favourite genres. That being said, I'm not disappointed about having to listen to it today either. It is perfectly average. Favourite songs: Lucille, Made For Love, Love Hurts, So How Come (No One Loves Me), "Donna, Donna" Least favourite songs: That's Just Too Much, "Sigh, Cry, Almost Die" 3/5

Iconic tunes, so familiar and timeless. A bit samey in places to be honest but it operates under different rules to nowadays.

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Made to love

Pretty peerless in the filed of 50s-60s teen crooner pop. Not really my jam though I recognize it's place. A little treacly.

Nice album. Simple but good

2.5 kinda fruity if we’re being honest

Maybe the most boring album I've come across on this list so far. I'll give it a two, because the singing is great, but nothing else of interest here. Not to mention the lyrics, which are almost entirely about outdated gender roles. Buddy Holly is a much more interesting artist from the same time period.

A very generic oldies pop sounding album. This came out in 60 which I feel was the tail end of this kind of pop music. It wasn’t bad but overall it’s just really dated. There are a few songs I’d revisit but overall it’s a product of its time and doesn’t hold up too well. 5.5/10

очень коротенький, люблю такой формат

Very cute, apt name, sunny vibes from this album.

😴

pretty resident sleeper. these guys were just tryna get laid in 1960 so they made this album. no original sounding songs.

Rock viejuno.

¡Qué bien cantan!

Poodle skirt heaven. Absolutely delightful. If by delightful I mean cringeworthy. But it is bouncy, fun, and sounds great. None of the songs hang around too long, belaboring their point (such as it is).

Bit samey really. Thing of it's time.

Super short. Barely had time to think about it.

This album really bummed me out. All of the songs were super sad lyrics and happy beats, which I usually love, but the sadness was mostly towards women's behavior rather than intrinsic self-hate and that's not my jam. I hope they found peace before they inevitably died.

¡Qué bien cantan!

A fun time for sure

Simpele rock uit simpeler tijden. Het klinkt nu in ieder geval enorm gezapig en braaf. Vervelend is anders. De nummers zijn wel allemaal onderling inwisselbaar.

Snooze fest

Clasic. The whitest of white rock and roll. Every song a 2 minute hurricane that could fit on a single. A shape of its culture shaping the future. Bonkers. A snake eating its own tail. Still. Cathy's Clown. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I am, admittedly, a sucker for this type of music. I do appreciate that this album feels like an album, as opposed to some of the older stuff on this list, where it feels more like, "We made a hit and now have to try to capitalize on that again." It's got roots in country, blues, and pop. It's pleasant. Favorite tracks: "Always It's You", "Love Hurts", "Lucille"

Do not enjoy

So dated. Quite cringy. Ugh! Hard pass.

The album starts off promising enough with a couple good songs, but never builds on that. I don't want to say any of them were bad, but they certainly didn't excite me. The Everly Brothers are a fairly influential group with some pretty popular songs, but never really big albums. That wasn't their focus, or any group's focus at the time. Given that, it gets boring pretty quick and, since the entire project is only 28 minutes long, it doesn't give the album time to redeem itself. Lyrically it's pretty rough, nothing to write home about instrumentally, and the production is simply A OK. The best thing about it, as well as all Everly Brothers projects, are the harmonies. 2/5

Very beach poppy, albeit with very outdated lyrics. It was a fun-ish and short listen.

Nah

classic american sixties

I mean it's not bad. And I'm pretty sure it was pretty fun pop music to listen back in the day. But it has naturally nothing to offer now. Which is weird because i like old and simple pop music. But this one didn't sit with me

This was a nice easy album to listen to. It’s pop music with harmony vocals and a little rock and roll/surf rock influence. You can clearly see this kind of music influencing early Beatles albums. The choruses are catchy but simple, as is the instrumentation and lyrics. There’s not much wrong for an album of this style, there’s just not that much more to it.

The HAIR!

1960 - Rock & Roll

Simple is sometimes all you need – the compositions are solid and well-crafted, the vocals stellar, the emotions genuine, and the production crisp and clean. This album doesn’t need much more to feel effective and lived-in, and while I’m sure it’s been remastered to hell in recent times damn does it sound nice (studio-grade even).

These guys are the original Oasis brothers! I forget the names of those 2 fucktards, but the Everly brothers fought on and off stage. They broke up for many years, got together for one last set of shows. Phil smashed his guitar and walked off stage leaving for brother to finish on his own. I wonder if this is where The Who decided to smash their shit on stage for awhile? I'm sure this was probably good stuff in the 60's, but did not do much for me today. At least the songs were short and to the point. I liked Lucille and Love Hurts. Love Hurts went on to be one of Nazareth's bigger hits off the album Hair of the Dog. And don't sleep on Miss Misery off that same album. Back to the Everly Brothers. They were OK. Oher than being shocked to hear Love Hurts, nothing really stood out and I have no interest in hearing more of their music. I may read into some of their fights though. 2

This has to be one of the most harmless album I've ever heard. It has all the edge of a sphere and as such was kinda boring. There was some interesting production choices when viewed through the lens of the time it came out but today is basic stuff. Not really doing it for me. Nazareth did Love Hurts better anyway.

3.5 I actually enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Was really expecting this to be bubblegummy, sappy oldies stuff, and a lot of it is, but it’s able to do so in a fun way, the kind that makes you want to do the twist with that girl you’re going steady with and then get a milkshake after at Pop’s. The opening track Made to Love in particular was so incredibly catchy and had a lot more in common with surf rock than I expected. Yeah, maybe it’s a touch dated, but I really don’t feel like it’s objectionable in any way - just a cute, fun song, though to all my homo homies out there, I see you and think you’re made to love too. It really doesn’t get any worse from there though - it has stronger and weaker moments for sure (Love Hurts, Lucille, and Cathy’s Clown were the highlights for me), but nothing that’s unenjoyable. As a whole, it really is the kind of album that makes you want to go back to the era… before you remember that times were crazy problematic back then. Oh well, I’ll stick to Johnny Rockets. Final thoughts - between the album title, lyrics, and cover art, these guys had to be like the One Direction or Jonas Brothers of 1960, right? Like, I have no idea if trapper keepers or even stickers for that matter existed back then, but if they did, your grandma’s was probably covered with ones of the Everly Brothers.

ANOTHER fourth studio album! I really don't think it's coincidence. The sound is simple, and doesn't really carry the test of time.

Very clean, poppy and polished. Easy to listen to and definitely an effort to catchy melodic candy tunes. I really didn't know that Love Hurts was here... crazy after growing up on the Nazareth version.

im straight

Nice and easy to listen

Una de les primeres "reinvencions", en els albors del rock. Després d'un primer disc clau en l'escena, i de què els següents treballs anessin baixant el llistó, a la mateixa velocitat que el génere, en el seu quart treball Phil i Don donen sortida a un nou repunt de creativitat i editen alguns dels seus millors temes: 'Cathy's Clown', 'Love Hurts' (més coneguda en la versió de Nazareth), 'Made to Love'... Un dels discos més importants en els primers anys del rock

Talented lads, but nah.

Nothing great, nothing offensive. Just so so

Very old, very short, very rubbish. Falls between country, early rock and roll, and the balladeer tradition, without being anywhere near as interesting and engaging as any of them.

Cute songs, I liked a lot more than i disliked

Ouin ouin love hurts

Good classic 50’s music. Made for Love sounds pretty cringey and out of touch, but it was solid 50’s pop.

Good news... harmonies. Bad news.... boring and juvenile lyrics.

Pleasant but dated. Best track: Love Hurts

Ok album

I was born in 1980 but I have the overwhelming urge to hop into my jalopy and hang out at the milkshake bar.

Þetta er dálítið kósí, ömmufílingur, einfalt.

Charming, simple lyrics, but interesting what they sang about love in the 60s

A Date with the Everly Brothers is the fourth album by American singing duo the Everly Brothers. Released in 1960, this album peaked at 9 on the Billboard Pop albums chart and its song "Love Hurts" has gone on to be a classic song for covers. This nice, mid-century style of pop music album had themes centered around love and more specifically the dating/fling aspect. I enjoyed this album as a lookback through time to listen to the earlier forms of pop music. The musical style and lyrics hold up to this day, but they lack that "oomph" that modern music can generate.

Pretty good album, pretty much expected that the songs here are all about dating, love, and girls. Favorites would be Stick with Me Baby, Always It's You, and A Change of Heart. It's pretty short but it has good points. 7.8/10

The sound of peanut butter on wax, this is sickly sweet stuff best enjoyed in small doses.

Like Ed Sheran of its day bit whiney. Still CathyS clown was a stonker.

I don't think I'm up for a second date

I had my aunt's old record collection when I grew up in the 80's, so listened to a lot of fifties music growing up. This has some real classics in it. Very cheesy, but very enjoyable once you get over that.

Welcome to 12-bar blues central, the zeitgeist of the late 50s white collar America, where the women are loose and fade-outs are cheap.

Sounds like a cardigan sweater and some penny loafers. 4 stars.

Great harmonizing, short run, and enjoyable to listen to.

Short but sweet album, entertaining although the lyrical content hasn't aged too well

This brand of sixties teen bopper love songs have a tendency to be rather creepy. Couldn’t help but rate each song - “phew! this was not as stalkerish, incel and misogynistic as the previous one… no wait….oh dear” Love the guitar sound and love that it’s short and it’s pleasant until you listen too closely. But not a keeper. It’s a creep in’

Viihdemusiikkia, aivan pätevää sellaista tansseihin jne. Ei jätä muistijälkeä

Ihan pätevä levy. Love Hurtsin alkuperäisversion kuuleminen on hauskaa, ja esim. Jimmy Reed-cover on mukava lisä. Kolmonen kuitenkin vaatisi, että kuulijalla on yhtyeeseen sellainen henkilökohtainen suhde, joka ei sisällä historiallisesta etäisyydestä johtuvaa, epäreilua taipumusta vähän hymähtää ajatukselle "Everly Brothersista".

The harmonies here are amazing. Pretty enjoyable love album. Certainly would be a good date night album.

Some nice harmonies but generally a pretty lacklustre record

A song about how women come in different sizes because they are "made for loving" is an inauspicious start. Gets better from there.

The first track just made me feel icky. The rest of the album doesn't improve much and the only thing going for it is that all the songs are under 3 minutes.

Eh, rock & roll so mild it's functionally easy listening. Very much of its time. I wouldn't seek this out but would probably enjoy its ironic usage in a Lynchian context. Fave track - "Love Hurts" is the famous one, right? Yeah, that one...

A pleasant listen with the great harmony but in the grand scheme of music, nothing particularly sticks out. And many of the lyrics really didn't age well

It was fine. Gave me generic 60s vibes. Nothing really stood out but it wasn't bad.

Didn’t know Love Hurts was originated by the Everly Brothers. This is simple, nice harmonies. Standard sound for the time. Nothing bad, nothing great.

Not for me

Lovely harmonies, disturbing lyrics. Bit of a sense of melancholy....

What makes "A Date with the Everly Brothers" even more remarkable is how its sound is experiencing a resurgence in popularity. Bands like Lord Huron have embraced a similar musical aesthetic, incorporating vintage influences and lush harmonies into their own contemporary compositions. With its blend of rockabilly, country, and pop sensibilities, "A Date with the Everly Brothers" remains a classic example of the Everly Brothers' artistry and their lasting impact on popular music. Couldn't have been more surprised how much this album worked for me!

Nice

High level late 50s schoomzy love pop. Making the girls of the 50s/60s swoon. Great harmonies, simply cheesy classic pop. Songs are very short

Not exactly an album act, but they deserve to be on every list like this. You can't tell the story of modern music without Phil and Don Everly, whose in influence is heard on countless classic albums that followed. Their version of "Love Hurts" isn't the most famous, but it's up their with the Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris version.

Its usually hard for me to positively review music from this era, unless its Buddy Holly or Roy Orbison however I enjoyed this album. I think partly because the sound is pretty good , but the songs are good as well. The ballads are enjoyable for their classic songs like Cathy's Clown and Love Hurts are fantastic. And then there are those luscious vocal harmonies. 4 stars

I have this album on vinyl in my attempt to listen to more Everly's album tracks instead of only the "Best Of" or "Greatest Hits" compilations. Apart from Cathy's Clown and Love Hurts, the rest of the songs are fine, but the quality is inconsistent. Short, but overall very listenable and enjoyable.

The lyrics are really outdated at points but the songs are still pretty good and it’s short enough for me to actually put my attention to it. Still though my likelihood of re-visiting it isn’t high and I don’t really want a date with the everly brothers (and I definitely don’t want one with their corpses). 3/5

Det är så oförargligt på något sätt.

Las dos estrellas son sólo por Love Hurts

Agh I really like this kind of sound but I just can't get behind the lyrics... I know they were standard at their time and I'm not going to blame the Everly Brothers but it literally starts with "girls girls girls were made to love" and "that's why some of them are 5 foot 2" and "that's why you watch them walk down the street" I mean COME ON jeesus. It's a bit much to swallow so to say ;) Same feeling throughout the rest of the album. It's a kind of music I really enjoy but I can't get past the dodgy words and misogyny.

Yeah this was alright! Quite pleasant. Lots of love songs ennit about them moaning about being messed around. Do they ever sing about them being dicks? Bet they're not squeaky clean. There was the one about the weird bloke I suppose. But overall pleasant music!

Well. Well well well. Welly welly welly. The everly bros sounds like winey little sexist piggies. Maybe, young man the reason none of the girls love you is because you keep telling them that girls were made to love. The music is great though, makes me think of the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance in Back to the Future.

I like many artists who were influenced by the Everley Brothers, but this album doesn't do it for me. Their harmonies would have influenced bands like the Beatles but on this album the harmonies start to drive me nuts after the first couple of songs; they don't have the music writing / instrument playing abilities the Fab Four had. All I end up thinking of is the awful albums that resulted from bands being influenced by their harmonies. Remember Bee Gees' Odessa album that 1001 made us endure before we die?    There is some cover version association that doesn't do this album any favours. For example, Nazareth's painful and overplayed cover of Love Hurts makes the Everley Brothers' version hard to listen to. Also, EB's cover of Lucille should have been left on the cutting room floor. Their doing this song with two part harmony is sacrilege for Little Richard fans and a waste of one of the only good guitar bits on the album.  I like Wake Up Little Susie. If that song was on this album it might have helped my rating.

I remember reading in Keith Richard's biography that around 1964, before the Stones put out their 1st album, they toured with The Everly Brothers and one other band for a summer. The Stones were billed as the number 3 band, but by the end of the summer, they were the headliners. By listening to this album It's easy to see why -Everly Brothers are so squeaky clean and white! The Stones doing their Bo Diddley or Howlin' Wolf covers would have blown them off the stage!

This record really captures the mood and spirit of the 50’s. Whoops this was released in 1960, so you could say it was already getting dated. And boy is it ever an anachronism now. Well although the music isn’t very exciting and the lyrics are pretty lame, I have to admit they had nice voices.

Not my style at all

Dated and uninteresting. On the one hand the tracks are so short they feel under developed but on the other that meant I only had to listen to a half hour of this overly saccharine music.

What's not to love. Great harmonies, great songwriting. So much fun.

Fun doo wop/pop record, innocent but ultimately average and samey

Pablum.

7/10 I really like that!

Some situational potential but overall very grating.

Not my style. I find the lyrics in a lot of this kind of music to be pretty inane. While a song here and there is charming, as a cohesive listening experience it's a bit of a samey chore. Fave track: Love Hurts

Cute little collection of songs - Cathy’s Clown in a banger.

Just not my vibe

Nice enough

I have no words they were really good. I might have a new artist to listen to.

Great. Sincere lyrics, well constructed pop tunes

3.5

A bit dated bit actual still good.

this is too straight for me chile 😭

2.5 stars. classic 60's music. Similar to beach boys, but "sounds like everything else"

Hmm, a tough one. I don’t think this is something I’d revisit often but I appreciate the brevity and Love Hets is a classic and Cathy’s Clown is actually fantastic and sounds like something that could have come out recently. So based on those 2 I’ll give it a light 4.

It was refreshing to have a nice short and sweet 27-minute album since I feel like I've been getting a lot of longer albums recently. This was just good old-fashioned blues and that's just too much was my fav.

Pop music is a bit like food. You’re loathed to throw it away, but keep it around long enough and it will fester and metamorphose into something frankly unpalatable. Fortunately, this record is merely the leftover curry from the night before which, while definitely past its prime, you won’t hesitate to bathe in the following morning. My preconceptions of the Everly Brothers were truly shattered by this collection of rock n’ roll gems. To me, their music consisted of cumbersome 60s balladry rightly consigned to the dustbin of history. Here, those saccharine sweet harmonies work their magic on some truly outstanding pop gems. This was a moment in music history where the status of pop “star” really was taking shape, and it’s a period which we must preserve in order to keep alive the sense of wonder and sheer amazement which once belonged to the realm of music. The Everly Brothers deservedly helped blaze that trail - how could they not? They had the talent to go with their schoolboy charm. Admittedly, there is a bit of blue mould formed on the surface of some of these tracks. In today’s social context, the idea of some horny white boys serenading women in the most objectified sense possible is no longer palatable - and rightly so. But if some vague nostalgia isn’t enough to give tracks like “Made to Love” or “Lucille” a pass, I believe there often is more than meets the eye in these tracks. Take the former song - the narrator here is the father who proscribes a view of women as objects of desire and a necessary rite of passage for manhood. The hyper-macho stereotype is so impotent nowadays, you might as well look at these songs with an ironic lens and see them for what they are. It might be a stretch to say that there’s a nod or wink in this lyrical message, but for what it’s worth the song is inescapably hooky! Yet, while I want to give this record 5/5, there are a couple of drawbacks. While the highs are some of the most enjoyable pop music I’ve heard in a while, some tracks on this record are so 1950s/early 60s I see visions of roller skating waitresses in milkshake bars with every note. Having said that, who else am I doing these ratings for? For all its anachronisms, the Everly Brothers blast through a set of top tier surf pop songs in 27 minutes (a feat the Ramones would match a decade later), so make mine a double chocolate please. Favourite tracks: “Made for Love”; “Donna Donna” (the fade out at the end let’s you soak in those heavenly vocals); “A Change of Heart”

Ehkä aika ajanut jo ohi eikä ihan nouse sinne klassikko-materiaaliin. Kerran kuunteli ilman ongelmia ja helppo painaa unholaan.

Ei ollenkaan ärsyttävä, genreen nähden sopivan lyhyt. Toimi!

Really love this era of reverb soaked harmonised pop and it’s probably because of David Lynch

Excellent pre-Beatles pop. Best song Lucille

Blew my mind that they did the original recording of “Love Hurts”. Enjoyed their harmonies.

I have trouble rating albums this dated. I can definitely appreciate how interesting this must have sounded back in the day, McCartney and Lennon were known to be the British copy cats of The Everly Brothers in the early days. But I still can't really identify with this music. It sounds more like a curosity, a testament of an era rather than something to enjoy on daily basis. When I think of that I start to worry like what if my favourite music will sound like that to my kids? Or was there a point at which they managed to make music that is timeless and will remain enjoyable for the generations to come? If so, this kind of oldie makes really appreciate the geniuses of Paul McCartney or Brian Wilson. I'm giving it a neutral 3/5

Great voices and the music isn't bad, but it lacks character. Also women were not made to love that is so misogynistic and anti-based. If either of them asked me on a date, I would vehemently reject them and throw cantelope chunks at their balls.

Ah yes the good ole 60’s, back when women were treated as objects. In all seriousness though I do enjoy this era a ton, but their voices had a bit too much twang for me. Twang probably isn’t the right word but you get what I mean. It was just pleasant, and I was in a good mood listening to all the songs. Bonus points for being such a short album, gave me ample time to relisten. Not quite good enough to be considered as a four sadly.

Songs to fall asleep to while driving on the highway

A date with either of the Everly brothers starts off with some gentle misogyny and ends with some very short but oddly ok pity sex.

eh

BOOOOOOOOORING. We’re on quite a cold streak right now.

Sigh, Cry, Almost Die

It's disposable pop. I spent a lot of time listening to the Everly Brother on my walkman back in the early 1990s and I have to say that these are not the best songs to illustrate them. They harmonise well, and they're mostly inoffensive, but far more interesting things were happening in music, driven by people who were not as straight and white as the Everly Brothers. What the Everly Brothers did was to decant some of this work into a nice white boy package, to make it easier to sell. It's a shame that we don't have more recognition in this list for the now sadly mostly forgotten inspirations.

Soothing and pleasurable to listen to

It's so dated but science be praised that rock got more interesting than this later in the 60s. This is a typical 50s diner music, which is pleasant in it's own way, but nothing that I would choose to play. Love Hurts is instantly recognizable but mainly from Nazareth's version.

one of the early albums from these guys. Although it lacked the hits they are famous for it certainly demonstrates the harmony these guys have.

LUCILLE sounds just like pretty woman !!! I really like Cathy’s Clown because of the unique sound. Everything else sounds like something else, but they did it first so I guess it was unique at the time! I don’t listen to Simon and Garfunkel that much so idk their inspo from this, but I do hear what the Beatles have taken from it.

I grew up listening to fair amount of oldies on FM radio, so I know a couple of Everly Brothers songs: 'Wake Up Little Susie' and 'Bye Bye Love' (which is a really solid jam). This was my first time listening to this album, and I don't think I've ever heard any of the songs on it (unless you count Nazareth's version of 'Love Hurts'). I'd say this album is what I would expect for the time: songs about love with simple and catchy instrumentation, topped with a few sprinkles of casual misogyny. But for what it is, I think it's really good. The harmonies are great, and even though the instrumentation certainly isn't lighting the world on fire, it really works well with the lyrics. 'Love Hurts' is probably the best song on the album, and in a way, I'm glad that I had only heard the Nazareth version up until now. Alternative title for this album: Aw, Shucks: White People Problems

Even though the songs do feel a bit dated, they still work pretty well. There's only one or two songs that I knew (the last one, and "Love Hurts" which was a nice stark version of that piece). But the other songs worked with the counterpoint of each singer. It was good for what it was. The songs were short and to the point. I dug it, and even though it was dated, it was enjoyable.

Bubblegum pop at its finest. Great harmonies and pretty good (or catchy) guitar playing. Not sure which playing is the Everlys' and which is session musicians. Maybe I would rate this higher if I understood where the Everly Brothers stood in the whole pop and folk rock progression. I guess they came before the 60's explosion so maybe this is here because they were major influencers. But tight harmonies aside, I don't see what's so special about this album or why it and not, say their debut, is on this list.

This was an enjoyable classic album. It was a treat to hear the studio musicians such as Chet Atkins and Floyd Cramer back up the Everly Brothers. I'm not sure why the wiki page doesn't mention them and the other musicians, considering they're on the back of the record sleeve. The brother's vocals are tight and spot on as well. I can totally hear their influence on the Lennon / McCartney harmonies here. Favorite track overall is probably “Made to Love” (mainly for the guitar though) but I enjoyed every track on here and was surprised that “Cathy’s Clown” was the only single because most of this album sounds like it could have charted. I am looking forward to checking out more of their stuff so a definite 4 stars here.

Love their harmonies. It's all pretty basic rock and roll, but they sound fantastic. I'm not clear on why the authors chose this album for the 1001 albums and not the Everly Brothers debut album, which includes classics "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie." Still, this is definitely a good album. Favorite tracks: Love Hurts (I didn't know they debuted Love Hurts - they didn't write it though), Lucille (Little Richard cover), Cathy's Clown (great harmonies again). Some tracks were cheesy: Made to Love ("girls, girls, girls were made to love." Motley Crue has nothing on the Everly Brothers), "Sigh, Cry, Almost Die" just made me think, "gee, it's tough to be a teenager." And I'm sure lots of teenyboppers screamed when they sang "So How Come No One Loves Me." Anyway, calling it a 4 for their fantastic harmonies.

Cathy's Clown is the only song I recognize. This was a fine listen. 3 stars.

Quelques paroles pour le moins problématiques

jai envie de me peter le crane mais je pense qu’un dimanche en allant au marché de Noël c’est un solide 4 pour moi

cheesey, but OK

notes - classic sugary sweet pop rockabilly from the 60s - guys and gals, love songs - quite cookie cutter sounding to modern ears but the vocals have a quality to them that feels a bit more genuine (but not a ton) - they actually wrote most of their own music which was unusual for the time fav that’s just too much - love the tremolo guitar and chorus melody least fav - sigh cry almost die - seems like the whole song is filling time to get to the part where they say the name pf the song 2.5/5

Okay

Can't get past the sickly sweetness of pre 60s white person rock

This is a fine Everly Brothers album. A few great songs, a bunch of good songs and some filler. Not sure why this one gets on the list.

The harmonies are superb by otherwise I think this is just ok

My least favorite of the early rock and roll records we’ve heard so far. It was fine, but nothing spectacular about it.

Meh

Bit of a bore.

Fun listen. Hard to judge something so old. It starts to go pretty far back on the chain of influences for artists.

Meh

Plain country, not my thing hut aight

Lovely harmonies but dated and flat

The good thing about these early rock and roll records is that there isn’t a song over 3 minutes long on most of them. This record’s even better. Every song gets faded out indiscriminately, regardless of wether the song is actually over. It’s like the engineer went “Ok, we’re at 2 minutes 23 seconds…fade that shit”. As an added bonus, “A Date With…” is only 27 minutes long, which, turns out, is exactly how long I can tolerate pre-1965 rock music. What a coincidence.

Les chansons ont défilé comme une belle petite brise caressante.

I got excited when I saw this album generated, but then I realized I got the Everly Brothers mixed up with the Righteous Brothers, and then my excitement faded.

Humanity has moved on since this album, and we're better for that.

Old

Kind of typical 60s subject matter, all about love and heartbreak, dated lyrics especially in the opening song. If you ignore that there's some nice sounds there. Their singing voices are really good and complementary though, which I can definitely appreciate. Saved tracks: Baby What You Want Me To Do, Love Hurts, Cathy's Clown

Je pensais que c'était l'album que j'avais, mais non! Très old school, pas mauvais mais redondant un peu. Love Hurts de Nazareth est meilleure!

No lo terminé todavía

The best thing about this album is that it was only 27 minutes long. Outside of that it was not that good of an album. It still has that 50s sound. Sure there are harmonies but they still annoying. It may have been good to listen to at the regular sock hop, but I do not need to revisit it.

first song had weird ass lyrics but it was cute ig

2/5. I wanted to be excited for this after the first song but there was a lot of empty feeling in this album compared to early Beatles and beach boys. Didn’t have the same passion.

Un bon album qui S'écoute bien, je vois une petite ressemblance au beatles par moment, je sais pas si c'est moi. J'ai bien aimé 3.95

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I thought it was pretty good. A quick upbeat album with a nice sound to it.

Rock viejito y bonito pero nada extraordinario o revolucionario. Canciones cortas, rock de la época estándar. 2.5 estrellas, justo en el medio. Iba a subir porque está agradable pero termina bajando a 2 porque no creo volver a escuchar el disco ni recordar el nombre de la banda.

Casi podría llegar a la 4a estrella. Muy bonita música de época con las versiones más dulces y melosas de cosas muy conocidas como Love Hurts. Me quedo con la versión de Nazareth, pero está lindo el antecedente.

the most surprising record i've listened from this, this was a really good pop album. i really enjoyed most of the tracks, my biggest gripe is the songs that fade out :) 8/10

phenomenal.

HL: “Cathy’s Clown”, “Made to Love”, “Sigh, Cry, Almost Die” RIP Everlys “A Date” definitely deserves to be on this list, also suffers from the syndrome of inspiring other songwriters I love more. Sort of like Little Richard, though this album’s sanitized cover of “Lucille” does the original no favours. September 29, 2022

If these two boys are calling you from a pay phone, hang up and call the police

Eh. Just don't care for this style.

p52. 1960. 3.5 stars THE sound of pre-Beatles white teenage America. In their heyday, the Everlys hit the sweet spot - cute AF for the girls, and cool enough to appeal to the guys. However - there's a lot of filler, and some of the sentiments in the songs are so sweet that they strip enamel from your teeth, but those harmonies can save even the most dire pop song. When they get a great song - and there are some great ones here - it's fabulous. There is just too much filler and saccharine to rate it more than 3 stars.

Decent but short

mid

This album is great. Sure, it's dated, but there is a lot of great stuff here. Great harmonies, great guitar work. I enjoyed this one.

Not my jam

OK so this is early Beatles and Beach Boys before those bands existed. I never gave the band much of a listen as I wrote them off as mid-American hokum. I was wrong. This is pop bliss and whether it is directly or note this album is so much of an influence on what followed.

It's not an album I was Made To Love. Even though this album only clocks 28 minutes, every new song feels Just Too Much on whiteness and late 50's songwriting. Where the songs kept asking to Just Stick With Me, I couldn't help to Sigh, Cry, Almost Die with every note and harmony that was thrown my way. Even side B - with mostly songs written Felice and Boudleaux Bryant - could not give me a Change Of Heart. So How Come (No One Loves This Album)? The cover of Lucille tells the story. It's without power, without swagger. It's safe. It's plain-oatmeal-for-breakfast-music. The earliest rendition of the Bryant classic Love Hurts can't save the album either. So Baby, What Do You Want Me To Do? 1*

Meh, not my thing

Picked Sigh, Cry, Almost Die as the Song of the Day

2.5/5

beautiful

Solid

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The way they describe love in the lyrics is so down-to-earth and lacks any expressive details.

Can definitely hear the roots of the early Beatles and many other groups in this. Great listening too.

It is what it is, and that's bloody great

They are a legendary duo from a time in music that long since evolved and changed. The lyrics are a bit outdated but the songs themselves are beautiful.

Get out the Brylcreem, grab yourself a cheeseburger and get on down to the drive-in. This album conjures up images of pure rockabilly.

"sigh, cry, almost die" is my morning alarm anthem

decent instruments, repetitive lyrics, songs just trail off and don't properly end.

Early 60's "rock & roll". Hard to hate it because it's so bland and boring. But definitely nothing to love here. A whole bunch of sappy 2 min songs about girls and their pathetic love lives.

There will be no second

So dreamy

an ok album, not my cup of tea and nothing special in it for me Fav track: Love hurts Least fav: Cathy's clown

7/22/2022 - ALBUM #176 Today's Album: "A Date with The Everly Brothers" by The Everly Brothers - This album kicks off with some absolute HEAT. It might be fairly dated in its base idea, but the first track, Made to Love, is a beautifully warm and joyful production of jangly keys, plucky guitar strums, and some sturdy surf-rock grooves. The next track That’s Just Too Much serves as a hypntoizingly sweet and slow country ballad and continues to show off the warmth of the mix. I find the songwriting to be very comfortable without falling into a really boring sound. Yes, it reeks of the early 60s, but it does so as more of an ambassador of the sound of that time and less like a contemporary. If there was an artist I could best compare them to, it would be the early work of the Beatles; very basic and fundamental songwriting that is performed with expert finesse and consistency. Obviously, this album just barely scratches the level of brilliance that the Beatles were on, but there is still a life and energy in this album that justifies it’s enjoyment in the 21st century. Overall, I would say this album is about as mainstream pop as you can get for the 1960s, but I think it stands as an important piece of music history and holds some really good tunes throughout. Give this one a listen if you like the early Beatles or Beach Boys. Highlights: Made to Love, That’s Just Too Much, Love Hurts, Cathy’s Clown Score: 7.25/10 A classic in one sense of the word ;) An early 60s gem

super old school American Graffiti diner nostalgia. Kind of a one-trick pony album, but there's still some catchy stuff here

Lots of classics, could be good wedding songs

I liked it, Cathy's Clown was my favourite. The Album as a whole is not my favourite and I do have to admit, the lyrics don't really interest me, it's just about sex/loving girls mostly, I mainly liked this for the music and the harmonious singing of the brothers.

This is what my mom used to tell me she listened to when she was younger to try to sound cool because it was the only thing she ever listened to that wasn't a recording of a Presbyterian choir singing from the hymnal. She probably on listened to it once and wasn't offended so rolled with it.

For a fifties album, initial tastes of surf, country, blues were satisfying: all distinct and intense enough. A necessary listen for the list, perhaps, but lite through-and-through.

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Cathy’s Clown is classic, but this album all kinda sounds the same. It’s a too-clean, watered-down attempt at blues by two white dudes. They have a unique sound, but I’m not really keen on the two-part harmony vibe. There’s a reason only them, Hall and Oates, and Wham have tried it. I guess it’s is what’s sock hop would have sounded like? No thanks.

Here's what I imagine a dating profile for the everly brothers would look like: We are: Two caucasian, gentle brothers who sing about love and girls. You are: A teen girl. Any teen girl, really. Our label says you're our core demographic so you'll probably like our songs, right? We like: Long walks on the beach, serenading pretty girls, and self-pity. We are incredibly lonely and sad. Please date us. Our talents: We can harmonize incredibly well. Despite this, our songs are shallow and we use our harmonizing talents exclusively to sell records to girls like you. Come see us live too! Where we see ourselves in ten years: We'll have a pretty good country-rock album, but we ultimately have solo ambitions. Phil (the younger brother) will smash his guitar during a live performance and walk off, thus cementing our solo split. More notable than our solo efforts, however, will be our impact on pop music, influencing the likes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Simon & Garfunkel. That's gotta count for something, right?

A Date With The Everly Brothers is...dated. It has that late 50s/early 60s charm, or at least the veneer of it, but thematically it's a little problematic and musically it's not a patch on many others who were doing similar in the same era. 2/5, at least it was over inside half an hour.

It's a bit twee, isn't it... At least it would be if the lyrics weren't so casually chauvinistic. You can miss that quite easily given the nature of the music, but it feels so dated because of that. It's well sung and performed (and nice and short), but can't give it any more than a 2.

For when the ol' man lets you borrow the Cadillac to take your sweetheart out to the malt shop for a cherry cola, then the local dance (as the cover states, this is suitable for listening AND dancing) and maybe she'll let you get to second base, cause girls were made to love after all.

Easy listening but starting to feel pretty dated

-I mean, it just sounds like an album from the 50's basically -It's nice, but just not interesting -The first version of "Love Hurts" is on there -"Lucille" has a pretty cool riff -Other than those tracks it seems pretty generic

It was fine. Nothing stood out and I could easily never listen to another track from this album.

If you influence the Beatles and Simon + Garfunkel, you're kinda important

This was the music my mother told me she chose over Elvis when she was in high school. They have a recognizable sound, but it is hard to classify—a little bit country, a little bit rock 'n' roll. There's a good, fun mix of stuff on this album. I didn't try dancing to it, but I agree it was great for listening.

This was some fun music for the day.

A nice Happy Days kind of listening experience. Some out-dated gender ideas, etc., but otherwise very, very...nice.

It’s good to hear a classic like this. I hadn’t realized Love Hurts started with The Everly Brothers. A good listen.

Fun songs, gorgeous vocal harmonies. A great nostalgic voyage. Very good album. 4 🌟

Classic

Not gonna listen again but root of beach boys and beatles

The world needs more adorable music like this.

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10/10 album cover - också svängigt som faen!

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The Everly Brothers are among my favorite traditional pop bands of the 50s and early 60s. From the romantic guitar to the longing harmonized vocals, these songs are suited for both casual listening and dancing with a loved one. It's an easy listen, less than a half-hour long, and a mix of fast dance hits, slow romance, and even some blues. Lyrics are abysmal: the Everlys and Bryants can't write for shit. But I do prefer the melodies of their original songs over the covers; they put significantly more effort into their own songs. "Cathy's Clown" is a classic I grew up listening to, great instrumental and chorus. "That's Too Much" sounds like an early Beatles song, but I can't remember which one. "Love Hurts" also has an early Beatles vibe. There aren't any tracks that sounded awful, but I guess I just like their style too much. Favorites: Sigh Cry Almost Die, Always Its You, Love Hurts, Cathy's Clown

Not their biggest hits here, but solid vocal harmonies and groovy rythm as always

Growing up in the 90s this stuff seemed ridiculously dated even then (weird that music hasn't comparatively changed anywhere near as much since), so it does sound ancient and kinda silly in that "She's my girl and we're going steady" way. I can't imagine that the world this album sells me ever really existed. That being said, I don't buy the "ugh this sounds so white" nonsense in so many reviews here. Do you dinguses also complain that Curtis Mayfield albums sound "ugh so black"? Course ya fuckin don't. You wouldn't dare. Get your heads out of your arses. Anyway, this really wasn't my thing but it was undeniably catchy. Those vocal harmonies were a bit sickly sweet but impeccably done and at 27min or whatever it's the perfect length for an album I've never heard before. 3/5.

There are a lot of 60s albums that hold up very well even today. Unfortunately this is not one of them.

Didn't hate it but also never listening to it again.

Polite pre seismic 60s revolution songs

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didn't know them, was quite good

Very 1960s, some bops, and overall good music objectively, but I probably wouldn't really come back it again.

There are several true classics of the early years of rock and roll on this album. There's also more filler than I'd like to see, but that was pretty common for pop albums in the pre-Beatles years. It's still a pretty top notch album, with lots of catchy hooks and those classic Everly harmonies. I enjoyed this. Fave Songs: Cathy's Clown, Love Hurts, Stick With Me Baby, That's Just Too Much, Made to Love, Always It's You, A Change of Heart

This was the most I've heard from the Everly Brothers. I enjoyed listening to the album. "Love Hurts", "So How Come (No One Loves Me)" and "Cathy's Clown" were the tracks that stood out the most for me. The Everly Brothers are talented, and the music is good. I do have a hard time with this early era Rock and Roll that is so focused on the teenage life. I don't want to listen to "Made to Love" again... so creepy.

If the only somewhat memorable song on an album is done a lot better by other people later, I don't think this album should be on the list.

Better than I had expected.

Beh, musica anni 60, molto orecchiabile, tipo beatles, ma americani e più melensi.

There wasn't a huge amount to this one, but it's good enough. Cathy's Clown is a banger. The harmonies are excellent, but this comes from that tweener era of rock where the genre doesn't feel full developed in a lot of ways 3/5

Not sure if this one should be on the list or its predecessor (It's Everly Time) but this one seems to be a very good choice nevertheless. A couple of 3* songs, a couple of 4* songs and quite a few 5* songs. This would be a 4* album normally ..but the 5* songs are super 5* songs covered by many others (think Love Hurts, Stick With Me Baby, Cathy's Clown). So a 5* rating is very justified.

Easy listening. Not bad.

Everlys are great, I don't feel like this was their strongest album though

It was boring

Musical. But cheesy as FUCK.

I really dig it. I like 50s/early 60s stuff. Especially groups that clearly heavily influenced Beatles, etc.

Clearly dated, but still great stuff.

Catchy but a little repetitive. Overall good and fun

It's...fine. I guess. Actually it's a bit boring. It all kind of sounds the same too. It's not that bad though, just not super interesting. I do not expect that I will be going on a 2nd date.

They really have such a distinctive sounds. There are two iconic songs on this album, Love Hurts and Kathy's Clown. The other songs sound like early 60s bangers.

I'm going to adjust this up by one because I think in a more normal headspace I'd enjoy it more, usually down for some rock 'n roll and this is a decent offering of that.

I used to love the Everly brothers when I was about 16. While there's a lot of nostalgia here for me, the album as a whole is just a bit too much of the same for me. Was gonna give it a 4 out of sheer nostalgia but I really don't think I vibe with it enough any more.

Generally enjoyed this. More than I thought I would. Pleasant collection of pop songs. Lots of nice instrumentation and excellent vocal harmonies throughout. Some real hits (e.g. Love Hurts, Cathy's Clown), and some horrible misses (their cover of Lucille is particularly weak), but overall pretty good. Also helped by clear, crisp production.

Vrolijk rock 'n roll plaatje. weinig tijdloos, maar aangename muziek

Liked it

The story of the Everly Brothers is largely tied to their tremendous impact on their musical era and the proliferation of their style. While not as polished or innovative as the acts that would follow, it would be hard to envision the Beatles, Beach Boys, the Yardbirds and many more without this group's impact.

absolutely not my style

pretty fun, a little cheesy but forgivable for the era overall, it’s groovy - 8/10

An observation. It seems like the best tracks on albums from late 50s/early 60s are covers of Little Richard songs.

Usually the kind of album that I love, but it's not too good. Some outdated somg lyrics. 2

nice little ditties

makes me wanna go to a sock hop and ask my sweetheart to go steady<3

It’s kinda nice but it got boring very quickly

Pretty bad. Dated both culturally and sonically. Not sure what value this album brings to the list. To me it’s very clearly made for commercial purposes.

Not as bad as I was expecting! Didn’t know that was the original love hurts lol

Good ole Everly Bros.

Leuk ni echt mijn ding

Despite the clean cut image, it’s fairly clear that these boys just have one thing on their mind: sex, sex, sex. All the girls in the world are there to be enjoyed. We will harmonise and tell you about it. Proper Americana, fusing country and rock, this is drive-ins and diners and Bobby socks and even some sinister undertones a la David Lynch. Compelling listening.

An artifact from a simpler time of rock and roll. Obviously the Beatles listened to this intently.

dated pop, doesn't stand out enough

Nice and simple 60s pop. They obviously influenced the Beatles.

It's...fine. I guess. Actually it's a bit boring. It all kind of sounds the same too. It's not that bad though, just not super interesting. I do not expect that I will be going on a 2nd date.

If I was a teenage girl in the 60s maybe I'd listen to this, but unfortunately I'm not

Nice enough. Can see how the vocal harmonising on songs like Love Hurts would've influenced The Beatles. Though I get the impression that even when this album was released it wasn't particularly groundbreaking.

Thankfully short. Not an album for me but I can appreciate how it has been influential on others. Therefore, 3 neutral stars

I thought this was nice, what did you guys think?

Nice. Cutesy ballads. Very saccharine. Elliott Smith references “Cathy’s Clown” in one of his songs, which is cool. I wonder how many unhappy marriages resulted from this saccharine lovey propaganda in that era?

Doesn't get me hard, but it's certainly better than the black crowes

5/10

Boy oh boy are love songs creepy in the 50s. "Made to Love" got me off on a real bad foot. Interesting to hear, I guess.

Historically important, check. Listenable, check. Enjoyable, check. Sought after, nil. Commercially viable in the late 50s / early 60s does not translate sixty years into the future. This is much more about recreating a time period similar to the HS dance scene in Back to the Future.

12 songs in 27 minutes. This date with the Everly Brothers gets straight to the point and doesn't mess around with any foreplay. "Girls were made to love" within the first 30 seconds. 50s and early 60s objectification of women may have been a different flavor, but it's still there. Did they date one woman simultaneously? Or is this a double date? Either way, I don't think this date went very well. Things get pretty sad a few songs in. Gosh, Everly Brothers, who hurt you? They both sound equally sad. Either both ladies from the double date double ditched, or Phil or Don are dragging their brother down into a pity hole with them. I got excited by the pace of "Lucille" at the start, hoping they found a new lady to love. But nope, they're begging her to return. These guys are getting a little desperate. Should we be concerned? (Retroactively?) Ugh, then Donna ditches you for Johnny!? You can't catch a break! Although, the common element here seems to be the Everlys. Maybe they're the problem in these relationships. Don eventually found fleeting happiness, married twice in the 60s and 70s, but single from 1970-1997. Phil was also married three times, and single for most of the 80s and 90s. It must've been hard being a dreamy-voiced country rock superstar.

This is fine for what it is, the whited-down, I mean watered-down version of early rock and roll. I'd head to the hop and twist the night away listening to this.

Not a whole lot of excitement here. It’s OK. I would write more, but I defer to JKav’s review.

Nothing overly exciting even for the time. Not much going on here. Listenable.

It was ok. Nothing special, but no doubt great at the time.

I think this is quite a well put together album, with the vague theme of going on a dates with the Bros. The music is pleasant but wouldn't go out of my way to listen again

Classic Don & Phil, Classic 60's pop, we love 'em 61 years later. Cathy's Clown is a stand out here.

Nice short doo wop album. This album, down to the title, is crafted to appeal to teenagers of the time. Nevertheless, the harmonies are crisp and precise. It is immediately clear that their influence was immense. The Everly Brothers influenced the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and Simon and Garfunkel and I'm sure many others.

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A short, fun, whimsical collection of songs

a very good time.

Can you imagine a date with the Everly Brothers? Would you choose Don or Phil or both?? I would pick whoever the lad is in the orange cardigan thing. The other one is too busy ringing dial-a-disc.

Pretty early rock n roll. Lovely harmonies. Bit dated now, though. Pleasant enough - 3 stars.

couldn't finish

Fav songs: - Baby What You Want Me to Do - Love Hurts

Utter bubblegum. Finely tuned pop songs of the era. A sub 30 minute album like the good old days! Sprinkling of classics (Cathy's Clown, Love Hurts). Will never play again.

Very modest, pure, elegant, innocent style of optimistic dreamers. Two tenors singing harmonic thirds alternated with the twin riffs of their acoustic guitars, accompanied by a modest rhythm section. The album in short: never a solo, never an out-of-tune note, never an electric arrangement. Succinct and elegant, simple and refreshing, the brothers represented the familiar romance of the average good American boy, neither idol nor rebel. (7/10) Favourite Tracks: Cathy's Clown, Baby What You Want Me to Do

Right over the plate early rock n roll

It's kind of whatever 60s rock? Not too offensive but not really great either