The Sounds Of India

nonono habibi

ai pra mim não rola perdão

meh, mid, used in every indian scene in movies

Don’t know what to think of this. Instruction manual rather than album

Not for me. I don’t want to be guided step by step through the arrangement of traditional Indian music

There is comfort in knowing that one day I will no longer be in existence to have to suffer through this album once again.

Album #27 Ravi Shankar: The Sounds of India Seeing how I live in Toronto, I am already very well acquainted with this album as I experience the sounds of India every day. In all seriousness, though, I do respect the vast influence that Indian culture and spirituality have had on much of Western music; the most egregious example being George Harrison and The Beatles, whose psychedelic eras can be directly tied back to Indian music. The issue for me, however, is that I am sitting around sober in a Canadian winter listening to this, rather than high off hallucinogens in an Indian temple. This is the sort of music you need to be completely immersed by and let take over you for its true form to be revealed. In my current listening conditions, I am unable to be grasped by the music, often having trouble distinguishing one sequence from the next. Ravi does warn of this in the introduction, which states that harmony and rhythm are not to be expected, which, unfortunately for me, is something that I actually quite enjoy in music. Maybe my unfamiliarity with the sitar as an instrument also provides a barrier. I do find it quite strange that this album seems to be the Indian music representative on the list; it is barely meant to be heard as a standalone album, but rather just an introduction to the sounds that comprise Indian music. It kind of feels like a cop out, and there are probably far more interesting Indian albums that could be included in the list. Overall, can’t say I enjoyed listening to this one, and it didn’t help that it is the album directly following my least favourite album so far (Speakerboxx/ The Love Below), which also happened to drone on for ages. But funnily enough, Ravi’s daughter, Nora Jones, was featured on that album, so it seems my least favourite albums share the same DNA Best Tracks: Dadra, Maru-Bihag, Sindi-Bhairavi Worst Track: Bhimpalasi Score out of 10: 2.5.

I’m skipping this one for the culture.

New sounds to me.

Blind album and artist. It's an hour of sitar.

Hell yeah I used a private session for this one, no offense to Ravi, but Indian music gets me in the mood for Indian food and I don't want Spotify's algorithm to make me wander of for some Lamb Vindaloo. I prefer my sitar in the background of Beatles songs and while I pounding down curry. Any album that has to have instructions on how I should enjoy the music is not music I am going to enjoy.

Kinda boring to be honest. Like it's fine, but I think it would have been nice with a bit more depth. 1/5 stars.

this was an introduction to indian music that i appreciate for the knowledge

Rubbish

Unenjoyable.

FFS what s load of rubbish

nop

Not for me

Ravi Shankar learnt to play the sitar from Len Houmous when they met in an Indian Restaurant in Hammersmith in 1952. Len was taking a break from Korea. 1.0 2/5 Dadra

We are truly in the dregs Fuck this. I'd rather not be in the same room as my phone when its playing this Why am I getting instructions? Is this the 50s version of skits? Artistically impressive, but awful to listen to

I would’ve rather listened to five Slayer albums in a row.

Not my jam....

Weiss nicht, was dieses Album hier macht. Oder sind wir im Museum? Als nächstes bringen sie die Alder Bueben.

nah

Not for me, thnx

I liked the tidbits explaining what was going on throughout this album. But, I can say this is not for me. Sitar drones and idiomatic plucking thoroughly wore me out with as long as it went. If I’m rating purely on how much I enjoyed this record: 1/10 My wife asked me multiple times to turn it off.

Сильно не моє. Не люблю ситару та таку індійську музику

I am not a sitar fan, not even a little. The sound isn't relaxing to me and in my brain it doesn't comfortably fit into modern music. He introduced Indian music to an entirely new audience, so he gets credit and kudos for that. But musically this is a zero on my scale of interests. 1 star for influence and being a name I instantly recognize as a music fan. Musically it's just noise, sound from a forgotten time, or from a country I have no connection to. The repetition would put me in a padded room, he may be a shredder on sitar but its such a shitty instrument.

I don't enjoy indian music other than some rock music sitar. I am very appreciative of Ravi Shankar's influence on George Harrison though

Bad

This was a chore.

Yeah, I had no interest in this album. One listen is enough for anyone. I will never revisit it.

I'm not sure if I listened to music or a tutorial about music.

girl bye

What!?

Hindustani classical music as a 50 minute solo in sitar.

No thank you not a sound I enjoy listening to. You can tell this man is talented, dedicated, and passionate about his craft of music though. So props to him as well as the listeners that enjoy this music.

not for me

Can see the huge impact and influence Ravi has on a lot of music I enjoy, but this genre is not at all for me, with every single track hugely outstaying it's welcome

XD Indian music Dramat

Albums shouldn’t be instruction manuals.

Important? sure... enjoyable? for me, not so much.

First album I’m not gonna finish. I listened to the first track and that was more than enough to know that this is by far the worst album I got so far

Just not for me. The narration was annoying.

It's not bad music, but I don't want to listen to it.

There was a lot of talent here there's not denying that... however i also so badly didn't want to hear any of this

ni lo ewcuche. no es mi tipo

first 1 star, not quite what i expected haha

Hard to differentiate between tracks. Any novelty which might have once existed in listening to such a different genre now gone.

May be someone’s jam, just not mine.

I do not need to learn about the Sounds of India.. Not sure why it is on the list

Not really into learning Indian music beats

Nah.

No Thank you!

Interesting as a historical curio but deeply boring and unlistenable.

1/5

se a ideia era aprender com esse álbum eu aprendi legal!!! (infelizmente não é bom e detestei o conceito)

not my bag, respect the culture

Interesring, but not an audible album. I don't belive there aren't other albums with Sitars and Tablas that are much, much better as an album.

I really appreciate what this guy was trying to do with this album, but this is quite possibly the worst possible way that it could have been executed. Trying to get westernised people to be open to Indian music is a great thing, but this isn't how it should be done. The best thing is honestly to just have people listen to this type of music without thinking about it too much. He goes too much out of his way to try and get people to like this music, and in my opinion this doesn't work. He also goes in to far too much detail about music theory and explains all the technicalities of scales and what all the instruments do. I can't speak for everyone, but all that stuff just goes completely over my head. Music is about feeling and emotion, and having a connection to it. Not about maths or theory. In fact, people placing too much importance on letting music theory decide whether they like a piece of music is one of my biggest pet peeves.

This album did zero for me!

The weird spoken word intro didn't help endear me to this. There's obviously something going on here but I can't tell one track from the next. I can't imagine a situation where I'd want to sit down and listen to this.

As revered as he is…Not my cup of tea.

The Sitar is an interesting instrument but only sitar for a whole album is just not enjoyable as an album for me. Its cool to make a tutorial for the instrument and the music but i wouldn't consider it a album i need to hear tbh. I guess i am a huge fan of harmony in music.

Not for me.

Very hard to access this really and it all sounds very similar I’m sure it’s virtuoso playing but not for me in the slightest

The second album in a row that my review is just one word. Awful!! This is not an album, its a history lesson in indian music and culture.

Not for me at all.

Educational as it was it was something I could have lived without

uh. nahhh

Not a fan, personally.

just not for me

Go fuck yourself 10001 albums.

maybe if i didn’t have the plague this would have done more for me could i write poetry to this? n

A few 2-star reviews sum up my feelings for this. It's not bad, it's just not my thing.

I've been giving too many amazing albums a 2 that this needs to go down to a 1. But I actually like it.

Too much sitar

Interesting but not for me

Nope

I found this overall a little irritating. Not my cup of tea unfortunately, but I do appreciate the musical talent on display.

Not my cup of tea. Found it quite tedious

Ah now.

Sparse. I had a hard getting used to it. Felt more like a music lesson then an album.

No and nope. Boring and repetitive. And 1000% not for me.

nije mi ovo slusljivo bas

Feel inspired, now going to listen to Sounds of Kazakhstan by Borat Sagdiyev

I know that Ravi Shankar influenced the Beatles but this album is a snoozefest. It's more of a recorded sitar lesson than an album. If you want to take a nap though, it's good for that.

A little too hectic for me

Not into this

Not my vibe

It was something. This is on the top of my list for reconsideration for being on this list. He is a talented musician though.

Interessant mal etwas Musik vom anderen Ende der Welt zu hören. Die Erklärungen zu Beginn der Stücke war 1957 erforderlich. Nicht meins.

I appreciate mr. Shankar teaching me about the songs that he subsequently played for 10 minutes. However the sitar solos are not as enjoyable for me as they were for George Harrison. I made it through some of the songs but having 5 iterations of the same general style was pretty tough. But I’m sure someone out there likes it. 2.2/10

First off, I feel like I have to say I appreciate this type of music because it seems culturally important to a huge group of people. Now, that I got that off my chest, this was absolutely exhausting to listen to. It was just straight constant noise being finger blasted into my ears. 2/10

Please fucking kill me. 1/10

Yea no

Not for me

Absolument atroce, pauvre peuple indien représenté par un tel assassin.

Åh vad det piper och och har sig

Not my cuppa tea

started listening and then some guy started talking soooo

Sadly didn’t like this

Dit gaat niet goed he? Raak hier helemaal van over mijn toeren, het gaat ook maar door.

Not for me.

Es una verga esto. No es para mi.

I listened to it. I didn't like it. I recognize its probably just my western tastes, but it seemed very repetitive. I'm just thankful for his daughter, Norah Jones, whose music I enjoy much more.

Kinda weird.

Nice that we’re getting non western music here, but this shouldn’t be the only exception. George Harrison might have found illumination with this music, but I certainly don’t.

Este álbum se dio como una consecuencia de la idea de exportar la música india hacia el mundo, especialmente a los países occidentales, siendo Ravi Shankar un personaje principal en esto. Comenzando por el hecho de que fue el mentor de George Harrison con el sitar, instrumento que descubrió en su retiro con los Beatles al país oriental y el cual incluyó en algunos trabajos con la famosa banda británica. Eso ya es un adentramiento de Shankar en la cultura occidental, y con este trabajo, quiso romper aún más las barreras culturales. Siendo un álbum conformado casi en su totalidad por improvisaciones, y sonando solamente tres instrumentos, hacen que la atención se ponga casi en su totalidad a la maestría de la interpretación del sitar y cómo transmite tanto con su sonido. Incluye además explicaciones del mismo Ravi, las cuales hacen alusión a los elementos rítmicos y sonoros a los que va a hacer uso en cada una de las extensas canciones, y así dar cátedra de su excelente sonido. Su escucha termina siendo algo repetitiva, y en el caso en donde no puedas conectar de una forma directa con la interpretación y los momentos sonoros, no se hace muy disfrutable. Pero sí es una experiencia única.

Commendable from an educational point of view but here I'm judging my personal listening experience, and that was horrible.

I did not need a lesson on playing a sitar. I also did not need to listen to this album. The only bright part was that it was 25 minutes long.

Not really my bag.

While I readily recognize the talent that Ravi Shankar has in playing the sitar and also recognize the influence that he had on the Beatles, this does absolutely nothing for me. I just rewatched some of his Woodstock set and he does jam on it, but to me, it just sounds like a dead cat wail.

Nomas para saber

I appreciate the time Ravi Shankar took to explain Indian classical music in the first track :D not sure I hugely appreciate the rest of the album but it's not the worst I've ever heard. Give me Project Mishram instead though. This album is 65 years old, doesn't have a combined 1m plays on Spotify, and seems to be included on the list as a cultural curiosity. We've had Manu Chao, Miriam Makeba and Ravi Shankar in the last week and I'm not sure any of them have a place in a greatest albums list, however comprehensive it might want to be.

Boring.

no, I am very sorry not enjoyable at all

Exactly what it says it is: a recording of a very good teacher and player teaching and playing well. Is that an album?

The sitar is not a very pleasant instrument to my ear. And the tracks are just too long.

Struggled to get through this. I’m not knowledgeable of music so although it was nice to hear some theory, it didn’t make this any more pleasant

Excrutiating

Diesen Hippie fueled Hype würde es heute so nicht mehr geben 1.2

no

I get that it’s totally subjective and probably due to cultural bias but this made me super anxious to the point to nausea. I tried to get through it on 5% volume but 50mins was too much for me to handle.

I’ve heard aids is more pleasant than this album but I’m lucky enough to have avoided both. What actually is the sound of India? Elephants? Music? Or people shitting in their hands and clapping? I hope it’s an elephant noise album

Im not even going to listen to this.

Nope

No idea why it's in the list. Not my thing but clearly an introductory album and not his best work

Not a fan of this album

Terrible. Though it had others dancing at the 6A bus stop in their sandals.

Been thrown into this list to tick a genre box. Absolute wank.

Awful - not for me

Not my cup of tea...don’t like it...and it’s an introductory/instructional album filled with four ‘tracks’. What am I missing here? 1 Star!

Los virtuosos no son lo mio

I couldn’t listen to. I felt like I was waiting for a curry

I learned many things. One of which is that I probably won't have this in my rotation of music.

Clearly some talent but not my vibe.

Not a fan of Sitar lines

no

I'm too much of a westerner. Not my kind of music. Like, at all. Maybe it got ruined by Bollywood? Probably not.. No Thanks.

Kon het helaas niet afluisteren want het is redelijk ongrijpbare muziek voor mij.

This just isn't my jam.

1

Arvostin alun opetusjaksoa suuresti! Nyt ymmärrän paremmin intialaisen musiikin perään... NOT!

Really?!

This appears to be an instructional album on how to play Indian music??? Did not finish because why would I want to listen to this? 1/5