Reviews (page 9 of 14)
Reminds me of Mad Men and Fallout.
Primo dino 50's jazz. Jump, Jive, an Wail.
Classic oldies fifties plaatjes. Soms zeer typisch, soms zeer leuk.
quite good
I dug this one
Spotify. Fave Song - "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You" 4.25 fun listen.
7/10 F.t.: Just a gigolo
Kind of reminds me of christmas. I enjoyed it though
Simple fun
Enjoyable album but I probably won't put it on again. I think that it does what it does well and isn't really a weak album, just not my listening taste. A bit goofy in a good way but also not in a super repeatable type of listen.
It was fine and fun but nothing something I would go to listen to again and again. Nostalgia and novelty celebration album.
Fun. Old-timey.
this album is raspy?? it feels like it was recorded in the 50s. jazzy,
just don’t think this is super my vibe - but love the energy, the vocal tone and clarity, and how the instruments feel alive. make me nostalgic for a time i didn’t grow up in. vintage 67 reference, what did louis know… fav song: buona sera
la verdad que me apasiona bastante como hablan los cantantes con los instrumentos, es bastante hermoso de escuchar. serian 3.5
Kinda vermoeiend wel funky. Had ook geen idee da dit de man was van Che la Luna. Ma nice voor als je wilt gaan jiven, zou het wel niet volledig casual opzetten denk ik. Faves: Buona Sera, Night Train, Five months-2weeks
Fun
Boa parte das músicas tem a mesma/muito silimar melodia de Just a Gigolo.
THE King Louis of The Jungle Book AKA 'I Wan'na Be Like You' singer, wow what a goat. 'The Wildest!' is considered an innovative mixture of early rock and roll, jump blues and jazz as well as eccentric humor (thanks Wikipedia), but I needed to do some research because I don't listen to a lot of jazz (if any) and I wanted to have a thorough understanding of Louis Prima and his 'sound'. This album is fun, and I do like the way it makes me feel like I should be in a speakeasy, drinking a negroni or something, and smoking a slutty little French cigarette that I'm holding with one of those Audrey Hepburn things.
I really enjoyed this album, soft, slow jazz with a bit of funk.
3.5 My favourite album by an orangutan from this list
Fun and fine. Active and fun jazz/big band feel. Very distinctive sound (I can't stop hearing Louie from the Jungle Book) that works well. 3.
Between this and Dave Brubeck I feel like I’ve heard half the soundtrack of every movie from the 90s set in the 50s/60s
I enjoyed I Ain't Got Nobody, but the rest is not my style. ★★★
What an Incredible voice on this man Love her voice as well Lots of fun! although somewhat repetitve Jazz songs arent always amazing to my ears. Dirty dog is fun haha its fun but i gotta be in the mood for it, maybe 3,3.5
Favorite songs: Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody, The Lip, ump, Jive, an’ Wail, Night Train, (I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal You
My enjoyment of this album was greatly enhanced by my familiarity with the opening track thanks to David Lee Roth. And thanks to Brian Setzer for "Jump, Jive, an' Wail." Maybe it's the mood I'm in this fine Saturday morning, but I love this. And I enjoyed learning about Prima and Keely Smith and the songs on their Wikipedia pages. This is the type of album (and knowledge) I was hoping to discover when I undertook this project. I came very close to giving this a 4.
I had a really nice time listening to this album today. Unfortunately, a lot of the songs start to sound very samey after awhile and that lowered my appreciation of it some. I definitely think it's an album you should listen to at least once in your life if you have a desire to expand your view and listen to impactful music from older decades. I could see myself listening to more swing- type music on occasion, so I'm happy for the experience.
"Raunchy mix of demented gibberish, blaring sax, and explosive swing, which rocked as hard as anything released at the time." Took the words out of my mouth.
I really liked the songs and the vine of the album because it was rather happy. The Trupet solo song in the middle of the album was also very good and a nice little switch up.
Makes me wanna put on the most oversized suit with the fattest tie I can find. Can't forget about the two-toned Oxford shoes with a fedora hat to match. Then imma head over to the jukebox joint and dance my heart out
Good for what it is- very high energy. Dude can play the trumpet for sure
I think I said something similar about the Frank Sinatra album, but this was pleasant enough to listen to. Not something I'm likely to come back to, but I did genuinely laugh out loud at "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead." I need a rock cover of that song to exist.
- This is a fun, jazzy new orleans swing album packed with good musicians playing around, but in a really palatable way that stays melodic and energetic. It probably would have been so much fun live or go dancing to. - It's all very light and not that deep in the lyrics department (even while being problematic 50s-style). - His voice has this weird swallowed nasal round feeling in the higher registers that I don't love. - I Ain't Got Nobody and Jump, Jive, An' Wail are classics.
Was he The Wildest? Perhaps by 1950s standards, he might indeed have been off the chain, batshit crazy, but 70 years on, I think he’d need to up his game. This was another pleasant listen, even if nearly every track made me think that it was Pennies From Heaven.
King Louie the orangutan chucking out those juicy big band swing jazz vibes. Stupidly fun.
I'd not heard of this. (I did know Prima's spot in Jungle Book.) I get that this could have been decent party music back in its day; I can hear how boogie-woogie fed into rock'n'roll; there is some fun band work (love the drumming when it slaps out); but I'm not totally convinced. (Apart from anything else, while I like Smith's singing and the backing vocals, I'm put off and concerned that Prima's voice is so hoarse, did he strain it?) The tracks are okay to play through but none are calling me to include them in some fun playlist for contemporary use (Jump, Jive An' Wail comes closest, but not quite), the album seems rather to be of educational or historic interest, so I'll just call it Okay, 6/10.
good stuff here
Calm
This was fun.
There are some tunes on here I like but overall this is just not my thing
This style jazz and swing is fun, but not something I'd often play myself. Usually there's great performances on these kind of records and Louis is no exception with an energetic and pleasant style. Instrumental quite nice too with great horns.
I am not a huge fan of orchestral music, whether it be classical (or baroque, or whatever from centuries past) or big band, crooner type stuff from the 50’s. But this kept me interested the whole way through. “Just a Gigolo…” I recognized immediately from David Lee Roth’s cover from his solo career and “Jump, Jive, An’ Wail” took me back further into my youth, with the Stray Cats’s cover. Lots of energy throughout and enjoyable
Can see why this would be immediately grating to people now but I enjoyed most of this
Nice trumpet work. I knew Just a Gigolo from David Lee Roth and it's intersting how little he changed it from this version. Still nothing I would repeatedly listen to.
its very fun and whimsical. his voice is also very nice
Stark start, blir mycket av samma till slut. Bästa just a gigolo/aint got nobody.
It’s okay, I listened a few times and had some fun with it. The sound palette is pretty small and therefore makes a lot of the songs sound very similar, but I suppose that’s to be expected with something that released in 1956. FT: Oh, Marie Rating: 3/5
**
The type of music your grandparents (or great-grandparents, depending on how old you are) got fucked up to, the Playboi Carti of its day. Does it transcend historical interest? Well, not really, but it’s a lot of fun to listen to and imagine you’re wilding out circa 1956. Best track: “Jump, Jive, An’ Wail”
Good 50's record. It is what I expected.
This sounds very fresh, and there's a couple of true classics, but Keely Smith deserved a much bigger tag on the cover
This is where the cultural gulf between when this came out and now makes it very difficult to hear what made this record special. However, one can hear that seeing this live would have been a blast.
Haven’t finished it, but am enjoying it so far.
I enjoyed it but boy does it drag on for a while. I think it's a good background album if you're going about your day and doing other stuff.
Fun.
Funny and entertaining. 50s vibes are strong
Actually pretty cool old-school stuff.
Certainly a very fun album to listen to. The trumpet work blew me away in certain songs, especially during "Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South" where Prima's is just going full-speed ahead with what I can only describe as inhuman skill. What lets it down is the fact that very few of the tracks are long enough to really sit with, instead fading out when they could have gone further in exploring the sounds being created. Aside from that, I still really enjoyed this swing album which truly rocks, with a cover that really gives you a feel for the rambunctousness of Prima right from the off. Favourite track: Basin Street Blues / When It's Sleepy Time Down South Least favourite track: The Lip
always loved you
fan of the expressive vocals and use of brass 5/10
Very fun! Nice background music for reading
Album #211 Louis Prima: The Wildest Well, the album certainly lives up to its name. For the 50s, I’m pretty sure this is as wild as it gets, though of course those of us today live in such a clown show that this album wouldn’t even register as quirky. Still, though, the staying power of this album proves that it is always the people who aren’t afraid to stand out who are remembered the longest, since I’m not sure how many big band songs from the 50s I would recognize, yet I found multiple on this album alone that I knew. It hasn’t aged the best, but to be fair, I wouldn’t say anything from the 50s has, outside of jazz. But even then, the energy is timeless and I can’t really see anyone not at least finding a few songs here that they jive with. Best Songs: Just a Gigolo, Buona Sera, Oh, Marie Worst Song: The Lip Score out of 10: 6.5
Fallout vibes
Rather tame
Horns go so hard on this
classy and refinated
2.7
One of those ones that's always fun in the background
Great
I don't know how to rate this exactly, since it's so far into rock's ancestry and away from even the jazz I'm moderately familiar with. Enjoyable enough and it helps me enjoy the (very faithful) Roth cover more to hear the original Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody.
fun, but repetitive!
Thought it was OK. Some of the lyrics were a bit shit. But rounded up to a 3 for the use of the word rascal.
Sprightly
Lots of fun. The voice is so familiar just through pop culture references, like old cartoons 'n shit. Filled with innuendos. Old-timey music for people who are no longer with us.
very hard to overstate what a perfect little song I Ain't Got Nobody is. there is a thesis that lives at the heart of most live music performance that says it is easier to be lonely when you're together, when you can voice that loneliness in a room full of strangers that all feel the same way, and Louis Prima is operating on the same idea here. he stretches and tears at the songs title, chopping it up into bits to mull over, and then begins shouting it back and forth with his band, whipping himself up into giddy tongues, seeming to say how hard it was to feel this way, and how great it is that i don't anymore, or how exciting that i might not soon so. we love Louis Prima! that's established! he's so dynamic and funny and full of feeling - so man, where the fuck is he for so much of this record? after loving the first track, i was kind of bummed to find this to be, in large swathes, an instrumental record. even on tracks where Prima sings, it's often only a bit before taking a trumpet solo or letting the band pound out a chorus. everyone sounds warm and lovely and fun, and the duets with Keely Smith have a real sexy kind of charm to them, but it's hard to get over my expectations being set so high out the gate
Really enjoyed this. Still a breath of fresh air after all these years. The influence on Paolo Nutini pretty apparent to me also. Solid 3
Review - this is the sort of thing this list is great for. Immediately recognised this voice but never knew the name. Fun, big band jazz. Score - 6.5/10 Need to listen? YES
Good vibes, funky tunes und bisschen ridiculously funny Lyrics. I guess natürlich nicht alle selbst geschrieben, aber trotzdem gute collection von songs und gute Stimmung
Albümün neredeyse tamamını dinledim, hala dinliyorum. Şu an için bana hitap etmedi.
No es mi estilo, aunque es icónico obviamente.
Started with a bang. Then it couldn't keep the pace.
Day 320 Don’t try the recipe in The Lip! Didn’t improve my trumpet playing at all, just shit myself inside out
Sont donc ben énarvés eux-autres. 3.49 étoiles
fav songs: just a gigolo / i ain't got nobody (nothing's too good) for my baby banana split for my baby playful, swing, BA DA BA DOP 60/100
some fun songs. very fallout-coded. 3/5.
These songs are the ones my Dad would sing whilst shaving in the bathroom next to my bedroom every morning. Don’t like them but love that the keep my memories of my Dad alive. 3/5 26/6/26
only had the chance to listen the album once, it got a kick to it
Fun album, not a perma vibe, but it's cool to just leave on and play something. 3/5
traditional
I don't really know enough about this kind of music to judge beyond "it's nice"/"it grates" or "trumpet fun"/"trumpet bad", but I enjoyed this. Playful songs and energetic vocals with that great King Louie rasp. Worth listening just for the line, "When you're dead and in your grave, no more ravioli will you crave." Trumpet fun :)
Doo ba doo ba doo ba doo ba doo ba doo …. Good fun but a bit too much scat for my liking
‘Just a Gigolo’ is incredible — the energy in the room, the whistles and cries that form into a call and response chorus, the wonderful delivery of ‘I ain’t so bad’ - Absolutely fantastic, listened to it four times already. On a second playthrough the whole thing actually massively grew on me - this dude is just so infectious, everyone seems to be having so much fun! He seems to just lose his mind halfway through ‘Basin Street Blues’ and the band know exactly how to respond! Man, I love this stuff. Also ‘I’ll be Glad When You’re Dead’ is a very strong title to close an album with.
Really fun
A few really fun songs but not sure how often I would think to listen to this
dost dobre rychle ale po chvili uz celkom splyvave
It was interesting
Just a gigolo: Oh it's just so groovy For my baby: vocals, bass, piano, and snare just hits so nicely, also they make silly noises The lip: fun story and funny noises! Body and soul: the horn was so good and then it got a bit faster! So good! Oh Marie: jumpy and fun are the two words that come to mind so far for this album, just a pleasant stroll is what it feels like. Basis/Sleepy: Just a great voice for this kind of music Jump, Jive and Wail: general note for the whole thing, whoever is playing the instruments is just having so much fun(at least it sounds like it) Buona Sera: cute little waltzy song night train: it's just exactly what it sounds like Banana Split: I laughed out loud
old mid
fun old-timey music 💥just a gigolo 💥jump jive n wail 💥oh marie
Quite good.
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The Wildest! was definitely an interesting album. I was going into this album expecting it to be nothing more than just another jazz album from the 1950s but it shocked me in so many ways with it's sheer weirdness. I'd say the one thing that shocked me the most was how wild these lyrics could get especially with (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You like god i was not expecting you to get so violent Louie. The instrumental stuff is fine but virtually unchanging throughout the entire album as it just seems to rely on the same stuff throughout but i will say that having mixed vocals is interesting for a jazz album. Pretty good but not amazing. Best Song: Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody Worst Song: Whistle Stop
Another journey back to the 50's. With the reasonable quality and low frequency of records from that decade, my account on here looks like I'm one of those guys that hangs out at retro diners. NO. I don't pine for the days of leather jackets and marketing picnics and cigarettes to lobotomized wives with closeted husbands. I do; however, enjoy this record. It really is wild! No, we're not listening to Louis murmur to himself while hanging from a chandelier, loaded to the gills on lead paint and bath salts. Nope. No need to call the mental health division of the cops in order to peel his down from there and take him screaming to the drunk tank. It's more wild in the way that we hear different vocalists, energetic singing, jazz passages and more zany zoot suit nonsense. I'm not writing the by-line for this record but you know what I mean. Solid album, and a further indictment of my music taste, as the 1950's creeps up in my favourite musical decade list. 3 HIGHLIGHTS: Daddy has a room we're not allowed to go into. What do you mean there are 7 missing women from this area?
Much more like the sort of jazz I can listen to, enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would
Had some excellent opening tracks but lost its way towards the end.
I like Louis Prima. Fun songs, distinctive voice...he's like jazzy Jerry Lee Lewis. Just A Gigolo is a good song, I like Diamond Dave's version too. It strikes me that Louis Prima's public persona at least is not dissimilar to his portrayal of King Louie from The Jungle Book...I hope he was really like that too. Keely Smith should have asked for higher billing on this album. This album feels like the goofball answer to Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald's work together. The Lip is too silly now, all this stupid chatter. Keely Smith even sounds kind of like Ella. All of his songs sound a little bit the same...hard to tell Oh, Marie apart from his Pennies from Heaven, lyrics aside. And the start of the Basin Street Blues medly I thought was the start of Just A Gigolo again. Jump, Jive, An' Wail, Oxford comma aside, is a great song. Again, great in the 50s by Louis Prima, great in the 80s, this time by Brian Setzer. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You is another good song. This is a fun album, if not a great one necessarily.
fun!
Just a gigolo est bien, c’est assez charmant cette chanson à moitié chant à moitié préformée Et après c’est du vieux jazz, plutôt charmant mais c’est pas ma came 6/10
This was alright but it didn't vibe with me in the same way that other albums within similar genres tend to.
For a crooner, Prima was too down-to-earth and too roguish; as a jazz trumpeter, he was overshadowed by Louis Armstrong and Harry James; and yet, with his Italian-American accent, Prima was a star, and *The Wildest!* brings together his best songs on one album: ‘You Rascal You’, ‘Buona sera’, ‘Jump, Jive, An’ Wail’ and, of course, ‘Just A Gigolo / I Ain’t Got Nobody’, which was covered note-for-note by David Lee Roth in the 1980s (including the scat sequences) and was to become his greatest hit as a solo artist. Of course, the album has acquired quite a bit of patina over the years, but you simply cannot resist the rousing wildness of Louis Prima and his excellent band.
I am never going to stop talking about Banana Split for My Baby that one really, really got me. Great album for making a spicy Italian meal.
Not my sort of thing, but gave it a listen and enjoyed it!
Couldn’t get into it but some of the songs were pretty good.
Helt ok faktiskt, det trodde jag inte innan jag började lyssna. Duktiga musiker och trallvänlig musik. Oförargligt, men den musiken behövs också. Nynnade med ett flertal gånger och det är ändå ett positivt betyg. Mysigt.
I’d never heard of Louis Prima but I discovered I’d heard quite a few of these songs. A nice reminder that rock and roll didn’t spring from nowhere.
-this is my first venture into swing music i believe. not really my thing as far as jazz goes, but it was cool getting to hear such an influential trumpeter at his craziest -a lot of it was very corny and overstimulating but that was clearly what the man was going for, good on him -Favorites: Jump, Jive, an’ Wail, Night Train
not bad
It’s good, but I would only listen as an old background music while taking a nap because it’s less my vibe.
So Paolo Nutini just ripped off this old Italian guy then? Fair enough
Nice and uplifting album. Favorite Songs: Just a gigolo
Body and Soul Jump, Jive, An’ Wail Just a Gigolo
Not my usual style but incredibly catchy
Quite enjoying this so far, it's a bit of fun. Realise it's probs pop jazz, but for my untrained ears it's bearable.
very interesting the first song i got jump and jive
- funky -not really my feel -rate it a 3/5
Good album. A bit repetitive, always that walking bassline, but it's a classic and it created a clichê. I'm just a gigolo is a great song
like it
perfectly serviceable swing jazz. nothing to write home about, but nothing to sour the mood either. would probably sound nice while eating at a fancy italian place. 6/10 FAVOURITE SONGS: NOTHING'S TOO GOOD (FOR MY BABY,) THE LIP, BUONA SERA, YOU RASCAL YOU LEAST FAVOURITE SONGS: OH MARIE
Impossible to hate. It’s a joyful type of music. An instant vibe. Completely inoffensive. But I wouldn’t want to slap it on the speakers very often.
I wanna be a man-cub.
Pretty good. Reminds me of a mix of Louis Armstrong with Frank Sinatra or something. Not bad though.
This is the spot on the Venn diagram where “Jazz” overlaps with “Fun”.
6/10 - nice blues jazz 50s music, upbeat and some funny lyrics at times
Nice classic italian-american vocals and hilariously aged topics, like the intro track being about a gigolo. Standouts are gigolo and (nothing’s too good) for my baby.
I had fun with this! it's a bit more bland than a lot of other music from this era and genre which i think comes from the fact that it's white people doing it lol. but it's cute. Fav tracks: Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody; The Lip; (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal
I was not familiar with this artist, though I'd heard Brian Setzer's cover of "Jump, Jive, an' Wail." I found this album pretty fun. It's hard to sit still with this kind of jazz. I'll probably never again listen to the album, but I had a good time with it and now have slightly expanded my jazz knowledge.
Its an okay jazz album everything started meshing together to the point I couldnt tell wether a new song had started and this was not in a good way. everything basically sounds the same. I like variety. Some songs that I liked were Just a Gigolo and Basin street blues.
each man its own taste.
not wild enough 3.5/5
This shit would slap so hard if I was a Latin American immigrant in Miami during the 80s
Upbeat temp, jazz and trumpet heavy licks, classic mid-50s sound, surprisingly funny. Didn't realize Brian Setzer covered 'Jump Jive and Wail'
Fun!
Man blir unektelig i godt humør av de greiern her, men e en sjanger æ e helt uinteressert i. Mistenke at den fungere veldig godt på fest.
Overskuddsjazz med smittsom entusiasme. Mange av låtene blir veldig enkle og ensformige, men de funket sikkert bra på dansegulvet.
It's sunny in New Orleans. I get wired from drinking some espresso wearing cat eye sunglasses with a parasol by my side. I wave hi to my neighbors. I take a little stroll around the park and hear someone playing these songs. "The Wildest! is the gem of Louis Prima's catalogue. None of his other efforts transcend its raunchy mix of demented gibberish, blaring sax, and explosive swing, which rocked as hard as anything released at the time." -- Wikipedia
I wish more contemporary music had horns. This is well done and both Mr. Prima and the female singer have great voices and sound awesome together. I have heard some of these songs before to include "Jump, Jive, and Wail." I like the version on this album much more than the 90s version as this sounds much more authentic and of its time.
Solid
yea i mean, i didn't really listen. it's good.
the wildest no se pero uno de los wilder seguro
Un toque muy cincuentero
Swingin grooves
not my type of album but i like it
Not bad!
Lindo me gustó
Great
Standard and inoffensive swing / jazz with lots of trumpet. It sounds like they're having a lot of fun, but nothing really stood out to me.
mom would never let me get this wild
Fun and light. Good background music while doing something active.
It’s a fun album. A party album. I’m not a huge fan of Swing but this gets you going.
A shot of pure, lively fun. Great as a palate cleanser and proof that Prima’s chaos was a genuine art form, even if it’s not a world you’d live in.
Довольно дефлотный веселенький джазец, но чего-то особенного про него сказать не могу. Жанр такой, наверное, не для меня... Хотя ничего плохого тоже не могу сказать.
Pretty good for the 1950s, I would say, while also being not particularly something I would like to listen to much. The saxophone, in the wrong hands, can be quite an irritating sound, can't it. There's no question mark there, because that's rhetorical. It can be quite an irritating sound. Overall though, good energy, quite a lot of fun, glad to have heard, glad to put it back down.
It’s like an antique chair. “Wow more comfortable than I would have thought! Simple!” Three, somehow?
Pretty fun, 40 minutes is a lot of time for all that brass though...
Ahead of its time but also annoying at times
Nice intro into this Album a Day project. Hopefully the first of many :) I liked this one more than I thought I would. Not sure why I thought I wouldn't like it - maybe the old timey release date. Didn't know what to expect. Big sax - funky, bluesy swing jazz. Dancey. Some elements of humor. A little weird, but in an enjoyable way. Just a Gigolo is a jam for sure.
Calling this "the wildest" is an exaggeration, but this is definitely a spirited set of swing songs. The biggest highlights are when Prima and his wife trade lines back and forth, their chemistry is a ton of fun. There's a lot of humor throughout, and the playful closer is the highlight in that regard; who among us hasn't had a friend whose meatball-stealing tendencies have annoyed us? The fact that the vocals are the most interesting part of this naturally means that the instrumental songs fall a bit flat. While the music here is swinging, there's not enough to make it noteworthy on its own, at least to someone who has heard Little Richard run laps around the wildness on display here. Definitely a fun set of songs, but it's limited by the energy being medium high, not high.
Missing some good trumpet in the current mainstream music. The Lip is really catchy.
Muziek die lollig is hoeft niet persé slecht te zijn kom je bij het luisteren van deze plaat achter. Plezier spat er van af. Het is niet het meest hoogstaande maar dat pretenderen ze niet, dit maakt ze ook weer sympathiek. Door het speelse gebeuren er toch weer ongedwongen leuke muzikale dingen. 3,4 vier sterren zou net iets overdreven zijn.
It's very one note, to the point where several songs are basically the same, but it's joyous and fun. It's not something I'd return to, but it would make for a great live show.
Skibbidy doo dar, swings finger in the air. Jazz hands. Meh, its okay.
Fun old album. Lot's of bops and very silly.
3.5
Just a Giggalo: Jazzy, reminds me of an Italian song on TikTok, vocal layering is insane. I love the saxophone and the percussion. (Nothing’s too good) for my baby: Her voice is so 50’s core - which makes sense as it’s an album from the 50’s. His voice has such a satisfying growl and there’s such a gentleness there. Bluesy. The lip: Really nice storytelling and enunciation. The cadence is reminiscent of rock and roll songs. I love the saxophone and how it mirrors a human reaction. Body and soul: Really nice trumpet (I said saxophone but my mum corrected me) break. And the gentle percussion really adds to it. This whole album reminds my mum of Fats Domino which I agree with. Oh Marie: I’ve heard this song before. Reminds me even more of that TikTok song which I’m sure will come up in this album. Basin Street Blues: Clearly inspiration of blues music. I like when he says random things and the saxophones (which I now think are trumpets) mimic it. Jump, Jive, An’ Wail: Feminism core Buona Sera: Such a soft and gentle song. Could definitely see this being played at a wedding. Night train: Aha! ‘Pennies from heaven’ is the song that’s been plaguing my mind this whole time. But, alas, this song is still lovely. A beautiful instrumental break with some piano (which has been missing from other songs) (I’ll be glad when you’re dead) you rascal you: Very jolly song for the title Banana split for my baby: Again, very jolly, it reaffirms the strong storyline the album has been following. The woman is noticeably no longer singing which is a shame. Whistle stop: Ironically, the lyrics are “bring her back to me” which mirrors the lack of a female singer. I like the actual whistling included. Be mine (little baby): A bit of an underwhelming end to the album, but it was coherent and the saxophone/trumpet was great.
I will take your word for it
Joy was oozing out of everything here. It was fun to listen to, but nothing memorable. Maybe, it is because of my taste.
Good
Not my thing but I appreciate it
Fun swingy album
Catchy tunes
Just starting the third song, enjoyable album, not something I would actively choose to listen to but it's not because it's not my kind of music, just more of a rarer listening choice I'd probably feel more joyous listening to this if I wasn't so tired so we'll see, I'll sleep midway through and listen to the rest in the morning when I have energy I will say the fact he voices king Louie in the Jungle book is just making a whole lot of sense, it feels so right, he has a great voice, I like jazz, need to listen to more Tomorrow, start on Basin Street Blues!
Мафия 2 балдежная игра, балдежный альбом (устал за ~3песни до конца)
This album represents that 50s era swing/jazz era to a tee. I’m not necessarily mad at it, but I’m not necessarily brought in - songs are fun, have that Vegas jazz sense of humor, and you can’t not be entertained- but I won’t be making any argument for or against this. There might be some general bias in that my day prior was Miles Davis “In A Silent Way”…. There’s no way to equate either of these in any way. But it’s telling that I was already immediately ready to throw Miles back on and put this back on the shelf. I will say- “(I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You Rascal” may be one of the funniest songs I have ever heard.
Monday blues
Not particularly something I'd call great, but this was a lot of fun. It's a pretty enjoyable record that flies by. I could probably be more critical, but I'm just going to leave it by saying I had a good time listening while not really getting more from it than the vibes. Overall: 3.3/5
2/1000
Não me pegou mas reconheço a qualidade
Muy lindos temas sobre todo el de gigolo (osea el primero que estaba en el album), pero no es uno de mis favoritos pero lo seguiria escuchando en otro momento.
la voz y la interpretación de don louis son un espectáculo. la orquesta que lo acompaña es sencillamente cautivadora. sin usar recursos tan rimbombantes te llenan el espacio a pura personalidad
I picture a young David Lee Roth in his bedroom listening to this on repeat and taking copious notes.
good vocals but the album feels like the same song
Classic. Not really my temporary haha
3/5
its alright, but I think it suffers from the limited range of goodness which all 50s albums on here, other than the Latin American/jazz ones. He's good fun, and the lady singer is also very good. The Sax bits and more jazzy stuff is probably the best in my opinion. There's a few medleys as well, which I guess is a good way to combine stuff or have an instrumental bit at the start of a song. Quite a lot of them sound the exact same. Favourite songs: first one, body and soul, jump, jive an wail. Overall around 5/10
I love this type of music, makes me think of romantic golden era hollywood movies and better times.. It was however a mixed bag on an album, at it's best it made my heart swell, at it's worth I had to skip beacuse it was an irritant..
good old style tunes, but not something I'd stick on
Kinda buns twin but it was fun.
I quite like a range of jazz and some big band, though my knowledge of these is pretty limted, this kind of fits in there with these probably swing or somesuch in there too. It seems to be trying so hard to be fun that it left me feeling more grumpy. Sure it's just me...
Idk it sounds old but good
Bastante bien. Para mí que no me gusta tanto este tipo de música se me hizo un toque largo de terminar, pero bastante bueno.
104. jazz
Not really my thing but I can still appreciate a fun swing album when I hear one. I would never go out of my way to listen to anything like this but it's still good enough at what it does to keep me entertained. I do like the revolving door of vocalists, making it pretty dynamic on top of the already super fun and lively instrumental.
Pretty wild. I don’t know about the wildest…..
Nice stuff
Classic!
Bouncy, happy swinging jazz. Made me smile.
old school jazz not bad but not something that blows me away
It's alright. More background music.
Hauskaa fallout musiikia
Me recordó mucho a mi tía P
i like how italian it is
Some fun and silly songs! Likely won't revisit
pretty good and likeable thats for sure. love the instrumentals
play that band music white boy
Really enjoyed this, sounds like the songs were more about just having fun with the music, instead of taking it too seriously.
im just a gigolo too brother
I liked it. I like Louis Prima. I'm not super into this album but it does have a lot of good tunes.
pior que eh bacaninha, hein. ótima soundtrack pra um filme que se passa nos anos 50, só tem uma que me irritou mto não sei pq. de resto bão demais fantástico que do nada soltam um pião do baú rapidão como quem nao quer nada.
Really fun album. What a wonderful voice. The album a bit “one note” as far as variety but it was a great listen while driving into work. The power in his voice and the swinging jazz were a great album from the list. I feel 3 is too low but I can’t quite get to 4. 3.75/5
Bangers.
Gas
This is a fun album nothing more nothing less. Why does this remind me of Lou Vega
He really IS the wildest of the era. Good pace, good grooves, cool dude
favorites: just a gigolo; for my baby; the lip
Sounds like it should be from the 1930's. Liked it but was anachronistic.
thought this was just music played in movies
Not my style of music! However, the album is incredibly cheeky in its lyrics and energy which makes for an entertaining listen. I don't know if this album is an accurate encapsulation of what the 60's felt like, but it certainly transports you to a different time.
Just For You I'd Learn To Bake A Pie 1001 Albums Generator 241 (3/6/2026) I mean, in 1956, this really might have as wild as it got. I can imagine this totally floored Silent Generation parents when young Boomers put this on the turntable. I mean, those huge vocal harmonies and nonsensical wordless vocals on I Ain't Got Nobody are a hell of a way to start an album. While I love the pure playfulness of The Wildest (I mean seriously, these guys are really enjoying themselves), there are moments like The Lip that are a bit corny. However, check out the quick interpolation of In The Hall of the Mountain King in Body And Soul. What a clever idea. Buona Sera has an undeniably latin flare (perhaps a tango?) in its first half. The Wildest is probably the best of these traditional pop/crooner albums that I've heard so far, but it's still just not my style of music. Louis Prima is a really convincing frontman though. 3/5. Favs: Just A Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody (Nothing's Too Good) For My Baby Buona Sera Least Fav: The Lip
Best Track - "Jump, Jive An' Wail"
Okay, this is probably the oldest album I've had yet, and it sure sounds it. It might have been the Wildest album of its time, but music has evolved so much in the intervening decades that it's not even close to the title in modern times. It's enjoyable enough, but 50s music in general tends to sound extremely dated, and this falls victim to that. Lyrics are okay, though often uninteresting. Jazz can be a phenomenal genre, but this is more a curio for people interested in the popular sounds of the 1950s and less an essential album for everyone.
Music from this age has a charm to it that can't be recreated anymore, and the early rock and roll sound mixed with jazzy trumpets and saxophones make this album great even after 70 years. 3.8/5
Swingy! And this guy is a gigolo!
Not the sort of thing I'd normally listen to. I'd like it if I was at a themed restaurant, but I wouldn't listen again.
Jazz never been my type of music, but this one was surprisingly an easy listening. I mean at no point did I want to turn it off thinking “what the f is this”. So I guess it’s ok, for background listening or something.
This is a really fun album. I couldn't listen to it too often, but great to listen to every few years.
Ihan leppoisaa 3,5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3/5 nice
This is a fun little album! Didn't drag, fun songs. Much better than I assumed. 3/5
This brought back early memories of a slew of Italian/American singers. Although Louis was one of the earliest with deep roots founded in New Orleans jazz. An interesting listen.
Fun.
Reminded me of visiting my grandmother as a child
Fun background album. Started strong and fizzled over its run time. 2-3 stars
Louis Prima made on of my fav Disney songs ever, and I knew ‘Pennies From Heaven’, so I was excited to check this out !! This album has such good vibes !! So jazzy, amazing basslines and groovy trumpets. Prima’s singing and the backing vocals are great too. Fav song is ‘Just A Gigolo’.
Well gee whiz, mister! These "soitenly" are some grand tunes! Favorite song: Whistle Stop.
Well... this was a case of maybe it would have been best not to go down a rabbit hole about the artist. The music fell into the category of something I wouldn't normally listen to but was pretty good! A bunch of classic songs that have been covered numerous times. But once I delved into the history of Louis Prima it just seemed... weird. He was married so many times and each time it seemed like the person he married was 20... no matter how old he was. And that person was also someone that he tried to (successfully sometimes, unsuccessfully others) launch their singing career. Which is just... creepy.
this was a nice vibe. it's so funny bc david said this would be the weirdest album i'd listen to. not true! hellooo, sigur ros?
This is what your mom plays while she makes a Sunday bolognese, and I plan to do just that on Monday.
Okay! Great first Songa and then it vegane a little repetetive imo. But he has an amazing voice and great banter and pace in the songs.
Enjoyed! Recognized a couple of songs.
Just a buzz that you get from these albums. Fun, raucous and you’re never sure where the next bar goes. Good stuff.
Fun and frantic cooking music
Just a fun album!
Of the time. Nice vibe though, comedic, enjoyable feel Think this guys mental instability is being misjudged as personality You're enjoying scrambled eggs, then someone slaps a fistful of jam in the middle of it. I'll try it. But not again.
Enjoyed it. Won’t listen again though probably Parts gave me fallout song vibes which is always a bonus
Bit of fun, but there’s a time and place.
Surprisingly good. It really swings on the good songs, and I can feel how Louis Prima enjoys performing. But there’s a downside to it: There"s so much enjoyment and playfulness that I want to turn it down a little after a while. I don’t think I can match the level of happiness in this kind of music through a full album. Favourite songs: Bueno Sera and Just a Gigolo/Ain’t Got Nobody
Some bops, some annoying tracks, but all around not bad. 3/5
no lo completé pero estaba bueno.
3/6
I'm quite fond on this genre in a more limited quantity, a whole album is a little too much. The lyrics aren't great, but I don't think I mind all that much. And why isn't he paying for that banana split? Three stars. (Favorite track: Just a Gigolo / I Ain't Got Nobody.)
It was good-sounding, nostalgic album that gives the same feeling as you have when listening to Fallout soundtracks. Actually, should get back to playing the game again...
It’s fun and uplifting. The sax parts are awesome! Fallout soundtrack to my ears.
Funky
Big band sound - lot’s used in movies
Yeah it's some pretty alright swingy jazz numbers. Nothing amazing but it's pretty alright.
Recognised the voice straight away as King Louie from Jungle Book. Good album to listen to whilst working, but it's not really my style. 3/5 clearly talented, but not something I'd choose to listen to again.
Too crooney
The tunes are good enough, in that jazzy swingy sense. But the lyrics are borderline nonsensical (intentionally, I suppose) and Prima's no Sinatra. Might simply be an unfortunate consequence of the passage of time but the comedy half of this comedy record does not hold up at all. As of now the only person I can picture really crowing about this album is Italian-American octogenarian homebodies and Tim Heidecker's hipster character from I Think You Should Leave. It's a shame because instrumentally, it's rock-solid toe-tapping jazz beats all the way through. Though I did keep thinking it was going to crack into When The Saints Go Marching In half the time. fav tracks: I Ain't Got Nobody, Body and Soul
A fun swing album, even if not an essential listen
This album was definitely fun. Danceable.
It’s always interesting to listen to music from the 50s. I’m sure this was a certified banger back in the day. It flowed well, I thought it was okay. But I think it’ll take more than just some simple swings to get me to vote more than a 3 on stuff like this.
Only really liked the first song, everything else was underwhelming tbh. Not my cup of tea for sure
3.5/5
Uma viagem para os anos 50, em muitos sentidos. Prima é um frontman muito carismático para os padrões da época mas até para as sensibilidades atuais. Muitos solos de uma nota, o que é hype d+.
2.4/5 Really surprised with this one. Thought I was going to hate it but I was bopping along to most of the album.
A lot of these songs feel like great choices for 80s/90s movie montages.
Joyful
it is exactly what reviews claim it to be: joyous, makes one want to dance.
Liked it
Loved Keely Smith’s voice! I miss that full bodied sound! Liked the harmonies but the beginning of like every song sounded like Pennies from Heaven. Favorite lyric was by far, “When you’re dead and in your grave, no more ravioli will you crave.”
a very classy album, i did enjoy it. to me it is a quite good background (but quality) music. i like the swing/jazz in the album, i didn't look into the lyricism but i believe the lines are often witty. plus, prima's voice suited me just well.
Well, not bad but not my cup of tea. Nice background music though.
Wasn't into it at the start, about halfway through I was convinced I was listening to a Paolo Nutini album and started enjoying it for some reason. Would like to give a 2.5 but rounded up to a 3 as the back end of the album perked me up!
Liked his energy and storytelling
nice, fun sound
Interessante companhia
Easy listening some might say
very fun beats!!! i’ve heard some of these songs before!! this would cheer me up on an off day. might need to revisit for a confidence boost! i love this style of music, i just don’t often choose to listen to it, which is odd!
I have a soft spot for music like this. It’s charming. There are a few songs on here that I have heard thanks to cinema and tv shows. It was a quick, effortless listening. Would throw on again for some background music as you don’t really need to actively enjoy this.
This album wasn’t necessarily bad, but this genre’s never been my favorite. Also didn’t like how aggressive the horns were in some songs. Probably won’t go out of my way to listen again.
Oldy Jazz mood
I liked it! So much familiar stuff on here. Not the kind of thing I'd listen to every day, but fun background for a dinner party or something.
The Wildest is a great title for this album cause it couldn't be more fitting. It's also the album's greatest strength because the energy loosely contained in this album is great. It honestly feels like it was a total blast to record this album. Now thats obviously not based on anything other than the atmosphere cause for all I know Louis could have been a real monster to be around, but the impression I get from this album is that it was a ton of fun. There's a couple huge massive hits on this album that I don't know enough about to say whether or not he wrote these songs or which ones were covers, but I enjoyed almost every track on this album and the stand outs were "You Rascal You", "The Lip", " and "Banana Split for My Baby" (which I know isn't technically on the original album, but I liked it so I'm including it). But for all the songs I enjoyed there were a few songs that didn't really do anything for me or were kinda boring cause they were more of the same. But as a whole a super solid album for the time with a respectable amount of variety for 1956.
"Just a Gigolo" - this is very recognisable, there is something so familiar in its tune as well as the vocal style. it reminds me that i actually DO quite like jazz, when there are in fact lyrics. "Nothing's too Good for my Baby" - the speed of the sax/trumpets whatever is very pleasing to the soul. the voices bled so well together its GORGEOUS. spent the whole album waitinf for pennies from heaven. it turns out that IS in fact a louis prima song which makes me feel a bit smug...
Not my vibe. But see how others could enjoy. Plus the guy from Jungle Book!?
Great for a Mad Men-themed cocktail party, too corny for the morning commute
I enjoyed this! It’s funny to think of this as music to sit down and listen to. I don’t mean that meanly. Louis Primas music is now known probably mostly for commercials and soundtracks, but this was fun and a good listen.
3/6
This is actually pretty fun, I had never heard it before and sometimes I almost feel like I can hear inspiration for people like Tom Waits. It's at least not a mediocre british act from the mid 90s