Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

I tend to like Ray Charles but I didn't care too much for this album. I didn't make it all the way through, maybe it was a lack of interest or maybe it was too many horns??

Not his best

A bit too long for my taste. The songs were also a bit too bland and the panning of the audio was unbearable

Okay, can respect the talent but not my style

If you wanted an entire album that sounds like a bunch of songs from classic Disney movies but is all about the dudes girlfriend/lover or whatever cheating/leaving blah blah than this album is for you. Nothing groundbreaking. Album gets stale quickly. All songs sound the same. Vocals and some of the instrumentation are ok but I was glad when this album was over

Pretty decent. Liked it enough but don’t see myself reaching for this album every often.

It is Ray Charles, so... good to the ears.

Too samey and I prefer Charles with some energy not commercial tunes from A Christmas Story

27th October 2021 Actually listened on the 28th on the living room speaker while working with jen in the kitchen. Didn't listen on the 27th as I was listening to Fontaines DC before seeing them at ally pally with Gareth. I love Ray Charles, but this is a covers album. I prefer the less swoony numbers that don't have the fuzzy backing vocals, but definite class all the way.

A few of the songs were good, but for the most part this album seemed pretty bland to me. A lot of the songs sound the same and I become bored towards the end of it.

This is such a weird album. Ray Charles tried to straddle between country and soul but in my opinion didn't fully succeed in any of those genres. Because of that it's a very mixed bag of songs that are neither painful nor really exciting to listen to.

Another artist I have not listened to much at least deliberately listened to but wanted to because of his name and how well regarded he is but just never did yet the album immediately transports me to a particular point in time that I was not alive for and to a part of america I have never been which is pretty ammazing thing to do. I love how charles sings the part of a saxaphone in parts Just too many love songs or songs about love more accurately. hey good lookin, not a huge fan of this version but the song holds a place in my heart from it being in GTA but I do like hearing it in this style so it is interesting at least compared to the rest of the album which for me was quite dull. 2 - not for me but doesn't hurt my ears

I can't really say I would put any track here on again, but I also can't ignore the quality of the instrumentals. It might be unfair to judge an almost 60 year old record by today's standards, but most tracks just sounded the same to me. 2/5.

In Conclusione: onestamente m'ha parecchio annoiato. Oserei dire che sono quelle che all'epoca i miei nonni avrebbero chiamato canzonette. Sono praticamente fatte con lo stampino, l'equivalente delle hit estive di oggi. Ovviamente i musicisti erano tutti molto più bravi per carità, però il contenuto artistico secondo me è poco.

Sounds like something very experimental and not really a great body of work. Still enjoyed some songs though!

Honestly. It didn't rock my boat. I don't think I'd play it at a BBQ, which is the litmus test.

Glad i listened to this Ray Charles album, he has a great voice. But I dont think I eill listen to it again!! 2 stars

Niet veel van gedraaid!

Mooie film van hem gemaakt en een paar liedjes, maar dit is toch te oudbollig voor mij.

These are great interpretations, but the likelihood of me listening to this again is minimal

I respect this but don’t particularly like it.

I'm cool with the big band sound in some of this, and do like Ray Charles' voice, but right now wasn't into it.

I'm surprised I didn't love this album. Just didn't resonate with me like I figured it would. Just felt old-timey and not in a good way

Striimaus ja MP3 maailmassa elämään tottunut mies ei osaa arvostaa tuplalevyjä. Turhan pitkä teos ja pelkästään parhailla biiseillä olis ollut ihan jees, mutta kokonaisuus puudutti. Kaksi tähteä.

definitely not my taste, stopped at three songs

Hillbilly accents, bigotry, lackluster guitar, and simping for Capitalism.

very hard to say what the context to this was, sounds like it might have been a lot can definitely hear the old-timey country vibes tho

I Don’t feel related to it

It’s OK. I’d never choose to listen to it.

Not for me

Hate country

Unfortunately this wasn't at all for me.

A great voice, but not my bag at all. Of the coroners, this is much better than the Sinatra album we had to suffer previously though

A long hour…. Its just above ZZ top…

I didn’t enjoy this very much at all I’m afraid, although “It Makes No Difference Now” is a good song - not the worst of the one stars but quite a way from the top of that category. Potentially the most incongruous album title of all time too…Tom

Just so boring

is schon gut so.. aber einfach überhaupt nit meins

Liked the energy on the earlier tracks but really not my thing. Okay for what it was but did feel myself watching the clock

I absolutely hated this one, literally every last thing about it lol. Potentially part of the problem, and this is definitely a me problem, is that all I know of Ray Charles is his appearance in The Blues Brothers. I love that performance of Shake A Tail Feather and I was expecting something more like that.

281/1001. Am I allowed not to like this album? No matter how good some of the faster versions are, the slower ballads take me to some idealised version of 50s-60s america, where housewives wear high heels, dad makes money enough to buy two cars for the family, two kids, (a boy and a girl of course) eat their Kellogg's because that prevents masturbation. You put sugar on top of your bread, bacon, candy, and potatoes, and every day ends by the campfire where some cowboys sing in harmony. I never thought it would be a Ray Charles record which would make me write these kinds of lines.

Of it’s time. Some good songs but I can’t see myself going back to this one

Not really for me

Not on Amazon Music

Not my cup of tea.

uhhh only listen to like half a song i knew i wouldn't like it from just reading the title.

Just too slow for my tastes. And seriously; an album of cover songs is on this list?

So incredibly bland

I've always thought Ray Charles music was way more powerful, but it's kind of meh for me. Seems outdated even for its time.

Could not get into this!

Einfach nicht mein Genre!

Lyden af alle Disney film fra før 00erne. Og langt oven på dét.

nix für mich. Jazz oder was auch immer das ist gefällt mir nicht so.

J - 1/5 Best Track - "I Can't Stop Loving You" F - DNL

Having spent over an hour of my day listening to this, I may as well have not bothered. Couldn’t tell you anything about it.

I think the same folks that composed Disney movies in the 50's and 60's help Ray Charles compose all this what with the string flourishes and chorale backing. All it needs is a princess with forest animals flocking to her to complete it. Otherwise, makes me feel like I have more grey hair and need to drive around slowly in the left lane in my Cadillac while wearing high waisted slacks and complaining about young people and minorities.

I celebrated when this finished.

Something my nan would have liked. Not for me

Another one where I can see it being an important album at the time, but it’s really not for me. And 24 tracks is too much of a bad thing.

I didn't realize these were all originally country songs until he started started playing Hank Williams. This album now-a-days feels really ho-hum.The chorus voices singing background every song made it feel like i was watching a 1950's Disney movie. Didn't really care for it at all.

Flashbacks to sitting in the back of my dads Vauxhall Viva enduring this sort of thing crackling away on his Medium Wave radio wishing that the journey would end.

Just looking at the title, this was on a hiding to nothing. Then imagine my surprise after listening to it, discovering that this really wasn't Country and Western music, old or modern after all. What a blessing. However it was still of load of crap.

Parp

Might as well be the same song on repeat. I have no time for this.

A unique talent but not my thing so was a little bit of a slog to listen through for me.

Honestly a difficult listen. It wasn't offensive in any way, just quite far from my thing. Reminded me of something my Gran would probably enjoy. It was also very long, and felt it.

Oof, cover versions of songs I don't particularly like. Competent but not my thing

Not my thing at all, he's got a great voice though.

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about as interesting as Christmas music

pretty stale, liked the soulful energy, just not for me

A bit bizarre

60’s

Sounds like fallout music. And like fallout music, I do have to be quite distracted while listening to enjoy it. 1/5

No

Ray Charles has a superb voice.. the music though is awful. It’s sickeningly bad. In fact it’s worse than that . 🤢

Before listening: I really just don't wanna. Nothing about this title makes me want to listen to this at all. I'm not in the mood, just leave me alone. After listening: Definitely DNF. I did try, as in I put my headphones on and clicked play, but this album just did not resonate with me. Nothing about it was enjoyable at all and you're talking to a guy who somehow gave Bjork 2 stars. The fact that it went for over an hour made it even worse.

''Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music'' leest de titel. Modern is een relatief begrip, blijkt maar weer. Ik respecteer en waardeer Ray Charles, maar dit is het meest oubollige album dat we tot nog toe hebben mogen beluisteren, en lang niet de oudste. Big band muziek is niet mijn cup of tea, en ik was dan ook wel helemaal gaar in m'n hoofd na er 1 uur en 15 minuten aan blootgesteld te worden. Zeker innovatief om een hele lading country standards in een R&B mal te gieten, maar het flitsende van dat kunstje is er na een nummer of 5 al wel vanaf. Een aantal originals zijn me bekend, en geen een komt echt beter uit de metamorfose dan dat hij erin ging. Wat toch frappant is, met zo'n stem als die van Ray. Hij heeft zoveel soul in die keel, waarmee hij voor een groot deel verantwoordelijk is voor de totstandkoming van het gelijknamige genre, maar ondanks dat het allemaal heel echt aanvoelt verveelde de algehele melancholie me wel een beetje. Ja z'n liefdesleven lag in shambles, en nee heroïne zorgt nou niet echt voor een opgetogen stemming in huize Charles.. Nummers als 'You Are My Sunshine' zorgden dus ook voor spaarzame zonnestralen in een met donderwolken verpakt album. De uptempo stijl ligt meer in het straatje van z'n geweldige album 'What'd I Say'. En alhoewel ook erg oubollig, wat vaak een doorn in het oor was bij het beluisteren van dit album, 'I Can't Stop Loving You' is een prachtig nummertje. Het gospel-achtige koor voegt echt wat toe. Maar al met al zijn twee hoogtepuntjes te weinig op een album van 24 nummers, bezongen door zo'n machtige stem. Ik kom telkens weer terug bij z'n swingende jazz albums als 'What'd I Say' en 'The Genius of Ray Charles', maar deze klikt gewoon niet. Misschien is het ook deels de ongelukkige timing, zo direct na een andere oldie in de vorm van Fats Domino. 5,5/10 Highlights: You Are My Sunshine I Can't Stop Loving You

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More like Modern Sounds in Big Band. Kept thinking this album is gonna get better, didn’t happen. I guess ya had to be there 60+ years ago when the sound was modern, it now sounds really dated. Comes in near the top of the 1001 too long albums list, though. Best song is Hey, Good Lookin’ because it sounds nothing like the other songs on the album. Wanted to like the album more, but no matter how historic I can’t rate it above (1.2*s)

Treacle 1 star

What's next.....Death Metal Christmas Carols?

The album title makes a big claim and Ray doesn't back it up. Too much orchestra, not enough country. I'm not sure why this is scoring so highly elsewhere, it's monotonous, repetitive, long, and boring. Dear Album: Put These Chains Back On My Heart because I Can Stop Loving You.

I like Ray's voice but the songs sound very repetitive on this album. Background music is simple big band with not a lot of variety. Feels like label just put Ray in a sound box and pumped cookie cutter tunes in for him to belt out.

Some of the background tunes with strings and orchestra are nice but otherwise it is a series of similar sounding tunes arranged to a similar treatment. Maybe this was a refreshing take on some classics at the time. For me it was just a set of redundant, relatively dull love/soul songs. 1.20 stars.

I did not enjoy listening to this album. 1.25 hours of the same love some repeated over and over. Ray has limitless talent but it didn't shine through on this album. 1/5

Well Yes No Thank You

Swelling strings and soulless backup singing straight out of 1960s America. No thanks. Ray Charles is the GOAT, though

What even is this? It’s like big band with terribly annoying back up singers. I did not like and could not force myself to listen even though Ray Charles’ voice is awesome.

Not my thing at all.

tråkig tråkig tråkig. blä nästan

How did an album of covers make it onto this list? It's not terrible, but rating a 1 cause this album shouldn't be on this list.

So slow and boring nearly the entire time. Ray has great lyrics, but this just doesn't do it for me. I tried to give it a go, but I can't make it all the way through. I like the 60s, however, not these 60s.

Couldn’t get into it at all.

Not my cup of tea at all!

I loathed this. I like most of the original songs. I’m not a huge fan of Ray Charles. The music and arrangements made me feel like I was in some sort of 1960s suburban hellscape. This album would have fit in on the soundtrack of movies like ‘The Stepford Wives’, ‘Don’t Worry, Darling’ or ‘Get Out’.

Gosh Ray, you recorded a misery album, a double misery album at that. Honestly, you have to wonder how many blokes slit their wrists listening to this. It's not bad it's just miserable. Women are just jilting, cheating bitches and Ray is full of unrequited love. What happened?

Various C&W and folk music standards from the 50's and 60's reworked by Ray Charles in various styles including R&B, pop, and jazz. Not for me.

Sorry Ray, I'll be kind and just say... not for me.

Ritzy crooner Ray. Would prefer his more bluesy style. Love songs for old people weddings

I will definitely out this in next xmas. But for now: hard pass !

Really not in the mood for this, listened to some but didn't enjoy it. I did have a hangover, but even so, just don't enjoy the big band sound.

Ray Charles and a big band. Just what you’d expect from that combo. Doesn’t do anything for me.

Things I hate: 1. Being force fed the music of legends that is NOT AT ALL LEGENDARY 2. Country and western that is not from the 70s 3. Covers of songs I don't care about by artists I don't care about. ✅✅✅

Don’t like country

Just some boring old shit

Not a good album

trök

This album filled me with an urge to break LP's. This really does nothing for me, just makes me annoyed

no

Doesn’t sound very modern to me

Honestly, this is a weaker Ray Charles album. I would probably rate it at a 2, but I want the 1950s to stop being my favorite decade on this website.

not my thing

I hated this. I was expecting more bluesy versions, not that horrible big band stuff.

not for me