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Fine. The singer’s warbly voice got to me after awhile.
An album that lacks creativity so much that you understand how they landed on the name "The Band".
Tylsää
They're considered to be one of the best bands ever by Rolling Stone Magazine. Clearly, I do not agree with that.
I can see the appeal, but it's not my kind of thing.
Not really interested, but I did like the piano on Jawbone
Got some good--if questionable--singles. Like the instrumentation and this blend of blues & rock, but honestly Exile on Main Street does this blend better frankly.
I've listened to this album a few times now, and my opinion hasn't really changed. It's a solid blues and roots rock record with strong musicianship, but it never fully grabs me. There aren't any bad songs, yet there also aren't many moments that make me want to come back. **"King Harvest (Has Surely Come)"** is the clear standout for me. I can appreciate why this album is so influential, but personally I'd reach for bands like Cream if I'm in the mood for this style of music.
The Bland more like
This is a folky country-adjacent record with some grooviness to some of the songs. A lot of it was quite catchy. It felt pretty same-y for most of it, though.
Admittedly I didn’t give this one a very fair shot. I can’t get over their stupid Americana while being a Canadian band
Day 9: ight
Det startede skidt, og var ret country hele vejen igennem. Sidste sang mindede mig lidt om noget Electric Six har lyttet en del til.
Jeg er simpelthen ikke Amerikansk nok til det her Canadiske band.
Meh
Underwhelmed by this one, not a bad album by any means though....
Nice musicianship and a couple good songs but mostly samey
I listened to it and immediately forgot about it. Not a good sign.
This album is infinitely more enjoyable if you imagine it being played by a family of animatronic bears. The instrumentals are strangely satisfying, but I recommend not thinking too hard about the lyrics as they will hurt your brain.
Bit basic and boring. All the songs started to sound the same after the first few. Jawbone was the only song that stood out
It's fine. Kind of just boomer hick slop
They utilized many of the folk music instruments. The mouth harp, harmonica , banjo and organ blended in the classic folk music sound.
Not bad, but definitely twangy and got old after 3 songs.
the opening track sounds like a sound track for a tv series. ponced a few tracks from oldies. and fucked the rest up.
This one didnt grab me this time. I think im going through a funny period in my life. Would listen again
too much country and not enough folk for me
Fine I guess. I know I'm wrong! I could hear some cool songwriting and some cool arrangement, presentation and performance. There's just absolutely nothing that I would especially write home about personally though.
After listening to The Band by the band The Band, I liked the two songs I already knew and the rest of the album was middling to blah. Cripple Creek and Night They Drove Dixie Down aren't fives. They may be fours. They're pretty good. Although, I didn't think either of these songs were by the band The Band. Had I been trying to name the band in trivia, I would have guessed someone else for both. The rest of the album is a mix of 2s and 3s. Very little stood out, and I was getting worn of it until it finally ended. Reading info about this album, it's often called Americana. It feels Southern at times to me, other times Western, but not authentically either. It feels like a teenager half heartedly dressing in a cowboy hat and fake tanned leather vest and plastic sheriff badge for a job at an amusement park that he doesn't care about. The band The Band is considered to be an extremely talented group of artists, but I feel like it is a little bit of a miss, the style is a bit sloppy by design, so their talent feels a little wasted. It's like asking Picasso to paint your shed.
The most average of average albums. I didnt dislike any song, but I didn't really like any of them either. I don't think I'll ever think about this album again. 2.5* Rounded down to 2*
Dad music. I realize I am a dad, but I am not a dad from this era.
I recognize the Band and its members as giants in their world, but this does nothing for me—when it isn't actively annoying me. And I find it more annoying than not. "King Harvest" is okay, but I won't be coming back to this.
If more songs were like whispering pines and rockin' chair I would have given a higher rating.
this is a prime example of why you should sometimes get "Best of" album of a band. This album has some good tracks bad the boring tracks are so bad that you dont want to hear the album.
It is very much of the genre, one could say as generic as the name. Together with a generous pinch of white-washed historical themes, it's not a mixture I enjoy.
There's a few good tunes on this one, but most of this just isn't my style. Rather hear these guys behind Dylan.
Not for me. Don’t enjoy the style, particularly the twangy vocal delivery. I heard a few Band songs back in the day. Didn’t like them them, nothing has changed.
I have never clicked with this band, and that's ok.
I think this album is decent for what it is. However, this genre in general does little for me. Bland and pretty unsurprising. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down is a nice tune but yet still don't want to hear it again after this.
I think I'll take "Whispering Pines" as a favorite for its very different, introspective vocal delivery. I can't say I've ever heard the appeal in "Up On Cripple Creek". "Rockin Chair" was pretty solid too. A lot of this stuff kinda sounds like a worse Tom Petty with some dated lyrics and interesting adaptation of swamp rock and Appalachian americana. None of it was particularly good, but I can see how it was a new sound to hit the masses in the late 60's. The got a little too bloody breaking down the various rock subgenre walls. 2/5
up on WHAT creek???
4/10 - harmless but a bit boring
not my thing at all, doesn't have any nostalgia factor for me either...
Not for me
Bit of a slog
Pre Listen: I only know of The Band from Jojo's, they got a Stand named after em in Part 4. That's it. Notable Tracks: N/A Post Listen: I listened to this album while driving through the countryside, and it's the strangest thing. I think the album was intended to be listened as such, and yet I can't recall a single song standing out to me. It wasn't bad per say, but it was painfully boring. I'd peg this sort of music as Biker Rock. Towards the last 3 or 4 songs I was more than ready for it to be over. Nothing offensive, but nothing good. I had no favorite track, no least favorite track, nothing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxK_nA2iVXw The band's music is about as generic as it's name. 2/5.
Okay. Jawbone was the best track but listening to this in one sitting felt way too difficult. Don’t love the vocals.
That was boring, but way better than Mariah Carey’s bullshit.
Nothing too bad, easy listening, a couple of the songs I knew.
This is very American. I thought I might like this as it is from my era, however, I found the music to be very bland and a bit of a dirge. You can tell the music playing is very competent. I suppose the lyrics would be more meaningful if you are American. I remember "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and I quite enjoyed this track, but even this was slower than I remember. A bit disappointed overall.
Entiendo que ellos hayan como generado denuncia concepto americano, pero me costó mucho escucharlo. Lo sentí un poco aburrido, pero no es el estilo de música que a mí me gusta
Not my favourite, wasn't really my kind of music
Fitting name for "the band" because it sounds equally as generic.
Niet overtuigd
I liked this album, and I guess if I’d been born in the 1950s I would resonate more with this band - the band🤣
2 - Fine, but not really for me / kind of boring.
It was not the best nor was it good
Eh. Expected CCR esque jamming, was met with watered down southern rock. Not for me.
I can totally picture hearing these guys playing in some dingy, all wooden furniture watering hole in the 60s. And maybe if that was my scene, this would be my sound. But it doesn't feel like it works for me in 2026.
Non-offensive music, all feels nostalgic in its way. But nothing popping out
meh... easy listening for sure :P
It was alright. King Harvest was a jam for sure, the rest was just meh
Didn't care for this, definetely par for the course on this list!
Laaaaaangweilig. Was hätte Conny kramer nur dazu gesagt
No fav song
Oh Willy, won't you sing that song? 'bout Ragtime Billy in ol' Virginny... What the hell is this ye-haw nonsense? And why do they sound like they're auditioning for muppets voices? And how much moonshine did they boof before coming up with the name for their little club? I mean, "moonshine boof and the muppets" was right there! Back to the shack, boys. Bessie's waiting. And I hope to god you weren't singing about a cow...
Høres tidvis ut som parodi på Gubberock, så sånn sett er det jo litt originalt...
kind of like listening to a randy newman except i don't particularly want to do it again. fav: rockin' chair. i too miss ol virginny.
Boring, generic, nostalgia-loving, southern rock. One of those groups and albums you're supposed to like to appreciate music, but its over-blown, over-hyped and not very good.
🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌🛌
A band that calls itself The Band and produces an album The Band? How creative. And the music aligns quite well with this. I was thinking a a 3* but then I just gave Prince a 3* and he's way more creative than The Band. So a 2. It's just offensively inoffensive. The cover is, appropriately, a bland brown tint. It all fits. Not my cuppa, much better music was made back then. It's not crap though, and The Band was quite influential, hence the 2.
Interesting to learn that this album is referred to as The Brown Album.
todas las canciones las cortaría a la mitad, muy repetitivo...
It sounds like music to a sitcom.
A couple of decent tunes, but a lot of this ranged from boring to actively annoying to me.
More like ‘The Bland’
This did not touch my heart strings
2.5
Acceptable but boring as fuck. 2/5
Probably closer to 5/10. Not my favorite, a bit folky for me but can appreciate some of the songs
contry bs i dont like it
cool but not something greater maybe for the quality of the sound it doesn't go so deep in me
As this album progresses I’m enjoying it enough for it to be classed as “decent” in my mind, but it’s very much fading into the background and failing to leave too much of an impression. It may sound harsh but I just think it’s a bit dull. The tracks don’t stand out enough or have anything particularly interesting about them for me.
I'm sure they could've been fun as a live band in your neighborhood pub. But how anyone can get excited about this mediocre stuff on an album beats me.
The review by The Reviewer.
Helt fint, kunne godt lide det overordnet, men ville nok ikke komme tilbage 2.5
The band really does sound like all of their contemporaries. I don't think this is aggressively bad per se, but I would just call it boring. Sometimes I eat white rice, and I like it even if it is plain, but I would rather mix it with other sauces or food. I think Jemima Surrender and Dixie Down and Look Out Cleveland are the best, even if they steal, steal, steal. I like them all, that's it. I want things that actually push the envelope. This album will be forgotten over time; some would say it already has. I personally would. This album will be nothing after I finish this list. This album is one I scroll right past, just utterly useless for my life and where I want to be. I hope to never hear a song from this again, as it will waste my time. It is still a 2, but I am actually getting mad at the list CRASH OUT!
Meh
Too mellow for me.
Fine album. I'm not hugely into The Band, but I also never mind having them on. Their blues-rock sound mostly hits me as inoffensive, but not amazing.
Nothing really stood out, nothing wrong per se, just not very inspiring
decidedly not my jam
Cripple Creek is about all this record does for me. The rest of it just sounds tired and dated.
Not a fan of this, really.
I only had one rock station in town when I was a kid. I listened to Cripple Creek way too many times waiting for them to play new rock songs.
Meh, white white white. God bless 'Murica. Es un 2.5
It was good, but the 1969 album competition has been so much better.
Me está cansando un poco ya el folkrock. Capaz es ese desgaste lo que me hizo sentir a este álbum tan largo, pero de todas formas tiene sus buenas canciones. Podría no haberlo escuchado sin que algo cambie.
first repeat for a band, i had music for big pink already. i thought it was cool, but it kinda fell off halfway through. let’s see how this one goes :)
It was alright, no memorable songs for me.
I find The Band to be as bland as their name. Don't even get me started on The Weight.
I just couldn't really get into this one. I've heard great things and I enjoy some of their hits; I even like some southern rock, but this was just a little too country for me I think. I'll probably give it another try some other time.
A little too much hillbilly and not enough rocking. Not terrible, but not very exciting either.
I webt into this expecting to like it, but the bocals were a huge issue for me. On ‘the night they drove old dixie down’ they sound like Kermit the frog has taken the mic. Generally it’s all a bit meh and the same tempo. ‘Look out Cleveland’ at least injects a bit of life into proceedings, but doesn’t really deliver in terms of quality. overall just a bit uninspiring.
Jam band…not my jam.
Almost enjoyable at times
sigh.
meh, 2 stars. I mean it was alright. Nothing really stood out to me. Pretty typical soft 60 rock sound.
Didn’t stick out for me
The Band was at one point Bob Dylan's backing band, and boy they sure sound like a backing band. I can understand why many people are enamoured by this album, but it simply is not for me. Key tracks: Across the Great Divide
Knew some of these songs already. Overall this just isn't my cup of tea.
Exactly what I would expect from a band called “The Band”. The only inspiring these gents are doing is inspiring people to do better… and maybe Gary Newman. The only reason this isn’t a 1 is because I just know flower children and sitcoms would’ve eaten this up. Some things just need to be lost to history. “Cripple Creek” is absolutely one of them, shout out Neil Young.
The Band just… doesn’t hold up for me. Maybe it was because it was Women’s Day or maybe it was just the Canadian of it all. Also, I’ve heard some of these songs before but they somehow sound worse all together like this. Season: Late Summer Favorite Song: Rockin’ Chair
sounds like something you’d hear at a cracker barrel
1-2 good songs but overall just quite boring
I listened to this album about three hours ago and I can't remember anything about the album to write as a review.
The Band are so boring, they couldn’t even come up with a better name for themselves. It’s like naming your dog, Dog. They also come off as being douchey. I imagine these guys wouldn’t even form a band today, they’d be doing podcasts instead. I saw their live show on DVD at one point and I was bored to tears. Anywho, this album isn’t a total waste of time. It has some upbeat moments and decent instrumentation that still, unfortunately, just doesn’t do anything for me.
Ok
2/5 Tão inspirado quanto o nome do grupo.
Get out the defibrillators in you plan to endure 44 minutes of this castrated Americana! It's not a BAD record, per se - just aggressively domesticated comfort. Some decent grooves here and there, but they simply refuse to be naughty and I'm in the mood to be disciplined. Bet these guys could write a rippin' 80's sitcom theme song! You can practically HEAR the freeze-frame family hug at the end.
Nice album, but it didn’t live up to the expectations I had about it.
All I will say is that I am glad that there are other bands now
Favourite Songs: Whispering Pines King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
I think this is the first album I've listened to for this project where I had to take breaks to listen to something that I actually like. That said some of the songs were okay and I could see why someone would like this. It just wasn't for me.
Pretty nice ! Great music to dance to. I like the faster stuff more than the slower songs. Fav song is ‘Rag Mama Rag’.
Couldn't get into the album. Skipped songs halfway. Last song was very nice though. As album not really working for me
En kuunnellut kokonaan 😬 Vähän ehkä liikaa kantrivibaa mun makuun. Määh
- mulle riittää ccr
The Band offers a mellow blend of folksy Americana rock that’s easy to listen to, but lacks standout hooks or moments that pull me back in.
This was boring. Cripple Creek was pretty good I guess but overall corny and boring.
I'm gonna have to file a restraining order against blues rock at this point. Not that this is bad, I just don't have the patience for it anymore. Plus, I'm not enjoying the singing on this. Will say, best song is probably The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Its fine. I just don't want to listen to this type of music anymore.
Felt more like bland dad rock to me. Nothing stood out before as unique. Just not a lot to either like or hate.
I did enjoy this one, especially the closing track
bit for me but goo
I've always struggled with The Band. I should like this. I love Dylan, I love George Harrison, I love weird old American music. But The Band have never interested me. I think it's a combination of the singing voices and the earnest songwriting.
I was actually kinda hyped for this album but then the signing really threw me off. One of the singer sounds like Ernie from Sesame Street
This album is fine. There's a couple good songs but I'm not exactly enthralled.
O facto de parecerem rednecks a cantar não ajudou. Um rock a descair para o country e não me surpreendeu pela positiva. Não quer dizer que seja um mau álbum, simplesmente não me encantou. Jemima Surrender é a única música das 12 que guardo para voltar a ouvir. Talvez seja mais um "primeiro estranha-se e depois entranha-se" ou então não seja o dia certo para ouvir esta banda. Mas, neste momento, é um NÃO para mim.
Top redneck sounding for my taste
Very bold to name your band “THE band”
The Band was a little before my time and even back then I never understood why they were considered great. I feel if Martin Scorsese directs a film about your farewell concert, then your music must be great. After listening to it in full I hear the blues, folk, rock influences but it's still just meh to me. They sound a lot like Grateful Dead, which I would much rather listen to.
Oh man, so generic. Ita not like they are the doors...
Makes me want to listen to CSN&Y. 2.5/5
Not really sure how I feel about this one, since it isn’t really my genre, but I never really felt like there was anything here I’d ever come back to and listen to. Every song just feels like relaxing by the lake which is a good feeling, but I also can’t remember any specific time I’ve sat by the lake just the fact that I was sitting by the lake. I don’t think I’m going to remember any song from this album just the vibe of it, and while the vibe is nice for a bit I’d still rather be doing other things than sit here by lake for a while.
Uninspiring
2.5 good but not my style
Not a fan.
Not fore me.
Didn't love this one. It did nothing for me. I'm not really into old time folk/country and old Americana often grosses me out. There's nothing really standout here or interesting. Standouts are "Rag Mama Rag" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and that's a stretch. 2/5, next...
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Not usually one to say this bc I like SO MANY different bands & different genres, but The Band is not my cup of tea. I can think of other bands like them that I love but I can't catch this vibe for some reason. And when I found them on Spot I was already following them but probably for a song on a different album.
Listened to in the car so didn’t get to hear it all too well but I’ve listened before. Think I might want to give it a 3 stars but I think realistically it’s a 2
meh
Sounds like everything else from that era, nothing about it stands out.
It was ok. Nothing to get excited about
Just alright. Kinda boring. 2
not what i typically listen to and probably won't listen again but was enjoyable nevertheless.
Bog standard country folk. A bit meh.
Decent if not generic rock album.
Didn't like the Band then, didn't like the band now. Did not find it interesting at all.
Watched a fascinating and tragic rockumentary on these guys. They are from my preferred musical era - yet somehow had missed them. I had high hopes. Turns out, nothing particularly challenging or special about this album….which ultimately means all the inter-band tension and drug abuse was a complete, self-absorbed waste.
I like the instrumental on "Rag Mama Rag". Very surprised by the tone of "Whispering Pines", in a good way ! Overall didn't really like it tho, not my vibe :(
Swampy. Extra star for union support.
It's alright. It's verging on something I would enjoy but misses the mark.
Listened about half way though the album before I getting bored and DNFing it. Americana country isn't a genre I've ever been all that into, and the music and lyrics didn't grab my attention enough to keep my interest. Did a but of reading on Helm and The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down to learn the intent behind the song, which did contribute to my disinterest in finishing the album. Not too interested in listening to music made in part by someone who would probably be offended by being told they shouldn't fly the Confederate flag.
Not bad, just not my vibe, probably won't listen to it again.
i dont remember + boring name
Not for me sorry
3/10 Top track: Look Out Cleveland
Not my bag.
Pretty forgettable in my ears, and not something I'll reach for again
They get points for The Band name. Otherwise, I was sad that the one song I know by them wasn't on here - 'A Horse with No Name' - until I learned that's actually a different Band, named "America". Not sure how I screwed that one up. I got very garden-pathed by the title 'When You Awake'. 'The Unfaithful Servant' is kind of giving Counting Crows vibes. These guys might be Canadian, but it's not enough to save them from the terrible 2s. Canadian country-folk-oldies, right in the bin. Highlight: 'Up on Cripple Creek'
Middling southern(?) rock that sounds alright. A couple of sorta nonsense songs. I’ve never really listened to the band recreationally and I’m not sure I will again.
I just don’t like these guys. Did not like this and it’s arguably their best album. 🤷♂️
This was just fine. Southern rock.
It’s just not for me.
It's like their contemporaries did this genre so much better and they were late to the musical fad.
2.5
Definitely Midwestern rock, not bad but wouldn’t listen to again
The monochrome picture on the cover gives a clue to the territory we’re in; roots Americana and a decent dose of nostalgia. Overall the album is an American elegy, though for what version of America it’s hard to tell; odd given that most of The Band were Canadian. King Harvest is the only track that suggests any musical versatility or any real musical energy if it comes to that. The money track, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down still makes me uncomfortable. Sure, it’s not a glorification of the Confederate cause and it’s primarily about poverty and social class (the protagonist is no pharaoh) but nostalgia is a powerful weapon in a political cause and this one has had a long afterlife. In any case, it’s not as good a song as many seem to think it is. Overall this album left me feeling mainly indifference. It’s just not that special and very overhyped.
Don’t know why this group never got my interest. Heard the songs so many times growing up they seem important. But in the end I can turn this off at any time and not miss it.
Kind of a Southern rock thing. Not really my cup of tea. I appreciate the musicianship, but I don't care for the style of music.
Um álbum de uma banda chamada a banda. Eu não sei por que eu esperava algo inovador… Músicas de trilha sonora de filme sessão da tarde de maneira geral, sem muita personalidade
Of its time.
I've always thought The Band was overrated and boring, typical 70s 'rock' band. This album doesn't really change that impression. Also, can't stand Levon Holm's voice, dude sounds like a redneck retard. There are a couple of tracks that stood out - 'Cripple Creek' has an interesting beat and groove and the chorus of 'Jawbone' has a cool riff and weird time signature that I like (verses are boring as hell though). 'Look Out Cleveland' is a good rock song and the track that stood out the most to me musically, 'Jemima Surrender' fell apart as soon as the lyrics came in and I realized it was all about Levon Helm wanting to get with Aunt Jemima and refusing to take no for an answer.
I really enjoyed Music from Big Pink but this one skewed a little too Grateful Dead for my taste--which is not great, Bob.
Country rock, didn't like it.
4/10
Probably a very influential album, but not for me. Liked the Old Dixie song tho.
it's alright, i don't really like it
Duh, more overly earnest really quite tortuous Dad Rock 😏
eh, didn't hold my attention
Fun moments, middle of the road America, didn't dislike, just didn't do much for me. 2/5 stars
Sounds like alt-country; nothing particularly interesting.
Really never could understand the massive appeal of The Band. This doesn't change that fact.
Oninteressant op alle vlakken, niet dat het echt slecht was, maar wat staat dit in een belangrijkste albums-lijst te doen?
2.4/5 This sounds like if you ordered a weird mix between CCR and Lynyrd Skynyrd on Temu. It's honestly very generic in a pretty niche setting. Not thaaaat bad, but also not my kind of beer.
Vraiment bof j'aime pas le style
Decent album. Nothing really stood out as being particularly good or bad. 2.5 rounding down.
Fine.
Das erste Album hier, das mich gequält hat. Habe es durchgehalten, war aber mehrmals kurz davor, abzubrechen. Langweilig, altbacken, viel Rumgepose. Mochte Lyrics und Gesang nicht. 2 Sterne, weil sich die einzelnen Instrumente schön raushören lassen und da immer mal wieder coole Ideen aufblitzen.
It's not horrible, but it sure felt long for being 40 minutes.
It's always these fuckass 60s albums that have you wondering why they're on the list, until you dig a little deeper and find out that they inspired basically every artist in their generation. I can't argue with history, I suppose, but the yodeling goes too far for me personally Standouts: Whispering Pines • Jemima Surrender • King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
I was listening to this while driving around without cell reception today, so Spotify only loaded half the album. I was very excited and thought it had way more punch and energy than Songs From Big Pink. Unfortunately, I listened to the second half later and it wasn't very good.
Not my thing, thought it was pretty boring honestly, found nothing particularly impressive about it
Their second album. Rock / Country / Folk. Distinctly average Good Ol' Boys singing about Dixie, Tennessee and a harvest. Cripple Creek sounds like it's full of frogs. One and done for me on this one.
A bit boring and bland
Good one but I was so annoyed by personal reasons that I didn't even play attention, I was just expecting it to end and play Khanate instead.
2.5 Not a bad album but not something I would revisit. Most songs sound a lot like Up on Cripple Creek
Your grandpa likes this band. The kid that is close to his grandpa knows them. It's not a terrible album but it shows it age. Several times. Both musically an lyrically.
Who put the L in Band….. B(l)and!
eh
I remember listening to this early on in my 1001 journey and wondering why these guys were on here. A year later, after getting served up countless amounts of slop, I now know not to ask that question. But yeah, anyways, this was just generic ass 60's rock to me. No different to their other album on this list. Definitely listenable but nothing here screams "interesting" to me. Plus, I got sick of listening to this. 43 minutes ended up feeling like an eternity by the time I got to the 2nd last song. I was aiming to give this a 3, but the fact that I struggled to even finish this thing detracts from my score.
Fails to distinguish itself from the previous the band album. This is as rote and routine as a colonoscopy is for their geriatric fanbase.
added whispering pines to favorites.
Meh. Nothing more to add.
This album wasn't very easy to get through for me. But I literally found myself trying to like something from each song and found myself drawn to their more clearly country - esque songs. I loved the harmonies and vibe of Rocking Chair. My rating is what it is because I'm sure people who love this type of music love this album, I would just say it is not one of my favorites.
What a boring album.
Dull
Sounds like a bad hangover and yelling at your wife until she gets you another beer
Meh not too interesting to me, don’t think I’ll relisten
Meh
Pure Americana. Late '60's folk/country. Not terribly interesting - although highly rated for some reason. Pitchfork: 10.0 Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #46 (2020) Best Songs Across the Great Divide The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Up On Cripple Creek King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
Not my cup of tea.
I've never truly enjoyed a song by The Band. They're plenty talented, but this sound is just not for me. I can't even begin to parse the significance of a Canadian band rolling in Lost Cause muck when I can barely even stand to listen to The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down on a musical level.
Once again: I don’t like The Band.
Theme is old-fashioned Americana. Late 60s folk rock. Dad rock. Country flair. Nothing special or gripping.
Not really my cup of tea
Groupe inconnu. Rien de bien original dans cet album, à part peut-être l'accompagnement (section de cuivre) sur certains morceaux. Il est un peu plus rock que d'autres albums de folk/country, ce qui lui évite la note minimale. =>2/5
Unique genre for me! Some were very catchy but I won't listen again.
Includes a nostalgic song about the old south and Robert E. Lee. Not feeling the groove, don't like the album.
Americana, Country rock with organs, twangy guitars and honky tonk pianos. Not really my thing.
Who’d have thought the band by the band would be so generic and forgetful. I instantly forgot this after listening
Folk country vibes. Their music was just okay but didn't feel great. Their last song hag a better groove but other than that, it was pretty lackluster
Was ok. nothing stood out to me. 2/5
I didn’t enjoy this much at all. Whispering pines was the only song I mildly enjoyed. They may be talented musicians but I just didn’t connect with or enjoy these songs. I may be too much of a yankee.
I'm instantly turned off by folksy, country, southern sounding rock. Songs that include fiddles and lyrics about "dixie" or "creeks." This is not for me, but others seem to enjoy it.
idk
It’s not stuff I would listen to but it was ok. It was kinda calming, it reminds me of something my parents would listen to.
For some reason several years ago I noticed that a bunch of queer people I followed online were really into The Band and I was like oh should I be into The Band too? And I tried my best to be a butch conformist for a few months but I suppose it served as proof that I have never been nor will I ever be a butch because I do not care much for The Band or the album The Band. But I am not entirely opposed to folk rock and I get the feeling they would be much more enjoyable to me if I were to hear them in a live setting during broad daylight w/ a beer in my hand. I actually do not know if butches even like The Band.
Is this the Toy Story soundtrack?
"What album is this?" "Oh this?" "This is the album The band, by the band, The band". "The band by the band the band?" "Yeah have you heard of the band the band? The band by the band is their new album."
Proto yacht rock, nothing particularly exciting
This album just sounds like if Randy Newman’s “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” was written and recorded by Buffalo Springfield or some other country folk rock band
A very bland Band.
nu tāds meh ķipa foršs vaibiņš vai ne bet es nespēju atrast kaut ko, kas man piesaistītu ilgstoši dziesmā un dziedātāja balsī
Probably a bit better than ‘Music From Big Pink’, but generally I still don’t care for The Bands unique, rustic brand of musical Americana. This is a slog. Ironically for an album whose subject matter and sound is obsessed with America and its roots, four of the five band members were Canadian.
Racist misogynistic slop
This is fine, I took off a star because this album and therefor band is not so impressive as to be THE Band.
Apparently this album was very influential to a lot of bands I love. I see inklings of why, but unfortunately the lead vocals and the organ ruin it for me. 2/5
Not for me - maybe I'm too young or non-american.
Finally my first time listening to The Band. I know they have some pretty devoted fans but this album didn't do anything for me... 2/5
Every now and then the Muppet-sounding vocalist kicks in and I can't help but laugh.
This sounded pretty dated and wasn't really all that interesting
There’s so much praise and reverence heaped on The Band, it’s hardq to know where to begin. I decided long ago not to bother, I’ll just accept they’re legendary, quite probably for good reason. I’m sure if you were watching them in a field at a festival, stoned out of your mind, semi-naked and covered in mud, they’d be quite something. However, I’m at the kitchen table looking at a spreadsheet and their effect is a little lost on me. I don’t dislike it, it just sounds pretty ordinary.
Off the cuff remark: something about the folksiness of this that grates. I get their influence on many contemporaries, work with Dylan etc but just can't wrap my ears round this with any pleasure Standout track: Whipping Pines is a little different. King Harvest holds interest. Revisit?: unlikely
This is... fine. I like The Band's popular songs... which actually might only be The Weight now that I double check. It's just a bit too honky tonk and twangy, for lack of better words. I honestly expected to like their album more. I was planning to give it a 3, but I didn't even really want to finish the last 3 songs, and I don't feel like I'm missing anything. And for that reason, it's a 2.
All dad-rock er ikke like kul nei. Kjedelig og altfor twangy for meg.
I'm sure this was influential, it was largely inoffensive but it didn't do much for me. 2 stars may be harsh but just wasn't for me really.
Now I remember why I stopped listening to Southern country rock in the 70s.
I guess you can hear their influence on later artistes. Didn't really grab me at all.
Album’s fine. Doesn’t particularly do anything that by that point in time hadn’t already been done - but, does what it aims to do well in a relatively succinct and crisp manner. Across the Great Divide (7/10) Rag Mama Rag (5/10) The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (7/10) When You Awake (6/10) Up On Cripple Creek (6/10) Whispering Pines (5/10) Jemima Surrender (6/10) Rockin’ Chair (7/10) Look Out Cleveland (6/10) Jawbone (6/10) The Unfaithful Servant (5/10) King Harvest (Has Surely Come) (6/10) 6/10
Hitting on women by asking them to just surrender is a choice. Not a terrible listening experience (apart from Rag Mama Rag or Jemima Surrender). Just not my choice of music really.
1. Muy 60's F is For Familywy? Así. Mid-good. 2. Fun. Liked. 3. Too country boring 4. Same. Boring. 5. Funky, good. 6. No. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11: Nada que ver. No gusta. 12: Se puso funky, not bad. 2 mano.
Never drew me in
kanada kanada kanada.. weee going backt too dixiieee dixie dixie laaand Kunpa olisin puuvillan maassa, vanhoja aikoja ei ole unohdettu; Katso pois! Katso pois! Katso pois! Dixie LandKunpa olisin puuvillan maassa, vanhoja aikoja ei ole unohdettu; Katso pois! Katso pois! Katso pois! Dixie LandKunpa olisin puuvillan maassa, vanhoja aikoja ei ole unohdettu; Katso pois! Katso pois! Katso pois! Dixie Land kanada kandad akänäädä.. mikä maa tämä on: hintti: hoolokausti holokausti... öööö... KNÄDÄ. oooooo käääääändääääää. mitä vittua nyt taas. semmonen albumi joo totas biitldes similar to bijädles sometimes? whispering pienis
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Personally, not for me...
I honestly thought this album was just kinda trash. Didn't hear any songs I really liked, and just sat there annoyed through most of the album. They were like a bad Beatles.
I tried to get into this album when I was much younger. I'm not doing that again.
Just based on the song Up On Cripple Creek, which is the only song I knew from The Band’s self titled album, I thought I would enjoy this record. Unfortunately, The Band was very underwhelming and I only liked four songs total. The call back to older Americana just didn’t do it for me. I can only get to a 2 rating for this album. 2/5
some good songs, a little too country leaning for me
Honestly, I don't really want to hear from Bob Dylan, let alone his hugely boring back-up band or whatever.
Bit nothing to me to be honest, don’t think I’ve heard them before, but nothing really stood out to me.
Boring
Just not my kind of music.
The missed opportunity to call this "The Album" is something I will never forgive The Band for.
Well, it is what it is.
Maybe a little left of neutral.
Twangy roots apparently isn't my thing. Thought I'd like this but too often it just reminded me of the Grateful Dead.
Just sounded like classic rock. Occasionally different sounds/instruments were used than I expected to hear but mostly uneventful for me.
Ehh
When I saw the uninspired name of this group, I knew this was going to be uninteresting, and I was absolutely right. If you can’t put any thought process into your group name, it’s unsurprising the music follows suit..
Average
A few cool moments and a couple of good songs weren't enough to save this ultimately uninteresting album
It's fine... Joan Baez has much better versions of a lot of these songs.
It’s ok. Not my cup of tea per se but a pleasant way to start the day. For a layman this is run at the mill country folky swampy music
I'm too much of a zoomer for this. I would listen to most of these songs again in the background, but it isn't my taste. Some creep shit lol.
Not for me. Don't particularly like the fusion of rock and country. Barely listenable.
Remarkable singer, talented musicians. Not my style of music
The hits that I've previously heard are the only tracks that stuck with me.
It is apt that The Band has such a generic name, because their sound is awfully generic. I remember very little of their music despite listening to this album twice in a row. "Across the Great Divide" may be the most memorable, but not entirely for good reasons. The twang on that titular line is spine tingling. The trumpet connecting sections is foot tappingly good. But the subject matter is odd, seemingly about a man being threatened by his wife with a gun - possibly for doing drugs and gambling all their money away. For this, she seems to be the villain, and the singer assures Molly he tried to keep his hands to himself, but just couldn't, and he'll definitely do better next time and "crawl across the great divide" This line of misogyny is found in much of the subject matter.
A nice tune here and there but not my style of music at all
custom_rating: 5
THE band. That’s it folks. Pack it up. Time to go. Once we’ve heard THE band, what is the point of continuing. The finality. The omega. The band. Apparently comes from Canada too. I’ve obviously heard a few of the radio songs that these guys produced. God bless Canadian content laws. Introduced me to the Band and of course, the real band, Loverboy. Whether you’re snuggled in beside the fire in Pugwash, or you’re in the *shudder* outside world, let’s see what The band has to say. Ugh. This isn’t great. Riverboat music. Long time readers of this *ahem* “column” should be aware of two things. Firstly, their own failing sanity, and secondly that riverboat music is how I describe music that has jaunty piano and sounds like it would go down better with a sarsaparilla and a view of the mighty Mississipp’. In other words, the worst music ever conceived. Another trip on the Tulip of Missoura or whatever. Mama. Please take me to a song that doesn’t sound like it would be enjoyed by white guys who defend plantation owners while working as waiters on their yacht. Yeah see? Civil war jams. I’m always right. Completely infallible as a reviewer. Triggered, liberals? Wait. This about the south falling. That is pretty good. The song sucks, don’t get me wrong, but hey, we love the fall of racist regimes. At least we used to. No we all just bicker over which of the billionaires have the best tasting boot. God bless ‘murica. Yeah this vocal performance was ROUGH. More bad vocal harmonies. This feels super messy. When you awake, a group of Canadians will be above you, pretending to be American in a way that is even worse than that sounds. Oh they will also be pretending to be folksy to cover up bad musicianship. Radio song. Intro to a swamp themed kids show. Swamp Critters competitor. Hey. I’m a fair man, and in fairness? This song rips hard. A drunkard’s dream if I ever did see one. The song that is. And buddy, colour me six shades of sloshed. This is a change of pace, and the vocals are slightly better than we have heard. Oh wait. Here come the horrible harmonies. This is the elusive “Sixth Harmony” that the iconic pop quintet “Fifth Harmony” tried to keep hidden. The 7th harmony beckons a slug-like deity from its cavern beneath the ocean floor and will bring about the destruction of humankind. The apocalypse is at hand!! What the hell does this mean? I’ll rip my shirt and let my river flow? I’m telling you, this music was designed for patrons of middle American steamboat revival tours. This tour is for the adults where the river is a metaphor for your dick. Now. Who wants to wear the captain’s hat. I like the folk elements of this track but the music just isn’t coming together on these tracks. Honestly? Getting away from the piano is the my favourite decision they’ve made so far. Saying “ol’ rag time Willy” a 1000 times made me want to hang myself from the plastic replica bust off the bow. Grab your partner and spin ‘er round, make sure she don’t touch the ground. Look out (American city) there will be (weather event). Look out Vilnius, there will be scattered showers over the Caspian Sea. A opening that sounds like you’re being haunted by the least talented rejects of a 1950’s doo wop casting call. The curse of the forgotten Belmonts OoOoOoOoO We WeReNt VeRy TaLEnTED OOooOoOoOoo. Jokes aside, it gets better as it goes on. But that start. Consider my timbers shivering. This is fine. I guess. I’m so bored. I laughed, I grooved, I cringed. The perfect funny song. But yeah, it’s actually kinda good. Damn guys. Why choose now to be likeable and somewhat cohesive. It even has the riverboat organ! And I like it??? I have been waiting in sufferance, and all the while, an oasis was withheld? Choking on mediocrity for 3 quarters of an hour with a cool drink of water being concealed from sight. This thing was a mess and not even close to in a charming way. I understand that these guys might look cool or whatever, but I wanted so much more from this. It just doesn’t sound good. Even later songs from this group are so much better. But hey, if you’re a man in his late 80’s fading into the final fog of dementia who is now unable to discern current reality from the dreamlike recollection of your childhood, then have I got “The Band” for you! Hoping this album got Ban(ne)d in most of the world. It came from Ontario, and it died on a steamboat outside Peoria. 1.5-2 HIGHLIGHTS: Up on Cripple Creek, King Harvest (Has Surely Come)
unfortunately the album did not excite me much.
Hated it, thankfully it was short.
Well... it's fine I guess??? For the 60's??
Some what dated
Про-ход-няк. Ничего интересного в этом альбоме я не нашел, мотивы песен не запоминаются, и по вайбу он напоминает уже просмотренный мной next, поэтому выше 2 этому альбому я не могу поставить. Проходные 2/5
This was just meh to me