The Band

This is a rather dull album of country inflected rock, with insipid lyrics.

This sounds competent for what it is, but I don’t feel connected to it at all. I feel like it would be good playing on a jukebox in a bar, or something. But just not my playlist.

I'm biased, not crazy about a lot of 60's and 70's music...older is good, newer is good, but that timeframe just doesn't do much for me.

Not my cup of tea 2.4

Idk man, ik snap ergens wel dat t goeie muziek is ofzo, maar vind t saai

Pretty boring

This is the kind of music that plays in a small town bar at 2pm on a Tuesday.

Not bad. Not essential.

just not for me.

De typische jaren '70 sound. Ik vind het niet heel bijzonder eigenlijk. **

The band (no pun intended) has a few catchy tunes including a few on this album. Much like SD, I never had the need to own it, but the hits added to certain mixes I was around. Kind of swampy jug-band sound you would hear in the deep south on a random front porch, saloon, or town square. Other than the hits, overall I was pretty bored with the rest of it but a mellow listen. Interesting note: My favorite song from this band , “The Weight”, was redone with a click track sent to musicians around the world then later the video and audio were mixed together in a series called “Playing for Change”. Features most notably Robbie Robertson and Ringo Star. Check it out on YouTube if it strikes you… 2.5/5 rounded down to 2

The Bland. While yes their music might make the listener feel right at home on a sweaty porch drinking a Dixie beer or as Kevin Kline’s understudy in The Big Chill, but I simply never got it. And this collection of sound-alike songs of southern snooze rock did not change my mind nor make me reach for that second beer.

More like The Bland…. Nothing remotely remarkable about this. I didn’t mind it, but overall such an average band and average album.

Know their hits but never listened to a full album. Now I have. About what I’d expect. Minus points for least creative name.

While this album has a few of catchy song that grabbed my attention, it fell short in terms of overall replay value.

No idea why I had to listen to this before I die. Perfectly forgettable. 2/5

Best Song: King Harvest. There's almost a funky quality to this track... why'd they tuck it away at the end of the album? Worst Song: Rockin' Chair. This just sounds like a worse Randy Newman song. Overall: Boy did this feel a lot longer than 43 minutes.

I feel like a lost of the magic of these late 60s rock bands are really lost on me.

I feel like I have heard this exact album a few times now through the 1001 albums. Nothing exciting about it

Not sure why but this didn't stand out or stick one bit for me. Didn't find any song I liked.

Lots of duds on this record. Some songs had promise, but an overall unpleasant experience.

Boring ah music good backround noise tho

Well that answers my question of "what if the Rolling Stones had no talent?" 1.5*

whispering pines is the only tolerable one for me

Hillbilly anthem rock.

Could not get into this. Maybe it would grow on me with more listens, but I don’t feel motivated to listen again.

Sounds like a discount Old Crow Medicine Show. GF: It sounds like someone forgot about the deadline for their submission for 1001 Albums, panicked, googled "Bands" and submitted the first thing that came up.

Everything sounds like a 70's sitcom theme song.

Meh. Probably before their time at the time or something.

Day 28. Yesterday was hard. This whole thing may indeed be a challenge. On to the next piece of... Americana, again. Sigh. The Band. All sepia, "leather" "bound", looking like they just staked a gold mining claim... how old-timey! Well I was born an ocean away from anything this stuff wants to make me feel nostalgic for, then or now. While I'm at it, I could really do without this Roots Rock Country for at least two weeks? Please? There have been pleasant surprises, but I'm Up On Fatigue Creek here. badumtsh. This specimen? Just excruciatingly boring. Whispering Pines was rather pretty, I've had the old Old Dixie earworm (Baez' version) a couple of times throughout my life and didn't mind it but by and large, this is little more than elevator music for forgotten roadside diners. I'm sure this has a place in another country's music history, somehow, but I have no use for it.

Maybe i am to young to get used to this music. Good to listen when doing the dishes?

This isn't as bad as I remember it from earlier attempts to listen to The Band. I can definitely see why it's an important album from the perspective of the development of country-rock in the late 60s and 70s. I can see how it was a very different vibe from what else was going on with rock in 1969. But I don't have to like it. I get Richard-Manuel-fatigue right away in each song he sings. I HATE the sloppy rhythms of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." Garth Hudson's organ and piano are generally fun on any track, however.

I want to thank the algorithm for swinging back to music 50 years and older…first track sounded like a theme song to a 70s show or a Disney jamboree show.

I like them in theory. Actually they feel like a throwback to the worst version of 70s man.

Not that it was unpleasant but there was nothing to grab onto from this album

Can see how it may have influenced some 70’s rock but sounds dated.

Kjipare enn forventa

Maybe it's my lack of attachment to the era but this group and album do very little for me. We are over 50 years removed from the (late) sixties and I just don't care anymore. It's well produced and sounds fine but these songs are boring to me. The Band more like The Bland.

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Some old barroom favorites.

It starts with "Across The Great Divide". Very Tweedle Dum-Tweedle Di. Same with Rag Mama Rag. In fairness, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down is a really good track. When You Awake has all the appeal of Yellow Submarine... i.e. none. The only other half decent track was Jemima Surrender. Just two decent tracks in the entire album. At least that's better than none, so it gets a 2 rather than a 1

Definitely a product of its time and age. An easy album to listen to but not a terribly memorable one. The Unfaithful Servent was my favorite track. If someone put this record on I wouldn't protest but I wouldn't be the one selecting it.

Absolutely not for me, I was surprised to see this was from '69...could've understood this earlier in the decade but not really picking up why this was so innovative/influential.

Opening song had me convinced it was the opening to a shitty sitcom. This record did not resonate with me. It just sounds like slow dirty hill music. Which is fine. But nothing special really.

Langweilig

Klassisches Country / Folk Album ohne Ecken und Kanten

It's fine

Okay in the background but nothing special

Didn't seem that well resolved to me. A bit all over the place.

The Bland strikes again.

Meh, not for me

Forgettable

Upbeat and modern sounding for the era, but not one that's left an impression

could not be more middle of the road

Not my cup of tea

Unfortunately, not for me. Having it on in the background as a chill presence in the room? All good. Actively listening? Unengaging for me. I may have a hard time separating records like this that helped originate these Americana sorts of sounds from the legions of hokey imitators that followed in the years after. Either way, I couldn’t really get into it. Certainly didn’t hate it, but it failed to capture my attention. Top tracks: The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Jemima Surrender, King Harvest

Across The Great Divide - this is definitely a song. a lot more on the gospel side of a blues/rock song than i expected. (3/5 so far middle of the road and not jumping out at me) Rag Mama Rag - i like the big band sound. a little surprised to hear a tuba. it was actually a saxophone. (4/5 for the brass) TNTDOD - i can't tell if this is satire 2/5 When You Wake - i don't know why this sounds like psychedelic country almost? (3/5 this is what i could see a 60 year old listening to that might ride a harley) UOCC - i think i don't like this. (2/5 its getting samey) Whispering Pines - it's almost like a church song and i hate it (2/5) Jemima Surrender - nah (1/5 this is not as sexy as you think it sounds) Rockin' Chair - i'm getting pretty bored of this album now (2/5 i cannot relate to this at all) Look Out Cleveland - a pick up in energy. i can see this playing in a bar that is honestly just somebody's barn. (2/5 this is pretty predictable at this point though) Jawbone - lean really far away again please. (1/5 i can't keep doing this. oh my god it's 4 minutes. Bluey theme) The Unfaithful Servant - oh boo hoo. appreciate things while you have something or whatever. (2/5 the sax being used for train sounds was very good. that's it though) King Harvest - a way to close out the album. sure 3/5 i guess i feel like i listened to the same song at different points for 40 minutes. the blues rock n' roll thing wears me down really fast. due to personal taste i put this at 2/5. if you like the blues + classic rock n' roll sound mixed in with country you will like this.

Kind of fun! Liked the motown/honky tonk vibe to it. It didn't hold my full attention and I found it mildly enjoyable rather than a proper set of anthems

- meist sehr entspannt - ganz coole Rock, Country und Blues Mischung - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down klang ein wenig, als würde Kermit singen - ab der Mitte hat es mich irgendwie verloren Rating: 2 / 5

2.5/5

Should’ve been called ‘the album’, might’ve got a third star

I can appreciate the musicianship but not really my cup of tea. Started off slow, and only slightly picked up for me.

A little too boring for me honestly, unfortunately.

I think soul music is too slow for me.

It started off pretty laid back, not something I’d choose to listen to, but would definitely leave playing. Song three though appears to be a lament for the good ‘ol’ days of the confederacy, and I couldn’t really get past that.

Struggled to pay attention. Was fine but nothing really stood out to me

Nice and blues. Cool to hear the band that did the weight. Not sure I would relisten

Listened to most of it, was as expected, saw them 10 years ago!

Nothing special, just typically folk rock that sounds like it was on the radio in the 60s. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: the night they drove old Dixie

some highlights and some truly dull moments. don't love it. best tracks: across the great divide, the night they drove old dixie down, king harvest

Bit bland...

Leuk achtergrond album, verder niet heel bijzonder

Love “Cripple Creek” - was able to feel the relaxed vibe of the album but did not find a groove. I think there was too much rock to be folk and not enough energy to be rock. I like southern rock with more energy - didn’t feel like the brass section added a lot on this album.

Pretty boring and very white southern male

Average

Album was generic

Not for me

Not for me I guess. Reminded me of CCR and Tom Petty but not as good.

Total snoozefest - there was the odd bit of interesting guitar here and there, but mostly just dull as ditch water.

Liked Rag Mama Rag but other than that it wasn’t my thing

Meh

Not really my type of music.

A staple of old folk rock that fits in well in a Playlist but other than drove old Dixie down these feel like meat and potatoes, classically good but blends in with its peers.

Quite bland for my tastes

This just wasn’t my vibe ! Sawwy

Classic rock. Mix of blues and folk and rock. The mix could be clearer. 2 stars

Difficult to listen to, very old-fashioned and American, but I can see why it is on this list due to originality

meh

cannot relate.

Never got the hype with these guys, despite a few real tries. It's all so...fine? Feels like a college project about americana - well thought out, tastefully arranged, and performed skillfully, but without any real gusto it ends up pretty bland and lifeless. I didn't realize the last few songs on the album are so good, but it turned out Spotify was just auto-playing Gram Parsons and Buffalo Springfield.

Nothing in my life has changed by listening to this album. The only impact it has had on me is some wasted time.

Good at their genre but its not for me

Did nothing for me this. Sounded very samey in terms of songs and in comparison to its peers. A couple of ok parts but I couldnt get on board. Not sure how it gets so much hype. 1.5 rounded to a 2 as it’s clear they are good at what they do, but what they do aint for me

Thought this was bearable. It had some good tracks, some awful and most just forgettable. Highlights: Rag Mama Rag Jawbone King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

This sounds too much like Randy Newman's part-time country funk band. No thanks.

I'm not nearly American enough to understand the appeal of "The Band" and I don't particularly care. I just thought this was mostly a bit boring. Might have caught me on the wrong day but I think it's that flavour of American country rock that I just can't really enjoy. There were a couple of songs I kind of liked, but yeah, just not for me. Favourite: Jemima Surrender

2/5 Best: Up On Cripple Creek Worst: King Harvest (Has Surely Come)

They look like a bunch of rogues don't they? Music was alright but nothing to wow me, thanks.

It's kind of funny that I got this so close to a Bob Dylan album, but this left a lot to be desired. Felt boring the whole thing, and gave a vibe the same way CCR does for me where it feels close to being something I like but instead just feels like southern rock 'n' roll stereotypes all rolled into one album. I have nothing wrong with this, just disappointed really. Hope Music from Big Pink is better.

can we stop with the 60s music now? this was marginally better than music from big pink but did not leave an impression on me.

Not my cup of tea but nice mixture of Country, blues rock.

Got 2.5 songs in and quit

Meh.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not for me Favourite song: didn’t have one

No sé bien qué pensar, supongo que adelantados para su época. Canciones correctas, no me genera mucho...

It was ok not my taste of music but was well put together and preformed. Has a country feel with a little bluegrass thrown in.

Its The Band! OK album. Old country rock style.

Oh look, another circa 1970 Americana/roots-rock album. Is that all it takes to be included in the book? Because this is as dull as the band’s name.

This turned me into a 78-year-old man and I’m not sure I wanted that

This was pretty milquetoast classic rock. Some cool horn sections but otherwise completely fughet-able

This was quite bland and unenjoyable.

Love the last song but the rest, not for me really!

Boring

хзз наверно, для того времени это было интересно сейчас абсолютно проходным альбом ощущается

Ну как корабль назовешь, так он и поплывет. Есть пару интересных песенок, в остальном база база для того времени == нудная хуета сейчас

SÅ STOPPER DET

Nothing much interesting to me here. Like The Band, but this was too much on the folk side rather than the rock side. Favorite track: Look Out Cleveland

Started well but trailed off later in the record. Can hear some influences on Springsteens early records here. Nice listen but probably wouldn’t revisit

Maybe the best backing band in the 70's

I feel like I'm "supposed" to like this album more, and while it's not bad, it's not something I would listen to often. 1 - bad 2 - average 3 - good 4 - great 5 - outstanding

Meh, I'm bored. Not convinced here.

Dylan-backing band nonsense. How can the best song on the album be Cripple Creek, one of the most annoying songs of all time? Writing this I talked myself down a star in my rating

I gotta explore more of their catalog. Only really care for 2 songs off this album

Honky and tonky. Stood out to me as much as the band name did. Which is to say: Not much. That is definitely "An album" by "The Band".

Was alright. A little boring for me. Up On Cripple Creek was the standout song for me, despite the name

bad 2/5

Dull

A mind-numbingly dragging album, with a band name as mundane as the music. There are some pretty good songs like King Harvest and Look Out Cleveland but, like jazz, I just cannot relate to or enjoy folk rock as a whole.

Mostly unremarkable

That‘s so handmade that The Band must‘ve had horny hands. Great American Songbook. 2.4

Not a huge fan

Alright, new, no melody

Meh

2. Some cool instrumental parts but overall boring.

Not my type.

I can see why people might like it, but this was pretty dull to me. Not especially terrible, just not very interesting.

Dad Rock. Boring.

On paper this should be a band that I would enjoy, but there's something about it that I just don't like. The music is good but there's something about the vocals that just aren't hitting my ears right...it feels like their voices clash when harmonizing and there's a goofy aspect (Randy Newman-esque) to a couple of the singers that just makes me cringe

Not really my vibe

ehhhh

Across the great DIVIDE

Even in the first few seconds of the first song I can hear what influenced The Grateful Dead and others like it. I would consider myself a fan of blues rock, but I’ve only heard of the Band in passing and of course have heard the Weight, but never anything off this album. I’m not gleaning any particularly spectacular musical talent with any of the instruments, it’s just some guys vibing and singing about Cripple Creek. It was novel for the first few songs, but halfway in I’m ready for something different. Also, is no one talking about how problematic Jemima Surrender is??Looking at the cover art and listening to the organ and fiddle in these songs, I feel like I’m in the middle of the Gold Rush and I just stopped into the saloon after a long day of panhandling for gold. The Wikipedia talked about this album reflecting life in America, and I guess I don’t know enough about the 60s/70s to corroborate, but this just seems too old for even then. But then again, I can see them performing at Woodstock. My journey with this project has been short, but already from each of the few albums I’ve listened to already that is the main theme: each is timeless and yet represents its time period perfectly at the same time. I guess that’s what makes good music, when it stands the rest of time. I don’t know if I can agree with the critics however, it certainly isn’t better than Abbey Road, and Abbey Road is my least favorite Beatles album. My favorites: Rag Mama Rag, Up on Cripple Creek, King’s Harvest (Has Surely Come) (which btw sounds like a Schoolhouse Rock song?)

Dit is niet The Band voor mij in ieder geval.

Ik denk niet dat ik dit ooit echt interessant ga vinden. Ik vind het saai en gedateerd.

Wow this is bland. Must have used up all their creativity on the band name.

On en a gros

traversée du désert musical imminente j'en ai bien peur

So so.

Sure is a band.

very 60s, didn’t hate, didn’t love

More like the BLAND amirite

Feels like a compilation of 70s sitcom theme songs with a folky bluegrass twang.

Just not a folk guy. 2/5

Ehhhhhh really just not for me. But according to Pete they are really good.

Dull americana

The Band. Sound is pleasant, easy country listening, could do without the confederacy love though. Also one of those that clearly made the list for its impact at the time rather than doing anything special and long-lasting.

Meh 2

They should change names to The Banned, so nobody ever has to hear of them again. Right? Right? Or The Bland, because of how dull it is, yeah? Nah...but, honestly, it wasn't very good really. 😕

I listened to this, I can confirm it exists. I have nothing further to say.

Not as good as I expected it to be

Blues Rock and Folk Ballads. Nothing that stands out for me. 2/5

vissa låtar är roliga och lite svängiga men generellt sett inte så bra

The least interesting of the Southern rock I’ve heard so far.

A bit too country for me. Not bad but nothing great here.

Odd to hear a Canadian band sing about dixie... but I guess there is a deep south canada isn't there?

Honestly, was hard to actually listen. Was just not that interested. The jam shows talent but I just didn't get into it. Is it me? Also, some of the southern, Dixie, references have too much of a weighted past to really enjoy.

Não gostei

Jamais entendu parler de ce groupe. C'est pas que j'aime pas, mais je n'entends aucun intérêt . 2

Medium taste album, pretty similar to the Beatles in some song, but general a vanilla album

Eh.

A museum piece.

Forgot I was even listening 2/5

Lievästi sanottuna vittumainen päivä ja meni levy vähän ohi, mutta eipä siinä tainnut juuri mitään mieltä ylentävää ollakaan....

Some pleasant folk I guess?

The second half was a lot stronger than the first half but overall still very boring to listen to

nah, bit dreary

That took all of my strength to get through. Not my thing. I like a lot of albums from the 60s. So that’s not it. Why all the hype with this? Their last show was supposedly the second coming. 1.75 stars

I was just completely bored throughout this album. This album was not fun to listen to for me, sorry.

It was an okay experience. Not overly my cup of tea but I respect and appreciate the guitar work and overall songwriting. The couple of singles have certainly grown tiresome over the years, tho they're not without a certain charm of life.

57 The Band - The Band 12 tracks. Too lazy to create a band name never mind about name their album, the music is just as lazy. Little bits of quality surrounded by loads of mediocrity. 2/5

I have three 5s in the last 5 days, so I guess I was I my zone and this one took me out of it. For it it was boring and couldn’t listen to it in only one sit

Es un clásico con buenas canciones, cada canción tiene su toque especial, pero creo que no es para mí

Funky but in a kind of generic way. Looking at the date, it seems like similar music that I'm familiar with from the 70s originates with this album making it proto-70s funk. neat.

Very old school. Not my favorite.

meh

Too slow and country for me!

I was always a Band fan. This shows me I'm more of a fan of The Band's greatest hits/The Last Waltz. I hate it but this is a 2.5 for me dog.

not totally sure how to categorize this. kinda blue grass I guess. 2.5

I like what this album may have inspired, but overall I'm not really a fan. Track 5 has a really cool lick though. Highlights: Tracks 1, 3, 4, 12.

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1, 2 ganz nette Songs

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Their sound is okay, just a little quiet for my taste. They could be pretty funky if they tried, but they're pretty chill instead, with some base guitar. Probably a 2/5 unless songs 6-12 get better.

Not the biggest fan of this genre of music

Meh

Band without Dylan is no bueno

Boooring

I don't like

Another late 60's Americana/roots/folk/country/blues rock thing I firmly believe I won't listen to (in fact, just listened to the first song).

Meh

Great band but this album is not my favorite offering from them. Huge fan of their live stuff.

Unpolished. Fun swamp rock vibes.

Helt ok, mysigt i bakgrunden. Kanske lite country/dylan för mig, men ej dåligt.

Not my favorite but def a great show of musicianship

Enjoyable and breezy, but nothing super memorable! I prefer the cover version of "Drove Old Dixie Down". A few songs stood out, "Look Out Cleveland" was fun!

If I was trying to be purely objective I think I would score this higher, but it's veering a bit too close to country for my own tastes. Not for me, and I can't imagine ever revisiting, but I wouldn't run to turn it off if it came on the radio.

This just isn't for me. It's fine, there's nothing bad about it, but I don't see myself ever coming back to this album. 2/5

Ok but pretty mundane, like their name

Meh

Not my cup of tea. Too Southern Countryish :/ I didn’t even listen to the last few songs fully.

Second album so far on this list and this was incredibly bland, inoffensive but forgettable

So ridiculously forgettable.

The Music on The Band by The Band

first impression is weird but not bad? just not my kind of thing. nah the politics on the night they drove ole dixie down ruined it for me. 0/5

The more I listen to this kind of music, the more I realize it’s just not my thing. It feels way too laid back and samey for my taste. Just very boring. Feels like there are so many albums from this era that sound like the same slop.

They're as interesting as their name.

I did not enjoy listening to the band by the band

Maybe I’m just too much of a yankee to get it, but albums like these age worse for me with each passing year. I remember some of my friends playing these tracks in college and finding them charming, but now, not so much. Not something I’m interested in listening to again.

I have a couple of issues with this. First off - the songs. I don't like any of these songs. I understand that music like this was incredibly popular in the 60s and 70s, but it never did anything for me. And the 2 radio hits I've had to hear my whole life and not exempt for that opinion. Then there's the name. I know where it came from and why they chose it. But, seriously!? The AUDACITY to call yourselves THE Band is enough to turn me off of ever listing willfully.

I hate it

Not my cup of tea.

Some music just wasn't made for me

Bored me to death

What have I learned from this? Listening to music, no matter what it is whilst driving makes it sound better and earns it a star. That is the only reason this gets a star. American drivel rock at its best, absolute dog shit !

Je n’aime pas la country !

I gave the album a fair shot, I played it twice, but I just couldn’t fully engage with it. In a way, that might have been for the best, because once I started paying closer attention to the lyrics, it actually put me off. What really stood out to me was the way women are portrayed. It often feels reductive or dismissive, which makes parts of the album uncomfortable to sit with. On top of that, there’s a strong romanticisation of the American South that leans into a kind of Lost Cause narrative—framing it as a place of elegance and honor, while glossing over the historical realities tied to racism and oppression. At times, elements that feel connected to that history are presented almost as “charming”, which doesn’t sit right from a modern perspective. Altogether, it creates a disconnect for me: even if the music itself is influential or well-crafted, the themes and imagery make it hard to appreciate without reservation. ------------------------------------------- co to ma być? jacyś kanadyjczycy udają amerykanów ktorzy romantyzują czasy niewolnictwa?

country is evil

Truly awful

Why? ................. why? ................... why?

I’ve heard this one before. I think it’s in my dad’s collection but I don’t believe I listened to the vinyl. There are a few songs on here I like, especially Cripple Creek because I’m a sucker for some yodeling, but most of this is bland country rock that isn’t very interesting. I truly can’t stand The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down. Some people say it’s meant to be an antiwar song but I don’t buy it. There’s a load of Lost Cause imagery in this and the song is elegiac and a Canadian of all people shouldn’t fall for this crap. Fuck Robert E Lee, fuck any type of confederate apologia, and fuck this song. Bumping this down a point for the dixie garbage.

Tu connais le tarif

Pretty slow. One star

A snooze fest

not really my style of music in the first place, but the confederate apologist shit in there really makes this unlikable on both a technical and spiritual level. you can do better than this, canada.

I’ve tried with this one. I really have. But every time I put it on, it just kind of drifts by. The songs are well played, the harmonies are nice, everything sounds warm and “authentic,” but nothing grabs me. It feels careful to the point of being sleepy. I keep waiting for a moment that hits hard or shifts the mood, and it never really comes. By the end, I’m not annoyed, just bored. And that’s worse.

A joke

No, just no. Feels cheap and cheesy. Lacks depth in lyrics, storytelling, musicality, production value, and funkification. I bet these guys call themselves THEE Band, and that tells me all I need to know. This album feels like a prank. Give me CCR over this gaggle of goons any day.

Definitivamente no es mi estilo.

u redu je ali moze zanimljivije da bude dosta opet nesto pevaju o robovima ne mogu vise booooriiiiing

nah

Drivel. Waste of time for them to record such trash.

Meh

A proper dirge of an album, with only 'Up on Cripple Creek' really doing anything for me. Properly struggled pushing through the tedium of finishing this one, resulting in my first 1 rating of the project to date (at album #17). I hope to never hear anything from 'The Band' (lol what a bad name) again.

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Was ein Dreck…

Nearly unlistenable in 2025

eugh

impossível ouvir isso aqui e achar uma vibe, olha o que você fez beatles

meio devagar e não consegui get into it

I just didn’t like it that much

Didn’t quite click for me.

Sounds like every other 60s wannabe blues band

I just couldn't get into it sorry.

I don't know what is more bland and boring, the band name, the album name or the band itself. I just don't get so many of the picks on this list.

Kanadensisk herpa derp

Zuerst noch ok, dann wurde es immer egaler bis ich’s nicht mehr hören konnte. Zur Mitte abgebrochen

I get that The Band (stupid name) is influential and that explains why they are on the list. But even still I wonder why they have TWO albums on this list, both of which are such a massive waste of time. I hated this more than the other one, whose name I can’t even remember at this point. I did not enjoy the singing, which sounded out of tune sometimes. I did not enjoy the cacophony of instruments. I did not enjoy the style of music. Once again, PLEASE let’s leave this behind in the 60s.

I live my life in a way that avoids exactly this type of countrified 60's R&B The least interesting entry in the 1001 Album challenge so far Nope - 0/5

I am not a big country fan. I have few exceptions to that. The Band unfortunately doesn’t make that cut. I didn’t like any of the songs.

Seems like its a bunch of Canadians cosplaying Americana. I can't. Its gibberish about farmers, rags, confederates. Anyone who likes this is going to be a pretentious twat or parroting a rolling stone article they read when they were 12. Absolute tripe.

There was one song that caught my interest. Nothing more.

Again with this yankee folk bullshit. Even "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" sounded like crap, I love the Johnny Cash version, even Joan Baez's version sounds better to me. I'm finding out I really don't like american cuntry and folk, or atleast am very picky about it.

The Band. The Bad one.

Till en början kändes det som att det skulle vara relativt trevlig, men sen blev jag uttråkad o till slut var jag helt less på albumet. Försökte mer än en genomlyssning men nä, inte min typ av texter eller sound.

Gubbe gubbe gubbe gubbe gubbe. Beste låt: Nei.

Nope

The Band. You could read that one of two ways. It could mean “that’s THE band”, as in a group who is truly great. Or it could be more like “who’s playing? I don’t know, the band”, as in “I have no clue who that is.” While I know who The Band is, this album is decisively in the latter camp for me. There is nothing that is interesting about this album. Even the hit, Up on Cripple Creek probably should have an “a” where the “i” is, because it’s an average song at best. There’s just so little here to really be that excited about. I guess at points like on The Unfaithful Servant, I could hear something that pre-dated early Counting Crows, but even that had me thinking, I could go for listening to August and Everything After right now rather than this. Evidently this is a concept album, though I would much rather listen to Pink Floyd’s The Wall or Queensryche’s Operation Mindcrime album. Just a below average album from a below average band that is unremarkable on both fronts.

Do not understand the appeal - this is boring as shit from start to finish. They sounded great with Bob Dylan and his songs up there in front of them, but this is just dreck, so far as I am concerned.

Band isn't entirely playing together in some places in the album, like they just heard the singer come in with a great idea and they all just tried to wing it and play along. Is "Jemima Surrender" about rape? Couldn't wait for it to be over.

This was tedious and self-indulgent. The sort of music a certain type of guy finds "important".

In most songs I found the vocals and the way it produced grating and hard to listen (Whispering Pines being the exception).

it was decent, but folk/country really isn't my thing

Guess you had to be there. Easy listening follky stuff, not for me!

No thanks. Maybe there is something profound or interesting about their lyrics which I missed but musically it was boring and tedious. And calling yourself The Band is the height of wanker-ness. Dad - unsure Dust - probs not your thing

Still don’t like the pretentiously named band. Don’t need to record “the night they drove old Dixie down,” boo hoo the south. Meh I say. Couldn’t finish it. Thus 1 star.

meh. Would I listen again: No Deserves to be on this list: No 1.2

this is such a disjointed listening experience. pick a lane instead of being bad at all of them. the gall to call yourself THE band. you're barely AH band

Needs a more original name.

I can see why this made the list. The musical arrangements The Band was able to pull off in this album are truly inspiring. It must have inspired every white, middle aged man with a beard to pick up a guitar and pretend to play the guitar with their best boyfriends. They will of course play for free at their local brewery, church picnic ,or maybe even a Texas Roadhouse if they are oh so lucky. I’m kidding of course. Texas Roadhouse is a little too big for those folks. Maybe they should partner with a Bojangles, or the Chevron that hosts the “my wife kicked me out of the house because I like bourbon more than her” mixer. Everyone should thank The Band for being the trailblazers that they were. Whatever would we have done without this.

The first notes and melodies promise more, but then the song is destroyed by the country-inspired vocals.

I would think that by excluding country and folk, it would catch this but I guess not. Man do I hate Americana.

Not for me. 1/5

Do we really need two The Band albums on this list? No, the answer is No. I heard everything I didn't need to hear the first time around. So I listened to this thing all the way through but it wasn't easy, didn't like it, and don't want to do it again. There better not be a third The Band album on this list.

Why is this album on the list? There's isn't a single notable song on the entire album. Nothing that screamed at me "listen to me again". The only song on the album I'd heard before was "Up on Cripple Creek", and that song really isn't that good. It's just '60's roots rock nothingness. Rating: 1/5. Hard pass.

A record I specifically despise. Not that the songs are all bad, on the contrary, some great ones her, but all massacred by the sub-par (albeit potentially intentionally so) delivery, terrible voices, inconsistent sonics, incidental and misplaced fade-outs, stylistic inconsistency. Sounds like a band demoing to a producer, asking whether they shall go vaudeville-country (don't think that really exists), country funk, Nashville style or whatever in between.

Way to Slow and boring

Xxx.

Da heisst s erste Album vo The Band tatsächlich au The Band und ned The Album, was für e verpassti chance Leander Leadsinger, Daniel Drummer, Balthasar Bassist und Gilroy Guitarist!! So, denn chunt die Band scho es zweits mal, bzw. szweit mal chund e Band wo The Band heisst, WILL s erste album vom Leander, em Dani, em Balthasar und em Gilroy hani sehr sehr guet in erinnerig und dütlich spannender und wenniger rednecky wie jetzt das. Und da frag ich mich: isch es würklich die glich band "The Band" oder isch The Band eifach es Sammelbecki vo allne Amateurbands miteme Hang zur Comedy? Ufjedefall chund mer bi dem Album wider chli de Ärger uuf wie d Amis hald es musigindustrie-monopol gschaffe het obwohl so Ami-kack eifach ned die best musig isch. Und wahrschindli biz dur die überamerikanisiert verzwiiflig, aber au willi das Album nüm lose wird, strecki nur ein Mittelfinger richtig Donald Trump PS. sind scho die gliche boys

All the worst parts of soft rock and country, mixed together for your enjoyment. And lemme tell you, there was not a lot of enjoyment on offer. Sorry, the band The Band of 'The Band', but this was rubbish.

I don't say this about many albums, but I really, really HATE this album.

horrible american stuff 1/5

More like "The BLand" Not for me.

no thank you

Aujourd'hui, The Band, l'album éponyme, le classique, le monument intouchable du roots rock américain. L'oeuvre qui a, paraît-il, poussé Eric Clapton à dissoudre Cream pour chercher quelque chose de plus "vrai". Le disque qui a défini ce qu'on appellera plus tard l'Americana. Un album de 1969, putain ! L'année de Woodstock, de Led Zeppelin II, de Abbey Road, de In the Court of the Crimson King. L'apogée d'une ère de créativité folle, d'expérimentations sonores, de révolutions. Et moi, pauvre con de 54 balais, je suis là, assis dans mon fauteuil, et je me fais chier. Oui, le mot est lâché. C'est peut-être un blasphème pour la chapelle du rock authentique, mais l'honnêteté, c'est la base de ce carnet de bord, non ? Alors soyons clairs : cet album m'a laissé de marbre. Froid. Indifférent. Comme un documentaire en noir et blanc sur la culture du maïs dans le Nebraska au XIXème siècle. Pourtant, sur le papier, tout y est. On parle des mecs qui ont accompagné Dylan lors de sa tournée électrique, la plus houleuse de l'histoire. Des musiciens de l'ombre, des virtuoses discrets qui, fatigués des excès psychédéliques de la côte Ouest, décident de retourner aux sources. À la terre. Aux racines. Le concept est bandant, je l'admets. J'adore cette mythologie. Quand je tenais ma boutique de disques, j'en ai vendu des palettes, de ce genre d'histoires. C'est le genre de came qui plaît aux puristes, aux mecs qui te disent que la musique, c'était mieux avant. Mais la vérité, c'est que la musique, elle doit surtout être bien maintenant. Et la production de cet album, mon Dieu... elle a pris un coup de vieux monumental. Ça sonne plat, sans relief, comme si les mecs avaient enregistré dans une grange en bois avec des couvertures sur les amplis pour ne pas réveiller les vaches. Où est la dynamique ? Où est la pêche ? On est en 1969, George Martin faisait des miracles avec quatre pistes, Glyn Johns enregistrait un son de batterie qui pouvait faire trembler les murs, et là, j'ai l'impression d'écouter une vieille cassette audio qui a passé l'été sur la plage arrière d'une bagnole. Je sais, je sais. On va me dire que c'est voulu. Que c'est "organique". Que ça respire l'authenticité. Foutaises. C'est juste daté. Pour moi qui ai grandi avec le punk, la new wave, et qui ai vu l'explosion de la production léchée des années 80 et 90, ça ne passe pas. C'est une barrière quasi infranchissable. Passons sur la forme, et parlons du fond. Les thèmes. On est en pleine guerre du Vietnam, l'Amérique est à feu et à sang, et The Band nous chante quoi ? Des histoires de la Guerre de Sécession, de fermiers ruinés, de syndicalistes en grève, de misère et de famine. C'est un album sépia, poussiéreux, qui regarde constamment dans le rétroviseur. C'est un cours d'histoire, pas un album de rock. Chaque morceau est une petite nouvelle, une tranche de vie d'une Amérique rurale et oubliée. C'est admirablement écrit, je ne le nie pas. Les mecs sont des conteurs hors pair. Mais l'émotion, bordel ? Où est l'émotion ? Soyons juste, il y a deux, peut-être trois titres qui sortent du lot. Évidemment, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down". Impossible de rester insensible à cette complainte sudiste, à cette mélodie poignante. C'est un chef-d'oeuvre absolu, une chanson qui transcende l'album et qui justifie à elle seule sa place dans l'histoire. Il y a aussi "Up on Cripple Creek", avec son rythme boiteux et son clavinet funky, qui apporte une bouffée d'air frais et un peu de légèreté. On sent enfin les mecs se lâcher un peu, sourire. Pour le reste... c'est une longue procession de complaintes mid-tempo qui finissent par toutes se ressembler. Je comprends l'importance historique de l'album. En 1969, ce retour aux sources était probablement une claque, une bouffée d'oxygène pour ceux qui suffoquaient sous les couches de flanger et de sitars. C'était un acte de résistance contre la sophistication. Mais en 2025, pour un type qui a passé sa vie à écouter de la musique, ce geste semble anecdotique. L'authenticité revendiquée sonne presque fabriquée. C'est peut-être ça, le coeur du problème. Cet album est un classique intellectuel. Un disque qu'on admire plus qu'on ne l'aime. Un disque qu'on "doit" avoir, qu'on "doit" comprendre. Mais la musique, ça ne devrait pas être un devoir. Ça doit prendre aux tripes, faire taper du pied, donner envie de baiser ou de tout casser. Et là, rien. Le néant. L'encéphalogramme plat. J'ai l'impression d'avoir commis un sacrilège. De cracher sur une icône. Mais ce blog, c'est mon ressenti, pas une redite des encyclopédies. Et mon ressenti, c'est une profonde déception. C'est un album que je respecte, mais que je n'écouterai probablement plus jamais par plaisir. Il retournera sur son étagère, comme une belle pièce de musée, intéressante à regarder, mais froide au toucher. Note : 1/5 Et je suis généreux, c'est pour l'importance historique.

The music is terrible, but I’m also suspicious of anyone who writes a song sympathetic to white southerners during the American Civil War. It’s like writing a song about the bravery of the Wehrmacht; there’s only one type of person happy to associate themselves with that side of the conflict. The defence on Wikipedia is also laughable, essentially amounts to “but he’s Canadian” - as if there couldn’t possibly be a racist Canadian.

Well, I got through the entire album, I can’t say much more than that. It’s fine, classic/southern(?) rock I suppose, but I wouldn’t be going back to it.

1.5 rounded down incredibly funny to me that my highlights from this album ended up being the first and last tracks. i truly do not gaf highlights: across the great divide, king harvest (has surely come) (apr 7 2026)

Imagine having the nutsack to call you band ... THE Band.

This feels like something Hank Hill would listen to, and I got to say, that's really not for me.

1. divide - 1 2. rag - 1 3. night - 1 4. auuake - 1 5. creek - 1 6. pinez - 1 7. jemima - 0 8. chair - 1 9. cleveland - 1 10. jauu - 1.5 11. zervant - 1 12. king - 1

Tracks one and two are nothing special. This album feels like it’s gonna be a miss for me. Two more in - this barely qualifies as listenable. Who is this for? Jemima surrender - worst track so far. Jesus. Penultimate track - if i never listen to the band again, it will be too soon I don’t hate king harvest lyrically Okay real talk. Vocals and organ are insufferable on this album.