Reviews (page 7 of 7)
I hated this. It wasn’t on Spotify or Apple Music, so I had to listen to it on YouTube, which is annoying. I just wanted it to be over.
not sure I listened to the entire album as it was not available on Spotify. I listened on YouTube. It is just a spoken word/poem reading. Definitely impactful but not anything that I am going to listen to
Can’t find the album anywhere
I didn’t like
1 - TERRIBLE
It took me 10 days and a free trial of Apple Music to listen to this as it's not on Spotify. The anticipation has only made the disappointment worse. Messy, stream-of-consciousness jazz, that thinks it's infinitely cooler than it is. Just after announcing a 'blues' track, it's ruined by atonal chat over the top. I will never listen to this again. Jazz is exhausting.
2/10
Not on Spotify
Sorry, mit Jazz kann ich nichts anfangen.
Well talkative not my thang and also from another time and black , jazzy kinda but no thx
mehhh. it was a cool vibe but i'd like it to be more funky
i couldny find this album.
Jazz/R&B,Funk, not sure.
Yet another album not available to listen to…
??? hmm war ok aber sagt mir nicht wirklich was? c
About as bad as it gets, sounds like a pub singer on a cheap keyboard.
Shit
Probably not my thing tbh but there was quality and I liked the political message. I wouldn't listen to it again though
Utter dreary dirge
I respect the hell out of Gil Scott-Heron, but that doesn't make this a good album.
missed this due to technical problems
Dull aimless mixture of jazz, soul, and spoken word making something like Soft Jazz.
No está el spotify
Percies een jamsessie die toevallig is opgenomen. Met geïmproviseerde lyrics door iemand die geen lyrics kan improviseren.
Do not think his vocals are particularly listenable or engaging.
Culturally not connected to this, so didn't get the message or struggle. Not a fan of performance art, spoken word or rap etc. So a 1
Unavailable
Not for me. 1/5
I can't get past Scott-Heron's voice, especially given a trebly vocal mix that makes it almost painfully reedy. Otherwise, this would be a particularly noodley but otherwise innocuous jazz album. Maybe it would help to be stoned, but I wasn't. I turned the volume down at first because the mix was almost painful. Then I got bored after about ten minutes and turned it off.
Can’t find this - not available on Spotify?
nope
nee nee nee... had hoop omdat ik 'the revolutions will not be televised' wel OK vind... maar dit was echt niet te harden
H2ogate Blues is a must listen to track in March 2025. Otherwise this was a tough listen for me. ‘ Daddy Loves you ‘ is the kind of song this fella to played for his kids and was added to the album in error. Like Ben Folds Five without the humour or dare I say it, soul.
I hated this. 1/5
Album not available on Spotify.
No
Not available on Spotify
Eh. Not my preferred style.
First song - really annoying (almost upsetting rapid panning between left and right). Other than that it's the most dull easy listening album 0/5 (can't select 0)
The album wasn't even on Spotify, but I found the title track and it ended a long streak of good albums ...
Dull as ditch water
Oh my god.... Was.... Interesting? Too slow, waaaaaay too slow... It was good to hear it, just not something I want to hear again, sounded so dull and monotonous that I was dreading the next track
This seems custom made for me to hate. Just a big jumble of things I don't like in music. I guess I can see how a certain type of music can might like this, but I'm not the type.
I'm 4 minutes in and still wondering when the first song begins. Seems like just one long introduction. So, without further ado, I'll categorically state that jazz musicians can't write actual songs. Fast forward a few times to see if anything changes - nope. It's the most boring form of jazz on the market. Why do people like this stuff?
Oh man, listening to this on headphones was headache inducing. The constant fade from left to right channel, pulsing back and forward. Why would this be considered a good idea. I need some panadol.
Sadly this is almost unlistenable to me, it’s everything I don’t want in the music I listen to.
Album not available in my region :/
Not my cup of tea
No está en spotify
Not on Spotify
What is bro yapping about? Half of this didn’t even feel like music, lots of talking with indiscriminate jazz in the background. The tracks without drums were very boring which felt like most of them. I wasn’t keen on the flute sprinkled throughout either. I feel like if I read about what he’s talking about I’d ‘get’ it more, but I don’t want to have to research to enjoy an album the first time. For some reason I predict dad will like this though 🔮
what happen?
Non on Spotify.
Er der overhovedet nok instrumentering på nogle af sangene til at det kan kvalificeres som musik? Gil Scott-Heron stemme kan lyde mega godt. Den gør det desværre ikke på det længste nummer. Meget politisk album. En 8m25s prædiken om Watergate er bare ret uddateret i 2024
Spotify was unable to find the album, but I did find one of the tracks on the album: "Your Daddy Loves You". Jazz-soul-funk. Not for me.
not4me
"And there are 3,000 shades, And if you take these 3,000 shades and divide them by 6, you will come up with 500 Meaning there are at least 500 shades of the blues" I really disliked this album, it was tiring at times, distracting at others, and overall the sound did just not mesh well for me. I enjoy instrumental jazz as much as the next guy, but adding vocals ontop can really ruin the listening experience for me, especially if they're slow, pervasive, and not melodic. 1/5
Horrible
I can say two things: I am glad I can say that I listened to it and That’s 45 minutes I’m never getting back. Music was ok. Musicians were not very talented. The lyrics were insipid. GSH is a poet, he should have found someone to sing for him and musicians to play for him. This was a vanity project. 1 star
Politely, no thanks.
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1970s R&B Kloot style with cheesy organ and flute. Melodic, but that's about it. Would've been a two, but loses one for the politics. A 1 star
Unavailable on Spotify
Wasn’t on Spotify L
Laulelua banaaleimmilla mahdollisilla taustoilla, joita määrittää erityisesti jazzia tursuava, pintaan miksattu piano. Miksi lyyrisesti orientoituneet ihmiset kuvittelevat, että säestys voi olla ihan mitä vain - eikö heillä ole korvia?
But I feel bad about it
Not wasting my life listening to this
Não tem no deezer e num conseui ouvir no youtube
The Bottle was the one semi alright one for me. I'm not a big blues listener, but I can see where some would see a few tracks as super early inspiration for albums that came out 10-15 years later. The backing music was more enjoyable than the vocals to me. Some decent poetry in the lyrics though.
Definitely don't enjoy the soul r&b stuff
couldn't find the album
I guess i was expecting something like "Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and got a low-key soul/jazz record. Not really my thing.
Not sure why this is on the list or why I had to listen to it. Every song sounds the same, and they're not anything I would ever choose to listen to again. Except the spoken word H2Ogate which at least sounded different (but still wasn't good.)
I'm certainly not the target audience, couldn't care less about the topics brought up. Musically this is tiring
So very, very boring. I dont care how good or important he lyrics might be, this is a chore to get through.
Slaapverwekkend saai. Af en toe schrik je wakker doordat er ineens zowaar muziek wordt gemaakt, maar vervolgens val je weer in slaap. Om op het eind nog een preek toe te krijgen. Hij had lekker op zijn houten kistje op de hoek van het park moeten blijven staan oreren.
I know he is cool but this was a bit dull….
Nope. I listened to the song Winter in America on Spotify. Couldn’t find the album. Review of the song: Jazz and a lecture. Found the album on YouTube and listened while driving and running errands. Because it was on YouTube I had no idea what song was what, and a few times it skipped to a totally different album. I did my best. This album gets a 5/5 for difficulty of listening! I didn’t like the electric piano/organ or the Pan-flute(?). Didn’t care about the song for Bobby and wasn’t moved by the one about first love or the one about domestic discord. At the end there was a poem about Watergate that was interesting…. Mildly. It name checked Frank Rizzo. I’m sure it was sensational at the time. I would have liked a lot of the songs more if there were no words.
No esta en Spotify,... lastima, se ve buen disco....
Another boring AF, soft-jazz, elevator-disco album. Painfully uninteresting. I kept thinking it'd pick up at least a little bit. But it didn't. For the first 20 minutes, it just got softer and softer and softer... to the point that I started feeling legitimate anger that I had to listen to something so pointless. Starting around track 4, "Back Home", the album picks up the pace a bit but the lyrics are still childishly soft and meaningless. And dear LORD the jazz flute. I don't know that I could hate this more. What a waste of time.
Wasn’t available in Spotify
1.5
Couldn't get on spotify, tried listening on youtube but it wasn't for me. There was a lack of structure to the songs.
I wanted to like this, expected to like this but was underwhelming.
Dull
Wake me up when it's over.
- this swung fast by me, hello and goodbye
Unavailable on Spotify
Dit is dus precies het soort jazz dat ik niet leuk vind. Of het is iets voor de zondag-nacht omdat er geen energie in zit, Of het is lekker up-tempo maar compleet zonder structuur. *
bad, made me angry, lame.
Хрен найдешь на стримингах ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
yuck
Incredible album.
This was just strange. No idea how to explain it.
Dull, aimless jazz music. There may have been a message in there somewhere, but I missed it when I fell asleep. Vocals weren't particular interesting either.