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An excellent album to relax and listen to. Wonderful composition, I'm glad I had a reason to seek out John Coltrane and I hope we have more of his albums in the future.
I've been really enjoying the jazz albums we've been getting on this list, but this one doesn't really do anything for me. I don't know why this one doesn't speak to me. I should probably give it another listen in a different mood.
A spiritual experience from beginning to end, John Coltrane’s masterpiece.
J - 2/5 Best Track - N/A F - 2/5
it's shocking that this is my first time really listening to john coltrane! 10s across the board
I love jazz in most of its forms, especially experimental, so I'm biased. Jazz is storytelling in its most primal elements. This is what I heard from Coltrane. There is this air of the instruments fluttering around the opening track Acknowledgement like a bird in the fresh morning. Slowly, flower heads unfurl, motifs emerge that ground the listener in the music and allow them to see the direction and purpose behind the seemingly random instrumental flight. Then just when you're starting to Get It, See It, out comes Coltrane with "A Love Supreme" - and could it be any more obvious where these melodies are going? Just after the realization hits, the joyful chaos is guided to rest by a graceful bassline, and the listener is left basking in the emotional experience, lingering in a new desire for flight. Once you have Acknowledged your life's new pull, you can dive into the journey towards the heart of the issue in Resolution. Along the journey you face discomfort and fear, but also new relationships, both within and without yourself. You change, you grow, out of the conflict and into assuredness. The second track feels much more like safety of being underground at nighttime. You fall asleep in this close dark space, rid of any anxieties of the future. Your waking is abrupt, urgent with the energy of Pursuance percussion. You are immediately hot on the trail, bounding out of your den with renewed energy and scampering nimbly through the landscape. At first it is imperceptible, but gradually you notice you've been running uphill, and by the time you become aware, you're at a wondrous elevation. It's too late to turn back - you're out of breath, you've come this far already, and you push on through your second and third wind. The air is getting thinner. Your movements are getting less and less controlled. With a final breathless push, you shift an entire mountain and emerge panting onto the rocky peak plateau, with the entire world stretching around you as far as you can see. As the blood returns to your brain and the sun re-turns towards the horizon, the knowledge of how far you have travelled starts to hit you. Was the sun over your shoulder when you sprinted away from last night's shelter? Can you find your way back? It feels so different up here, exposed, raw. And now, feet and lungs aching, your breath forms the shape of a Psalm as you realize you are not alone. When your eyes first opened to acknowledgement, when you gained strength in resolution, when you sprinted through pursuit, you were never alone. Your voice cries out with the saxophone, trying to make sense of this Being you've witnessed, why your heart has been so closed to Their Presence this entire time. With you is the guide you've been aching for. It doesn't matter which way you turn down the mountain to continue life's neverending flow - you walk every cardinal direction with blessed feet. The open sky, once so tender and bare, forever now folds around you like a cloak. THIS is the type of music you should listen to before you die.
Just not my type of music
Exploration. Fusion before it was a thing. Quality stuff.
I'm fighting the urge to give this album a 5 instead of a 4 because the justification would require some type of knowledge in jazz technicalities I do not possess. I couldn't tell you why this album sounds as good as it does, nor why the 'bad' parts that sound more grating are actually technical genius. I do, however think everyone should take the 30 odd minutes to listen to this incredible performance from what, I can only assume, was musicians at the top of their game.
• 3/5 • deeply felt and technically masterful • not especially fond of modal jazz, and the utter lack of repetition or unifying melody or chord progression is impressive but leaves me feeling lost - I think that’s why it doesn’t resonate the way Davis’s Kind of Blue does
I know this is criminal to say as John Coltrane is one of those legends, but this was meh. It REALLY felt like elevator music. Just because you can play really fast and get those squeals doesn't make you a good songwriter. If you were to tell me all 4 songs were one song, I'd believe you. Please do something else. Liked Songs: "A Love Supreme, Pt. II - Resolution"
liked songs: parts I-III Great album 4.25
One thing can be certain - whoever curated this list loves jazz. This one was chaotically uninteresting to me.
An album you can get lost in. Just a beautiful piece of music.
John Coltrane's passion for all spirituality was one that most churchgoers and meditators strive to reach. devotion to a higher power is tricky for me, same as devotion to anyone, but the passion and pure love Coltrane puts in his performance here can be felt no matter how much of a heathen i am. even that variation on those four simple notes from the beginning feels so careful and attentive in each go around on the third part. i used to hear that knights spent a night in a chapel praying non-stop to God to show piety and be worthy of serving the Lord. i feel like this is the musical version of that act.
6/10
Better than fries supreme
Part 1 was very interesting. Slow and smooth, but with a nice sound. Great for background, or even when fully listening to it.
I know this is kind of a seminal jazz album, and I do love jazz, but this doesn’t do a whole lot for me for some reason.
Raramente ouço jazz de alta qualidade. O John Coltrane é um marco histórico no mundo do jazz. Reconheço sua história e sua importância no mundo da música. Porem, infelizmente não é algo que eu retornaria a ouvir, mas deixaria um lembrete para ouvir quando estivesse querendo tomar um bom vinho em uma noite contagiante.
Huge fan of this album! Solid from start to finish. Only complaint is that the album was too short! I would have enjoyed more of that.
Pretty cool
Supreme Album - really liked this.
It's good but it's also jazz so an entire album is a lot. I think if elevator rides were 32 minutes long everyone would turn on each other and the strongest would devour the others by the end, mainly because of having to listen to too much consecutive jazz.
Rewarding repeated listens, what comes across initially as self-indulgent chaos reveals itself over time as a lyrical, emotionally rich, and vivid musical experience.
With this challenge I started to discover and love jazz 4/5
I think I’m running out of ways to state that I don’t care for jazz in these reviews. All these things are the same; I listen to them and retain nothing. Most of them I swear are just noise. If you give me one song from every jazz album that I’ve done and asked me to name what album they come from, I’d drew a blank. I mean, they’re mostly ok, but like it’s become so fatiguing. This was no different, even if this is apparently a masterpiece of jazz. Look, it’s not bad, it’s alright. But as far as I’m concerned, it’s just more of the same. Songs stretched too long and filled with random instrument playing without much synergy. Next album, please. Favorite track: Part IV- Psalm (it sounded the most coherent) Other hits: nothing really else honestly
Starting in the middle of a musical sentence and moving in both directions at once. - John Coltrane... well said.
Don’t think jazz does it for me
Jazz but jazz that I enjoyed? I don't have a discerning palette to jazz music
Eh jazz
this guy's pretty good at the sax
Jazz may be polarizing, but I love jazz. This is a classic, and beautifully done.
smooth
One of the best Jazz albums my dirty ears have ever laid on. Incredible. Cinema.
I can see why it is revered but not my vibe.
Fierce and spiritual, but felt more like a string of virtuosic solos than full songs. Not as cohesive as Miles or Herbie, but the piano, bass, and drums were absolutely elite.
I’m really not a big fan of jazz
I really didn't enjoy this, but it wasn't as painful as some of the others in this style. I still don't ever want to hear it again, though.
Classic jazz. Skilled artists. Does sound a bit like a warm up to a performance. If melody is narrative, jazz is a haiku; recognizable and occasionally repetitious, consumable in small chunks and an ignorable background at it's worst.
No no no no
ehhhhh
I’ll give it the Acknowledgment it deserves. This is A Love Supreme.
John Coltrane 9/10
Wasn’t into it - I see how it’s appreciated but not my thing
Hmmm, not his best, maybe I’m not sophisticated enougg
VERY enjoyable. Working and cleaning the house.
We kruisen de bingokaart der ultieme classics der jazzmuziek in een rap tempo af, met nu eindelijk eentje van de heer Coltrane. En waar ik bij de meeste andere bolwerken weer eens werd weggeblazen, heb ik bij 'A Love Supreme' een beetje mixed feelings. Het is een spiritueel meesterwerk, en heel belangrijk in de transitie van jazz als sfeer-muziek naar jazz als verlengstuk van de human psyche. Het was meer dan dat bandje achterin de kroeg, en in de jaren 60 werd steeds meer duidelijk dat het ook een complex verhaal kon vertellen en de hersenen kon prikkelen. Mixed feelings omdat het halverwege de plaat iets te veel wegzakt in de spiritualiteit, en dat ik als simpele ziel de melodietjes van de eerste twee passages wel miste. De eerste helft is subliem, en heeft de balans tussen enerzijds de joga voor je brein, en anderzijds de eeuwenoude schwung van een jazz-ensemble. Helaas slaat het daarna om, en ben ik niet heel erg te spreken over de laatste fase. Alsnog een dikke voldoende. 7,5/10 Highlights: I en II
Als ik één ding heb gehad aan deze app is het wel dat het me meer jazz doet luisteren. Nu alweer deze klassieker. 4 nummers, iets meer dan een half uur. Dat is goed te verteren. Precies een treinritje naar Den Haag. Het begint echt heerlijk. Mooie opbouw en het escaleert gelukkig niet zo zoals Jazz kan doen. De tweede helft is wel taaier en kan ik minder mee. 7/10 Highlights I
I really enjoyed it...I don't think it's something I'll listen to everyday, but definitely saving it. The drumming is some of the best I can remember hearing. I've learned that I'm very particular with the jazz I enjoy listening to on any kind of regular basis.
Nej, nu har jag lyssnat flera gånger. Det har skavt varje gång, ibland mer och ibland mindre. Ett stort problem är att man inte kan bygga musik runt en saxofon, det är inte ett så skönt sound. Det kan passa ibland, som utfylland. Men inte i rampljuset. Den första låten, som är improviserad, är dessutom för jobbig. Det är inte najs. Det här är den sämre typen av jazz tyvärr.
Hade trott och hoppats att jag skulle gilla denna mer än vad jag faktiskt gjorde. Även om det såklart är bra rent tekniskt blir det lite för stressigt, hetsigt och intensivt med saxen. Kommer på mig själv med att pusta ut under pianodelarna. Den sista lite lugnare delen är mest behaglig att lyssna på.
Too jazzy
A Love Supreme is clearly the work of a brilliant musician at the height of his creative powers. John Coltrane’s technical mastery and emotional intensity shine throughout the album, and there’s no denying the spiritual weight behind the performance. It’s ambitious, deeply personal, and influential — a cornerstone of jazz history. That said, while the musicianship is top-tier, the album doesn’t fully hold up for casual listening. The entirely instrumental format, though impressive, lacks the variety or accessibility that makes some other classic records stand the test of time a bit more easily. For those already invested in jazz, it’s a rewarding experience. But for others, it can feel distant — more of an intellectual achievement than something you’d return to often. A Love Supreme deserves respect for what it is, but it may not resonate as deeply across all listeners or generations
Jazzy jazz. Too chaotic for my personal tastes
An absorbing and powerful blast of spiritual modal jazz. It’s impossible to not listen to this suite full through once your start. All the musicians are masterful at their instruments and interact and support each other in unique ways. It’s nimble, intense, and challenging without being overwhelming or difficult. It strikes a perfect balance of avante-garde freedom and accessibility. It’s emotional and meditative. It’s wonderful.
Amazing, I just love it. This made me love jazz.
Acknowledgement: I’m loving the sleek and sexy saxophone that Coltrane is playing here. Combined with the drums and piano, is makes for a very chaotic mix. But in a good way. Around the halfway point the sax gets very raspy (?) which I loved. And then it goes back into that 4 note melody that was at the beginning. The drums are nuts! Both chill and chaotic. Loved this first track. Resolution: Stared with some very light bass which made me turn the volume up, THEN THR TRACK EXPLODED WITH THE SAX! Caught me off guard. Lot more fluid than the last track but still amazing. This piano solo is making me tap my feet. Coltrane is a GOD on the sax. I love this one. May be better than the last track. Idk. Pursuance: Was WONDERING when Elvin Jones would get a drum solo. FUCK! I love this! This one is so energetic! McCoy Tyner is going crazy on the piano, combined with the drums, making me wanna dance. Definitely FEELS like I’m running after something, Pursuance is an apt title. Coltrane hitting those notes again.. ANOTHER DRUM SOLO???? The Love Supreme theme coming back on the BASS??? This is my favorite track so far. Definitely a 10. Psalm: The opening feels like I’ve reached the end of a long journey. Which is fitting cus this is last track on the album. They’ve switched to a new type of drum that’s very bass heavy. But it sounds awesome so I’m not complaining. Fuck this album keeps getting better and better. Just when I think it peaks, it brings in something I didn’t expect. The journey that this albums takes you through is incredible. The chaotic first track to the heavenly final one is just…. Ugh, so goood!!! Y’all gave me a great opener to this project. Uhhhhh, 10? Yeah I’m thinking 10.
I don't know what it is about jazz, but it's always such a delight to listen to 🥹 I never reach out for jazz for casual listening, but whenever I do come across it, I feel so damn happy🥺🥹 Album rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Absolutely not.
Ray Charles into John Coltrane is a powerhouse of a double header. Not one to seek out jazz, but I appreciate it, really enjoyed this album, Coltrane's expertise is a joy to listen to
Smooth.
So much jazz recently! I keep prefacing these reviews with "I'm not the biggest jazz fan. But I can appreciate it." This album is no different. Yeah, I mean, it was pretty good. It's just kind of background music for me at this point. Pleasant but not super engaging. Nothing Earth shattering for me. I feel like I need to listen to it again to process it more, but to be honest I just don't really want to. It feels like blasphemy rating Coltrane 2/5 because the man is a legend and obviously super talented, but it's just not my bag, baby.
There’s no doubt that this is an incredible album musically, it’s a quintessential jazz record from one of the “big 2” of the genre - the other being Miles Davis I’m not a huge fan of Coltrane, in my limited jazz listening I’ve always lent more towards Davis but there’s no denying this is a sonically diverse, at times challenging, listen.
Jazz is my favorite genre. I loved this album. John Coltrane is sometimes a little too frenetic for me, but this album wasn’t over the top
Pues me ha gustado mucho. Puro virtuosismo sin ser pretencioso; de hecho, para ser un tipo de jazz no muy melódico, es un álbum bastante accesible. Experimental, modal y muy espiritual, pero sin llegar a ser puro avant-garde incomprensible. Diverso a la vez que coherente; la verdad es que no sé muy bien cómo explicarlo, pero me ha encantado. Un clásico que merece ser escuchado varias veces.
Thank God for the mighty John Coltrane.
I can appreciate the talent that goes into jazz, but it's still not for me. The music makes me anxious.
Dang those are some good toot toots.
Extremely engaging and grand at times. I appreciate the technicality of this album, but I think I just don’t like jazz. The lack of melodic structure is too bewildering for me, though I can definitely understand how others can fall in love with pieces like this. If I heard and saw this performed live, I probably would. Could also be I’m not accustomed to this kinda music. For the time being, it’s a 7/10 for me. Also found out this album was recorded very close to my office, which is pretty neat.
Just a fine jazz album Low 3/5
I am a long-time confirmed hater of Jazz, but this actually isn't bad. Not something I'd prefer to listen to but nowhere near as grating as most jazz as something playing in the background. Also, the pianist could definitely go.
In the same way that Techno without certain chemicals could be quite repetitive and boring, this album seemed to be the total opposite and reminded me of a Jackson Pollock painting of just random noises with the purpose of as much chaos as possible. At least it wasn't something that would not entertain you for the 30+ minutes so it get's a 2 star rating.
Thoroughly enjoyed the album. It's not a typical bebop or swing type jazz album but I enjoyed the journey it takes the listener on. Evoked a range of emotions for me. I could definitely see myself listening to the album on repeat in a dark room while reflecting on things with a nice glass of whiskey in hand. 4/5
If you are a musician or really like jazz this will probably be a god tier 5. I know very little about jazz, but generally like what I've heard/seen. I know nothing about avant-garde jazz but I know the name John Coltrane. This kinda washed over me and I listened to some more familiar jazz after and confirmed I don't like/appreciate this style of jazz. It's not bad. Prefer to watch Jazz live. 2/5.
Interesting
O que posso dizer? É um sólido álbum de Jazz.
Nice
I mean it's Coltrane I don't think I've ever heard anything by him that's bad. There are other albums I enjoy more, but this is a damn good album. It's the kind of album you want to listen to during a snow storm or raining day. It's perfect for that morning cup of coffee where you just don't want to start your day. It's a pick out a book and chill in your favorite chair or couch album.
I see quite a few people have been searching this link haha!
Coltrane trades heroin and alcohol for God. The result is pretty wild, and at times restrained, chaos. This may not be very easy to get into, but it's really solid in terms of its flow song to song and the overall thematic elements.
Too experimental, felt like everyone was playing a different song.
It’s jazz
Great talent working on this album with some truly impressive solos. Wish it was a little more cohesive for my taste but overall great stuff.
I didn’t have a lot of focus when listening to this Album, but apparently it was one of brads high school favorites. It features jazz music, with saxophone. Brad loved it in his younger years. I will give a 3 for now because I likely won’t revisit it soon, but at least I have these notes so I can play it for Brad when I remember.
Resolution // 3.5/5
Nice and jazzie. Good for the vibes, but not something I want to listen to on the daily.
Maravilhoso
“It’s improvised!” Yeah bitch we can tell
Esch ergnendwie wie schwierig Jazz z bewährte wel ech grad so weiss wie wenig ich öber Jazz weiss. Min Subjektivi Bleck seid aber dass es no rächt geil esch, ech aber nie de Momänt gha ha dass es rechtig guet esch was e sehr höchi Bewärtig verhenderet.
First listen: 4 stars. Since then, I’ve listened to it many times. It’s easily a five for sure. I had never listened to a full jazz album before, and after that, I changed what I thought about the genre.
what else can you say?
It's good, but not for me
A new listening experience. I liked it.
Pinkety plonk jazz - not my cup of tea
Listened a few time. I don’t totally get Jazz, but I want to.
"Birdland on fifty-three The street sounds like a symphony We got John Coltrane and A Love Supreme" -- U2 With those words from Rattle and Hum, I got hooked on this jazz. I had no idea what it was. I was a member of one of those "12 CDs for a penny" clubs then (which you would just cancel and then rejoin in perpetuity to build your collection) -- and I figured hell, why not see what ol' Bono was singing about? And it was one of the best music choices a peripatetic twentysomething ever made. I loved this disc so much. Needed to chill at the end of a day? Trane. Need a great soundtrack for cooking someone dinner? You know it. Opened my mental doors for Miles and Cannonball and Mingus and Brubeck and on and on. It's a near damned perfect piece of music from front to back -- holy, sexy, and just unbelievably gifted.
Good Jazz, not my favorite of the classics but I can see why its Coltrane's masterpiece.
interesting album, no words let the music really shine
Brilliant album, nice on the 100th listen too.
point2.
I just don’t really like jazz that much
Its Coltrane it has to be cool
Wow what a great album, I've found that I have a tolerance for jazz that I never knew I had and this was cool cause it's one of the most famous jazz albums of all time and it was very good!
A Love Supreme deserves its reputation for a multitude of reasons. For all of its spiritualization and complexity, it is pretty much one of the more, if not the most, accessible jazz record ever made. One can essentially grasp what John Coltrane and his assembled band (Jimmy Garrison, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner) were aiming to achieve here. The results gathered have done nothing but astound and influence practically every square surface of musical noise over the course of sixty years. Revelations either patterned after John's or conjured up on one's own experience have been soundtracked by A Love Supreme. Jazz, and all of music, would be a much less enriching place without this album. Sure, there have been wild twists and turns before this but, if one wants to draw a line in the sand, this is where to start.
Standard background jazz. Fast enough to be fun. 3/5
Not my thing!
A masterpiece
Am I getting turned on to jazz? I don't know, but I enjoyed listening to this album so much that I played it twice, back-to-back... well, almost, because when TIdal kept on playing related tunes after the album ended the first time, I didn't even realise it had finished. When I awoke from my jazz inspired revery, I did play the album through a second time, and enjoyed it as much as the first. Now, was this because of the situation? I played it while pulling up weeds in my garden on the first truly balmy day of spring. Would I have enjoyed it as much if I'd laid back on the couch and focused on nothing else but the music? Again, I don't know... But I did like it. It's not exactly everday listening for me, but given that I have always thought I hated jazz, A Love Supreme has definitely got me questioning that particular assertion.
This is, so it says, one of the seminal works of jazz. I can listen to it, admire it a bit, and still feel like I'm not quite getting the point. I'm not going to dunk on Coltrane's masterpiece, but jazz is definitely not for me.
long parts
Jazz isn't really my thing. It worked great as background music for me while I did housework, but I wouldn't listen to it outside of it.
V. cool. One of those albums where you know that you aren't getting the whole story if you don't know all the facts behind it, but I'm glad I listened to it, and it's added to the library.
Nothing less than a masterpiece
Great saxophonist and great music but not the type of music for me
Jazz just continues to be a struggle.
i just listened to the first song idk not my thing
"En suveren kjærleik" av Jonatan Wilhelm Koltrein er aldeles flott jass. Jeg forstår ikke hvorfor så mange bokstavelig talt tilber dette albumet. Men kanskje jeg vil få en mer helhetlig verdsetting og forståelse av platen, samt annen jass, etter hvert i livet mitt.
No words needed
高級レストランで流れてそうなジャズ、結構テンポ早目でリラックス系ではなく賑やか系の感じ。仕事しながら聞いてもいい。集中したい時は若干落ち着かないかも。メロディーが弱めで、結構効かないと曲認識できなさそう。BGM的な扱いかも？
One of the best recordings EVER.
Drum solo went hard
I used to think I didn't like saxophone, but Coltrane just makes it sound so nice.
cool jazz album. not a big fan of jazz or extra long tracks so probably wont revisit on my own time but it was definitely a fun listen and i can recognize the quality of the music here
Wonderful artistry and skills with only 4 players. It’s just not my type of jazz
I love this album and have listened to it many many times. My 7 month old is slightly less sold on it. We settled at a 4.5 which I’m inputting as a 5.
Как они понимают и запоминают, когда нужно пиликнуть, дунуть, тыдыцнуть и т.д.? Нет же никакой мелодии, никакого такта.
Holy shit. Psalm.
Really nice music. A fave.
Maybe a little too "free" for me but still very cool and a great showcase for Coltrane's sax.
very good jazz song
Great jazz album.
This might be technically good but this is a jazz album and I just find jazz boring most of the time.
This kind of jazz is more my speed (well, as much as jazz can be) than the solo piano album. Coltrane is a legend, and this album is quintessential jazz. Listening to it, I feel like I'm transported to another time, another place.
A love supreme, a love supreme, a love supreme. I think I still resonate with Alice Coltrane's music more but I can see why this is an all time classic. Shit bangs
Yeah... I just can't get into jazz. I understand the significance of this album but to me, there's no hold for me
Love this album
It was nice to listen to. 3.5
Enjoyed the whole album.
I don't like jazz.
Hfgn ggg
Decent but needed longer!
Ok
Heard of John Coltrane but not this album. As a Sax (now retired) player myself always keen to listen to John Coltrane as he is one of the greatest ever jazz sax players. He can play and make the sax do things I can only dream about. Despite my sax credentials this type of jazz is not entirely to my liking. But unlike a lot a jazz it is an easy album to get into as there are a few memorable melodies which keep reprising leading to a feeling of familiarity even after one listen. 3/5 3/4/25
Good chill jazz. lots of emotion.
not a jazz fellow
# 448 : 01/04/2025 : Hey, I tolerate most music. Jaz and Rap just aren't one of them. This album sounds like a bunch of guys in one huge jam session and doesn’t really meld…. Oh, and it's obviously meant to be listened to in mono.
Just not for me
Chillig
Another of those albums that is above any sort of criticism. Awesome.
My brain doesn't get it, but I can recognize that it's very talented stuff
Not really my bag on this one, jazz is just too full on.
Che bello il jazz. 4 note e mi prende. Un po' forse ripetitivo sul finale, ma non ci sono dubbi. Vinile alla prima occasione.
Jazz is not for me
It’s good jazz but I’m not that into it
Amazing jazz record.
Jazzy fun. Not something I'd listen to on a regular basis, but I can see why people who are into this type of music enjoy Coltrane. Very talented musician, just the wrong genre for me to appreciate as much as I otherwise could. Overall: 3/5
4.5/5
I would have liked more of this.
deliciously smooth
Cool sax bro
Obvious classic. Easy five stars.
I’ve listened to this album for nearly 30 years and still find something new in it.
All I know about jazz is that there are songs I absolutely love, and songs I don't get. Unfortunately, this is in the latter. Love the drumming though.
Great album
Meh. Expected a little more from this album from what I've heard from Coltrane. 3/5
One of my favorite jazz albums I've heard, I felt like I understood it more on this one than others. I could feel why people love this type of music. Very good
A++++++++++++++++++++++ THIS ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE I WILL TAKE NO NOTES!!! Top 5 favorites album of all time. I don't think there will ever be a time in my life when this album doesn't swallow me up whole. When I die please bury me in A Love Supreme.
I appreciated this album but it wasn't my favorite. The blend of jazz and orchestral elements was interesting, but I prefer a more gritty jazz.
Really good drum solo at one point
I mean, what hasn't already been said? This album paved the way, it's possibly the most famous Jazz record ever published, it's genre-defining, the copy list of praises goes on. I first listened to this album at age 14 because I got into Jazz rap (thanks Rejjie Snow) and went down the Mac Miller - Joey Bada$$ - Madlib - Duke Ellington pipeline. This record still fucks. I still enjoy it uninterruped, but honestly? There's even BETTER Coltrane Records out there: Ballads, Coltrane and Ellington, Impulse (especially). That's what makes him so good. His most famous album isn't his most accessible nor his most interesting, but it's still a solid 9 out of 10. It would be wrong to give it a 4 even though there's likely albums on here with a 4 I *personally* enjoy and listen to more. My own taste doesn't deserve to swing this rating too much. Have your 5 stars, John lad. Time to go listen to Wise One (your best track).
I'm not going to pretend like I know the intricacies of Jazz or that I am musically minded whatsoever; but this rocks. Much like anything Miles Davis touches, this bleeds with quality and soul. Admittedly I prefer Jazz with /less/ saxophone than this, but it was still a great listen, and with a 30~ minute runtime, it definitely isn't a slog to get through by any means. I really enjoyed this album, and I really wanted to give this a 5, but I just can't. I don't see myself coming back to this in a huge rush, as good as it was. I didn't even add any of these songs into my Jazz playlist, which is telling. Definitely one of those albums I want to love, but struggle to. Still, awesome listen, and I recognise the importance of this record and John Coltrane as a whole.
A love supreme sounds like a shitty overpriced deal you would get from a local burger joint. Jazz is a pretty easy winner for me on this list and this album is no different. it's maybe a bit too eager on the piano but this was still an awesome listen
Any negative reviews for this album are part of an elaborate scheme by big renewable energy and big truck transportation to besmirch the name of COAL TRAIN!!!!!
The rolling drums on part three are really a stand out of the album. But the entire thing is phenomenal. Part one is such a phenomenal, deep layered opening, it's loud attention grabbing and eye opening. Part 4 is is an equally good closer, my intimate and subtle but still enthralling. Part 2 is easily the weakest, if it wasn't a Coltrane album I might say it's forgettable but it obviously isn't and probably has a hidden depth i don't fully appreciate. 9/10
It is a good album but I think I am too stupid to understand/gel with jazz. Overall, I think I liked Pt. III - Pursuance the most. I'm not going to pretend like I 'get' it, nor would I reach for this over other albums I own if it were on my shelf. Wouldn't complain if I heard it at someone else's house or in a restaurant though.
If you look in a dictionary for "drum powerhouse", you'll find a picture of the liner credits of Elvin Jones' performance in this album. Just brutal.
I own this one. Obviously a jazz classic.
i’m not a huge jazz guy but this was chill
Enjoyable. Will probably revisit. 4/5
Grew on me a ton second listen, Psalm is so beautiful
I have no doubt these are great musicians, songwriters however...eeh. Annoying to listen to.
This is actually my 3rd favorite Coltrane record - I thought its religious undertones makes some aspects of it too dissonant for my tastes. Blue Train and Ascension are better.
Nice.
Stellar just stellar First jazz record. Really dig it. Another genre I need to learn more about
Great jazz
Arguably Jazz’ greatest triumph. I can’t add anything that hasn’t already been said about A Love Supreme. It’s sublime and can be a borderline spiritual experience listening to it.
I dont mind an album like this but it's too much for me to passively listen and enjoy but not enough when I actively listen.
Instrumental jazz album, sounds like standard jazz to my ears? Best track - Pt. II - Resolution
It would take a hundred more listens to have anything at all to say
Extraordinary. Stunning. A mantra for all time. Pure expression, passion, soul and fearlessness
An album for a lifetime and a very special kind of masterpiece. To be honest, I always preferred other Coltrane classics, like giant steps my favorite things and so, but you can't deny the atmosphere this album brings. It's always there to listen again
Cocaine jazz at its best
Love it. Supremely.
This is a stunning jazz album. It's one of the best ones out there.
Very interesting. I liked parts, but it was a little too random for me. There were times when all the instruments lined up and it was beautiful, but then at others, it seemed like only one or two musicians were playing together. I wasn't a huge fan on the first listen but gave it another chance. I like the first part of Resolution where the sax, drums, and base seem to be together, but the piano seems to be doing his own thing, and then again toward the end.
Look man. It’s a five. I know it’s a five, it’s John Coltrane. I’ll get back to you when I’m done, but look at my fucking highest rated albums. I know what I’m gonna give it. I don’t need to listen to the album to give it a rating, but I’m gonna because it’s gonna kick ass. Update: FIVE. STARS.
Not my cup of tea. I can hear the skill but didn't enjoy listening to it.
GOAT
3.5 - some good ol jazz. Part 4 was the best
Really wasn't my style
I’ve heard this album a couple of times before today, and always felt like it wasn’t really thing. But, I found myself listening to it on repeat today - it went from a 2/5 this morning, to a 3/5 in the afternoon, to a 4/5 in the evening. It definitely took me a few tries to appreciate it, but now I do.
Wow, I am impressed, how much I did enjoyed and liked this album! :)
Fine for jazz i guess
I know that this is a very important and revered album which is why I feel like I should love it, but unfortunately I didn’t. It’s a bit “proper grown up” jazz for me and I just don’t really get it… However, saying that I did enjoy it just not as much as the world expects me to.
Not my type but sounds good
This was good, but it also totally stressed me out
fancyfancy, kind of have to rate this one more on respect than personal appreciation but it was pleasant
I'm really glad I listened to this but this just isn't my cup of tea. Very talented musician and interesting music. Just not something I want to listen to often
Solo 5 estrellas?
Always pleasant to listen to but it’s really just background music for me. Good to work to because I don’t get hung up on lyrics. But for me it is mostly in one ear and out the other. It’s great jazz no doubt but just not my favorite genre.
I don't know enough about the how and why of this album but you can just hear the mastery oozing from each note. Great solos, perfect ensemble and really makes you feel sophisticated listening to it haha
Gay
6 étoiles. Chef d'oeuvre. Fucké et digeste, l'album qui m'a ouvert les yeux au Jazz avec un J majuscule. Immense.
Un album mythique et mystique. Pour décoller et planer très haut. La basse obstinée et l'incantation de la track 1 me hantent à jamais.
Bonne bioune. Belle cohérence. Comme une toile abstraite qui donne l'impression de pouvoir accéder à signification plus grande. 4 étoiles mais peut-être 5 à l'avenir quand j'aurai assez revisité.
fine but too freewheeling for an album imo. this would be great live I'm sure but has very little structure
A piece of art by the John Coltrane quartet. Somehow spiritual but deeply emotional. Coltrane and his peers made a record for the ages.
Ye olde keyboard smash
Legendary Jazz... I'm still not well versed in the Jazz world, but I do enjoy it when I hear good jazz (and this is good jazz).
I like this, but it's a bit background? Like, it takes a lot for jazz to be more than background for me, especially jazz this free, but it's good some good soundscapes.
I genuinely don’t see what people get from jazz.
It's free jazz, you very much know what you're going to get out of it as you go in - I'm a fan if jazz generally, and this was fine, nothing to blow your socks off though in my opinion.
It has been a very jazzy month. Had high hopes and I kept relistening to the first track but never found my mind taking in much of the rest of the album. I need a break from jazz.
„A Love Supreme“ ist eines der bekanntesten und einflussreichsten Alben von John Coltrane. Der US-amerikanische Tenorsaxophonist Coltrane, der in den 1960er Jahren eine bedeutende Rolle in der Entwicklung des Jazz spielte, nahm das Album in den Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey auf. Es wurde 1965 veröffentlicht und markiert einen Höhepunkt seiner spirituellen Reise, die sich auch in der Musik widerspiegelt. Das Album ist ein Konzeptwerk, das sich in vier Teile gliedert: Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance und Psalm. Diese Struktur und die tiefgreifende Spiritualität des Werkes geben dem Album eine meditative und fast zeremonielle Atmosphäre. Coltrane wird dabei von einer herausragenden Band begleitet, darunter McCoy Tyner am Klavier, Jimmy Garrison am Bass und Elvin Jones am Schlagzeug. Besonders das erste Stück, Acknowledgement, mit seiner berühmten "A Love Supreme"-Phrase, zählt zu den markantesten Momenten des Albums. Musikalisch bewegt sich das Werk im Bereich des post-bop und ist für seine komplexen Harmonien sowie die improvisatorische Freiheit bekannt. Es zeigt Coltranes künstlerische Reife und seinen Drang, den Jazz in neue Dimensionen zu führen. Das Album wird oft als Meilenstein des spirituellen Jazz angesehen. A Love Supreme bleibt ein zentraler Punkt in der Jazzgeschichte und Coltranes Diskografie. Es spricht sowohl Jazzliebhaber als auch diejenigen an, die an der Verschmelzung von Musik und Spiritualität interessiert sind. Das Werk zeigt den einzigartigen künstlerischen Ausdruck von Coltrane und bleibt auch über Jahrzehnten hinweg von großer Bedeutung.
It'd a classic for a reason. Just great all the way through.
Impassioned musicianship. Somehow I found the drumming most engaging?
nice n jazzy. i like the repercussion
Superb!
What an album, a complete jazz masterclass. It's hard to decide which instrument is more impressive, drums, keyboard or the saxophone. The album is short and doesn't mess around, not even for a second. It's half an hour of action, all the way through. Is there a higher form of music than this? Highly unlikely. These people push the boundaries of music theory, virtuosity and improvisation to the very limits. Our role is just to witness what can be perceived audibly, to learn and to admire.
Coltrane defied the laws of physics and helped to define Jazz. This is an important album.
I've mentioned it before: I really struggle with jazz. The musicians all seem to just be doing their own thing - it honestly make me feel anxious. Occasionally it sounds nice and I'll start to get into it... then right back to chaos. I also thought the saxophone was mixed way too loud. I gave it two listens convinced I was missing something. That was enough for me.
I don't think jazz is my thing.
Stressful. 30 minutes of being on cocaine.
Loved this one. A jazz classic.
Even a dummy like me that does not always get jazz, gets this. 9/10 Fave track: Psalm
I dont usually like jazz but this is pretty chill jazz
4.5
This may not be my preferred jazz, but it's hard to deny the intensity. I actually enjoy it quite a bit 9.3 ★★★★½
I love Coltrane's playing style. "Psalm" is the highlight here, but everything is great. 5 stars
I'm gonna seem like an uncultured luddite here, but I just don't really get this style of jazz. I'm not going to say it's bad or anything -- these are obviously great musicians -- but, it's not something I'm really ever gonna go out of my way to listen to. Now that I've outed myself as a Philistine, I'm just gonna go 3 stars and try to be better tomorrow.
4.5
‘a La supreme’? I’m sorry but we already covered that La’s album for 1001 and it only had one decent song in There She Goes. Not supreme at all! Other than that, this is a pretty blissful record with transcendent playing that holds up as one of the most essential of the Jazz genre.
I was excited to get this one as, if I’m honest, I’ve never really given jazz a chance. What if it turns out I love it and didn’t know? Based on this, I probably won’t be buying a load of black polo necks and taking up smoking just yet, but I did enjoy it.
My father used to play this CD all the time. I'm honestly not sure I'm qualified to have a real opinion on it, but I like it a lot. Coltrane's style here is wildly emotive, almost desperate. Listen to his expression at about 3:50 on the first track - he obviously knows (and demonstrates repeatedly on this CD) how to get perfect sound out of the instrument - he's just doing that to convey raw emotion. He does similar at about 6:35 on the third track. There's a lot of guys with surgical precision on sax, those moments for me are what makes the difference with Coltrane, you can tell he really feels it. I like the piano player as well, listening to it again now especially, I hadn't realized how much he's featured. His solos on the 2nd and especially on the 3rd track are really very strong.
Can't really stand jazz, man. 1 star for technical appreciation.
absolutely goated with the sauce swag style
I’m not into jazz but he’s alright, seems passionate as he plays
такой глубокий джаз не мое( а жаль
Ännu ett ikoniskt jazz-album, för mig inte lika viktigt som Kind of Blue men det är ändå ett album jag har lyssnat på många gånger och gärna lyssnar på igen.
How to rate something that I just don't enjoy....I want to, I really do, but the scattered nature of the music just doesn't jive with my brain. There are moments that I start to fall into but then the scatteredness comes in and I get distracted. Knowing Coltrane is one of the heavy hitters in jazz I tried this time to really focus and fall into the uncomfortableness in the lack of pattern in the music but it just is still not my thing. If I pull out each piece individually they are good and great parts of the time. The piano in part 3 is beautiful and the trumpet throughout I enjoy, but it is all of them together that just don't draw me in.
My favorite Jazz song of ALL TIME EVER is Olé (1962) by John Coltrane. That said, I've listened to other albums by Coltrane and have yet to discover anything as fabulous as Olé which (sadly) is not the album we are listening to. A Love Supreme. This is really complex jazz but it's a bit over my head. I can appreciate it, but mostly it sounds like the drums are falling over themselves and the song structures don't really gel. Makes it feel sort of scattered and all over the place. If I listened to this about 20 times I think some of it might actually start to sink in. It definitely has it's moments and I enjoy his expressive sax playing.
Oh jazz, I long to love you. Every time we get a super famous jazz musician, I'm hoping THIS will be the one that makes me fall hard for the genre. But alas, despite the obvious talent, this just sounds like a long jam session that doesn't really take me anywhere special. It's cool and chill and good Monday vibes though.
Short, but oh so sweet. My only problem with this album is having the drum solo from Pursuance only in my right ear.
This was really great. Part three went so hard it was really awesome. Even though this was only four songs at the beginning I was thinking that I appreciate jazz but I don’t understand the story they’re trying to convey but by part four I feel like I got the emotion and felt more connected to it. It’s a really great piece of art.
I like this album because it reminds me of dining in an Italian restaurant. I like the instrumental and not a big fan of the no lyrics still but its chill. I recommend this album.
I rate Acknowledgment a 5 star because I really love jazz and the saxophone sounds really good and its very relaxing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. I rate Resolution a 5 star because I really love jazz and the saxophone sounds really good and its very relaxing ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and the bells are very good.
Song: Acknowledgenment* this song is perfect for valentines day and it reminds me of a snowy day and there outside maybe outside of new York and there playing the saxaphone* Song: Resolution i like it because it would be perfect for a crime scene in a movie but make it a little dimmer and echoing so it could be scarier and creepy during that movie scene you can do a bunch of things with this song and at the end it gives me charlie brown vibes at the end
I do not like this album because it is too boring. It is very repetitive.
I don't like this album because there aren't any lyrics. I like the music and it sounds like jazz. I don't like that the song is a bit boring, there's no lyrics to listen to. I wouldn't recommend this to people who don't like classical/jazz music.
Do you like chill music or upbeat music? I don't really like or dislike this album because it is only instruments so I can't really tell. But, that doesn't mean its bad.
I like the beat but I like to hear some one singing i don't recommend if you like singing but if you don't then this song is for you
Have you ever wanted to listen to jazz music? Then this song is perfect for you. In my opinion, I don't like this album. The first reason why I don't like this album is because it is jazz and I don't like that. The second reason why I don't like this song is because the instruments that are being used in it are very jazzy and classical and I don't like that type of music. I would not recommend this album to someone else because I did not like this so I feel like someone else would also not like it. I would give this song 1 out of 5 stars.
2 i like the trumpets and stuff playing the second i like the thimrd kinda
the first song is buns the second song is buns
I dont like this album because its boring. I also dont like this album because it has no lyrics.
the first song is silent with only jazz there is not much to say about it its kinda good. the next song is kinda the same. the third song is still the same. overall I would maybe recommend it.
I thought this album was okay. "Acknowledgment" sounded nice. I like the instrumentation and the notes from the saxophone. "Resolution wasn't bad either. I liked all the rythems and instrumentation. Overall I liked this album. I thought it was pretty good. I would give it a solid 3.5 out of ten only because it doesn't have any lyrics. I would reccomend this to anyone who likes music with out lyrics.
Die Art Jazz die nervig ist
I wish Giant Steps was on here either instead or in addition. (God forbid we have two Coltrane albums on here, gotta make room for the NINE NEIL YOUNG ALBUMS) Anyway, this is one of those albums that is too important to talk about. It’s spiritual in a way that makes sense even to this bitter agnostic.
Again I wish I knew more about jazz but this is one of the few jazz records I own and idk I love it. Everyone knows this record but I don't care it's really cool. I'm getting the feeling there will be very little jazz on this list in general so it's just something I'm gonna try to look into on my own.
This album is perfect in a way that makes me want to stop ranking things and just allow them to exist in their magical, mystical, actual spiritual perfection. This album crawls into your synapses and massages microscopic bits that you'd long forgotten. It's soul salve. Chant with me: A love supreme. A love supreme. A love supreme.
It's torture for me to listen to any kind of free form or bebop jazz. However, I know objectively that this is a masterpiece of the genre...so it gets a 5.
A gorgeous album, diving deep into the spiritual psyche of a musical genius. I definitely prefer my Coltrane to be freakier, but this is a landmark achievement in connecting technical prowess and complex musical ideas with sublime emotion. The gnostic theism expressed here is totally opposite to my own beliefs, but the way in which it is expressed is profound and touching as the music flows between modes, rhythms and textures with ethereal ease. The quartet is in fantastic form, with Tyner and Jones particularly effective in regulating the dynamics and mood of this suite across the record. The massive bass chords all over the album (especially at the end of Pursuance) then bring a real darkness into the sound. I miss the revolutionary energy of Giant Steps and the frenetic edge of Ascension, but this album is a different beast and testament to the breadth of Coltrane's brilliance. Favourite tracks: the whole thing, end-to-end
Really, really good jazz - and I really dislike jazz, regardless.
Jazz Master! I don’t listen to a lot of jazz but this was phenomenal - part 3 was my favourite.
I enjoy it. The instrumental sounds good.
Good jazz but nothing id be playing myself.
Not a big fan of random notes.
My favorite piece of recorded music. Perfect in every way.
This might be the greatest jazz record of all time. I’m not religious in any way, but when I listen to music as beautiful as this, I can’t help but wonder if I’m missing something.
Love me a bit of Coltrane. This was good not quite 4 or 5 though
Solid little jazz number 6/10
One of the greatest works of human creation
Man up, as they say in America
Jazzzzzzz
I am sorry, sir, but I am not a jazz fan. I am, however, jazzed at what you’ve accomplished here. I will see myself out.
This guy can play the trumpet.
I've come to the conclusion, I just don't like jazz.
Great album
Hit and miss with jazz anyway and this one wasn't my favorite
I see why it’s loved, it just irked me sometimes
Good
Nice enough to have in the background or at a dinner party but that's about the only time/place I could envision putting this on again. Clearly talented just not a genre I listen to in my free time. 4.75/10 (2.375/5)
Good shit
Pretty experimental, lots of cool stuff going on.
I first heard this on a slate video and now it’s one of my favourite jazz records
Hella jazzy.
It's a great work of art. It just isn't to my taste. It does feel almost classical in a way. A bit too much of a good thing somehow? I really like a Coltrane song. I'm just not sure I need a whole album at once?
For me it's just jazz.