Reviews (page 5 of 8)
Thoughts before listening: Gram Parsons led group playing a combo of country and stoner rock...or something like that. The actual sound may be pure country that just happens to be played by hippies. Anyway, I feel like this band was important to a lot of the alt-country music I enjoy. Review: Man I love this sound. This is right up my alley, and I'm surprised that I haven't actually listened before (I do recognize a few songs). The opener "Christine's Tune" is a perfect blueprint for their sound: it's a country song played at a rock n roll pace with distorted guitars leads sprinkled in throughout. They then follow this up with a full country ballad with little rock influence...and it's also great. Overall this is a strong album that influenced a ton of much more popular 70s albums, as well as countless bands sense. 5-stars
Nice Country Album
Meh, good for camping. Otherwise, each song is same same but different.
Не ем фасоль - соответственно не люблю буррито
Eh, kinda sad. Liked the sound though. Lyrically not for me.
Finally some good fucking food. I like this a lot, even though I'm not all hyped up for it.
Three tracks were enough to have listened to the whole thing. This sort of stuff doesn’t deserve to spread beyond dive bars in the dustbowl.
Groupe inconnu. Aïe, encore un album de country ennuyeux comme la pluie. Je ne suis pas allé au bout. =>1/5
Finally a decent country album on this list. Sounded to me like early Beatles doing a country album.
I like this
I'd heard Sin City before but overall this album didn't really do much for me and was more straight-up country than rock which is more in my wheelhouse.. I'll give it a three reluctantly but hope either Gram's work with The Byrds or his solo stuff is better than this.
Okaish a bit gloomy and to being what is expected of Country Rock.
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I fancy some country-folk stuff but these burritos are far too fatty for my taste. Just boring and I can't figure out why this album is on list 1001 list.
Nothing to say, just bullshit.
Fer fex sake, this is pure country, I don't care what you claim it is. A Hammond or electric guitar is not going to change any of that. It's also not something I have zero interest in.
It had potential, but it’s weak
When the instrumentation is invited to shine through, this becomes a very respectable country record. More often than not, however, it stays subdued in the background, with cliché country lyrics and vocals taking centre stage. For an apparent six-piece (at least from the front cover), this all seems a bit too simple. I can’t see how this would be discussed as truly great alongside the vast swathes of country music available. Maybe that’s because it’s now at our fingertips. If you just had this record and nothing much else, you’d of course grow to love it. But now, why listen to this save for a possible nostalgic value (one I don’t have)? It’s another case of thinking ‘that was a nice album’, and moving on to the next without looking back. Despite obvious bonus points for the name.
why is a song called “hot burrito #1” so damn sad
I expected more. Why? I don't know. I guess the band name and album name suggested I was in for a treat. Instead, I got a cup of melted ice cream.
Very pleasantly surprised by this, maybe I'm being converted into liking country. Thought 'The Flying Burrito Brothers' might have been a bit more out there, but this is a very solid album. Fav tracks: Hot Burrito #1, Hippie Boy, Sin City
Not a huge fan of this one. I was mostly just bored Standouts Christine's Tune Hippie Boy 2/3
Didn’t listen all the way through, it just wasn’t my style. Some good story telling though.
Just like many albums on this list, if you like the alt-country genre, you'll like this album. If you hate it, you'll hate probably hate this. Personally, I think its great and you can hear where the Eagles, Uncle Tupelo, Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, Blue Mountain, etc drew inspiration from.
The lyrics are sublime and what make this a good album
Early and influential country/rock
Twangy.
Yee-haw!
It gets a bonus star for the band name but wow that was dull
Impeccable band name. Lackluckstre music.
The sixties were a time of experimentation in music - The Beatles turning from boy band to studio wizards, Jimi Hendrix doing things on the guitar that defied logic etc. And then there is The Flying Burrito Brothers, producing an album of stupidly simple country ditties devoid of any spark of innovation. I hated every twang and slide.
I liked this album. The bands name made me giggle. There were actually a few tracks I would listen to again and I didn’t hate listening to the album.
⭐⭐⭐ — — 2[.7] of 5 stars. A pretty standard run-of-the-mill folk/country. I can see the bands that drew influences from this album, mainly the Eagles. But in my opinion, this album really didn't do all that much for me. The guitar work and instruments seem pretty interesting at some points, but, there isn't a lot of variation from track to track. The guitar on that first track was DEFINITELY on cigarettes, though. Loved the feel on "Hot Burrito No. 1," and the story along with the organ/piano duo on "Hippie Boy," but other than that, the rest of the album just felt the same. Influential? maybe, but, just not something I'd want to give a re-listen. Favourites: Sin City, Hot Burrito No. 1⭐ (goofy ahh name), Hippie Boy. Dislikes: Christine's Tune.
rating - 3/5 I changed my mind. > Mr. Burrito..... i dont think i could give this a re-listen. i hate the first song, his singing is very annoying. i dont hate the late 60s-70s country-esque sound tho. reminds me of my main men the eagles 🔥. 2nd track is heavy eagles vibes imo "do right woman" creeps me out for some reason. "dark end of the street" little intro was cute, until he opened his mouth im sorry this guys voice doesnt match the sound. the lyrics were cute, gave me the notebook (movie) vibes. i like the story on "my uncle". HOT BURRITO #1. WHAT KINDA NAME... and its not even a bad song. "hippie boy" BOY SHUT UP. idk this album wasn't allat. soz Mr. Burrito and co. > thumbs up: dark end of the street, hot burrito #1😭😭😭
Moronic and simplistic lyrics and boring tunes.
pleasant but a bit too country for me
Gram Parsons is the man
No muy mi estilo la verdad, aunque puedo entender porque esta en la lista Rating:6.0 Canción Favorita: Dark End of the Street
This is a great and beautiful album Dark End of the Street is a particular highlight
Enjoyable, old school sort of feeling.
Good album if you like the country rock genre. Interesting that this band spun off from the Byrds. Gene Clark (also of the Byrds) also pursued a country rock direction after leaving the band. Makes me wonder how they decided to pursue a Beatlesque sound when the Byrds first came out (noting that you could see were things were headed as there were country themed songs on the Younger Than Yesterday album). Solid musicianship and song craft.
8/10
The Flying Burrito Brothers?!? The Gilded Palace of Sin?!? Based on the name of the band and album alone, I'm going to start this off giving them 5 stars and deduct as I listen, if necessary. Amazing names No specific point reduction notes, but still pretty good. 3.75
Fruktansvärd dansbands-country. Nej.
2- Stars (4/15)
I get the significance of this album as an innovation and I could hear so many bands that copied them, but not an enjoyable listen for me.
More Country than rock but it was fine overall.
Very country. Not many burritos
while i wish this album was as bombastic and exciting as the album/band name implied, it was still nice! extremely weird and almost impossible to think of a world before this kind of music existed. like i can't make my brain do it. had a fun time jamming though!
damn, there sure are a lot of haters in the reviews!! this feels like tex-mex fallout music and i'm here for it. (yes i know they're from california, so is half of austin at this point) favorites: christine's tune, sin city, do right woman, dark end of the street, juanita, hot burrito #1 and #2
They may or may not have been the first to do this generic country rock, but they're not the first I heard and they're not the best. So I'm not impressed. They're not doing anything wrong and also nothing exceptionally well. Doesn't help that I don't like this style of music.
They are more old-school country than I remember. I not an old-school country fan however. But just because it’s not for me doesn’t mean it’s bad. But if you don’t like this genre I’d give a pass.
Forgettable but not unlistenable Pretty cool though how a band with roughly half as many monthly listeners as Kai Cenat mad it onto this list
I'm super excited for this one. I have a feeling it will be one of my favorite records I've had the opportunity to review yet. Not only is this kind of alt-country/Laurel Canyon usually my favorite genre of music, but I've been meaning to listen to this for a long time. By the second song, something occurred to me. It's clear that these dudes know their country music shit. It's a level of musical understanding that I consider to be impressive, especially when you think that Gram Parsons was 25 years old. I'm glad that I listened to this one twice, both on speakers and then on my nice headphones so I had the opportunity to hear the mono recordings separated. The two vocalists that are present through the whole record, sound great individually as well as in stereo. I wish I could interview the members of this band to learn about their musical education. Maybe it's just that I'm over 30, but I feel like the Flying Burrito Brothers are quite precocious. The cover of "Do Right Woman" almost made me cry it was so good. I especially love the harmonizing during the chorus. Hot Burrito #1, wow. I love a good sort of sad love song. Going into Hot Burrito #2, it really sounds like the follow up conversation to Hot Burrito #1. I wonder if they intended that...I mean with the names and everything I think so? Even the next song seems like the next step in this love affair that he's sad has ended. Interesting, that wasn't something I noticed as much on first listen. The final track reminds me a lot of church, when a pastor is giving the sermon over music. Is it music? Is it sermon? It's both! ha. The organ here is gorgeous. Congrats to the Flying Burrito Brothers, they've given me my first 5/5 thus far.
I'm ashamed to say that I've never heard of The Flying Burrito Brothers before today. I'm proud to say that this album is getting added to my saved albums today, though. The instrumentation on this album just makes me really happy, specifically the prominence of the steel guitar. The vocal arrangements are beautiful and masterful. The album does put its best foot forward, but even the last couple songs are still really good (the second to last song still ended up on my list of favorites below, but the ones before that were also not as strong as the start). Favorite Song(s): Christine's Tune, Do Right Woman, Do You Know How It Feels
01) Christine's Tune - 6,5 02) Sin City - 5,5 03) Do Right Woman - 5,5 04) Dark End of the Street - 6,0 05) My Uncle - 5,0 06) Wheels - 5,5 07) Juanita - 5,0 08) Hot Burrito #1 - 5,0 09) Hot Burrito #2 - 5,5 10) Do You Know How It Feels - 5,5 11) Hippie Boy - 4,0 TOTAL: 5,36 (54/100) Current ranking: 387/436 So it's not enough to have hundreds of The Byrds albums on this list, we also have to listen to albums by their former members. As a European, I'd rather listen to every Brit Pop album ever made than this American country crap.
Interesting spin. Quite good song writing and the playing is great.
So late sixties!
Not my usual order, but The Gilded Palace of Sin serves up a sizzling blend of country twang and late-’60s rebellion. It’s a seamless journey of heartbreak and authenticity, with “Sin City” and “Hot Burrito #1” leaving lasting impressions. Sure, some tracks blur together, but the Flying Burrito Brothers didn’t just deliver—they created a flavourful classic that still resonates today. A must-try for anyone with a taste for the bittersweet.
Country is often where I struggle on this list. But this one was OK. If Gram is OK with Keef the he's OK with me.
p161. 1969. 2 stars. Prototype Eagles, but without the standout tunes and a bit too much yeehaw. You can see why it was influential, but it's not my thing.
Terribly boring in that it was the same song over and over.
Gezien het tijdsframe, het genre, de stijl, en Gram Parsons, is dit toch wel echt een beetje een tegenvaller. Z'n historische importantie in de totstandkoming van country rock is duidelijk, maar elke keer als ik dit album weer eens probeer blijf ik achter met het idee dat er tijdsgenoten waren, die zich enigszins in het zelfde vaarwater bevonden, die gewoon veel vermakelijker/interessanter werk afleverden. Gezien de funky pakkies op de artwork verwacht je iets meer verrassing, of op z'n minst songs die meer indruk maken, maar daar loopt het album niet van over. De songwriting is op de waanzinnige schaal van Parsons ietwat flets, en de harmonieën zijn minder indrukwekkend dan die in The Byrds, CSNY of zelfs The Band. De covers zijn een pluspunt, vooral 'Dark End Of The Street'. Ook het 'Hot Burrito' een-tweetje krikt het niveau iets omhoog. Maar zonder meer een tegenvaller gezien de context. 6/10 Highlights: Dark End Of The Street Hot Burrito #2
Weer een spin-off van the Byrds. Nu vanuit de second generation, Gram Parsons. Waar Gene Clark zich naar de folk-rock begaf, is Parsons vol op de countryrock trein gesprongen. Deze plaat is zoo Americana, daar moet je wel even klaar voor zijn. En ook al is het niet de meest complexe plaat en een achteraf vrij doorsnee country-album, het is wel sterk. Ik ben ook van mening dat de kracht van countryrock juist zit in dat simpele. Simpel maar raak. En dat vind ik the Flying Burrito Bros meestal wel. Catchy, lekkere samenzang en fijn Amerikaans gepingeld op die pedal-steel gitaren. Ik heb een goeie dag vandaag. 8/10 Highlights Christine's Tune Sin City Wheels Hot Burrito #1
I was not expecting this to be such an easy and obvious 5 star album. Feel like I have been blowing it not checking out this band and Gram Parsons more specifically up until now.
It's a really sweet album. I don't listen to a lot of country but this was really nice. Fantastic name and "My Uncle" is my favourite track by far. I'd give it a 3.5.
These are the albums I am here for. Always heard of Gram Paraon’s influence on the “country honk” side of the Rolling Stones but has never given a good listen. Really enjoyed this one. 3.75
I really enjoyed this album, and I can see myself revisiting it often in the future. https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-the-gilded-palace-of?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
I've had better burritos on the east coast and thats saying something
Pleasant, easy-going country rock. The sweet, lovelorn soul of “Hot Burrito #1” was a surprising change of pace. It’s a good song and I like the way his voice breaks a little as he sings but I’m mystified as to why they would ever call the song “Hot Burrito #1.” 2.5
Interesting country / classic rock album with a loose feel. I was actually surprised by how loose it was when listening, like several times I can hear the bass getting ahead of the rest of the band (like in "Hot Burrito #2) and it was a little distracting. Still a nice little tune though. I have to admit I was hoping for more here... the band name is silly and the album title on the other hand sounds quite serious and I wasn't sure what to expect. Unfortunately the music is pretty straightforward. While a nice listen, I don't think it necessarily should be on this list.
One of my favorite albums, even if it may have helped to spawn the Eagles.
Are you taking the piss?
Nah not my thing at all
This album nothing’d me. It nothing’d me HARD!
suits you sir
Rubbish. One of the worst albums I've come across so far on this.
Just ok. Nothing really stood out.
Ok sure, I enjoyed this.
Possibly, one of the top three country-adjacent album I’ve ever listened to.
Easy listening
La verdad es que no me gusto nada. De partida tiene demasiado Country y menos Rock, pero es la mezcla la que no cuaja para mi. Supongo que es una cosa cultural.
Bitvis ganska svängigt på det där odistade sextiotal gitarrmusik sättet. Tre plus.
I don't really get why this one is on the list. Is this classic country? It's not great. Same background music, different lyrics. Big meh.
This wasn’t super up my alley
Great band name, made me hungry. This is a pretty fun little folk country album - nothing too special but for the time I bet it was.
Pretty much hated this hillbilly country
Not a fan, bit annoyed
Not my cup of tea
Not really my type, but I can listen to it in the background
Otro sin comentarios...debo estar cansado
Yet another album with Gram Parsons. Some points for the name of the band. I am getting a little bored of this 60's pop rock genre, which Gram Parsons' Wikipedia describes as "Cosmic American Rock." Low 3.
Fun! I never know what to expect when things have a silly name
4/10 - It was boring 60's music.
More decent country that I probably wont listen to again
Gram Parsons was my second one-star review here, and this confirms that his music doesn't agree with me.
Great album! Hippie country rock. Similar to Grateful Dead. Best songs: Christine's Tune Sin City Do Right Woman My Uncle Hot Burrito #1 Hippie Boy
Really good harmonies, but not a single memorable song
This was pretty good, reminded me of Grateful Dead with some occasional fuzz tones. Really liked the use of lap steel throughout. 3.5/5
Liked this one OK. I don't really get the genre mix here but that is OK. Gram Parsons seems really interesting, the more I learn about him. Also, what is Hot Burrito #2 about? It sounds like Jesus is his girlfriend or something? 3/5
Great album by a fine band. The use of other styles of music on a basically country framework really works, especially with the harmonic voices. Not quite the same drive as I've heard for the same songs on a live album but still up there, groundbreaking and interesting. Very enjoyable.
Listened to this previously a number of times and listened again. I like the way it sounds but it still doesn’t seem to contain any memorable songs.
The album opener Christine's Tune is a good song that I recognized and didn't expect to. Sin City is a good song too. Hot Burrito #1 is quite good. Overall an enjoyable old school country/rock album, not one I was really expecting with this band name.
Now this is the kind of country-rock that I really love. I can picture California in 68/69, mostly from reading Inherent Vice, and these guys populate that vision perfectly. The pedal steel all over this album is freakin’ heavenly. Definitely a must-listen - #45.
I'll definitely listen again as Gram Parsons is an artist I haven't had much exposure to, despite being well aware of his influence. This hasn't scared me off giving his back catelogue a listen. Got to be one of the worst named bands of all time.
a handful of solid country-rock tunes, but some boring ones too. had heft and depth i wasn't expecting going into it. i think i prefer the version of this sound that distilled its way into 21st century indie-folk but i don't mind this
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I don't think I would have ever guessed that an album by a band called "The Flying Burrito Brothers" would've been another chapter in the great Gram Parson "Cosmic American Music" saga. Honestly, I would've expected something more like The Electric Prunes — but here we are. The last album my group got from Gram Parson was, well, his last album: GRIEVOUS ANGEL. Despite the 4 I gave it, I said in my review that I didn't really get why it was so important; that it just sounded to me like 70's country music. I recognize, that probably means I'm missing something about the history and evolution of country music through the 70's, but... Look, honestly, it's the same here. I think this is really good late 60's/early 70's country music, but I'm not sure beyond that why it's supposedly so important. Heck, I'm still not even sure what "Cosmic American Music" is really supposed to be. Is it, like, those fuzzed out guitars in "Hot Burrito #2"? Either way, regardless, I like it a lot, but... Honestly, I feel like this mostly comes down to the fact that I already like country music as much as I do. Maybe I just have low standards, I'unno, but I've never felt like being that hard on any I've ever heard. So, if I don't "get" this album in the grand history of country music... Well, I'm still willing to give it a 4, anyway. Honestly, I can't even imagine what a country album I'd give lower than a 3 would sound like — unless you wanna count DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE, but I really don't, so... At the very least, I know it won't come from Gram Parsons, that's for sure.
Not much to say besides it just being some damn good country. 4.5 bumped up to 5.
I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5, and I refuse to be shamed for it. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again; I’m a sucker for old country music like this. I’m also fully biased, and I’ll admit that every single time. I feel justified in bumping this up to a 5 though – I thought this was a really well done blend of country music with a bit of rock/psychedelic rock-driven influence that blended the best of both worlds, while still feeling distinctly like a country album. It sticks pretty closely to the country side, and I suspect that’s why this album has such a low average rating on the site, but when this album chooses to let loose (especially so on “Hot Burrito #2”) and lean into the rock side, it really opens up. That’s not to say the country side of this is bad at all – the lovely sound of the steel guitar behind some more rock-driven instrumentation is like, almost heaven for me. Lyrically, I can see the complaint that some of this is rather basic, but like… what country music isn’t basic at a pure surface level? It’s about the imagery, and this album does a pretty solid job of setting the imagery throughout, enhanced further by the despair in the vocals (which thankfully, get less nasally as the album moves along). I thought every instrumental did a pretty good job of setting an emotional tone as well, even if it did enter a sort of homogeny on a few tracks. I don’t know how many more times I’ll have to justify giving old country music such high ratings, but for my money’s worth, this album earned it – I thought it had a nice energy, some good variance in the subject matter, and the soundscapes are right down my alley. I can totally understand someone else giving this a 3, or even a 2 if they despise country music to hell… but I’m at a 5, and I do not care. Send all complaints to the people who raised me on this type of music.
leek me een psychedelisch plaatje te worden.. werd het een cowboy-feestje... een fout feestje weliswaar... niet tot het einde geraakt
It's textbook country rock, which is not a genre I typically like. But it's done very competently.
Country rock. No thank you. Soul cover without the soul just drove this home to me, I almost stopped everything and stuck Aretha on right then and there.
Great songs. Great sound. Country as a serious, grown-up musical genre; sans rhinestones and cowboy hats. Nothing wrong with a bit of dress up now and then and authenticity and seriousness are often overrated but this album takes the country vibe and instrumentarium and makes something timeless out of it.
Aaaaaarrrghhh 25% of these albums can't continue to be folk/country/rock albums that don't know what they really are can they? They do all feel similar... very 60sish very indistinguishable from each other. It wasn't bad at all but was just there.
That was fun
Didn't know what to expect from this, but I didn't mind it. Skirted far enough away from country to be acceptable!
I'm sorry, I tried. The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band were good, I didn't mind Waylon Jennings, I even got through that Emmylou Harris album, but this is just too country for its own good. Dear Lord that was a slog to get through, and I don't even remember any tracks I even slightly enjoyed. The album cover honestly suggested at least a little bit of psychedelia, but this was just mawkish, good ole boy country all the way down.
Am I becoming a country girl?!
Can’t remember now
It... was.
Je m’attendais vraiment pas à du country en me basant sur le nom du band et la jacquette. Ça m’a fait réaliser qu’on a pas eu beaucoup d’albums country dans la liste à date. Non pas que ça me dérange, au contraire, mais niveau diversité de genre, je prend un album country n’importe quand au lieu d’un énièmes album punk ou brit-pop.
Chill folksy music. Nothing special though.
Loistavaa kantria. Ei silleensä mitään erikoista, mutta ihan vaan tosi hyvää. Kesäistä musaa. Parhaat: Sin City, My Uncle, Hot Burrito #1
There's some good stuff on the album but it's soooo slow.
It must be country week for this project, I can’t escape this shit. Please make it stop!!! As far as the music, it wasn’t bad just unremarkable to me.
had no expectations going into this and ended up really loving it! country psych rock. one of my favorites so far.
Like Boxcar Willie, but worse.
The cover screams "Psychedelic", but the music is Country. Both are highly derivative. 2/5
trotos
Country 60’s twangy
Offbeat quirky
Another country rock group. There were 100 of these groups in the 60s and then in the 70s it was just the Eagles and they became the biggest band in the world. This is Crosby, Stills and Nash with less of an edge. Dark End Of The Street is a good song. This reminds me of Kenny Rogers and the First Edition. This is Cotton Jones' favorite band. There's something missing from this album. The country/gospel/roots rock influences on this album should make it something, but it just feels corny, like another bunch of fake cowboys. Hippie Boy is the worst song on the album because the vocals are so ridiculous.
Very nice.
4/5
Album was good. Nothing spectacular, but still an easy listen. 3/5 Might listen again
3.75
I really liked their cover of Do Right Woman. The rest of the album was enjoyable, but I’m not sure if I’ll listen again or forget about this one.
I love burritos. I wish I could fly. And I love my brother. This album is great! Gram Parsons might be my (grievous) guardian angel. The Byrds and his solo stuff, all of it, yeah, amazing. I love hippie music, I love country music, so this just hits. The opening of Hot Burrito #1 still gets me every time I hear it. And I didn't even get to the nudie suits from the album cover. Scott Pilgrim must love this album! (I need to re-listen to the Bandsplain on Gram Parsons. I remember driving back from a hike in Arkansas, and it was getting icy and late, late at night. It's just one of those memories that sticks with me, and these songs bring me back to that weekend.)
Love!
I would have loved to be there when they chose this name for the band, it sounds like a fun meeting. Aside from that, there was nothing that interesting.
Okay, but not great.
This sounds so 60s it almost makes you high!
I’m fine with this. It’s enjoyable country and not much more (in my eyes), but that’s okay.
The Eagles if they were interesting. Gram Parsons really elevates this collection of songs.
Top Three Songs: 1) Dark End of the Street 2) Sin City 3) My Uncle Bottom Three Songs: 1) Do Right Woman 2) Do You Know How It Feels 3) Juanita
country americano.. so bravi
So boring.
Goofy ass band name
Almost a 4 TBH - cosmic country AF
Thank you for defining alt. country.
Just a cringe, twangy country album. There's nothing special nor interesting about this at all.
I really liked this album up to a point. This would’ve been a four or five for me, but I didn’t particularly care for the vocals. Guess I’ll give it a three.
An alright album, I liked Sin city.
I love them based on their name alone. Seems to be solid, middle of the road country. Probably wouldn't listen again, but I didn't hate it.
This is more country than rock for me: not my cup of joe. And the band name is just embarrassing. Sorry to be in a bad mood with a headache while listening - if I felt better, I might be a bit more generous with my rating.
Bit too much Country for my tastes, but excellent musicians.
Perfect band name and first album name. And it helps that it’s a great album. Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman and the rest of ‘em spawned a musical genre. Often imitated.
Rant Time: I can't believe there is another Byrds related album I didn't know about, I think that brings the total up to 12. That is insane that this list has 12 album from a band that 1. isn't that great 2. isn't that relevant and 3. At least 3 of these album weren't even successful. The review says: " it was not a commercial success" and peaked at 164. The Gene Clark review said he never had a successful album and he has 2 on the list. WHY!?! He made boring music that people didn't care about and still don't. There are plenty of other albums that could have been chosen. Especially around the late 60's early 70's. Such as: Pink Floyd - Animals/Meddle Led Zeppelin - House of the Holy The Beatles - Let It Be (I'm not even a huge fan of this one) The Velvet Underground - Loaded The Doors - Strange Days Simon And Garfunkel - Sounds of Silence But whatever, I guess it's time I listen to another bland late 60's country "rock" album were every song sounds the same. The actual review: Wow this guy has an annoying voice, and the songs are boring, what a surprise. In all honesty I would have probably given this a 3 and called it bland, but The Byrds just piss me off and now I am in a bad mood. Low 2.
Never heard it before and was very surprised to find something I should've known about already
Nice little older country album. Reminds me of stuff my grandpa listened to.
A band I knew of because of the goofy name, but had never listened too. Some stunning harmonies straight off the bat, and, whilst the quality isn't quite there across the entire album, there are definitely some tracks here that will go into regular rotation. Better than all the other white-guy 60s rock? Hard to say that it's more worthy than, say, K-pop or, oh, I don't know, the biggest selling Japanese artist ever. But very much enjoyed.
# Album Name: The Gilded Palace Of Sin # Artist: The Flying Burrito Brothers # Rating: # Comments: Some good slide guitar in parts. Hot burrito no.2 was good. Other than that it was distinctly average. # Top Tunes: Hot burrito no.2 # Would I listen to it again? Only as background music i think.
Some great, non-traditional country tunes.
Ok. Lots of slide guitar. And Gram Parsons, whom I don't really get yet.
Definitely not my thing - this album has an amateur feel to it that I couldn't stop noticing in all of the songs.
#361. What country used to sound like before beer-flag-and-truck bro country took over. 4/5: more, please *this is the thirty fourth album I purchased from this list Song added to playlist: Sin City I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link
I was expecting something a bit wild and wacky from The Flying Burrito Brothers and an album called The Gilded Palace of Sin. And this was certainly not that. Also, how is this ‘alternative’ country? This type of music just does not do it for me. Samey and uninteresting
A good album but nothing outstanding. 3 stars or C+ for me.
Нейтрально, не зацепило
Nothing interresting about this. Not actually bad but instantly forgettable.
Not bad. Need another listen.
countrizinho legalzinho.
Loved the first track. Going straight into my playlist. Can see why it's on the list.
Fine!
Another unknown group.
Stellar, even scintillating and 100% delightful. The playing is skilled and subtle, traditionally infused and quite well measured but often with a tongue in cheek. Fundamentally, this is good-time music that seemed to both jump genres and define a new one. Not a great many country, rock or country-rock acts have put out more spirited, better played or more fun-to-hear records than this one. The pleasure and joy of it in inverse proportion, apparently, to the messy situation of the band's operations, relationships and business dealings.
I can vibe with a little western from time to time. Probably won't go back but it wasn't bad
I was a bit disappointed this wasn't more about burritos but may I wasn't listening properly. I think I needed to pay more attention. It was fine!
It was fine, guess it was a good time capsule of music but can't say it interested me too much, had some nice bits
Some pretty good stuff here.
Great band name. OK album.
Country, 1969 -> 1
and suddenly my ears perk up for country rock 10/10
Pretty good. Gonna go with 3.5 to round up.
Bit too country for me
This album was pretty cool overall. I don't have much to say about it, but it's fun to listen to in the background 4/5
Not a bad album, it was alright having this in the background while I was doing stuff. It was a slower version of a Beach Boys album. I understand that this was released 55 years ago, so this was enjoyable back then. Nowadays, it's a bit meh.
Young lads singing over Spongebob title card music. Heartwarming. Forgettable country. Expected something more wacky from a band name like that.
Not for me. Didn’t like the singing voice and it sounded a bit preachy. The music was ok but the singing and lyrics were not my thing.
Twaaaang. No thank you.
Musically very good, but way too country for my taste.
Amazing pedal steel guitar on this album.
The zany name really got my hopes up. “The Gilded Palace of Sin?” Come on, I can practically feel the hardwood church pew against my backside as I listen to this snore-fest.
This band was trying too hard to be country musicians. 2.5 stars.
Did not care much for this at all.
Back in the day, this apparently made quite the buzz as a country-rock hybrid, but I don't hear anything other than country, musically. Some of the lyrics are topical but is that where the rock is? I don't get it.
Not terrible, but not memorable either despite the wonderful band name.
Added a couple of tracks to the 1001 Experience Playlist but really nothing special or Groundbreaking here. This could've been any late 60's to mid 70's insert generic band name here
cool name tho
Wild to have never heard of this band before given their lineage and influence. Fun discovery
I'll admit, I groaned when I saw another Country Rock album come up but I ended up thinking it wasn't so bad a few tracks in, then I saw Gram Parsons was on this and it all clicked. I enjoyed his inclusion on this list so it made sense that I enjoyed this too. Good songwriting, vocal performances and goofy band name make this a solid, but nothing too special, country rock record.
Frekar uneventful. Gátu ekki einu sinni gert góða útgáfu af Dark end of the street. Meh.
Nice old school country sound 👍
My favorite part of this was that they titled not one but two tracks “Hot Burrito.” The actual music didn’t do it for me.
Sold this album 5 years ago for $35. Some good guitar work and decent enough songs, but a little too twangy for my tastes.
I thought I was going to like this a lot. When the fuzzy guitar kicked in on the first track, I thought we were going to have a really innovative album of genre mashups. Instead I ended up thinking that it was mostly a country album that never got quite as weird as that first song augured.
I honestly thought these guys were a bunch of psychedelic rockers. Little did I know... I dug it, but you can definitely see where the country/rock crossover comes from. I can't say I will come back to it, though. Top tracks: "Dark End Of The Street," "Uncle," "Hippie Boy"
Not my thing. Not a big fan of more recent country rock so not much of a fan of the guys who sort of started it all. It's not awful and I like it better than straight ahead country. You could certainly do worse, and to quote the Eagles (a band inspired by these guys) the album has a peaceful easy feeling. But I'm not going to put this on repeat or go looking for more of the genre. I'll give them a slight uptick for being trailblazers.
You can call it "country rock" all you want - it's country. Not bad, just not my thing. Maybe the two Hot Burrito songs were more rock than country, but still not my thing. Favorite tracks: Christine's Tune, Dark End of the Street, My Uncle.
soft country rock, Parsons was relevant
It's generic but the vocals hit
I didn't finish it. Not my stuff at all.
Boring
not for me
Cool one
Meh just not my cup of tea.
No more country. Enough. This was slightly Beatlesy country, which means it was in some way experimental and worthy of inclusion. In practice it's the same as the other country albums, same themes, same music, same tropes. No need to hear it.
If ever there was a band that did not match their band name, this is it. Fairly repetitive country music - Sin City was good, I swear I've heard it before. Otherwise absolutely not notable, whatsoever.
The flying burrito brothers name suggested something more interesting than this! In the end it's just a bit dull and dated
Gear: Moondrop Variations Artwork: 🌯 Mix: 🌯 Musik: 🌯 Wertung: 🌯/5
Not as good as I remember. Burrito deluxe is a much more memorable album with better hit songs. Lots of country rock albums from this era that are better.
Good album - Influential for it's time. Solid covers and good songwriting with good production, and putting it on a list of your favorite albums gives you some deep cut hipster cred, I guess. 4/5
I liked it
One tolerable song
Honestly, I had no idea what to expect when I saw this album come up. I was pleasantly surprised however. Stereotypical classic rock but has a charm to it. Easy listening and definitely something I wouldn't mind listening to again, but wouldn't go out of my way.
Honestly, kind of fire. With a band name like that I didn’t know what to expect but country music was not it
++ Hot Burrito #1, Hippie Boy + Christine's Tune, Sin City, Dark End of the Street, My Uncle, Wheels, Juanita, Hot Burrito #2, Do You Know How It Feels +- Do Right Woman 7,0/10
The Gilded Palace of Sin is the debut album from the Flying Burrito Brothers, and the band's best work. While not commercially successful, the album was critically celebrated, and very influential amongst musicians of the era. This was one of Gram Parson's early projects, and his success led to renewed interest in the Flying Burrito Brothers. This is one of the early, definitive works of country rock. Gram Parsons and Flying Burritos set a pattern for the Eagles and the country rock that flourished in the 70s.
Never heard of these guys. Just reading the book by it's cover, never would've guessed this type of music. very country. Not my style.
Three stars for just the great dichotomy of the album jame and band name. Also because while I don't like modern country, I'll mess around with some old school country that hasn't forgotten it's blues roots yet.
Meh. 60’s country mixed with 60’s California rock.
Pleasant enough but now that I'm half way through this list I've heard a lot of this sort of thing.
Some real Honky Tonk Honky Tonk music
"five isn't enough" said my husband. yeah well. 3 isn't enough. except I'm not going to give it 4
Not what I expected at all. I was waiting for sprawling psych-rock and got cosmic country. And it's good! What a shame such a lovely album came from a band with a name so silly I was mistaken about the genre. Even though it has a normal runtime, it felt longer than it is. Another "Well, what do I know" moment courtesy of the generator. Highlights: Sin City, Do Right Woman, Hot Burrito #1, Hot Burrito #2
Interesting. Not sure what genre this is. Maybe a generous rating?
Geen boeiende nummers, niet vooruitstrevend
nothing special, cool little country album
I had actually heard this one before thanks to some music nerd friends of mine. It’s just a shade too country for my tastes
I loved this album. Countercultural classic country had me smiling the whole way through.
Okay, it has been a few days (like a week worth of them) since I listened to this album. I don't remember exactly how I felt, but I seem to recall that it wasn't amazed. I don't want to listen again now, so I will give it the benefit of a doubt.
Very enjoyable from start to finish!
I have often heard reference to The Flying Burrito Brothers, and I think we had one of their albums in our home record collection, but apparently it didn’t catch my attention as a child because I couldn’t remember what kind of music I’d be listening to when this came up today. I enjoyed the country with rock tinges style of this album. It’s surprisingly low-key to me, but I found it an enjoyable listen on a lazy Sunday morning.
I didn't really expect much from a band called The Flying Burrito Brothers, but it works. It feels like a precursor to what country music would become, and it's closer to the kind of country I like than current country radio.
Inoffensive soft country plinking “rock” music. Not my cup of tea, but I’m sure plenty of people strap on their boots, don the cowboy hat and line dance their way to the record player for it.
Kind of a sweet little twangy hippie album. Fine for what it is.
So many false brothers in music. Whether they be chemical or jungle, byrd or flying burrito. Speaking of the Byrds, the common element here is not just fake siblings, but Gram Parsons. I didn’t care for his Byrds contributions, didn’t care for his solo album, and don’t really care for The Flying Burrito Brothers either.
It’s a good thing The Byrds kicked Gram Parsons out of the band so that he and Chris Hillman could move onto better things.
I admit I had no idea what to expect from a band called “The Flying Burrito Brothers”, but it turns out it’s classic country. This album started out really strong, but then kinda devolved into your average country album. Loved the first song though and the rest of the album was a fair listen.
A little too country for my tastes.
3.5
Really good classic rock mixed with country. 4/5
Funky
Propers 70s. 3.7
I liked the parts that were more psych and soul influenced, but 90% of this album is generic country rock. Too much jesus talk. Cringe band name.
This was right up my street. I had no idea that this was the origin of „dark side of the street“. What a great name, what a lovely find.
Not sure why this album is on the list. It's not a bad album, but there's nothing I can see that it does better than lots of other music. Fly band name though.
Ehh, perhaps it was ok when released, but I have no space or time for this
Struggling to hear how this is country rock and not just.. country. Lovely recording, horrible music. Given the reverence these guys inspire I was at least expecting a strong crossover, maybe some psychedelic sounds or some of the bluesy boogie of ZZ Top or even Lynyrd Skynyrd. Nope just really polished cliched country. And look at their stupid fucking clothes.
Superb songwriting Twangy soothing melodies Lovely country rock
Not into this genre. Music ok not terrible.
Quite enjoyed this one, but not something I would wanna listen to again. 3/5
Didn't enjoy this at all. More country.
Don t know
Nicee
Awesome album. This is one I’ve loved for a while now. I grew up hearing a lot of Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers, so I definitely have a soft spot and early education. This is bedrock for country rock. Parsons vocals are unique and emotive. The songs are classics. The Nudie suits are classic. *****
A band I’ve never heard of. Not mind blowing but not bad either. Decent enough that I would give it another listen
Magical album. Every time I press play it makes me want to do more productive things. Will put on and not listen to it many times in the future Liked the outro in Hot Burrito #2
boring but listenable but oh so boring
Bland
not a fan
Twangariffic
One point for Country and Western but bonus point for the best name on the list so far.
Really solid country rock psychedelia. Like Dark End of the Street.
Excellent band name. Okay music.
This is one of those cases where I cannot stand the style of music which means it’s an album I won’t ever want to relisten to, however I recognise its place in history as an important album especially in its respective genre and the impact and influence it had, so for that I’m rating it three stars as a half way point between my feelings towards it and its importance in country music history. When taking these things into consideration you have to look at the context and history of it.
It’s fairly well executed psychedelic country-rock. Really not my thing, though.
Hot Burrito #1
Fun and light though not my fav genre
I might have given this a baseline three stars, but Do Right Woman is a great song and their performance of it here is tragic. Overall bland country rock. It’s hard for me to believe this was even groundbreaking in 1969. Not sure why it’s considered significant.
Yep, this is some old American stuff I haven’t heard before and will probably never hear again. Favourite track: Hot Burrito #1.
A blend of country, soul and gospel sounds great on paper but the music is so nuanced, it's close to falling over itself. The vocals are sweetly sung and the pedal steel weeps as you'd expect but at times the soupy sound is grating and rather cloying. The overall feeling is you have to be in the right mood to fully appreciate and overcome it's melancholic tendancy.
Err what da fork!
Sadly the music comes nowhere close to living up to the promise of that great band name
An insult to burritos.
I struggled with this one, the slower country/folk tracks aside, there were little things with the production that felt shoddy and rushed, (coughs in vocals, random knocks), put me off, especially considering the talent involved. There were a couple of decent tracks, (the cover versions were okay), but overall I didn't enjoy it. 1.5
3.5 Stars. The ambitious early cross-pollination of musical styles and genres, and their subsequent impact on the musical landscape, gives this album a bit of a ratings boost.
I really enjoyed this! 4
Really cool name for a country outfit.
Country rock from 1969. Probably a good use of some 37 minutes.
I'm not a country fan so this was a tough go at the beginning, but as the album continued and it progressed into more of a bridge between country and rock, I got it. It felt very new and interesting to make that connection between what must have, at the time, been two distinct genres. The back half of the album is much stronger than the first. I won't listen again and I can't claim to be a fan, but I see how influential this album must have been.
Decent country rock. Neither like or disliked it.
This country rock sound was ubiquitous in just about every pub band playing in a rural bar in small towns all over America whose only other buildings were a post office, a gas station, and a country store. The Flying Burrito Bros. did this sound well, but honestly they are not bringing anything to it that had not already been there in the scene. Critics would have you think so, as would other artists later, but there were a ton doing this, just not many bands had an inside track like these guys did by being in The Byrds. Glen Campbell, Neil Young, and countless other outlaw country acts were already bending toward this direction. Well produced, but no favorite track. Not a lot of differentiation here. Sounds like one 37 minute long track interrupted be brief pauses. However I do recognize their importance as a proto modern-country rock band. As an aside, I love the band's collective furrowed brow in this cover image. Hilariously, ironically unpleasant look for a group of guys about to enter a gilded palace of sin.
Glatt och stundtals ganska bra.
Not much of a country fan, but I grew up on music that was country-adjacent (Stephen Stills, Glenn Campbell, Eagles, etc.) and this feels like a true bridge between them. Found it to be a fun album that I could listen to again
I like country rock, though this was a mix of some interesting and some less for me...
I liked this! It was a 3 when I listened, I was in debates.
This was fun. Very much country more than rock. It seemed familiar though I don't think I've ever heard it before. It shows the influence it had on later bands and also the familiarity of Gram Parsons from his many other projects.
This is super groovy