No Other

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would after listening to the first song.

Vällllddddiiggttt nära en 4. Blir tyvärr bitvis för mycket countrysound. Men när folk, country och rock balanserar och samsas perfekt, som i Silver Raven, blir det himmelskt magiskt maffigt! Bästa låt: Some Misunderstanding. Eller Strength of Strings. Båda stora, melankoliska, sorgliga, mäktiga.

A fascinating album from an interesting artist. Lots of backstory on its making and initial critical failure. Listening to it now, it’s a good album that stands on its own.

Some songs were good but maybe the others just need a second listen. Pretty good overall

I think the thing I enjoyed most about this album was the tension you can hear between Gene Clark wanting to dive full force into the lush, opulent folk rock of the mid 70s but still stay true to his country roots. Creates a pretty fascinating dichotomy to listen to even if the songs never really captured me.

Not bad

Quite nice, pretty chill. Not much else to say really

Best Song: Some Misunderstanding Worst Song: No Other

Sasvim solidan i dobar album. Sviđa mi se, ne toliko da bih dao četiri, ali sigurno dobar album.

pretty good but also just kind of average

in terms of 70's rock there are others that i think are better, but this wasn't bad. i was also stressed the entire time i was listening, probably because i was trying to knit simultaneously life's greatest fool, true one

where did he come from, never heard of him it's ok, sort of sad.

Más country americano del líder de la banda The Byrds. Nada del otro mundo para mis oídos.

Classic song writing from the Byrd. Lush warming production with some nice guitar licks. Seven on Ten

Fine, but did not really grab my attention.

Meh

Very Neil young

Verrassend, prettig album voor tijdens het koken.

I think if I listened to this more it would grow on me. Silver Raven was an awesome song.

Very American, some 70s pysch undertones midway through, album not for me

mellow CCR type vibes

Not as bad as I thought it would be.

Like it

Als ik dit nog wat vaker zou luisteren dan denk ik dat het best nog iets zou kunnen worden tussen mij en Gene. Maarja, er is nog zoveel andere muziek om te ontdekken. Sorry, Gene.

Soms een beetje saai, maar ik ben enthousiast over het nummer ‘strength of strings’.

Enjoyed this album; melted into the background for me throughout in a good way and was just a pleasant listen. Would be a nice record to have on in the background but not actually pay attention to. 3.5 but rounding down bc no standouts

Eclectic, a slice of Americana, not bad

it wasn't bad, but it didn't have anything particularly interesting going on either.

Meh

Sunday listening

I feel like I recognize a lot of these songs but they're all kinda similar so maybe it was just every one after the 1st one haha. Sick album art, and no other was my fave off this

Not bad. A few good songs

3.5 - Sounds like sipping ice tea on the porch on a summer day listening to grandpa in his rocker reminiscing and pontificating. Some understated guitar work. “No other” is definitely a standout - I love the bottom-heavy sound.

This was nice. I literally don't remember much about the album other than it sounded decent in the background. Great voice.

War ich gestern nicht richtig in Stimmung für. Aber das bestimmte Gefühl dass wenn die vorhanden ist, ich das ziemlich gut finde. Soft Spot Alt-Country! Und dann rausschauen auf den Pazifik und die Welt in ihrer Sinnlosigkeit an sich vorbeiziehen lassen, dabei flüchtig bis tief berührt. Gestern: 3 Punkte, beim nächsten Mal wahrscheinlich auch 4.

Overall not sure if it's for me. Some misunderstanding is a highlight

Pop suave, un tanto ñoño, de los 70, respaldado por una buena voz. Sin muchos alardes, le falta algo de ímpetu o de sorpresa en algún tema. Aun así, se deja escuchar por su simpleza

first couple of tracks seemed like it was from an earlier period instead of the 70's. chill music.

Ok

Semibängeri Classic rock emt

Very calm and good background music to relax to. Sounded like the Eagles with a bit more country influence.

Eric Clapton with a banjo. Loved the big bass lines throughout, especially on No Other and Silver Phial.

6

No Other Some misunderstanding

Not my favorite genre of music but it was en enjoyable listen

You're trying to convince me this isn't Neil Young? Good Luck...

Not bad, gave me sort of a country vibe. If I'm looking for cruising tunes, this is a great album.

Has some good moments.

Had no idea what to expect. Nice, easy listening. The best song on the album is Silver Raven

I wasn’t familiar with the artist but I did enjoy the album.

Not bad, not great, I'll definitely check him out tho

I really liked it, got grateful dead vibes, I appreciate that the songs were distinct (sometimes albums can sound like one song). will probably listen again

The tragic backstory of this album is more interesting than the album itself, in my opinion. Not bad by any means but not my thing. Solid 3 on the Blood and Chocolate Scale ™

Was new to me. Felt dated but not horrible

Behagelig Countryrock, med lidt psykedeliske undertoner

A good balance of genres here. I enjoyed listening, but nothing really stood out to me. I'll give it a 3.5, leaning towards a 3.

Neil Young's Harvest came out two years before this and you can tell it changed Gene's life. Gene's fascination is justified - Harvest is a fascinating album, but this album gives off vibes like if the subjects of American Movie had a substantial recording budget to recreate it. I feel like I was in the room when Gene was writing Strength of Strings and knew he had to do something weird with the third chord in the verse or else he would just be rewriting Harvest's epic Words Between The Lines Of Age. He made a fantastic choice that continues to reverberate within me, but the choices that surround it on this album suggest it was more luck than listening. The Byrds were a weird band I never fully wrapped my head around. Also not sure it's worth the effort. I don't mean to sound like an ahole but I don't want to lie either. He comes off like a bit of a fool. A lost soul lacking self-awareness. I admit that to know one is to be one, and I would give this more stars but his singing voice bothers me a little.

Reminded me of how much I enjoy Neil Young, CSNY, Gram Parsons, etc.

Didn't pull me. Calm voice.

Gene Clark the day after The Eagles, fuck off

Låter jeg husker spesielt godt:

Unremarkable?

I've never heard of this artist nor heard any of these songs. I can understand why. Nothing special. Bland 1970's radio soft rock. Inoffensive. Unmemorable.

2.5 - ok

Yeah this awesome song writing and composition with a hideous album cover but there isn't much to set it self apart from the masses of this early to mid 70's easy listening. Just a good album in the lexicon of music, worthy of this list, but I'm hard pressed to find something I enjoyed more than just melodies and instrumentals.

Old western like

Meh.

The albums a little all over the place. Not a bad thing, but I think he excels a lot more with the folk sounding songs like the opening track. Sounds like if neil young played with the grateful dead, or something like that. Decent listen at the beginning, but got pretty boring for me. Fav tracks: Life’s greatest fool

Not my jam

Just felt like the songs that weren't good enough for the Byrds repackaged 10years too late.

Bit nothing to be honest, made me want to doze off more than anything.

will listen more closely to rerate since he founded The Byrds

Not awful but very middle of the road.

petit, no lo escchari ane el album

It's kind of nice when an artist evolves and from album to album has a changing sound. But it's kind of annoying when it's all on the same album. This one felt schizophrenic. Country, R&B, gospel... pick a lane dude.

Never heard of Gene Clark, but it turns out he was the original singer for The Byrds. This album is just as banal as The Byrds albums on this list.

A perfect example of why country music is boring as hell... I wanted to listen to this while driving the car back home - needed to put it on hold not to fall asleep. Without "Strength of Strings", this album would have trouble getting even one star from me.

Bluegrassy country rock

This is a new one for me and was easy listening - a bid reminiscent of other artists who i’ve heard of. Although it has a soothing factor for maybe a cocktail lounge, its overall kind of meh.

If I was in the mood, maybe, but wasn't today

The definition of 'background music' is "any music played at a low volume while another activity takes place, ensuring the primary focus remains on the main task or conversation." Id suggest that this album is further 'back' than that, as I needed to have a primary, secondary and tertiary activity occurring, just to make it through this shlock.

Urgh - I found this one tough to get through, I kept starting it, then having to go listen to some 'chaser' music just to get me through.

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Eh

Thought this was gonna be another country album masquerading as something else that snuck past the sensors and instead it's legit half country and half funk R&B. I liked that half. Hated the cowboy stuff. Could listen to the Eagles level country stuff but didn't enjoy it.

Bastante americano y atmosférico

Country rock and cosmic Americana built from lush orchestration, layered guitars, rich harmonies, and soulful vocals feels like watching a magnificent sunset that simply refuses to end—beautiful, ambitious, and eventually a little too enamored with its own grandeur. While the album constantly reaches for transcendence through lavish arrangements and emotional sincerity I just want to sleep

langweilig

This seems to be a fairly ordinary country rock album, not something I'm keen on, but pretty inoffensive. Wikipedia says it wasn't critically well-received (supposedly due at least in part to the over-elaborate production) leading to its early deletion from the catalogue. Of course that opens it up to critical reappraisal by modern critics! Personally, I thought the production was fine.

Nothing stood out as amazing on this album, but it was not bad. It just was... I guess.

Would I listen again: no I just got irritated with this and idek why. His voice maybe? just go away

this is a perfectly decent folk rock kind of album that doesn't sound wildly different from CSN, Neil Young, or other similar artists in the genre. Most interesting thing about it is the context surrounding it. Liked it ok, don't feel like I was missing out

Just another album I’d probably never listen to if it wasn’t for this list 1 listen isn’t enough to make an actual judgement because u forget by the time it comes to rate what it was like

Album is okay, but largely forgettable. Slight variation to country was a nice touch, but it still was lacking something. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again

Thought the song No Other was OK, but the rest of this was just a slow and pretty boring. Not an album I'd revisit and nothing really memorable. 2

Høres litt ut som Pink Floyd. Men en slags billig US-versjon. Kjedelige greier

Listened to disc one - was fine but again, largely unessential

Vibes were … interesting? A somewhat light trippiness. Wasn’t really my jam / didn’t do too much for me. Wasn’t super jazzed about the country-ish songs. 2.5

mid ass classic folkslop. Nothing really stuck out to me.

No es mis estilo, repetitivo.

True One is great. Rest is okay.

Tää oli aika huttua. Ei jäänyt mikään biisi mieleen.

Good album, but requires a certain mood to get the most of it. Not gonna come back to it often, though I enjoyed lyrics and backing vocal. 4.9 | No Other

Honestly did not find many songs that interesting. 5/10

Three discs. Too much for something I listen to as background music. One and a half was enough

Got bored. Was never a fan of the Byrds, so I'm not shocked this isn't my thing.

Not terrible but no idea why this makes the 1001 list.

John sinatra

Plinky plonky honky tonky whitey shitey cack tracks. Inoffensive, uninteresting. Next!

I was super sad to be so bored by this.

Never heard of Gene Clark before today but I am always excited to listen to a new artist. The album started out fine. Nothing ground breaking, but it kept my interest. My mood began to sour about halfway or so through the record when I realized I was getting bored with what I was hearing. Unfortunately, it never got back to that beginning feeling. 2/5

I'm sorry, this was just boring. I don't understand how this is important.

2.5, revisit for mellow CSNY vibe, mix w some pink Floyd

This is about as mediocre an album as I have heard in this project. Nothing about it stands it to me in a “you’ve gotta hear this!” way. Average mellow 70s rock music with a vaguely country twinge. Mostly plodding tempo. There is a track called “True One” near the end that has some nice guitar work. But overall I am not impressed.

Pleasant enough for a casual listen. Not particularly memorable for me, though there is definitely something there that I think I missed. A little country-style rock clearly influenced by Gram Parsons and the other members of the Byrds. I just didn’t get it the first time around. 2 stars (will probably go back to reevaluate)

I firmly believe that "Gene" is one of the greatest names of all time. It invokes all the down-home folksiness of a small-town shopkeep, while still delivering the phonic humour with that HARD G. That's not even getting into the root name of Eugene. I am primed to like this record as shimmering recollections of Gene Snitsky punting a baby into row 4 dance across my neural synapses. I am once again like 20 records behind as I made a pilgrimage to the Maritimes with a grumpy baby and I aged myself about 10 years in the process. Mix that in with borderline dangerous amounts of donair sauce consumed and my IQ might've dropped a few dozen points. Maybe that will help with enjoying most of the tripe on this list. I once clicked a guy's profile on this site, and he had completed it and had an AVERAGE rating of 4.35. Truly the world's biggest music fan. I, however, sit at a steely 2.40 and am clearly talking about anything but this record... "No Other" is fine, but I find myself continually asking, is this really one of the 1001 most towering achievements in the history of recorded music? I feel like I'd find out my great-uncle recorded this in the 60's and would be mildly impressed. This isn't bringing anybody to their knees in reverence. Maybe it is. Whatever. Gene? You drive a hard bargain. I'll grab a couple of those little satchels of peanuts and a lottery ticket. Here's 2.5. Keep the change 2-2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: The eyes, the eyes, the eyes of fruit flies

sleeping

Forgettable. I'm sure if I were able to give it the proper attention there were some good nuggets in there, but nothing stood out. Sounded a little like Robert Plant at times.

There’s a phenomenon specific to the NFL where a player can play themselves out of the Hall of Fame. A previously great quarterback will overstay their time in the league by a few too many years, and the lasting image is of a washed guy, down three possessions, taking too many sacks trying to throw their team back into the game. Russell Wilson is currently doing this. That’s how I felt listening to these songs. I liked them, then I waited for them to go somewhere, and they all just kinda stalled. That’s fine for “Ambulance Blues” or “Desolation Row,” when they’re outliers on the album in terms of length. But all these were a few minutes too long. Highlights were the opener and “True One.” 2.5/5

I do not understand why many of these albums are on here. I'm going to be stricter with my ratings going forward.

It was good as a background music, but I literally cannot remember any song a day later even though I listened to this album 3 times,

70s country, folk rock. Psych elements I don't particularly enjoy.

I agree more with the contemporary critics I think. Didn't quite get this one.

I have a hard time imagining anyone in 1971 excitedly asking their friends to come over and listen to the new Gene Clark album. And, outside of this group, I’ll probably forget to mention to anyone that I listened to it. Not that it’s bad. It just isn’t the type of music that puts air in my tires.

No matter how much I try, Country music just does not sit right in my ears

Niet zo bijzonder

2/11/26. Enjoyable country rock. Really liked the guitar work on this, but otherwise was pretty neutral on it overall.

Not bad, just pretty fucking boring. Not a COMPLETE dud but for most of it i was waiting for it to end. Back half was better than the front

Man, I love the Byrds but Gene Clark’s solo album just didn’t do it for me.

I read up about Gene, Byrds etc. Album was good without any stand out track though

Maso

really kinda boring country... got nothing outta listening to this. i love the direction of the album cover tho!!!

This album was so dull that at times I forgot I was even listening to music. As I am listening back to the songs, No Other is a fine song by itself with interesting guitar work, but in the context of the album doesn't stand out enough. Just another boring folky album on this list.

Uninteresting country music.

Remarkably dull. Not a fan of country overall, and the same with most gospel. This was not an irritant, so I won't throw it a 1. But it really could be a 1 for me.

meh. fine, just forgettable

"Oh hey finally a good song on this album." *Checks phone* "Oh it's just playing similar music now."

The stuff that sounds like Gram Parsons is not great, but the psychedelic rock stuff like the title track is a lot cooler, but the entire thing is a little overdramatic for me and very forgettable.

😳, love the byrds, this just aight

Not really my thing but I can see something in there.

Mehhhh

Not bad but kind of forgettable, would rather listen to the Byrds

Really enjoyed this

I truly tried to give this one a chance. I liked the jangle of the Byrds, and when that sound was popular in the mid-80s, I loved the bands that incorporated that particular guitar tone and sound from The Replacements, The 3’Oclock, the Bangles and Red Kross, the DBs and Chris Stamey, Don Dixon and R.E.M. Gene is a solid songwriter and a very good vocalist. But as for this record, the songs never shift out of low gear. There is no variety and although the songs are pleasant, they don’t captivate and that certainly don’t have the spark- that certain je ne sais quo- that connects with the listener. Instead of enveloping your mind and transporting you to another place on the planet, you are left, for the entirety of the record, waiting at the station. A shame really. 3/5

rating: 2.5/5

A very classically mid 70s album. I did no research on why it's as popular as it is besides it just sounding like another 70's yacht rock album. It's okay, I'd listen to it again. 5/10

OK, good lyrics, relaxing

Very dull. Really not a fan.

Absolut nicht mein Genre, aber so paar Momente hatte das schon

++: No Other, Lady of the North +: Life's Greatest Fool, Silver Raven, From a Silver Phial +-: Some Misunderstanding, The True One -: Strength of Strings 5,5/10

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It wasn’t bad, but I just couldn’t get into even one track. I do like the cover art though.

When looking into this album, I found the following quote “It was largely ignored or lambasted by critics and was a commercial failure”, and I can honestly see why.

Ok. I wouldn't listen to this if it was not on this list. ★★

So dull that I had no opinion on it, and so middle-of-the-road I had no vocabulary to describe it. Singer-songwriter with high production, maybe? Washed over me without leaving a mark.

When this album started playing on expected this to be one of those country like albums I couldn't sit through in its entirety. However I was able to do it m, did not enjoy it though. Better than Neil Young

I don’t know why I needed to listen to this. Very 70’s. Very forgettable.

bad and boring and lame country music nice 1920ies cover though: does not fit to the music

Boring.

Moderately enjoyable. Normal American Folk album. I don't feel inspired to say anything about it at all.

Inoffensive soft classic rock. Strength of strings was the only song that had me going to check the title. Won't be revisiting.

Gene Clark was a founder member the Byrds, but left after various disputes in 1966, and spent the next decade or so in various collaborations and solo projects. This album from 1974 is a bit of a hodge podge of country, folk, soft rock, jazz and gospel, and the lyrics are similarly diverse (and very possibly drug inspired). Apparently it bombed at the time, and in retrospect it’s interesting rather than essential.

Boring ass country album, just let it play as I ignored it and did other things. Thankfully inoffensive

I really don't like country sounds. I do like the Neil Young folky stuff though.

Once again, another one that’s not my thing.

I really wanted to like this album more than I did - it had a promising start but became redundant quickly

2 out of 5. Something new, little slow but not bad for backfround music. Crazy backstory in the Wikipedia article!

Soft country.

It was alright, some bits felt very pink floyd like. Generally I wouldn't call it the most memorable album ever, very 70s rock, lots of solos but nothing that really stood out.

I dig some of the bluesy elements but overall this was not my cup of tea. It was too slow and too country for me.

4/10

Very bland

Folk/country with some ok instrumentation. As mid as that genre can get.

Madaoigual

Not for me.

Pleasant enough album, just absolutely nothing in it which caught my ear.

not for me.

Favorites: Strength Of Strings, Lady Of The North

This felt Byrds adjacent. Sorta had a country flavor but with some of the good ol 1960s tossed in. Was neither bad nor good for me, just very meh.

One or two interesting tracks but nothing more here.

Really had high hopes for this album. Was hoping for much more.

A lot of the production harkens to the horrible “country-politan” of the 70’s. At this point his best music was behind him. I’d like to hear a stripped down version of these songs because I enjoy his voice and many of his songs.

Its fine, but I don't feel his voice is very engaging and it makes it all rather mundane.

Passed me by and did not engage me

Pretty boring.

Some alright tracks here but pretty slow and unexciting. 2.5 goin down.

2/5

I don't think I've ever come across Gene Clark, so had no expectations other than I saw 70s and rock and was hopeful. I felt like this delivered 80s soft adult contemporary and was moderately unimpressed.

Haven't heard his solo work before. At first I thought this album isn't great but the 2nd half had some nice songs. Still, pretty underwhelming 2/5

2.5 The first half of this was actually really pleasant singer-songwriter stuff. The second half gets really self-indulgent and navel-gazy and I just wasn’t on board with that.

Uninteresting. Not bad for background ambience I suppose, but nothing memorable.

Nothing that REALLY stood out to me on first listen

I've never heard of Gene Clark...and it was...fine. I didn't hate it, but nothing worth writing home about. No songs really stuck out as good or terrible for me. It reminded me of something tho, but couldn't put my finger on it.

Never heard of this artist before. I do like country music, but it's more outlaw country than country rock. After listening to the album, I can safely say it's not for me.

This was rather unremarkable in my honest opinion. The songwriting felt banal. The sound was kind of uninteresting too. I feel almost bad saying this because I can tell that Gene tried hard. But I just don’t vibe with it and it didn’t click.

Got slightly better after the first couple of country songs but not for me unfortunately. 2/5

Periaatteessa voisi toimia koska tunnistan monia asioita joista pidän. Mutta oliko fiilis oikea kuunnella tätä? Ei, ei tänään.

Hey guys biggest Byrds hater here once again complaining about how many albums by them and their solo members were included on this list. I am happy to say that this quote has brought a smile to my face: "it was largely ignored or lambasted by critics and was a commercial failure; the studio time and cost were seen as excessive and indulgent. The record label, Asylum Records, did not promote the album, and by 1976 had deleted it from their catalog. Clark never recovered from the failure of the album". And don't forget his OTHER album on this list said: "Like all of his post-Byrds records, it did very poorly on the US charts." It's almost like we didn't need to include over 10 (If I remember correctly I think it was 13) Byrds related album. Ok rant over, time to listen. What a surprise it is another boring forgettable 70's kind of country kind of psych album. However, this time the more rock oriented song, No Other, is the standout boring tune. Nevermind, that 8 minute track was pretty painful. In the grand scheme of the Byrds' extending listening universe this one isn't as bad as some of the others, but it is still really boring and didn't deserve a spot on this list. mid 2.

< the Beatles

Nah

Not my style, kind of garbage

The best I can say is that I did not hate it.

This was fine. I probably won't revisit it but I wasn't mad about listening to it

I cant really think of anything clever to say about this album. It reminded me of a cross between the beach boys and... Dylan maybe?

Really enjoyed the first song but was kinda disappointed by the rest of it.

After my 2nd day in a row listening to a country album: I'm going to shoot myself

2.5 - Meh

Rescato algo de sazón en toda la cosa. Lo que no rescaté fueron las ganas de escucharlo. Nada memorable, un meh absoluto. Nota: 2.3

Another album where I quite enjoyed it musically, but the overall vibe was a bit depressing, and Gene's voice droned on a bit

It was alright but it wasn't for me

Never realised the connection between Gene Clark and CSN&Y. Never heard any of his music either so was eagerly anticipating listening to this album. It is pleasant enough but little in common to my ears with anything done singularly or collectively by CSN&Y. OK CSN&Y do stray into Country at times but that is my least favourite repertoire of theirs. This album unfortunately has much to much of that Country stuff. 2/5 9/2/25

CBF. This was not very good. "One of the greatest albums ever made.."?. Into a drink coaster or ashtray perhaps. Two.

liked songs: No Other, Not a big fan of Clark's voice. It's very competent music, but nothing groundbreaking. Not really for me. 2

Title track was good but the rest of it was quite meh. Didn't click with me.

Unremarkable

WHEN WILL THIS RABBIT HOLE OF MID DAD ROCK END??? In all seriousness the album was fine. Nothing stood out so it garners a two. (Really being creative over 'ere). Anyway, lets hope SidledsGunnar blesses us with a banger christmas album.

Deserved the negative press, so monotone and dull

Stylistically not my thing

Artiste inconnu. Par contre j'ai reconnu le morceau "Strength of Strings", il a été repris par "This Mortal Coil' dans l'album "Filigree & Shadow", bien plus intéressant mais ... pas dans la liste. "No Other" ne contient rien de bien original, je comprend l'échec commercial de l'album ... Quelques chorus de guitare intéressants lui permettent d'échapper à la note minimale. =>2/5

Pretty average not gonna lie. Was disappointed with this as I liked his last album on this project. Never mind.

Boomer

Some of it was really good. Others more like old country..

One good song - a bit Neil Young like

I don't know but this sort of drifted past me. I didn't engage much with it. I might, given the story around it give it another go when I've got some time on my hands but at the moment it scores low. Maybe I'm like David Geffen.

Tiene dos temas buenos, pero en general no me deja nada, un álbum pálido.

Liked no other and silver raven but the rest not really for me

It improved slightly for me at track 3 but just not my thing.

What, another Radiohead album?! 43 minutes from only 8 tracks was the first thing I noticed and when the album began with a country twang, I wondered what kind of journey we'd be on. Sadly, outside of a slight foray into funk on No Other, I found it a pretty middle of the road collection of country rock ballads. Some nice production and the odd interesting idea but not enough to make me revisit it.

Not for me.

There were a few tracks on here that I did enjoy a pretty decent amount. The rest was fine, but not much else other than one or two tracks I may return for

Hmmm. This alt-country stuff is supposed to be my wheelhouse, but I find this pretty ‘blah’. Maybe the roots of the music I still love is in there, and thanks to gene clark for that, but I’m going to keep looking ahead and not behind on this one.

After reading an out this album I really wanted to like it and here were moments that were beautiful but overall it faded into the background. It could be because I tried to listen to it at a time when I was on a Bon Iver kick and this was more straight or something. Good to know this exists and I’ll revisit one day.

Very boring

Pleasant but again, was mostly just above average background music and not something I expect will send me on much of a journey. 2.5

Not really for me

I know there are various Byrds albums in the 1001, and, despite being 250+ in, I still haven't heard any of them. The Byrds aren't a band I've ever been particularly inclined to explore, new wave/ art rock/ post punk fan that I am (apparently those are the accepted terms). Anyway the point is, I would have preferred to judge this after hearing Gene Clark's contributions to the Byrds, first. But never mind. For my taste, it's very... conventional. Nothing particularly to dislike, and undoubtedly melodic and well-constructed. But this type of thing doesn't do a lot for me. Should it be more widely regarded as a classic? Other reviewers think so. Maybe. It didn't seem worse than some pretty well-known Americana from the 70s. Just not my thing. 5 out of 10, but I've got to differentiate somehow.

It’s good but a bit vanilla. And I love vanilla. But this is not a rich creamy vanilla. It’s an icy low fat nilla

En keskittynyt, ei jäänyt mitään mieleen. Aikalaiskriitikoiden kanssa mietin samaa: oliko kaiken studioajan arvoista? Olisiko nopeampi työskentely, pikaisemmat ratkaisut ehkä tuoneet tähän yllättävyyttä? Tuntuu, että on hinkattu kaikki kulmat pois.

Näitä biisejä jää ihan kuuntelemaan, kekseliäitä pikku variaatioita. Biisien ylimitoittaminen ja soiton pehmeä laahavuus liittyvät vuosikertaan. 2,5

Was a bit country for me

Rather boring. It's a shame because there are moments where it feels like it could be so much better. Overall the number one fault of the album is that the songs just aren't memorable at all.

Das ist weder ein „verlorengegangenes Meisterstück“ noch, allen Ernstes, „eine der großartigsten Platten, die je gemacht wurde“, wie sich zwei unterschiedliche Musikschreiber nicht entblödet haben, zu behaupten, sondern nur besonders aufwendig und glatt produzierte, ideenlose Langeweile.

Meh. It’s an okay album but it bounces all over in style and sound elements. In this case, the album isn’t very cohesive. Overall, it’s just there and rather bland.

Not my bag, baby.

Maybe when I'm old, decrepit, and have nothing better to do than sew quilts, I'll feel like listening to this. Until then, keep it the hell away from me.

not my cup of tea

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Sounds like an 80s movie road trip interlude

Another Gene Clark album? REALLY? Admittedly on the last one there was the bit Gilmour clearly got inspired by for 'Wish you were here'. But another one? OK I prefer this one, it's more varied and I think some of the songs are a lot stronger, and it isn't just country rock like the other one, he's definitely moved with the times and sounds better for it. Still a 2 though.

spannend, melancholisch.groovig.

It was fine not good not really bad but just ok

I only like no other. 2.5

An album where I didn't know what to expect with each song, which can be fun but here it just felt jumbled.

another in interesting classic rock album

Singer songwriter, Mag ich gerne hören Sehr beruhigend.

Boring when it’s not country, and aggravating when it is.

A lot of country twang. Not for me.

Competent but I didn't enjoy it much

So so. Does not really do it for me.

Listenable but not my thing. 2*

Yawn…

It's folksy rock. Don't remember a single song. The dude's got talent, but doesn't really leave an impression.

Not for me

not great. 1.7/5 listened 2x

Not sure why this on this list to be honest. Is it good. Yes . Is it amazeballs. No. You could play this amongst any mid60s to 70s American songwriting and I wouldn't be able to pick it out. It's like a good meal at an airport. 2/5. Well executed but Forgettable

I don't know if this is country or rock, kind of forgettable to me.

I wanted to like this album, really. I could hear that great effort was put into the songwriting, the engineering, the production, and the performances, but other than the folky psychedelic track of "No Other", the album seems rather dull. The album is mostly a mix of various forms of soulful country rock, folk rock, and just generally the California singer songwriter sound of the 1970s. No better than 100 or more other records that came out during that decade in these genres. On the other hand I am not a fan of this sound from The Eagles or Neil Young during this era either. I find all of it rather tedious. If you are a big fan of the aforementioned artists perhaps you will enjoy this more than I did. Not a bad record, but not a special one either. I enjoyed it more when he was a bit more experimental.

A markedly uninteresting album. Next.

actually nothing really wrong with this, but just pales in comparison to the other 3s I've rated recently

The acoustic sounds are very nice. The lyrics are cool too. Meh.. I don’t know what it is about “song writers” that I don’t like. And what kind of a genre is that anyway? 2 stars.

Several times I have asked myself about the criteria for compiling this list. Once again it is the case when listening to this album by Gene Clark. For some reason someone things it is important that I should listen to the weakest solo album made by Gene Clark before I die. It is not really bad, but just boring compared to earlier of his albums and as well all the albums by the Byrds when he was still in that band. Strange..

ok, but nothing more

boring. yawning. but at least the album cover is pretty.

Folky sound and pleasant songs

Totally forgettable to me.

Levyn parhaat biisit on ihan viihdyttäviä ja niitä kuuntelee mielellään. Levy kokonaisuutena painuu kuitenkin kategoriaan ei-tarvitse-kuunnella uudelleen.

Ihan ok genressään. Tylsähkö, mutta missään nimessä ei häirinnyt. Kuitenkin keskitason alapuolella

Calm : )

Meh

Meh. Didn't really do anything for me, and I generally like this era/genre.

some fantastic lines tho could i write poetry to this? n

A couple of dope songs, but otherwise this album left my memory right after listening.

Pretty good, but not for me.

"No Other" was the best on this album. Special shout out to "Silver Raven" as well. Dare I say, reminds me of Fleetwood Mac?

Nicht meine Richtung

Liked Silver Raven, No Other, Strength of Strings. A lot of this record is too country for my taste. Absolutely awful cover artwork. Looks like an elementary school art project and if I just saw this in a record shop there's no way I would give it a second glance.

Not really for me

Not bad but not my jam.

OK, but didn't inspire me

More boring folk music.

*yeehaaws sadly*

Sort of generic 70's rock. Didn't find it particularly interesting.

It has some nice songs on it. I don't feel compelled to come back to it -- didn't grab me that much -- but not bad.

Country rock - very croon-y

Very Neil Young, but I don't really enjoy Neil Young. Slow, folky, meh

This was fine, just not my style. Too country for me.

Mild 60s rock with poor man’s Neil Young gestures

Didn't really register wasn't my cup of tea. I keep telling my 15 year son that he needs to start drinking tea but why, he doesn't have to, why don't I leave him alone. I guess I feel he maybe missing out and want him to experience the greatness that is Tea, but maybe I'll cut him some slack.

Not my thing.

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