Unhalfbricking

Maso

I liked their other one a decent bit but found this one tough to get through. Maybe another day I’ll be in a better mood for it. I enjoy the cover art at least. Rating: 1.7

Kind of a hard listen at times, but "Who Knows Where The Time Goes?" alone holds it up to a 2 on my personal scale

Pretty forgettable and I wonder whether this was actually unique at the time.

Try as I might, I never could enjoy this.

Just very non offensive- would not return to this album out of choice.

Perfectly pleasant, if bland, until Sailor’s Life, which took an unexpected left turn. I don’t see myself coming back to this, and won’t remember a song besides Sailors Life, so I am going to be a bit critical with my rating.

I learned something today. English folk music is not my thing. 2⭐️

Another English folk album. Has a few moments, but ultimately bores me...

Ooft, way too twee for my liking

It's beautiful to the right audience, but I am not that audience. Folk has never been my forte, and it steps into mediocrity to my ears.

I'm decidedly unimpressed.

Lame hippy cult vibes

- I'm not that into this. It's okayish, but I don't love the singer's vibrato. I like it better when the guy starts singing at the end of the album, and that song was the most interesting one for me. - Unfortunately, other than that song, none of the songs really caught my attention except the french song -- for the wrong reasons... the accent was way too anglo to pull it off. And the majority of the songs felt waaaaay too long. - The instrumentation isn't bad, but it doesn't really give anything room to breathe and isn't interesting enough to be that unrelenting. - The other thing I strongly dislike is that a lot of the songs are Dylan's work, and I'm boycotting that misogynist Zionist domestic abuser. - I do like the album cover, though the story is very sad how it reminds them of the very fatal car crash the same day.

70’s folk rock vibe

Some nice folk songs (liked the french one) but mostly a bit same same.

Mellow and chill but unremarkable

Music was as strange as the name

Standouts Autopsy

i expected worse when I saw the album cover

the vocals were nice but overall it was pretty boring

Absolutely not my taste in music.

Истоки фолка пока тяжело мне даются, хотя вроде бы и женский вокал (кстати интересно, что на фото в профиле на Spotify у Fairport Convention одни мужчины, надеюсь, обошлось без трагедий, как перед выпуском этого альбома). Даже есть песня Боба Дилана, но пока не торкает (возможно, как раз поэтому и мимо)

Numbing.

Fine

As beige as the album cover depicts it to be.

98. ok

Bon album. Ça s’écoute bien dans l’ensemble malgré quelques longueurs.

Toca hoy día nublado y una banda que desconozco. Disco chill, más folk que rock. Sin más para agregar, me despido hasta mañana.

Boring music, grating vocals. My mother describes singers like this as “squawking women”. She’s right. It’s hard to listen to, let alone enjoy. I won’t be revisiting this.

Even though I thoroughly hated this, I have to concede that English folk is not anywhere on any list of music I enjoy. So, I'll just say it's a me problem and move on

boring

On another day i might have enjoyed this one, but it is not this day...

boring (with a french song). its like shit fleetwood mac

Call me picky but it’s hard to take an album seriously when you can hear the accent in the singers voices, aside from country music. That is kind of expected. Like I feel like I’m about to hear the audio book for the Lord of the rings trilogy. Ya, no. This has no reason to be on this list. I’d give it a one if these guys couldn’t sing

A French version of If You Gotta Go + other Dylan covers, okay Hey, it gave Eva Cassidy a chance to cover How Does The Time Goes. But it seems like we could have heard more Sandy Denny songs (looking at you Led Zep et al)

Inoffensive to the point of being a bit boring.

No private session used for Spotify. I did not care for the country/folk mismatch. This site is giving me a bunch of folk music recently, I am trying to not let fact I am getting sick of this music make me to jaded in this review.

Not for me but kind of gave Florence Welch vibes

I enjoyed this album and the song autopsy!

Okay

Ok album that didn't amaze me but didn't bother me. The album just felt kinda lukewarm. Don't think I would pick and choose to listen this again.

Still can’t stand the female vocals on these folky records. Some nice rocking moments, but mostly meh.

Poeh, folk muziek. Ja dit is dus echt totaaaaaal niet mijn genre... Ik vind het saai, gedateerd en qua muziek en dergelijke gebeurt er niet zo veel. De zang is opzich best sterk, maar het pakt me gewoon niet. Voor mij is folk gewoon altijd verbonden met Simon & Garfunkel, die saaiige, brave hendrikken met de sexappeal van oud brood. Dit rockt nog wel iets meer, bijvoorbeeld de outro van A Sailor's life, maar nog steeds. De cover, dat is ook een beetje hoe ik de muziek zie; alsof ze elk moment de kerk in kunnen gaan en het vooral de zondagsrust niet mag verstoren. Tsja, nee, ik luister dit album tijdens het weekend en eigenlijk ben ik gewoon een beetje de nummers aan het aftellen voordat ik weer andere muziek aan mag zetten. Folk? Het is gewoon echt niet mn genre. FAVO: A Sailor's Life,

60’s Folk ⭐️Autopsy

Wasn't thrilled. Started out slow went on and on.

cookie cutter 60s was not impressed

Pretty mid folk.

Mäßig spannendes Folk Album

BORING

Good musicianship, but the vocals were to folky for me.

Just some bullshit

Well, they’ve done it again! Fairport Convention serve up another all skips album! To be fair, this is more listenable and the guitar work is more tuneful and intricate than on Liege & Lief. But it’s still a massive airball that seeks but never finds.

I'm still not convinced this is a serious band, has to be a goof. This was better than Liege and Lief, but still very far from good.

Joanie Mitchell sounding but not as good songwriting and had to borrow some Dylan songs. Not impressed

One other reviewer said it bored him to tears. I have to add that that this hippie crap was annoying as well. Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Well, in this case it stood still

Did not care for her voice at all

Not terrible, but could do without the several Bob Dylan covers. I guess I don't have to hear Bob's voice, so that's a bonus. Very folksy, which I can appreciate in small doses. Would rate it a 3 but dropping it because too many covers. I want to hear your own work, not somebody else's.

Many great recordings were made in the 1960s, and I have already had the opportunity to listen to quite a few of them as part of this project. Sometimes I wonder whether there was also boring, uninspired, and insignificant music back then. The answer is yes! “Unhalfbricking” by Fairport Convention meets all these criteria—from the boring songs to the band that isn't 100% tight rhythmically and Sandy Daniels' falsetto whining to the stuffy, eccentric cover, this album contains none of the highlights of its decade. Is it bad enough for one star? No, it's not actually annoying enough for that.

Pretty unremarkable.

It wasn't a bad album, just not my cup of tea personally

The opposite of what I like to listen to, but the other half liked it

Bad folk music - Bob Dylan songs not recorded by Bob Dylan

It's a bit too country for me... not a fan.

Richard Thompson is as good a guitar player as has ever been. He can do it all from finger picking to big riffs. Rock, pop, folk, standards. Whatever. Great songwriter to boot. But I have never found my way into Fairport Convention. Ironically - it's his folk upbringing that I have always felt separated him from the British blues pack. But I am unmoved by his actual folk period with FC.

2/5

Ok 👍

When I saw the cover, I was curious to see what awaited me. So it was supposed to be British folk. That's not necessarily a genre I like. But the cover was unusual and promised something out of the ordinary. Well, I didn't like it. Too saccharine, too much campfire romance. The story behind the album and the cover was interesting, but the music wasn't for me. 2/5

Sorry. Can't make it through this record. All respect to the late Sandy Denny, but that voice is nails on a blackboard to me. I get it. People dig her. And that's fine. I just don't. I'm heretical enough to feel the same about Joni Mitchell on certain songs. But even the ones where I'm not loving her words, I'm loving her poetry. Not my jam. Three stars because of respect for the music, but not for me.

Melodic. A 3. But not really my thing. Two songs of that album maybe. So probably a 2.

The best moments on here bring together the dark psychedelia of the Velvet Underground with the medieval folk style of UK psych, pairing droning guitars and violas working against each other a over sparse but insistent rhythm section to build intensity chaotic intensity while a monotone vocal delivers ancient melodies. The more they lean into the folksy pastoral or corny blues the worse it gets though. Favorite: Sailor's Life, Percy's Song

We had this group before and they were much more interesting when they were doing really old and/or traditional english folk music. This is just boring 60's vocalisms without anything really different to make it stand out. Like it's really nothing.

I felt connected to Amish people while listening to this. Like maybe suffering is what brings us closer to God. And maybe this music is a bit of just that

These vocals are grating as hell

The more folky songs were pleasant; the more psychedelic ones droned on a bit. Kind of mid.

I guess I like the music (particularly the songs leaning towards prog), but that singer lady can fuck right off back to whichever Renaissance Fair they found her at.

I was down with the first track on the album, "Genesis Hall"; that song was great. But I was pretty disappointed the rest of the album doesn't sound anything like that one. I felt this album peaked with the first track here and the rest is just kind of "whatever".

Just alright, oldies type of music that I don’t really mess with and a few songs that’s ere longer than I would have preferred.

Veoma spor album, nista specijalno samo jedna pesma dodata na asdfg.

I went to the Fairport Convention & all the swag sucked!

Great instrumentals but the vocals are not for me.

Country de los 60, muy aburrido.

Gentle enough and it the musicians created a lovely folky trance whenever the Doris stopped warbling for a while. Heard lots worse on the list, so a very generous 2 star rating.

This is difficult. Im trying to bury my prejudice for this sort of drivel. There are hints of something I may like on this with the instrumentation, but the woman's vocals are done in that hippie preachy style which just annoys me, a lot. Then 'Million Dollar Bash' came on with a totally different vibe and with some bloke singing. That was where the rot set in. Not my thing at all.

I mean ... Well ... It's not awful ...

Basically a more folky Jefferson Airplane. Chill but not super exciting

This band has quite the story asking with this album. They were so young! My sister and mother both loved this kind of folk so much that I now just associate it with teenage rebellion, overly sincere hippies and the smell of boiling beans. It is well done, so I can't bring myself to give it one star, but it still stirs more anger in me than your typical heavy metal album.

Very fun, makes me reminiscent of the east coast. Pretty outside what I traditionally listen to though. One of two songs of this nature are fine but a whole album wore on me

this feels so different (and better) than previous fairport we've heard. to a startling degree. this was somewhere between inoffensive and enjoyable to listen to.

Very meh. Only one decent song really.

bit slow

Not particularly engaging; 'A Sailor's Life' has endearing elements but drags at 11 mins. 'Who Knows Where the Time Goes?' is a charming ditty though.

A mix of slow and uptempo songs with some real highlights such as the long instrumental at the end of A Sailor’s Life or the beat of Si tu dois partir Highlights: - Cajun Woman - Percy’s Song - Genesis Hall

Singer has exactly the type of voice that is like nails on a chalkboard to me.

English folk singer/songwriter - this was good and reminded me of Joni Mitchell but it fell flat for me.

I've been listening to quite a bit of English folk music lately as part of this challenge, and Unhalfbricking by Fairport Convention is the latest addition to that journey. Let’s dive in. Overall, the album was enjoyable. While rooted in folk, it offers a nice variety in sound and style, keeping things from feeling too one-note. The lyrics are strong, and I was especially drawn to the vocals—Sandy Denny’s voice is beautiful, with a tone that reminded me a bit of Nico. The guitar work throughout the album is also excellent and adds real depth to the listening experience. Favourite tracks: I particularly liked A Sailor’s Life, Dear Landlord, Million Dollar Bash, and Cajun Woman. Least favourite: The album starts a bit slowly, and some of the earlier tracks—like Autopsy and Genesis Hall—felt a little dull and dragged in parts. Thankfully, it picks up momentum as it goes along. Album artwork: I love it—so distinctly '60s and full of character.

I mean, it was fine. But I didn’t care.

Not for me at all

Абсолютно унылая фолк-группа. Если это и есть британский фолк, то у них большие проблемы. Послушай Калинов Мост - Узарень, к примеру.

Well honestly I feel like this kinda sounds like every other little folk/singer songwriter band from the 60s so nothing really stood out to me

Ugh!

It was ok, though nothing to get overly excited about. The album's length was fine overall, but a few of the songs could have been a bit shorter.

Who knows where the time goes was lovely but other than that was pretty dull, was ready for it to be done

Too Folksy.

Love the cover art, you could have this in your house and other Fairport convention fans would get it while everyone else would assume it's your grandparents. Like the last album this was a bit too classic 60s hippie folk for the most part but every now and then the band would just rip it and I'd be tapping along. Then back to being dull. Not my sort of thing and the brief interludes of half decent music didn't save it.

Boring

Natalie Merchant meets Allison Kraus. Not my brand of music but I didn’t hate it. Maybe it’s because I just watched LOTR Fellowship of the Ring before listening to this.

pass

Ei hirveästi kiinnosta vuoden 1969 soundi,..

- Another band I've never heard of. - It definitely sounds like folk rock, and I ended up listening to the album more than once, cause I was beginning to feel that I don't really get the feel for new music the first time I listen to it. - I don't love the whole album, but my fave songs are A Sailor's Life, and Cajun Woman - I would listen to the album again, depending on my mood. This is very much a "vibes" type of genre for me. If I'm feeling it, I'll like it...if I'm not, turn it off :P

Bloody not good with Folk music... Or folk rock. I have tried I promise...

2.5 - Meh

I'll quote Butthead on this one. "What the hell is this crap?" A French Bob Dylan cover? Only Charlotte Gainsbourg is allowed to do that. I really tried to put my "objective listener" hat on for this, but I was already in a grumpy mood going in and suffering through this oddity didn't help any. And although my one dimensional nature did allow me to appreciate the one mild rocker found here, and one other song that was pretty cool (Who Knows Where the Time Goes ?) (Who knows how this album made the list?) I must throw down a big fat 2 for my review. Sorry not sorry Fairport. 2

In a nutshell: electrified traditional folk. This is what I'd expect to hear in a rural UK pub. Not that's a bad thing. I might go back to this album in a few weeks, because there must be something here I don't see. Overall: 4/10

2.3 This is exactly what I imagine Cartman has in mind when he says he fucking hates hippies.

Fine for what it is, but not my bag.

Melodic, some of it was good. All of it was dated.

British folk-inspired songs not without merits but I'm just not into this any more. Real folk yes, as in, traditional songs by real people (Lomax recordings!) The voice gets really annoying after a few songs. Not very creative.

Not good, Bob.

I don’t like this. Maybe because it reminds me of an evil ex, maybe because it sucks.

Very Joni Mitchell vibes but not as poetic but with better singing. Don’t know if I’ll return but liked it well enough

Mostly folksy music with mild electric guitars and a whispy female lead vocalist. But some tracks are a bit more rocking. The one that stands out to me is 'Autopsy' which is in 5/4 time.

60s cult indoctrination simulator

Didn't like this at all, too slow, too folksy and just kinda shit. Only part that jumped out as a sustained bit I didn't dislike was A Sailors Life, but even that's a stretch

#500. A dull slog that I had to force myself to get through. I liked one of their other albums that I listened to from this playlist, but this one didn't have that same something, whatever it was. 2/5: just kinda boring, really.

Started out promising, but ended up being boring.

OK folk music. Some catchy songs, some not. 2.5.

Not great

bri'ish folk? aso s albumcover findi hammer hahaha ohh seehr schöni stimm!! echli wie d joni mitchell si tu dois partir isch okkkk aber jz echt nöd meh, find cool dass sie französisch singed aber wemmer nöd genau lost chönntmers für englisch halte hahaha autopsy wieder rockiger, a sailor's life wieder folk, mached sies eifach abwechsligswiis? ja han sailor's life jz nöd vill chönne abgwünne also ich find ihri stimm suuuper. d gitarre findi teilwiis au schön. aber mier schlaft chli s gsicht ih who know where the time goes seg so de hit? PERCY JACKSON ja sorry für mich isch das es klars 2, es isch nöd "schlecht" per se, aber finds extrem langwilig (aso genesis hall hani cool gfunde) s albumcover passt guet vodem her guet, das pärli gseht so bieder uus

I’m not too keen on folk, I could get into the opener and Autopsy but the rest not really x

I like The second track: "Si Tu Dois Partir" But generally I don't like the sound of this album, even though I often like folk music or at least folk-inspired pop and rock

not all bad but not really my type of music

All a bit too unbitten.

Kinda boring but ok background music

Please no more. This is twice I've been tortured with these notes

Kind of boring. Best song was the bob dylan cover

Hmmmm. Lady had a nice voice and it was alright for a frosty morning but nit really my cup of tea

at least the songs allowed me to fall asleep

It’s alright but very “it’s own thing”

Not for me

Got better as it progressed. 2.5?

First half of the album was alright, everything after A Sailor's Life was boring, and holy fuck Million Dollar Bash is the worst song in existence

I think i listened to this 3 months ago and forgot to review it. Mid then, mid now.

Can't remember.

Didn’t do much for me

I didn't care for is

Didn't love this one, couldn't really get into it. Just wasn't the vibe of the day

frankly supaboring

Probably a fine folky album but I didn't get into it.

Bit bland but ok.

I’m sorry, this is boring. 2.2 stats

Some decent songs, but something I would never listen to again

Between the cover art and the title I had no idea what to expect. Enjoyed some moments when they got into a groove, but mostly forgettable.

1.7 Bit of a snoozefest. The only song I liked was Million Dollar bash and I think that's a Dylan song.

Decent sound.

Not terrible but pretty boring overall.

2 Fairport Convention Albums in a row. Am I being punked?!

Folk me.

who knows where the time went

Renaissance fair blues

I can’t stand Joni Mitchell and I can stand this even less.

Great cover, a couple of good tracks but not really my thing

Encore un groupe inconnu. Et une révélation : la folk (ou apparenté) n'est vraiment pas pour moi ... Celui ci est cependant plus intéressant que les précédent : Autopsy + Sailor's Life + Avec des chorus plaisants. => 2/5

Fairport Convention's "Unhalfbricking" falls short of expectations. While Sandy Denny's vocals shine on tracks like "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," much of the album feels disjointed and experimental to a fault. The band's attempt to blend traditional folk with rock elements often misses the mark, resulting in an uneven listening experience. Despite moments of brilliance, particularly in their rendition of Bob Dylan's "Percy's Song," the album lacks cohesion and fails to fully capture the magic of their live performances. Die-hard folk-rock fans might find some appeal, but casual listeners may struggle to connect with this ambitious yet flawed release.

Oh wow more boring English folk music from the 60s.

This had absolutely no effect on me whatsoever

2+

Kind of boring folk duet

As someone who has waxed rhapsodic over the likes of The Chieftains and The Milk Carton Kids, I was expecting to have this album make a bigger impression. I think it’s just a reminder that those who pave the way aren’t those who go the farthest or the fastest. I think this album played better as part of a burgeoning folk movement. Put another way, if I was smoking medicinal herbs and dancing with mostly naked women, or could imaging doing it anymore, I’d like this album a lot more. All that said, you can see the foundation being lain, despite the album's title and Sailor's Life is a song I could see returning to.

So Fairport Convention equals English folk huh… The band DOES have a very distinctive sound – especially Sandy Denny’s vocals and stylings, and for what they were trying to do, they did a pretty solid job… Not a big folk fan though, and especially not a big Dylan fan – which I guess there were 3 or 4 Dylan covers on this album – so that might explain my less-than-enthusiastic experience with the “Unhalfbricking”… The 2 songs I did find the most interesting were “The Autopsy” & “Where Does The Time Go” – both written by Denny, as both are fine efforts, and I’d give them both 4-stars out of 7-stars… I rated a Dylan album a few weeks back, and I commented on how I think Dylan is a great songwriter – however, just about ALL of the versions of his songs that I like – were performed by other artists (i.e. “All Along The Watchtower” – Jimi Hendrix, “Mr. Tambourine Man” – The Byrds, “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” G&R, etc.). Well, Fairport Convention had 4 chances to wow me on this album, but not so much… Anyways – definitely a unique sound, and fairly well-executed for what it was, so a solid 2 in my book…

✅ pleasant, but not as compelling as Leige and Leif

I dont like it at all. Didn't like the other one by them. Not my thing, boring, shite, just not for me

They can’t all be winners.

This kind of sounds like what they’d play in at an old timey circus.

Not bad musically, just not my style at all.

folk... een genre dat alle kanten op kan, van zeer goed, bijna punk tot zeer campy melodrama songs... helaas te veel naar die laatste kant

Not bad, but not my kind of music

5/10. Not my thing, paja la mayoria del disco. TF: Autopsy/A Sailor's Life

I think it would make good background music at a festival, in the sun, drinking cider etc. But I didn't enjoy it on it's own.

Why is English folk always so boring?

Okay

Zzzzzz.

ok, but not my style of music

Folk music, not keen.

Boring

I really could not get myself to enjoy this album, it’s worth noting the non bonus track version is only 6 songs long and one of those is in French. So of the 5 songs I was able to understand, there is no inherent flaws, the lead female vocalist has a beautiful voice and the lyrics are well done, I just couldn’t bring myself to enjoy any of the songs as I found them all so boring and lack lustre. “Million dollar bash” is the closest to enjoyment and is a quick sub 3 minute, faster in tempo and therefore more enjoyable. This album actually makes me want to go re rate Beth ortons album. As this feels like a 30 year earlier incarnation and made me realise in reflection that I was tottaly wrong about that album and they are both equally as boring as one another.

Much prefer other bands of this genre

Drones on at times - like much music of this era it can go off on a drug induced aimless wander and leave us sober folks wondering what the hell just happened. Enjoyed sections of this when it was a bit more tightly focused. Nice vocals, good musicianship. Glad it was only 40 minutes, I could at least bear listening once through. No more please.

think i need to be in a certain mood to enjoy this, but its certainly not terrible

Nice beach / driving with the windows down music, nothing super great to me!

Folky, not really my style and there were some songs I enjoyed but overall nothing special

No

Not for me at this moment

Ok

Not my thing for a full album listen overall, but i do love Autopsy , and Who Knows Where the Time Goes is full of sad memories for me.

2.5 Surprisingly, fairly enjoyable just not my sort of thing.

strange… not in a good way

A little strange but I’ve gotten much worse off this list.

This album started pretty decently. Was off to a better start than the last fairport album. But then it got really folky and boring. I don’t think a 10 minute folk song should ever exist. The French song was surprisingly catchy and enjoyable too but pretty much downhill after that. Almost was good. 5.0/10

Classic 60s vocals but no snap to their sound.

As is with all folk music for me, it's somewhat uniform and boring to listen to after some time. Yes, there are some Bob Dylan titles, but they weren't published by himself then for a reason.

more boring British folk

just really boring Significant 38/121 Liked 17/121 Added 4/121 NNN

Boring as hell folk music.

Autopsy is great. But the vocals aren’t great for the most part. 2 stars

I didn't hate this but it didn't really interest me. I've found I'm quite averse to the 60/70 style of female folk vocal which is grating and lacking in depth. This hit that 'not so sweet' spot and I found it difficult. I'm sure the songs were well crafted and if you like her voice it could be a great record, but not for me.

More like FAIRly CONVENTIONal folk music. 100% the only reason this is on here is because Dylan is listed as a writer on some of the song credits and nothing makes the author of this book harder than a Dylan writing credit.

Uninspiring

I kept hoping for it to get better; it does not. Bargain basement Joni Mitchell.

2.5

Weird and slow. A real snooze. Very 60s but not it a good way

Muistaakseni todella laimea esitys. Olisikohan ollut yksi nautittava biisi ja muuten aika skeidaa.

Ihan jees fiilistelyä, mut ei mitenkään erikoista mun sieluun

Repetitive, sea-shanty-sounding folk that drove me to somnolence. I think I'm the wrong demographic or era for this stuff. Even the big hit on it, "Who knows where the time goes?" didn't really stick for me. I'm sure my parents loved it though.

Oof. Not for me, Clive. Rotten rubbish. The point of no return was when I heard the phrase 'Four and twenty'. That would be 24. It might be 1969 but if you can put a man on the moon (allegedly), you should be able to get to grips with basic modern numeral conventions.

Meh

Bit wishy-washy.

A lot of musical/vocal talent that falls short on songwriting/lyrics.

Mehh

A bit boring

Starts out nice with Genesis Hall but becomes dull after a while. Very narrow in range

Interesting - especially the quality of the girl singer’s voice, but only just interesting.

Mooie hoes, deze gasten hadden we volgens mij al eens eerder beluisterd. Kan me niet zo bekoren

Sounds like a lot of folky music from the 60s and just isn’t very interesting to me

Reminds me of why I hate folk. This genre contains some of the most boring music there is.

Not my thing.

We don't need two Fairport Convention albums on this list, we know what they're about, go and do your medieval cosplay somewhere else. A forgettable 2.

Never get these guys. All the ingredients seem to be there, but the combination never rises above dull for me. She's got a great voice, the tunes are pretty enough, but I've just finished listening to what is a pretty short album and I couldn't say that I remember even one of the songs. 2/5.

Disproves my theory that the best of any genre is worth checking out. Quality ingredients: great voice, love the guitar, amazing fiddle, solid material, especially Who Knows Where The Time Goes, pretty arrangements. Yet somehow it all comes together into something that never really rises above being boring. I like relaxing music, I'm ok with a melancholy mood, but no matter how much I try, no matter how good the albums are in this project, I just don't like folk music. I've really tried. I don't mind having listened and I assume this album deserves a place on this list. But I won't be back.

I might give it 2.5 if they let me.

I'll be honest, I didn't enjoy listening to it much. Only decent track here is Autopsy. Maybe A Sailor's Life too but it's too long. 4/10

I kept forgetting it was on. Nice gentle folk music, but would've been happy to die before listening to this one. So wouldn't be in my book of essential albums.

Our second from this group, and it's decent but it doesn't feel "necessary" in the sense that I would hope for any album on this list. They're a pretty cool '60s psych/folk rock group, but we don't need multiple from them. Suprise surprise, they're British. Favorite tracks: Si Tu Dois Partir, A Sailor's Life. Album art: Some old foagies standing around. Appropriately boring I'm afraid. 2.5/5

This collection of folk songs would be much better if the singer didn't have that slightly annoying, thin, fast-vibrato voice. On top of that, some of the instruments are out of tune. I gues this one is not for me. 2/5

Folk off with this shit 2/5

They said it best in Autopsy - "..why must you bore me to tears?" Aggressively dull.

De cover van het album wekt bij mij geen enthousiasme. Enthousiasme kwam ook niet opspelen tijdens het luisteren. Het is best wel traag, een beetje saai. Hier dan even de “oké” nummers want het is niet zo zeer dat het slecht is: - Cajun Woman - Who Knows Where Te Time Goes - Million Dollar Bash

I can never understand why bands feel the need to recreate sounds that were already done in the past. For me the whole point of music is bringing something new to the table and this ain't it

Unoffensive, not remarkable

Quaint

I adore the album cover. Not the album.

I just heard of this folk group. This was pretty decent but didn't seem like something I'll remember a week from now

This feels very 60's... and British. It's a bit too much for me. It's the kind of music I would expect to run into in the corner of a brew festival. Good enough, but not really good.

Ajattelin ensin kolmosta, sillä tietyssä mielentilassa (väsyneenä, tai sydänsuruisena) tällainen musiikki voisi kuulostaa hyvin kauniilta, mutta valitettavasti levyn toka biisi oli niin ärsyttävä rallatus, ettei uppoa missään mielentilassa. (Olenpas minä nyt pihi näiden tähtien kanssa, toivottavasti huomenna on jotain enemmän mun makuun.)

Muistiinpanot: ei ollut muistiin painuva. Ohueksi jäi ja taustamusana pysyi 2/5

Honestly not a fan of folk music, maybe one day it’ll change, but I like vashti Bunyan more than them lol

Some nice moments, but this album was just lost on me. I didn’t get it, maybe need to understand it in context. Kinda boring. Songwriting didn’t feel that interesting to me.

Solid folk rock with some great guitar playing. Doesn't really do anything mindblowing to me though honestly. A Sailor's Life is cool just because of how long it is.

I was generous on giving this group a 3 on their last album.

Solid folk, listenable and melodic.

Just sort of sweet light folk, some times it gets a bit more uptempo for variation which helps…

I'm being a little harsh in the rating because this music quickly goes from "fine & unoffensive" to irritating, the longer i listen to it. Genesis Hall was actually a good start, but it just drags on with the minstrel folk music. A Sailor's Life at 11 minutes did me in.

Neat album save the female lead vocal

Some weird old timey ish. Not really picking up on what she's laying down

Eh, kinda boring, didn't do much for me!

I can't. Not as bad as ub 40 though. I liked Cajun Woman 2/5

Having has Liege and Leif earlier, I can only say that even a less folky Fairport doing Dylan songs is still boring. The voice is lovely, deep, resonant but I really was just twiddling my thumbs and thinking about what I'd listen to next when this was on. Like I say, nice voice, I think Sailors Song went a bit Velvet Underground for a minute. That's the positive.

Not my speed

Folk rock, never folky enough to scratch that itch for me, nor rocky enough for the other. Have not listened to the whole album, but they could potentially have a good hybrid in there of the two, I just have not yet heard it.

2.5

As I sit here shoving cake into my fat face and thinking about lost love, I can't help but think that listening to this record was just an incredible waste of time. I could be out there, on the prowl for some perfumed pussy, sharpening my talons, ready to devour an unsuspecting feline. Instead, it's cake, crying and watching repeats of the entire first series of Big Brother. The one with Nasty Nick and cheeky scouser Craig. A tear rolls down my crumb-laden face as I shit my shorts, sigh and remember the good old days. You have been evicted.

country album, pretty self explanatory. Fav track: none Least fav: Si tu dois partir

No thanks

this album is wack why is it on this list

Meh

2/5 not my cup of tea

Clearly, I do not have the musical taste to appreciate this album. Doing some research I found that most of the songs were written by Bob Dylan. IMHO, only "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" likes me.

Million Dollar Bash é divertidinha.

Cumbaya, falsetto vocals and acoustic guitars. This is British folk music from the 60's and sounds about the way you'd expect.

I grew up around folk music and folk folk, so have a natural aversion to anything that leans too much in that direction. but I actually quite enjoyed parts of this, which surprised me. The middle section of A Sailor’s Life / Cajun Woman put me in mind of the early demo versions of some of the more extended VU & Nico songs. Maybe it was the violin, and the rockier edge to it. The rest of it kind of washed over me. Not sure I understand either the title or the family photo on the cover (even after Googling), which doesn’t help. Not too bad in places but unlikely to play it again.

La pochette ne m’inspirait pas du temps. Finalement j’ai été surpris de mon écoute. Pas vraiment mon style, mais les voix, particulièrement celle de Sandy Denny que je ne connaissais pas, et certains passages musicaux étaient intéressant. Par contre, je n’ai pas vraiment aimé le style Cajun de Si tu dois partir. Mais bravo pour l’audace de mettre une chanson en français pour ces Anglais. Pièce préférée: Genesis Hall

Minns inget av denna!

I had never heard of this group before, so I went into this blindly. I get why it's praised, but it's just not doing anything for me in the moment. I'm picky when it comes to folk music anyway.

If I were in a 1970s hippie commune, I'd expect to be sitting in a field with butterflies fluttering around, and us hippies perched on logs crafted into haphazard chairs listening to someone with a guitar singing folks songs while the rest of us swayed back and forth and attempted to harmonize. And if I did that, I'd have this album

I dunno. It was fine. I don't ever see going back to it though.

Such an old style. I'm sure is was good back in the day. 2/5

Completely unenthused about this. I don’t have anything against it, but I’m just not into it. Very meh.

Pretty twee. Interesting to listed as historical artefact but can't say I actually enjoyed it.

You are fucking kidding me. ANOTHER album from 1969. And of course it's fucking folk rock, with a more annoying than usual singer. Guy who wrote this book, I fucking hate you. It's like the sole purpose of it is to make me listen to boomer bullshit 5 days a week. 2/5.

Not really my cup of tea but I like the cover.

Decent album but not something I think I'd ever revisit.

Fairport Convention ain't nothing to folk with.

En general aburrido, y eso que me gusta este tipo de música. Me ha hecho gracia la canción en francés "Si tu dois partir" y el single famoso "Who knows where the time goes?". Dos estrellas y ya.

mehhh with some occasional funky guitar

Nada memorable. Al menos ya super de donde es originalmente Naked If I Want de Cat Power.

Nice album cover

Seriously?

2,4 Goh het wou een vibe creëren maar ik voelde het niet. Percy's song was het beste nummerke

Hätte ich früher wahrscheinlich mehr abzugewinnen versucht, bin aber diesmal etwas zu genervt von diesem Vashti Bunyan‘esken Gesang. 2.3

Not my thing.

Did not like the singer's affectations or the meandering compositions. I guess baby boomer folk is not my thing. I appreciated the clean, clear production, even if every song would benefit from stripping back the group vocals. An excellent rhythm section elevate the material where they can.

Does there really need to be multiple Fairport Convention albums on this list? Anyways, significantly inferior to their follow-up. Kind of bland overall. A bunch of Dylan covers and some glimpses of what would come next. Favourite Track: “Percy’s Song”

Was surprised to see that it's from 1969. Sounds like the kind of folk music you'd hear from America from much more recent years. Not hugely my kind of thing, could appreciate it though. Reminded me a bit of Lera Lynn but didn't enjoy as much. Did like the bits that sounded like traditional Irish folk music though

Alright but not great

It was OK. Couple of good songs but mostly a bit dull

is it prog-folk? Whatever it was..... I wasn't a fan

Nope

Never ever heard Fairport Convention... Top Track: Cajun Woman

It's a shame to give it a bad rating because the music style is great but I cannot handle the singer's voice

Too old school folksy for my taste