Reviews (page 8 of 8)
Really strange
Why?????
Gosh, this was a challenge 😐
Not for me. 1/5
Kun ekan biisin kitara lähti, niin tuntu että tässä vois olla jotain. Eka biisi tuntuikin vielä menettelevän. Loppu silkkaa tuskaa. 7. biisissä lauletaan ”I’m just about to go insane”. My thoughts exactly tuossa kohtaa albumin kuuntelua. Vaihdoin äänen monoksi loppupuolella (kuuntelin kuulokkeilla), kitaran likittely ei porautunut niin pahasti vasempaan korvaan ja pystyi kuuntelemaan levyn loppuun.
Well, this is sort of timeless. I would never have been able to guess the era of this album. He has a great voice very reminiscent of Roger Miller, but you won't find any Little Green Apples here and I'm sure he's unaware that England Swings. And he's certainly no King of the Road. I don't know what's been going on recently, but with Leonard Cohen, The Smiths, and now this. Pass the Stanley knife please, I have a pair of wrists that need some attention. What a waste. 1
An absolute croonfest with a suspect album cover. Not for me chief.
What the fuck was this with his deep voice? The least worrying thing was the cover art.
1.5
Sleepy country-sounding folk with a creep, cover.
Fine but not my cup of tea. It had some cool sounds in it, but eh, nothing I would keep. 1/5 stars.
Mmm meh
No thanks
I do not like folk music and this is no exception.
Fred Neil - Fred Neil This just sounds like any other country album out there, although to be fair, for the time this was released (1966), it was one that made the genre what's known now. Even though there are sweet moments through this album, it's overshadowed by the dull and often repetitive melodies that are scattered in this record. Not a great start for the year :/ 1.- The Dolphins = 7/10 2.- I've Got a Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree) = 6/10 3.- That's the Bag I'm In = 5/10 4.- Badi-Ba = 4/10 5.- Faretheewell (Fred's Tune) = 8/10 6.- Everybody's Talkin = 7/10 7.- Everything Happens = 5/10 8.- Sweet Cocaine = 4/10 9.- Green Rocky Road = 5/10 10.- Cynicrustpetefredjohn Raga = 6/10 FINAL SCORE: 5.7/10
boring singer songwriter nnn
Not really my jam
One of the 60's folk singers that was around the time of Bob Dylan, Harry Nilsson & Donovan but never really made the impact they did. This album is not that interesting compared to others around that time, He did write Everybody's Talkin' which is a cracker but there are better versions out there and The Dolphins is pretty good too but everything else is bland.
Not my thing!
The Cover Art is creepy. The song writing was strong. The music, however, was not compelling enough to overcome the creepy feeling.
Worst film I’ve ever seen. Utter tripe and codswallop
Diese Songs fördern ebenso wie der Blick aufs Cover Depressionen!
Boring and superfluous.
Eh
Nein, auf keinen Fall, das ist ein Album, das ich nicht noch einmal hören möchte, bevor ich sterbe. Die Stimme irgendwie erinnert sie mich an Elvis, ist absolut nicht mein Fall. Weg damit und nie wieder in mein Ohr. Allerdings befürchtet ich, das ich "everbody's talkin'" doch noch einmal aufschnappen werde. Dann aber hoffentlich in der Version von Harry Nilsson
Just freakin give me Jonny cash and quit giving me a weak ass handy with this clown.
He sounds like a slightly more country version of Elvis, just without as much talent. I knew 60s country/folk wasn’t gonna be for me coming into this one, and I was right. Everybody’s Talkin’ is by far the best song, but it’s not even the best version of the song itself. Another one where I’m left wondering why it made the cut. Zero desire to come back to this one.
The hit song is a classic, but just didn’t enjoy the record.
Fred Neil by Fred Neil did not seem like an album worthy of this list. I’m not sure this was a good album in 1966 but listening in 2024 with all the amazing music that has come since makes me wonder why I have to listen to this uninspired, boring album.
Sori - tässä ei ole mitään, mitä haluaisin kuulla uudelleen. Everybody's Talkin soi kivemmin Midnight Cowboyn taustalla ja toisen tyypin tulkitsemana.
Fred Neil by Fred Neil proves to be a mixed bag of emotions. While it carries the anticipation of hearing the original version of Everybody's Talkin', famously covered by Nilsson, the album fails to spark the same excitement. Neil's delivery lacks the charisma and dynamism expected from such a revered artist. Despite moments of introspection and sincerity, the overall impact falls flat. It's a shame, considering the potential of Neil's talent. However, for fans of folk music, it still offers a glimpse into a pivotal era in music history. NUMBER OF BANGERS - 0 STAND OUT TRACK - None
Out of all the albums on this list, this sure is one of them.
Meh
- "Sorry to let you know you have died. Welcome to heaven. How are you feeling?" - "Relieved that I listened to Fred Neil before I went. Wow. That was lucky." Said nobody, ever. Give me actively terrible over offensively bland and unmemorable, any day.
1. dolphinz - 1.5 2. ive got a zecret - 1 3. thatz the bag im in - 1 4. ba di da - 1 5. faretheeuuell - 1.5 6. evrybodyz talking - 1 7. everything happenz - 0 8. zuueet cocaine - 1 9. green rocky road - 1 10. raga - 1.5
Mediocre folk music. It would be a 2, but 1 for the cover of him dramatically holding a child that clearly does not want to be there.
The worst one so far?
Nope
1.5
😴
The music is almost as weird as the album cover.
AJ: Townes without any poetic talent. Cash with nothing to say. Weird album cover. I didn’t like this guy at all.
Sorry, this is boring. It's now caricature, maybe that's why it's on the list (so 80s megaband, so baaaad, it's good?). I'd happily listen to David Lee Roth, but not this. I give it a slot as "80s obscure /do they have big permed HAIR/ in the video game "air guitar hero"? Thin reedy lyrics. Huge O v E R d O n E drum kit presence. Big guitars. And tiring stereo effects that go on forever. And zero groove. Droning forever. Oh my.
So we have an album cover of a man holding a child who looks terrified. And on said album there's a song called Sweet Cocaine (which is one of the worst songs in the history of civilization). If that isn't a red flag, I don't know what is.
Que boring! I’d like to point a finger at The The’s rendition of Dolphins, which (unlike this one) is magnificent.
Not my cup of tea
Boring and schmaltzy. Had a tough time finishing it.
not a fan at all
Pretty dull. Fred's voice reminds me a tad of Waylon Jennings sans southern accent and charisma. The best song on here was performed much better by Harry Nilsson. There's really not much to praise. I'd give it 2 stars but then that last song went on forever and pissed me off. I hate those kinds of songs.
Meh. Whatever.
It's a dated sound. Couldn't really get into it.
This album was fine, I appreciate the musicianship, but not really my taste.
Not for us.
Very strange album is a very normal type way. This guy's voice does not belong with this music, and vice versa. Everything sounds all out of place, nothing belongs. He sounds like he should be crooning old classics with Sinatra, yet here is with all the Indian influenced music. I didnt enjoy the discomfort.