White Light

decent album, i thought the tracks sounded nice, i probably wouldn’t listen to them in my free time but they were okay

Very conflicted. It was good, but not memorable. Right in the middle of 3 and 4, but I’ll keep it closer to 3 this time.

Experience was incredibly soothing, made for a nice wind down after work. There wasn’t really anything I didn’t like about this album, but none of the songs really stood out either. Almost a four

heavy influence on the future of Americana

a fine album. its nice, its lovely to listen to, but thats about it for me.

This didn't leave much of an impression. It's a bit overly reliant on harmonica to create interest in every song, and all the songs blur into sameness. Mid

Not a fan of this genre. Gordon Lightfoot and the like. Just not my bag.

3 stars. Some nice tracks, others not my thing.

+1 for Album cover I wouldn’t call this country. I really love this vibe. Acoustic 70’s never disappoints.

Listened to the original 9 track release. Pretty boring Bob Dylan-inspired stuff. Not very interesting at all to me. Best track: 1975

zzz..... 2 stjerner

Lød sgu lidt benløst! Men meget pænt. Blev glad da Tears of Rage kom fordi den løder virkelig godt, men kom i tanke om at det bare er et cover af en meget bedre originaludgave af The Band, og en endnu bedre Bob Dylan demoudgave fra The Basement Tapes

Det lød fint nok, men det gjorde ikke lige noget for mig

It was just ok

8/10. You need the right mindset going in, but very good. Some nostalgia here for me. White Light (3rd track) started to pull it altogether for me. Ended up putting about half the songs on the 5 star playlist. Big fan of the harmonica per usual from me.

Wasn't sure what to make of this. Can hear that it probably influenced a lot of music from that era, but mainly stuff I am not that into: Dylan, Byrds / Gram Parsons, etc. Kind of passed me by.

This was great! The songs are the real stars, pushed to the front in the production and allowed the space to dominate. The minimal use of the Hammond organ adds a little variety. It doesn't grab you by the balls and say LISTEN TO ME. The quality spoke for itself. So good I played it twice.

Never heard his solo music. Loved the Byrds; this album is nice but not great.

The Byrds were good until now, and I understood that Gene Clark was the guy behind them, but this album is very annoying and never-ending. "For A Spanish Guitar" is a good highlight, but it doesn't save the album.

A little too slow for me, though it does have a good sound to it.

It's pleasant. Sadly pleasant. That's about it.

Nice, but not as interesting as the other Gene Clark album on the list!

De va no nice

Eh... kind of boring. Okay for chill background music, but nothing special.

98/1001 🌕🌕🌑🌑🌑

Mediocre.

This was a hidden gem of the list for sure. This album just has a good groove throughout despite changing gears every song. Every song has its own style and groove and is done very well. Reading the wiki tells you why, these are all pros who were involved in tons of other successful projects. It’s mostly folky to me but there’s quite a bit of soulful blues and rock and roll mixed in as well.

The first song got my hopes up. Rest of it reminded me that this man was in the byrds. Solid but not exciting.

Pleasant and enjoyable but nothing to write home about for me

I've never listened to any of Gene Clark's solo albums before. I loved this one. Already downloaded to listen again. Just really good songwriting with great melodies.

Man these guys really like the Byrds and mad does Gene Clark like Bob Dylan. I enjoyed this album and its laidback vibe. Jesse Ed Davis’ guitar parts were great. It certainly has the most unique cover of “stand by me” I’ve ever heard.

Gene Clark is the singer/songwriter that was with the Byrds during the mid-sixties. White Light is one of his solo albums. This is a collection of country rock songs from a historically important figure. These are good, but not particularly memorable songs.

There have been a lot of pretty awful country albums on this list, especially recently, so it was great to hear one that was actually pretty good. The Dylan influence was also quite clear (as you’d expect from a member of The Byrds) and while there was nothing too memorable it was a really nice listen while it was on

Nice folk-rock but nothing rememberable. 2,5

01) The Virgin - 7,0 02) With Tomorrow - 6,0 03) White Light - 5,0 04) Because of You - 5,0 05) One in a Hundred - 5,0 06) For a Spanish Guitar - 5,0 07) Where My Love Lies Asleep - 4,5 08) Tears of Rage - 5,0 09) 1975 - 5,5 TOTAL: 5,33 (53/100) Current ranking: 166/185 Sounds like a Bob Dylan wannabe to me. The album was popular only in the Netherlands. How random. I don't really know how it deserved to be on this list, a boring and uninspiring country folk album.

Fín plata. Eitthvað við þessa angurværð sem heillar.

Came to the reviews to see why this would be on the 1001 list… and most others don’t know either. Not bad, but certainly reeks of someone leaving a group for a solo career, and producing this average material. 2,2/5

Meh

Head towards the White Light children. Head towards the light.

little heat

the virgin isch sehr sehr simpel aber mags no, sochli country folk wo gschichte verzellt. with tomorrow chli lahm? aso sehr schön aber chli lahm. white light isch wieder mit meh energie. cute song. because of you het mi etz nöd mitgnoh. one in a hundred au nice. slide gitarre cool. aaah geil mer hend e briiidge. for a spanish guitar au cute aber d harmonika gohtmer langsam chli uf de sack. where my love lies asleep weisnüme tears of rage sehr schön 1975 au meega schön hammer gitarre cooli chords. uuuh stand by me vom benn E king (we always respect that) ship of the lord wieder seeehr simpel aber cute? opening day wieder meeega schöni lead gitarre und d chooords im prechorus? chorus? huere schön. schönste song bis jetz. winter in erinneret mi anen beatles song? glichi chords. seeehr schön.

the virgin sehr cute with tomorrow au super, schön beruhigend bin jz kein riesefan vode schnorregige because of you ischmer chli zu langsam mann s het so guet ahgfange und jz de rest findi alles chli glich d perkussion findi isch au immer chli glich stand by me 😕 so es schöns lied und es isch eifach chli apathisch

Good

Vaya rollazo. ¿Cómo puede ser que convierta la canción Stand By Me en un rollazo? No tiene perdón de Dios. No le pongo un 1 porque estamos en periodo navideño y mi propósito de hoy es decir cosas bonitas. La voz es bonita.

2.5

The most interesting thing about this is that the lead singer was in a slightly less boring group.

Понравилась Tears of Rage, все остальное чисто колхозная тема. Не скажу, что это плохо, но при этом вообще не моë. Такое можно с кайфом послушать только при особенном антураже

Ehh….good but this drags on.

Enjoyed this. Easy listening and pleasant.

I didn't realise Gene Clark was a member of the Byrds, but it makes sense. The guitar playing is nice if pretty simple and it's a soft and enjoyable little collection of songwriting. Some great moments but a few too many that didn't really stick in the brain after a few listens, for me.

Bit of a snoozefest

Was a 3 until I got to the worst cover of “Stand by me” I’ve ever heard

2.5 stars. not sure how often id listen but it wasn't bad

Others did this better

Meh

Not something I'll listen to again

I don't like Bob Dylan, why would I like someone doing Dylan karaoke?

country, 1971 -> 2

first listen it's really good

A very meh album overall. Not surprising it wasn't a hit anywhere but the Netherlands. Tears Of Rage is the best song on by far, and that's to be expected since it's a Dylan song. The rest? Forgettable.

En Gene Clark se dan la mano la música country y el pop-rock más tradicional. No en vano Clark fue uno de los integrantes de los míticos Byrds hasta 1966. En este disco entrega un puñado de canciones emocionalmente intensas como corresponde a un buen cantautor. El primer tema del disco, "The Virgin" es ya toda una declaración de intenciones: simplicidad compositiva, melodías que mantienen un eco (más o menos lejano según el tema) de la música country, y letras de gran contenido poético. En la canción "White Light" que da título al disco lo country es evidente, mientras en canciones como "Because Of You" sobrevuela una melodía que es eminentemente pop/rock. También destacaría "For a Spanish Guitar", y "With Tomorrow". Y me gusta mucho la versión que hace de "Tears of Rage", de Bob Dylan, y su mirada resignada a un presente descorazonador y un futuro incierto.

Nice music. Lovely music. Boring music... Another one for the category of "nothing music"

Very Bob Dylan!

I found this unbearably twee.

Like a lot of these one off albums, did I need to hear this before I die?

Meh

kind of generic

It's boring, unremarkable folk albums like this that make this list hard to plod through at times.

En ihan ymmärrä tätä. Hyvin kiteyttää mies ja kitara -genren, toki sliipattuja biisejä. Niin sliipattuja, etten oikein pääse pintaa syvemmälle.

Tämä Byrd on kuunnellut The Bandia ja tehnyt tämmöistä. Biisit koostuvat ikävä kyllä koukkujen muotoisista aukoista - ja tämä on tosiaan vähän ikävää, koska artisti herättää pientä sympatiaa.

Chilled country vibes

It's like if Bob Dylan was a slightly better singer and half as interesting as a songwriter...which is still pretty good. Favorite track: 1975

Kind of felt like diet Bob Dylan. And a lot of the songs where kind of the same. Probably not coming back to this.

Honestly this record felt kind of boring to me. I'm not sure why it made it on this list. It feels like a copycat Bob Dylan or a John Prine, or Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. It just didn't really do it for me.

You know for being an aficionado for all things singer-songwriter 70s country rock, I really did not vibe with this album. It felt very... basic..? Like it was fine. I enjoyed it. There was certainly nothing wrong with it, I just don't feel like there was anything that really spoke to me. Maybe I need another listen to engage with the lyrics? IDK. The Stand By Me cover was a high point for me.

Never heard of Gene Clark. Reminded me a lot of Jim Croce. Big a bit different, I just can't peg exactly how. Enjoyed the story telling and easy melodies.

Really quite boring. Apparantly this was big in Holland, I'm not sure what they were smoki...oh wait.

Marginally better than that Byrds album I had to trudge through, but it's close.

Godgloeiende wat is dit saai zeg. Abnormaal.

I love singer songwriters, especially of this era. There are things to like about this album. I do like Clark's almost idiotically simple approach to the music. The instrumentation is minimal and makes for a great dinner party or coffeehouse vibe. But ultimately, it's just as vapid as it sounds. The poetry is middling. The Tears of Rage cover just makes me want to listen to Dylan or The Band. That's ultimately the problem. Gene Clark is just DULL. His voice is timid, his guitar playing is both too proficient to be raw and too sloppy to be the focus. His orchestration feels simple because he's simple but it's like he's trying to hide from it.

A little boring...

I went into this completely blind. I’d never really listened to Gene Clark before — then realised he was in The Byrds. And honestly, at this point in the challenge, it feels like there are far too many Byrds-related albums on the list. This one just didn’t grab me. It feels very samey throughout — mid-tempo, introspective, and drifting along without much variation. I kept waiting for something to lift it, but it never really arrived. For me, it lacks urgency and bite. It leans heavily into that earnest, rootsy singer-songwriter territory. At times it feels like a stripped-back, softer blueprint for artists who would come later — but without the dynamism. Being a huge Springsteen fan, I couldn’t help thinking this felt like a poor man’s version of that heartland storytelling — similar themes, but without the punch or the hooks. Favourite tracks: “With Tomorrow” and “White Light” stand out. There’s a bit more melody and shape to these, and they’re the reason this scrapes a 2/5 rather than lower. Least favourite: If I’m honest, most of the rest of the album blends into one long, indistinct listen. Album artwork: Pretty average, nothing especially striking or memorable. Overall, it’s not terrible, just dull. And that’s worse. It’s another one ticked off the list, but not one I’ll be returning to.

Quite pleasant singer songwriter, one of two songs that were quite beatlesy and a bit more complex but mostly just some decent acoustic songs. Guys voice was nice without being amazing, it wasnt bland but it was all just fine. Nailed on 3

Nice lyrics but limited in singing. Just a bit too bland and nice. I did enjoy For A Spanish Guitar, but the rest of the album is inoffensively bland.

At the start of this I thought it was ok, but god it's so boring. Sorry Gene. It sounds well put together and his voice is nice but it's so forgettable. The cover of stand by me was really bad too save annoyed me

Have had three (four including Morrissey) solo male artists all of varying quality. Devendra Banhart was insufferable, Bill Callahan was a four star serenade and Gene Clark was nothing to right home about.

"White Light" is the second solo album by Gene Clark, former member of The Byrds. This folk rock singer-songwriter performed poorly on US charts as a solo artist. While not outright bad, this album is rather boring and seemingly uninspired.

Low-key. Pleasant to listen to, but honestly whose world would this actually rock? Maybe that's not the point. "Where My Love Lies Asleep" is a soft, sweet song, and represents most of what is on this album.

meh

Pretty good. Reminiscent of John Denver and the like. I almost dropped it to 2 stars because of the iffy rendition of Stand By Me, but will keep it at 3 because I genuinely enjoyed the rest.

Another background music album. Very pleasant, but nothing jumped out at me. Probably good for a homework playlist or something. I feel like I must be missing context for these albums. But hey, this is 1001 Albums - you gotta come hard.

I’d play this album for background music but actively listening to it is not for me. There was more than once that I was hoping for a pickup in the tempo or a key change because I thought that’s what the song and album needed, but it never came. This is one of those albums that I question why it’s on the list. It’s not bad music by any means, I just don’t see the significance right away. I was sitting on a three, but the cover of Stand By Me was not it, and frankly why even try to cover that masterpiece? The Opening Day/Winter In combo was also trippy.

Not sure why this is on the list. It doesn't feel innovative or inspiring. Wikipedia is saying that this was not well received in the the US, but did great in the Netherlands. I guess that means we'll be seeing a Drake Bell album on here do to his success in Mexico? Nothing wrong with the album. Just boring. I take back my previous statement. There is something wrong with this album. It's too long.

Great album

This album just sort of washed over me. There’s not much here to really grab onto. This is not an outstanding example of folk or country especially for its time. The instrumentation was pleasant enough and the production was fine, but the lyrics didn’t really grab me. Overall, while an ok album, it’s puzzling why it’s on this list when so many better examples of country and folk exist from the same time.

Un superbe album folk, doux et tendre

This Gene Clark folk/country rock album is fine (somewhere between 3 and 4 stars) but not clear why it should be included in the list. In the past I was quite a bit disappointed when I bought a cd copy, had rather high expectations knowing No Other which is an exceptionally good 70s album (which apparently was not understood at that time)

Gentle, relatively uneventful country album.

1/1 folksy hero

Dreary country nonsense. Only decent track was One In A Hundred. The rest all sound the same.

4.5

Although not as baroque or original as No Other , a fine and early post Byrds document.

It's kinda sleepy.

It’s perfectly respectable folk/country. It neither dazzles nor disgusts. His work with The Birds is much more compelling, which goes to show that 1) a meh song can be great with the right arrangement, and 2) a truly great song doesn’t need bells and whistles to show its greatness. 2.8

Good singer songwriter fare. Seems strange this wasn't popular in the day. Has Dylan/The Band feel in spots which is nice. Other songs get a little sluggish. I only listened to the original nine songs. 3.5

Gene Clark - White Light 2nd album by Clark (former member of the Byrds). Only did well in the Netherlands. Tears of Rage is so good. I found this album too be really good and in the spirit of Graham Parsons. Shame it didn't do well when it was released but I hope it's found it's audience today. 5/5

How many singer-songwriter country folk albums do I have to listen to on this list? Just when you think this is over, it's only half done. This man has zero emotional range. See his completely flat version of Stand By Me.

This sounded better to me than most Byrds albums, and I like those OK. I was very pleasantly surprised, never having listened to solo Clark stuff. I'd welcome a return to this any old day. At times the songs are a bit too similar to each other, but in general I found this quite impressive and really nice to listen to. Wikipedia tells me this album only did well in the Netherlands. Well, Gene Clark, I'm happy to have you as my Dutch baby.

Some great lyrics, the style just wasn't for me.

Although I was afraid it would go too country for my taste, this is a decent folk "rock" album. This makes for an easy listen, and I see how this can be representative of the era. Songs are way too similar, so it can get tiresome by the end.

Paar plezante nummers, wel beetje eentonig

Wa mok zeggen, beetje saai

Lots of hate in the reviews here - not sure it warrants a best of all time placement, but nice and relaxing. More Byrds ahead it seems

Een album dat onder 6 genres valt, maar eigenlijk van alles net niets is. Het is niet slecht, maar ook niet bijzonder, de cover van Stand by Me is de moeite waard.

I really liked this

Rather liked this one. Shocked that it didn't register much with audiences at the time. Just a smooth, easy listen with a great vibe. 4/5

Jäi aika taustalle mutta hyvällä tavalla. Pitää ottaa toinen kierros ja kuunnella kunnolla. 3/5

Tää toimi yllättävän hyvin, vaikka aika tavanomaista. Sointukulut vaan iski. En tiedä, oliko auringonpaisteen syytä. 4-/5

Solid 60-luvun tyyliä

Not good. It was short but that's the only good part. It's country and folk.

Can‘t out this differently: a real grower.

Easy listening album. Liked most of the songs. Probably wouldn't listen to it over and over again.

This wasn’t my usual, but it was good enough that I just let it keep going. Not bad.

- slow and long not a recipe for something that Trevor likes - Yeah not too into this but I appreciate the talent

- feels like classic 70s singer-songwriter - nothing about it really stands out to me

Solid album.

Hm, sounds countryish. Yeah sorry, can't get into this. 1 star.

This was an enjoyable album. I had never listened to Gene Clark before. I learned the term "jangle pop" by looking up the artist.

Another lonely cowboy sings to his guitar by the campfire. I played the songs. None of them interested me. The piece For a Spanish Guitar promised to be interesting. If it was indeed written for a Spanish guitar, it lacked the virtuosity to play it. Boring.

Most of the album was okay, bit that was a pretty terrible version of Strange By Me.

Early folk rock? Not bad, not really anything stand out either

1971 Folk Rock, Gene Clark of the Byrds. 3.5

Sounds dated.

Solid

Skemmtileg plata, fínt fólkrokk.

C'était long et plate en tabarnak.

I liked it, chill

This certainly is a guy with a guitar.

Folk music. Sounds like Bob Dylan.

Generic and boring album, nothing interesting at all. Probably just a waste of time.

Country isn’t my usual forte, but this is very good. The mood, the writing, the vocals, the instrumentation - it’s all very serene and harmonic. This is one of those records that reminds me why I’m doing this project.

Naaaah. Tråkigt helt enkelt

A bit like Bob Dylan... but worse.

Everything here is extremely pleasant to listen to. Even the Stand By Me cover was great.

Actually liked this one a lot? Nothing memorable about it, I just listened to it like 5 times in a row

Alright, just a bit bland and boring.

Easy listening. Fairly uninteresting. The Bob Dylan harmonica is tough to listen to.

beetje Amerikaans boer

I prefer Glen Campbell's style

Good enjoyable album. Gald it found its way on the list

Solid jams with words that aren’t as deep.

Really liked it.

Ganske uinteressant. Holdt nesten på å hørra på bonus tracksene også, men heldigvis sjekka eg wikipedia akkurat i tide

Ich muss zugeben, dass ich das Album mehrmals anhören musste, weil es mir anfangs langweilig, zu nüchtern ohne Ecken und Kanten erschien. Aber immer mehr erschloss sich das Album mir und konnte die Melodien und die Stimme von Gene Clark sehr genießen. Folgende Titel sind meine Highlights: White light, Because Of You, One In A Hundred, For A Spanish Guitar,Where My Love Lies Asleep.

This album was a lot better than I thought it would be.

Good to weave to

schnarchig

Great laid back 70s acoustic songwriter album.

A pretty awesome folk find. Similar to James Taylor. A shame Clark’s solo career didn’t take off.

I enjoy folk so this was an easy listen. Classic 3-4 range for me but generic enough to be 3.

Another 70s folk rock album. Felt a little more present that previous entries, but still, not my cup.

Kinda boring, covers are extra boring

fine

Mellow 70's stuff. Not bad, just not that good either.

I really enjoyed this. There was nothing really memorable, but I would certainly listen again.

Very calming. Quite forgettable though.

Jesus fucking Christ. No. This is like everything I can't stand in music wrapped in one package. I feel a headache coming on today and this certainly did not help. Oh, you've done it now Gene Clark. There's so many Byrds albums on this list, did we seriously need 2 Gene Clark solo albums as well?

Interesting album. Between 3 and 4, but I imagine I would listen again, so 4.

This was not my thing at all.

I haven't heard of this one before. Interested to listen to it. Sounds like a bit of a cross of country with some island sound in the first song. I like the albums where you can hear slight imperfections. Hear some Bob Dylan in there.

Bastante aburrido. Nada rescatable en un álbum que parece lo que te sacaría una IA si le pides algo de este tipo, con Stand By Me incluido.

I must have heard Gene before but really can’t remember. This is a bit too country and middle of road for me. Feels like the kind of thing that would really have been on the radio in the US in the early 70s rather than the psychedelic rock and soul stuff that younger people like me revere from that era. Inoffensive but kind of like Nilsson just not my sort of thing. Gave up at “Stand by Me”. Yuck.

Sooo boring and generic

Boring.

Pleasant enough

Country moment

Eh. Its pleasant, but not sticking with me

ну фолк рок, в целом нормас, но долго, затянуто и бла бла

алкоальбом: дед за рюмашкой начал петь катюшу

Учитесь, Meat Puppets, как правильно и красиво ПЕТЬ. Ещё б гармошки поменьше, а так прям вообще крепко, хоть и не совсем в мои музыкальные предпочтения вписывается. Хотя, overall, конечно скучновато. Как-то теперь начинаешь понимать, в чём соль Боба Дилана, в его хоть и отвратитльных эстетически, но живых интонациях. Ломаюсь между 2 и 3. Пусть будет 2, но на самом деле он хорош и на тройку.

Very Appalachian or John Denver like. This is part of the soft contry rock of the 70's.

Brutally dull. 70s singer/songwriter cliche.

Pasô.

Can’t remember the difference between this and the next one

5.5/10

Very good, highly listenable. Unsure why it’s considered essential by these standards, and don’t see much of a reason to go back to it, but nothing wrong with it. 3.5/5

upbeat

Not bad, nice mix of styles

Stand out tracks: "With Tomorrow," "White Light," "For A Spanish Guitar" Lyrics- 4/5 Vocals- 4/5 Instrumentals- 3/5 Vibe- 4/5 Overall 4/5 Your standard folk rock album, a couple of standout tunes but honestly really good for just turning on and tuning out. I did thoroughly enjoy it though overall.

Decent folk album. Standout songs: For a Spanish Guitar, Winter in, Tears of Rage

Meh. I am not a huge fan of The Byrds and although Gene Clark is definitely talented, this album just isn't my thing.

tryin' to be Dylan

better than I thought. Enjoyed it pretty well. I liked the Stand by Me version

Nice voice and melodies but a bit yo slow and folksy for me

Rocking chair music. Not bad though.

Ni fu ni fa.

Great!

The only interesting thing about this album is the riddle it invokes. As painful as it is to listen to Bob Dylan, do I dislike an imitator of his more for the lack of originality, or less for the efforts at actually singing? Truthfully, Gene Clark sounds, by turns, like he's imitating, on some songs, Dylan and, on others, Glenn Campbell. He touches neither's greatness.

I’m shocked that I didn’t hate this. It seems right up my alley as something I would hate on, but pretty quickly I discovered that it was actually calming. This is one of those albums where I wish there was a better scale (1-10), because a four is too high in comparison to the other albums but a 3 seems poorly reflected. I can say I actually enjoyed this- It was a calming album, and his voice was almost reassuring in a way. A very high and satisfied 3 from me.

I didn't think I'd like this one - not really a fan of Americana/country-rock for the most part - but the gentle simplicity and easy production of this one is just ... nice. Not great but nice. Reminds me a bit of a softer Jonathan Edwards and occasional Don McLean. A nice self-reminder to not always look too deeply into finding complexity or drama and take the music for what it is - honestly, the album cover alone is an apt description of the feel of the album - a little boring, a little slow, but sometimes you just need a little uncomplicated 3 chord melodies for a few minutes. 6/10 3 stars.

Boring and hollow feeling.

Nej, kände ingenting. Men det var ju iaf uthärdligt.

det här var faktiskt inte så kul eller bra. Två covers dessutom. Hur har denna extremt ointressanta skiva hamnat på denna lista? Det känns otroligt. Fick inte ut nåt, extremt generiskt.

Låter som han sitter och skiter och klämmer fram sången

Det blir lite meh över den här typen av generiska och rätt ”simpla” singer songwriter-album om man inte har något som sticker ut, typ en unik röst eller textförfattande eller liknande. Vissa låtar är rätt bra (gillar t ex The virgin och Spanish guitar) och ingen (undantaget den fruktansvärda covern på Stand by me) är direkt dålig, men de rör sig allihopa någonstans mellan 2,5-3,5 på betygsskalan. Rätt ospännande som helhet alltså, men ändå stabilt.

1.5

Very pleasant

Folk but with a mournful edge running through it. Certainly worth revisiting but this is a *** 1/2 for now.

Kinda boring tbh, 2/5

I expected just a standard 1970 country/folk album and that’s basically what this is. The opener, The Virgin is probably the best track with its deep melody, that sounds like the intro to True Detective. Overall the album does keep a bit more energy than a lot of these types of albums. Clark comes off as a bit of a poor man’s Dylan 6.5/10

I love classic country music, so I really enjoyed this one. The album is easy to listen to, and the instrumentation is nice. This is the type of album I could have in the background, setting a calm and easy mood, and not be distracted. The flip side of that is that there isn’t much that stands out. I started off loving the album, but by “One in a Hundred” I needed a break. The songs, while distinct, kind of blend together after awhile. That works for me, but, ultimately, the absence of a recognizable hit drops this one a peg.

Das langweiligste Cover aller Zeiten von "Stand By Me". Und der Rest der Platte ist genauso. Das Folk-Singer-Songwriter Genre ist, glaube ich, nichts für mich.

An average folk rock/country album, containing a bunch of poetic songs. Nothing to write home about in my opinion, pretty bland and almost put me to sleep. Best: For a Spanish Guitar Worst: The Virgin Note: Spotify had the bonus tracks, I only listened to the original 9 songs.

I don't know any Gene Clark songs - so this will be all new for me today. This is pretty collection of country tinged folk jams. His voice is nice, with a gentle twang and the folksy guitar strumming is sweet with generally sparse instruments otherwise, but used to nice effect. For example, some subtle but nice bongo work keeping the beat on some of these songs. I mostly found it to be background music at the start, but my ears were captured by the middle tracks "Tears of Rage" and "1975". "Tears" is originally a Bob Dylan/ The Band songs, so that's sort of damning praise for Gene I guess. His cover of "Stand By Me" is fine. The end of the album is more pleasant folk rock tunes, but no more big stand outs except the closer, "Winter In" I would probably throw this on again. It's mellow, heartfelt, and easy to listen to, a nice warm voice and delicate guitar pluckin' jams. I think it has the potential to really grow on me.

This sounds like half a glass of low fat milk left out on the counter too long.

too mellow

Sounds pretty good. Classic country from the 70s. The guy can play guitar. 3 stars.

Seems great. I thought I knew it.

Highlights: The Virgin, White Light, One In A Hundred, Tears of Rage. If you remember The Byrds and like Dylan's earlier albums, look no further. It's nice. This is folk rock album you can enjoy while slowly sipping a drink and watch the summer sun set. Overall: 5/10

very well made folk rock album! I like the songs on here with some really stellar stand outs: 7.8/10

Wasn’t completely horrible. But I’d rather not listen again given the choice. Had maybe one or two songs that were ok. Never was a Byrds fan, and this follows suit.

Immense respect

mieux que les byrds a mon humble avis

I'm familiar with The Byrds and David Crosby, but had no knowledge of Gene Clark, his solo efforts, or the fact that he died so young. I'm going into this one blind. Apparently it was a domestic failure but later was considered one of the best singer-songwriter albums of all time. With Tomorrow was a really great chill song. And as I listen to the whole album, I realize that chill sound exists pretty much throughout. The funny thing is I thought about how much these songs sound like BobDylan, and then realized he co-wrote one of the songs. I dig this.

A bit dull and dreary.

I really enjoyed this album and it’s mix of various genres. It hit the spot for me. The only thing holding it back, for me, is its lack of excitement and hit-worthy songs. Nothing really catchy here, but I did like all of it a lot. 4/5

Style de musique qui me correspond bien, chill pour un dimanche à la maison. Mais on a l'impression que le chanteur n'a pas "d'empreinte personnelle", qu'il cherche juste à imiter Bob Dylan et Neil Young. 3,5

Everything I hate about country

At its best, folk music binds people together in communal union through the shared experience of the trials and tribulations of life, haunted by the spectre of the unknown. On White Light's titular track, Gene Clark reaches for this ideal, but his lyrics fail him. A lack of clarity permeates the rest of the record. Ill-defined boundaries leave Clark's ideas and melodies shapeless and formless; his intentions latch onto the closest floating concepts, before falling to the ground and pooling themselves into inconsequential puddles.

3. I liked it. Felt zoned out. Sometimes it's the notes that you don't play that are the most beautiful

J'ai bien aimé cet album de Gene Clark, peut-être pas autant que l'autre que j'ai eu de lui. Son style de country tombe pas mal plus dans ma palette avec ses influences plus folk/rock. Je n'ai pas été totalement conquis, mais c'est certainement un album qui se laisse écouter et qui est très agréable pendant que ça joue. 7/10

Well this has all the things going for it, doesn't it? Folk, singer/songwriter - 🤮 Country - 🤮 Dylan cover - 🤮 Boring, uninspiring, but thankfully short. 👍

very good as "background music"

Pleasant guitar melodies and vocals. Very passable.

Its just incredibly nice!

This was a fine album, a nice outdoor on a summer Sunday kind of vibe. Gene's a great guitar player and a fine singer, but most of the songs started blending together for me upon second listen.

+Spanish Guitar

It was nice to listen to but nothing terribly interesting

This was just ok.

Never heard this before, has a couple of really nice songs on it, generally pretty good!

Bobbles along, neither upsetting nor exciting, Clark never better than when he was in The Byrds.

Listened to most of it, got the point. A blunt one that’s not one I’m interested in further.

I finished this album and was reflecting how much I enjoyed this. Reminded me of Bob Dylan in a good way. Went to Wikipedia to find out more. Found out he was in the Byrds. Instant 0/5

I cannot believe I actually liked the majority of the songs on this because after the opening few riffs I was like, oh hell no. But the second song was my favorite, and a few others I found endearing in an almost John Denver way.

Solid album for the genre

I like this album; it is mellow and soft 4 stars

I didn’t dislike any songs, but didn’t love any either.

Provinence be damned, this is a dull record.

Gene Clark’s name struck a chord of familiarity to me, but I couldn’t place why. After a bit of googling, I found that he was in The Byrds. I’ve enjoyed every Byrds album so far, so I’m looking forwards to hearing this album today. Let’s listen! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: The Virgin, 1975 This was a pleasant listen, but the highlights definitely bookend the album. I found that a lot of what I love about The Byrds isn’t present here, such as the beautiful vocal harmonies. However, there was still nothing bad about this and I did enjoy it. I’m not sure I’ll be rushing back to listen again, but it made for a pleasant album to have on while studying.

I managed to get about halfway through before switching it off. I can understand that for fans of this genre it probably has significance, but it's not for me.

Pleasant, folky

My god, shut up with the damn harmonica

Nada fan del genero pero me gusto, así que lo pondría en buen album. La verdad no se porque pasó tan desapercibido en su momento porque esta bueno y si te gusta el country y el folk pues mucho mejor.

Pretty good for a first listen, I enjoyed this one.

FUCK ME beter dan verwacht wel net te lang en te weinig variatie

Weer een fucking 70s album. Oud is niet altijd beter…. Alhoewel ik dit een beter album vond dan die hiervoor, iets wat rustiger maar minder pretentieus “artistisch” beetje cat stevens achtige vibe. Kon g wel waarderen.

2/9, 22%

Wat langdradig

Enjoyed this one. Old country sound, kinda like John Denver. Didn’t know much about Gene or the Byrds before listening

Not certain why this made the 1001 list….

This also gave me genre whiplash, thats cool

Gentle Americana acoustic

'For A Spanish Guitar' was an insanely beautiful song, wish I could give such high praise to the rest of the songs here. It's some country-tinged singer-songwriter music that is very pleasant to listen to, but will definitely take more listens to really sink in and grow deeper feelings. Worth a listen though. Hard to pick anything standing out from a single listen other than the song i already mentioned.

This album was okay, mostly fairly bland, but there were some solid tracks on it, like Winter In. But overall, not really impressive.

It's alright. Way better than I expected but still just alright. The main issue here is that it's just repetitive. The hooks are good, the production value is outstanding, the performances are wonderful. But every song could be easily confused for the one before it. In a mix, though, these songs are all solid. Nothing to hate here. But also nothing much to love, unfortunately.

Really great folk rock. The cover is absolutely striking. It hits a nice mix of melancholy and beauty. It didn't blow me away or anything but I enjoyed it.

I like

Not a bad album, with pretty strong songwriting. If I were in the mood for this brand of 70s folk rock, this would be a strong entry, though it's not entirely my style.

But boring. Not me

Actually loved this album need to plan a road trip to truly enjoy this piece

This is probably a rather lovely record if you're into that sort of thing and he has a nice voice. Apparently Bob Dylan called For A Spanish Guitar one of the finest songs ever written. Problem is, it's not my kind of thing. It never charted significantly outside of Holland. Is this really in the top 1001 albums of all time?

Gene was praised for being a great song writer. Sad early death. This is too folk for me. When I was listening I was thinking that the bands he played in like 'The Byrds' may have been something my parents would have enjoyed.

Yawn

Not really my kind of thing. The kind of album where I fell off the end and into the Spotify recommends tracks and didn't even notice.

American wallpaper. Probably needs to be played on an 8-Track or reel to reel. Ironic title considering the cover, showing sunset which due to the increased amount of atmosphere the light has to travel through contains less light of shorter blue wavelengths due to Raleigh Scattering. So, not white light.

Het soort muziek dat je niet alleen gestolen kan worden, maar dat je ook nog eens blij bent als dat gebeurt. En alsjeblieft geen aangifte doen, stel toch dat ze deze depressie op vinyl vinden en bij je terugbrengen...

Allemachtig! Gene! Je drijft me tot waanzin met dit gedweep!

Not for me

Hated it, slow, dull, musically totally uninteresting. It was a chore to listen to this and I was glad when I got to the end. If I was listening to this on a record I would be constantly checking I was playing it at the right speed, as it sounds slowed down. It's like Bob Dylan if he had a stroke and was in recovery from some serious throat affliction. Some of the songs sound like he has his testicles in a vice, it's a strange, unnatural sound. It was actually too dull to even deserve a 1-star rating, so I decided on a 2. It was also mercifully short. Spotify had a whole load of "bonus" tracks, but I didn't want to punish myself, so I skipped them. This album made me want to go and eat some cheese, which I can only assume is due to the Dylanesque sound, as Bob Dylan always sounds like he's singing about cheese to my ears.

I don't know how many of these folky singer song writer albums there are on here but its becoming entirely too many. This one had a bit of a southern rock/country vibe to it with harmonicas and stuff which kind of helped but everything about this was bland and boring. The two covers on here were the best parts but this had to be the worst version of stand by me I've ever heard. If you're going to make low energy music you there HAS to be something else that carries it. Whether it lyrics or vocal work but this doesn't do anything. I'm tempted to give this a two because I'm getting so sick of these kinds of albums but if I put my bias aside I know that there is nothing entirely wrong with this album outside of the fact I just find this music absolutely boring. That being said this is a 2.5 for me that I'm rounding up to a 3.

Aliexpress Bob Dylan

Amazing album, very underrated songwriter. I feel he belongs up there next to Dylan. The man can write beautiful songs and has a lot to say on this short, concise album! 9 out of 10

the longest 51 minutes of my life jfc

Very pleasant, at time his voice is quite Dylanesque. Not much more I can say really. Got to be worth a 3.

Dull

It was not my thing, it's what I expect early 70's American stuff to sound like in my head. All Bob Dylan tinged and generally uninteresting. Way too much harmonica. However I did have a strange dream last night where I imagined I was listening to today's album, this project is obviously playing on my subconscious mind, in it some odd solo American Saxophonist playing The Joshua Tree in its entirety, so I suppose this album is actually better than what my dream/nightmare was by a small margin. 1

Probably would benefit from another listen.

More sad cowboys?

Find yourself someone who loves you, as much FIFA loves oil money, as much as Facebook loves your data, and as much as 1001 Albums loves all things The Byrds.

There are too many byrds albums on the list. No need for a solo album too.

Nothing special.

5 stars for his voice but 1 star for all the harmonica.

It’s okay I guess a bit bob dylan esque which makes sense from someone that was in the byrds, but this is so not worth the list we already have a tonne of byrds albums so to have a byrds related album is just a waste of space 2/5

At first I was bewildered why an album that seemingly was only successful in The Netherlands(?) would appear on the list. But this really is magnificent. The intersection between folk and country is explored in a very earnest way, with Clark demonstrating a clear melodic gift. It's not going to provoke you or push boundaries, but it's extremely pleasant.

Gene Clark was an incredible songwriter who deserved way more recognition than he received. Except for the Dutch reviewers. Apparently they fucking loved the guy. Good on you, Dutch reviewers. Good on ya.

This guy has come up a dozen times on this list. Pretty sad tale overall. This is pretty powerful, though a little too trenchantly maudlin for a masterpiece appraisal.

Yeah, bit boring, innit?

Pleasant, accomplished, but not interesting or memorable

Quite lovely