Gets better the more you listen to it. Particular favourites were "Creepin'", "Zillion Light Years" and especially "They Won't Go When I Go"
This was a great experience, amazing and distinctive voice. Will definitely listen to him more!
Extremely interesting and eye-opening. Not sure I've ever heard much of them before.
Know most of these but never listened to it as an album before. Ultimately every song is incredible even if he wasn't as popular when he wrote Piano Man! There is something incessant and irrepressible about the man. Incredible ability to observe people in everyday situations with great eye for detail.
I struggled. I've read more overblown and abstract reviews from my fellow reviewers that really captured the sentiment of how this felt to (re-)listen to, even if I didn't understand their words.
In the late 60s a generic-sounding Canadian outfit (who looked like they stepped straight out of the 1800s) called The Band holed up in a big pink house in New York state with Bob Dylan for a year and made huge amounts of music. This album was the result (Dylan even painted the cover). The album that shook Eric Clapton "to the core", and drove a departure away from the current trend of psychedelic rock. A mixture of dirgy, messy tracks fusing country, rock, folk, soul and much more - where the sum is greater than its parts. The Band are perhaps best immortalized in Martin Scorsese's concert documentary "The Last Waltz" (along with a raft of guest stars) - and to pick a favourite from their debut album is perhaps missing the point, but "The Weight", "Chest Fever", "This Wheel's on Fire" and "I Shall Be Released) are my personal picks!
Absolutely fantastic in so many ways. So many classics it's insane. Maybe even better than Breakfast in America. About 15 years ago I had the idea of using the second half of the "Crime of the Century" song as a movie score (from about 2:07) - it's unlikely I'll ever get to do it, but hopefully someone does!
Surprised I've never heard of these guys before. Really good rap and beats though most of the songs are overly long and there is some repetition which makes this hard work. There's also a lot of Public Enemy in here.
I'd never heard this before, but started to appreciate it after 2 listens. It's clearly influenced by Sergeant Pepper though this is just as loose a theme for a concept album is that is. Would I rather listen to Sergeant Pepper? Not necessarily. But I do think this needs more time to grow on me!
I can definitely appreciate parts of it and its significance (has its significance faded slightly - is it irrelevant what it's significance is now?) and undeniable impact - I'm just not sure I could listen to it in full for another 5-10 years!
Fantastic, I've never listened to him before!
I'd never listened to this before and found it pretty original - would definitely listen again!