This is a bang-er record. Simple Man is my jam. Iconic.

Enjoyed. Good chill jazz.

Starting a record with Sunday Morning is so brave. I don't think I have ever enjoyed the last 2 songs.

This isn't for me. Reggae just isn't my thing.

I like the first song but not my thing otherwise.

This is grim even for a Cure record

I love this record. John Cale is awesome.

There are some good songs here, no doubt. The sound is right but I don't know if it's consistent enough to be considered a true classic.

Nothing is really standing out to me on this one other than the first song.

I don't understand why this one is considered so good. I found it to be terribly uninteresting.

It's ok. Better than the last one. Dad funk.

It's got some hits. Jams.

This is airport music. I do not hear hooks or anything that makes this stand out at all.

They're all great. Ramble Tamble is the underrated breakout.

So I first was like wtf is this. Then I understood. This record has been picked clean for samples. Very cool.

Green Onions, the song that was used to signify that a character was "cool" in movies for 40 years. Nowadays it sounds very dated, sure. But loose blues/funk (?) really was out of place at the time. Unfortunately, to my ears, it's never as good as the title song.

It's ok. There are a few jams (Mothers Daughter) but not really consistent.

Never heard this before. Dunno how I feel about it. Ok listened to all of it. FL walked so Tame Impala could run.

Awesome. Without Muddy Waters, you don't get the stones, Warren Zevon, or the White Stripes. Just boppin!

Ok so this is an awesome record, no question. Great Expectations is kinda garbage but the rest.. you just can't argue with Shout It Out Loud. I first heard this when I was 16 I think? A bombastic force for the ages.

I've heard this one before but this is the first time my brain kinda linked it to stuff like Johnny Rivers' output at the time. It's not all the songs of course but you can't say something like "Poor Side of Town" didn't have an influence on some of the slower tracks. Anyway, this is the bridge between "Young" Elvis and "Fat" Elvis. A record that had to be made.. Elvis aging with his original fans. Being familiar with the 1968 "Comeback" Special, it's like that was a goodbye to being young and this is the embrace of middle age. Other thoughts: From Elvis In Memphis came out 15 years after his first hit, That's Alright Mama. Cutting edge to music for your parents in 15 years, imagine if we held current artists to that standard now? Funny looking at the cover, and seeing the Jailhouse Rock backdrop. This is real far from being in the county jail with the warden!!!

I miss when drums sounded like this but really, it all blurred together.

I was only familiar with World Shut Your Mouth before this so I was pretty blind. I might check it out again when I'm in a different mood. There are some points where it sounds very Nick Cave.

Feels very forward for 1969.

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no question this is a fuckin' FIVE all the way. Snowblind, Supernaut, Wheels of Confusion.. man if you crank the last few minutes of Wheels of Confusion you are in the zone. In. The. Zone.

Kinda mid

Are there still Sinatra guys? I'm inclined to think the appeal is to be transported to a different time, rather than actual enjoyment of the music itself. I just find it corny, and it didn't age well. I'm sure to some, they hear class when they listen to Sinatra. I don't.

Vocals too high in the mix. I'm not gonna dunk on white guys doing blues because I think they're allowed to it and I often like it. However.. I can see why this is largely forgotten these days when you know, Are You Experienced came out a year later. JM and the Bluesbreakers sounds so goddamn weak in comparison, no wonder Jimi made EC freak out. And the obligatory: fuck Eric Clapton

So.. it's Roxy Music. It's good. But if I was to put a RM record on, it'd be the debut, or Country Life, or even Avalon over this one.

I thought I would hate this.. but I'm into it. Wish I was at this concert!

Feels like a missing ingredient for the blue album.

So there are some bangers (first track, papa was a rolling stone), and then there's everything else. Gonna give it a 2 because the everything else really kills the mood.

Been a while since I gave this a spin. I remember there was a lot of buzz, folks thought she was the next big thing. Lots of good tunes, we don't do this enough.

5 for Dazed and Confused, and also Black Mountainside.

Did we have a stroke in 1982? Dexys Midnight Runners (to the shitter)

Enjoyed

Not listening to this shit.

Show tunes vibes? Won't be revisiting.

I know I listened years ago, and it bounced off me. This time around, I'm digging it.

Probably the quintessential bridge between punk and hardcore.

Can I get your name? Thank you. Ok, I see you're here for 3 nights, perfect. Can we get a credit card for a damage deposit? We will just put a $250 hold on your account until you check out, then lift it. Great. Yes, it's a very nice piano. I'm glad you're enjoying it. Enjoy your stay!

Bono's Mephisto made a record. Hard pass.

Hell yeah 👍

Ok this is better than I remember it being. In my head, I thought the first half was really good and the rest a slog. But, there are definitely some good tunes in the back half. I think I might have been really put off by one of the REALLY slow falsetto songs that Thom insisted on.

It bops but I do feel like I'd rather be listening to the Jam

I'm sorry but I hate this. The singles are fine. It just makes me depressed in a musty old house kinda way.

It's good

All the bad reviews of this record on this site are posted by narc bootlickers