First song was just fine. Pretty generic indie rock. No song above a 3, three or 4 songs I goat out didn't like.
Really enjoyed this. Never really listened to Radiohead before. Particularly enjoyed No Surprises.
Not listened to much James Brown outside of I Feel Good. This album is a great listen, but I wish it was made up of studio versions of the songs, instead of a live performance. Brown and the band perform excellently, but I'm not a big fan of listening to live performances if I'm not/was not at the event myself. It's why I don't watch Glastonbury on TV - for me, the crowd cheering takes away from the performance when you're not in the crowd. Short album overall, only 31 minutes. The second and third from last songs are 16 minutes on their own, making up over half the run time, but musically, Brown was very talented and I now want to hear more of his repertoire.
Good voice, but album not quite my cup of tea overall. On Spotify the second half of the album is just mono versions of the first half.
I'm finding it really difficult deciding whether to give a 3 or 4. Immigrant Song is a brilliant opener, and though the album is certainly a good listen overall, nothing on else on the album comes close to touching track one - and I don't think that's coming from my previous bias of being way more familiar with Immigrant Song than the rest of the album.
I definitely enjoyed Led Zeppelin III more than Dusty in Memphis, which I gave a 3, but as an entire album, I thought Radiohead - Okay Computer was a better overall listen than this, so scored it a 4. Is the strength of one song enough to push it up to a 4 is my question? Will listen to again.
Think I will bump up to a 4 because I do like this album and Immigrant Song is just brilliant even if the overall album is maybe a 3 for me.
Musically, Radiohead are very good. This album was decent, just didn't quite hit as much as Okay Computer which I got last week.
I like Sam Cooke - I have the same issues with this live album as I did James Brown. Music is good, but so much is crowd interaction and it's only half an hour long. Would have preferred listening to the studio versions
Proud Mary was good and enjoyed this overall. Not my favourite, but a good album.
Vocals just didn't really do it for me at all throughout the entire album. Didn't think the instrumentals were bad but have no desire to listen to this again.
When I got given my 3rd live album from the 60's out of 10 albums that I've got so far, I did initially roll my eyes. I enjoyed James Brown and Sam Cooke, but found the audience from each performance so distracting.
Thankfully, this album doesn't suffer from at all, it's just a live Jazz performance. The songs are performed well and it's perfectly pleasant to listen to, though not something I'd go out of my way to listen to again.
Whilst there are 10 tracks on this album, only 6 of them are made up of unique songs. Four of six the tracks have another version on this album and I don't know why they felt the need to include a take 1/take 2/take 3 of certain tracks, as there's very little difference, if any, between them.
Dropped a little by the end for me, but it's John Lennon. All his talent is on display here.
Decent overall. You Can Call Me Al is a banger, but a few songs I could take or leave. Interesting vibe, not sure I'd listen to the whole album again.