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1001 ALBUMS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE - PT. 5

Eh. Nothing special. A neat collection of piano rock 'n' roll tracks by the legendary singer Fats Domino (awesome album cover btw) that are quite easy to listen and nice. The Rooster Song is especially catchy and the overall instrumentation is pretty solid. What's interesting about this album it's that only the first 4 tracks are original; the rest were already singles released prior to the album. Imagine waiting for an album ... read more

1001 ALBUMS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE - PT. 4
What a pleasant surprise this album was. The tracks are filled with energy and passion, and they're all just pure fun. Louis Prima's voice and trumpet licks are very engaging. Even though it gets kind of repetitive towards the end, it's still a very solid and generally enjoyable jazz album.

Favs: Just A Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody, The Lip, Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South

1001 ALBUMS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE - PT. 3

I surprisingly enjoyed the themes and the overall sound of this album. The instrumentation is great, especially the mandolin. However, Ira Louvin's voice is so fucking annoying. After five minutes it started sounding like nails on a chalkboard. Also towards the end the songs feel like they're blending into each other; there were multiple instances where I asked myself "Didn't I just listen to this song?".
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1001 ALBUMS YOU MUST HEAR BEFORE YOU DIE - PT. 2

Ah, Elvis Presley. "The King of Rock and Roll". I'm not a big fan of him. Like, at all. It's mind-boggling how this guy had like over 500 songs under his belt, yet none were written by him. He truly had no own creative force, and his 1956 debut which kickstarted his massive career shows.

Yes, I know this is one of the pillars of rock-'n'-roll, that it helped getting this genre into the mainstream and evolve, but ... read more