At Newport 1960

Has some variety, a decent pace, sounds nice and doesn't stay too long, I don't know how much more I could ask for from this early on, but it probably achieves as much as it needs to

Another in a long line of albums that are just ok. Did I enjoy this? Yeah. Would I ever come back to it? Probably not. Some interesting songs, but not enough here to be fascinating.

OK, with a lot of the "influential" picks on this list, I don't really hear it. With this - you can easily see the thread that becomes the base "the 60s" is built on. It's still not really my genre, but the genres I do love owe it a debt of gratitude.

good

Pretty good. I Got My Brand On You is super catchy

I think it's just to elevated for my pop taste

Cool!

I enjoyed it, but (to my ears) this is quite repetitive (and to be fair, there are actual repeats of songs)

I can hear why this album is on this list, but there's something about it that's not for me. Not sure what. Maybe too much repetition?

Dated. I’m sure it was fantastic in its day.

Need a relisten but nice Sunday morning vibes

Muddy waters is a blues legend for a reason, just an absolute masterclass in how to make a 12-bar blues sound special every time. With that being said, it is difficult for a track to really standout when they are all based on the same form. Incredible guitar work though.

I found myself appreciating this album more than actually enjoying the music, but it’s definitely a solid listen. Also, remarkably clear and crisp for a live album. Best Track: Soon Forgotten

7/10

a live album... interesting... the songs do sound very similar... live songs are lowkey better than the recorded ones haha love that energy :) lower 3 area maybe even 2.8 or sth

An ok blues album that was in the very early stages of moving away from Chicago-style blues towards the more polished R&B and soul sounds. Best: Baby, Please Don't Go Worst: Soon Forgotten

70

It was the bluesiest of blues

Iconic but a lil too gritty

Old school blues, sounds good not my favorite though a lot of rythems sound the aame

Off the cuff remark: while it put a smile on my face and got my toes a-tappin somehow didn't quite live up to the legendary status. Standout track: Tiger. In your tank Revisit?: perhaps I should?

Не моя музыка. Возможно до появления Битлз это ещё интересно было слушать, но после - увольте. Для меня скучно и не интересно. 5 из 10.

My first real introduction to Muddy Waters. Would have preferred a studio album versus a live album but it was still a good introduction.

Solid. Great recording sound. Can’t believe this was recorded live in 1960 with quality like this.

Not my preference for music, but I did find it enjoyable. ★★★

Sympa, du blues quoi. Je connaissais surtout de nom

Pas mauvais mais pas non plus très marquant, comme beaucoup d'albums qu'on a eu jusque là 3/5

Utvilsomt god stemning, men følte ikke helt liveenergien. Også sliter jeg dessverre litt med blues. Men Muddy Waters har flere andre plater som er veldig gode. Anbefaler også å sjekke han ut i The Last Waltz, det er virkelig en stor opplevelse.

Good document of a past era, the gentleman blues artist. Enjoyed.

Short and fun. I loved his interactions with the audience

Not the hugest Blues fan but it is difficult for me not to like this-one of the foremost Blues musicians of all time playing some great new tunes and some reworkings of old classics such as Baby, Please Don’t Go, one of the greatest songs ever, whoever’s doing it.

fuck eric clapton

Blues really isn't my genre but it's a good recording and good album the man was extremely talented.

This is the highest rating I will give to a live album. Muddy Waters is a legend!

Pretty solid blues music. Not much to say

Love Muddy. Heard some of the track from this album before. The guy playing the harp (James Cotton?) is fantastic. Just great blues music.

Some good listening

aardig, maar erg gedateerd

I'm not typically a Blues person, but my opinions are shifting with age. I'm also finding I enjoy live records more than I did previously, and At Newport 1960 is no exception. Muddy Waters plays the tunes. Nothing particularly special about this performance; just decent Blues tunes. I'm a little disappointed by this slower rendition of "Hoochie Coochie Man". It just doesn't feel as lively as it could be. Still not really Blues fan, but this was nice. Essential :)

Muddy Waters is another name I hear come up from time to time, but if you had asked me to name a song by him (or even what genre he was known for) prior to today, I probably would have failed. For that reason, I'm glad this album is on this list. At the same time, it kind of feels like At Newport 1960 was chosen over one of his studio albums as an excuse to include a variety of his early career hits by proxy, as it isn't a particularly compelling live album (compared to something like At San Quentin by Johnny Cash). That said, it's an interesting time capsule with really good recordings (especially for 1960), but Muddy's blues formula wore out fairly quick for me here. It does pick up some momentum around the time he plays "Tiger in Your Tank" (and you can tell the audience gets a second wind around that point as well), but it's stylistically just not my thing. I'm a white man in my late 20s – who would have thought? Speaking of, I learned during my research of this album that "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" was actually the origin of the "stop-time riff" that would eventually be popularized by Bo Diddley. As a young white adult, I mainly know the riff from George Thorogood & the Destroyers' "Bad to the Bone," which Thorogood apparently pitched to both Waters and Diddley before deciding to just record it himself. I genuinely can't imagine having the kind of self-confidence it would take to essentially rip off someone's song and then pitch that ripoff to them. Insane. Highlights: I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man, Baby Please Don’t Go, Tiger in Your Tank, I Feel So Good, I’ve Got My Mojo Working

funky, good licks, good background music

Not bad 3

The tracks on this album are good. The only memorable ones for me are the last 2 tracks. Favourite Track(s): Goodbye Newport Blues Least Favourite Track(s): Baby, Please Don't Go

7/10

Good, but very much of the same thing. Very basic blues. Favorite song: tiger in your tank.

Classic blues deserving of respect but not my jam

Some solid stuff there

Solid stuff! Not super remarkable but will definitely listen to it again in the future.

Not in the mood, but it's okay.

I find blues a little repetitive and a little goes a long way. The live energy adds quite a bit and the atmosphere is enjoyably woozy, but not massively for me.

I like blues, just not live albums!

Fint folk album.

Classic blues. Liked Tiger in your Tank

This album is a true testament to Muddy Waters' talent and ability to engage with an audience. He built up the crowd's energy gradually, until they were at their peak during his back-to-back renditions of "Got My Mojo Working." That build was so fun to listen to. While some of the energy definitely translated to the live recording, it didn't all translate. I'm sure seeing this performance in person would be one of the best concert experiences ever, but I felt disengaged with this album at times. I think I'm just not a huge fan of live albums generally. To me, they often fall flat sonically and feel far away. This definitely was not a bad album, but it was one I don't think I'll return to.

Totally fine, even if not my thing.

Ersti 5 Minute: Gar nöd wasnich eigentlich lose aber freu mich uf epis neus. Bests lied: baby please don‘t go Final Review: nöd epis wo ich jetzt aktiv lose wür welle, abet zum denebed lese isch es sehr acnehm gsi. So als Nebebescheftigung perfekt

God knows what it means that I love a live album

Interesting music to the older end of what is acceptable to a modern ear. Probably won't return to this one

Entspannter vibe zum malen

Honestly never really dabbled in blues before, so this was different for me. I enjoyed it. I think I'd enjoy it more if I knew more about the genre/history so I would know why it was so monumental. But overall a good listen.

This was enjoyable, solid blues material. Not remarkable, though.

Classic blues

Easy listening, clear vocals.

Muddy Waters is wonderful and I love his style and his voice and he's an amazing talent when performing. However, I've grown really tired of blues albums that are just variations on 12-bar blues. I get that that's like the core of blues music, but it just gets very repetitive when listening to an album. This was good enough for me to enjoy it, but I would have enjoyed it a lot more with some more harmonic variation. Three stars.

fun and jazzy and yeah

This is #day379 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… some ten days ago, I got a similar B.B. King live record. Now, here's to some good ol' Chicago blues. I sometimes miss those days working at a local record store, as I'd definitely throw this, most likely, on a Sunday morning and let it rip through the summer air. Following suit with the King's album, I'm giving it a 3 out of 5. Looking forward to #day380.

At Newport 1960 was enjoyable for a one time listen, but it’s not really my style of music.

Pros: I enjoyed this album. It’s one that I would never personally choose to put on, but would not object if on. I like his voice and the entire sound of his music. Nice background music. Cons: Feels repetitive. I felt myself wondering, “didn’t I hear this song already?”

Man Willie Dixon was a great songwriter. Anyway the history of this is interesting (who knew the Newport Folk Festival got wild?!?! - all the current nerds just know about dylan's electric shit). Langston Hughes wrote the closer?! Interesting stuff and Muddy is a true titan - however this maybe is just noted as one of the first live blues albums? It's all very good - great, I dunno.

álbum, un clásico del jazz y del blues, inspiro a figuras cómo Hendrix o Page, un álbum fundamental para entender al género y entender a otros artistas. Mejor canción: Get My Mojo Working parte 2, en lo personal todavía me falta entender los orígenes de estos géneros, así qué le doy un 7.2, es un álbum qué combina la magia del jazz y él blues con la energía desenfrenada, mágico aunque mi calificación podría subir si escuchará y entendiera aún más él género.

Good album

Super cool first song. The band is playing great. The drum sound is incredible for 1960!. Muddy has a great presence and sounds good. Not over the top which can be tough some time on blues record. You can hear that clearly on hoochie coochie man. Track 3- the band is just awesome. Drums, piano and harmonica as leading instruments interplaying with Muddy's guitar. Great joy. Good guitars on four. Track 5 is a less impressive one. Good energy and playing no 6 and 7. On 7 drums incredible again. Wow. 9 as the closer, bluesy as hell. And great. Piano is amazing. It deserves to be here. Dropped me back in time, and the music has many qualities 3.5

Interessante conhecer pela importância histórica e pelas influências estéticas do estilo.

7/10

Haha love the Hoochie Coochie Man. One of the live albums on here that's actually good because blues/jazz just sounds better performed live. This was a solid listen. 3 stars.

Just some nice clean blues. Probably if I were more naturally drawn to the genre and history, I would rate higher, but as it stands this is a solid 3 for me. Soulful playing, decent mixing, and solid singing to go along with it.

Short and sweet.

I PREFER THE MUDDY WATERSSSSSSS. This is some good ol fashioned blues. I assume stuff like this was super influential to bands that influenced bands we listen to today. I kept thinking there was thunder outside while listening to it but I think it was wind hitting the mic on this.

Js not my typa music tbh

Had me dancing and moving with this album. I was reminded of Elvis (though I have not listened to him) in between but then the reality is Elvis himself got inspired from this genre. A truly beautiful listening experience. There's politics, and that politics is necessary. Legendary singing. It's my first time listening to blues probably.

Fun listen. Very talented guy, and great blues!

Objectively Muddy waters is a legend, this felt kinda meh, maybe would appreciate more on a focused re listen

No private session used for Spotify. I am not a huge blues fan, bunch of familiar chord progressions with lots of solos. This was better than most I have been required to listen to though I didn't need to versions of "Tiger in Your Tank."

It was okay, not sure if I love blues as much.

Good music just not my style

I love the cover photo. Muddy looks tight. A famous blues recording historically, because of riots I think, and the band sounds great, Muddy is on, and I like "Mojo Working" a lot. I feel like I need to add the dumb white guy "I just don't get the blues" proviso: the genre has such strict formalisms, and I know the sophisticated subtleties and play within the strict forms are part of the brilliance and pleasure of the genre, so it's on me to learn to hear that, but usually for me it's work with diminishing returns. How deep do I need to dive to 'get' it? Nothing against Waters' kickassery.

Sounds so fresh, so clean

This wasn't bad. Muddy is a killer vocalist and really stole the show. Unfortunately many of the songs didn't have much vibrance or take me back to the live environment (like the 1956 Ellington at Newport). 3/5

This is just not for me. Not bad, I'm sure it's good and important. Actually recorded pretty well. High energy for a live show.

Awesome, well recorded blues. From the original. What more can you ask for?

Doesn’t get more blues than this

-god damn this Muddy Waters guy was horny. i understand him -anyway this was a decent listen. not the absolute best blues i’ve ever heard imo, something i can’t name felt missing -nevertheless it was interesting. something i like about this guy’s style -Favorites are I Got My Brand On You and I Got My Mojo Working

Excellent songwriting and performing, can see why this is so highly thought of. Would just need a bit more variety in sound and songs to make it better for me.

Good Delta blues. It's no BB King but nothing is.

This challenge has been a bit of a dry spell for 3s for a while now, and I feel like this isn't an exception. It's good easy listening, but nothing I would ever seek out. Not quite my kind of jazz.

Well, my dad was thrilled that this was on the list. Some good tunes, a bit raw, and you can see the influence everywhere.

Great energy, I loved the live ambience with the brief spoken transitions between tracks. Giving it a 3 because much like an actual jazz fest show, I don't think it quite makes it into my rotation, although it was a good experience and I'm happy to have listened.

I like when he was like “got my hubububllbllhlblhb working”. Dudes got charisma

Muddy Waters es el primer artista que me sale dos veces. Curioso. Este blues es más simple que el de Hard Again, pero también más ligero de escuchar.

It's blues. It's live. It serves as a historical document of an influential musician performing one of the foundational genres of modern popular music. It's a good performance. It's not something I'm into. Key tracks: Got My Mojo Working

Nice, it's ok.

Muddy Waters is - Muddy Waters. Good album.

I'm so brainrotted, you guys. All I can think of when I hear the name Muddy Waters is that Family Guy cutaway where he's having a kidney stone. Why is my brain like this? Anyways, this album's alright! I think I actually prefer this to the Muddy Waters studio album I got a while back. This is like, what, the second time that's happened after Motorhead? Interesting. But yeah, I feel like this album just has more variety and spice to it than Hard Again. The live feel of this album doesn't feel intrusive at all. Muddy just kind of says "thank you" after each song and moves on to the next. That's nice. The energy here is good. Definitely bluesy. The writing's not too bad. I think the album's a little repetitive, but given the fact that it's a live album from 1960, that's not too surprising. It's not too bad here though. The songs are good, as is the instrumentation. This is just a nice listen. It helps get a good picture for the influence of blues on music in later decades. Good listen. Solid 3/5.

Someone sold their soul to the devil.

:)

Not my genre per se, but good voice, solid beats. Bit repetitive in lyrics.

Live jazz blues album is it then. Sunny Afternoon with nothing to do is the best time to get this innit. Yeah. Nice. Everything of this ilk is getting 3 honestly i appreciate a nice blues tune I'm rarely gonna go mad for it.

pleasant and relaxing

pcool, sounds kinda repetitive tbh

Too old for me to get into - I know old doesn't necessarily mean bad, but it just sounds kind of dated. Still, I liked the energy of it

Just makes me wanna watch Sinners again.

Quite nice but nothing too special

i really don’t like the blues but i really do like live music so they kinda cancelled each other out here

Beautiful sound.

I'm not much of a fan of blues, or live records. That being said, I can appreciate this one for what it is, particularly because it's from 1960 and was apparently a pretty landmark record. Waters and Co. can definitely play well and they sound excellent in the recording. The record doesn't feel overlong at all, and the storytelling by Waters is pretty interesting. My favourite was "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man".

Good, if a little stereotypical old blues

it's muddy waters at newpory in 1960. what more do you want

Standouts Papa Was a Rolling Stone

Solid live album

When one of the biggest rock bands is named after a song and a music magazine bears the same name, then you know how big an influence Muddy Waters has had on music history. I like blues, but I'm not a fan of the genre. However, the album is pure blues and great. Jazz, rock and soul still draw on him and Muddy today

Ordentliche Jazz und Blues Kombi. War gut zu hören.

when she says its me or the muddy

It was not bad! Blues is a genre of music that really do not listen to.

Groovy makin u shake ur head along the rhythm. I actually like to listen to some Blues songs every now and then but listening to a whole Blues album in one sitting seriously makes you think they all sound quite similar which bored me a little bit. Perhaps there are more nuance to each song that I can’t comprehend as a casual music fan. It was nice but no song really stood out to me in particular, even if I know they are classics. It is like I can really vibe with it when it is on but after its complete I totally forget about it. This balances its rank into the middle for me. 5/10 —> 2,5/5 —> Due to respect I am giving 3 instead of 2.

Gott sväng. Skönt New Orleans-piano. Original-blues. Något enformigt i längden. Ska man bara ha ett blues-album så det kanske detta? Är av uppfattningen att live-album inte hör hemma på den här typen av listor.

Very casual.

Don't mind blues but all the tracks feel veery similar and they sorta just blend into 1 in my mind

Soon Forgotten sums up the story of the first couple of tracks on this. The performances wind up to a great second half that doesn't end perfectly, but is much better. It's a significant recording, maybe a little homogenous, but I'd call it satisfactory and influential rather than enjoyable and groundbreaking.

Franchement j’ai bien aimé, même si c’est difficile à écouter au quotidien, ça ne s’intègre pas trop dans mes playlists

Blues, live 1960 -> 3

An enjoyable Blues performance, with a more jovial vibe which probably misses a little on the personal preference but not faulting the artist for it. 3/5

Not as impactful on me as I'm sure it would have been at the time. He's a legend, and put the blues over fantastically well, influencing generations to follow. But his style of blues is, now, so familiar that I didn't respond with much excitement.

The music was alright, not quite my style, but the album itself had multiple versions of the same track and it got annoying. After looking into it, apparently that was the reissue. Reissue would be 2 star. Original as intended, without the repeated tracks, would be way more tolerable

I like the blues and I can also get bored with the blues pretty quickly. It’s the repetitive nature of the music. (Not that repetition doesn’t happen in other music because it does.) That’s why I get bored with electronic music too. Anyway, Muddy Waters live at Newport flirts with my boredom early on but wins me over in the end with the performance and sound quality. A little annoyed that Mojo was performed twice but I understand he’s doing it for the audience. It’s a nit pick by me. Overall, this was a fun listen, and I’d definitely fire it up again. I’m giving this a 3 rating. 3/5

literally can’t go wrong with one of the kings of blues, muddy waters the man you are. it can get repetitive but like there’s not much you can do with blues

для любителей блюза.

A true legend. Quiet enjoyable.

Good blues. Genre impact: Low Decade impact: Low Absolute impact: Low Listenability: High Re-listenability: Med

It felt like a good Southern blues album and its so much better live than the studio version because you can feel the energy of Muddy and the crowd.

muddy waters, you're such a vibe

Cracking live album with phenomenal sound for the day. There’s only so much I get out of this type of blues, but I can’t deny it was great toe-tapping time while it lasted.

Solid blues album. Extremely influential for its time. I had a fine time listening though nothing very surprising to me. Still, I definitely see its merit in its legacy.

Yeah this was really cool.

Surprisingly solid, some absolutely great classic blues instrumentation here, it does sound a little redundant, but due to its repeating of something really solid & its short length it works really well, great live blues record, good shit.

A real bop - leg bouncing the whole time

Done

Gemensam recension av Muddy och Bluesbreakers. Två bluesalbum i rad. Där många skriver att Bluesbrekers är dåliga (många 1:or med motivering, "A bunch of privileged white dudes signing about how they want to get over on girls while they misappropriate blues music." etc) och på Muddys står det saker som "now this is blues. clapton can fuck off." Så vi fick "turen" att få dessa album, back to back. Först och främst, blues är helt ok. Inte svinbra. För mig kommer det aldrig blir svinbra. Jag tycker dock Muddy är bättre (delvis för att jag säkert påverkats av kommentarerna) mest för att jag inte är såld på allt gitarrtjafs på Bluesbrekaers. Eric Clapton är säkert "God", men jag gillar inte gitarsolon på detta vis. Det har aldrig kittlat skönt. Sen är det mysigare att Muddy är live. Därför är nog Muddy skönare blues, men det blir för mycket att skilja betygen åt, de är båda "meh". Så det blir 3:a på båda. Men på en tiogradig skala hade Muddy fått 6 och Bluesbreakers 5.

Get this guy an electric guitar.

Pretty good

18-25 year old me would’ve been all over this had I been aware of it back then. I’m not really too well-versed on anything of Muddy’s beyond his well known hits and Electric Mud. It is clear this was an incredibly important album though, due to when it was released; right at the beginning of the sixties and the market it was able to reach; young, aspiring, white (mainly British) musicians and therefore helped shape the sound of the decade and beyond. Its inclusion in this series is very well deserved. Its the case of being my favourite artist’s favourite artist, and thats alright with me. 3/5 will definitely revisit. Standout songs; Got my Brand on You Tiger in Your Tank Got my Mojo working

For me, most enjoyment I get from this album comes from knowing that before Muddy did it, no one did it. I've said this about a lot of Blues records in the past, but because the formula they created has been the essential blueprint of all music I love since, the foundation wares after a while.

Muddy Waters lays down the bluesprint At Newport 1960, recording a foundational performance whose impact is almost impossible to appreciate without recognizing how thoroughly his innovations have been absorbed into the musical landscape.

Usually not a big fan of blues, but Muddy Waters sure is a great singer and guitarist and that backup band absolutely killed it.

For me blues gets too repetitive, but I assume in 1960 it was the coolest thing around.

Gorgeous sound, and what a voice. They did all blend together a little bit, and didn't reach my heart like some of this type of music does (Nina Simone I'm looking at you). But wonderful nonetheless, and an incredible live performance. 3.5/5

☀︎pas pour moi ☀︎tous ceux qui disent que le blues c’est dépressif dans leur review, je comprends pas

Fine nothing crazy

blewwws oldies electric Fav Songs: I'm Your Hoochi Cochie Man

I can appreciate the musicianship and performance, but not my style.

Excellent for it being the 1960s. A fun, classical Blues album that nobody expected to be plagiarized by white men. Favorite Track: "Hoochie Coochie Man".

Repetitive but solid, liked bb king’s live album more.

Again not my vibe. I enjoyed the first song and then they just all felt pretty repetitive, then again a lot of the songs were repeated. Wouldn’t listen again

It's hard to evaluate an album like this for a couple of reasons. One, it's a live album, and I honestly don't see the appeal of live albums. Why would I want to hear people making noise over the actual music I'm here for? Why would I want all of the problems that come with mixing live recordings? Why would I want a version where the artist has less control over the finished work? It's also hard to really listen to an album like this six decades later and really understand it. I know how important Muddy Waters is in music history. He's a major influence on blues, rock, and therefore R&B and rap. All of American music would sound different without him. But does the work stand up on its own? Yeah. It does. It's dated, and can get a bit repetitive, and I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man sounds like the literal stereotypical blues parody, but it works. I love where music goes from here, but it still sounds good on its own.

Muy antiguo

Some decent Delta blues going on here. I enjoyed I Got My Brand On You and Baby Please Don’t Go.

Krispigt inspelad bluesjazz. Men blir lite samma efter ett tag

Repetitive and predictable, meh.

Borderline 3 stars

Jazz fast utan oljud

I just realized this is the first blues album I got on this list, and it's album 99. Almost forgot the genre existed, even though it's a one that I enjoy. This is a live album, which can sometimes be a great thing, there is a number of famously great live album, but most of the time this doesn't deliver in my opinion. This album for example didn't have anything too special to offer for me, I think I would enjoy a studio album more. It's a solid album, fun to listen to, pure Chicago blues, it also influenced a lot of artists of all sorts of genres. You can put this on and forget about it, the songs are smooth, guitar and piano melodies are nice and impactful, the vocals are strong and emotional, nothing is overdone. Muddy is a legend, an easy listen, would give it 3.5 if I could.

Feel like this is a good album but wasn't in the mood unfortunately

Liked the harmonica and banjo, and it was good jazz in general, but didn’t particularly stand out to me, and I was a little disappointed with the lyricism, though I know that’s not everything. Also hilarious as a live album

Another great blues player.

I don't really like live albums most of the time, so this one is starting on the back foot already. Unfortunately, while the music is alright, it doesn't ever really capture my attention, and as so never gets past it being a live album Standouts I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man I Got My Mojo Working 3/5

My first foray into blues — loved some of the songs in here and the melodies were so crisp. Didn’t really have a chance to sit down and have this wash over me in one sitting — so the broken up nature may have hurt my experience. But yeah — a good listen!

Decent live album, but lacked the spark of Johnny Cash at Fulsome Prison for example.

*furiously stares at that gorgeous guitar*

Pretty good as far as live albums go. "Tiger In Your Tank" makes me bounce. Favorite track: Tiger In Your Tank

Blues Album das Spass macht.

Lækker langsom blues på første del. Tempoet skues desværre i vejret på anden halvdel. Albummet bliver aldrig helt så svedigt som jeg kunne ønske mig.

Great classic blues

Sublime live album of old school blues. Great voice and lovely blues tone. Never listened to Muddy Waters, but will listen to again, for sure. 7.2/10.

Good raucous fun. Faves: Tiger In Your Tank, I've Got My Mojo Working

Pretty smooth, easy listening. A relatively enjoyable album all round.

Great live performance. I did realize that he would say a catch phrase and that pretty much was every song on repeat. Even the tempo and sounds of most the songs were very similar with the catch phrase being the only thing that changed. 5/10

Talk about your old school cool, sounded good, but kinda lost me at the end, it ended up sounding like yelling in tune for me there. I enjoyed it overall.

Solid blue album, reminds me of the days at band camp.

A cracking album in fairness to Muddy, but not all to my taste.

Nice ol' live album 6.5/10

Enjoyed it, but forgot how simple 12 bar blues is. Felt very authentic though. 6/10

Good blues. I've never really gotten into the genre so I don't listen to it too much but this is decent.

This album has a great sound. Very good. 1001 album worthy: Yes - 53/101

I loved listening to the crowd reactions. Imagining that same delight would have been manifest in listeners at the time too, like Brian Jones, MickJagger, Keith Richard.. And you can kinda see why too.

Good but a bit repetitive

Another live album?! I love blues, and I’ve always enjoyed some Muddy Waters. I just don’t do live albums. He sounds good, but quality just isn’t great. The set list is pretty good, I might see how many studio versions I can put into a playlist and run with that.

Muddy waters has another album in this list, hard again. That album is electric fire dynamite. I was hoping this would be similar but it's pretty disappointing

I just can't with the blues

Cool sounding, classic blues album, straight from the mind of Muddy Waters. Historically, possibly pretty important, otherwise sound generic and just plain. Not really my kind of music.

The fact that it's recorded at Newport gives it some kind of magnitude, but it's in fact another set of good ol' Chicago Blues that doesn't really set itself apart from his other sets.

Good Blues, as much as Blues can be good.

Always in for a good ole blues made in the golden years of the genre!

I love listening to Muddy Waters, only heard 1 album before. Music is very tight compared to the huge music of today and has a great beat and his awesome vocal style. I read that this concert almost didn't happen because of riots the day before at this blues festival, only thing that saved it was filming the day for a documentary on American culture

After yesterday's "Sabres of Paradise" I am glad to finally have real music here. The mojo works perfectly on this and I don't want to forget to mention the harmonica. But as always I rate it down one star just because it's a live album. 2,5

Live blues is always better than studio.

Aight

Foundational! That was a treat.

I don’t really care for the blues but I understand the importance.

Nice washing-music!

classic blues

3/5

Decent but unremarkable blues

Lovely. Just lovely

Fine but not worth adding to the ole library

solid jazz

Interesting to hear some blues from before Hendrix (and the original I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man), but I think I just prefer Jimi Hendrix. I realise that if this is the first blues live album, it’s fairly important, so for that reason I’m glad I listened - I might try some other Muddy Waters, but I don’t think I’ll listen to this again.

It's the blues, sounds like the blues

too jazzy for me plus i hate live albums YNN

Decent.

I like Muddy Waters, but this particular recording didn't quite grab me. The quality felt off and....muddy. It could also have been that I was listening to it in the car on a busy highway as opposed to my usual quiet office and headphones. In fact, I don't know why I'm leaving this review instead of re-listening to it.

Definitely some time there, but not something I just put on to listen to

Good

Didn't get all the way through this one. It was solid, but I gotta be in the mood for a straightforward old blues album like this.

Very pleasant listen but probably wouldn't go back

Definitely the type of music that is made to be enjoyed live. Enjoyable album. I’m sure at the right venue he really let loose - this felt a little restrained. Blues at its best.

Foundational, you can definitely hear the influence this had on later music. Just not really my vibe, I guess? It was good, but I wasn’t blown away, I suppose.

Baby Please Don't Go, I Feel So Good Great Voice

The entire genre is not something that I would spin up to listen to for fun, but this recording is somewhat melodic and, undeniably, foundational.

Great chilled stuff.

I guess if you like blues, you'd get more out of this. For me, it just felt like one idea repeated over and over again, with the only highlight being Got My Mojo Working. Although not bad by any means, most of the music here wasn't particularly fun or interesting and felt outdated. It was an easy listen, though, so I can't say I disliked it.

Blues 5/10

I was expecting to hear blues on this list, but not really a live album, apparently one of the first commercially succesful live albums too. Muddy Waters is a familiar name and I've heard his and other's versions of his tracks. I was familiar with just a few songs on this record, so it was mostly new stuff to me. Blues in it's purest form, it's not something I often listen, but on occasion it is fine.

Not really my usual thing. But an easy listen and it’s very historically important.

No es mi estilo no puedo opinar

Solid middle of the road blues live album, Muddy is a legend but has better stuff that I hope to see on this list at some point

Not the biggest fan of live albums, but it's blues so it's still good.

good fun despite being a bit one-note, a product of its time. Can see the influence on the beatles/stones/hendrix etc the four bonus tracks stop the album dead, prefer to think of it as just the live tracks originally included

blues record so i can't say i was particularly drawn in. that said the live audience being so into what they were listening to definitely elevated these performances for me, & it's rly clear the ppl on stage were having a good time. that gives it the nudge into 3 start territory for me

Standard blues. Kind of good and kind of repetitive. You get what you sign up for when you choose to listen to a live 50s blues album.

This was pretty good but wasn't my favorite. Muddy Waters has a great voice but I wasn't the biggest fan of the tracks. He's got a great a great style but it didn't connect with me in the same way as some of his contemporaries.

Again, very solid stuff. Not as great as Sam Cooke at the Harlem Square Club but still not bad at all. It was pretty forgettable but generally enjoyable to listen to. Definitely a legend.

3.5*

3 star

Not a huge Blues guy, but you can tell that Muddy Waters (and this album) were a huge hit due to his electric and eccentric take on Blues, something that would lay the foundation for Rock and Roll. For that, I have to give him the highest credit, but at the same time none of the songs from the album truly jump out at me and demand to saved, sung along to, or replayed, save maybe "Got my Mojo Working".

Blues

Some great live music that I'm sure was groundbreaking at the time. I'm not sure there's anything here to keep me coming back to it, but I'm glad I listened and I'm glad it's on this list. 6.25/10 (3.125/5)

decent

Great live blues show. Something I really wish I could have experienced in person. Such good energy, sound, crowd participation. Classic blues/soul sound.

Live blues from 1960. Soulful but upbeat

Wasn’t for me, but I appreciate it.

Reminds me of when I was in Memphis

Enjoyable jazz

Enjoyed it. Great sound for a 1960 live album.

Kao nis spec, malo jazz country, nije me ocaro ako cemo isk

Decent, but very old-timey live album.

Nja, Muddy Waters is wel ziek goed natuurlijk, maar ik weet niet of dit album hier hoort. Goed blues live album natuurlijk, maar als je alle degelijke live blues albums in een lijst zet, kom je al met die alleen aan 1001. 2.9

Had some good energy. Not too big on old blues personally Will I listen to again: 1%

solid blues album. anything that ends with “live from newport” is top notch

i got my brand on you- 6 im your hoochie coochie man- 6 baby please dont go- 7 soon forgotten- 5 tiger in your tank- 6 i feel so good- 6 ive got my mojo working- 5 got my mojo workin pt 2- 6 goodbye newport blues- 5 meanest woman- 5

Made me uncomfortable in the most delightful way. This is also the name of a local coffee shop that I frequented for at least a decade, so it makes me a little nostalgic.

нормал, но не впечатлило. мотив одной песни был знаком, даже добавил. а в целом джаз такой мелодичный, голос не навязчивый, легкий.

After not enjoying the previous Muddy Waters album I had, this was much more what I hope for from Blues. Rough yet sounds great.

A fine album. Fun and catchy, nothing outside the box though. 5/10

3.5 rounded down groovy as hell but i don’t think blues will ever click for me tbh ….. i like these live takes a lot tho! highlights: baby please don’t go, i’m your hoochie coochie man, i’ve got my mojo working (dec 19 2024)

This isn’t the first time I’ve listened to Muddy Waters, as I quite enjoyed his album Hard Again. I find his voice really quite lovely, and his bluesy music is generally a delight. Today’s album is a live one, and it does give a bit more character than the studio versions but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t start losing concentration as this went on. I did enjoy it, but it didn’t grab me quite as much as Hard Again.

Good album

Nice rootsy original sound. A different world that you can almost taste through listening to this.

Blues music and classical music kind of feel the same to me. They both are pleasant to listen to but rarely does anything stand out. I listened to this and it was lovely but I can only recall 2 songs off the top of my head. Maybe those were the 2 best songs: Got My Mojo Working and I got My Brand on You. I can appreciate this but this will never be 5-star listening for me.

If you're in the mood for Muddy Waters, this is a great album. Classic blues, can't go wrong. My only issue is, that mood only hits sometimes. Is this an album I'd rush out to buy? No. Did I enjoy it? Yes.

Good performances of these songs but I’m not sure why this live album was selected for this list. A Muddy Waters studio album would’ve been better. 3/5

Bueno

un classic pero too old vibes

Enjoyable. Guess I haven't moved as much in the blues direction as the jazz direction

Normally I'm against love albums on here, but with this one I get it. The blues have so much more soul to it live, which is really captured here. Don't think I would have enjoyed a studio album version anywhere near as much.

Easy listening but still good blues music

Not my style

Muddy Waters more like Crappy Waters

This OG Blues and what came before it rules, relatively speaking, even for me, but what I really needed to hear, today and before I die, was The Cure's new album that came out this morning. I went through this here without a problem, but I have no plans of ever putting it on again.

Good

3.3 nice but wouldn't want a full album again

Classic blues and you could be forgiven for thinking the guy invented the genre. But ultimately it's just way too samey from song to song to go higher than 3

Já tinha ouvido. Muddy Waters é muito legal!

First time listening. Highlights: I don’t think I like the blues.

Some pretty nice blues music to enjoy in the background.

That's not my taste in music. But ok.

Muddy Waters is classic - this live album is ok.

Bluesy I liked it

Nice blues, would listen again

Only listened to part of it

If you ever played guitar as a kid growing up, you would have heard about the blues and how they are the basis for rock n' roll. Muddy Waters tends to sit at the top of this inspiration list. The dude is a legend and his music is so highly influential. This album was really good. I think it's interesting to lead with one of his live albums, but overall I enjoyed it. It was an easy listen and I think it's interesting to hear these early roots of rock music. Also, is 'Tiger in your Tank' a euphonism for sex? Is his wiener the tiger? Makes a guy wonder.

I enjoyed it. Great voice and great music history. A really nice live album.

I’ve heard of Muddy Waters and I’ve heard about how legendary and influential this jazz festival was, so it was cool to get to listen to a piece of history. Great blues riffs and an enjoyable album overall, made for some great driving music on the way home from a trip. Nothing here blew me away, nice middle of the road start to the week.

So I have heard of Muddy Waters but not listened to him. I don't particularly love live albums however, I quite enjoyed this one. Will potentially try out some non live recordings! 3 Deb - okay as background music,some of it is a bit samey. Wouldn't necessarily chose it! 3

Really struggled with this one. Sounds beautiful, great live album but just not my thing

Gotta love a good Blues album. It's well done classic 12 bar blues. It struggles with the same problem most classic blues albums have: basically every song on the album sounds the same. Same forumla, similar instrumentation, it really just starts to get a bit stale by the end.

Blues and bluegrass, sounds like. Enjoyable in the background.

Minus a star because this songs aren’t interesting enough to listen to four of them twice on the same 45 minute album.

Started weak; got a bit better. Blues isn't my thing though. 3/5

Very bluesy, a bit too much for me

The sound is incredible and it’s clearly a very important piece of music history. In terms of actual listening it was a good set of songs with a good backing band, but there are better blues albums out there 3.5/5

Muddy Waters is great but I'm not a fan of live albums being on this list, especially when it's mostly songs I've already heard from him.