This Is Fats Domino

classic rock and roll

Oh I like this a lot. I've got a soft spot for old time rock and roll, even if it was about 40 years before my time. Fats Domino is also a hell of a stage name, on top of being a great musician. I highly recommend.

Could listen to this all day

I might be biased on this one because I love anything & everything Fats Domino. This is bluesy Fats, swinging Fats....it Fats Domino baby! Jump on it!

spotify didn’t have this is fats so I chose Fats is back a year after this album and who what a fun record, can NOT make you smile, Turn on Lovelight

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One of the forefathers of Rock N Roll if not THE forefather- it's easy and joyful to hear what a huge influence he was on Elvis Presley, The Beatles and beyond. Truly essential listening for anyone with even a passing interest in the history of the greatest music to come out of the 20th Century- if you want to know Rock N Roll, you gotta know Fats, child! As long as people are rocking out the Fat Man lives well beyond blueberry hill!

Lovely <3

My bf loved this so five stars

I loved everything that Fats Domino created. I couldn't find this specific record, so I highly recommend seeking out and listening to "Fats Domino Swings".

A great album with several toe-tappers that still resonate today. Fats Domino helped define the rock and roll genre while influencing countless artists who followed. Fats Domino remains a true rock and roll legend.

Smooth as butter

Love - funky chill

now this is what i’m TALKING about

Beautiful time capsule.

everyone knows Chubby Checker picked his name as a play on Fats Domino, but let us also remember these early rock-n-rollers: Lardo Backgammon, Tubbsy Twister, Futomomo Shōgi, and Corpulence Stratego

The Big Bang.

One time, in the 80s, my dad saw Fats sitting in a bar in a hotel in Amsterdam. My dad got a signature on a napkin, and for some reason Fats needed my dad's suspenders...

I managed to cobble together a version from various compilations on Tidal. Really great stuff. I remember being amazed when he turned up in the TV show Tremé. If you want to hear a cool tribute to him check out Guided By Voices' The Unsinkable Fats Domino referencing his survival of Hurricane Katrina.

The 50s groove just hits, even when it's the same groove in every song 😂 Blueberry Hill & Ain't That A Shame are GOATed, Fats rules

10/10 blueberry hill 12/21/25

Yup, Fats Domino certainly knows his way around the old johanna. What's there not to like?

Truly a must listen album!!

Gentle

So fun! There'd be no rock and roll without black folks.

A classic of the classics

5/5

Fats Domino is one of the most important people of the 20th century for christening Rock and Roll. The repercussions of such music has affected so much of the cultural history of humanity and who knows what to humanity and creativity. Or to put it quite simply: this fucks. It fucked so hard in the 1950s it helped desegregate America because black and white people wanted to get drunk and boogie down to this dude. Elvis said he was the King of Rock and Roll, and it's impossible not to hear anything from this record and not hear the trickle

J - Blueberry Hill

A darn good ride of an album

Wonderful

The king of New Orleans soul gives us some of his finest sides!

One of the GOAT’s. Every single track is a classic. No notes 10/10 Favorite tracks- “Hiney Chile” “Blue Monday” “Mardi Gras inNew Orleans”

hell yeah!

Love this. Hard not to toe tap or head nod for all of these.

Classic. Maybe a little bit dated but if this guy would have lived and performed today I would definitely go and watch, what an energy. 4.5 stars

Nice to go back to where it all began!

17 minutes of pure goodness. Smashing Pumpkins Collie nonsense, are you listening?!? This is what music should be!

What a great day. This is perfection from start to finish.

El azar me ha deparado la escucha seguida de Little Richard, The Beatles y ahora Fats Dominó: dos maestros y sus cuatros alumnos aventajados. Me siento más cercano al clasicismo de Fats que a la electricidad de Richard, pero no puedo pasar por alto la trascendencia de estos dos músicos. He descubierto “Blue Monday” y “Long” ypero “Blueberry Hill” sigue siendo mi favorita, una canción que incluyó decisivamente en la música de gente tan importante como Elvis Presley.

This was so much fun to listen to.

Ja

If you’re driving on a dusty highway searching for a radio station and suddenly you can tune in to any of these songs, you will be psyched. This is the bridge between blues and pop that must be crossed to get to rock and roll. A 5.

I loved this one! Another fun short burst of energy

Rating: 4.3/5 Short Review: Feels like getting a hug from music itself—one wearing a snazzy suit and playing boogie-woogie. Favorite Track: “Blueberry Hill” – a tender little earthquake that makes falling in love sound simple, even if it’s not.

Love.

Pain in the ass to find, had to build a playlist.

Een poip album uit 1958! Ik ben benieuwd wat toen beschouwd werd als pop. Potverdomme wat is dit lekker zeg. Soort jazzy blues. Echt heel leuk. Dit gaat richting de 5 sterren. Blueberry Hill begint het mee, en is echt een heel fijn nummer. La La vind ik ook geweldig. Laatste 3 nummers vind ik iets minder, zijn wat langzamer en wordt wat minder ing ezongen. Maar desalniettemin eindig ik dit album met het gevoel dat ik meer van dit wil. Echt genoten en daarom 5 reten.

Comme au wisconsin de mon enfance

Excellent vive le soul et vive Fats Domino

Great music. Some classic songs that still hit hard after all these decades. There is a reason that people still listen to Fats Domino.

Had to cobble the album together song by song to hear the whole thing, but it was worth it.

sehr cool

Takes a bit to find and fix, but well worth it

Let’s be real, he’s got the goods

coool :)

One of the OGs of boogie woogie piano. Gent get much better than this.

"The opening song is "Blueberry Hill"... need i say more? "Honey Chile" is next... every song on this is a gem... when younger generations hear the term "rock and roll"... and they think of Metallica... or... Nirvana... it makes me cringe... it's like when someone who is not country, claims to be a country artist... it's incongruent... THIS... is Rock 'n Roll... Rock and Roll... even CLASSIC ROCK realizes it needed to shorten the term... Chuck Berry... Jerry Lee Lewis... Little Richard... THAT is Rock n Roll... and that's exactly what this record is... it DEFINES the genre... in fact this record is not only rockin'... but REELIN' and a rockin'... just having "Blueberry" and "Blue Monday" on the same album make it special... but, when every song is a piece of nostalgia, that MUST be preserved... FIVE STARS... all day... every day..."

29/07/2025 Brilliant album. Loved it. Short and sweet.

Half the songs are bleddy region blocked, but what I heard was obviously great.

A classic from a legend

Great

A classic. Hugely important bridge from R&B to rock. Great tunes, great voice.

An all time classic, starting with a classic rhythm and blues sound and developing into the rock ‘n’ roll that we all love, influencing both Elvis and the Beatles along the way. This must have been impossibly exciting to hear for the first time back in 1956 and songs like Blueberry Hill still send a shiver down my spine.

This is a great example of rythm'n'blues/early rock'n'roll, very entertaining & up-tempo, and a good representative of the New Orleans scene.

The Prehistory of Rock.

This first class I took in college was called Blues as Blueprint, and it was a seminar class focused on the American narrative through the arts. Fats Domino was the first album I had to analyze, and I have been appreciative my liberal arts education ever since. I always loved how you can hear the evolution of New Orleans through his music, from Joplin’s Ragtime to Louis’s Jazz, a touch of Louis Prima’s swing and even a bit of Delta blues. And his lyrics hit at the heart of the American experience in the 1950s: subtle deviate behaviors, mournful hearts, the silliness of daily life, the post-war optimism. Key songs for me were all of them, but the Rooster Song with its rockabilly swing and Valley of Tears bring me back to the sock hop I never attended but wished I had. He’s an American legend.

Difficult to find this one. Used playlist on Spotify. Just amazing stuff. Fats was awesome.

Cool to see the origin of a sound that feels very familiar. Classic! Fun! Fat!

This is the 146th album I’m rating. Album covers were pretty shit in 1956. Adding to my Playlist - Blueberry Hill, Honey Chile, What's the Reason (I'm not Pleasing You), Blue Monday, So Long, La-La, Troubles of my Own, You Done me Wrong, Reeling and Rocking, The Fat Man's Hop, Poor, Poor me, and Trust in Me. Not Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. All in all I liked 12/12 songs. I really do like the 1950's. I like the vibe. It just feels right.

Great stuff, and I finally got an album that isn't an unremarkable Britpop album

Has held up well

un genre que je n'écoute presque pas donc trop contente de découvrir ! toutes les chansons sont des bangers?? ça s'enchaîne super bien, et elles ont un son qui est à la fois marqué par leur époque et intemporel. j'y connais pas tellement sur ce genre ou sur l'histoire de cette personne mais on comprend très vite à l'écoute que cet album est spécial et qu'il a marqué son temps

Energético me remontó a una epoca antigua

I will grant you that it might be genetically impossible for me to give this any lower than a 4 because I’m also from New Orleans but I would say it’s impossible to give the album that objectively anyway. Listen to that piano! That singing! This album is so good!

Fuck yeah Fats Domino.

Hell yeah

Couldn't find this exact album, so I listened to a Fats Domino best of. Once it had finished, the CD started playing again from the start. Instinctively I moved to press stop, but the music was so good that I listened through again.

Oh so this is where all the music I like comes from.

Loved it.

Great

One of the OG pioneers of rock, rock wouldn't be the same without Fats. Favorite track: fat man's hop other picks: blueberry hill, blue monday, so long

This guy absolutely rocks. I wish I walked into a random speakeasy in New Orleans and this guy was sitting in a chair serenading me. Hard to find this kind of music anymore. Wild mix of blues, folk, and rock & roll. Divine intervention, heard Ain’t That a Shame at dinner hours after listening to his discography.

Great album. All these cats were cookin'. They were SWINGIN'. Some good early rockin' and rollin-type music that I really dug. Easy five stars.

These cats are swingin!

Lowkey amazing. Couldn't find in streaming so took to YouTube

A foundational album that served as inspiration for so many.

side note-- spotify does not have this record in full, so i'm not sure if the versions i listened to of side B of the LP are the intended versions of the tracks but i dont think it really matters. quintessential music

Well, unfortunately, I couldn’t find a copy of this album to listen to, so I listened to the album, Golden legends: Fats Domino – live. It included 14 songs and lasted about 45 minutes, but it really didn’t sound like much of a live album to me, other than a couple of tracks that were longer with additional instrumentation. So, although I can’t rate the album in the book, this one is terrific! There’s just nothing to not like about this, and the songs have aged really well, especially for something that was recorded back in the 50s. I’m going to save this one and listen to it again from time to time. And although I’ve heard a little bit of Fats over the years, I didn’t realize that he really does have a good voice. I would’ve loved to go to one of his concerts back in the day, I bet it was a blast! Five stars.

This was so fun!

Nice classic vibes

So good I listened to it twice in a row. Loved Blueberry Hill, Going Home and Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Gonna give this a five. Due to time constraints, I ended up listening to some other works from Fats because Spotify's version of the album doesn't have all the songs available and I couldn't go hunting them down. That said, dude's got good sound and good vibes. It's a bit too dated for my tastes, but I'm glad I was exposed to Fats Domino.

A Don of rock'n roll and New Orleans music in general and this is a fine album compiling various singles and non-single recordings from 1952-1956, at the height of his super-successful career at Imperial Records. Need-to-know music and highly enjoyable to this day.

It’s the tits! From start to finish!

Ok - not super interesting

First! Captures the energy and style that everyone would eventually want to have.

You just got to love this record. Fats Domino is a pioneer of Rock‘n‘Roll.

12 (ish) songs depending who you believe has the canonical track listing and 27 minutes of music. What is this a punk album? I love Fats Domino and I listened to this like 5 times yesterday.

Is it dated? Absolutely, but it is awesome.

I mean, come on, it's Fats Domino. It's not exactly hard to hear why this stuff is great. Between how hard Fats pounds the piano and all the general New Orleans (N'AWLINS) jazz influence... Yeah, this is my favorite 50's rock n' roll music, without a doubt. I agree 110% with Elvis when he said that Fats was the **real** king of rock n' roll. And normally I'd like to get my reviews up and over 300 words, but in this case... Yeah, I ain't got much else to say, and I ain't gonna force anything else. This isn't particularly complicated material. I mean, this isn't the first album I'd recommend; I'd probably go with FATS DOMINO SWINGS, 'coz it has stuff like "The Fat Man" and "Ain't That A Shame"... And also that album's actually **on streaming**... But no matter which release you go with, you can't go wrong with Fats. Huge 5 for just being a fun as hell time.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5. I know, perhaps it's heresy to not give this a flat 5, but it’s just because there’s a few too many “woe is me” sad tracks on the album, sue me. Besides that, Fats Domino did live up to what little I knew of him – “Blueberry Hill” is a trivia staple and a pretty strong song in the musical canon, but I’ve never heard it until now. Hell, I’ve never really heard Fats’ voice until now, and while I was expecting more of a Ray Charles-y tone, I’m surprised that he has a slight country twang on him. I’m not surprised that these were all pretty good tracks; classic blues structure to a lot of them, and his voice really glides on some of the heavier percussion / piano / sax present throughout this thing. Not too much to say besides that, really. I have a decent reverence for 50s music like this, and it’s just because it’s all stood the test of time, and they’re simple & easy tracks. These fit the bill, and I had a good time listening to them – pretty breezy 27-ish minutes, even if it took a bit longer to find them all on streaming like that. I can hear why Elvis called him “the real king of rock & roll”, and how influential his music must have been to his contemporaries. It’s a good album, and I’d be a moron to not give it the bump up – it’s certainly no less than a 4.

Cualquier disco de el verdadero rey del rock and roll entre el 56 y el 59 es imprescindible.

Couldn’t get this album so I just listened to a bunch of Fats Domino and he rocks

Awesome jazz. I wish this album was longer

Perhaps doesn't sound like anything special, but that is because literally everything that came after owes him a debt across genres and nations. Effortlessly cool, and manages to rock and roll and be laid back all at once.

This is such a foundational album that inspired so many great artist afterwards. It was way ahead of it's time. I found my thrill listening to this classic.

Love the big band music. This era just feels like the absence of stress.

Just so damn good. I’ll never get tired of this stuff.

Lovely delivery. Effortlessly cool and those triplets with the walking bass are the defining Domino sound. It's hard to separate how ground breaking this was at the time because this sound has been copied countless times since and can be heard in every blues bar everywhere every night - well and badly. But this is the blueprint

Really enjoyed this

The fantastic roots of rock and roll. If you can’t at least appreciate it his on some level, you have no business listening to music.

Such a classic. Love it

До минор крутой !!! Классика классика ьььь 8/10

Impressively for the era, Fats Domino is listed as the songwriter for 10 of the 12 tracks on the original album. The man had a freaking awesome voice, full of warmth and character without barely breaking a sweat. The music is cool New Orleans styled RnB with a nice pop sheen and the album features a number of familiar tunes. Sure it is a bit samey, but the album is short and when it's this good, who cares.

There's something about the 50s sound that really excites me. So simple, but so good! 5 stars of course!

Nostalgia for a time unknown, gorgeous voice on the big man

Groovy, fun, seems to have been inspiration for artists like buddy holly. Very easy and fun listen. Wish it was a longer album

I waffled between a 4 and 5- Fats is amazing, but having a compilation album feels like a diss to him.

Really enjoyable and important. (Strange how New Order took Blue Monday in such a different direction)

✔️

Doesn’t contain my favorite Fats Domimo songs but nonetheless this man created rock and roll and all these songs fucking bang. The piano part in La La had me fucking gassed let’s fucking go I love Fats Domino shoutout NOLA baby 5/5 ALLL DAYYYY!!!!!

Just a happy group of songs. I have literally nothing to complain about as it's just so good. I get how it inspired The Beatles, "Lady Madonna". A quick but memorable album. Favorite songs: Blueberry Hill, *Blue Monday, Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

spotify only allowed me to listen to 8 of the 14 songs. Blueberry Hill is always great.

You need to dig around to find the full recording, but it's worth it. A very solid and fun album which is not just influential in many ways but also feels very genuine.

Fats fats!!!

Awesome

Because of Blueberry Hill

just pleasant

I could listen to Fats many, many, times. Just so easy to enjoy.

A fascinating person and singer!

The good old classics

5 stars no notes

I knew Fats Domino was an early pioneer of rock and roll, but I never knew what a profound influence he was on other artists. There’s a reason we’re still listening to Fats 70 years after he released this music. Enjoy.

Schön, dieser ursprüngliche Rock'n'Roll!

loved it open my eyes to the world of fats I was previously unaware of. excited to dive into his catalog

I liked the album very much

Day271 - even though i had to find the track list and search for the songs it was worth it

Really enjoyed this.

I really enjoyed this whole album! Very fun and upbeat. Fats has a great, smooth voice that he has a lot of control over.

Really good, nice upbeat old school R&B (blues)

Easy 5 stars. All love for “Blueberry Hill.”

So much groove. Catchy and well-sung melodies. A bridge between jazz and blues and rock and roll. You can still dance to this. Definition of timeless!

Discazo con muchísimo ritmo, un estilo de rythm and blues brutal, con unos sonidos y ritmos que enganchan y suenan genial. Una pasada como iniciador de todo un género musical. No se puede escuchar todo el disco pero a falta de la mitad, lo que está disponible brilla solo

honestly didnt know i was a blues fan. this is awesome

Mad respect. "It wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playing down in New Orleans." Ugh. An era where music was a thing that was experienced and happened in the moment. Categorization like genre didn't matter. I was going to say I wish he could see his legacy, but he'd prob laugh. I like how much this project is making me yearn for live music.

Such a great voice, and way too short of an album. A wonderful reminder of a bygone time. Favorite track: "Blueberry Hill."

Amazing album from the og king of rock n roll!! This music makes you feel good!! Lots of memories of listening to fats with my dad and lol Richie cunningham on happy days!!

A little odd to have a compilation album on this list, but I didn't really care in the end. This was such a joy to listen to.

outstanding. fuck elvis all my homies hate elvis.

Inject this into my veins please

This was exceedingly hard to find. I ended up having to listen to each song individually, but it was worth it. Fats Domino is amazing, and the moment I heard “Blueberry Hill” I was transported back to my family’s minivan listening to the oldies station on the way to school. Love it.

Yes! I love this old time rock and roll stuff. Fats Domino is especially good. Blue Monday has been a favorite of mine for years.

Fun album and great songs. Nice and short too!

So good

This was so fun to dance to

Yes.

This is a must listen for all who wonder what influence New Orleans has had on music

Don’t understand why this one was chosen. But Fats was a top man.

4.6 - I could listen to this all day

I really liked it, very good blues album

Classic! Would have pulled out some vinyl of his if I wasn't so busy this morning.

Superb!

Classic album. A but old sounding now but IT’S REALLY OLD! Irreplaceable.

Love it! A really fat album!

I don't know how I'm supposed to give this less than five stars when it's plainly easy to enjoy, even as background rock 'n roll - and inspired countless legends that meant and contributed so much to pop music.

Absolutely.

The album itself wasn't available on my streaming service so I picked a playlist someone made with the same name. This used to be the only kind of music I would listen to in middle/early highschool.

It's odd, listening to it now it sounds very dated. When it came out it was ground-breaking and spawned countless imitators. I've always loved Blue Monday, heard it years ago and listened to it more times than I can remember since. The rest of this album is rock solid too. It gets 5 stars from me for musical content and also impact!!!

I'm not sure how anyone is supposed to rate or review this album. It's one classic after another, and it's immediately obvious how influential this album (well really this man) was. Can only be 5/5.

Zeitreise! 5/5

One of the best records I've heard.

Impossible to give this anything other than a five. This album is a blueprint for modern music

Music from my childhood. Where it all started.

There's a lot of joy in this album. I agree that adding a compilation is kind of cheating, but this is still a great listen.

Turns out I love the 50s/60s sound.

Love it! Love it! Love it! I wish I had listened to this a long time ago. I knew Blueberry Hill, but that was it. The rest of that music is awesome. Loved every song. I’d listen to that album again, just for fun!

Bummer this album isn’t on the major streamers. It’s a great introduction to Fats. This should be required listening homework for anyone who likes rock.

Love it, roots of rock n roll! Love the bluesy melodies. Makes me wanna do the twist

Loved this album! So many songs that are in the general zeitgeist and fun to listen to

couldn't listen to entire album. but love the old music

Not all the way through yet but it’s amazing! I often forget how much I love old times rock and roll\jazz!!

Good vibes

This is Fast Domino is an essential album that deserves to be on this list. Anyone who appreciates good music, rock and roll and blues should have Fast Domino on their playlists. It is an album that showcases the personality and talent of Fats Domino, offering a variety of songs that span different genres, emotions and themes. It is an album that has stood the test of time, and that continues to be a reference for many current artists.

Makes feel like I'm walking through the dusty post-apocalyptic fallout wasteland, killing mutants on my way to the glorious Diamond City from whose radio station are coming these wonderful tunes, the broadcast being interrupted here and there a by timid broadcast host, who is due to become the biggest desert's showman very soon. Only if he knew. This type of souly blues just screams retro US. Love it!

оч смешной рокнролл такой как будто его на граммофоне проигрывают

Lovely stuff, loads of fun, oozes class, influences a load of stuff that came after it, a wonderful listen. How this is 65+ years old is genuinely astounding.

Just great classic rock and roll. Very short. My uncle used to play Blueberry Hill on an imaginary piano at the end of drunken nights. At first insane, but he could convince entire pubs to sing along by the time he was finished...

Starting off the new year strong: Blueberry Hill: where is blueberry hill? blues, mid sized bands. Has horns. this would be considered R&B probably. His voice is very unique, especially his vibrato. You can hear that he's influenced a lot of rock vocalists. 12 Bar blues I think. Pretty short. Honey Chile: only you can fill me like you do? that's some innuendo but kinda queer. I cannot hear the piano at all. the breaks are kind fun. this is not like anything I've heard before. sax solo not exactly burning but very fun nonetheless. That's how I would describe this whole thing. Pigeon toes is innuendo for sure. What's the reason I'm Not Pleasing you: a little bit more uptempo than the others. innuendo but also played straight. another sax solo but this is mixed lower. I think the comping rhythm is a trip, it's so weird. actually, the whole shuffle is fucking wack. the piano comping is crazy. It's not swinging is it? Blue Monday: Classic. the piano comping again though. Kind of inspired the paul mccartney song. must have. the master is a bit too loud. that sax solo is wack. what the fuck. damn that's gotta be the weirdest sax solo I've heard in a while. they burning now. the piano the whole time. he must have really strong hands because damn. So Long: Where is he from he has quite and accent. the mix is really weird on this recording. I feel like I can only really him and the bass is dead. the backbeat is real strong. That feels like the biggest difference between this and like jazz shit. also it's all blueses. the longest solo, classic outro. La La: a the classic scat head. the horn lines are also classic. oh he's taking a piano solo. damn he's burning. straight fire. damn that's also unlike anything i've heard before. His voice is great. Feels almost hypnotic. Troubles of My Own: classic my life is shit blues. oh this is a nice one. more laid back than the last one but I like the head better. still with that piano comping though. again the bass is really low. sax solo in the middle. You Done Me Wrong: damn that fade in is strong. the mixing is wack. nice call and response the start of. is that a harmonica. or a accordian? damn weird instrumentation. I love the call and response. It's nice. I bet it was really fun live. Reeling and Rocking: He sounds completely different. This must be later. Slow but deadly fuck. the drum fills though. guitar guitar alert. that's a precense. again with the call and response but acapella this time. those breaks are classic. the guitar really makes it sound like R&B. nice outro too. they arranging a bit more on this one. oo that guitar. The Fat Man's Hop: now that's a blues riff if i've ever heard one. the horns bussing. oo his pulling out some blue fills on the piano. he's way more present here than the other recordings. this is the piano song. the guitar is still here. ooo he can burn. the drums are also pulling out some more different sounds. They must feel more comfortable with the recording process. Poor, Poor Me: The horns have their parts down. two horns soloing at the same time. that's crazy. they sound good together though. straight chaos but in the best way. the drums at the end though. Trust in Me: this is the most rocking. you can see the direct transition to rock here. it sounds like elvis. But so much better. the horns are great. the guitar solo is wack. sounds like his piano solo. damn that is crazy. wow he's really out there. the horns still going over the solo is a nice tough. again another two horn solo. reminisent of early jazz. but they burning. one's laying it down the other is playing around. the bass is walking. the piano idk, i think it's just his regular comping. the horns at the end. Damm what an album to start the year off with.

Giving this a 5 before I listen because Fats Domino doesn't have any misses they're all so fun, but also because I can never find the exact version of these old albums that were all just collections of old standards. I'm sure the one I listened to had some of the right songs, if the correct album didn't have "Ain't That a Shame" then the wrong album's on this list anyway!!!!

Spotify didn't have this album so it was hard to find and listen to. However, I've been fortunate to listen to a fair amount of Fats Domino (mostly the hits) and I'll never not be a fan of this man. National treasure.

Very cool

I love it!

nice swingy bizz

Wonderful stuff. I would put this on when people are over. Makes me feel nostalgic for a time I didn’t even live through. Footnote: I half expected to hear some lyrics that would sound problematic to some people today (as songs of this era can do), but I don’t think anyone would be offended by these songs at all. That said, it wouldn’t have impacted my enjoyment much anyway.

Too bad it’s so confusing to find this album on streaming. Once I found the music, what a winner. Love the simplicity of the music, the feeling, the general vibe. Dig it dig it dig it.

One of the greats.

I like this oldies Soul sound... Never heard of him before though. Maybe I'll recognize some of the songs. Wow according to the wiki, he was a big influence on Elvis and the Beetles! There were 6 tracks not available on Spotify but I'm going to find them on YouTube. I liked it. What a time for music. 5 stars

Five Stars. What more can be said about Fats Domino? Well, actually… I think a lot can be said about him, and about the selection of pre-60’s music for the list. The compiler doesn’t seem to know what to do with music pre-Beatles. In fact it feels like he regards it as a chore. Fats was one of the original Rock n Rollers, but like most early pop music his stuff wasn’t intended to be sat down and listened to as an album in the way we think of today. The fact that we got a lot of good albums out of the weird mixed system that was around is a miracle akin to the amount of Euripedes we still have; you keep around/keep putting out enough and some of them are gonna stick. But this means that the representation of the pre-album era is kinda spotty. We do get a lot of the greats: Fats, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, but miss out on Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry, because they didn’t put out those miraculous good albums. Surely Bo Diddley deserves more of a spot on the list than Louis Prima or the Louvin Brothers? So what does this have to do with Fats Domino specifically? This is Fats Domino is not his best album, it’s probably only put on the list because it’s the one with Blueberry Hill on. I think it’d have been better to include compilations on the list, like Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums did. It would allow for a better representation of important artists who aren’t on this list, Hank Williams being a prime example, and would potentially reduce the glut of late 60’s, late 90’s and early 00’s albums that seem to have only been put on to make up space. Fats Domino by all means deserves a spot on this list. But he deserves better representation than one random album just to save face

Love a bit of soul and Fats certainly knows how to deliver 👍🏼😎⭐️

Great sound, great voice. Very nostalgic for me, as reminded me of my father's record collection.

First time listening to this. Sounds great! I love this singer! And will definitely explore more stuff! :)

Really good! Not necessarily one of my go to types of music, but this album is brilliant. Fun, and really well put together :)

Old school. Jazz. Good vibes and fun !

I have absolutely no idea if I've been listening to the "right" Fats Domino, but what I have been listening to, I have enjoyed a great deal. I think I have a couple of compilation CDs somewhere. Truly a great, an inspiration to so many artists and set the direction of western music for a generation.

Charming as fuck.

Classic. Who wouldn't love Fats Domino

It’s such a shame that “Ain’t That A Shame” wasn’t on this complication album. I’ve gotta give it a 4-star just for that. “Ain’t That A Shame” is a 5-star song, though.

classic - love every second

A classic. Enjoyed it very much

Iconic. The album was a little tricky to find but once I did ohhhhhhhh buddy

Didn't get to hear all of this because Spotify, but what I did hear, I loved. I have always thought of Mr Domino as old and stuffy due to some of the songs he recorded being so well-known, but that period that was the birth of rock and roll, coming out of some amazing hard-edged rhythm and blues, is far too easily overlooked. Definitely one I will play again, and 'Mardi Gras' was indeed a happy and unexpected bonus track here.

That was excellent, I definitely listen to his other works !

10/10

A+ 10/10 Five Stars Would listen to repeatedly

Very good album

Mi primer 1001 disco

I was shocked at how much I liked this. For a 66 year old compilation, the music somehow still feels fresh. I love the way Fats blows out the mic, I love the timbre of the backing brass, and I love how each song has it's own unique beat and vibe; the album exudes energy. It took a real genius to make this music in the pre-rock-and-roll era.

Essential early rock n roll flavored by New Orleans jazz. Careens to 27 breathless minutes and every one is a delight.

Really cool to learn that an album from 1956 can be good still

This shit goes so hard. Take me back

Amazing

It was a pain in the ass to have to supplement the missing songs with YouTube videos but it was still a really, really good album. This is just some good time music. I need more Fats in my musical diet (hat har har) but seriously I loved this. P.S. Blue Monday may be completely different from the song of the same name that New Order would later record, but I absolutely adored it.

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Blueberry Hill- 8.7 Honey Chile- 8 What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You- 8.4 Blue Monday- 8.3 So Long- 8.5 La La- 8.2 Goin' Home- 7.5 Mardi Gras in New Orleans- 8 Not all tracks were on Spotify and extra points for being consistently good...

Pioneren av klassisk, 50-talls rock&roll -har ikke hørt gjennom et helt album av Fats Domino før, men dette var gøy! Fantastisk pianospill!

Great album, even today the sounds, vocals and music are fresh and noteworthy!

This a wonderful OG rock and roll album. The songs are a blast and you can feel his love for music in each and every one of them.

I had to cobble this together from compilations as the album is not available on Apple Music, but I loved it regardless. I never get tired of 50s rock and roll.

I always get rather excited when I get a very old album or a very new one to listen to. It seems like at least 50% of the albums in 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die are from the 70’s, so the outliers such as Fats Domino are markedly different to the majority. Songs I already knew: Blueberry Hill Favourites: Blueberry Hill, La La, Trust In Me Despite not hearing much Fats Domino prior to today, when I was around 10 years old in 2000, I was somewhat obsessed with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, and this album has a very similar vibe to them. Rock doesn’t really roll any more like it used to - there are plenty of rock bands still making good music, but very few that I’d consider rock and roll. Fats Domino delivers very well here, which excellent use of instruments, and an excellent voice to go with it. A fantastic album that I’d recommend to anybody that likes the oldies.

Listened to a similar record as couldn’t find this specific one. Didn’t realize how amazing it was. Definitely at the root of a lot of what I listen to to this day.

This was a teriffic album! Fats Domino was revolutionary at his craft. Every song on this album is awesome! I can imagine hearing this in the 50's and how different it must have sounded. To be someone credited with influencing the king of rock and roll Elvis Presley! Fats' piano playing is flawless, and his bluesy lyric delivery make him stand out as one of the greats! The piano solo in La La is fantastic!! I love The swing style feel of this record. Favourite songs : all of them, but stand out songs include : Blueberry Hill, Blue Monday, La La, What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You, Poor Poor Me, Troubles of My Own Least favourite song: if forced to pick, The Fat Man's Hop only because it is an instrumental number 5/5

Nice and beautiful album, first time I listen too it.. And I like it..

Yes! I was very excited I got this album today! Classic Rock 'n Roll! Don't know his work that well, but everyone know this man's Blueberry Hill. It's ashame Spotify doesn't have the licence for the whole album so I had to listen to the whole thing somewhere else, yarhg! Great album, I hope there's more like this in the future.

Great Album. Blueberry Hill alone makes it great, but each song is amazing.

Ce n’est pas parfait comme enregistrement, les musiciens ne sont pas toujours su’a coche et c’est un peu répétitif, mais c’est l’essence du rock and roll.

9/10. This was delightful

Long live the king of rock and roll

“Blueberry Hill” has been a favorite since “Happy Days.” So much fun to listen to the whole album!

What a blast! Just a good-time album here. I loved it!!!

Had a great time with this today. Lots of fun tracks, great blues, and some very fine piano playing. A+.

Another album that defies traditional review, considering that Fats Domino was at, and probably a critical instigator of, the birth of rock and roll. That alone probably justifies a five before I even start listening... Trying to set all that aside, I really enjoyed listening to this. I don't listen to albums from the 50s very often. I'm glad this project is motivating me to do so, because I only recognized "Blueberry Hill" and there are a lot more gems that are every bit as good as that song on this album. I have to say after looking at some of the other reviews on this site I'm a little jealous of the people who were excited after listening to Fats Domino for the first time. I don't think I ever had an experience like that with this artist because he was always there. Still, this album gave me a lot of moments of discovery and delight. THIS IS FATS DOMINO is fantastic!

What a treasure, great music.

Absolute bona fide genuine legend, and oft-misused and hyperbolic as "legend" can be, it is an entirely accurate and appropriate word in this case. Trace nearly any music one enjoys today, or in the past several decades, and the road likely leads to Fats Domino. Take his story and how he explains how music came to and through him, and the fuller picture of so much music starts to come together. Love this album, love this music, love this artist. Dang, was he just soooooo damn good.

Wonderful. I’m from the 70s so miss stay missed this genre. Listened to it 3 times today

Honestly some of my fav classics that I didn’t even know were Fats Domino 😬

The album finds a hot mitosis of soul and blues, a great insight to the times.

Love it

The original king of rock and roll! This album was a really fun listen. Fats has a warmth to his voice that can lift your spirits even when he's singing a sad ballad. His backing band could swing too! "You done me Wrong" is a great example of that. I enjoyed the back and forth between his voice and the band. "Blueberry Hill" of course is a classic and one of his most famous songs along with "Walking to new Orleans" which would be written and released a few years later. Fats' piano playing is great on the whole album too. The instrumental track "The Fat Man's Hop" really showing off just how skilled he is.

Really liked this.

очень приятный ритм-н-блюз, стильно, ритмично, голос кайф

This is actually the 1956 album - please note! :) I'd never heard of Fats before but you can tell he's a classic class act. Love it!

this album FUCKIN SLAAPS, every songs a total banger giving anything less than a 10/10 would be a sin it was kinda hard to find this album since it’s not on apple music, but it IS on spotify for some reason so I just made a playlist with the correct track listing on apple music since all the songs are on The Complete Imperial Singles collection (except for The Fat Man’s Hop - which should not be confused with The Fat Man, a totally different song) yeah this album is just the best, I love this sort of rock n’ roll meets jazz meets slight r&b elements it’s such a fun album full of diverse, catchy, iconic bangers I’ve never heard of this blessed man before hearing this album and he’s already one of my favorites now

Foundin father de la música popular.

Me gustó y ya. Sin duda, aguante los negros y su cañona creación de la música moderna. Fav: Blue Monday

yes. great. thoroughly enjoyed. pass me a sherry doris

Loved it

Classic soul from Fats! Great album, but the songs are hard to find.

7/10 A little boost for being so influential and cool. It's all boogie boogie, short, punchy songs. Job done.

Great time. Loved all the follow up music too.

This was a great time capsule listen. Blueberry Hill is a great jam that contains a catchy hook with a danceable chord progression that instantly reminds you why such songs were inescapable back in the day. I was amazed with how familiar the song sounded on first listen. This was pop music before we knew it....catchy, danceable, and lyrically relatable with words of love, pleasure, and pain that instructed us to forget our troubles and dance the night away. This Fats Domino record should be preserved for future generations to listen to as there are many pop, rock, and even punk elements. Catchy and uplifting chord progressions, quick guitar shredding, and melodic, fast paced drumming made this record very enjoyable.

The blues are still blue. I want to make a film just so I can use these blues jn a smoky bar scene 🎬

enjoyable 4 stars

this is the type of music I think would be playing on the radio in the world of LA Noire - absolute vibes

This was pretty good.

Decent album, quite fun and suitable for work, good energy, not boring.

This album (a compilation maybe?) isn’t available on Apple Music so I went from the Wikipedia track listing and put together a DIY version of it which may or may not be the album version. I couldn’t find “The Fat Man’s Hop” but I did find “The Fat Man” which is approximately the same length and it’s jaunty enough to be a hop. There’s a line in it where he sings “they call me the Fat Man/because I weigh two hundred pounds.” If Fats Domino was alive and making music today he’d be Average American Male Weight Domino and that just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

Good tunes

Records like this is what this project is all about, since there has never been a day when I would have said to myself "I think I'll listen to a Fats Domino record today." But this is a great record, with the jamming horn section and piano underlying his singing. Lots of fun for a hot summer afternoon.

I did not expect after listening to old ass albums to them really like Fats domino.. First off all what is that name lol. But also what a voice this dude had, really liked the singing and the bops Dont remember the name of the songs but will probably look him up again. Review - 7.5/10

One day I’ll make it to N’awlins and watch how they do it live. Until then it’s nice to listen to this

Fuck yeah

Loved this. Then read a review about Fats and his various albums, the naming, the history, etc and I love it even more. What a rascal, will be listening to more Fats

Album #138, Fats Domino, This Is Fats Domino! ⭐⭐⭐⭐ You often hear the phrase “pioneer of rock and roll,” but sometimes you don’t necessarily hear the rock and roll in the music itself. Not in this case. Fats Domino is very clearly a precursor to rock music. You’ve got the rolling and slamming piano, the relatively simple, no-nonsense arrangements, the stabbing guitar licks, and songs that just move. You can hear where so many later artists got their sound from. His voice is interesting too. It has a real everyman quality to it. He’s not a technically astonishing vocalist like Ray Charles, for example, but that’s not really the point. What he has is charm, soul and warmth, and I think that’s just as important. It feels like another stepping stone towards rock and roll, where personality and energy matter just as much as technical ability. Anyone can sing rock and roll if they’ve got enough soul behind it, and Fats Domino has that in abundance. The bluesier tracks are probably the highlights for me. Blueberry Hill is an absolute classic. I kept trying to remember where I’d heard it before. Was it Goodfellas? The Irishman? One of Scorsese’s films anyway. I really enjoyed this record. I’d never properly listened to Fats Domino before, and this was a great introduction. Just a note: this album is a total mess on Spotify if you follow the link from the generator. You’ll have to piece it together yourself using the track listing on Wikipedia and searching for the individual songs. So if this one comes up for you in future, I’d recommend checking the Wikipedia track listing first.

Not really sure why you'd listen to a Fats Domino album. His natural habitat was the 45rpm single. He put nearly 50 of them up the charts over the years. They deserve to be listened to in a stack of singles on a picnic gramophone with an automatic changer. However you hear him, Fats is a one man party. The rollicking piano triplets, the straight ahead rocking beat. The songs are simple, the performances belting. You can smell the gumbo, you're so deep in New Orleans. This is the real stuff.

Not my style

Made me feel like a jovial fat man

This album just sounds like New Orleans, and that is a good thing.

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escuchar esto después de ver 3 temporadas de mad men 🤌

fun listen but even with the short runtime it feels incredibly samey

Second time for this that must be bootlegged. Today it’s a relief. Happy for some sweet instrumental solos and competent vocals. Yeah. And it’s not the 60’s. Double yeah. 4 Boolean: True, True

Classic rock n roll, can’t go wrong with the classics

While the songs are remarkably short, and the arrangements all fairly simple and predictable, and Fats himself is resigned to sing and play well within the lines, I rather enjoyed the listening experience.

Couldn't listen to this exact album, but I listened to a bunch of his tunes from this era. Good stuff, some of it great, all of it foundational. Definitely deserves to be on the list.

Comforting Just loved every song

I also couldn't find this exact album, used this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDdA9bBHvc0&list=PLowQCq3Ss89h_zdP0-wIycRkVk-nAh6i9 Enjoyable, classic rock n roll. Never heard him sing before, and really liked his voice. Walked so others could run. 4*

Hard to find album - ended up creating playlist from track listing found online.

Phat

Man Fats is great, but a lot of his stuff suffers from sounding the same. Plus the album being only 31 minutes (that includes the two bonus tracks as well) really does drop it a bit. 3.5/5

Breezy and enjoyable

It's great to hear artists from a certain time and the sound just perfectly encapsulates the music of the era. I have to say I did enjoy this more than expected. A lot of great songs. Just overall a really nice listen.

Shoutout to 1950s rock and roll for saying that music should be fun with its whole chest. The A-side is particularly joyful, and I love his voice and piano-playing. The B-side is a bit more hit and miss for me, but overall I really enjoyed this. Rating: 3.5

beautiful blues record, unpretentious, straight forward and very uplifting tunes.

The recording quality on the version I found was quite bad. I hope there are better versions of this album out there, since it's a decent listen.

Fats could really play the piano. His voice is so good but the rolling piano is the key. He played a certain style of rhythm and blues. It was perfect and his hits made you aware of it. Blueberry Hill is a classic and Ain’t that a Shame is brilliant. The Fat Man is just pure magic.

Heard Before? Only "Blueberry Hill" and "Blue Monday". Notes: - perfectly encapsulates the early rhythm and blues formula, in all its innovation and sameness. - the songs are nothing to speak of really, but the performances sound as vital and vivid as ever. - i have a soft spot for this era of recording, before multitracking and effects. no one would purposely do that anymore, nor should they. but as a time capsule it is wonderful. - i love it all: the distant muddy piano, the booming uncompressed drums, the peaking vocal mic, the saxophones that bob and weave, even the mostly inaudible guitar and bass. all is played with verve and energy. Verdict: As good an evocation of the era as any, and better than most. Let the blues times roll. Listen Again? Probably not, even though it's very good. It certainly inspires me to try more 50s rock n roll that I have missed.

Rock music used to be a guy named Fats singing about getting some on a Blueberry Hill. It’s all been downhill since then

This album does not exist on YouTube Music. Had to basically find the album on Wikipedia, find the track listing, look up the individual songs, and make my own playlist to listen to it. It's a fun album. Short and an easy listen. But if YouTube is your go-to for music than it's a lot of work to listen to.

Loved this - grew up listening to his stuff.