Reviews (page 7 of 11)
Bel sound e bel ritmo, anche se non perfetto.
Catchy af, maakt je happy , grote blij
I enjoyed the musical education in this one, a foundational album for rock & roll. I enjoyed Blueberry Hill. I appreciate it, it's just not my taste
I see how this is foundational, but I didn't love listening to it.
3/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/fats-domino/this-is-fats-domino/ Yea not bad, probably very influential way back when. Now, though, it’s just okay. Also, annoyingly not on streaming, so had to gather the songs from the abundance of compilation albums that are.
Not a lot to criticize here from Mr. Fats. “Blueberry Hill” and “Blue Monday” being the standout tracks. We’re not breaking ground her, but more so perfecting the pre-60s R&B/Rock’n’Roll sound. It’s a fun, easy quick listen that not many people could complain about.
I had Troubles of My Own finding this album. Poor Poor Me.
Cool listen and he has such a classic early rock n roll sound. I grew up on a heavy diet of classic 50's, 60's and 70's so knew a lot of these well. Randy & Spiff on Fox97 "Good Times, Great Oldies" haha. Some generational bangers but wasn't an all timer.
I get it’s the foundation of rock-n-roll, but it just didn’t quite hit me. It’s not bad, just not my thing.
liked ittt
A foundational rock n roller singer with a name and personality to match.
3.0
a lil something to snap along to
I can see it appreaciated by some people. However, I find it better for background music.
- IT WAS REALLY good. It felt exactly what you needed it to be i love how every song changed from the previous while still being tied to the album as a whole.
50s rock and roll Holds up today
Pretty fun set of oldies!
I thoroughly enjoyed it. Great 7/10
Good but the best song is Blueberry Hill. Enjoyable to listen to.
La la la la la la la la la
Fat fucking dominoes Great stuff mang
*Classic rock and roll- love the historical significance
7.5/10 A record where the historical importance is impossible to ignore. You can clearly hear the blueprint for early rock ’n’ roll and pop- rolling piano lines, easygoing swing, and melodies that shaped decades of music after it. That said, the age shows: the sound is dated, and across the tracklist the songs blend together a bit, sticking closely to the same formula. Still, even when it feels samey, the charm and influence carry it. this is foundational stuff, and it earns its place because of that.
Ritmo bello, esa colección de canciones me transportó a vida pasada
That was a fun album, but it was really just a collection of songs. Nothing cohesive about this other than it has the same singer.
Cracking little album.
Sometimes Apple Music doesn't have an album in this project and I have to go find it elsewhere. This was one such album. And it wasn't even easy to find on YouTube, but fortunately someone (maybe the project creator?) had created a playlist out of individual songs that appears to be correct. Fats Domino's historical importance is obvious and undeniable, but I find his story more interesting than his music. I learned it while listening to the podcast "The History of Rock Music in 500 Songs." That episode (including transcript) is here: https://500songs.com/podcast/the-fat-man-by-fats-domino/ This would get a 4 for historical significance, but the listening experience for me was more like a 2.5.
I couldn’t find this specific album but this came from the same timeframe. The roots of rock n roll! Good, but a bit of repetition across the tracks, but still fun to hear the origins of what was to come.
So far, this has been the hardest album to listen to, physically, just because it isn't anywhere for some reason. It's not on Spotify, and a different, similarly named album is all I can find on Youtube. Shout-out to a certain Spotify user for frankensteining this album back together from best of compilations, you're my hero. But how's the album? It's pretty good. This is one of the better really early Rock n Roll albums I've heard. While this doesn't have the raw energy of someone like Little Richard, the strength of the songs here makes up for it, and Fats Domino is still a very charismatic presence on these songs. There's some R&B and jazz flavor here and the songs are brief, catchy, and enjoyable. I still don't think I'll be coming back here a ton, but Fats Domino's music is kind of a blast while it's on.
Sehr rudimentär, aber der klassische Rock n Roll Sound ist hier definitiv hörbar. Insgesamt ist es mir wohl ein wenig zu altbacken, aber der Einfluss auf spätere Artists ist unverkennbar. Kann man schon hören.
Liker Fats Domino godt, og all musikken hans passer perfekt som diegetisk musikk i filmer. Det er det samme om handlingen er på 50-tallet eller i dag, det er tidløst. Men som album er det litt verre. 50-tallet er som kjent før albumeraen og også her er det egentlig bare en samling enkeltlåter slengt sammen. De opererer i tillegg innenfor et ganske snevert musikalsk uttrykk, fordi rock and roll ikke hadde fått tiden til å utvikle seg. Det er ikke noen tvil om at Fats er viktig, og siden konseptet er 1001 album så har de vel måttet velge noe, selv om de aller feteste låtene hans ("Ain't That A Shame" og "I'm Walkin'") ikke er med. Heldigvis er albumet kort, og den har jo "Blueberry Hill" og "You Done Me Wrong".
Decent. All sounds bit like Blueberry Hill
First couple of songs had me imagining how it must've been to be alive, even young, during the release of this music. Then I sort of lost a bit of focus throughout. It does get a bit repetitive. Did still like it overall though
362/1089 - Nothing special. Standard competent older blues and rock album.
Best Track - "Blueberry Hill"
Fats is a solid listen if you like 50's stuff at all. Stands above most of it. Good stuff.
初期のロックンロールの貴重な録音なんだろうけど、当時の感動は味わえなかった。言っても仕方がないけど、もう少しいい音質で聞きたいんだよな。
Een warm en gezellig album dat perfect werkt als vroege-ochtend muziek: licht, swingend en zonder haast. De nummers zijn kort en catchy, met een fijne mix van piano, blazers en dat typische jaren 50 rock ’n roll/R&B-gevoel. Hoogtepunten voor mij waren Blueberry Hill en Blue Monday (super aanstekelijk), en You Done Me Wrong viel op door de zachtere, verhalende sfeer. Het album voelt meer als een fijne vibe en muziekgeschiedenis in actie dan als iets wat ik zelf actief zou opzetten, maar als het tussendoor voorbij komt vind ik dat alleen maar leuk.
I had no expectation going in, but Blueberry Hill does make a nice start. This is one of those I may have to give some extra points for historic significance because the music itself is pretty generic by modern standards. Looking at a 3,5 probably going to 3?
I know these songs.. I like Blue Monday most of all!
This is classic but slow compared to today music
Fun
I like this!! Love a bit of saxaphone and his voice is beautiful
Very cozy music!
perfect for my sundays playlist for sure
Classic sound, good compilation
Yes
I really like Fats Domino but if we’re choosing a compilation album from him, there are better more complete compilations of his discography that include some more songs that I love.
Yeah, liked it. Couple of classics omn there like Blueberry Hill and Blue Monday that I vaguely knew, and some other nice tracks on here.
Like working at Happy Harry’s all over again
Yep, the foundations of rock 'n roll right here. Might be worth a listen if you appreciate music history.
I like a good 12 bar blues. But a whole album gets a bit repetitive. But it is also very short. So it kinda balances out.
Vaguely interesting as a historical artifact. Many of the tracks were not available on Spotify so it was a very short listen.
Old school classics
Good voice and fun tunes. What more can I say? It was ok.
Usually quite sceptical of the oldies but very much enjoyed this. His voice is so warm
Mr Domino holding it down. Fun classic songs where if I had to imagine the 50s it’s just this. Not going to seek it out but it’s so good; one of the blueprints for everything after.
Album’s best : Blueberry hill
Fun and swingy.
Previously, I'd only known "Ain't That a Shame" from a movie soundtrack, so I was excited to learn a bit more about Fats Domino. It turns out, he's pretty one-note, though that note's pretty good. Like, all these songs kind of sound like lesser versions of "Blueberry Hill", honestly? They've all got that casual pace and same thing with the horns, and they're kinda short on hooks. If this were an hour long, I'd absolutely hate it, but for less than half an hour it's fun enough. It's all very consistent, it's just not all that exciting to modern ears.
this is cute and it sounds like something old couples would love but then the songs kinda started sounding the same that i didn't realize the album reset itself already LMAO
Good album
I don't think I had the exact album (I'm guessing it's a compilation album?) but I just listened to "Fat Domino Swings" and I honestly have a soft spot for this kind of music. Makes me want to learn swing. 3/5 because some songs just sound super similar but with different lyrics, maybe just because I don't listen to swing very often.
Pretty standard boogie woogie, I liked it! Not sure when I'd listen to it again, but I wouldn't mind.
Classic... early rock and roll. Ain't That A Shame is one of the best songs ever.
I never could find anything about this album. Only a Spotify playlist. I’m not sure how to rank an album that isn’t an album.
Pretty much as expected, undoubtedly influential, great tunes, but not something I would go out of my way to listen to
Early rock and roll isn't really my thing tbh. It's not bad, it's just... boring. But this has a lot of heart, which was nice.
It's a fun album to listen to. Fats has a really enjoyable voice. And while I'm not necessarily drawn to the mid century swing, it's pretty enjoyable. I can see why it was popular. That being said, it's not something I seek out. It's enjoyable to listen to occasionally, but not one I'll choose to return to often.
Traditional blues from a bygone era
It was good. Fast and nice vibe, in a world where rock was being invented yet, Fats Domino make this kind of art. Make me think about the history of music and its development. I guess its a 3.
It was good- short. Nothing called out to me about it.
Exactly what I expected.
Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Trust In Me First off, this album did not exist in YTM. I had to reconstruct it as a playlist from Fats Domino Ultimate Edition Volume 1. This was easy enough. All of the songs from "This is Fats Domino" were on Ultimate Edition Vol 1. I can't say for sure that the songs performed on the Ultimate Edition volume 1 were exactly the same as This Is Fats Domino, but it should be the same general vibe. This album is SHORT. It clocks in at 27 minutes, or 31 minutes if you listened to the "deluxe" version with two additional tracks. There's not a single song that goes reaches 3 minutes. Easy listening, both figuratively and literally, is an understatement. It's too short. Some songs just end rather abruptly. Others do the dreaded fade-out. You might find a song you like, and then its just... over. There's no opportunity to chew on any of the songs. They're all basically just little dittys that come and go. Musically, the tracks are pretty bare. Singing. Some sort of rhythm, maybe percussion and maybe bass. This album was fine. I am probably going to forget about it pretty soon though, it simply didn't have enough impact on me to call it stellar.
Fats cool
3.5
Not taking anything away from Fats, he is awesome. But never has someone gotten more out of one sound.
One of the building blocks of Rock N' Roll music. I'm more of a fan of Chuck Berry's guitar driven rock music. But you can't deny the influence Fats had on bands like the Beatles.
2.5
Great stuff, love listening to this
A good album of the time
Classic stuff. Love the bluesier tracks. As an album I found it a bit samey, but I did love the brass flourishes. Probably not a popular thing to say, but not overly keen on his voice, but it really suits the style. Makes me feel wistful for an earlier age. The guitar on Trust in Me is fabulous.
I love fats and I love pips 3/5
I don't know enough about this style of music to meaningfully comment, but fair play on making it to 89 years old when you're whole deal is that you're fat
Very familiar songs from a time when albums were a collection of songs. The voice is great and the music will last.
It's timeless music, not all of it lands for me but I can of course understand the significance of Fats Domino as a musician. History aside, it doesn't stop the album from being a bit same-y. It's good, and I'm sure this would have blown the pomade out of my hair in the fifties. Highlights: Blue Monday, So Long
Ihan reipasta menoa. Tää touhu uppoaa kyllä itselleni aina paremmin kun on vähän laulun luritusta mukana. New Orleans oli kova biisi! Viheltelyt toimii aina. Ei nyt mitään ihan maata mullistavaa meininkiä kuitenkaan, niin mennään kolmosella.
Enjoyable, early rock and roll sound, nice easy background music
Very cute. I liked Blueberry Hill, Honey Chile, and Mardi gras in new Orleans a lot.
This was great - Blueberry Hill is obviously a classic but the rest were equally listenable.
Album 981 of 1089 This Is Fats Domino - Fats Domino (1957) Rating : 3 / 5 Today’s album was This Is Fats Domino… or at least as close as I could get to it. Since the album isn’t available on Spotify, I built a playlist and, somewhere along the way, jumped over into a full Fats Domino mix. Honestly? It didn’t matter - because I’ve heard most of these songs all my life. Fats Domino is one of those foundational figures in rock and roll who sometimes gets taken for granted, simply because his music has always been there. His easygoing vocals, that rolling piano style, and the warm, familiar rhythm of his hits laid down a blueprint that countless others built upon. And when Happy Days came along in the ’70s and reintroduced his songs to a new generation, it just proved how timeless his sound really was. Now, I’ll admit -f you listen long enough, the songs can start to feel a bit repetitive. Fats found a formula, and he stuck with it. But it was a formula that worked, and more importantly, one that helped define an entire era of American music. There’s comfort in that consistency, and a whole lot of joy in revisiting it. Even if I couldn’t recreate the exact album track-for-track, spending some time with Fats Domino today was a reminder of just how important he was - and how good his music still feels.
Didn't really leave an impression. It's like "generic 50s music". Not bad, kinda groovy, but 5/10
Prior to listening this album, I only really knew Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino. It turns out though that if you heard that, you've kind of heard them all - but in a good way.
I've never listened to this album (68). Tough listen, half of the songs are missing on Spotify. But you can't hate on the Fat Man.
Pleasant and chill, nice music to listen while cooking
Fun to listen to.
Behagelig og lidt festlig at sætte på.
Not for me. Nothing against it. I’m sure it slapped back in 1957. But it doesn’t suit me. I can still appreciate it musically. 3/5
Great voice
Another one of those albums that peaks with the first song and the rest is kinda just there. Not bad tho.
Classic
3.5 for me. Not my typical style, but was fun and I can 100% see it’s influence.
I'm just bored of music like this. I get that it's dead influential and stuff but it's just so tedious to listen to. Fats Domino is slightly better than most because his voice is quite good. It's been so long since a 5. I feel like Mr Domino was mocking me with that second to last song
Fun
Only half album available on Spotify. Good voice.
Obsessed with Fats Domino's other album titles. Here Comes Fats Domino, Fats is Back, A Lot of Dominos, Here He Comes Again! This is a cool album, The horns were great and I could picture him having fun singing/playing all of these songs which was nice :)
This is one of those albums where the historical weight is impossible to miss. Fats Domino isn’t just playing songs here—he’s inventing a whole vocabulary. The left-hand feel on “Blueberry Hill” alone became the blueprint for decades of New Orleans piano players, and the easy swing of his band shows how ahead of the curve he really was. And yet, despite all the brilliance and lineage on display, the album didn’t hit me as hard as I expected. I love so many artists who built directly on Fats’s foundation, so I assumed I’d fall head over heels for the source material. Instead, I found myself respecting it more than loving it. The ideas are groundbreaking, the playing is rock-solid, and you can hear the future taking shape—but the emotional connection didn’t fully land for me. It’s still essential listening, both as a snapshot of a key moment in American music and as a masterclass in feel and groove. But for me, the legacy shines brighter than the experience of the record itself.
Having just listened to the Slim Shady LP it is somewhat of a relief to return to an era where things were so coded- losing a "rooster' being the opening innuendo and the album continuing in the same vein. Musically it's all fairly similar to Blueberry Hill, bluesy, laid-back, and I think would have been most engaging live, but most striking is the variety in Fats' vocal performance. Will definitely give this a re-listen in the summer
Rock and or roll.
It’s good - but also too dated for my taste. But of course this should be in the 1001 book
As it seems to be with albums that are this old, it was a bit of a struggle to locate this album. If you're diligent, you can find one in its entirety on YouTube. This album was refreshing. 1950s R&B can often sound repetitive, and while this one has its moments as well, the originality and energy that Fats Domino brings here is just incredible.
Not much to say here. It's Fats Domino.
Excellent album and really Enjoyed it and a great listen
most songs sound a bit samey ig but its not bad at all. uhhhhh yeah this was pretty good
Not on streaming so I opted to listen to "Fats Domino Swings." Very fun, I can't imagine someone listening to this and finding a reason to hate. Fav song: Blueberry Hill
странный акцент и неинтересная классика НО приятнее слушать чем например Элвис
Greatest respect for this album's place in history's musical pathway. Though it's not going to be a stepping stone in mine.
more like 2.5 stars
I didn't realize Fats Domino played the piano! He's so known for his tender, buttery voice on "Blueberry Hill" that this fact is overlooked. And that first song was and is so charming, and it is little wonder the song has persisted until this day. The rest of the album was nice enough but lacked that charm. When I say "nice enough," the album flowed well and was an easy listen, but it just wasn't memorable. Still a nice listen worthy of inclusion, though. Without Fats Domino and his early rock and roll sound, we wouldn't be anywhere close to today's music.
I'm not really a Fats fan. He's fine, and ultimately this album was fine too -- it made for an easy listen -- but his music runs pretty bland for my liking. That said, I absolutely acknowledge that this seemingly basic music was a seed that had major impact on modern music.
I'm cheating. Can't find this album for the life of me, so I just listened to "Fats Domino Swings." All of these songs are basically the same anyway. Still great, though. It's simple but wildly influential, and this ole' boy could play a damn tune. Fats smacks. Cool cat Fats. Fats Cats. Swingin' a bat, Mr. Fats wit da Hats? Alright.
Only half the songs are on spotify, but the remaining sound pretty good
Decent jazzy album but struggles from a lack of variety.
Not quite my cup of tea, but a cool compilation of songs
Although I'm not all that well-versed in early R&B/rock-n-roll music, it's hard to imagine this collection *wouldn't* include something by Fats Domino. I have no idea if there are better Fats albums to choose for this project--according to the Wikipedia entry, this only sold 50,000 copies, while the "1001 Albums" entry indicates that Fats Domino sold a staggering 65 million records in the 1950s alone--but this seems like a reasonable selection.
I suspect there are much better Fats Domino albums out there--probably his live albums. This didn't do much for me.
Ok
Another album that I couldn't get into. Nothing to hate I guess.
This is definitely a fun album. I liked a lot about it. For sure my favorite of this genre so far, but I am not a big fan of the genre itself. I would come back to this in the future. He has a good voice without even trying.
It’s like a music history lesson listening to this stuff, it’s amazing! Can you even try to imagine what it must of been no like hearing all this stuff for the first time?
It's okay. Other than Blueberry Hill, a straight up downtempo blues album for the most part.
The album was not on spotify
Great first album on the list. Not all of the tracks were on my streaming service so I pieced together what I could from the track listing. Although great and timeless (I recognized most every track). This seems to be a compilation album, while fine, takes away from the whole "Album" feel. I don't get the vibe that we are hearing a certain era of Fats, but more a celebration of the classics. Great stuff though! was fun to hear and was a quick listen.
Mouaif
Cook
Enjoyable. Blueberry Hill is on my Regular Jams playlist so I maybe came into this album with a bias. Didn't blow me away, but a good bit of swingy blues is good for the soul. I'm sure Mardi Gras in New Orleans is an arrangement of the old standard of Golddigger. Today I also listened to: CMAT, EURO-COUNTRY. Great 215. Emma-Jean Thackray, Weirdo. Superb. 216.
- I definitely feel like this album deserves to be featured in a History of Contemp. Music course, but I don’t love listening to it as much as I appreciate it. It’s so much the prototype for what’s to come that it doesn’t really feel fresh now that there is so much music to choose from. - That doesn’t take away from the fact that the music is pleasant and well-played and sung. I also won’t deny that Blueberry Hill is still a banger, and Blue Monday & Troubles of My Own are great. Probably would have loved this album when it came out! - Unfortunately, the production isn’t great, it feels pretty fuzzy, so it can be hard to hear all of the detail.
Another album that is inaccessible on most platforms. After finally finding it (thanks Reddit!), this is decent - nothing blowing me away here and probably not worth the effort of tracking it down.
Repetitive but still fun.
Happy days "Blueberry Hill" song they reference all the time.
Had trouble finding this exact album so I just searched for every song individually. The majority were on his greatest hits album. I've always appreciated his work. If the actual album is as good as the songs individually, which I assume it is, I'd rank this one 3 stars. Blueberry hill is a classic.
Did you know that Fat’s was an accomplished surfer as a youth, and would spend his summers in the waves off Southern California? He met his first wife on the beach in Santa Monica in the late ‘30’s, who described his surfing style as “Fat Spinnin” because of his foot turns while riding. Soon all the kids were calling him the Domino Rider up and down the beach’s of LA, and he liked the sound of Fat’s as well. Thus FDR became quite the sensation in the city of angels, and before long, Capital Records came calling. His first album, a 1943 limited release titled FDR Blasts the Beach, never could find a place on the charts, with critics calling it slow and disorganized. After a few months, the project was shelved, and the masters for the album were reportedly destroyed. Fats nearly quit music after that, but he gave it one final try, dropping the Rider and simply going by the name Fats Domino. And as they say, the rest is history.
Bello
3/5
As a kid I loved this music, I can appreciate it as an adult, but I'm not exactly craving for Fats to be on repeat
2.9 2x good old timey music
Had to find compiled version of all the songs from this album 1957. Not on Apple Music. Blueberry Hill- reminds me of Happy Days the TV show
OK, classic old school stuff
Nice, and historicially significant too, liked the saxophones here
Disfrutable y clasicon Fats, es un poco musica de fondo o de pub/hamburgueseria tematica de los 50s
It’s about as good as 50’s music gets. Man am I glad I wasn’t around in the 50’s, tho. 2.5⭐️ rounding up, because us fattys got to stick together
It is what it is. Kinda like Elvis: nothing I'd be super jazzed to spin again and again, but I definitely see the value and influence in it.
2,6/5
It's cool, it was a struggle to even find this album. I just feel like music has evolved so much, this is stuff I've heard at antique shops a million times. Still some decent music though.
Right or wrong…..Ronnie Cunningham from Happy Days always comes to mind when I hear Blueberry Hill. He has a nice voice and I get more blues than straight r ‘n’ b.
6/10 I can absolutely see why this would have been considered a major hit at the time. Highlight: Blueberry Hill
Nice, simple fun listen, but I don't see myself coming back to it very often, if at all. Pretty basic stuff, but still interesting to see where rock was at before it really came into what it's perceived as today.
new orleans r&b. gefällt mir
Good for this era, can visualise the dance floors of the 50s getting down to this album. Guess it was on here because it did this style so well and was influential. I’d probably only listen again though for a throwback to this era.
These building blocks of rock and roll albums are always a lot of fun. Fats rules.
17.00, suihku, läppärin kajarit, qobuz
Sax solos are back baby! I hope you like the 12 bar blues because you're going to get a lot of it. Overall a fun listen and music history lesson. I wasn't expecting a pastiche of "jump, jive, and wail" on the last track, that was neat.
Sounds like I’m 8 years old chillin’ in front of the Jukebox at The 50’s Grill.
Accurate name. What is 1001 albums about🥀💔
7/10 Favourite: Blueberry Hill Least Favourite: The Fat Man's Hop
Fun to hear these oldies!
Good vibes all the way through. Happy I listened to it but don't think I'll revisit too often. Might check out more of his stuff soon, curious to see what an album sounds like instead of a compilation.
Some good jazz, but not amazing.
Short and sweet, Classic 50's sound
It’s good doowap can get a little repetitive for me
HE is the swingin’est Jackson
Definitivamente uma musica do seu tempo, bem americana, não de um jeito ruim, só familiar para com a sua época. Consigo ver um senhorzinho ao lado de um radio esperando a sua musica favorita passar, que facilmente poderia ser "Honey Chile" assim como tantas gerações fizeram até os dias de hoje. Favs: Honey Chile and Reelin' and Rockin'
Pretty standard 1950s piano-driven rock/R&B here, but Fats Domino was one of the best at his craft, and it was artists like Fats Dominos, Little Richard, Ray Charles and Chuck Berry who essentially set the stage for rock and R&B's future cultural growth in the 1960s. Rooted heavily in the sound of his native New Orleans, Domino rolls through a short and sharp bunch of energetic rockers on 'This Is Fats Domino', with his impressive piano talents and rich, soulful vocals driving each number. It's a bit hard to truly delve into the context of the songs, as 1950s music is relatively basic and simple lyrically [conceptualisation in popular music was still a good decade off], but we must credit artists like Domino for bringing stronger identities into popular music, as prior to the mid 50s, music was more-so about larger ensembles colouring soundscapes to match the culture of the times [swing, jazz, classical] and people latched more to the music rather than the personalities behind it. But rock and roll had to start somewhere, and it was Domino et. al. who inspired Elvis, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison etc. to change popular music forever in the 1960s. I guess the sad part about this is these African-American artists were often consigned to segregated audiences at a time where racial segregation was a core issue affecting American society, especially in the early years of television where there was a clear dichotomy on which artists were the easier sell. It's worth remembering that a lot of these outstanding rock/R&B tracks penned by 'black' artists were later covered by 'white' artists to greater critical acclaim. Elvis, who was heavily inspired by Domino, is perhaps the best example of this, so while these 50s rock and roll record are very hard to critically review given the fact music was a vastly different product back then [i.e. no one cared about the producer, special effects, genre as long as the song was good], they have to be celebrated for their trailblazing nature. Elvis is iconic, but all the African-American musicians who wrote his songs and inspired his style can't be overlooked. And of those musicians, Fats Domino stands above many. 3/5
Great blues but not my favorite Fats album
A necessary History lessons for sure.
Blueberry Hill!!! Great tune. Blue Monday, apropos song for today. This is a nice 50's album. I'd like to think I would've jammed this back in the day. Although, I normally don't favor blues, I liked Reeling and Rocking the most after Blueberry Hill. Overall, most songs had the same swinging rhythm, so that took away from my rating. I'll give this a 3.
Note - this is NOT the album "This is Fats" found on Tidal. Fats Domino is a pleasant listen. Compared to some of the raunchy, balls-out aggressive rock and roll I've had so far (Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard), this feel much more like family friendly modern pop, but that's not a bad thing. Pleasant enough music, nice melodies. It doesnt blow me away, but you can see it as a stepping stone to all of the rock music that came afterwards. It was a trawl to find all the songs as this specific compilation wasn't available, but to be honest, you could probably pick any Fats Domino album and it would sound much the same. The dictionary definition of "fine".
Great songs. 3.5/5
oldie
6/10
Rating: 2.9 They should put Fats Domino on in the background at supermarkets instead of whatever they’ve got going on now. Music from this time period has no fat and is so easy to listen to. I’m not sure how all of the songs fit as an album (as far as I know it’s just a collection of all of his early singles?) but I wouldn’t turn any of these songs off.
Good music from the past
This is a man who loved his nickname, and named almost every album after it which made this album even harder to find. To try to be fair to a 70 year old album, it definitely had a foot-tapping beat to it. He argued that he was only playing the same blues he always had, and that he wasn't playing rock and roll, and I guess I kind of agree with him? I'm not sure where the separation is, but to me this wasn't a rock and roll album. Easy enough to listen to, not something I'd really go out of my way to listen to again.
It was okay, probably good for its time but just sounds extremely dated now.
Boogie/Do-wop/50’s big band pop music. Not a lot of original content here. Bob Dylan hadn’t happened yet, so the musical landscape was a real mixed bag in the 50’s. Most songs are hitting around the 2 minute mark. I don’t know that any of these are real standouts. Some ok background music.
Not to be a hater, but this guy has one of the most annoying album naming schemes I've ever seen. I'm sure at least some part of his impressive sales numbers could be attributed to people accidentally buying the wrong record and then coming back to buy a different one. As much as I dislike modern pop music, the situation with popular music in the 50s was much worse. Nowadays we at least have variety and a large selection of readily available music by indie/underground artists. It doesn't matter if you for some reason hate absolutely everything that's popular, because you can completely disregard every artist that has over 100000 monthly listeners on Spotify and still not be starved for chose. This wasn't the case in the 50s when your only chance of ever seeing your music getting released was to get signed by one of the record labels who controlled all the recording and pressing equipment. All of them were fighting for market share, and the only viable strategy, it seems, was to pump out as many different records as possible. This led to a lot of music at the time, regardless of genre, sounding extremely samey, since the musicians didn't have the time to make anything sophisticated and they were recorded playing whatever. To be fair, this didn't change much in the 60s or the 70s, but at that time we saw a lot more experimentation and innovation (both technological and artistic). And some of that music just so happened to get popular. This album is not the worst example of that approach. It is a product of its time, and you won't find anything markedly different on it. It's completely inoffensive and sound like a thousand other albums from the same time period. This album might as well be called generic_50s_r&b.mp3, but at least it's very energetic the whole way through, so I though it was kind of fun, I guess.
Highlights: Blue Monday, Blueberry Hill. In a nutshell: bridging the gap. Record companies and artists started the transition from pressing singles to releasing albums around the 1950's, so I'll cut it some slack for most songs sounding the same. Part R&B, part early rock and roll, but smooth. Overall: 5/10
This was cool but didn’t really move me.
Clearly very influential but not as musically interesting or exciting as some other artists of the time.
It was alright, I really liked his voice, very easy to listen to.
cool, outdated, but cool
Good album, never really listened to fats domino before but he was good and it was an interesting album!
Was pleasantly surprised by this album - when It came up I didn’t think I’d be into it and expected it to be dated and boring. But the songs are good, so enjoy the blusey style
aaaaah fats dominooo. huere geile siech. blueberry hill mega classic vo ihm, sehr relaxte rock n roll. er singt super. sind scho alli songs chli gliich, nöd es mega spannends album. cooli giti uf you dine me wrong. arrangements stimmed, er singt echt sehr cool alles seehr groovy gspielt. sind halt singles eigentli und domols sind albe nonig wüüürkli es ding gsi. git e 3 well influence und würkli groovy und er wirkt afoch wie en coole sympathische typ. aber s macht sehr wenig mit mir.
-always so interesting to listen to seminal old albums like this. you can hear the beginnings of today’s rock music taking shape here and see how it inspired artists like Elvis -it’s definitely very… safe and listenable. i wasn’t blown away by much of the actual music itself but there are still some nice songs on here namely Blueberry Hill -Favorites are Blueberry Hill and Trust In Me
I really liked the chill mood this album brought. Frankly, it was just a background for my studying, therefore i didn't really paid attention to the music. But overall it was a good album, typical for the deacde i guess.
It was sweet
Short and sweet
Going 3.5 on Fats. I thought the first half was better than the 2nd, and it definitely got a little samey after a while. "Blue Monday" was the standout for me. There's some other Fats stuff I prefer that wasn't on this album.
3.5
This was a fun listen. It's always cool going back in time to rock and R&Bs roots. The music is kind of simplistic nowadays but was probably so groundbreaking at the time. I don't love Fats's vocal delivery, it's not my favorite, but he's got a fun swingy vibe and he's obviously great on the piano. My favorites were "Blue Monday" and "So Long" Probably wouldn't listen to much of this album on repeat, but I enjoyed my brief time with it. The piano and sax really shine on this album and Fats is a legend but for me this is a solid 3/5.
I get its relevance but it didn't really excite me
While Fats Domino comes with the obvious charm of his time, the music is otherwise nothing special. It's good and enjoyable sure. But I feel like musically, there were more interesting things happening in 1957.
Classic blues, easy listening. Sadly half the album was unavailable for streaming.
as someone who has listened to some, but not a ton, of music from this genre/era, I can’t really tell how or why this would stand out. It was an easy listen, and some of the songs had really interesting rhyme schemes, but mostly just felt fine overall.
This is an mix of - mostly - early Soul and Swing. Fats Domino's voice is perfectly suited for this kind of music, but the song selection is a bit lacking. 3/5
I know very little about this type of music and thats kinda a shame. Its pretty good clean fun. I dont know what we did to this in-between jazz and rock music of the 40s 50s and 60s. Its just not in demand I guess? But I had a good old time here with fats. Some very catchy tunes. I hear he's a piano player but I wouldn't say j was blown away by the piano at all here. Mostly his voice and the whole arrangements around him. Saved a few tracks and had a good old time. Aside from the music itself im not sure if this book or site knows what album we should be listening to. So I went by name sake and had to find a Playlist of all the songs. I would have liked to hear these specific recordings but I couldnt find it anywhere. Not the albums fault but pretty annoying all the same.
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Its easy to see how this influenced popular music as well as why it was so popular during its day. Great, short (though formulaic) little dance tunes.
Fine tunes, great attitude.
This might have been exciting as hell in 1957, but now it registers mostly as background music. Pretty nice background music, though!
All good. All catchy
This is so much spicier than I was expecting, I can imagine people having a good time with this when it came out.
8/21/25
not on apple
This was nice and easy listening. Major respects to one of the great pioneers of rock & roll but this was a bit too timid for me, groundbreaking for its time I'm sure. There isn't really anything to hate from this. Overall, good listen! 3.00-3.25/5
Kind of good, kind of samey
If I were listening to this back in the 50s I would have rated it higher. Then it would sound fresh and innovative. The sound on the album was scratchy and technically subpar. Buts Fats Domino rates a 5...
I couldn't find the original album, so I listened to an essentials playlist of him. You can't help but smile when you listen to his music. That New Orleans feel. His voice. I love it
Rock n' roll from the big easy. The most memorable version of Blueberry Hill and so other tracks that influenced the likes of Presley, The Stones and Zeppelin. Worth a listen.
Not a great sounding record, but obviously one of the progenitors of popular blues/early rock n roll.
fun fun fun.
like Fats himself said "It wasn't anything but the same rhythm and blues I'd been playing down in New Orleans" which strikes true for this album. Its very much the same chord structures and whatnot rearranged to fit a different tempo (I found myself humming "Dont Be Cruel" by Elvis more than a few times). That doesnt mean its bad! also this seems like a greatest hits album, which is odd for this list. If you love New Orleans blues and rolling piano then you'll love this. As an aside, I love the naming conventions for this era, Fats Domino, Chubby Checker, etc.
Compilation albums feels like cheating for a list like this. However this album isn’t very good and all the songs sound exactly the same so I guess it’s a wash? Inoffensive and enjoyable enough but nothing really stands out
Cool music for its time
Great album
Good old rock and roll.
That’s fats
Blueberry Hill still has listening appeal, but otherwise the album is a bit dated.
easy to listen in the background
It was nice but not really for me but I get it.
While this isn’t an album I think I will return to, I still had a nice time with it. I enjoyed all the live instrumentals and the vocals, all of the musicians and Fats Domino are clearly very talented. I also enjoyed listening to it in the context of other music I’ve heard, I could hear not only the blues and New Orleans influences, but also how this played such a big role in inspiring the rock and roll genre. I also found it to be a nostalgic listen, it reminded me of the music my dad used to play me as kid.
Great.
mooolto simpatico
A fun album from an iconic artist.
3,5
Opens with the classic "Blueberry Hill". Unfortunately, Spotify refused to play the entire album unless I upgraded to the padi version.
This was a bit tough to find, but worth it. It was like a trip down memory lane, listening to the first music that was "mine" as opposed to my parents "stuff". My granddaughter couldn't understand why anyone would be named "Fats".
This isn't especially my kind of jam, it's something I don't mind in smaller doses but this was alright.
Fun listen
Learned that Fats was a pioneer on the New Orleans music scene and that he might've been credited for having the first rock-and-rock single record. Neat! The music here was some solid fusion of blues, jazz, and old timey rock. No real complaints. Down the middle 3 for me.
Good short jaunt for a morning. Nothing remarkable, but its impressive for the 50's. :)
Short and sweet old timey rock. Nothing wrong with that at all every so often
This first song makes me want a Blueberry Hill from Fractured Prune! Pretty solid stuff for being made in the 50's. Heard some blues, some jazz, and some rock n roll which was all good enough for land a 3.
Like working in a 50s diner
3.5/5 I enjoyed this! No favourite track as I liked them all for different reasons.
It's ok.
Blueberry Hill is a great track. Albums sure to get anyone swinging! That being said, not really sure the context id listen to this in.
I did enjoy this but I wasn't buzzing.
This was fun particularly liked BLUEEEEE MONDDAAAYYY
Some nice early rock and roll. This album was slower than I was expecting but it's still a nice one; like I was expecting most of the songs on the album to sound similar to the closer 'Trust In Me.'
Loved it. Took a while to find it - tried the YouTube link, but that was not correct, so looked some more, finally hit the ol Spotify button on top next to the YouTube button - wait - where'd it go? Well - IF you find it, you will like it. This one had about 6 of the 14 songs blocked out, so I couldn't hear the whole thing. But Fats Domino ... it's a yes for me!
Classic early rock sound by a pioneer. My dad loves to sing Blueberry Hill, so that's a family favorite. Blue Monday is another classic tune. At least on Spotify, a lot of these tracks are not available.
Due to my dad's love of 50's Rock 'n Roll, I'm familiar with Fats Domino, but this is my first album. Elvis credits Fats as the "true king of rock 'n roll" and it was his inspiration that created Elvis. This belongs on a must listen to album. Best Songs Blueberry Hill Blue Monday You Done Me Wrong Poor, Poor Me
middle of the road but a fun listen
The Fat Man had a very unique sound, all his own. Always an enjoyable listen even with a pretty lightweight set of songs
Not bad, kinda tame.
(This was hard to find, but I think I got the correct track list. There was a lot of confusion and mislabeling with the similarly-titled This Is Fats!) I really enjoyed this, just great oldies RnB. It seems Fats Domino gets forgotten alongside players like Ray Charles or Little Richard. I'm not knowledgeable enough to say if it's because he wasn't as pioneering as those two, but he was very good. The best song on this album is "Blue Monday" (not New Order), and I also had "Honey Chile" stuck in my head.
Fine for old stuff
Rv
A convincing performance
OG rock n roll.
I think only 1/2 the album is on Spotify??? 3/5 better than I assumed it’d be
i missed one banger hit, but it was a nice oldie album
If you close your eyes, you can envision yourself in a 50s club listening to this, booze flowing in a smokey room as the band plays and Fats sings. Although I don't think it would be too memorable, or something you would tell everyone they should do it too. 3.
Love his voice, most of the material is a bit too repetitive for me.
Una experiencia parecida a la que tuve con un álbum de Little Richard recomendado en esta lista. Este estilo es demasiado redundante, se utilizan recursos armónicos, melódicos y rítmicos demasiado similares. Creo que no hay mucho que sorprenda en este álbum. Tal vez para la época tuvo relevancia. Y sí considero que en este caso hubo un poco más de trabajo en los arreglos musicales en comparación con el álbum de Little Richard. Sin embargo, lo que gana en arreglos, lo pierde en carácter, ya que continuando con la comparación, Little Richard tiene una voz mucho más interesante y potente. En fin, no es un mal álbum, pero en mi opinión, para un oido contemporáneo, no es sobresaliente.
This feels like an academic inclusion. Like, I can understand its significance but there are too many decades between this album and now to be able to feel it hit like it would have in 1956.
Hard to find this version Blueberry hill is a classic Ain’t that a shame too I fell asleep at first but later appreciated it more.
Kind of hard to pin down the exact tracklist for this album. Blueberry Hill is a classic, and Fats always delivers. Nothing groundbreaking here, just some solid tunes it was fun to listen to again.
Smooth
Fun music, fun cover, just fun overall.
Enjoyable album but nothing spectacular. Very good background music
I’ve always loved Fats Domino, just the chillest rock star ever playing New Orleans jazz with a backbeat. Still, as with a lot of 50’s artists, Youre a little better off with the greatest hits, but it’s a great early rock and soul record.
only half of this was on streaming? oh well it's fun
Blueberry hill was good.
Alltså det är ju smånajs. Men lite för meh för att nå en fyra. Blueberry Hill är ju en femma. Och det är den låten man hört sen tidigare och som överlevt i större utsträckning än andra låtar, av en anledning.
Kul lyssning som man blir på gott humör av!
Well. Good. It was a nice listen. An easy one.
fun album from the early era of rock and roll.
Random thoughts: * One of the only albums we can't get on Spotify. * I was able to find a playlist that was pretty close. * Blueberry Hill is a classic that is still well known. * Love the jazz and New Orleans influence in his music. * He is an original and rock-n-roll pioneer. Definitely a must listen at some point.
Favorite Track: Blue Monday
Influerade säkerligen mycket som kom efter samtidigt som jag upplever det något för gammalt av modern musik
Fun, but repetitive
Such good music but limited variety
listened at work, solid but nothing to revisit or bump
Nota: 6'5/10 Un disco histórico, rítmico y disfrutable, aunque no sea mi tipo de música. Es un álbum que marco e influenció a grandes artistas del rock and roll como Elvis y The Beatles. Canción favorita: Blue Monday Canción menos favorita: La La
Classic feels nostalgic
yippee! that was fun.
Half of songs have been removed from spotify :(
5/10
A gentle, good-natured slice of early rock ’n’ roll. Fats Domino’s warm voice and rolling piano are instantly likeable, with 𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭 standing out as the iconic gem. Not every track hits, and it plays more like a singles collection than a cohesive album — but it’s hard not to smile while listening.
big ups Fats Domino for the rock and roll
3 This is the kind of thing I can’t imagine anyone listening to and not enjoying. There was something about the first wave of rock and roll that had so much charm and spirit to it - or at least it did before white people got to it. I say that semi-jokingly as an Elvis fan, but music like this is an important reminder that rock and roll lived and breathed long before the King’s hips hit Ed Sullivan. I enjoyed every track here, and, at 27 minutes, it certainly never outstayed its welcome, but if I’m being honest, most of this runs together. Blueberry Hill and Blue Monday (disappointingly not the precursor to New Order’s 1983 hit) were probably my two favorites tracks, but it’s all kind of the same from there. Fortunately, the good vibes make up for it, but a bit more diversity in sound and songwriting likely would have made this more of a remarkable listen. Also, I know that it was 1956 and that I shouldn’t judge from a modern lens, but I have the same issue with this that I do a lot of other albums from this era, in that it feels disorganized, like no thought was put into the order or flow of songs at all. Which almost certainly was the case - after all, most albums at the time were just assortments of whatever stuff the artist had floating around - but I also think it’s fair to expect some level of consideration. I digress, I would call this enjoyable music, but not a great album. That said, as an artist, Fats Domino’s importance and influence can’t be understated - any self-respecting rock fan owes it to themselves to give his stuff a listen.
Prob worthy of 4* but I don't know how to listen to this album/where to find it so don't want to give an innacurate or over inflated rating
Some of the songs were great, some I didn't like
Liked this!
La mitad del disco no está disponible en Spotify, así que para compensarlo escuché las canciones más oídas de él. Un clásico del rock.
Overrated
A bit too self consistent, but not bad