Reviews (page 8 of 8)
The phrase "Casio concerto" kept coming to mind. Maybe the programmed drums were cutting edge in 1974, but this sounds like someone playing tunes on a Casio over some pre-programmed fake drum track. BORING. It's a shame because the album started strong - "Inspiration Information" is a smooth groovy song. I liked "Sparkle City," "Happy House" and "Rainy Day." Pretty sure the one constant across those tracks is real drums, confirming to me that the programmed drums just killed this album.
Rollo. Soniditos.
Werkte me gek genoeg behoorlijk op de zenuwen
Hmja, het was zeker niet vervelend om naar te luisteren, maar om nou te zeggen dat ik iets wereldschokkends heb gehoord..... nee.
Regular
Quite enjoyable but forgettable.
Ok I guess. Just couldn’t get into it.
2/5 instrumental music, somewhat experimental but i didn't like it
Meh, musica de restaurante chique. Outras musicas dele sao muito boas tho, tipo Ice Cold Daydream, e ele lembra um pouco Jimi Hendrix (Curtis Mayfield tambem)
Upsettingly, spotify seems to have taken each song from another album. I'm willing to bet that the original albums records sound like they flow together, but this rendering from spotify doesn't. How can you mix cuts from remastered 2013 collections with original album versions of songs from '74? Of course its fucked. Well other than those issues of disjointed moments, I really enjoyed the album. Did I think it was profound? Hell no. Do I really the tracks? Most. I think a lot of the music is something you can really sink your teeth into instrument wise. I wish some of the vocals were clearer, but that might be the cutting again. I also wish the instrumentals were more evenly distributed. Real OG shit though. I'm also biased because I really like Shuggie. His voice is very pretty. I have to give this album a 2.5 though, because the mix is just atrocious. I mean you can get better uniformity of quality on some low budget debut albums. Also because the song ordering needs help.
The first half of the album is good. "Inspiration Information" is a great single, but very little else in the album stood out to me. The second half of the album (the instrumentals) sort of faded into the background.
Some vibes hits but overall a bit boring.
Imagine you step into an empty elevator. Doors close. You notice the song “Aht Uh Mi He’d” playing through the tinny speaker, and you think ‘not bad for elevator music...’. and then the elevator gets stuck and your stuck with the rest of the album. Not much going up here. It’s floor 2.5 - going down.
eh
Meh
This is good. Completely unknown to me. Would make a good lo fi groove station.
This was just okay, really my kind of thing, but it didn't grab me
Letkeätä fiilistelyä joka ei jättänyt parilla kuuntelukerralla suuria muistijälkiä. Ehkä tämä olisi pitänyt ottaa käsittelyyn vähän paremmalla keskittymisellä. Jotain samaa tässä oli tunnelman puolesta kuin aiemmin päivällä kuunnellussa Erykah Badun levyssä. Ei tarjonnut suuria elämyksiä negatiiviseen tai positiiviseen suuntaan.
Some songs were good. Others
Nice enough.
ok album. Just not one of the top 1001 albums that I needed to listen to before I died.
Osittain meni ohi puhelimen takia, mutta ei käynyt mielessäkään soittaa alusta uudelleen...
Forgettable. Wouldn't make my top 1000, though it did lead me to "Strawberry Letter 23" from his previous album, which is good.
Auditory ambien and not in any good way
Couldn't get it to play
No, no, no
Jazzy with one tune I remember from my childhood
Meandering, aimless and ultimately random sounding. You can tell this is a solo effort: With a band, you are forced to get to the point instead of indulging your own idiosyncracies. On a positive note, I like the sound and vibe of those 70s drum machines.
Jazzy R&B bar blues by Johnny Otis son.
Boring background funk
like i dont wanna finish listening
mäßiges Geschwurbel
1/1
not a fan
Didn't enjoy this one.
I would have thought I liked Shuggie Otis more. Maybe I only like the "hits". Or maybe just Sweet Thang? Aht Uh Mi Hed sounds like video game music with lyrics over it. Happy House is worse though. This is not a good album.
Dated
Musique d’ascenseur. Vraiment pas fan. Pour pas dire complètement à chier
I could have gone without. It didn't appeal to me whatsoever
Not my thing. slightly boring in fact
Like one good song
Oh, I recognize this album from when I was on hold with any company ever
I feel like some inspiration would have been a good idea This was incredibly dull
1. information - 1 2. izland - 2 3. zparkle - 1 4. hed - 1.5 5. happy - 0 6. rainy - 2 7. 30 - 0 8. pling - 1 9. available - 1.5 10. letter - 1 11. thang - 2 12. ice - 1 13. flight - 2
Artisti ei jaksa säveltää eikä laittaa heiveröistä ääntään minkäänlaiseen hyötykäyttöön. Jazzahtava himmailu sen sijaan tulee luonnostaan. "Pling!" osoittaa, että hän tietää tämän kaiken.
Chilled out soul music that is just a little boring. It feels like the album wants to go somewhere but it doesn’t quite get there. In short this album is dull. Favourite song: Least favourite: Album artwork: Not one for the wall at home.
Sem animo pra ouvir
So laid back he was laid out?
I don't need to listen to this again.
So Shuggie Otis was an artist that I had never heard before, and I found this to be a completely forgettable album… As I always do when I get one of these headscratchers, I was perplexed why this is even on the 1,001 list… Found this little ditty about the “Inspirational Information” album – “…Released in 1974 on Epic Records, it reached number 181 on Billboard's Top 200 Pop Albums list that year…”. Wow – 174 of 200 at it’s peak, we definitely need to get that one on the 1,001 list for sure… : ) Anyways, just found it incredibly odd all-the-way around, as songs go on much longer than they need to, while others stop suddenly when they should have gone on a bit longer – and vocals, forget about it, as they are absolutely dreadful… Actually found the instrumentals to be a bit better, but that may have just been because Shuggie wasn’t singing… This sounded like it could have been the soundtrack music to the old 70’s sitcom “Sanford & Son”… “…I think this is the big one Elizabeth…” though nothing big about this album, and giving a generous 1 for my rating…
Dull.
Didn't care for it. Some tracks sounded like elevator music to me.
Having to restart an album multiple times during the day is a bad sign. The beginning of the album sounds like elevator music or being on hold with your health insurance. The ending (last two songs) are stronger but jeez, before you even get there… 1/5
Good God, this is awful. It kicks off with kind of "sexy time music", and then plunges into music so utterly banal as to be immediately forgotten.
all double albums get 1 star. i don’t make the rules i just ruthlessly enforce them
Very smooth and calming just not for me
Too Long. Many meh songs then suddenly a Bee Gees sounding tune.
Who? That’s why I have never heard of him. First album at 23 - ok. Hard to break into the music industry. One star
Disintegrates into noodling in the background
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
Super long album with maybe one or two alright songs
Very very dull, would listen to several songs without realising the track had changed. Accidentally listened to the start of the second album it's paired with on Amazon, exactly the same. That's enough Shuggie Otis for a lifetime I think.
Disappointing, found the album quite lacking in all areas. Needed far more funk to liven it up. The instrumental parts are not interesting enough to have so many.
This album was boring as fuck and idk why is it on the list of 1001 albums you need to listen to before you die. There are other albums that deserve your listen way more than this, as a composer i guess this guy has some merit but jesus i couldn’t help but snore cuz it all sounded like elevator music or some shit you play at a bland ass PG-13 dinner party
So fucking boring.
I always wanted to know where the riffs came from on the soundtracks from 1970s porn. Now I know! The audio without the video just doesn't do it.
Better listen to Bill Withers
I should love this, however, found it kinda underwhelming and forgettable. Maybe it's a summer album.
2/3 strong songs but not a great album. If realeased in modern times the filler ratio would have killed it.
Instrumentals fine. Songs from another era, best for sampling.
Meh, saai
Noise
cheap vanilla ice cream
Demasiado tranquilo. No es mi estilo
Didn't like it. Boring.
Chill but not that deep
rap