Here’s Little Richard

Yesterday it was Elvis Presley's debut, today it's Little Richard. This has to be the definitive 50's Rock & Roll album. The performances have a lot more energy than Elvis and he wrote more material himself. Just about every song here has been covered to death by all sorts of artists. Hugely influential and the energy translates well to the listener.

I’m not a huge fan of this early era of rock n’ roll and prefer Chick Berry in any case, but this has an incomparable manic energy that’s pretty impressive.

Piano riff woo. Every song is the same song... 5/5.

Little Richard is here … boo wop!

Start of almost everything on this list. Good fun

Yaa!

Infectious in a few spots but maybe the best parts are the parts with the least little Richard.

yeah it's good rock'n roll but it sounds al the same somehow

It's very much variations on a theme - but what a theme. And Little Richard's energy is still infectious.

Utjecajniji nego kvalitetniji, a po svemu sudeći baš nevjerovatno utjecajan. I sad kad je inspirisao mnoge, kvalitetnije, zvuči smiješno.

Very cool stuff! Must be one of the oldest albums on this list and first rock n roll album I am getting. I believe I haven't listened to the guys like Little Richard in many years. This is some great music, several great hits like Long Tall Sally or Tutti Frutti and the rest of the songs are decent but kind of samey and following similar formulas. Based on musicality I would give this either 3 or 4 stars, but because this is basically a debut from the architect himself I will increase it to 4 stars cause so many of my favourite artists wouldn't exist without this!

I get why it's important and I get why it matters but there feels to be little variance amongst the songs. They all have a samey sound. And I can only listen to 12-bar blues inspired rock for so long. As a plus, you can tell that he really enjoys his art. And I'm sure seeing him live at the time was a real banger but this is of the past and I'm going to leave it there.

bem melhor que o elvis presley, né
pedradaça. dá pra ficar ouvindo isso aqui o dia inteiro, gostosim demais!!

I understand why this is here, and I do feel enriched by having heard it, but it just felt like too much of a relic from a bygone era for me to actively seek it out again. This is the kind of music my Mum would've been listening to at home courtesy of her parents growing up, so naturally she has an appreciation of it, and I wouldn't mind getting up and wiggling my arse to this after a few beverages if someone was to put it on.

SO MUCH FUN!! My toes were tappin'.

Does anyone else just picture the movie Top Secret when they hear Tutti Frutti

Pretty good. Sounds a lot like Elvis but I'm not sure who came first. Probably this guy if his nickname is anything to go by.

Я розумію що на той час це була революційна музика, але зараз знов-таки я сприймаю це як якийсь застарілий артефакт того часу, який зазвичай в фільмах звучить. Слухати це якось окремо в мене не вийде.

Little Richard is always a good time. I enjoy this as well if not better than all formative Rock and Roll sounds. 3.5/5

This is a fun record that really transports you to a specific time and place. I can only imagine how life changing this record would have been to people hearing it for the first time in the 50s. I'm happy I've listened to it, and I fully appreciate Little Richard's influence on pretty much all of the music I listen to now, but it's not something I have any real desire to listen to again.