This Is Fats Domino!

Fats is the king. This record is short and sweet, annd every song is excellent. Is it Rhythm & Blues or something more? Yes.

There’s a restaurant (and venue) here in St. Louis called Blueberry Hill, because of course there is. Why wouldn’t you name a restaurant after a song with such immaculate vibes?

Fats cool

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'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

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.

Greatest respect for this album's place in history's musical pathway.
Though it's not going to be a stepping stone in mine.

Good album. I haven't heard Fats in years and it was a nice trip down nostalgia lane. It was a very nice listen and I could see myself revisiting it often, but it didn't grab me enough to put in regular rotation.

I listened to it twice and still can’t remember it.

Drums: 4/4 mid tempo back beat.
Piano & guitar: 12 bar blues.
Bass: take it for a walk
Horns: obnoxiously loud
Vocalist: men sing about women; women sing about men.
Backing vocalist: call and response everything.

There, I saved you listening to anything from the 50s.

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.

This was fun

⭐⭐⭐.75

Just a quick note on the recording / audio quality: If you're having trouble or somewhat uncomfortable listening to this, it's likely because most of the music of this era were mastered for AM radio, which did not have sufficient bandwidth to carry all the sonic information a band produced, nor did the overwhelming majority of playback equipment (speakers) have to capacity to reproduce the whole sonic spectrum. Everything sounds dry and tinny; there is virtually no bass.

Could not get this album in its entirety but liked what I heard

“This is Fats Domino” was recorded in 1957, and I must admit that for me, it only makes sense to evaluate it from a historical perspective. I largely agree with Fats Domino that the “rock ‘n’ roll” he delivers here is actually New Orleans rhythm and blues. However, the songs “Honey Chile” and “What's the Reason I'm Not Pleasing You” definitely have rock ‘n’ roll vibes.
In addition to Domino's legendary version of “Blueberry Hill,” I also recommend “Blue Monday” and “Mardi Grass in New Orleans.”

Accurate name. What is 1001 albums about🥀💔

Easy listening classic. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.

Clearly very influential but not as musically interesting or exciting as some other artists of the time.

Fats has a beautiful and powerful voice. Not really my kinda music but I enjoyed parts of it. Favorite track: The Rooster Song

It was sweet

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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.