This Is Fats Domino!

Short but sweet, I liked it! It was nice to listen to in the background, and you could definitely see how this became the progenitor of rock and roll.

nice compilation album

Unsure how to rate this as an album. I think the question (about its inclusion in the 1001) is, have you listened to any Fats Domino before? No? Then you'd be better listening to one of the several greatest hits compilations.

Do I like Fats Domino and a few of his songs? Yup sure. I'm less interested in this particular album.

Short album, even shorter with Spotify missing 6 songs off the album. What I heard, I really liked and could go for more of. 4.5/5

What a smooth voice. This music seems so simple now, it’s easy to forget that it was groundbreaking at the time. Elvis was a direct copy.
Spotify recommended Fats Domino Swings (1959) based on this, and that one was more enjoyable to me, but this one is a good start.

Fun fact I learned: Fats Domino was from New Orleans!

This is really good old timey music. I enjoyed it.

I specifically didn't ask for Jazz/Soul/Funk. I feel bad for having to give a review...

Some classic Rock and Roll, a little mix of some jazz I can listen to. Overall it's an okay album, with songs that I'd listen to again. It may have been groundbreaking in 1957 but it's tough to come in in 2024 and feel the same way about it.

Classic

Was quite a quest to figure out which album this actually was. Said album cover isn't on Deezer and there's 2 albums from 56/57 with basically the same album title as this. Fats Domino is always a treat to listen. These recordings feel like the emphasis is put more on the bass and guitar rather than Fats' piano playing. I liked the album but it's a bit short and I think Fats Domino Swings would have been a better pick since it includes all of his biggest hits.

EDIT: I still have no idea what the actual album is supposed to be.

EDIT 2: I found the proper album now which is different from the previous one. Sounds fine, didn't recognise any songs besides Blue Monday and Blueberry Hill. Always a joy to listen to Fats Domino but I still think Fats Domino Swings is the better showcase of his skills.

Some old school cool. Short and sweet. This style of music is never going to get me to fall in love, but it is quite enjoyable a bit at a time.

Fats is good and Blueberry Hill is top notch, but the rest of this was pretty just OK.

One of those germinal 'this is where it all comes from' artists - swinging bluesy piano jazz with a big band and charismatic vocals that sets the template for rock and roll. It's so foundational it ends up sounding very basic and over-familiar going back to it, so hard to enjoy as something other than a kind of museum peice.

A very nice album with a few songs I recognised

4 ⭐️

It was nice to hear Fats Domino again after a long time. Unfortunately, the album was not fully available on my streaming service. Although I like the music, I won't hear it again anytime soon.
3/5

I wanted to like it because I enjoyed the Little Richard album a couple days ago so much.

I did not like it.

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

fun and funky but not really my thing. I can see its appeal but not my style.

I really enjoyed Blueberry Hill

Really solid collection of songs. His music has a nice soul to it. Favorites were Blueberry Hill and Blue Monday.