Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

Not really a thing I would seek out, but it's extremely pleasant to listen to. The RevOla remastered release also sounds great for a 66-year-old record.

This is where Bob Dylan gets his cheesy ahh folk rock from. An early example of a concept album

Country classic that is still loved today. Forget Sgt. Peppers, this is a real concept album, a nice collection of clearly Western inspired Country songs that invoke the feeling of being stranded in some small Western town in the Arizona wilderness. A lot of classic songs here, sung with a very clear sounding voice. It amazes me how good the production sounds on a lot of late 50's album, almost like the peak of analog recording. It gets a bit same-y if you listen to the entire album with bonus tracks on streaming, but it's a good listen nonetheless.

That was actually some pretty good country! Never tops the opening track though

This was an enjoyable enough listen, but nothing terribly exciting. Marty Robbins had a wonderful voice, but I feel like he, like many others in that era of music, hadn't quite figured out the album format yet. While every song when taken on its own does a good job of keeping your attention as Robbins guides you through these tales about outlaws and gunslingers, when listened to as an album they all just sort of blend into each other and nothing stands out.

Maybe I'd have a more generous opinion of this album if I was more appreciative of country music in general, but as someone who tends to think of the genre as just "nice background noise," Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs didn't really do anything to change that opinion.

Favourite tracks: Master's Call, El Paso, Big Iron

iznenađujuće dobro, ali ne nešto što bih slušao. prva pjesma bila super

Surprise hit here. Fun songs that tell great stories. 4/5

Loved this. 4.5 for me

Other than the fact that this kinda music makes me feel like I’m playing fallout (track 1 is actually featured on one of the games) I’m really not a fan. 16 short story’s about killing cowboys and/or being shot set over fairly forgettable western music.

Roy Orbison sings Nick Cave’s Murder Ballads.

Very enjoyable, 7.5/10

Was excited to get this. Love how the guy on the cover looks like a PS2 era character model, haha. Fantastic western tinged country. Definitely the best country album I've gotten so far on the generator. Some slight shades of Fallout-core which is always welcome.

El Paso is a standout as well. Didn't expect a 50's album to have explicit lyrics about getting shot and killed.

Does start off with its best track, Big Iron, but everything else is really good too.

Ancestral to many genres, a product of its time. I've mostly heard Marty Robbins' music used to establish atmosphere, which is something it's very useful for.

Still, he was pretty clearly romanticizing frontier life and doing his part to glamorize the image of the Extremely Rugged Cowboy Survivalist, and the testosterone poisoning oozing throughout these classic western songs doesn't sit well with me.

Great album to listen to in the Mojave Desert.

I actually liked it surprisingly well. Does that make me a redneck? I don't think so. Overall, the music is very much in the country style. Yes, it could even be considered the definition of it. And that's not my style. I'll probably remember the album for a long time, but I won't listen to it again. 3/5

Big Iron on his hiiiiiiiip

5/5 every song on this one is fantastic, any time someone tells me they don’t like country I point them in this direction.

Well, this was unexpectedly charming. Anything that lets me feel like I'm riding the range when I'm actually at my desk job gets my vote.

Great storytelling and lyricism, not super my thing but I do have a lot of appreciation for the wonderful writing and vocals. Makes me miss what country music used to be before 9/11.

"I got a hundred and sixty acres in the valley
Got a hundred and sixty acres of the best"
Muziek voor de 'happy few'?

Enerzijds is dit typisch Amerikaans oude country. Ik vind het maar moeilijk luisteren zonder weg te zakken. Toch moet ik erkennen dat de ongeforceerde zang van Marty wel verschil maakt. Ja, het blijft een Amerikaanse klank. Maar het standaard extra accent blijft achterwege. Ik neem Marty daardoor toch meer serieus. Het lijkt mij daarmee een mooie vertegenwoordiger van het genre. Maar echt gelukkig maak je mij hier nog steeds niet mee.