Blind Faith (1969) (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: Blind Faith

Group name: Blind Faith

Year: 1969

Number of discs: one

Label: ATCO Records

Collection: Brenner / Gessner

Who owned it: my father

Buy it on Amazon: $19.99

My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I have listened to this record at least once, but not recently.

What I expected

Hard rock, electric blues.

What it was actually like

This was quite good, despite its sometimes questionable vocals.

Had to Cry Today had the most beautiful guitar riff, and I think I could listen to it all day.

A high point was Well All Right, a 100% perfect song that I somehow managed to reach 2023 without realizing was actually a Buddy Holly cover (!). And now that I know, here is Santana’s version.

A low point was Do What You Like, which definitely had strong parts, but at 15:20 minutes long could easily have made space for two or three more songs. Ginger Baker is certainly the greatest rock dummer of all time[1], but did he really need to be given that much time, almost an entire side on an LP, for this extended jam? I don’t think so.

Grade

4/5: would listen again

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References

↑1 | In a multi-way tie with Ringo Starr, John Bonham and Keith Moon.