5. Fats Domino | This Is Fats Domino! (1956)

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Tracks

1. Blueberry Hill
2. Honey Chile
3. What's The Reason I'm Not Pleasing You
4. Blue Monday
5. So Long
6. La La
7. Troubles Of My Own
8. You Done Me Wrong
9. Reeling And Rocking
10. The Fat Man's Hop
11. Poor Poor Me
12. Trust In Me

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[It seems the title and cover of this album as presented in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die are wrong. There is an album titled This Is Fats, but it contains different tracks. The correct album is the above mentioned This Is Fats Domino!.]

This Is Fats Domino! is a difficult album. It all seemed so simple when I was listening to it, but now that I try to write about it, it doesn't appear simple at all.

Some songs have a jazz sound, e.g. Blueberry Hill, Honey Chile, and others have a blues sound, e.g. Troubles of My Own, Reeling and Rocking. All of them, except for Poor, Poor Me which is straight blues, have a lively, uptempo rhythm. So, since the songs aren't jazz and they aren't blues, what are they? They certainly aren't country songs.

They are most likely categorized as rhythm and blues, but that's just a catch-all phrase for music marketed to black listeners. Of course, the answer is that these songs are either rock and roll songs or they are songs that bridge the gap between jazz and blues, and rock and roll.

No matter how these songs are defined or categorized, they are enjoyable to listen to. The most notable songs are Blueberry Hill, Honey Chile, Blue Monday, So Long, La La and Trust In Me. However, they are too short in length to be memorable.

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