Tracks
- Oh, Boy!
- Not Fade Away
- You've Got Love
- Maybe Baby
- It's Too Late
- Tell Me How
- That'll Be the Day
- I'm Looking for Someone to Love
- An Empty Cup (And a Broken Date)
- Send Me Some Lovin'
- Last Night
- Rock Me My Baby
Rock and roll has the blues as its roots as can be heard on This Is Fats Domino!. But, it also has country and western roots as The "Chirping" Crickets makes quite clear.
The rock and roll songs on this album are about as close as one can get to hearing pure rock and roll. As can be heard on this album, Buddy Holly and the Crickets set the bar really high from the start and only a few bands since have been album to reach so high and even fewer have been able to set the bar higher. It's a shame the Buddy Holly wasn't able to have a longer career. With a longer career, he could have had a greater influence on the course of rock and roll history.
As an album, it is very consistent and even. The songs don't sound the same and they don't all follow the same theme like Sinatra's two, but the songs on this album share a similar style. More to the point, the songs belong together and that makes it a very good example of a proper album.
Listening to this The "Chirping" Crickets is such a joy that I don't think I could ever get sick of hearing it. There isn't a bad song on the album, however the songs that especially stand out are: Oh Boy!, Not Fade Away, Maybe Baby, It's Too Late, That'll Be the Day, I'm Looking For Someone To Love and Rock Me My Baby.
★★★★★★★★★★
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