Reviews (page 6 of 7)
3/5 Seems ok, Never heard of them or any of the songs before.
It's a very end-of-the-sixties progressive sound, not afraid to experiment with different styles. In the end, I'm not in love with the final result, though "Street Worm" is the kind of song I would Shazam promptly if I heard it playing somewhere - but where? I also like the song that all the other Spotify listeners like, "Nature's Way".
Ironically I think the singles on this album are just ok but their more Proggy numbers are interesting. Some folks here talk about Side 2 being better than a Side 1 and since I’m assuming that the majority listened to this online, how do they know when side 1 ends and when 2 begins? Their influence on Led Zep is also unmistakable.
Prog rock album that suffered a bit from its long runtime and lack of lyrics in many songs. The songs that had lyrics were actually quite good so a bit potential wasted here
Didn’t love it. Didn’t hate it.
While Spirit appears to be doing what they intended to do on this album, a lot of the ideas fell ever so slightly too short to make it a great cohesive project. Sardonicus sounds like it’s in a strange spot in psychedelic music, being released between the late 60s and the progressive 70s.
Pretentious but isn't bad at all
3/5. A pretty neat collection of songs, nothing too crazy but nothing bad. I like their earlier self titled album more but as this one stands, it is a safe one.
Rating: 6/10
It was surprisingly good. I did a massive eye roll at the prospect of listening to another 70s psychedelic rock album but it was far more entertaining than I imagined.
Much better than the title led me to believe.
Fun album. Great classic rock. Could definitely listen to this happily, and can 100% feel David Briggs influence on the sound here.
Odd but pretty decent
Ik hoorde hier nog wel aardige dingetjes. In een goede bui, dus 3 sterren.
Not bad but nothing standing out for me.
This was a bewildering album. The first half was slow, instrumental, weird and not much of an older rock album. The second half of the album was much more typical classic rock that was enjoyable. The range of instrumentals on some songs were very cool. But it took so long to get to the enjoyable part of the album. Very curious the thinking behind the A and B sides. Overall the latter half of the album redeemed it and made it okay. 6.1/10
Mi pareva partito bene, ma sembra un po' una lagna.
If its time.
Pretty interesting sound
Rock suave y tranquilo. Relajado. Un poco del estilo de la época. Buena instrumentación.
I know I've heard the song 'Nature's Way' before, and liked it, but I don't think I had heard anything else by Spirit (well, other than 'Taurus' for obvious reasons). Although this album definitely sounds very much of its era, the band is quite good. Moments of this album are excellent, and it has moments that, to my ears, fall back into the psychedelic tropes of the time, which I state only as a matter of personal aesthetic. (I never view a style, genre, etc., as inherently better or worse than any other. It's art, after all.) My listening preferences these days tend toward styles and genres that differ from this work, but I can appreciate it.
There is some cool stuff here, but I can’t see myself wanting to revisit this album. It’s a little proggy for my taste.
This seems like something I would like more on a re-listen.
Wasn’t really playing too close attention but it was fine
Quite melodic rock. Less guitar noodling than Led Zep and more middle of the road singing (a favourable comparison to Robert Plant). Ok.
Some okay prog rocky stuff
Nice stuff
Kind of good, kind of original, psychedelic rock. Not impressed, but I am entertained. 3/5
Some good tunes.
Stylistically a hodgepodge and tonally kind of weird. Not sure whether Spirit wants to be earthy or proggy or psychedelic, so they threw a little of everything against the wall. An odd but ultimately unmemorable album, with a few bright moments and buoyed by one exceptional track in "Nature's Way." Fave Songs: Nature's Way, Street Worm, When I Touch You, Animal Zoo, Life Has Just Begun
Nothing blew me away. Natures way was decent.
I'm guessing this is gonna be some kind of psychedelic nonsense? The name isn't exactly subtle. Yep, although thankfully far more 1970s than 1960s. Crazy how music just shifted instantly on the turn of a decade, at least to me in 2023. Didn't piss me off but I'll never listen to it again. 3/5.
Vond er weinig speciaals aan, maar niet slecht
i had absolutely no idea what this was going to sound like so i was pretty crestfallen when the unmistakable sounds of the 70s started falsetto singing its way in to my life. some ok tracks but on the whole its more 70s crap from a band with one of the weakest band names i've ever heard.
Fuck
HL: “Life Has Just Begun”, “Nature’s Way”, "Love Has Found a Way/Why Can't I Be Free" Likeable-enough folky prog
Fine.
This wasn’t bad, quite good rhythms. Would have been very ground breaking for its time too!
65
Another hour filled with nothingness
Some decent in there
p196. 1970. 2 stars. Aimless early 70s hippy noodling with no tunes. Saved from 1 star by clean production and some fabulous guitar work.
thought they were gonna play some nice guitar, peaceful nick drake type of thing but then they just got loud and annoying
OKish odd music.
No Taurus, No Got A Line On You, no reason to listen to this. Stick to the greatest hits.
It was okay I guess. Didn't really enjoy it much. I think there was one song that was good, but lots of bad ones.
Copious amounts of drugs do not always make music better.
Could not get into it. Maybe influential… but not to me. 1.8
Shitty attempt at psychedelic rock
The space guitar sounds are a clear warning. And now some engine idling noise...the intro song isn't terrible, but there are warning signs. This is generally not so bad. It's also not really that exciting or different. Morning Will Come is the best song on the album.
I like psychedelic rock but it’s so over represented on this list. This isn’t one of the better ones either.
Dr. Sardonicus could've had four fewer dreams and this record would still be too meandering for me. There's just something about this hippie-folk-rock that I don't have the Spirit for. I know they periodically go through a bit of a revival and re-appreciation but that's never happened for me personally. Shame though, given my POP was a fan of this band and I listened to them second-hand for years. I guess Nature just hasn't found a way yet.
2/4
not impressed on this prog approach
I don’t even know what to say other than this album felt like a really bad unenjoyable acid trip.
4.5/10 - Just didn’t do much for me.
There were some interesting parts but not something that I'll likely revisit. 5/10
Too goddamn much
It turns out that not all bands can convert massive amounts of LSD and cocaine into good music
4/10
Very dated to my ears. The first 2 songs while at the time might have been good, and message is good, come off as a parody of liberal political songs. Animal Zoo isn’t bad. First time I enjoyed the mono version more than the original.
It was challenging to get through this album. The songs were just so bizarrely structured, but also really boring at the same time. I have no idea what they were trying to do with this or trying to say. Truly not a must listen.
meee
Second time for this one. Can’t say I am particularly excited… Yeah. The 60’s weren’t necessarily left behind when the ball dropped to the next decade. This is how I tell you that something is wrong -with the vocals in the mix. God. Really don’t want to hear earnest harmonizations anymore. You’re going to find a better way to make love? Yeah? Better than your monkey ancestors described in the previous song? This is trash. Self indulgent trash. No patience for this today. Why can’t you be free indeed. Why can’t I be free? Because I’m subjecting myself to this, that’s why. When the vocals depart and they just jam, when I am left to appreciate the production, the interesting use of both channels, the horns, it’s not bad. But bring back the vocals, try to make a “song” and you lose me. I am lost. This gets a 2. I don’t feel like this actually does anything new, having spent the last week STEEPED in the 60’s. This should be left for the crate diggers. 2 Boolean: FALSE
Twelve dreams is a bit rich, and there are 16 songs. Not in the mood for it to be honest.
2.5/5 had some interesting switch ups that I enjoyed but overall quality was nothing crazy.
2,5
I never heard of 'em. Now I know why. Pointless noodling. Dull. Inoffensive.
I don't understand what makes this album stand out. It's decent, but not high on my list of albums I would listen to again.
Some good progy psych here and there, but this never gets heavy enough for me to really love it. When I Touch You was probably the standout track here. The rest is sort of forgettable. These guys are great players, and the production is fantastic. I’m just not feeling the songs.
It was ok
Some good, some much less so. I find it hard to rate, maybe I don't get it, but I wasn't a fan. 2/5.
Not my thing, but good musicianship.
Just straight up worse than its contemporaries. Just give me another Led Zeppelin or King Crimson album instead
meh
No private session used for Spotify. Based on the cover of the album, the name of the band and the title of the album I expected some pretty mystical rock opera, but instead I got some bland rock that I didn't need in my life and could have died without hearing(I hope that was sardonic enough).
happy to have listened - it's a great example of why i'm doing this project. but unlikely to revisit.
No está mal, aunque probablemente sobrevalorado.
I can not stand the music and sound of the '70s. Typical album from that era.
Twelve Songs All Sound The Same-icus
🤔
Certainly some quality playing, especially the guitar. Weren't many songs that stuck with me, although there were a few riffs that sounded really familiar and I checked to see if they'd been sampled and that's how I remembered these guy wrote Taurus and I laughed and laughed.
Good
They are your favorite bands favorite band or influenced them. I don't know why else it would be on the list. It's kinda disjointed. It's not a song flows to the other and is a cohesive album. Musically not bad, I've heard worse. I wonder if they are weird for weird sake or trying something new. Since this is my first listen to Spirt I'm not sure. It's alright, I will never listen to it again, I'm not mad I listened to it, it's just just there.
man maybe I'm just too cynical for this kinda stuff, but the psychadelic rock just hits a weird nerve that repulses me. Some of the arrangements are funky here and there but the song directions are just straight up goofy at times. Maybe if I was driving cross country in the 70's in a decked out van this would resonate more, but alas, I am nowhere close. Also wow this whole thing feels way longer than it is making for a thoroughly energy draining experience.
Forgettable hippie drivel. Some of the rhythms and music was pretty enjoyable though but the lyrics and singing were about as uninspired as this genre can get
gobbledy-gook
was not a bad album, but like many others, I did not hear anything that profound. I just always look for something to get my toe tapping.
This album’s title and cover art doesn’t lead the listener very well to understand the music. I liked the songs but not the strange name and weird photo. “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”
Besides for a few outliers, 70s rock is extremely boring and mediocre. This album is not one of those outliers. If you've heard any 70s rock or watched a Vietnam war movie, you've basically heard this.
A period-piece. The sound was rich but a little over-produced for my taste.
Early 70’s psychedelic rock
I feel like I didnt have to listen to this one before I die
It was alright
Borrrrrrrrrrrrrring
Definitely spacy, though that shouldn't be a surprise based on the name of this band. Not sure this is acid rock at its best--doesn't really come near the likes of Jefferson Airplane for me. They seem to just add a lot of trippy noises but don't really have the song writing skills to make it excel. That said, it's not bad, just not sure it's very memorable. There's a reason I've never heard of this guys despite loving 60s acid rock. 2/5
There’s some interesting highs here and there, but ultimately it feels like a mostly-ok psych act from a bygone era that was better left in the era.
sigh.
Not a fan of the classic rock sounds.
2/5
It wasn’t bad - it just was seemingly indistinguishable psychedelic rock that could have been anyone…
Back in the day, when some new musical technology debuted, like a new synthesizer or something, the company would make a demo record showing all the sounds you could get from their new toy. That's what this sounds like. Very talented musicians finding some really interesting new sounds in the most boring songs. It reminds of the issues I had with Beta Band - this sounds like music I should like but it's so boring and soulless. There are like 3 songs in Rougher Road, and I really like 2 of them. There's moments I like, things that remind me of Soft Machine or even Orange Juice, which is weird. Reading about their friendship with Neil Young, I find myself wondering what they'd sound like as his backing band.
2 - Didn't really care for any of the songs other than the instrumental one, Space Child. Can absolutely respect the theatrics of their sound though
Cut your hair.
fair to middling, nothing remarkable
NAHHHHHHHHHHH
A bit too psychedelic for me.
Only Mr. Skin was interesting.
Hier en daar leuke slide gitaartjes
This was included as a joke right?
70's american rock - delivers but without any stand-out in my view
not one of the worst albums ive heard, but ultimately its going to be a no from me dawg
I respect that they tried a lot of different and unique things on this record, but it just didn't land for me.
Didn’t do it for me but some foot bouncing was happening. Morning Will Come stood out.
#15/1001 🇺🇸 Sorry, its just not for me. The experimental psychadelic stuff just grates on me. I've comitted to no skipping and listening to every note of these albums but under normal circumstances i would have ditched it by track 3. In fact i wouldn't even play it due to its silly title. Best track: Life Has Just Begun.
I wanted to like this more than I did. I even think it starts strong. The first few tracks are intriguing. But by the end, I was almost embarrassed for them. I dunno, maybe I’ll revisit it in a few months and see how I feel then.
I can hear how Zeppelin were influenced by this but the production is a letdown and it’s too psychedelic for me. Not terrible but not enough to earn a passing grade.
I guess if you need a thousand albums to fill out a list, you might throw this one in there, but there's nothing special or particularly memorable about it.
I just don’t seem to enjoy Americana rock.. like a song or two sure then I just kinda get bored and they all sound the same.. can someone change my mind if you love this? Like even if there were 12 tracks for the 12 dreams I could give it more credit but that didn’t even seem to lineup
Had all the elements there Never really took off
Just ok
Erg saai, niet afgemaakt
70s psych rock, sigh. Simpler and gentler than weird cover suggests.
It feels like a caricature of actual good rock
a 70s concept album with some decent jams in there not my favorite, was just ok for me
I was bracing myself for more awful prog, but this is a perfectly acceptable classic rock album that shouldn't be on this list.
I'm starting to wonder if the 60s were a bit overrated.
Pretty mid
There are some musically interesting things happening here, but I just can't get past the cheese.
this shit sucks. It's ass. It's old music without style. It's like jethro tull without the fun, or like a wannabe cheerful insanity of giles giles and fripp. Even the organ is ass and that's surprising coming from 70s music. Already 7 songs in and I don't want to listen to any more of this. Okay Space Child was kind of good because the singer finally shut the fuck up but not enough so as to add it to my list.
More hot hippy garbage.
no me dice mucho, rock progresivo de finales de los 90 genérico
This just didn't quite draw me in like many other psychedelic rock albums that I've listened to in the past. It wasn't bad--just apparently not my cup of tea.
2 1/2. An average rock album.
Ain't nobody got time for this!
There's one that I don't need to listen to again.
Music for stoners, and potentially exclusively for stoners. I hate to say it but I got a 'try hard' vibe from some of the songs, wanting so hard to be so trippy and experimental. Not my cup of tea
Meh, don't get the inclusion of this one.
Guess I never listened to a lot of Spirit. Sounds like a cheap version of three dog night or Emerson lake Palmer or something like that.
70s prog/psychedelic rock. It’s fine, but nothing more. Would I listen to it again. Probably not, but then I wouldn’t listen to any of this genre again.
Yet another 70s album on this list, just very bland. Maybe you had to be there
I did not enjoy it.
This is one of those psychedelic albums with a much better title than music. I expect more than a congenial choogle from the nightmare realm of Dr. Sardonicus.
Some fairly standard psychedelic rock.
eh
Like a conglomeration of classic rock. But somehow all bad.
Mehh, alright, not my thing. Found myself tuning it out a lot. It's not bad, I just didn't vibe with it.
Listened Before? N Never even heard of these guys. It just feels like more drug-fueled early 70s stuff. Not sure why it's here. Maybe just not really my thing today. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Nature's Way
First band I hadn’t heard of on this list. Sounded like a 70s rock record.
Rock. Nothing noteworthy here.
2.33
< The Beatles No thank you
Didn’t move the needle very much in either direction, just ok
Another fairly boring album, in the background is fine
No thanks
I have nothing to say
Couple of decent songs, the rest was definitely... present? Feel like it doesn't really know what it wants to be
Uneventful. Not terrible
Not bad, not great. They’d make a great Led Zeppelin cover band. 😏
This is the type of music one might have listened to while tracking down freshmen during 'hell week'. It doesn't hold up, and not sure it ever really was good enough in the first place. Not the worst thing I've ever heard though.
Oh, Man, I'm 20 years old, it's 1971, I got nothing to my name but a VW van and and me and my girlfriend are driving it across the country with the windows down and we're totally jamming out to this album on 8 track, man. By time we hit track 7 we're stoned out of our minds, and by time the album ends we're making love in the back of the van. Wait a sec, who's driving? Wait a minute, I'm a WFH engineer in my 40s and it's 2025. On second thought, I'll pass on this album.
Another one of those wacky late '60s/early '70s American psych-rock albums that this list seems to love throwing at me. While the music on these records tends to lean into weirder directions, I feel like I've heard from enough of Spirit's contemporaries to say that I didn't find much here that was unique or even all that interesting. This album, in particular, didn't really strike the balance between enjoyable and experimental that I'm usually looking for with these albums. Instead, songs just sort of stutter along, with no discernible structure or direction. I did still really enjoy many songs in the second half, especially 'When I Touch You', 'Soldier', and 'Morning Will Come'. But this is definitely a sound I'm starting to get a bit tired of.
Lite för fjantigt för mig men de är ju uppenbart duktiga
I refer you to my... oh never mind 😐
Way too unfocussed and meandering for my liking, even if it did have the occasional good moment. It's clear that a lot of skill and effort went into this, but I'm not convinced by the outcome.
Nondescript
Okay. Kind of boring.
It was fine.
Clunky and jangly…did not enjoy
This is ass. Not offensively bad, just ass. Don't know if this was considered ground breaking but it's ass Some songs are merely fairly ass rather than straight ass but I can't think of a set of circumstances in which I would ever listen to this again
I know the band and the more recent headlines over the stolen intro to "Stairway To Heaven" but I've never given them much of a listen. They never got any airtime on classic rock radio when I was growing up - they never came up on my radar like other fringe bands with one hit or a cult following (Mott The Hoople, Uriah Heap, Molly Hatchet, etc). I can see why now, pretty average and sorta tame from start to finish on this one. "Nature's Way" was the one song with a substantial listen count (4M) but it was a short song with layers & some catchiness but nothing special. "Mr. Skin" was the best track, by far, and sounded like a well developed song that could have been a hit, but wasn't. I got a touch of Soundgarden on "When I Touch You". The lead singer's voice is weak, so the layered vocals help quite a bit. I really didn't enjoy "Love Has Found A Way", it hasn't aged well and sounds like a song from a 70's B-Movie. The latter part of the album, tracks 9 on down were below average. Overall, it wasn't an album I needed to listen to before I die. I am glad I dove in and tried Spirit though. 2 stars is the best I can do on this one.
A rather uninspiring album that doesn't offer much. Like it's listenable but not that exciting.
I know nothing of this band, but their Wikipedia page is an entertaining read. I liked more of this than I expected ("Street Worm" especially), but I wouldn't say it's my thing.
Alright. Kind of a wide variety of sounds between the tracks. I was expecting more to be honest, it was pretty mediocre and I didn't recognize any sounds that seemed influential on later music but that could be due to gaps in my knowledge.
I couldn't really get into this one. I mean, it wasn't BAD, but it just felt like a collection of songs with no coherent theme. Also, kind of same-y with a lot of other bands of that era.
Not quite what I was looking for
Utterly unmemorable.
Not a big fan.
Ihan menevää, ei sinänsä jäänyt hirveästi mieleen mitään
idk I guess there is a lot of back and forth on Led Zepplin and them. Some of it is fun but it's very long and a lot of it gets boring to me.
Look, it's alright. I'd rather listen to The Who
I liked what I think this album was trying to do, I think, but I did not like this album at all.
Artistically very good and certainly not unlistenable like a lot of the albums in this genre ….. but just feels like its missing something to push it beyond middle of the pack. By the end it was just a bit boring
I really don’t know what to make of this - I’m not even sure if I liked it - but it certainly had my attention. I just don’t know if that was for good or bad reasons. Indisputable, however, is the fact that singer Jay Anderson’s best contribution to music is his work as Kevin’s guitar player in his tribute band in “The Office” (and his composing the theme tune to the show, I suppose).
# 538 : Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit I can listen to it and it was kind of alright but quite forgettable. Nothing really stood out. Pick of the tracks : Animal Zoo Listened : 04/08/2025
It sucks, what else do you want me to say? They called this psychedelic rock in 1970 because they invented weed in 1971 Fav song: Space Child
This was a hard one to rate. The songs were all over the place. Started out with some really nice guitar work in the Prelude. Nature's Way was also fun. Animal Zoo was a total blast to rock out to. Then it started to dip. The next few songs were not great. Came back a bit with When I Touch You and some fun shredding on Street Worm. Then it closed it with more mediocrity. Best song: Animal Zoo
Trippy !
2/5
Turns out there may be such a thing as too much drugs after all
3/10
That was a fun listen.
Spirit crushed my spirit halfway through this tragedy.
Hmmm idk about this one .. felt a little too theatrical for me. The songs are good, but like dial it down a smidge
Not in high spirits for this one. Deeply plain and average. Like a hokey mish mush of several dozen better late 60s/early 70s acts. I should sue the group and the author of 1001 over how utterly inessential this album is. Plus I swear Spirit ripped off the opening progression of listening to paint dry.
Meh. Probably good in its time.
had a couple songs, like "Morning Will Come" that had some fun bounce to them but, overall, I wasn't really into this band. 2.5 rounding down.
Very 60s, hippyish stuff, wasn't keen on his voice
The only thing I know about Spirit going in is that Led Zeppelin ripped off Taurus. This whole album will be a surprise. Ok so maybe it was not so much of a surprise. It sounds like any number of bands of this kind from the time. It could be The Band, Country Joe & the Fish, CS&N, Humble Pie, etc. etc. I don't know what else to say. It's ok but very dated sounding in a generic sort of way. 2.5/5 rounding down.
Never heard of these guys, and I can see why. Kind of forgettable 70s music. Did get slightly better whenver they added horns. Essential listening... Nah.
Not my favorite. I like some songs by Spirit. "The Other Song" is an amazing showcase of their skills. But this album was too scattered for me
Not for me. The musicianship was fine, the lyrics appeared to be there just to deliver the vocals and didn’t really improve the tracks they were on. Though they were pleasant. It’s ok to have on in the background but not a “stop and listen to” , at least for me.
Sådär! Velar mellan en tvåa och trea. Får se imorgon vilket det blir.
I thought this was gonna be cool after the first track, but it's just a bloated album with way too many ideas and no real direction. The lyrics are sorta wack too. It's got good instrumentation though, I'll give it that.
Not to judge a book by it's cover (or in this case, an album) but the moment I saw the name/cover for this album I knew what the score was going to be. I was right. 4/10
psychedelic rock...... niinkös...alkaa vituttaa tuo..
So so
I have never heard of Spirit before today, it's not bad. The songs are pretty chilled out to listen to, probably good for background music. Some of the songs are pretty interesting and maybe a bit experimental. Still cool though.
It’s not bad but it’s not great either.
Very samey and of the soft rock sound I don’t favour
samey, but good for cleaning
loads of ideas, some better than others
Just okay. Not great
Did not enjoy it. Classic 70’s sound
Age of Aquarius hippy dippy stuff. The instrumental: Space Child, and then the next song When I Touch You were the least offensive.
Thanks to this list, I heard some of these tracks before due to Apple Music's algorithm suggesting tracks. I usually skipped them. I didn't this time but I found out that I didn't miss something. I usually like prog rock, but this was too bland for my taste.
Just a bit boring.
Ikkje nåke for meg
Never heard of it, but it wasn't too bad. High 2s.
eh 2/5
Meh, not bad at all but just very bland.
Unmemorable!
"Morning Will Come" and " Animal Zoo" are upbeat and fun but aimless, the rest is lightweight, spacy and dated. Okay for a sleepy jam
Kinda spaced out listening to it, nothing stood out. Wasn’t as good as the album title made me hope. ‘Animal Zoo’ and ‘Morning Will Come’ were ok.
Not for me..............
Sensationally bland, I just don’t understand why she’s the global superstar that she is.
nope
The second half was my favorite but this didn’t raise my spirit
4/10 The album can best be described as a collage piece of artwork where the bits and pieces are glued together very awkwardly. You can hear that everyone in the band is super talented and has mastered their instrument. However, for me the songwriting is just plain bad. They've got all the elements to be a good progressive/psychidelic rock band but just don't seem to find the way to use those elements right in this album. Favourite tracks Nothin' to hide Space child Least favourite tracks Natures way Love has found a way
jesus christ just because you got a blowjob while you high on mushrooms and this record was playing back in 1969 or whatever doesn't make this good or interesting music
Fun and funky and weird. Had never heard of Spirit. Clearly they're talented, although this isn't really something I'd ever reach for.
Not saying I think I am familiar with *all* of (pop)music history, but I wasn't really expecting to encounter a band I had never heard of as part of this project. Not entirely surprising that it is a (late sixties and early) seventies rockband I didn't know. It's kind of by numbers stuff for the era. It's sort of progrock-y but not as away with the fairies as someone like Pink Floyd. I think I would have preferred it if they either went all Led Zep-y hardrock or all experimental and spaced out. This in between vibe is not really working for me. I like that one of the band members stepdad is in the band but that's about it.
Shite!
Just not my style at all. Some nice guitar bits, but songs rambled everywhere.
That album was playing for nearly 40 minutes just now and i couldn't tell you a single thing that happened during it.
Meh. 4/10
It’s obvious by my other Psych rock selections of this challenge, I generally don’t like that genre of rock. That being said, even for psych rock, this album is pretty bland and boring. Not even sure how they decided this needs to be one people must here, as the album comes off as a band who just was checking off boxes while making the album. It just sounds so manufactured that it lacks any type of personality.
Nothing remarkable about this mediocre album. Even their signature song was OK at best. Not sure why this was included.
Rictus grin.
1970 acoustic rock. Not bad, but seems to collapse a bit under is own weight.
2/5
Rather midling psych rock
Not a lot of variety in Dr. Sardonicus’s dreams, is there?
It was okay, kind of forgettable
Perilously close to one-star territory, which I will reserve for the abominable.
Psychedelic 70s rock; quite a bit on the boring side. 2/5
ok, not my favorite. 2.5
Aitoa alku-70-lukua, joten pientä tavallaan naiiviutta mukana, kuulosti ensin vähän vitsiltä mutta sitten ei kuitenkaan. Hmmmm, vaikka tykkään yleensä tällaisesta tunnelmasta, tää ei saanut mua hymyilemään. Ts. ei vedonnut. Vähän tasapaksu, mikään ei nouse. Paitsi ihan hauskat sanat välillä.
Pläjäys 70-luvun vilpitöntä "groovea" ja tahattomalta haiskahtavaa komiikkaa. Biisihän ei ole biisi ilman omaa tittidiitään tai titityytään.
A lot of psychedelic garbage, but one or two listenable songs
A few good songs but overall not an album I really like or felt entertained by.
Not bad but not impressive either.
Perhaps it was groundbreaking at the time. It now sounds rote.
boring and generic, i think we didn't listen to the album completely but we're not losing anything i think. kind of country/very worse beatles vibes
2 stars. a bit navel gazey
didn't love it - but appreciated it - I also didn't know them but that's the idea, right? : )
Pretty mediocre. I would not have included this work in this compilation.
Never heard of them before. They have some impactful elements, but it's not pieced together in a way that fully resonates with me. That said, I am a fan of Nature's Way...that one stood out.
Interesting production. Moments of excellent playing. But no real charisma and a lack of notable songs. Better than expected but not memorable.
Hippien metkuja. Ei kolissut oikein. 2/5
Vähän geneeriseksi jäävää psykeä ilman kunnon proge-jytää. 2/5
Started out pretty hot but the back half dragged. def some highs and lows
I listened to this twice and actually liked it less the second time. Guess this one's not for me. I do think the production is good, but the songs themselves just didn't draw me in.
Eh it's definitely trying to break the mold of standard late 60's/early 70's psych rock. Interesting ideas but they don't really land with me much.
nothing absolutely terrible but instantly forgettable
Cool name. Wasn’t particularly moved otherwise…
Like their sound, but wasn’t enough to blow me away overall.
Oh goodie, another band from the Steely Dan/Jethro Tull school of rock music. Just what I wanted. Best song: Mr. Skin
Not bad, 60s sounding rock.
Pretty intolerable
I generally greatly dislike 60s psychedelic rock but there were a few tracks on here that I quite liked. Not all of it though - there were a few that grated (like Life Has Just Begun). A high two.
Meh
Perfectly fine. I didn't pick up much of interest here.
I thought this was going to be naff and while it was, it’s was pretty listenable.
Boring rock, nothing really stood out here.
Another psychedelic record that I don’t really “get.” I don’t hate it. But I find most of these songs aggressively mediocre. Nothing that stands out. Some good production value that’s for sure. But I’m left completely unmoved. 2.5/5
Meh. Too much going on, with not enough payoff.
Who are these guys??? Never heard of them. meh, it was okay. 2 stars.
Is Natures Way the inspiration for the Law and Order theme? I'm not sure I'm judging this album fairly but I'm just so sick and tired of psychedelic rock from the late 60s early 70s! ~1/3 of our groups albums so far in the challenge have been psychedelic rock genre ~1/2 of all albums have been from 60s&70s Yawn. Next
While this band's legacy should certainly be more than, "the guys who sued Zeppelin a thousand times," this album doesn't leave anything behind other than a few catchy prog tunes that leave your brain as fast as they came in.
When I Touch You is wild as it begins and is very reminiscent of Pink Floyd-- you know that song that stars with the ducks. But there's mostly trashy 70's truckstop rock. This gives the album a pretty underwhelming feel, even with the Chicago style horns section.
That’s a very psychedelic album title. But it's a pretty boring album that fails to deliver dreams or the titular Dr. Sardonicus. Where was this doctor, who I would assume is prone to vicious mocking and cynicism? What was he dreaming about? While the music wasn’t very psychedelic, maybe the writing was. Spirit’s Randy California was probably on some good hallucinogens during the selection of his stage name and during the writing of “Twelve Dreams,” because that was some odd, nonsensical stuff. “Nature’s Way” is allegedly their signature song, but it was repetitively obnoxious. That most of the rest is more tolerable than that isn’t saying much.
Not for me
A bit proggy…
jo, sehr elektronisch das ganze; tlw. etwas anstrengend
I listened to this album multiple times while at work, and it did get better the more I listened. I don’t find it to be very psychedelic, but it’s some good 70s rock. Listen again: wouldn’t pick it but don’t mind listening Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song:
nothing stood out. i honestly don't remember a single song from here.
Correcto pero no es demasiado de mi agrado.
This not even listed as one of the top 70 albums of 1970. Not sure why this is even on this list. So many other great albums of 1970 alone
This album just kind of washed over me. An artist I've never heard of with a album name that intrigued me. It started off kind of rough, it got better in the middle and then I was really ready for it to be over by the end.
I don’t get what this is, really. It’s folksy at times, psychedelic other times, schmaltzy, and sometimes silly. I don’t care for it. 2.5
Not bad, pretty fun in parts.
They sound like if the guys that did Best In Show or Spinal Tap did a movie about late 60s psychedelic rock this would be the soundtrack. They’re like too perfectly of a type that it’s on the nose.
2.0 Nothing really stood out to me. Maybe I wasnt listening closely enough but didnt really get the psyche-rock vibe that was advertised.
I have never heard of this band before and I was not familiar of any of the songs. It was alright for psychedelic rock. Relatively short. The dial didn't move much here. It was ok. I won't seek it out again.
I'm afraid this one was lost on me. I didn't actively hate it though.
This was so mid
Found this so boring. Like the eagles but worse. NEXT!!!
Meh this album didn’t really stick out to me. Nothing really special Top tracks: Animal Zoo, Morning Will Come - alternate mono mix
Pretty boring, really nothing I'd go back and listen to. Not badly produced or anything, just really unremarkable