The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

it is what it is

vintage but not for me

I was begging for the hangman while listening to this 1 ⭐️

They lost me the moment the jaw harp came in on the first track. The rest of the album played out as a series of similarly cringy hippie noodlings on quirky instruments with little substance

Ridiculously awful The way his vocals went up and down, it was like he couldn’t even sing!

The Wikipedia entry for this 1968 album labels it as "acid folk" but what it really sounds like is the work of someone who went to one too many Renaissance fairs and decided to pick up a dulcimer to impress the damsels. If that ain't the reason, then the purpose of this album is baffling. There's nothing here that's aesthetically pleasing: the singing is stilted, the melodies are archaic, the lyrics are overwritten and the song structures are all of the place.

How wonderfully weird.

At first, I didn't think anything of it, and then the same whiny folk music continued, and continued(this is the third consecutive day I've had an album with a song that's at least 13 minutes long), and it eventually turned into a nonsensical snooze fest. And even then, I don't think this should be ranked in the bottom ten albums in this generator. Favorite Track: "Three Is A Green Crown".

Other reviews had me thinking it was going to be a complete stinker, but it wasn't all that bad for a 60s psychedelic album. 2.5/5

In general I would prefer to celebrate rather than punish difference. Apparently I have now discovered the extent to which I really do enjoy difference. It is not nearly enough to give this a positive review.

2.5 Definitely music for people who are high. There are some sounds and some very discordant singing, but there were a couple songs I actually liked, including The Minotaur’s Song, which starts exactly the same as Pink Pony Club weirdly. Weird but kinda fun

Here we have THE psychedelic folk album that showcases . . . oh, fuck it. This is objectively terrible. I thought I listened to 6 or 7 songs, but when I looked, song 4 was 13 minutes long and I just can't any more.

Hahahaha No

I like acid as much as the next guy. And I liked this record well enough but really not seeing what separates this from all the other hippie/stoner/folk rock out there.

"Koeeoaddi There" is amazing, but by the end of the album I was already fed up with the same thing.

I wanted to enjoy this one, but no.

++: The Minotaur's Song, Three Is a Green Crown +: Koeeoaddi There, Mercy I Cry City, Waltz of the New Moon +-: Nightfall -: Witches Hat, A Very Cellular Song, The Water Song, Swift as the Wind 3,6/10

I felt like I was at the Renaissance Fair with this album...some of the songs were a bit monotone. It was okay but I didn't really like it.

big, warm album. like celebrating an unfamiliar holiday at a friend's house.

This is the kind of album that makes me question why I’m doing this

3 piosenki na albumie Bonus za drumle i sitar Średnia jakość audio Koncept fajny, ale nie mój vibe

a classic

I must be on the wrong drugs because I found this really irritating. Tune your fucking guitar, asshole. I hope for their sake this album was entirely improvised in one take. Still, I can't deny that I will be checking out their other albums. Like a moth to a flame, I love weirdos, what can I say?

Wow. I think this album, more than any of the roughly 700 albums so far, is a powerful testament to the power of John Peel's BBC radio show, both on fans and apparently this project's editors/reviewers, and it makes me (sort of) wish I could have listened to his show at the time. This is in no way the worst album we've had in this collection, but there is *no* way that this could ever have been an album that charted *anywhere* for 21 weeks, or achieve a #5 spot, at least without Peel's outsized influence. (And very telling that it never even got close to even the cul-de-sacs of exurb neighborhoods leading towards US charts.) I'll admit, though, that there's something compelling about this album, almost like how it's hard to look away from a gruesome accident (and it definitely helps to listen with headphones, so you can get the random conversational nuggets interspersed throughout). At times there were hints of Cat Stevens, or of Richard Thompson, but they took the Rennaissance Festival vibe to a whole other dimension, especially on tracks like the painfully eternal "A very cellular song". I think what sets it apart, though, and also baffles me that it was included in lists of great albums, is the pervasive, incredibly poorly, and almost seemingly intentionally amateurish singing and instrument playing. It's like we're listening to an acoustic version of the worst excesses of prog rock, but played by middle schoolers. Maybe that was their appeal: everybody who listened to it and enjoyed it thought "I could probably do that!" But why? Perhaps more importantly, why subject others to this? (I keep staring at the album cover/back photo and feeling really badly for the kids, who of course had no say in participating in rural "folk" life; I wonder how they turned out?)

Incredible because it's so bad .... verges on self-parody. This is an album you inflict on your enemies.

Alternativ folk fra 60 tallet? Jah, det funker jo, litt teatralsk og mye humor!

Did not enjoy. They should have chosen a more mellow opener to warm me up but nope: chaos from the start. 1/5

Sounds like a Spinal Tap bit: nice kazoo solo on the 13 minute epic.

Ehh, I could have done without this one.

This is not as bad as reviews claimed it to be. Not to say this is good--it's definitely not--but there's significantly worse albums on this list. Weird and not exactly pleasant to listen to, but at least somewhat interesting as most psychedelic music is. 2/5

I've made a habit of checking the community reviews/ratings before listening to each Book Album (mostly to help mentally prepare myself for whatever I'm about to listen to) and the first thing I noticed on the page for The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter was how low the LP's rating was – seemingly lower than any album I've been assigned so far. I jumped over to the Global Stats page and sure enough, there THBD was... #8 on the Lowest Rated Albums list. As much as I'd love to be contrarian and say something like "The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter is actually really good, you guys just don't get it," it wouldn't come from a genuine place – this was a pretty unpleasant listen for me. It's got a lot of the right ingredients for a good folk album, but the way everything comes together just doesn't work at all. I know not all art is meant to make you feel good, but I don't think boredom and discomfort is what they were going for here. "Waltz of the New Moon" was one that didn't irritate me as much as the others, but I also wouldn't call it a highlight – compared to some of the folk this challenge has exposed me to, it's still not very good. Maybe if I hadn't gotten Basket of Light just a few days ago I'd feel slightly more positive about The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, but it just sounds so weak coming off of such a solid Pentangle album. While it's certainly not the worst LP I've ever heard, the Incredible String Band's sole Book Album absolutely fits the criteria I've set for a one star rating. Marianne Faithfull is probably tired of being down in the one star club by her lonesome, so I'm sure she'll appreciate having ISB (not to be confused with IBS) there to accompany her! Good riddance. Highlights: N/A

I love bad mixing mfw every rhyme is an emergency rhyme This album would be funny and pretty good if they weren't serious, I've heard artist trying to be bad on purpose sing and play better. This album could probably be used effectively as anti-drug propaganda

There's actually some pretty cool stuff in here, you just have to listen through a few piles of crap to get to it.

This was tough to get through. Music was maybe a 3, but the voice and vocals are a zero. I am rating this a 2, and that is generous.

Not high enough for this one rn

Green party tunes

Really? This is a must hear, based on what? This is folk music from the 60's that sounds like all the other folk music from the 60's and since the dawn of time. I was bored out of my skull listening to this. It sounded like a live recording from a local community theater production. Weak vocals, weak songs, droning delivery, subpar musicianship, I'm baffled how this made anyone's must hear list. No hits, a really low listen count for a nearly 60 yr old album, nothing cutting edge. I feel like this was a mistake entry. 1 star, it truly sucked.

what the hell is this hippie slop

Interesting folk music but not my favorite. I heard some banjo in there.As well as maybe acoustic guitars.

If I had gone in blind, I would have thought this was a Monty Python’s Holy Grail on Broadway soundtrack. This album should only be listened to in a front row seat at Medieval Times with a Mutton leg in hand. Okay, it’s actually comical in parts. God dammit, it’s actually pretty funny to be honest. Oh shit, is this actually growing on me? The initial shock and hatred did eventually wear off, and I appreciated(?) this album a bit. Would I actually listen again? Almost certainly not. But it’s weird, and it stands out amongst the monotonous mix of post punk debut albums on this list.

Unlistenable. Maybe least favorite album so far. Giving this a 1 makes me want to revise the albums to make them a 2 so that this one is worse.

I was deeply skeptical when this came up. Sadly, I was right to be. What on Middle Earth is this??? It is not deep or particularly interesting or particularly fun. I didn't hate some of the sitar and woodwind noodling on "Three is a Green Crown," and similar stretches, but it's not something I haven't heard before in Western music. This two years after Revolver came out! You're not special! Take this Two-Towers-ass crap out of here!

Interesting psychedelic folk album. I like how mysterious it is and the connections to mythology. The Minotaur’s Song and Nightfall are my favorite songs from it.

Really bad

Worst, boring

0.5 Holy fucking hell what the fuck!?! (49:51, 10 tracks, third album, 1967) OK - first the genre is described as "Acid Folk" on Wiki but really this is just trolling before there was the word trolling. What I figure is this was the 1967 version of getting "Rick Rolled" by a hippie. You would get this great advise, probably while stoned, 'hey man you need to listen to The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter' and then when you listened to it and realized you were Rick Rolled you'd jump in on the game and insist to your friends and family this was an awesome album and so forth until somehow this got entered in the annuls of music as actually somehow a serious project. These bastards are just trying to annoy you. A kazoo, a slide whistle; bad, I mean really bad sitar, a vibraphone. a whole shit ton of Jew's harp. I mean obviously they are trolling everyone. This should be most clear by the fact they are Scottish and choose NOT to use a bagpipe which would have been waaay too obvious that they were just trying to annoy everyone, Then there are lyrics like: "next week a monkey is coming to stay if I was a witches hat" (yes they spell this wrong too, probably to annoy) "sitting on her head like a paraffin stove I'd fly away and be a bat" AND for those that think I'm cherry-picking bad lyrics I'm not, this was fairly creative most of the other songs were worse. One has something about riding backwards on a giraffes (I'm guessing this is how they'd spell it) back and stopping occasionally to laugh. By the eight track - if you are still listening - you will absolutely wish you were dead. It's 7 hours long and it makes you want to commit suicide. Now get this - best of all I've reviewed 100 Album (this was literally my 100th) and this is the SECOND worst I've reviewed. I'm really looking forward to this Throbbing Gristle guy as I'm not sure how exactly you can trick the public into getting onto a 1001 list with worse than these two (other was The United States) but . . . I guess we shall see This is 100th album reviewed and it was a doozy.

Going in blind to this one, except knowing that it's one of the lowest-rated albums on the list. Trippy, gentle, playful psych-folk. I think this is more about impressions and feelings than it is about structure. (I see Wikipedia says "dreamlike".) Reminds me of early (Syd Barrett era) Pink Floyd and The Kinks' We Are The Village Green Presentation Society. Loved the childhood memories from Koeeoaddi There. Witches Hat was too self-indulgent. This is a mess, but it makes me feel emotions.

I like the premise more than the execution. It is essentially a field recording of a commune of Scottish Scientologist hippies which makes their acid folk sound more authentic than another record in the genre that might sound better. Some of the songs near the end I liked on this initial listen and think it’ll take some more time to really understand this one. Rating: 3.2

more like the Incredibly Shitty Band

Interesting listen, but really didn't do much for me. The songs were a little slow and lacked any hook to draw me in.

I feel like I’m tied to a post hanging over a fire whilst they dance around in circles singing these songs in their weird cult. There’s a lot of weird hippy shit on this list and I am not a fan of it at all

It was fine.

Whimsical, psychedelic, mysterious, inventive, eccentric, strange, unique. A bizarre blend of folk and magic. Traditional musical styles melded into wild and colourful arrangements. Had no idea they were Scottish - another band for me to be unreasonably, patriotically proud of me! I've never heard anything like this. Favourite track - The Minotaur's Song or A Very Cellular Song. 8/10

Psychedelic hippie renaissance fair folk

Idk I liked it. 3.5/5

Why?

Ugh. I am not enjoying this. It’s arduous to get through each song. Some parts are kind of cool and then they mess it up on purpose it seems. Not my thing. Not sure I can make it through the whole thing. How did this make the list???

I didn't know psychedelic folk was a genre. Sounds like Rennaisance Festival music. I half expect them to start singing about brave brave Sir Robin. And then at times they pick up Indian or other world folky sounds. It's not bothersome to listen to, but it's just "meh".

Trivia Fact: We live in a drug free world. All the drugs were used up in the production of this album. Not because the songs are tripping, but because it must have took a lot of drugs to help convince these people tat their output was worth recording and putting into the world.

I thought the 1 star ratings were overblown and then started listening and realized...no, everything about this is bad. Bad vocals. Bad instrumentation. Bad lyrics. Too long. It sounds so utterly amateur it's just mystifying that these people ever ended up in a recording studio rather than playing around whatever hippie drum circles they came from.

I really wanted to like this, but it's a little exhausting at times. I didn't like the singer very much. My favourite was Witches Hat.

That made the charts?

I can't quite bring myself to piut 1 on this. It was really not a great listen, but it didn't have any kind of ego for me, it was just like a weird failed experiment, the sort of thing that wouldn't get any attention today but is obviously somewhat representative of what was happening with music and entertainment at the time.

album che non fa per me, dopo due canzoni già mi ero annoiato

Fun!! Reminded me a bit of Irish bar music and medieval music

It's one of the lowest rated albums on this list but I absolutely love this album. First, I love late 60s psychedelia and British folk, so it's my genre. This album was highly successful in 1968 and was praised by the critics at that time (it's one of the favourite akbums of Robert Plant, too and it influenced Led Zeppelin's debut album). The album is quirky and weird, with plenty of interesting Eastern instruments, and some really beautiful melodies. Sure, the lyrics are hazey and crazy, but it's perfect for this music. These guys were very talented songwriters so it's not a surprise this - and their 1000 Spirits... - album was such a success. For a personal note, I live next to a forest, and I spent some gorgeous time on the island of Capri, Italy, wandering aroung alone on the island, in the forests some 15 years ago when I listened to this album a lot. The last few songs fall a bit flat but it is still a five star album from me.

It feels like medieval court music. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy it and would not listen again

A deep cut from the depths of the Renaissance Faire? I love bardcore, but bardcore cooks. This is like, prog bard with hare krishna vibes. It's the musical equivalent of getting cornered by a krishna monk on a school campus. I think these guys would get run out of the tavern.

Is this how Marlon feels when he listens to the Beatles? This is why you shouldn’t do drugs. I don’t know why but I hated everything about this.

This is the music folks would listen to before a dragon would come and burn down their thatch roof village.

Too weird. I can understand that it was of its time, and I can certainly hear that it was influential. But man, this is just not essential in the slightest. 1/5

My god I absolutely loathed this album, LOATHED it. This is one of the worst things I have ever heard. Before the first song had ended I was already checking how long was left on the album. 1 star is bloody generous

This was awful hipster nonsense from the time of the OG hipsters. Hate psychedelic music

weird psychedelic medieval thing

Not my cup of tea

If Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 was an album, it would be this. It's not.... great, and it's so close to not even making it to good that I'm hesistant to call it good, but..... I think it's good. It made me feel something, that has to count for something! The instrumentation had some interesting choices and brought in some chord progressions I want to say I've never heard at any point prior, and the vocals. Well. The vocals. Anyway. This was alright, I don't think I'd listen to it again, it was excruciating at times but at others there was something of a simple beauty to the way I was processing the music? Maybe? THREE STARS!

Koeeoaddi There 3.4 The Minotaur's Song 3.5 Witches Hat 3.3 A Very Cellular Song 3.4 Mercy I Cry City 3.2 Waltz of the New Moon 3 The Water Song 2.7 Three Is a Green Crown 3 Swift As the Wind 2.6 Nightfall 3 Score: 3.11

this is kinda unlistenable. I would be so disappointed if I bought this album. It just sounds dumb and goofy... I don't hear the genius behind the music.

Wow. I feel like this was the inspiration for Spinal Tap's folk phase. Which is parody. Just sayin'.

20/1089 альбомов цыганского табора сектантов хиппи под наркотиками но в этом припадке что-то есть, поэтому +1 но слушать тяжело очень

ну это поебота полнейшая

If you enjoy listening to dying cows, this album is for you. Voice pitch is all over the map. Throw in a few medieval flutes and pipes and you now have what makes up the Hangman's Beautiful Daughter.

H: I don’t know if I would hear this at the Renaissance Fair or around a campfire. NO SONG NEEDS TO BE 10 MINS. 0/10 H fav song: N/A Z: Bring out the Sitar and panpipes loser we’re going on a mystical quest. The ISB delivered one of if not the most 60’s sound albums in history. The equivalent of taking two tabs of acid and looking for the cat you lost while you were a child in the rolling hills of Mother Earth. 3/10 Z fav song: The Minotaurs Song

08/11/2025 Average at best. Nothing stood out for me. Spotify listeners: 41.4k

This is Ren Fair music. It's what people expect pre-Baroque to sound like, which is insulting to both Renaissance music and modern folk. A part of me wanted to give this some slack for at least gesturing toward early music traditions. I would be waffling between a two and three, but... It's 1968. The LP format specifically is 20 year old, and recorded music even longer. As an artist, you should be able to record in the studio. IF I CAN HEAR THE SPIT CRACKLING IN YOUR MOUTH, YOU DON'T DESERVE AN ALBUM.

Weird hippie stuff that sounds exactly like what drug abused hippies would enjoy

Listened Before? N Weird, but interesting. I love the concepts here, but I'm not high enough for this. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Witches Hat

all a bit hurdy gurdy and oh nonny neigh for me!

Absolutely fucking not. I’d rather listen to the meth head at the bus stop down the road beatbox and fart.

OMG how did this make the list?

Day 117 First listen- I've been meaning to listen to this band since I love psych folk. This album didn't really click for me and I always instantly love 60s psych/ folk. I did enjoy the songs but not as much as I'd hoped. Few more listens might change that. (3/5)

I was stone cold sober when I listened to this album. I don't think that's the intended way to listen to this music. If I was tripping on acid or shrooms I am sure I would have had a much better time. I appreciate the historical significance of this band and music, but this was absolute trash. Lowest rating yet, worse then OutKast 1/10

I'm once again perplexed as to why everyone decided to dogpile on this one. It's a completely normal uninteresting album. Mediocre album like hundreds others on this list

My headphones died 80% through and I remember not even being mad about it

Im sure if you like it then it's groundbreaking and fascinating. I didn't like it, it's just noise.

I feel like I am being pranked. This is bad music; like, objectively bad music. Dont tell me itw 'experimental', it doesnt sound good. I am lost on how this was ever allowed on this list. It's not even good religious music. Do not lose 40 minutes of your life here like I did. Skip this one. Trust me.

This might be the worst thing I've ever heard. British fantasy folk. There's a song called the Minotaur song. Really bad.

Wat

No I don’t like it :( but not as bad as frank zappa

- no nyt näyttää ainakin ajankohtaan sopivalta levyltä (avainsanat syssy, spooky) - nyt on kyl kunnon hippisekoilun tunnelma tässä levyssä - on aika raskasta kuunneltavaa - tää 13 min biisi on ihan paska xD - kiinnostais tietää että millä perusteella tää on listalla mukana kun ei tätä pysty kuunnella - en kuunnellut 5. raitaa pidemmälle enkä kuuntele enää ikinä

This was never meant to be consumed by anyone else then a hippie on acid. No thanks.

Quite possibly the worst album I've heard on this project. .5/5

4/10 Large swathes of this album are just horrible: amateurish guitar, terrible vocals, bloody sitar twanging for 7mins. There are odd glimpses of a tune, but mainly just No.

I remember buying this on second hand vinyl, back in the eighties. I viewed myself as a musical maverick, and this seemed like an obvious left field like. The band names, the album title, the cover, the psychedelic folk pop... it seemed like I'd obviously like it. But I didn't. I'd presumed that it'd be part of the west coast American hippy free-for-all, but it turned out it was Scottish nutters, trying to make new music from obscure influences from history. It worked for Capt Beefheart, but these guys... Nah. So relistening now, 30 years on, ... yeah. Still a case of trying and failing. I appreciate the intent and effort, but the results make it a dubious listen.

They're not incredible, and I absolutely don't need to hear this before I die. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ in part, but turned it off Revisit ❌️ Zitar hell ★☆☆☆☆ (2/10)

Reeks of folk night at the local - pewter tankards, arran sweaters and blokes singing badly with their fingers in their ears.

There’s 1000 albums you should listen to before you die. Then there’s whatever the hell this is. Awful.

Went to a renaissance festival once - dudn't enjoy this any more than that.

They did a lot of drugs in the 60's. 1/5

What the actual f*€#?! I can’t believe how bad this is. I think the musicians were pulling a prank.

I don’t think this bad so much as just dated. Very hippy, very dated. Some of the shit that passes grunge, metal or rap on this list isn’t any better but there’s a whole generation or two who’ll think it is, just because they heard it when they were a drunken teen off their face at their first adults-only party.

A little too hippie for me

Didn’t know psychedelic folk was music genre, so it’s good to now know about it, and that it is to be avoided. The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter is an off-key traveling minstrel with a lot of moaning. L = (0.5*) That got worse as it progressed. J = (1.3*s) Dang, when I read the write up I was excited for Scottish psychedelic folk! When I listened to the album, it was a disappointment.

A band of gypsies with a kazoo and a sitar. This is an odd one for the list. Not super into psycho-folk music I guess. Just a pack of Pikeys around the fire, singing tunes of yore about mythical beasts, kings and fantasy. Pretty good on the strings but not that Incredible. "A Very Cellular Song" was probably the most complex, structured song. I could give these Romanis a minute at a ren faire but for everyday listen, too much minstrel...1.69 stars.

This sounds like a handful of eccentric 60's hippies grabbed a fist full of acid and started playing whatever instruments they could find. I guess Acid Folk as a genre pretty accurately describes a bunch of strung out minstrels playing some whimsical songs. It's definitely a mixed bag. There's some colorful segments but at times it felt like a parody of what you would expect at a renaissance fair. I held on for a while but the back half of the album went out with a whimper. Not sure how I feel about The Incredible String Band. Pretty sure I would recommend they change their name as I heard mostly flute and light vocals and didn't find any of it incredible. 1.33 stars

The sad thing is that there are some cool original song ideas buried beneath the endless layers of needless instrumentation. But once the flute started, I was out.

liked this

Ok, pass the acid and sit down for a listen ... a decent album, would probably have listened to this on those Friday nights we hung out at Roger's house.

Yeah it’s pretty meh, literally nothing else to say really

1 star - based on the first 90 seconds alone. Dear god why is this here? I think this is the nail in the coffin of giving up on this shite list. And on day/album 101 :(. Track 1 broke my no skip streak/goal to listen to 100% of the album. Nearly 100% skips. Just so awful

This was not good. I didn't hate it enough for 1* though.

How the heck is this album on the list but so many better ones aren't.

Horrible

Great album loved this.

Pagan sailor post-medieval bassooncore band singing shanties and not in a Neutral Milk or Beirut kind of way.

What did I do to deserve this

No. I did not need to hear this album before I died. I could have lived a very happy and full life not knowing this album ever existed. It's not bad music, but it sounds like an album that you'd find at a Renaissance Faire. If I wanted to listen to RenFaire music I'd go to a RenFaire. My rating: 2/5 swords.

Udda medeltidsvibe, nja

You can tell right away it’s from the 60s but not any 60s I want to revisit

Okay you know, there's not really anything here I'd listen to much outside of this challenge/the album, but I kinda liked it! It's about as neat as this genre gets for me I think. They're doing some cool stuff.

It saddens me that this album is bottom 10 on this website, because to me this is delightful! One of the earliest examples of a style that was retroactively labeled "wyrd folk" by music journos and aficionados of the style, it nicely combines pastoral folk with strange psychedelic ramblings and just a touch of that witchy sort of feeling for October. So many of the folk artists I love were inspired by this strain of weird, or "wyrd" I suppose, folk music - just gorgeous.

Sounded like a bunch of drunk vikings in a mead hall badly attempting to sing and make sounds out of various objects around them. No thank you.

Man, I’m not enough of a Fantasy fan for this. It feels like pesky gnomes and goblins are trying to enchant me with kazoos and sploing instruments for 49 minutes. I recognize that there’s more artistic merit to the record than the haters give it credit for… but that also goes for any 1-star rating given on this list, and I can say with certainty that this goes straight to the bottom from a personal enjoyment point of view. Standout: Three Is a Green Crown

This was hard. This is not party music or tailgate music so I am not going to judge it for not being danceable or whatever. This demands your whole attention. On my first listen I wasn't really sure what to think because I had no frame of reference. On my second listen I decided to handle it similarly to Mothers of Invention. When I started listening closely to the lyrics I was really impressed (MOST of the time....there is some questionable writing on here). However, for everything that confused me or made me shake my head there were three things I appreciated. I loved the instrumentation, which I thought was rich and varied. Most of the songwriting was thought provoking and there were some lines that really made me say hell yeah. I think they are better suited to the long and intricate songs than the short ones, which sometimes felt like they had more to say. Overall, I really enjoyed this, but i do think it is more of an "event" album than a casual listen.

Virtuosic chamber folk free association on the edge of sanity

I am growing weary of white people

I'm glad the band from the Wicker man (1973) got their big break!

Hippies who took too many drugs and mistakenly decided they should be in a band. No one should think this is in the top 1001 albums of all time. Will not listen again

This was a weird one but I loved it

Well this album is very different. Kinda sounds like they're trying to imitate Indian music, African music, and then a bunch of their own weird sound, the instruments are a wide variety, harpsichords, flutes, kazoos, bongos, sitar maybe? But it sounds like just a bunch of kids having fun making up weird random songs. lol Their voice is all over the place like a kid just play singing. I can't finish this album 2 stars.

Honestly trying to give this album a fair shake, but everytime it hits on something halfway decent (Witches Hat before it gets into the annoying lalalas), the sharp, high pitched sitar/instruments come in, with weird/silly vocal and instrument choices come in (kazoos for instant). It's way too silly for how straight their playing it. And there's a dissonance to it that sometimes just sours me. It sounds like a mixture of Ren Faire/medieval vibey music mixed with a really bad attempt at replicating the Beatles' sound when they were getting into their weird, drug fueled psychedelic stuff. And no surprise, the Beatles knew what they were doing, whereas I feel like these guys don't. Waltz of the New Moon might have saved it, but the singing is just killing it for me. I really don't want to dish out the 1. It's not viscerally hitting me like some of my other 1s, it's at least just barely tolerable. But I also can't honestly sit here and say I enjoy any bit of this either. It's just consistently mediocre. Robert Plant apparently heard something in this to be influenced by it, but it's going right over my head. This is either the highest of 1s or the lowest of 2s. But I think I'll have to give the 1. I just don't enjoy it.

Did every semi-talented band have to be odd on purpose in the late 60's? Obscure names and album titles? Also - why the heavy reliance on Medieval references.. I appreciate creativity, but this is all over the place, on purpose. Pass

10/6/25. Interesting listen. Not huge on this genre but can't deny the unique arrangements and songwriting on this. Also enjoyed some of the South Asian elements on one song.

Boring, predictable, repetitive and cliche. Apple Music says it's one of the "most...innovative and influential records of the late 60s," but to me it sounds like you're going to a renaissance fair, or playing a guitar, barefoot, on the street in San Francisco.

Solid

Who on earth honestly thinks you need to listen to this album before you die? Is it on this list only to reflect on how your life can always get worse?

I'll repeat myself: I very much cherish the folk discoveries I've made here; and this is no exception. It surely is the weirdest of all, but I did want to hear it. An honest four stars plus one extra because let me quote this Thu Jun 19 2025 review "get fucked haters", indeed.

Renaissance Faire music

I was asked if I had laser eye surgery because I had stopped wearing my glasses. I explained about 1001 albums generator and how it’s a great way to get out of a musical rut and expand your knowledge. It introduces you to things that may never have been on your radar and you otherwise may never have heard of. I then told them about The Hagman’s Beautiful Daughter by The incredible String Band, an album so terrible it made me regret the endeavour, grudge my Apple Music subscription and ultimately cut my ears off so as to never endure something like this again and that is the reason I no longer wear my glasses 🤓.

I was feeling badly about giving Linkin Park 2 stars when I thought - stupidly so in hindsight - that they made a 1-star album. Then I drew this album and realized this nonsense is what 1-star reviews are for.

A different vibe than I have heard in awhile.

Makes me want to give up everything and go do drugs in the woods

Makes me want to quit my day job, do drugs, get naked and dance in the woods for a while. That is a good thing, in case you weren't sure.

Now I hate modern society and I just want to live with leprechauns in the woods.

oh perfect, another album from nineteen sixty-fucking eight. And it's even more shit than the other ones

Weird and unlistenable.

Jesus Christ. Fuck anyone who had anything to do with this. This record makes me hate dirty stinky hippies much more than I already did. God damn it makes me so mad.

Jesus Christ.

+ gypsy sound folkmusic Some harmonies - Fever dream, not my cup of tea Bob Dylan and Eric Claptonish voices and the way they sing out of tune instruments

Really beautiful songwriting, namely Cellular song and Waltz of the new moon. I was on board from the jump with the classical folky feel, it made me wish I had a pint of mead in front of a fire in some dingy tavern. At first I wasn't expecting this to be an album I'd revisit often but it built on the original concept super well, slowly stringing you along and upping the soulfulness with each track. The last two tracks really sealed it as a solid project, especially the vocals on Swift as the wind.

An unfunny and untalented Monty Python impersonation.

Psychedelic folk! This is a thing?! What a trip. It's giving Ren Faire. I feel like this is speaking to me from a much older place than 1968, and it's speaking to my scottish roots. Cool, bizarre album. It's wild stuff like this that makes me love the 1001 album project.

опять психодел и недостаточно красиво

As someone who quite likes early Pink Floyd and Syd Barrett’s solo work, I can stand this more than most apparently. I get the overall consensus though because I have roasted MANY albums on this site. This sounds like 3 or 4 Syds jammed with Brian Jones and some Renaissance fare minstrels and no one bothered to question if the songs were any good. Was tape rolling? We got it. Ok. The more coherent songs show some decent playing but the lyrics are just weird nonsense and some of the songs are so discordant that they are hard to listen to. Not a complete fail for me but far from essential. I won’t be seeking out a copy. 3/5 Still better than Yoko Ono.

mm not really into it

Jesus. Wut? Why? No.

No thanks

Always enjoy the late 60s psychedelic folk.

This sucks

One star added for total weirdness.

Hard to get through. The lyrics are complex and fun to interpret, but the way that man sings makes me think the bad thoughts.

Hmm.

Moments of beauty crossed with Monthy Python esq moments of cod medieval silliness. Fav track A Very Cellular Song

A non-funny Monty Python album. Without Monty Python. Will never listen to again. People liked this? "Finland, Finland, Finland; the country where I want to be..."

Listening to this one sometimes thought "an interesting/trippy/odd madrigal – pretty cool." But more often one thought, "Wait, is this a Monty Python skit?" So enjoyed it but found it a bit too outre and silly to take too seriously.

these guys are crazy lol…i’m glad somebody was having fun! i started out enjoying it but i will admit it gave me a bit of a headache by the end. i think i would have appreciated it more if the songs had been cut up into more individual tracks, because there were ‘movements’ of certain songs that i liked a lot but then they veered off into bizarre territory. however that’s a natural consequence of the LP format so i can’t really fault them for that. fav track: witches’ song

this felt like the audio representation of someone reading an old storybook full of folk tales or something. i was kind of indifferent to it being on and wouldn’t say that I was necessarily “enjoying” it that much but i wasn’t mad at it. i can’t say i’d return to it but they were certainly doing something interesting.

This gets a hugely bad rep, in fact I think it gets one of the lowest global ratings. But you know what? I thought it was OK to be honest. Quite hard going at times, and very weird, but give me this over any of the trillions of country albums on here any day. I think this record is at its best when it's not veering into trad folk. The trad folk stuff makes me think of Morris dancing and cider festivals, which is to say - bad hat.

I skipped not my cup of tea.

they're like a church choir consisting of people with annoying and off-key voices. awful, but there's a slight charm, because one of your friend's grandparents is in the choir and they're super cool.

I think I may have seen ISB live once (when I was quite young and they were presumably quite old / replaced), but haven't ever listened to them properly on record. Still, once I put this album on, it didn't take long to understand what sort of music we're dealing with here. There's plenty of this sort of witchy / childlike / old-timey British village fete / pagan wicker man ritual stuff scattered around the 60s psychedelic landscape. The main difference here is that while most other instances felt like rock bands trying on a bit of musical whimsy as a fancy dress costume, these guys seem like they lived and breathed this stuff 24/7. Maybe this apparent authenticity comes from the fact they're a folk band? Or because they're Scottish...? It could all be pretentious, tuneless rubbish, of course… but on the whole I think I kinda like it - even if some tracks are more successful (/listenable) than others.

This is #day399 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to a classic late '60s psychedelic folk rock. I've nothing else to add here except for "not great, not terrible," or whatever. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to, wow, #day400.

I like weird stuff so I enjoyed this

This probably deserves a better rating, but I was really hoping for a bluegrass band. The Wickerman-core.

Made me think about being a medieval serf and the traveling merry men came to town playing some ballads after a long day of toiling in the hot fields. And ending that thought with “I’d probably kill myself”

Was alright. Not incredible as advertised. The Alright String Band.

I went into this with an open mind but it was just kind of grating and yet somehow boring.

not in the mood for this today. dont think i'll ever be.

precioso

Pleasant folk songs ruined by shrill flutes and horrible buzzing. I didn’t really enjoy this on any level other than the nice vocals.

Awful

Deep-rooted folk music, dark and weird and mysterious and magical

Not bad.

This is a full-on 1968 time capsule, complete with random sitars, meandering folk chants, and a 13-minute odyssey called A Very Cellular Song that includes sounds I never needed to hear—like minotaur moans. Two stars for the ambition, minus one for the fever-dream execution.

Very interesting album, there is a lot of detail and dynamic range to look out for. The voices and instruments are very well recorded and everything sounds pleasing and nice.

Almost made it through the first song.

Initially I liked it, seemed to either be the inspiration for or be inspired by the later Beatles albums with sitars/Indian influence. Devolved into noise and it seemed that the vocals never took a break to let the instruments shine through. Ultimately forgettable

Unusual, although not at the time. Not one of my favourites and prefer the earlier works.

This is the best anti-drugs advert I've ever heard. Awful, neo-folk with utter bilge for lyrics. The 60s has a lot to answer for. I've never once thought "You know what this song needs, more mouth harp." The sub-surreal lyrics sound like some twat wannabe Might Boosh fan trying to make you laugh in the pub but ruining your night. As this album has. Hopefully the hangman didn't let any of these reprobates anywhere near his daughter. A hot piece of ass like that deserves so much better. Best Tracks (I only picked these ones as they're the shortest): Witches Hat; Mercy I Cry City; Nightfall

Not my cup of tea.

Soms beetje langdradig, wel echt mooie muziek met leuke instrumenten

Heel Whimsical en Cottagecore vibes, wat leuk is, maar niet iets waar ik elke keer opnieuw naar zou luisteren. Sommige harmonies zijn wel echt heel leuk en bijzonder. Ik denk dat het in het theater of iets beter tot z'n recht zou komen, niet terwijl je ondertussen andere dingen doet. Witches Hat had leuke Harmonies, A Cellular Song bestaat echt uit te veel verschillende nummers + de dissonante instrumenten pakken me niet. Standout Nummers - Witches Hat - The Water Song - Swift As The Wind

This sounds like the soundtrack to a secondary school play.

The Good: At least the Hangman’s got something positive… The Bad: What’s the use of having such a daughter if you’re hanging people? The Ugly: Realizing that there’s nothing incredible about the strings, or the band… Weirdest thing happened: when originally this album was presented to me, I did not know what to think of it. So I listened, and then I listened again, and I believe that I gave it a third spin after that… Yet still I was uncertain if this album is just one of those sleeper things, or my taste in music is getting worse and worse. Fast forward a couple of months, and I decided to give the album one more spin prior to rating it… and I was not able to find anything special about it. More so, I was starting to really not like it… So now what do I do? Do I rate it low, like so many people have done? Or do I shoot down the middle?… Gonna give it 3*… Might listen to it again in the future, if I recall of the album...

Folky and religious.

This band needs to be cited for harpsichord abuse. Some of this was actually painful to hear. Astonishingly bad. 2 (and that's being generous)

Ew.

What a WEIRD album. And not really in a good way. 1.5/5

psychedelic folk, scottish old school, jaw Minotaur's song

No

Well that was an interesting listen. Considering my family background, I’m amazed I haven’t heard this before. I think I’d need to be in the right frame of mind to listen to it, but fortunately today I was. Will definitely listen to it again.

I do not wish for a fish or any more of this album

review after two listens and a bit more research: think we've got a grower on our hands. goddamn if these strings aren't incredible. i'll take freaky over twee. there's a lot going on here, and it's wonderfully recorded. unorthodox song structures that employ repetition to cover linear ground. was able to take in more of the chants, and the whole thing washes over you nicely if you lie back and let it. the playing is beautiful.

Super weird the amount of instruments on this album is kind of mind-boggling never really heard a sitar and a jaw harp together before

Meh

Late 60s folk rock. The strings was not incredible.

I had no idea what to expect, but I ended up liking this more than not. Someone else wrote that it reminded them of the music from the original "The Wicker Man" film and, having seen it recently, I totally agree. And that is a positive thing in my mind. My main complaint is that this album is just a bit too long, but I like more of it than I don't. It's a 3.5 that will increase to a 4 in the ratings.

Saw some of the reviews and the global rating and assumed the worst. People are being way too harsh here. It's experimental sure but it's not as bad as some of the generic crap that made the list. It would be a very boring list if experimental and innovative albums like this were excluded. 2.5/5. Raising to a 3.

I just couldn't finish this. Incredibly annoying.

Inicialmente adorei mas depois foi-se tornando muito cansativo. Gosto de psych folk aqui e ali e não assim num álbum muito marcado deste estilo.

uneasy for the ear

Strange, kind of trippy.

This sounds like the soundtrack of The Wicker Man (1973) if it was pretty bad.

I'm glad I've heard it. And now I'm glad I probably don't need to hear it again. I'm not really certain how to react to this. I have enjoyed plenty of psychedelic music over the years, and I think the key to making it good is not relying on acid cliche all the time. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter instead fires on all psychedelic cylinders all the time, and it's tiresome almost instantly. Blech. The music is interesting from time-to-time, as is the variety of instruments used.

Acid Folk? And why am I not surprised Richard Thompson played in this album? One & done.

The late 60s is such an interesting time for music.

Unfortunately could not get through the third song.

An experimental and bizarre album, with sections of crooning and whining strings that succeeds in creating an atmosphere that feels like a rip off of world music. While it is clear to see the influence of the album, that does not mean it is an enjoyable listen, but some tracks like Minotaurs Song do standout

they all should be hanged

Crap

Estoy seguro que hay un público para esto.

Absolute wank !

Overall I liked it. Lots of different sounds and textures. Their song craft is pretty awesome, they seem to flow between instruments and vocal melodies often leading to an engaging listen to me.

Straight up disliked

Scottish psychedelic folk is exactly as good as it sounds. The album cover tells you everything you need to know about this album.

I saw the global rating for this one and strapped myself in for something special. The people are wrong. This is not that bad. Lotta drugs were used here. Very experimental and it keeps me interested for the whole duration. Would I listen again? Probably not, but I’m glad I did. Favorites were The Minotaur’s Song, Mercy I Cry City, and Three Is. A Green Crown.

Ok

Ok

10/10 I’ve heard this one a few times, and I don’t know why I love it so much; I guess it just has such an effortless talent at melting you into this Eastern-inspired, avant-garde rock atmosphere

*inhales deeply* hippie kelpies maaan *exhales deeply*

Honestly I liked this more than I thought. Just weird enough, but still wasn’t fully sold.

I really wanted to like it, and it started out OK. But by the end, I was preeeeettttttyyyyy over it.

This is one of the most confusing but weirdly interesting as you’re always wondering where it’s going to go next Highlights: - Mercy I Cry City - The Minotaur’s Song - A Very Cellular Song

Fuck rating albums. Just let me listen.

Interesting as an album reflecting a moment in time, but not something I would listen to again.

This album sounds ritualistic, not in a Native American tribal dance kind of way, but in a Jonestown we’re about to commit mass suicide kind of way.

(third song in) We're done here.

Are the children in the band? Cause guess what fellas. The 60s are over and you can only utilize child labour if you’re manufacturing useless products at slightly cheaper prices for mass consumption in North America. Unless it is for the the rampant mindless consumption by the dopamine starved rabble, I have to put a stop to this. Unless of course they’re just there for the album cover which is fine of course AHA. GOTCHA PAL. I don’t see a SAG-AFTRA membership on any one of these urchins. Come on kids. Into the Time Machine. The acid soaked beatniks can’t hurt you anymore. Now. Where were we? Ah yes. Listening to this album. Koeeoaddi There - We’re talkin’ made up words, sitars, and odd time signatures. We’re talkin’ psychedelic rock from the 60s. And to boot, it’s boring. Oh joy. The Minotaur’s Song - All I care about is WWF legend from the isle of Crete, Mantaur. Half man, half beast. This song was way more fun but I’m still left wanting a “Best of Mantaur” DVD. Witches Hat - Next week, a monkey is coming to stay. I mean that lyric alone is worth a thumbs up. A Very Cellular Song - The repetition is grating on me, but I wanted to say that this is the nicest song so far and when we stop repeating, we’re in the nicest part of the album. It is insane but somehow not insane enough. I’m bored with this. Mercy I Cry City - uhhh ok? Waltz of the New Moon - We have gone on too long here. I grow weary of the fake eccentricity. The Water Song - Perfect for an early adaptation of Tolkien. Maybe Silmarillion is finally due a film adaptation. Shoutout to film buff Gregg Turkington for that excellent idea. Book it, Hollywood. There is a Green Crown - is there? I wasn’t listening. I like the caterwauling near the middle of this but the extended Witcher soundtrack? Swift as the Wind - man uhh this thing just keeps going hey? Hey, the singing kind of jolted me out of my slumber. That’s really all one can ask. Nightfall - Let me sleep. Let me rest. Fade into the beyond where the night is eternal. You know when someone is rebelling so hard that it just gets kind of sad? Like it’s clear that their entire identity is rebellion. That’s how this feels. There are many elements of the hippie movement that are admirable and worth implementing in modern day society, but the more I read up on it, I see less creativity and more a desire to escape from society’s ills. People with the same mindset would be your terminally online crowd now. Anything to escape. This album was unable to capture much authenticity and felt like a group of well off kids who didn’t want to be told what to do. Hey Mom (Mum) I just want to hang out with my friends. I’m moving to California! Ugh. It wasn’t even particularly drugged out. I don’t hate this, but it wasn’t enough. Something is missing. It just feels inauthentic to me. This puppy is middle of the road and I’m friggin’ drivin ovah here. 2-2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: The Minotaur’s Song, Nightfall

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band did it better

Back to back low rated albums. Id rather listen to lightning bolt again though. This was too weird and drug influenced for me. A comical amount of kazoo and harpsichord. I can imagine this was eye opening in the 60s, one of the first 8 track recordings making a more layerd sound, but more doesn't mean better. Will not listen again

Started off as kind of Jefferson Airplane/folky but went a little too faux-India for me.

it was good but I didn't like it, not even one song

I really thought that I’d enjoy this… I did not.

Ah, never heard of the Incredible String Band before, but I can tell you that they're part of the flower power, psych folk, hippie music era. It's... a lot :) I typically like any folk and this is... hard for me. I don't know what it is about this album, I feel like it has lots of elements that I usually love but I'm just not into it at all! Okay, I started listening to the album with both headphones and it helped IMMENSELY. This is one that you need both headphones to hear all the layers. I still don't love it. I think it just feels like a bad church band or something. Like a parody band almost? I don't know, it gives the sensation of being stuck in a basement somewhere where a family band just won't. stop. performing. It gives fundamentalist Christian vibes to me. But like.... it's doing things to me???? I can't help but enjoy the rollercoaster of going from hating a song to loving it over and over. I have a sneaking suspicion that Psychedelic music is not supposed to make you comfortable. It's supposed to push and pull. This album truly does give the sensation of being on drugs hahaha. You have to let go, you have to let the album happen and accept it with open arms otherwise you'll have a bad trip. A 13 minute song in the middle of the album??? Sure. Out of tune violin? Totally. A freaking kazoo. Give it to me. I don't even think you have to be snobby to like this, you just have to be open to an experience, much like a variety show instead of the polished albums we experience today. Does this mean I'm enjoying it? No? I don't think so at least??? But it has grown on me the way a wool sweater stops being less itchy as you wear it. This album makes me more brave in creating music myself. Incredible is the best possible word they could have picked for their name. We take it to mean fantastic or amazing but it actually means impossible to believe. And that's exactly how they make me feel. But I feel more free listening to them than I did before! You know one man bands? Or court bards? Or children's puppets shows? Yes. Exactly. You understand then. I am changed by listening to this.

Time to set the balance back. Sure it sounds like living an actual acid trip and I wouldn’t want to be there every day. But that’s why there’s other music to listen to. This also is perhaps the biggest influence on my last musical obsession: Freak Folk.

Was great as background music

No. Did not need to hear this before I die. I can hear a little of The Beatles and The Beach Boys in some of the instrumentation and I’m sure Colin Meloy of The Decemberists has this on repeat. But it’s just not enjoyable to listen to. It sounds like an SNL parody of psych folk rock.

Poor

This album should absolutely be used as advertisement for "Drugs are bad". My ears are bleeding.

From one 60s album to another. Like I said in the review of the album prior to this one - "I don't get along with much 60s music". Even more so when it's middle age sounding shit like this. Where are the lutes? Sat expecting a jester to come dancing around my room begging for mercy from the king. Lyrics are nonsense. Not sure I will get the lyric "He can't dream well because of his horns" out of my nightmares for a while. Not for me, sorry.

Okay singing and instrumentation, but nothing more than that.

Cheesy. Acoustic singer songwriter tunes. Nothing spectacular.

Seems to be very similar to most of what we heard from this particular era, still quality, nothing to distinguish this particular material from the rest. I was hoping that I'd find it, the concept seemed unique. Oh well, will revisit with much more well defined notes...

Man what did I just listen to? I love the creativity but the performance and production were painful at points. I’m glad I listened to this. I considered stopping after the first two tracks, which frankly reeked. But this album is one of one. A few stars for being unique and compelling art. Far from an actually good album of music, though. Favorite tracks: cellular song, swift as the wind.

Fuck this literal hippy noise

Pre-listening notes: Wow, I invite a friend to the group and we have a full week of ultra-obscure/ultra-90s bands. Hoping "string band" means we finally get a little bluegrass action. On researching, I guess these guys played at Woodstock. Maybe that sound better stoned? They also were scientologists for some period of time, which, yeah. That checks out. Listening Notes: -Nope not getting bluegrass vibes. This shit is weird. -I like to be open-minded, and I think I try a lot of strange stuff. But this is bizarre in a bad way. This is garbage. And I don't think it's *quite* experimental enough for me to give it credit for that. -If you're gonna be a string band, couldn't you at least tune your violin for -"A very cellular song" -Something that's been nagging at me a little while now: why is there a sitar here? There's great music, including great modern popular music, with sitars, but that seems like an odd thing for these people to adopt. -I typically do two listens, but I think not this time. Review: Feels very "weird guys who met and play at ren faires" (but for some reason have a sitar?). I guess they were influential in their day (again from research: Led Zeppelin apparently said they tried to follow this album in developing their sound? huh), but it's hard me to find much to appreciate here. Typically, I want to give credit for doing something different (as I did for Dagmar Krause), and this is decidedly that. I've been known to convince myself I like things that are "important" albums. But this sucks. And even my pretension can't find something to appreciate. 1 star. I listened to a 2010 remaster. Why would someone take the effort to remaster this?

Look, I'm not sure I was high enough to enjoy this album as it is seems to be one that definitely sounds better on some sort of mind-altering substance. There were enough songs that I liked enough to salvage the listening experience, but only enough to save this from a 1-star rating.

Запись интересная. Фолк с психоделией и прогрессивом.

Ik kon niet wachten tot dit afgelopen was. Vond het echt irritant.

Wat in de steinerschool is me dees

Nope

Bizarre

This note affirms that I did, in fact, listen to this.

3/10

OK. This album and I did not agree. I think it wanted to be whimsical and 'true to the people'. It made me feel constantly on edge, yearning for a Monty Python-esque comedic payoff but never getting one. My guess is the vivid, disjointed imagery would go over better with some chemical enhancement.

This was a truly awful experience. Horribly hippy warbling.

jako mi je drago da sam ovo čuo. žešće brije, ali sviđa mi se. ima užasne ocjene na ovoj stranici, stoga dajem četvorku :)

Derp

Flashes of NMH, pretty ass

Hmm, pretty non offensive folk here, it’s fine, but not exactly my favorite thing. 1 plus stars I guess.

Ugh, nope. Just because you throw a sitar in one song doesn’t make it psychedelic. A dumb folk music album with no redeeming qualities.

Mythical vibes

Bit weird but ok I guess

As a fan of psychedelic rock and folk music I was curious about what they'd be like jammed together. They sound pretty silly jammed together, but damned if I wasn't entertained. It was also pretty different than the deluge of classic rock, so that was a welcome change as well. Can't exactly say I think it's good though

Man, would I have played the hell out of this one on my college radio show. I appreciate the ambition but am not sure whether I'd ever listen to it again.

Earlier in my life I lived with a music lover with eclectic tastes and an extensive downloaded music collection. Generally I let him choose what to play and only intervened if he played something that didn’t appeal. Usually that was because the music didn’t match my mood or he’d been in a streak of playing the same artist and I’d got bored. Very occasionally it was because he played something that set my teeth on edge. This album was one such example. 15+ years later it popped up as my daily album so I’ve given it a second chance. My opinion has not changed.

Sometimes I question the majority opinion on here when it comes to rating albums. On this occasion, I won’t because the majority is spot on with this one. Hideously awful and one of the absolute worst listens I’ve had the misfortune of hearing. The only list it belongs in is why does this exist.

Odd like the family on the cover

Bit too namby pamby…even for me!

First impression: What in the LOTR acid trip is this album? The more I listened to it, I could feel it growing on me but I'm not ready to move to a commune yet.

Not very listenable. Lot's of slow signing almost talking

Sounds like a mashup of Monty Python and a chanting monk. If there is a message there I can't see it. Seems like they were trying to make one.

I’m sure there is a time and a place for this music but it is not here with me in the 21st century. Weird and corny. Whimsical medieval psychedelic folk - I can appreciate that it is an influence on British rock n roll, but that’s not enough to make this album good (for me).

DNF. Somewhere around the 11 minute jesus loves you song, I couldn’t take it anymore

Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Voll übel, ich muss brechen.

I understand this album came with rolling papers and a sheet of acid tabs in the liner. Because you need to be really high to enjoy it.

Genre: Psychedelic Folk Had never heard word of this album, or this band, but after a nice couple of listens I can safely say the first 4 tracks are great, and side B is so-so, a lot more sitar noodling and instrumental work. Loved the 12-min A Very Cellular Song, very prog folk. 3/5

There was much kazoo

What if Frodo had started a band after a mushroom trip with his Shire buddies? Well, the wild Scottish lads of The “Incredible” String Band have tried to answer that tricky question with the help of happy pills. The result is an amateurish album that sounds like shit, something Castle Old Fart Preservation Society might perform dressed as medieval serfs in front of a handful of puzzled locals to raise funds. Today, my open-mindedness reached its limits. So far, the “worst album” to me, hands down.

They’re trying very hard to make it different. But it didn’t work. Many times I thought he was out of tune…remove the vocal Melodie’s it’d probably be a 3?