The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

funky, not my groove

When I first started this album, it didn't really grab me. But it grew on me as I worked through it, and there are some legitimately great songs on here. I like the interesting instrumentation, and the song structures are experimental without being too far out there. I can also see a through-line from this to the modern-day psych rock and fuzz folk that I have listened to, which makes this interesting historically as well. So, even if I didn't really *enjoy* listening to it, I did find it interesting, and that's worth a couple of stars.

Hippy music.

Weird. I do not really like that this type of music.

Odd album that I found myself surprised by how much I enjoyed some songs.

Is it over yet? Twee going nowhere folk music. The kind of thing people who don't like folk imagine what folk is. Worse than every Fairport Convention album, even the ones before they were folk or after Denny and Thompson left.

Is this a joke? This is why the 60s have a bad reputation. This is also why we won the Revolutionary War.

Not my thing.

A cacophony of Renaissance music

I liked it tbh

Love folk, hippie stuff - better still the band is Scottish!

Innnnteresting.

listened to 2 songs and dipped

This album makes me wanna live in a forest

Some really solid psychedelic folk music. 8.0/10

Probably the worst album I’ve had on this so far.

No

Didn’t finish this album. So freaking bored. I get it. Gonna give it 2 stars because I didn’t finish it.

1st July 2021 Listened on my phone in bed the morning of ben Barkham's wedding trying to squeeze it in before going all weekend not being able to listen to anything! Sounds like a monty python album. Very psychedelic, folk 60s. Very strange. I guess you had to be there. Smacked off your tits.

Labeled Psychedelic. I appreciate it, but will not listen to again.

Wir zu weltmusiklich

Ich hatte mich auf guten Folk gefeit und dann war es ein indischer Wanderzirkus

I really like their music, in the background and more carefully at times

Uma Schitar, um gajo que parece que desafinar junto com uma espécie de vibe medieval dá um álbum relativamente desagradável de se ouvir. Nota :3/10

What is this even supposed to be? Definitely not for me.

This one was gay.

The most one star of all the one stars. Possibly, nae probably the worst thing I’ve ever heard.

Like hearing a cancer diagnosis. Horrendous.

Hang me.

Couldn't finish. Too weird for me 😕

File under "what the"

Ijl klinkende muziek, niet slecht.

Iets te zweverig en nonsens lyrics voor mij

Production: 6/20 Songwriting: 8/20 Innovation: 14/20 Bangers: 0/20 Emotional response: 7/20 =35 Bit too weird for me petal. Lots of wailing and references to Christian mythology.

What the fuck is this.

I was expecting to like it but didn't. Too far out there even for me.

a rambling, folksy, psychedelic experience. Feels like a bunch of folk musicians slowly falling down a flight of stairs. I'm shocked I didn't like this, given everything else I gravitate towards. Trout Mask Replica except I don't get the joke.

Very eclectic folk tunes. Sometimes sounds like Monty Python!

Trash

Ihan kivaa vaihtelua tällainen musisointi, mutta ei ihan minun kuppini teetä. Oliko tämä nyt sitten jotain keskiaikaista folkia vai mitä. Ei mitenkään häiritsevää, mutta ei tästä oikein sen suurempaa irti saanut. Elämysosastolle. Minotaurilaulun liian suuret sarvet jäivät mieleen.

lol these people are so high.

So many drugs. They look like the Manson family. They sing like its the fucking middle ages. Horrendous nonsense. 1/5

Wyspy nareszcie obrodzily albumikiem, ktory jest dla mnie calkowitym zaskoczeniem, dodatkowo pozytywnym zaskoczeniem, bo jak inaczej mozna okreslic psychodeliczny folk prosto ze szkocji, the incredible string band to duet mike herona i robina williamsona, ktory stworzyl naprawde ciekawy stylistycznie material, zarowno jesli chodzi o czesc liryczna, jak i wykorzystane instrumenty, bo tych jest tutaj od groma, a ich dzwieki sa tak egzotyczne, ze polowa nazw nic mi nie mowi, guitar, gimbri, penny whistle, percussion, pan pipe, piano, oud, mandolin, jaw harp, chahanai, water harp, harmonica, tak sie prezentuje repertuar pana herona, natomiast williamson troche skromniej, ale nadal bardzo orientalnie, sitar, Hammond organ, guitar, hammered dulcimer, harpsichord, slychac ze album nagrany przy wykorzystaniu mocnego overdubowania, ale jednoczesnie brzmi nadal jako jednolita kompozycja, pojawia sie na plycie takze kilku muzyantow studyjnych, ktorych glowna rola sa spiewy w harmoniach jak na swift as the wind, jak zabawy overdubem, to nie moglo zabraknac wykorzystania kanalow i przestrzennosci dzwiekow, szepty zza sceny, dzwieki przemieszczajace sie z jednego kanalu na drugi, stopniowanie decybeli, najwiekszym zbiorem zabaw dzwiekiem na plycie bedzie najdluzszy trak, czyli a very cellular song, ktory jest kondensacja brzmienia tej plyty, co do tekstow, to obaj tworzyli swoje kawalki oddzielnie i slychac to po ich kontencie lirycznym, williamsonowe sa o wiele bardziej zawile przez wrecz katujace wykorzystanie idiomow, czy tez nawiazan metafizoczno mitologiczno spirytualistycznych, najbardziej to oczulem na kawalku the minotaurs song, pisanego z prespektywy tytulowej bestyji, natomiast heronowe kompozycje wydaja sie byc mniej skupione wokol wnetrza, a staraja sie interpretowac to co nas otacza, chociaz cellular song jest jego, jesli chodzi o wokale to przypominaja one w niektorych momentach wrecz qawwali, zwlascza gdy odpali sie jakas sitarka, na plejaka dodaje wspominanego cellulara, the water songa i nightfalla, dawno nie bylem tak pozytywnie zaskoczony muzyka wyspiarska z tej listy

Interesting music and album

“The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter” by The Incredible String Band (1968) I actually listed to this album. Gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to a concept we call ‘pitch’ . . . Ah, forget it. Pffft. 1/5

That's incredible! That I listened to it and I'm still breathing.

sorry, not for me

Psychedelic Folk

Psychodelic rock, my ass...

Was expecting worst given that it’s one of the lower rated here, it wasn’t that bad, it’s kinda dull tho

Brings me back. Haven't listened to this record in awhile. Not their strongest, but a good listen.

No tengo de los champiñones adecuados para escuchar esto.

"Hmm, an experimental album from the 60s. I am not going to like this." It's fine. It gets a little hard to listen to toward the end, but for the most part, the album maintains direction and melody. Those, alongside the more traditional Celtic underscore, really help; it prevents the experimentality from seeming too indulgent. Still, I don't think I need to listen to it again. Recommended season: Spring

I will never smoke enough dope or drop enough acid to make me want to listen to this again. Minstrels at a Renaissance fair.

Very psychedelic funk. Typical 60s stuff.

Sounds like a modern hipster band

Not for me

No mamar...

"Ambiente de música é ambiente de droga, vcs caem fora de ambiente de música." Rogeirinho do Ingá.

Barely skates three stars for interesting weirdness but the utter monotony of the vocals injures any virtue in the words and music.

Interesting collection of noises, Celctic and middle-east instruments.

No nyt on taas huumeet maistunut pojille. Akustista progeilua ja sekoilua, joka ei iske omaan makuhermoon yhtään. Jopa kahteen kertaan kuuntelin läpi mutta ei tämä oikein auennut.

Not my thing. Boring

not bad, could be good on LSD?

Jesus would NOT approve this album.

Not for me. Too folky, airy fairy.

Cool hippy music with a lot of pjoing poijgn, that went on for way too long, also the singing was sometimes good, but mostly awful

Revolutionary album. A bit crazy...you can tell that the band was experimenting with many different styles. Defenitely influenced by psychedelics. Love this crossover of folk, pop, rock and more.

shit

dåligt men har hört sämre album hittills.

Blaaah. Ei pullamössösukupolven edustaja ymmärrä näin hienoa musiikkia....

Untalented people learned what a sitar was, and for some reason recorded an album

Nice, but not for everyday listening.

Talented guys, just don’t feel like it held up. Giving them three stars though because I admire what they were trying to do here

Ei

Beautiful ballads, loved it!

What the heck is this

Can't say I've heard anything quite like it. Violently 60s. Somewhere between hymnal and Renaissance music, with some added eastern flair. Can't say I'll listen again, but it's cool to know this exists. Favorite track: "The Minotaur's Song"

3.5

2

What can I say about this album that hasn't already been said? I don't even know why I'm typing, its as if I feel an impulse to express how this album affected me, so that it in turn, can affect others in the same extraordinary way. I'm not a rock geek, or a Pitchfork snob. I'd like to think I know good music when I hear it and to say this is "good" music, or even exceptional is nearly an insult to it's majesty. My opinion is that there are only a few albums that truly resonate within one's life, that doesn't merely ask, "why" but how one's "being" can fit into this infinite cosmos that we call "life". Am I being dramatic, yes. But it is a soul-shaking record. In my opinion, "Koeeoaddi There" is one of the finest songs ever written. The lyrical picture Robin Williamson paints is nothing short of religious, and I'm not overstating that. This is a once in a life-time record. This album takes a minimum of 3 listens to understand, and once you start to unravel the mysteries and meanings in the lyrics, it will afford you life-long pleasure. The Beautiful Hangman's Daughter means something different to me every time I play it. As much as I love "5000 spirits or the layers of an Onion", this album has an x-factor of unknown origin that transcends time and the confines of psychedelic folk rock. I know all of this sounds pretentious but don't take my word for it, buy it.

Här var det psykadelisk hippie-musik för hela slanten. Ganska bra egentligen men blev slut i huvudet av de otroliga skeva lyricsen efter halva albumet. En kropp fullproppad med LSD hade nog gett en 5:a!