The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

Meer OG psychedelic rock gaan we niet krijgen. Wat hebben de psychedelica de muziek in de jaren 60 toch een hoop beïnvloed en goeds gebracht. En ik blijf me telkens weer verbazen hoeveel er uit deze tijd 66-69 invloedrijk is gebleken voor alle decennia daarna. Misschien niet de meest bekendste, maar geen zeker ook voor deze plaat van the 13th Floor Elevators. Is daarnaast los van de invloed ook gewoon een toffe luisterervaring. Begint vol energie maar kent ook mooie rustige momenten. 7,5/10 Highlights You're Gonna Miss Me Splash 1

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Alright.

one good single, rest conventional

Promising but ultimately pretty dull

Great album. Essential early US-based psyche-garage rock example. Rory Erikson is a madman-genius. Jug playing takes it to another level. 5 ⭐️

point1.

Honestly, loved it. Fun psych rock without feeling too pretentious or empty. Nice concise songs and not too long of an album either. Really enjoyed it, would consider getting.

60's psychadelic rock. Beside the jug nothing outstanding.

Just like the acid they were probably on it peaks in the beginning and slowly fades.

Bad music for a bad acid trip.

Of it’s time

Old timey vibes

++: Reverberation (Doubt), Fire Engine, Thru the Rhythm, You Don't Know, Monkey Island, Tried to Hide +: You're Gonna Miss Me, Kingdom of Heaven +-: Roller Coaster, Splash 1 (Now I'm Home), Don't Fall Down 7,0/10

Very of its era. Kinda a vibe, kinda a drag.

A couple good tracks but some atrocious ones mixed in.

Typical 60's acid rock.

Roky's a goddamn legend. The rhythm section on this album kills it. Is this the best album with an electric jug player on it?

It's fine

Definitely didn't do enough drugs to appreciate this.

2.5 Stars

A pretty good piece of proto-psychadelic surf rock. What sounded like a guy making mouth bongo sounds on several of the tracks was an especially nice touch.

I dig this

60s psychedelic hippie music, jangly guitars, not bad listened to the Stereo LP Version, as Wikipedia says that was the band's preferred track order

It's weird that the electric jug is or was a thing. Interesting, but a bit gimmicky. Some genuinely good songs with nice guitar work

You can hear the surf rock roots of psychedelic rock in You're Gonna Miss Me. The noise in Roller Coaster is super distracting. It's like the worst possible use of the organ in Baba O'Riley. This was the first band to designate themselves as "psychedelic rock"...thanks for nothing. Amplified jug is the instrument driving me insane. They had an "amplified juggist". I bet Daniel Johnston loved this band, not only does his music sound like theirs, they are both from Austin. Confirmed, he did a 13th Floor Elevators cover on his biggest album. Janis Joplin and the lead singer of this band have a similar wail. I'll bet Big Brother and the Holding Company heard them and thought they could do the same thing, only with a woman as the lead singer. Monkey noises on Monkey Island, I guess it delivers what it promises.

Sounds like the 60s

💩

Loved it - great tunes and lyrics, thanks!

This album was great. Gotta be in the mood for it, but it took me on a full album journey and had so many parts that clearly influenced so many others later. Will come back to this one.

Sounded like a lot of other 60s

I've had enough 60s thanks

This is the absolute shit!

Trippy

Qué es ese sonido medio sintoso que se repite en todos los temas? En fin, si bien no me llevo nada de acá, fué placentero conocerlo. Nota: 3.0

Idk what noise kept playing in literally every single song, but it needs to stop

Feels like a pioneering sound that would make rock bands like The Rolling Stones and Blue Oyster Cult famous. These guys pre-date the latter and only came out a couple years after the stones. Sounds like the most beloved classic bands of the 60s with a psychedelic twist. First couple tracks took me some getting used to, but once I got adjusted, I enjoyed this more than I expected. I really like Splash 1, favorite song in the album. Again, better than expected, but I don’t think it needs to be as long as it is at 90 minutes. Lost me around the 40 minute mark, if it was closer to that length, I might’ve rated it higher.

Pretty good for the genre. I kind of liked this.

Enjoyed this while on my walk. Love this sound from that era - although there was a weird sound through every fast paced song - like a wobble board or something.

Love this era of psych rock.

Lazy review: kind of a slog

Pyschedelic and funky. I was thrown off because the 2008 remaster of this had almost another hour's worth of tracks on it consisting of the original mixes and alternate versions.

the psychedelic vibes were there and the electric jug made this one unique!

Wow, never heard of electrical jug before! …can't say that it is that good or versatile.

Sounded like The Rolling Stones at points which is NEVER a bad thing

Meh.

Excited by the first few songs then realised they were all the same. You can see how some modern songs have drawn inspiration from this kind of music which was interesting.

Wasn’t very psychedelic

Decent average 60s psych/garage rock. Really didn’t need that bloke on the jug going DODODODODODODODODODO every fucking song

2 stars. Not bad exactly, but definitely not an album I'll return to.

Early innovators of the psychedelic genre, alongside the Byrds on Fifth Dimension and the Beatles on Revolver. The 13th Floor Elevators were notable for their unique deployment of reverb and fuzz that would go on to inspire the sounds of ZZ Top, Television, and Spaceman 3. Thier sound was a reflection of the increasingly prevalent culture surrounding psychedelic drug use at the time, as it captured the unique and mind-melting experience of a "trip". I've never done psychedelics before, but I can only imagine it's like this. The 13th Floor Elevators are also notable for their electric jug, which gives many songs a unique layer of weirdness. The songs are alright. The sound is unique but it got a little stale after a while because, frankly, these guys aren't the best songwriters.

These guys have some really cool sounds. Never heard of them before, but I’m glad I was finally introduced - 59 years later.

It’s fine, nothing to write home or get too excited about though

2.5

Good sound but again I'm not sure any song really stands out. The first is memorable but perhaps because I've heard it before. (24 known/48 new)

custom_rating: 7

I liked this much more than the last 60s psychadelic rock album I got, The Electric Prunes. This has much more energy to it, psychadelic, garage and surf greatness. The songs may be a bit samey, but it's only 34 minutes, and sounds great.

I already like "You're Gonna Miss Me" thanks to High Fidelity, but never took the time to seek out this album. Now that I've heard it, overall I find it to be more interesting than enjoyable. I can hear where it's influenced other bands like The Stooges or Pixies or Velvet Underground, so clearly it's got historical value. As an album experience, however, it's very uneven with some songs either grating on the nerves or simply overstaying their welcome. Clearly it didn't earn them a new fan in me, but I can respect it despite not loving it.

This has the vibe of 60s music that is better than this.

Didn’t hate it, but taking a star off because that electric jug is on every damn track for no good reason

This was sick, was all very similar sounds for an album without being overly repetitive or boring

For a psychedelic rock album made in the 2000s I was surprised how much it sounded like it came from the 60s, big nostalgia factor but to me it was alright, not the best psych rock album I've listened to but it's solid

Garage Rock Masterpiece. Absolute Wizard Roky Erikson forever set youth on a path of rock and roll for generations to discover for all eternity. Loved and cherished by the coolest most rocking dudes in San Francisco and Beyond.

Kind of getting a better score for existing in the 60's. Sounds like modern day shitty garage rock, which is a style I like. Will listen to again: 75%

jamen jaja da. ikke noget jeg behøvede at høre før jeg dør

Synes sgu den var meget fed, god skramlet lyd der får det til at føles lidt punket

One good song, the rest sounds like Yoko Ono when she "performed" with John Lennon and Chuck Berry in '72.....

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A poor man's Zombies. There's no reason for this to be on the list.

"I Met Roky Erickson" was the first time I heard of him. At some point I also discovered the album "The Psychedelic Sounds of ..." but I wasn't really impressed. It's very psychedelic, sixties. With a real experimental touch without not being rock. The 'Jug' sounds special, but not unknown, the 'howling' is a bit weirder. OK, enough said. No wonder Roky Erickson also stands for 'Horror Rock'. 3 stars, I can listen to that now and then

Man this would have crushed if I did a ton of heroin in the year 1972 Best Song: Don't Fall Down Rating: 5.0/10 3 Stars

Non mi piace il genere

It all feels a bit discordant and messy. It’s giving me low level anxiety on a good day, so I’d hate to think how it would make me feel if I was on acid. Happy to abandon this one after the original 35mins, no way am I sticking around for the 2 disc expanded edition.

Decent, but annoying background sounds throughout each song. could be better without that! -You Tried to Hide

Good psych record

All my life I grew up thinking that buildings didn't have a 13th floor out of superstition, but it turns out they were just trying to avoid this album.

If you want to hear the birth of psychedelic rock in all its raw, unfiltered glory, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators is as essential as it gets. This 1966 album didn’t just flirt with the idea of mind-expanding rock—it fully embraced it, throwing traditional rock ‘n’ roll into a swirling, reverb-soaked chaos of wild vocals, fuzzed-out guitars, and, of course, that infamous electric jug. Roky Erickson’s voice is a force of nature, full of manic energy and haunting beauty, while the band backs him with a mix of garage rock grit and early proto-punk intensity. You’re Gonna Miss Me remains one of the most electrifying opening tracks of the era, and songs like Reverberation, Kingdom of Heaven, and Splash 1 balance that manic energy with an eerie, hypnotic atmosphere. Of course, the electric jug is the divisive element here, a percussive, bubbling presence that either makes the album feel totally unique or grates on your last nerve, depending on your tolerance. But even if you’re not sold on the jug, the sheer conviction of this record is undeniable. There’s no studio trickery or excessive effects—just pure, raw, freaked-out garage rock that feels like it’s teetering on the edge of madness. And given the tragic yet fascinating story of Roky Erickson and the band’s history, it’s hard not to hear this as a genuine transmission from another plane of existence. At its best, this album captures a moment in time when psychedelic rock wasn’t yet a defined sound but a wild, untamed force. It’s rough around the edges, sometimes unhinged, but undeniably groundbreaking. Whether you love it or just admire its historical importance, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators is a trip worth taking.

Enjoyed it. Nothing amazing but a good album.

I just don't understand what the point of this project is. It seems like every rock band at the time thought that going for psychedelia was a good idea. And while that may have worked for some bands, it didn't work for others, which is the case here. Besides being boring, forgettable, and unoriginal for its time, this album is pathetic. If that's the sound that plays in elevators, I'd rather have silence.

Hell yeah

Du rock psyché un peu dégueu, un peu garage, rigolo mais enregistré avec le cul.

It got old fast. It's psychedelic protopunk I guess, but the recording style kills it for me. There’s a reason why “electric jug” is an “instrument” only found on one album. 2⭐️

I surprisingly quite enjoyed this one! What I imagine the Beatles on crack would sound like Lost a star though for the horrendous screeching and wailing 3 ⭐️

This is so 60’s. Just very typical psychedelic rock that you would expect in the background of any 60s TV show. Nothing earthshattering.

Tydligen betraktat som den första psykadeliska rockgruppen. Skön musik!

It’s got that surfer rock guitar style going for it, otherwise I get a little lost in it, and not in a good way. Very similar instrumentation and song progression throughout; lacks dynamics.

What is that Sound? "DaCoDaGooDaGooDACoo"!

Unimpeachable. Best performance on a jug. Do not operate a forklift or other heavy machinery while listening to this album.

Gotta love Texas psychedelia.

I wondered if the only reason this album was on the list was because it was one of the first albums to sound like this, and it turns out: maybe yeah. Otherwise I can't really think of anything to note about this one. Pretty forgettable.

Sounds like soundtrack music. Fun and raspy

Roller Coaster is a jam! Fuck yeah Roky Erickson!

I love raucous psychedelic garage rock. It's one of my favorite genres, and probably my favorite type of rock music. But here's the thing: this is not LP music, it's 45 music. I wanna hear the 13th Floor Elevators on a mixtape, I don't want to listen to 11 of their songs in a row. This is probably the secret to the success (well, influence anyway) of the Nuggets and Pebbles compilation series. This is a three star album full of five star songs, so I'm gonna split the difference here.

One banger single, and the rest of it is good, though i suspect this lp is on the list for its influence more than it's merits. What is the background "bubbly" sound in most of these songs? Its prominent in "through the rhythm ". It could be a vocal or could be something run thru an effects pedal, but once I heard it, I couldnt ignore it and I liked the songs a bit less.

I like it for what it is and understand its significance. But...one listen was probably enough for me. I do love that album cover, though.

11/02/25 Were it not so goddamn long, this would have been a brilliant album

It's like I walked through a beaded curtain into a smoky San Francisco LSD lounge. I won't leave the same person from which I came. The more I listened the more every song sounded the same. Very cool 60’s album cover though.

Loved it, very Rolling Stones esque

Blech. I try to make it through every album. With this one, I couldn't.

Boring rock with some funky beats or whatever thrown in the mix

Historically certainly interesting. The music is also ok. It probably would have sounded much greater in 1966 ... but now, almost 60 years later, it is not so interesting any more. Still a quite good and listenable 60s record.

não é meu gosto favorito; aliás, para escutar esse estilo de música prefiro um Raul Seixas com letras em português e sacadas culturalmente relevantes. É um estilo de música que não envelheceu bem, parece meio maluco e o som meio agressivo, combina com algum momento muito específico, não é para escutar a qualquer hora e lugar

I bought a vinyl, re-issue of this album a couple of years ago, without actually hearing it before, but I'm a fan of psych-garage rock, so I knew this was in my wheelhouse of taste. Besides, the album art is so cool it would at least look nice in my collection. The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, did blow me away, the raw garage-rock sound, the surf guitar and the psychedelic sounds (one of the first psych albums) became very influential in late 60's rock. The one issue and it's a big one, is the electric jug, which at first is interesting and kinda neat, but it's sound wears thin quickly, then becomes annoying and distracting. It bugged me enough to dock 1 star, otherwise this is a classic, must-hear album.

Easy to see how influential this album was. Good music, too.

easy listen but not something id come back to

Pretty good, moderately interesting, likably rough around the edges, but let's not go too crazy with the Roky as misunderstood or overlooked creative genius nonsense.

I've listened to this before in a trippy state of mind. Sober it doesn't have the same feel at all though. Still good just not as easy for me to get through.

Not bad. Just a bit generic.

Thru the rhythm starts out with a familiar riff, and there's a lot of similarities from this album with a range of other artists that I just can't seem to nail down. Sounds a lot like early British rock/light punk bands, although they were from texas and this album is from 2010.

Wild mix Beatles - Stones - Monkeys and maybe a liitle bit of magic mushroms. What is the sensation of this record?

Absolute mayhem this album, not having that it was recorded in 2010. It's the most early 70s thing I've ever heard so it hits the brief of being a psychedelic sounds mash. Maddest thing about this is that they seem to have brought their pet pigeon along to the recording, and also the siren off the ghost buster car. They're included in every single track, mental. Still a decent listen though. Mid 3.

For a time, my summary stated that psychedelic rock was one of my worst genres. I wasn’t sure if that was entirely accurate, but if this album is anything to go by, it just might be. To be fair, I thought the album was alright in the first few tracks, even though the electric jug was a little grating. Imagine a pigeon cooing as it drowned. Now imagine that for a majority of the album. After Splash 1, the album started to wear me down. It just sounded loud. I don’t even think it would sound good high. The electric jug would just give me anxiety. I was flirting with a three, but after Fire Engine and Monkey Island, that seemed too high. Favorite track: Splash 1 (the most bearable) Other hits: Roller Coaster, You’re Gonna Miss Me

does what it said on the tin. psych noise

This is the prototype for a lot of psychedelic music. Great songs but that electric jug grated on my after awhile.

Good album. Very 60s album from a recording standpoint. I detect hints of Jefferson Airplane and the Rolling Stones from that same time frame. It was kind of interesting listening to the mono recordings and then the stereo versions.

I enjoyed this album and found it much better than most of the 60s fare that this project has delivered to me. I must admit though, the electric jug does seem rather unnecessary, and all of the tracks, I think, would have sounded just as good without it.

Such glorious chaos. From everybody, nice drums, wobbly ass electric jug, nice leads but of course especially Roky who appeared to pay the price for unlimited creative energy with the large part of his sanity. I heard at some point he kept getting in trouble for stealing his neighbors mail. Anyway there's poetry, groundbreaking (true - this word gets tossed around a lil carelessly sometimes) psychedelia, and wild energetic innovative songs and singing. Sometimes the dylan influence is obvious sometimes its's hard to know where he's getting it from.

Some good sounds.

Once I got used to the wibblewibblewibble of the electric jug, I thought this was a pretty darned entertaining listen -- right where garage and surf rock washed up on the LSD-driven shore. There's a lot to like here. But the jug, the jug! It's got to be like ear cilantro for some folks. Unexpected bangers: Reverberation, Thru the Rhythm, You're Gonna Miss Me.

not connecting with it it’s again kind of generic. might be meaningful as an original influence on later music but i don’t see it.

A few really good riffs, and some interesting psychedelic sounds, but I’m not sure how well it’s held up in relation to other Acid Rock from the same period. It’s certainly impressive that it’s a good year or two older than Hendrix or The Doors, but the only individual song that I felt warranted a second listen was Kingdom of Heaven, which was heavy and stormy in the way the best Doom Metal and Neo-Psychedelia I like is

Said it before, but "psychedelic" [genre] is apparently the way to my heart, and this debut album by the band that pretty much coined the psychedelic rock phrase opens up with a great number in "You're Gonna Miss Me" that hits every note I was looking for.

Real nice. Surprisingly dark psychedelic music. Feel like I'm getting high from listening to it. Groovy.

🦝

Listened to the first song and thought oh that boop-boop-beep-boop thing they are doing is kind of interesting. Let's see what else they come up with. There is nothing else. It's boop-boop-beep-boop or some variation on every damn song except for one maybe. That's their gimmick and they stuck to it. I was thinking I might stretch and give this a 3/5 as the rest was OK, nothing to shout about, then when it was over I switched on the radio and the Animals' House of the Rising Sun was playing, and I realized how big a difference there was in quality with this album, though the style of music is similar.

Kuuntelin ekan levyn, Roller Coaster listalle

Dnf bc what the hell

When he says “There’s one thing about these monkeys, baby, they don’t know I’m around” it’s like yeah I think we’ve all been there.

classic

It was fine, I didn’t regret hearing it but I won’t go back to any of the songs.

I have mixed feelings about it...

Psych rock, pretty fun in the background

Starts out really strong and then fades, wasn't really memorable after the first three tracks

the band’s original tracklist is better but a great album either way

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators is actually decent in places for yet another 60s psychedlic album, it has some really fun elements to it, Roller Coaster and Fire Engine are bouncy little numbers with some rock grooves in there, vocals are interesting, basically there's a fair bit of character to this in places, it just doesn't run right through it. I can't be doing with like 90% of this genre but then something like this comes along and I'll have some of that, 3/5.

This is decent - definitely in the top half of the bunch of 60s psychedelic albums that we've had, but probably not quite in the top tier. The wobbly sound gets a bit wearing after a while, but not disastrously so. I wish it had a bit more oomph and energy behind it - the sound is quite cool but it could do with a bit more pace in most places. 3/5.

I wanted to like this more but on some tracks (Rollercoaster) the jug effect was just too much. Overall like but could be better.

Must admit that this may not be everyone's 'cup of tea'. I'm a big fan of garage psyche rock/pop from this period and can see how this is an influential album for '66. Like most albums from this period it probably hasn't aged well and I can see why. Very much of its time and definitely worth 4 stars.

Shit that was grooooooooovvvvvvaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy

This is one of the better examples of garage rock from the mid sixties. The songs are generally quite short and upbeat, full of catchy songs, twangy surf guitar riffs, snotty vocals. The production, by modern standards at least, is raw and echoey making the overall sound a bit muffled and muddy, but I don't mind this. The electric jug is a peculiar addition, but tends to make every track sound similar. There are more "out there" albums but this is a good example of the garage/psych crossover period in '66. On the whole, it's a decent, influential album but to these ears, it's a notch below the first two albums by The The Electric Prunes, mainly because this lacks the variety of these.

Psycho yummy or not, not for me to decide.

Glad I got to hear this, lives up to the promise of that fantastic album artwork and deserves to be on this list

From Wikipedia, "The album's sound ... is notable for its use of the electric jug, as featured on the band's only hit, "You're Gonna Miss Me", which reached number 55 on the Billboard Hot 100" Oh, for fucks sake. I get the feeling that there was a meeting at 1001 Albums HQ, where Robert Dimery (speaking in a Chicago accent) removed his sunglasses and said, "This needs more cowbell, boys. More cowbell. What's more cowbell than cowbell, boys?" There were no girls, there was, however, a lingering silence. The kind of silence that only comes when someone temperamental with obscene amounts of money says something completely guff. Through the fog of cigar smoke, a falsetto junior piped up nervously, "The ... The electric jug, sir?" "Get some electric jug on this list now goddamnit, I don't care if no-ones ever heard of it, they'll hear of it now. More electric jug!"

The artwork is groovy! The album was alright, but I got distracted by googling what an "electric jug" was... turns out that it's literally a bottle... um, okay. Oh yeah, the album, yeah it was alright for psychedelic 60s.

2 sterne

Barely a two. Not surprised I’ve never heard of this

Nö!

good but didn’t hit me like i wanted it to

Must say that this album feels quite fresh for being released in 1966. 'You're Gonna Miss Me' stood out as a pretty decent track, otherwise I found it a bit hard to find a particular track I enjoyed. It was more the overall sound and feeling that worked for me. Feels like an album that slots in right in the middle of the scale. Nothing that I will return to probably, but also not something that I disliked.

First 2 tracks "You're Gonna Miss Me" and "Roller Coaster" were really good. Especially "Roller Coaster" sounded very modern and had a very cool riff. The rest felt kind of weak though. Wasn't a fan of the mixing and nothing else grabbed my attention. Strong 2 / weak 3.

When you really like something it is easy to forget that its lofi recording and use of a jug might really get up some people's noses.

This has likeable elements to it but could really do with decent production to bring them out . And ditch the electric jug which is irritating and distracting

Psychedelic rock from the 13th floor.

Listened to this thinking it was yet more Britpop until I looked up the band—Austin-based. Don't feel I need more Britpop, or emulators

Seems like the generator is throwing me alot of psychedelic rock records and 'weirder' things. This one is very good. Or am I getting an ear for it 😁

That was a journey…

Not essential 2/5

That was an electric JUG I was hearing in the background the entire time? Gonna be honest, that sound was all I could focus on at a certain point in the album. Certainly unique, but otherwise there was just too much going on sonically. I've heard better psychedelic rock.

I tried. It didn't interest me It's not bad, but it just didn't interest me

Psychedelic music always sounds similar and this is a tedious entry to the genre

Proto-punk by accident; proto-psychedelic by force. If that had been reversed, I would’ve liked it as a whole package. As it is, I only like the hardest hitting, most garage rock inspired songs, and there’s fewer of those than I expected, based on the stellar opener. The rest is chaotic, crowded, acid-fueled mush, but I don’t know what I expected from a band with an electric jug. Nuggets distills this sound and scene better.

If the Beach Boys did a LOT more acid… but I kinda dig it.

"Oh man", I thought. "Another late 60s bunch of dudes. Imagine my surprise." It wasn't that bad though. No pan pipes? Thank god. Electric jug? Now I'm curious Of course you should hear this before you die. I thought this would be a two, but it's a three. Could be the Stones or the Animals on an off day. Not bad. Three stars.

It is definitely early psych rock. Loved it.

Solid psychedelic madness as the name would suggest. I think the monorail version is better but does it really matter?

Groupe totalement inconnu. Et très ennuyeux. Encore un album avec un temps ressenti bien plus important que la réalité. La cruche électrique n'amène pas grand chose. =>1/5

Pretty cool album. One of those that you've heard the songs on the radio or TV show 20 years ago. While not spectacular this would be nice to have on vinyl

5/5

Initially, I found this engaging; however, my interest diminished as it went on. This definitely seems like an album I would’ve enjoyed if I was still in my late teens.

Ja, dit is een psychrock album. Dat is 1 ding wat zeker is. Rare geluiden, en echt die old school zang, wat ook weer kan komen door de mono recordings op het album zorgen voor een echt klassiek psychrock album. Ik houd niet zo van psychrock. Een hoop klinkt gewoon niet zo interessant en ik vind dit wel echt gedateerd klinken als ik eerlijk ben. En fuck, waarom moet dit een dubbel album zijn? Bijna anderhalf uur is echt veel te lang van deze muziek. De cover is wel echt heel vet! Uiteindelijk kies ik er voor om alleen de mono versie te luisteren, gok dat ik dan de 'beste' of meest accurate versie heb en ja... Ik ben gewoon geen fan van psychrock of rock uberhaupt. Dit album voelt als hetzelfde nummer voor vrijwel het hele album, ik waardeer wel dat het waarschijnlijk de allereerste in zn soort was. Maakt het alleen nog geen goede muziek. FAVO: Splash 1, You don't know

p96. 1996. 3 stars. Strangely alluring cross between early Stones and LSD infused riffs, with Roky Erikson channelling his inner Mick Jagger. Set against that we have dated production and too much filler.

I was expecting to love this based on the cover and brief notes about it, but found that it was too Beatles-esque for me. Listen again: no Purchase for my collection: no Favourite Song: none

3,5

I've never heard of this band or album before, but I've seen this album cover on the list site, and it's certainly eye catching. The psychedelic albums from the sixties that I've reviewed so far have been pretty underwhelming in my opinion, so I don't have incredibly high hopes for this album. I guess it's time to hop on the 13th Floor Elevator! I really didn't care much for this album. This might be an influential album, but I didn't enjoy listening to it. That electric jug drove me up the wall the entire album, and the only place I could hide from it was on "Splash 1," which really was a fine song. That electric jug completely hijacked the sound in my opinion. Granted, I didn't think there was a lot of noteworthy things going on outside of the jug sounds, but it certainly didn't help anything. I respect the vision that went into crafting this album, but this is a big miss in my opinion.

"Let me take you to the empty place / In my - fire engine" is one of rock's coolest, peculiar and most exhilarating opening lines. I've got this album and I think it's real swell.

Seminal psychedelic garage rock. This 1966 record still routinely inspires quite important musicians today (examples : Osees, Ty Segall, Chad Van Gaalen, The Black Angels...). It's not so hard to put your head back to 1966 and imagine the shock that the album's lo-fi sound and wild performances throughout must have been for innocent rock'n'roll ears at the time. There's also that crazy electric jug, not to the taste of some reviewers on this app, apparently. It's obviously a noticeable detail in the instrumentation, but at the same time, I find it pretty unfair to dismiss the whole album because of it. Especially when the majority of the songs are so great and catchy on a compositional level ("You're Gonna Miss Me", "Splash 1", "Reverbation", "Don't Fall Down", "You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" "Kingdom Of Heaven", "Tried To Hide"). And if the rest doesn't exactly reach that stellar level, it's pretty groundbreaking stuff for 1966, performed with a lot of heart and stamina by Roky Erickson. Number of albums left to review: around a hundred, as I've went over the 1000 line and this generator is including albums from all editions of the book Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 431 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 255 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 315

Just had no impact on me at all.

I will die happy if I never have to hear the electric jug again in my life. Who let Yoko in the studio??

Guitar tone was thin, songs were simple and album seemed to drag. Perhaps at the time it was interesting but drab now.

I like to try and write a detailed review for every album, but sometimes I struggle to find ways to describe it. This is a psychedelic rock album and it's decent enough, and that's pretty much all I can say about it really. Nothing really stood out and grabbed me. There's probably a reason why this is an album I've never heard of from a band I've never heard of. I imagine it was a lot more influential and cool when it was released in 1966, but in 2024 it's nothing special.

A solid album. Had a similar impact on me as The Stooge’s Fun House

I do have a love for the psychedelic 60s. My parents had some albums that I dove into at about 10 or 11. That did it. It was captivating. Took me to another world that wasn't the shitty one I was living in. This album takes me back to those days. Sitting in the garage spinning albums from artists I was only discovering.

Parts of this sounded like it could have been made in the 60s which was cool. As a whole though this was kinda long and boring. I did not appreciate that that the stereo versions were not in the same order so I could not skip a song if I had already listened to it.

Eh this wasn’t all that

4/10 - it was kind of bad but not horrible for any specific reason

Songs just sounded bad. These guys were trying way too hard to make something unique and it flopped

The electric jug may be one of the most notable things about this album but it was distracting and super annoying. It wears out it's welcome very quickly making this short 34 minute album seem much longer. The psychedelic vibe was nostalgic for me which saved this one from being a 1.

mono or not serious listener...

Nah, man. This ain't it for me. It feels like every band in the mid-to-late 60s was producing this same exact sound. This is just Jefferson Airplane or The Doors with a different singer. It's also why I don't particularly like those bands either.

I kinda just came in and out of it with no real feeling other than that electric jug… I don’t know honestly, it was certainly trippy but in terms of psych rock mehhh

Un rock psicodélico bien pionero. Vibes a Janis Joplin, Kong Crimson... Calidad de audio pésima.

I dig it maaan : ) I wasn't really familiar with this band - while this particular genre gets a bit tired for me, these tracks have a lot of musical and melodic diversity that kept me entertained, mainly because they reminded me of so many other bands. At times I heard the Guess Who, early Van Morrison (Baby please don't go esp)the Kinks, the Animals, early Stones, HEAVY Pixies and Breeders /Deal sisters in 4. Don't Fall Down, Beach boyesque bubble sounds in You Don't Know. So cool. Who influenced who!

It all starts the same. I do like the more surf sounding songs, but ultimately, it’s not for me.

At the damn is the psychedelic rock movement - this is an album that doesn't forget the rock part. Fun, weird, adventurous, primal. This avoids the many pitfalls of psychedelia because it was made before those tropes of psychedelia we firmly ensconced This is the exact type became cliches. It's baked into the cake and not just piping added later by twisting some knows in the studio. Perhaps because of their Texas origins - away from SF/LA. And I'm no small part to the recurring roll of the electric jug. It runs out of steam by the end but it comes raging out of the gate and there are great songs and ideas throughout. A unique voice for sure. Guitars look back and forward. Excellent drumming. This album is the epitome of why this book/list exists.

I couldn't finish it but it was pretty good.

It wasn’t as bad as the reviews are making it seem. There are a couple of songs on the album I’ve quite enjoyed, but man it’s so long???? So really it has to be marked low because it was only a handful of songs that were enjoyable on such a long album.

I realised I wasn't going to enjoy a lot of this album when I was in the weird alien sound section of the second song, but felt like I had at least got 5 songs in. I do quite 60s psychedelic music, and I do enjoy elements of this album. However, I didn't find it to be an easy listen.

Very good, especially for 1966

If this is not the best psychedelic rock record I don’t know where you lived and you have listened to before. Because it most definitely is!

This was some very high quality mid-60s psychedelic rock from the mid. The singer gives me mad Mick Jagger vibes, but the rest of it is so much better than any Rolling Stones album we've had to listen to on here. I do find it funny that they have that weird back and forth blipping sound going from end to end across this whole album. It is a quirky little effect that is kind of like having a Muppet in the background speaking gibberish. Roller Coaster is a wild one -- singer sounds like Mick Jagger and is the most "rooted" thing in the mix alongside the beachy guitar. Otherwise, the drum work is nuts (full of crazy polyrhythmic cymbal/snare hits). Under all of that there is an element that sounds like somebody just mumbling into the microphone (could be a synth, but I have no idea). Absolutely love the controlled chaos of it all. Relieving transition into Splash 1, which is a pretty straightforward rock song of the era. Reverberation brings more of that wild mumbling sound, but a little less forward. Just some good ol' fashioned driving psychedelia. Monkey Island is another great jam on here. Tried to Hide is familiar -- definitely have heard it or a cover at some point in my life. Has a bluesy vibe to it, but keeps that blipping/mumbling going end to end. This was highly entertaining. Short and sweet with a dusty layered mix. Very solid -- middling 4 for me.

I do not care for the vocals at any point. The rest of the band does a good enough job with jamming. No lows or highs to really speak of. Some of the persisting background effects were neat. This album kinda came and went.

Whatever that one fluttery noise was in the background of most of the songs was cracking me up it was all that I could pay attention to. That album was a pretty standard sounding 60s psych album that didn't really stand out to me.

I downloaded this one on my phone last year because I heard it featured an electric jug lol. The jug adds some weirdness to it that's for sure. Such a weird thing to display all over an album. It's a cool sound and random but doesn't do enough to push it over the edge of a 3. Old psychedelia is so odd.

Punchy tunes from the 60s; raw and musical. They use a certain sound gimmick which was cool on one song but then kept using it; becomes purely annoying.

It got old fast. It's protopunk I guess but the recording style kills it for me.

Ok

October 26, 2024 HL: “Roller Coaster”, “Reverberation” Maybe too harsh given I liked this album, but the album artwork is the most interesting thing about it

no way that came out in 2010

Really enjoyed this at first, but the longer I listened, the wierder it got for me...

A landmark album that i need to spend more time with.

Psych rock. Its good, but nothing that would make it better than anything else in the genre

ez egészen jó volt (eddig a legjobb a mindenféle pszichedelikus albumok közül sztem), de nem különösebben izgalmas.

Generic hippie stuff. I'm pretty let down by the lack of diversity in this genre, or at least as represented by this list.

This is what I was worried about when playing The United States Of America. This kind of psychedelic stuff is not for me. Pretty meh.

Yes. This is the good and outstanding shit that deserves its "psychedelic" label. I may be somewhat influenced by reading this band's story and just how much they LIVED that, but this alone - sparking my curiosity to learn about an album and not be disappointed - puts this into a high rating. And even though the Jug overstays its welcome, there are enough amazing bits in here (Roller Coaster!!) that I think I'd like to continue the trajectory of my last 5 star rating, CAN's Tago Mago.

To put it politely, it’s different. At times, it’s unrelenting and borderline obnoxious due to the electric jug sound. I’m sure fans of psychedelic rock will find some hits in here, but I cannot. The one thing I will give it is that it’s got hints of something great that never breach the surface of its strangeness.

Not bad

The sounds were, indeed, psychedelic.

4.

Good- definitely psychedelic

Really enjoyed the first half of this. Tails off pretty badly but who cares.

Someone has had mushrooms in the studio. Good stuff.

Thoughts before listening: 60's psych garage rock led by Roky Erickson (I believe). One of those bands that I recognize by name, but where I don't know if I have actually heard any of the music. Review: Okay, so I definitely recognize this first song "You're Gonna Miss Me". This is sloppy, simple rock n roll with psychedelic flourishes mixed in throughout. Its easy to see where the through line is from this to punk rock in the 70s while also very much being a 60s sound. I can also understand why this wasn't very commercial. This just sounds like underground music, which is interesting since a lot of 60s underground music has been lost to time while the 13th Floor Elevators are making lists like this one. This is 3-stars

Very unremarkable psychedelic rock (doesn’t matter if it’s the first to label it that). Best part of it is the album art. 3/10

Fun early psychedelic. I probably won't come back to this. But it's a good listen.

For Psychedelic that sure was boring

Maso

That was unique

Solid throughout but nothing matches the opening highs of You’re Gonna Miss Me.

кислотный диджей хей кислотный мьюзик хей

It was okay

Slowly realizing with this project that I really vibe with psychedelic music. Not that much with this album in particular.

Was enjoying it for the first 20 minutes or so then felt it became a bit self indulgent

Meh. A little interesting but it wore out its welcome, especially the “electronic jug” sound which was cool as hell at first then just got straight up annoying. I definitely respect the way the artists were exploring new territory, but I doubt I’ll ever choose to go back to it.

Needs more listening and analysis. Can say it is sonically prescient though, like damn. 1967? Might be the first EVER psychedelic rock band.

The title of the album put me off initially, but it actually ended up being quite good. Short and to the point, funky and catchy. Highlights: You're Gonna Miss Me Reverberation You Don't Know Monkey Island

Nice and trippy with a hint of garage rock. Well done.

Solid 3.5

this was a raw, short psychedelic piece, i enjoyed a lot of the tracks dm it was an easy listen

I can say with absolute certainty that some people made this album, and that I listened to it. Beyond that, I've got nothing. So totally unmemorable.

You could easily convince me that this was the Rolling Stones. Very similar vibe and sound.

Are you up for some psychedelic rock? This links to the remastered double album, so hope you're ready for 90 minutes of it.

Interesting for its time period, but not my favorite.

No

Standard 1960s phsychadelic rock. Groovy, baby. Far out, man - but I don't really dig it.

As 60s psychedelia goes it was pretty good

Love you’re gonna miss me but the rest was so monotonous

Fierce, bright, explorations of psychedelia, turmoil and inner space. Best in mono.

Very good album, sounds way ahead of its time and sure should be on the list - close to 5 stars but I prefer Easter Everywhere.

Could not entirely get into it, nevertheless an interesting album.

man ist das alt, klingt alt- ist alt und diese "gedippe" im Hintergrund nervt auf Dauer

Not bad but a bit too out there for me.

Kinda fun but not for a whole album for me.

A 2 for being one, if not the first psych rock

I don't know if this is coincidence, however, yesterday's album was Big Brother & The Holding Company, and today we get this... Giving this 2* because it didn't make me happy, nor did it piss me off like some of the real garbage albums I am being presented with on my journey. Also, electric jug; really?

Not terrible, not very good either. I'm just not really into that particular kind of rock I guess. It really made no impact on me.

Altijd een zwaktebod dat je zelf als band moet aangeven 'hoi, dit is psychedelisch'. Al met al klinkt het typisch voor zijn tijd, maar lui als Jefferson Airplane leverden interessantere muziek af dan deze liftboys.

Het plaatje opgezet en het gaat volledig aan mij voorbij. Het is wat gedateerd, meer is niet blijven hangen.

Ik heb soms het idee dat er alleen maar Beatles, Dylan of psychedelische muziek werd gemaakt in de 60s. Ik vind dit soort muziek best grappig om te luisteren moet ik zeggen, alhoewel het wel ietwat gedateerd aanvoelt. Het lijkt een beetje op een psychedelische versie van de Stones of de Animals. En het heeft dus ook wat van die bluesy invloeden, die het voor mij leuk maken. Verder klinkt het gewoon als een 13 in een dozijn band uit die tijd, al blijven natuurlijk alleen de betere bands over en dat zijn de enigen die we nog kennen. Er zal ongetwijfeld in die tijd een shitload aan grotere rommel gemaakt zijn, maar die heeft de tand des tijds zeker niet doorstaan. Leuk om een keer gehoord te hebben, maar ik betwijfel of het zal beklijven. Vergeetbare 3 dus.

Обожаю психоделический гараж, но было немножко затянуто и нудно.

This was fine but got very repetitive very quickly. I guess I have always lived in a post-13th Floor Elevators world so I can't appreciate how (or if) influential they were, but it sounds very generic American 60s hippie trip-rock. I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to this again.

Again quite enjoyable!

uninteresting and unremarkable

right on, man

This album is an interesting time capsule for the early days of the psychedelic rock movement. The music itself is okay. It's certainly not the height of psychedelic rock, but it has the elements. The production quality of the album isn't great, and, frankly, neither is the song writing. However, some things are more than the sum of their parts, and I think this album is a worthy inclusion on this list even if it's not all that engrossing to listen to. You've gotta walk before you can run 3/5

It's fine, but I'm not really feeling it. I don't know if it's not for me, or if I need to be on the right drugs for this.

Super groovy vibes that I enjoyed very much.

I’ve had more psychedelic experiences watching the freaking Boss Baby. I’m kidding I just don’t know what else to say about this

Not incredibly interesting to me but kinda fun!

pretty cool! never heard of these guys and enjoyed this one

My partner's review: "I like it. 4 stars?" (I'm a true freak so I'm giving it 5. Roky forever)

Psychedelic sounds of the 60's album, groovy baby!

it’s not like unlistenable but didn’t vibe

I was scared and uncomfortable listening to this

Är inte jättebegeistrad direkt.

Pretty dime a dozen 60s garage album. It’s got the one gimmick being the amplified jug, which is cool. This album elicited the following responses from me. Huh. That’s neat. Okay. Sure whatever. Is it over yet?

“Oh boy, another 60s rock album” is what I would have said if I didn’t know any better. But I actually do on those particular day. I have a rather interesting story regarding this album. When I got my first vinyl and had decided I wanted to start collecting, I did research on ways of keeping them safe and organized. In one of the videos I found, a man held up this exact album. And I was so intrigued by the cover, that I then had to find out what the album was. Of course, when I did actually find it, I never listened to it. Funny that it’s all coming full circle now years later. So I’ll admit that I was mildly excited to hear this finally. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s the greatest psych album ever like some may tell you. But I do think it does a good job at capturing what people think this genre should sound like. It’s probably the most legitimately psychedelic rock I’ve heard. In fact, these guys were the first ones to coin the term, and label their own music as such. The production is rough around the edges. And I’m being pretty generous. It has not aged very well. It definitely goes to show how much the industry has improved in that regard. By as a genuine “psychedelic experience”, it does a pretty solid job. The poor production actually adds to this swirling feeling. It really feels like you are caught inside the album cover, with all of these magnificent colors flying rapidly around your head. This is also aided by the jug instrument one of the band members plays. I’ve never heard of this thing. And because of the mix, you almost can’t even hear it. But when you, it’s the wackiest sounding thing ever. Even with all of that, I couldn’t see myself recommending this to someone who wants to jump into the genre. Because for the average person, it’s either going to be too much or not enough. Many will get the idea this represents the genre as a whole, which is not the case. Rating: 6/10

Well crafted, and I can see that it definitely set the pattern for psych rock from the 60s.

I’m told this is the first true psychedelic rock so I guess at least I know who to hold responsible for the rest of it

This was pretty good. I definitely like 60s psychedelic rock better than 70s psychedelic rock, but it was still a little too rough around the edges for me (which I know is intentional, but still).

largely unremarkable, imho. 1.5?

why is there so much psychedelic rock in here

overdosis jug...

Very cool retro, psych rock sound. This is definitely something I’m into and was not previously familiar with this crew. Wild and insane at times, goofy even - a reminder that it’s okay to let ourselves loose from time to time. We are human and it’s records like this that help remind us of that. Life isn’t meant to be so serious all the time! Solid record.

Jammy

Jammy

Really cool psychedelic 60s. Lots of fun!

Just some straight up psychedelic rock. Nothing too cohesive about it as an album but a good collection of songs.

It's alright but didn't wow me. Felt similar to a lot from that era was hoping for something else but there were still some psychedelic sounds to enjoy

twas ok, but nothing particularly original or groundbreaking.

A forgotten classic. For as weird as this is, Roky got even weirder.

"Don't fall down" was weird, but the others were okay - akin to chill 70s rock, with just a few psychedelic tweaks

I have never heard of this album before, but I really enjoyed it. This was great early Psychedelic rock. Favorite song was definitely a Roller Coaster. It’s interesting listening to this because you can hear so many influences of modern bands: everyone from Radiohead to B.R.M.C. to Brian Jonestown Massacre. this is a listen again !

I’ve tried to get through this one a few times and the “helicopter/doppler” noise in this one just got worse upon additional listens. Anyway, I could leave this one. I did like the slower/chill track which was 2 or 3. I won’t be revisiting anytime soon.

When it’s good it’s very good.

*aggressive howler monkey noises*

Nope

Unrefined psychedelic weirdness, but a perfectly pleasant listen.

Trippy!

Nice proto-psychedelic garage rock