The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

Note : J'ai fait plusieurs critiques d'un coup et j'ai inversé avec Country Joe & The Fish, donc voici la critique de ce dernier. Du psychédélique rock qui ne se démarque pas vraiment du reste de ce qui se faisait à l'époque. Loin d'être mauvais, mais loin d'être mémorable. 6/10

They have the guy going “doogadoogadoot” in the background working overtime

This was really good especially for 1966. This plus some LSD probably melted faces and obliterated egos back then.

Was kind of dreading this but it wasn’t horrible. “You don’t know” was clearly the standout song. shit slapped!

I'm starting to feel like the random choices are saying "are you sure you don't like 60s folk? how about psychedelica?". I get that just about every genre sounds 90% the same with a few standouts that transcend their categorization and do really interesting things. This is not one of those standouts.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm half 78 half 52 65/100

I guess there is some goodness in here, and apparently they actually coined the term "psychedelic rock". When I looked that up, I found out that apparently one of the instruments is ... electric jug? Had to go back and figure out where that came in. Kinda cool to have created that weird arpegiated synth sound with a jug. Still, as influential as I'm sure they were, it all sounds too crude and unpolished to my ear. It makes sense that they were influential. It's good to hear the album as an important development, but I'm not likely to return to it.

So “The 13th Floor Elevators” album was absolutely dreadful… Perhaps that’s a bit unfair – as the actual music and lyrics – sounded just like every other band of their ilk from the time, so not very original, but then they decided to just kick their album into the absolute shitter by adding in “the electric jug”… Had know idea there was such a thing – and perhaps that is the only reason that this album made the list, was because of the jug (i.e. I saw some mention of just how innovative “the electric jug” was for its time…). I guess maybe if you want to slip it in for a track here or there – I wouldn’t advise it, but sure, experiment a bit – but not on every god-damned track… The only other time the use of an instrument totally ruined a song for me – was when Mr. Zimmerman decided to ruin the track “Highway 61 Revisited” with that stupid siren-whistle - but at least Dylan had the sense to ONLY use it on one song – but I digress… Dull, unoriginal, mono, and hopefully the ONLY album on the 1,001 that used an “electric jug”…

Pleasant enough sounds but nothing substantial. Maybe I don't like 60s music

My favorite album featuring an electric jug. Essential psych rock from the Evil One himself, Roky Erickson. What a great scream and songs you'll find yourself humming for days.

7/10

I liked it a lot

Typical 60’s psychedelic rock sound. Not bad but didn’t stand out.

I don't believe I've ever heard of The 13th Floor Elevators before this so I went in blind. Obviously, the name of the album and the cover art gave away the psychedelic experience I was about to have (while driving to and from work...). And what a groovy time it was man. Roller Coaster, Splash 1, Don't Fall Down, and You Don't Know were my favorites. I think by the time I got to You Don't Know I started to really hear a strange instrument. It was like a vibration of some kind with a rhythm. Upon looking up the Wikipedia page for the album I saw that one of the band members played an "Electric jug." I needed to know more and honestly the electric jug presence on the internet is very low. But this lead me to Tommy Hall's Wikipedia page where I find out he is now a registered republican and never wants to play the electric jug again. Anyway, the electric jug was cool on one track but by the end of the album I was kind of getting annoyed by it. So no wonder it never took off. We could have had Taylor Swift backed by electric jug. We could have had emo bands of the early 2000's moping over an electric jug sound. But luckily for all of us the Boomers in the 60's decided the electric jug just wasn't meant to become the most popular instrument. Best thing they ever did. Thanks Boomers.

middling psych rock as it is but the electric jug pushes this into unlistenable territory...like not even in a gauging the music way it genuinely gives me anxiety jifdufdu 2/10

Proper piece of early psychodelic rock. Really good.

Sure, it’s good. No, it’s not for me.

01) You're Gonna Miss Me - 7,5 02) Roller Coaster - 6,5 03) Splash 1 (Now I'm Home) - 7,0 04) Reverberation (Doubt) - 7,0 05) Don't Fall Down - 7,0 06) Fire Engine - 6,0 07) Thru the Rhythm - 7,0 08) You Don't Know - 7,0 09) Kingdom of Heaven - 6,5 10) Monkey Island - 6,5 11) Tried to Hide - 6,5 TOTAL: 6,77 (68/100) Current ranking: 182/251 Is electric jug this bloop bloop bloop bloop sound in the background? Will it be in every song? It's already annoying after the second one. All in all, a solid album with a typical sixties sound. BTW, I don't think this kind of music was ever played in elevators.

That “electric jug” sounded like the record had a flat tire - not pleasant. Not surprising that it never caught on. Also not surprising that this band never caught on. Why is it here - because they were the first to use word “psychedelic” in the description of their music? I wound up listening to this album and then three more songs not on this by different bands (purely added by the algorithm) while driving and not noticing a difference. That says a lot.

Pretty straightforward psych rock. Ok to listen too, but not super interesting. Actually from 2010, so they clearly tried to recreate the sounds of the 60s/70s which I think they succeeded with. Double album - single would have been enough. Cool artwork.

Psicodélico anos 60. Estilo the Who no começo...por aí...legalzinho

alveg feyki skemmtilegt. lenti reyndar á sílspikaðri plötu á spottanum. þarf að finna einfaldari útgáfu. 4,5.

It's certainly music, it fine, I've no clue why it's on the list and I've already forgotten alot of it

Oh this one annoyed me. “Ooh man we’re so trippy, maaaan” then it’s just four guys banging our standard 4/4 garage rock. Also the original albums only 35 mins but for some reason the “bonus” is another HOUR of the same with wobble wobble wobble over the top of it. . Sod that.

It had highs and lows

good in mono

This is a pretty fun first time listen. Unique blend of 60s-centric psychedelic surf rock with a garage band feel. You can hear some similarities with Zappa, the Animals and maybe even some Doors. Some songs are a little tiresome but overall I enjoyed this one.

Not bad.

I just don’t care for it

I love Roky Erickson's music. But there's a limit to the number of these songs I can listen to in a single sitting. There's a tribute album called Where the Pyramid Meets the Eye that has some interesting takes on a lot of these.

Ein typisches psychedelisches Surf Rock Album im 60er Jahre Stil. Seltsam, dass ich bisher von dieser Gruppe noch nie etwas gehört habe. So richtig gezündet hat es dennoch nicht bei mir. Vielleicht lag es auch am Sound, der war mir zu höhenlastig und schrill.

Fun! (but not all the time)

This was so stereotypical of 60s music that I spent the whole runtime imagining it being played over a Woodstock montage or at some point in once upon a time in Hollywood or throughout a 1968 counter culture documentary. The music being this broad is both fun to listen to but also gets a little bland after a while. I enjoyed the more bluesy stuff in kingdom of heaven but overall it was all fine.

3.7/5 listened 2x. I would like to come back to this one eventually and listen again. listened to extended album on 2nd listen through (1h 27m)

Not really sure I van say anything positive about this album. It feels underproduced, janky, and disorganized. Very unpleasant listen

My favorite psychedelic album ever. Unfortunately spotify doesn’t have the tripped out philosophy behind each song from the liner notes.

...DOOKADOOKADOokadookadookadOOKADOOKADOOKADOOKADOOKADOOkadookadookadookadookadookaDOOKADOOkadookADOOKADOokadookadookaDOOKADOOKADOOKADOOKADookadookadookadOOKADOOKADOOKADOokadookadookadookadooka... shit 1/5

A serviceable psych/classic rock album with the ridiculously distracting "electric jug" played throughout. If not for the jug it would be fine but it is so distracting...

While this probably blew minds in the 60's, I just don't vibe with it.

Psychedelic rock is an excellent genre and this is a great album that starts off strong, but it lost momentum a little and failed to continue to thrill us.

Not a great album but I kinda sorta liked some of it, then I kinda sorta didn’t like some of it.

Solid early psych but not mind blowing.

This wasn't as annoying as I expected it to be, but it was nevertheless quite annoying

I see from the reviews that the jug sounds split a room. Ha! I thought it was brilliant if a bit dated. Unreal singing, great garagey sound to the music. Yup yup

This is the exact kind of album that should be on this list. I don't think I ever would have discovered it on my own, and I don't think it will be in my permanent rotation, but I'm glad I gave it a try. Holds up pretty well for being nearly 80 years old.

Historical curiosity but nothing more than that. Interesting but doesn't really have staying power. Mostly forgettable and done better by later artists.

My first thought was "oh great, another old psychedelic rock album no one's ever heard of before". I don't mind the style per se, but I often find it overdone, with good musicianship let by the roadside in favor of uncomfortable experimentation just for the sake of it. This album took me by surprise though. It's excellently executed with great musicianship (especially the fantastic guitar work). The psychedelic elements feel organic and actually enhance the enjoyment of what would otherwise already be accomplished classic rock.

Desert island selection.

What a trip, eh? :) I'll admit I've never heard of The 13th Floor Elevators, and I'm pretty sure I've never heard anything from this album before, but that doesn't stop it from being a fun album to listen to. Not too many of the songs really stood out for me, but I enjoyed "Reverbation (Doubt)" and "Through the Rhythm" a bit more than the others. I'm not sure I ever figured out what their "electric jug" instrument sounds like in their music, sadly (unless it was that weird reverb-kazoo-like sound), but I'm guessing that Tommy Hall's insistence on using LSD to gain a higher consciousness was more trend-setting than his jug....

I'd never associated the name of this band with "You're Gonna Miss Me"--for some reason I thought the 13th Floor Elevators were a late 80s/early 90s band. So I wasn't all that excited to listen but the minute the first song started, my mood brightened. Rocking greatness! Love the harmonica. And now I'm being led down a mossy acid path into the rest of the album. Quick takes: Quite happy though Roller Coaster isn't as good a ride as "You're Gonna Miss Me." I wish Eric Burdon was singing Splash One instead of the guy who is. Reverberation would be better if they muttered "and dance" each time after they said reverberation. Don't Fall Down is quite earnest and I dig it. Fire Engine brings everything together: rock rhythm, kind of bad vocal effects (is someone trying to imitate a fire engine?), urgent vocals--like if you'd only listen the world would be a much better place, and most importantly, just lots of fun. I want to play it loud and do the frug while some dude sings about taking a trip to an empty place. Through the Rhythm reminds me of an earlier question: what is that sound that sounds like someone is doing the scales up and down with their lips? Is that what that is? Omg it just started again with You Don't Know. What is that sound? I heard it earlier but tried to get it out of my mind. I just looked them up on wikipedia and omfg that sound is, I believe, an ELECTRIC JUG. Nothing says 60s more than an electric jug. Also, I do not like Electric Jug. I do not like it. Onto Kingdom of Heaven--a slow burn which sounds like something they play on the ABC Afterschool Special on the dangers of drugs: heroine puffs pot and next thing you know she's swirling around the stars as the Kingdom of Heaven plays. Monkey Island--This is a little more bluesy omg someone is now making little monkey sounds. What is it with the 60s and monkeys? Monkees, Kinks' Apeman, Planet of the Apes, etc. Tried to Hide reminds me that I do not like Electric Jug. I think their rhythms and guitar work is really outstanding. Downgrading for the jug.

Psychedelic . Normal.

Wow!!!!

2 - It could be good? The sound recording is horrendous, just felt like a wall of noise.

This sounded to me a bit like what the Jimi Hendrix Experience without Jimi might sound like. Some nice ideas, but not really many good songs. Fave Tracks: Don’t Fall Down, You Don’t Know 3.2/5

I’ve never been a fan of this band. I have a hard time making my way through a full album.

nice enough.

The music is fine but it’s just not very catch for me.

It started okay but after a while, it was just a distraction.

Psychedelic Rock is a favorite genre of mine. This release (some would argue) solidified the sound of the genre.

weird, enjoyed the psychedelic sound, but the jug was weird.

I like The 13th Floor Elevators, but I don't love them! You're Gonna Miss Me is a classic, but it's the one standout on the album. It's not a classic album, but again that's a classic song. Liked songs added: - You're Gonna Miss Me

I liked how garage-y this sounded. The opening track is a classic. As others noted the electric jug is hard to unhear once you know to listen for it.

Best served with a piping hot bowl of psychedelic delights

Hmm, you can hear the raw, experimental psychedelic rock of the 60's here, but it's very foundational. It's a good listen if you're interested in the origins of psychedelic music. It's not completely "refined", however.

I think there is a lot to like on this album, particularly the music. I don't like the lead vocals all that much and the "pscychadelic sounds' in the background remind me of bad 60's and 70's science fiction movies. Still I think 3 stars or C+ would be how I would rate it.

Yuck.

just kinda bland

Wtf

pretty cool - didn’t know Eric b had an album like this.

First use of the word "psychedelic" to describe their music? Sign me up! This was an instant favorite with clear signs of what would become garage rock and even early hard rock and metal - the riff on 'Kingdom of Heaven' is nasty! There's definitely a sense of purity surrounding this album.

A most fitting album title if I ever saw one.

If it wasn't for the constant electric jug I would have enjoyed this album alot more

not actively against it it’s just not what i’d reach for

you hadda be there

I like flower power, psychedelic music, but this album just ain’t it.

Hm...Yes, it's "psychedelic" for it's time. The mastering reflects the times as well. I always wonder what these might sound like if cleaned up a bit. Hm...

Weird noises throughout Distract from so-so psych rock On too long album

Drowned in acid oblivion.

Pretty generic psych rock. Feel like there have been 10 other albums that sounded just like this. As the album went on, the singer seemingly kept getting farther and farther away from the mic until it sounded like he was in a different room entirely. Bathroomcorepschyrock. 4/10

Bello è bello, magari non eccezionale.

sounds ok. cluttered at times and didn't wow me once

I actually liked this, which I wasn’t expecting. Among the best 60’s psychedelica I’ve heard.

I'm giving this badboy an extra star as one of them plays a FUCKING JUG!

Kinda quirky, kinda fun.

In a nutshell: one tab of LSD was enough, not a whole sheet. An early example of psychedelic rock. The consistent use of electric jug was distracting and felt gimmicky. I guess if it wasn’t for this album, forthcoming would sound far different. Overall: 4/10

Just did nothing for me. Totally forgettable. 2/5

It's fine. I don't think I was missing anything by only hearing the Nuggets/High Fidelity song.

Listening to disc 1 was enough... my brain really can't tell the difference between one song and the next. I just mixes up in some boring, psychedelic, 60's music... It's not awful to listen to, but it's not a great experience either. 2*

1960s Psychedelic Rock with some haunting themes. If they hadn't had the weird and very subtle gibberish vocal chirping-like sounds in the background of almost every single song on this album, it might have gotten a better rating.

Sounds like an Austin Powers music night. Not engaging enough for me.

60s psychedelic garage bands will always be my shit. why are we remastering songs and labeling them with the remastering year tho, that’s so goofy.

first listen nothing too crazy, very...safe

Whatever they were doing with the second guitar(?) across the whole album was terrible.

I’ve loved the first track back from High Fidelity. The rest is just kinda irritating.

которые песни повторяются но вслепую казалось что примерно всё это одна песня. норм но зацепиться не за что

It's ok. A but much.

i have a deep fondness for 60's garage rock and psychedelia, and this album is really important in the merging of those genres. the first track, 'you're gonna miss me' is one of my favorite songs of this era. there are lots of great tracks on here like 'reverberation' and 'roller coaster' and it is rightly considered a classic of this era - HOWEVER, i think as many point out, the big "feature" of this album is an "electric jug" which is prominently displayed on every track. i think it's actually a very psychedelic "percussion" instrument choice to include, but its welcome is worn out very quickly. i can handle it in spurts listening to 'you're gonna miss me' but an entire album's worth is a bit much. i don't think it makes this album unlistenable, but is undeniably present and will wear on you.

Psychy

ANOTHER forgettable psych rock album. But with this one you get all the psych rock without the 60s nostalgia. I initially thought you had to be on drugs to produce this kind of music, not to enjoy it too, but I'm changing my opinion. I don't remember a single song. It's way too long.... wait, is this actual elevator music?

Very dated. Sounds like a lot of 60's music. And wow, that's the longest album ever!!

I don’t often get albums from 60’s artists I’ve never heard of. So I was excited to hear this, especially with such an eccentric name and clearly psychedelic sound (just read the album cover). This was alright. Standard psychedelic and garage rock fare for the time. Better than most anyone who tried to reproduce the sound later on. Loved the inclusion of unexpected instrumented like the harmonica. The vocalist also definitely gave me Jagger vibes at times. Overall though, I dunno. I wasn’t taken with this one like I expected. Don’t get me wrong, there’s some great tracks (see below), but this didn’t standout against other stuff from this era for me. 3 stars for being a solid representation of the genre/period, but nothing more since I wasn’t crazy about it. Standout tracks: You’re Gonna Miss Me, Roller Coaster, Splash 1, Fire Engine

had to read the other reviews to figure out that that annoying warbling was an... electric jug

I wanted to like this. A 60s psychedlic rock album that I'd never heard before and is considered one I "must hear before I die"? Sure! Really liked the first song "You're Gonna Miss Me", but afterwards it just got a little messy and muddled. Nothing too bad, but nothing after the first song really kept my interest either. 3.5 stars

Awesome. People still try to sound like this. White Stripes, King Khan, etc. This record sounds more sincere. And even though it’s mono, it sounds powerful. I skipped the bonus tracks. They’re not part of the album, youtube. The original album is perfect length. Favorite song: reverberation.

Fun psychadelic rock

Yeah, this is actually ace. Garage psych, full of energy, and unlike a lot of stuff like this ACTUAL TUNES.

Decent.

Really just the perfect representation of mid 60's psych. This is the type of record we needed from the Grateful Dead, but never got.

Pas mal mais faut pas être dans de mauvaises dispositions parce que l'eletric jug ça peut vraiment vous prendre à rebrousse poil. J'aime bien le principe mais c'est trop répétitif au final...

The title promises and the music delivers exactly that. Some of the best Garage Rock available. “You’re Gonna Miss Me” is an indisputable stone cold classic, with that sloppy opening riff and scream—just eternally enjoyable.

Didn’t like the pervasive psychedelic bubbling sound. Some of the songs sounded like a soundtrack for a thriller.

It was something! I don’t know I feel like I guess it went by somewhat fast so that’s good rather than dragging along but, I hate to say this again because it’s becoming a pattern, there was nothing that stuck out. I just guess I don’t see anything super influential about this.

Immediately the vocals made me think of The Sonics. I hated the Sonics. Hard pass for me - mono aggressively-jangly-garage-rock with stereotypical arrangements (other than an electric jug which adds....nothing?) is something I'll never listen to again. I suppose I've heard a lot worse but this was wholly unspectacular and wholly unenjoyable. 3/10 1 star

Most of this just felt like a mediocre rock band goofing around. Nothing really stuck with me. The album cover is pretty cool I suppose.

Cool album. Too repetitive all songs sound about the same but a little more heavy that usual psychodelic rock. Good music to losten as a background but not a life changing album

very strange in a sometimes fun way but I thought it was mostly nonsense lol. However thats fine sometimes if youre in the mood.

Very early acid rock featuring an iconic screaming vocalist and some wild exotic instrumentation. In a lot of ways, it reminds me of Disraeli Gears, in terms of the psychedelic style and blend of hard rock and ethereal dreamy tracks. Highly innovative, each tracks offers some crazy idea you won't hear on other albums. There is some repeated tricks between some songs (like similar riffs or choruses), but I found each song had their own distinctive ideas to make each one memorable. No bad tracks, with energy and passion going into each one. The other downside is obviously the shit fidelity, which adds to the otherworldly effects and garage style, but it would surely benefit from a studio that matched Disraeli Gears. I personally revisit this album often, because I can find something of unique value in each song, usually the psychedelic effects and personality, but I know it could be stronger. The last few tracks do feel a bit out-of-place.

I think I listened to this band once back in college. The leader singer, Roky Erickson had a crazy life plagued by mental illness and I might've watched a documentary about him. It's cool to hear such a raw and rough-around-the-edges psychedelic rock album that was released before huge bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones embraced this sound the following year. Apparently this was the first time "psychedelic" was used to describe music. One of the band members played an "amplified jug" which is cool as well. I'm guessing the background sound that kinda sounds like a ghost is from that. Some of the songs are a little too messy at points, but overall, I thought this rocked.

This album makes me want to protest the war in Vietnam. I can't tell whether or not I like the straw-in-the-lid/hyena noise that's in most songs, I'm leaning towards no. I was curious so I found out it's an electric jug, kind of like blowing air over a bottle. They're kind of the only notable band to use it since the 1920s when jug bands were popular (not electric) so that's pretty cool. The name of the album and artist all check out. 7/10

I enjoyed this albums, would absolutely put it on when I’m in a psychedelic mood. Had to skip Fire Engine, that one was just too much for me.

Reading this history before listening and it's wild lol. They were on LSD during every recording session. But honestly this album feels a bit like a cliche. I know the album is old, but even with the remaster the mixing is pretty terrible. I don't like whatever machine they're using to make the wubwub window washing sounds. Getting to disc 2, the stereo mixing is better than the mono, but I just don't love any of the songs enough to be excited to listen through a second time. Couldn't really get into this one. Top songs: None?

I really dug the vibe of this record. Pretty groovy. Big fan of psych rock and all of its offshoots. Fav Songs You’re Gonna Miss Me Roller Coaster Reverberation Kingdom of Heaven

i like this a lot. reminds me a lot of jefferson airplane. id probably prefer just listen to the stuff it inspired but ill definitely come back to this. strong 7/10

7.6/10

A movie needledrop classic that immediately indicates the 60s are happening. It's a great example of the early psych formula: pulsating bass and droning open strings to induce a trance, some swirly whirly organ and very reverby guitars, a bit of fuzz to break from reality and some vaguely heady lyrics to suggest you open your mind and head out there. The songs borrow heavily from surf rock and chuck berry style blues rock, but arranged in the new trippy style. Play it loud and freak out the squares, man! Very funny that Zappa's debut album came out the same year and was already basically a parody of the California psych scene within months of it starting.

Bit too much for a Monday morning but undeniable trailblazers of one of my all time favourite genres

it was honestly mid wouldn't recommend to funky and strange

Ah yes, the album everyone forgot about until High Fidelity came along. An album that deserves to be remembered. I’m not a huge psychedelic rock person in general, but this feels like a different take on the genre to me.

Are we surprised that the generation that liked this album also has poor taste in politicians

General thoughts: idk if it was my source but the sound quality was horrible and in general the production doesn't seem any good. A lot of misses could have been raised up one star were the production better. Same year a lot other bands were releasing much better psychodelic music, I would even say this leans more to classic rock. Favorite songs: Thru the Rythtm & You Don't Know (How Young You Are) Cover: Generic. The concept could have had a better implementation. Real rating: 2.31

Nice to hear the beginning of an era that I did not know. The music is a bit boring, but it was good to learn about where psychedelic came from. Never would have guessed it was Texas...

Very good garage rock/psychedelic rock album from late 1966, I consider this more garage rock than pychedelic, despite of the title of the album.The electric jug is something different, I've never heard of this by any other band. 'You're Gonna Miss Me' and 'Splash 1' are my favorites from this album, the whole side A is I think stronger than side B. The album cover is a 5 for sure, the music is a solid 4.

You can’t say they aren’t experimental and groundbreaking, but you also can’t say they aren’t going to get annoying fast if they don’t change their formula. I liked all the tracks as standalone pieces. They’re fun and all have a good amount of energy to them. The mix of seemingly random instruments in the background, however, can turn you off after the fourth or fifth track. I can definitely understand someone’s complaints with this project, but I don’t want to take away from the influence it’s had, which is massive. Influence doesn’t necessarily mean the album is good, though. It helps, but ultimately only pushes this album to slightly above average. 4/5

Terribad!

This is such a historically important album. Not technically the first “psychedelic” album, but the first album to be officially coined as psychedelic. I listened to the original mono recordings, and man they are raw as hell! I can only imagine what it was like seeing them live. And Janis Joplin wanted to join this band? Man, what could’ve been!

It can be considered cool in a way. The jug sounds like a drunk pigeon. The bass is pretty good while the singer sounds like a discount Axl Rose, who isn't great to begin with. This album has songs that could fit in a cheap, old "Best of the 60s" compilation CD. There's better psychedelic albums out there. I'm just that the album's not a total stinker. 2 stars for this record.

I heard of this band about a month ago, when I went down a youtube rabbit hole. I don think this is a true psycheldelic album, but rather a mix of surf and garage rock with some psyshedelic flashes. Over all a good album with some great songs. I do wonder what was being passed around to consider adding an electric jug into the mix🤷‍♂️

ok yeah sure it does sound like psychedelic elevator music

Miten puoli tuntia ja rapiat päälle kestävä albumi voi tuntua pieneltä ikuisuudelta?

tbh didn't listen to the full thing >_<

This album has some weird background sounds which are really distracting. I almost liked some of the tracks but the weird reverberation really put me off this album. 2

No thanks

sounds pleasant

Psykadelisk rock. Spännande! Gillar enstaka låtar. Kul att de låter som djur lite då och då. Apor och coyote. Antar att det blir så med LSD. Lite för knarkigt för mig men skrattade en del så en 3a blir bra.

Ändå rätt skönt. Inget som stack ut. Jämnbra.

Hade aldrig hört talas om det innan, men första låten är grym! Bra rakt igenom därefter, om än på en lite lägre nivå. Jag gillar den elektriska krukan, även om den överanvänds lite. Stabil fyra. Kul!

I’m discovering that I have little patience for psychedelic music. I didn’t enjoy any of this. I could barely finish it. Yes there’s some interesting instrumentation. But I’m never listening to this again. 1.5/5

Started to really enjoy it until this persistent wooba dooby dooby dooby dooby dooby noise started to be heard as almost there backing instrument in all the tracks and it just drove me up the wall. I listen to it all the way through and I did enjoy it but that stupid whoopie dooby dooby dooby dooby sound will prevent me from making it something that I would listen to on a regular basis

i don’t really care for this sound

Psychedelic rock

What a great album this is. Mid-sixties garage rock is not my comfort zone, but I've heard this album several times before and it never disappoints. You're Gonna Miss Me and Reverberation are obvious high points, but it's strong writing and playing throughout. Probs 4.5 but have to round you down a bit.

This was fun, but felt a little repetitive.

Definitiv kein Album, welches zu den 1000 gehört, die man in zu Lebzeiten gehört haben sollte. Aber mit der Freigabe von Cannabis wieder hochaktuell, da nur bekifft zu ertragen... wie schon 1965 zur Erscheinung des Albums. Der Bandname verweist auf den 13.Buchstaben des Alphabets, M, für Marihuana. Leider muss zur Bewertung ein Stern vergeben werden....

Good start, but trippy towards the end

Nice cover. Underwhelming music. A bit of a mess. A couple of funny sounds (electric jug!) in the background - over-used though across multiple songs. Lots of full-on drumming and frenzied singing. Not particularly mind-bending, though. I suspect it felt more psychedellic to them than it does to listen to. It's a messy Rolling Stones or Big Brother and the Holding Company. The weirdness of Fire Engine's vocal could be intriguing but the actual music is quite basic rock and roll. Nice vocals though and jazzy drumming on that track. Overall, a bad trip, really.

Why do people make albums so long? This was a huge vibe, however.

It was just there. Another unnoteworthy psychedelic album. No need to revisit.

Trippy double album

Inhoan tätä (kannen) estetiikkaa… ihan jees biisit, mutta missä ne psykedeeliset saundit on? Tai siis niitä oli juuri sopivasti, koska tripille tällä levyllä ei menty. Solid ok, en palaa tähän.

Tämän soundibändin koukkuisuuden voi välillä kyseenalaistaa, mutta jumalauta minkä soundin he onnistuvatkaan levylle tiivistämään. Parhaat biisit on muuten varattu alkuun ja loppuun: You're Gonna Miss Me (2:26 mittainen mini-mini-ooppera) ja Tried to Hide (tuurilla repäisty blues-succès).

Eh, I could take or leave. A little too whimsical for my liking.

Best Songs: N/A Listen Again: No

Nice change of events but its enough for now

Jújú, merkilegt þegar þetta komi út, ég heyri það, en talar lítið til mín í dag. Ekki beint leiðinlegt en voða lítið sem situr eftir samt. Leyfi þessu að slefa upp í þrjár.

This project has resulted in me ordering a few 'definitive' editions of remastered classic albums so that I can really optimise my enjoyment of the sonic majesty. Not this shite though, sounds like it was recorded through a wall, and whoever was on the noodle wobble jug thingy is sat right next to the only microphone and wouldn't listen to the request to put the fucking thing down

Couldn’t get into it.

Parents will get this: you know that feeling when your kid gets a fidget spinner or one of those PopIt spinning it or popping it and you don't mind it first but then they just keep doing it over and over and over and over and over and over and over until the sound of it makes you want to pull your hair out and drop kick whoever invented the thing into the next county? That's this album and that stupid electric jug. Someone needs to have their toy taken away. It was an otherwise enjoyable psychrock album but damn. The jug. On every single song.

I’m not the world’s biggest fan of psychedelia, but I’m not really opposed to it either. Just like with this album. Not a big fan, didn’t hate it, no skipworthy songs, but no songs that really grabbed me either. A solid middle of the road album.

I'm not sure that I need more electric jug music in my life. While I appreciate pschedelica and this album is ok, it wasn't anything real special. Fave: Reverberation (Doubt)

I dug this - psychedelia with garage rock swagger and surf rock guitar. The electric jug really gives them a unique sound, but they perhaps overuse it a skosh! 😆 Fave tracks - "You Don't Know (How Young You Are)" and "You're Gonna Miss Me" are the main ones. Liked the siren effects in "Fire Engine", and "Don't Fall Down" also had a certain something something....

Meh - sounds like the Rolling Stones for me. Not really my taste in music but some of it did sound pretty good and seem talented

Man, I would have loved the 60s

I love Roky Erickson and in my opinion he is criminally underrated. This album totally rules.

I'm not really sure what this is. It seems like it was interesting and innovative ...once? But maybe hadn't figure out how to be coherent?

13th Floor Elevators is yet another band that I hadn’t hear of before. The name does have me intrigued, and I’m certainly finding a love for 60s psychedelia. I was born in the wrong decade. Grunge definitely doesn’t suit me as much as being a hippy. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Fire Engine This was a fun, trippy album. I can imagine this messing up my brain after a dodgy brownie. I liked the composition, with the odd sound effects and fluttery noises created within the soundscape. I don’t think this is one that will be added to my favourites, but I definitely did enjoy it. I’m still wondering what made them come up with that band name though. I’m gonna assume it’s because they have something in common with actual 13th floor elevators. They were high.

Alright. Nothing really stuck out to me other than it sounded quite old. I'm finding it hard to enjoy music from that far back on account of the sound quality. In summary: very same-y not much of note with the critical reception but not bad. light 3 is probably a bit generous.

Early rock, rolling stones-like. Ok

pretty consistent but blends together after a couple songs. not bad at all but not particularly memorable

A double disc set of this? Please no. The electric jug was old 10 seconds into the first song. But 90 minutes of jug? Ga-barf.

I thought it was pretty fun and unique. Apparently they played a jug for one of their instruments in this album

Likes: You’re Gonna Miss Me, Tried to Hide Would I Listen Again: probably not

Sounds like any other 60s album. Nothing special.

I'm a big believer in 'definitely do judge a book by its' cover, however this album let that down big time. I love psych rock and this album, at a glance, looks cool as fuck. I suspect back when this was first released in the 60s it was a great example of throwing the book out and blazing your own trail, but in the 21st century we're spoiled with so many better examples of those things. Rating it low on that basis may not necessarily be in the spirit of the 1001 Albums experience, but I just didn't vibe with this one.

Never heard of these guys but the album was actually pretty good. It could never have been mainstream but I suspect the band was more into presenting the art than looking for popular acceptance.

I would have liked it better if the electric jug wasnt in every song. I found it to be distracting.

It's not impressive, and it's not easy on the ears.

Not the worst, not the best. It's still some pretty good psychadelic rock

I listened to all the unique songs once but I'm not listening to 3 different versions of each. 60s guitar sound is always nice but nothing to write home about. 1966 had some much much better albums

It's not boring, I'll give it that. Don't fall down did bore into my brain though.

Denmark’s finest, The Raveonettes, must have listened to this glorious noise a fair bit!

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

It's okay but there is much better music from the genre.

Great psychedellic music

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I had not realised before how old this was. 60's psychadelia and Roky's voice, what's not to love.

It’s like if syd Barrett never left the Floyd and they kept making psychedelic music.

Typical 60s rock

Decent 60s psychedelic rock, but there’s that noise on the track. Strangely almost sounds like record scratching at times, but nope, it’s an Electric Jug. So bizarre, pretty out there.

Not bad. Definitely a distinct sound of the 60s. Not a real banger of an album though - It starts strong but kind of fizzles in spots. 3/5

cool

Generic psychedelic music

Well… it was psychedelic. Had some cool surf rock tones from the 60’s but they used the wah-wah (I think… maybe a thermion) A LOT in just this “trippy” but overused way. Don’t care for it. Won’t listen again.

Actually half decent psych rock

First time listening to this one! It's a solid album which I enjoyed. Electric Jug is weird and distinctive, which I can get behind. I added "You're Gonna Miss Me" to my classic rock playlist.

Instant 60s vibe.

The electrified jug sound got to bee too much on some tracks. Overall I liked the album.

Cool psych rock with some garage thrown in for good measure. They're not one of my favourites or anything but they're fun to listen to.

Not my favorite of the psychedelic movement, but very much ahead of its time!

This album came out in 1966. Pretty innovative, isn't it? An essential psychedelic rock record.

It started out solid and then by the 3rd or 4th song the electric jug just became too prominent for me. It was ok but that jug just couldn't escape my ears as the primary instrument

# 142 : Good album, interesting style I had not heard before. I Enjoyed it Reverberation (Doubt)

You're Gonna Miss Me Reverberation Thru the Rhythm

Not my Cup of Team

Heel bijzonder en vernieuwend wel. Ik ga het vier sterren geven omdat het wel echt moker episch is.

Nah

Nice. Classic. Mids.

Psychedelic fun for the whole family

Excellent psychedelic rock. "You're Gonna Miss Me" rocks! The whole album is a fun ride though. A lot of good songs and catchy melodies.

Aight another psychedelic classic rock album. The "electric jug" is cool.. I never heard of that before this. To me it has a little bit of a tabla sort of sound, with a limited amount of default timbres that it can produce but there's a lot of flexibility in adjusting those few sounds. I like the second track a bit actually "Roller Coaster". Cool energy in it and I like how the instruments move through the song with some of them maintaining the base elements of the song and kind of slithering in and out. I ended up not disliking this one as much as I thought I was going to. 3/5!

Very psychedelic, love it

I love psych rock but I definitely do not like the electric jug.

Psychedelic 60s rock

Album Nr. 8 Endlich mal ein Album aus den 60's, welches sich wirklich gut anhören lässt.

This was okay.

Solid 60s psychedelic rock 3.5 stars

This was ok. Nothing special though.

Really great but not 5

2/5. Kind of a mid psychedelic rock album, and I do understand it is one of the first ones and paved the way for great albums to come but I don't think it's aged very well, save a few songs. There are many that are just annoying. The use of certain instruments are fun and I'm sure this was wild to hear when it came out but a lot of it feels like flash over quality.

Album 264 of 1001 The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Rating : 3 / 5 Nice album. Not one I'd likely come back to, but still a good listen

You're gonna miss me - just 60s sound. Nothing original. It just continues on from there in the exact same vibe. At an absolute push I'll give this a 2

Marvellous!

We should all thank the Sandoz Corporation for creating LSD in 1938, which ended up changing the course of modern music forever.

It’s all good and interesting to varying degrees, just not something I’m going to return to a whole lot. 3.5/5

"The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators" is psychedelic rock incarnate. They are credited with founding the genre - including the use of the word psychedelic to describe music. This drug-induced album is loud, grainy, and every track sounds pretty similar. Roller Coaster and Through the Rhythm have very cool intros which may have been sampled elsewhere throughout the years. The listener would probably need to indulge to get more from this album.

Psychedelic . Normal.

Opened up today’s album and thought, ah, another new band. Started listening to it and of course I know and love the first song. I guess I just never paid attention to the artist. But it seems that’s the only song that gets much play, at least according to Amazon’s play stats, and the only one I know. I enjoyed the next few as well but the album is way too long and the songs are too similar. They all blur together and, quite frankly, get tiresome.

La primera canción es la mejor. El resto es repetitivo.

Pretty good. A weird psychedelic 60s album that’s was exactly what I expected it to be. Some very good songs, and some very mediocre ones, but I definitely see why it would have been influential. I enjoyed it and will come back to some tracks, but won’t ever listen to the full album again. 3/5

Too many sounds for my pea brain

Not very memorable to me. Sounds like a lot of the psychedelic music from that time period.

Fine throwback

Never heard of these guys, not sure what to think really. It seems fine. The more I listen the better it gets... Standouts: Splash 1 (Now I'm Home), You're Gonna Miss Me 3.5

This was fun. Feels like a solid 3.5 for now, maybe some room to grow?

Huh

This was a big surprise, excellent psyc rock album!

3.5/5. Some hippie shit, I can hardly recall the time that I thought boomers were cool.

Klingt so, wie man es bei dem Jahr und dem Cover erwartet:D 1. Platte gut, 2. Platte viel „geschubber“

Was ein Trip... - Vorweg: Ich liebe Jefferson Airplane, The Doors, The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Greatful Dead etc.!! - Der Sound vom Album ist seeehr psychedelisch, athmosphärisch immer ziemlich cool - Dieser crazy Einsatz vom \"Jug\" ist super, habe ich auch noch nie gehört - Im Gegensatz zu den o.g. Bands fehlt mir hier aber etwas. Ich glaube es ist der Wiedererkennungswert. Die chorale Breite von Jefferson Airplane, die Genialität eines Hendrix Riffs oder die Magie vom typisch warm-düsteren Doors Sound. - Leider ist auch kaum ein Song bei mir hängen geblieben - Kommt nicht an die Produktion der Genremitstreiter heran Fazit: Wer Fan von Psychadelic-Rock ist, sollte das Album sicher mal gehört haben. Bin aber leider dann doch mehr Fan von der Musikrichtung, als von dem Album. Hat dennoch Potenzial ein \"Grower\" zu werden! Rating: 2/5 (mit Chance auf 3/5)

- habe weder von der Band noch eines ihrer Lieder jemals gehört - Musste das Album zwei mal hören, weil ich beim ersten Mal dachte " irgendwie hast du nicht richtig zugehört, es ist nichts hängen geblieben, es hat sich kein Eindruck manifestiert" - Nach dem zweiten Mal hören hat sich daran nichts geändert - das album hat mich komplett kalt gelassen - klingt für mich nach austauschbaren classic/garage rock der 60er und 70er mit psychedelic einflüssen - paar gute soli und riffs und für die zeit ganz schön dynamische drum parts 2/5

- nach den ersten beiden Tracks muss ich mich wirklich durchringen weiterzuhören, der Psychedelic Part will bei mir nicht klicken, auch wenn es dadurch experimentell und ein wenig wie im Rausch anfühlt - gerade Disc 1 mit seinem Mono Sound geht mir gehörig auf den Sack, es geht einfach zu viel auf einmal ab, was durch den Mono Sound ein noch stärkeres Durcheinander bildet - Disc 2 rettet die Songs etwas durch den Stereo Sound, weiterhin bleibt es aber dabei, dass es einfach nicht meins ist (Reverberation und Don't Fall Down fand ich allerdings ganz cool)

I liked it but didn't love it.

I didn't enjoy this as much as I though I would. The majority of these songs are lackluster and don't have anything remarkable. I barely got throught it and I like the psychedelic genre. Nevertheless, the songs were good and just feel like an age we have long since passed.

Some of this I could totally jam with and it hit the spot, as someone who does generally like psychedelic rock. But some of it I found highly irritating. There were certain representative riffs and lyrics that just massively wound me up. But overall I didn't hate it so a tricky one to rate

This was EXACTLY what I thought it would be from the album cover. Enjoyable for sure.

I appreciated the darker tone, more in common with the Velvet Underground than hippy dippy clappy psychedelic stuff, but the high pitched sort of flapping noise in the background of some of the tracks was really off-putting and spoiled it for me.

Talks the talk more than it walks the wall. It's decent, but didn't wow me

Nothing ground-breaking but enjoyable enough

Love this album. Worth 5 stars for Fire Engine / Reverberation / Tried To Hide alone. The opener is not bad either. It lives up to the title, really capturing (and informing) the psychedelic era, but it is just bonkers and individual enough to stand out and pass the test of time.

There's far too much going on here. And most of it sounds like sludge being processed. A very confused album.

Con rasgos de los 70, no aporta nada especial. Bastante parecidas las canciones entre sí. Algo de guitarreo y de toques psicodélicos

Trippy and fun for a few songs, but it got tiresome the longer I played it.

This used to be one of my all time favourite albums. However, much as I love this, it's far from perfect. The first two tracks set a high bar that the rest of the album never quite manages to maintain and the garage rock has lost its shine a bit by the end.

It was alright. Not too noteworthy, but not bad. Was kinda hoping to like it more. Oh well. My favourite song was Don't Fall Down.

More 60s psychedelia. More artefact than art. Music that is so dated and of its time that it never had a revival. Kind of interesting, but no classic. LSD, what did you do? I suppose this leads to Disraeli Gears, and SGT Peppers, and American Beauty, and T-Rex, and Dark Side of the Moon, and Ziggy Stardust, and Punk, and the New Wave Movement, etc.... But, this hasn't aged well. Albums you must listen to? I suppose, yes, but only once if you're not interested in psychedelia.

I had never heard this band until Lenny Kaye released the Nuggets double-album compilation of garage rock classics in the early 70’s. You’re Gonna Miss Me was the last track on the first album. It’s the opening song on this album & what an opening. Straight away you’re dealing with Tommy Hall’s electric jug. In his liner notes to Rhino’s reissue of Nuggets in 1998, Mike Stax nails that track : An adrenalised rush that’s almost frightening - guitars chomping out sinister, reverberised riffs, while Roky Erickson shakes and screams and an electric jug babbles a strange delirious subtext. This is the seminal Texas punk record. I probably did not hear the rest of the album until the 80’s. Nothing on it is as good as that opening track. But it’s still a great listen, especially when Tommy Hall lets rip with the electric jug.

Oh, yay, another cult 60s psychedelic act. Can't get too much of that stuff. </sarcasm> I feel like the ongoing appeal of the 13th Floor Elevators has more to do with the cult of the Tragic Tale of Roky Erikson than the music itself. It's pretty fair representation of 60s psych garage rock, but really, they only have one song that they play over and over. and that horrible 'electric jug' sound becomes intensely irritating over the course of the album. 2.5 stars, rounding up for no real reason.

I’d like to take a moment to thank these guys for starting a musical movement that is still going strong to this day.

Doors predecessor

This was pretty fantastic! And I mean fantastic in the literal sense. It's imaginative and unique. An electric jug player? I mean common! Listened to it twice back-to-back.

Unhinged in a way that only someone truly unhinged could be. You can hear notes of psychobilly, punk, and country in here. It's fantastic and exactly why I started doing this thing, over 800 albums ago. Favorite tracks: "Reverberation", "Thru The Rhythm", "Monkey Island", "You're Gonna Miss Me"

When your top song only reached 55 on billboard and another reached 129, it immediately loses credence for me. I still listened to a few songs but very quickly heard all I needed to which was another outdated and out of touch selection for this list. The only thing this has going for it is the album cover which is really cool. Put better albums on here.

Oh man, this is a cool one. I remember finding this album years ago, I had a fun time discovering odd psychedelic bands. These guys have a very specific sound, I think it's noted as use of a "jug," maybe that's the strange whispering sound, which sounds like reversed vocals. Anyway, I'd describe them as "one trick ponies" on that basis, but the music is still pretty good. I enjoy this album, even though we've been inundated with psych rock '60s projects on this list. Favorite tracks: You're Gona Miss Me, Roller Coaster, Monkey Island. Album art: Love love love it, classic. Perfectly psychedelic colors, a giant menacing eye, just excellent art all around. How could you not want to listen to this? 3.5/5

This one's okay. I'm starting to run out of things to say about these albums. I definitely respect this album for being one of the first real psychedelic rock albums ever made. That gives it value and a reason to be on this list. The album itself definitely isn't bad. The instrumentals are good. The writing can be good at times. The singing is hit or miss for me. Sometimes it's good, other times it isn't. I think the singer does good screams. These reviews are really starting to blend together, aren't they? Oh well. This album isn't really anything special to me, but it was a nice short listen that I would call a milestone album for this specific genre of music. High 3/5.

I'm a sucker for a good "trail-blazing, eccentric musical genius who is seemingly lost to mental illness but is a huge influence on many great artists and then finally emerges again, triumphant" story. Brian Wilson is a good example. Given that I do love this type of story, and being a fan of 60's music, classic rock, psychedelia, garage rock, and proto-punk, when I first heard about Roky Erickson I thought, I'm going to love this. I watched the documentary You're Gonna Miss Me and thought it was great. But the music? Not so much. I get that it's really early garage rock and was influential, so I really do *appreciate* it but I don't love listening to it. It's just a little too basic maybe. 3 stars.

Feels old man

I want to be the bubbly guy in the background of everything

Not the worst I've been given here, but still: humanity has moved on

Bubbling effect too prominent and overused, overshadowing great psych rock song

Liked the album, but it wasn’t spectacular. A lot of it sounded too similar. 3/5 Might listen again

Nicht das allerbeste Psychadelic Rock Album, aber das Genre halt immer gut

Good ol' psych rock

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sayer les rolling stones wannabe

Intense. Didn't know about them and it was an interesting read. Kinda too much by the end of the album but it's such a time capsule sound. Glad I listened.

Ok

What a nice surprise to find Mr. Roky Erickson on this list.

This is what I think of when I think of 60s psychedelic.

Overrated, and the “jug” gimmick gets old real fast.

The guy making weird sounds in the background really took away from what is otherwise a good album. Sounds a bit like Bob Dylan and other classic rock, but I really can't get over that random dude.

I fully endorse this album to become the new official music of elevators from now on.

Interesting...the electric jug behind all the songs was semi distracting/annoying. Outside of that I am a decent fan. 2.5/5

Absolutely psychedelic sounds - correct

Fun and wild psychadelia in a way that feels provocative, maybe even dangerous. Very enjoyable!

AJ: psycho deli c hounds

Not the biggest fan of this one. Pretty samey and boring, no tracks particularly stood out to me

Another mildly interesting 60 psyche rock album

Groovy.

Thought I already reviewed this. Has some classics, one or two I'd heard before. Not the most psychadelic record ever, very mid60s, but enjoyable.

Surpreendeu-me ao apresentar um rock psicodélico muito sólido, com uma viagem bem direcionada pleo ritmo pulsante.

Arguably the first psychedelic rock album. Imagine how different life would be if this album never released. No Jimi Hendrix, no Pink Floyd, no Despacito, Al Gore wins in 2000. Really makes you think. Truly a modern man's album. The dividing line between the cockroach and the pesticide.