The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

I've tried with this album before and it still doesn't work for me now. I get it's influence on many bands that l do like, but there's nothing memorable about it. Occasional I get into it for a moment and it to often quickly descends into drugged out nonsense.

There wasn't really any song that stuck out with me.

100% 60's sound and none of it was noteworthy. Like what you'd hear in every background 60's flick for noise.

Psych rock: Good when it’s rock, bad when it’s psych.

2.0

If there were a stock library for generic psychedelic rock, this would probably be the 'most downloaded'.

It just went on and on. The occasional enjoyable surf guitar did not make up for the irritating as fuck electric jug. This album would probably be ok if it was mixed better AND I was off my face on acid.

You're Gonna Miss Me is great but a whole album is too much.

I’ve long been a fan of the opener of this album thanks to High Fidelity. The rest is pretty good, but nothing quite as electric and exciting as track 1.

Es psicodelico. No me molesta, tampoco es malo. Pero no es mi genero, no lo disfruto demasiado, sino un poco, como una musica de ascensor o bus.

Latazo total. HE acabado harto del "tucu tucu tú". Dos estrellas.

its Fine i suppose, just not for me

I already hate this because of its length. Musically, it was alright but man did it drag on

perfect album for background groovy ambiance

This is a little too trippy for me, honestly.

This would have been a 3 star, but the electric jug stuff was just too distracting and ridiculous. 2 stars

**An ok album

I didn't really connect with this

i was excited when i saw the genre tags but this is kinda boring not gonna lie.. i feel this way about a lot of other 60s releases regardless of the genre so i think this era of music is just really not for me fave track: thru the rhythm

Would have been better without all the pigeon.

As expected very psychedelic. I could appreciate it, but it's not something I would put on on another day. You're gonna miss me was a nice song tho. 1. You're Gonna Miss Me 2. Splash 1 3. Fire Engine

Bättre i teorin än i praktiken. Försökte lyssna lite på det här jag var tonåring men det var svårt. Kul att lyssna igen idag. Det var inte mycket bättre nu. Stökigt och oslipat och inte speciellt roliga låtar. Ger gärna Roky Erickson ett nytt försök med någon senare skiva.

Psychedelic Rock, Folk, Blues, 1966 -> 2

Some good spots on here. Some of it was pretty hard to listen to.

Beyond ‘You’re Gonna Miss Me’, they are a fairly generic late-sixties band.

Here’s me thinking I liked psychedelic rock. It reminds me of a classic Quentin Tarantino film with the characters overtaken by some subconscious need to delve into the bizarre. But give me an hour and a half of it, of which there are many versions of the same songs, and I will furrow my eyebrows in confusion and slight boredom. Had this album have been half its length, maybe I would have seriously delved into it more. It’s not bad, but nothing special alas.

A funny world this is. Delightful Jeopardy contestant with clear hippie commune parents named Xaque (Pronounced Xaqcuetly the way you'd like to pronounce it) brought this up during the insufferable anecdote portion of the program. While the contest fell to the mighty Jamie Ding, I was slightly intrigued for once by the contestant interviews rather than clawing for the remote between the couch cushions to avoid insufferable tidbits about train museum tours with mom or how great everybody is at the studio. The way this record started continued that positive momentum, but as per usual we settled into the usual psych rock lull and found ourselves on the wrong side of interesting. The acid wore off quick, and besides the odd hooted jug , this record offers almost nothing different from the 600 other psychedelic records this list has to choose from as it spawns a new hellscape each morning. Heavier than some of the others with an excellent album cover, but just more middle of the road wannabe strangeness from people who did drugs once. 2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: The opening of the fourth eye! After all that 3rd eye fuss, I was a little disappointed.

4 stars - 2 stars for the electric jug = 2 stars.

Listened Before? N It's just another 60s Psychedelic Rock album. It was fine. We have too many of these on the list. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: You're Gonna Miss Me

Decent psychedelic rock that’s not unpleasant, but I still found unremarkable. I’m sure these guys are legends in their niche, but it didn’t inspire any relistens.

Cut your hair, get a job!

A good start but that goofy jug sound got me. Probably not coming back. I liked the first track, more like that please!

For a group with such an odd name, and a claim for something psychedelic, this is a surprisingly 'normal' sounding album with a few quirky elements. All that is to say, I can't quite figure out who this album is for. It's not strange enough for psychedelia enthusiasts and it's otherwise too normal to attract any other attention.

needs more jug

Fantastic psychedelic album but the jug just wears you down. I got to the point where all I would listen to is the jug and miss the other music. If they had removed it I think this might be a five star album for me.

bit crap

If I was sitting in a field looking at a festival stage then this music would work for me. Any other situation it just felt like the same song every time. I got to learn what an electric jug was though.

gave me a headache - and thats pretty hard for music to do. no disrespect to the elevators but did not enjoy.

Wish I liked this more than I do, but that electric jug is quite annoying. Might like it more if I gave it another go

I found this to be a one-trick surf rock album without much to offer. In addition it’s physically a hard listen because of the poor quality of the recording. The tone is tinny and brash. Not great.

The Relentless Electric Jug Is Not For Me.

I think there is a reason you don't see an electro jug in too many bands... I thought there were some songs on the end of the album that I really liked, but then I realized Tidal started autoplaying music by the band Love, who I'm now exploring more in depth because I may enjoy their music.

It's fine. It's just that the audio quality is so bad.

3/10 I'm running out of unique ways to say "I can hear the quality, but it's not for me".

Eh

Understood that this may have influenced a generation of psychedelic rock however it took a lot of muscle to get through this album. It might have been more palatable without all of the electric jug. I worry I’ll have nightmares with that sound in them.

It would have got a 3 until I noticed the pigeon in every song. Ahh l.s.d I suppose

I have previously listened and liked this album. But would not expect this to be anywhere near this list

I no longer have to wonder what Beaker would sound like as a musical instrument. Could easily have garnered a higher rating if they'd chosen to use the jug judiciously instead of just mindlessly boop-a-wooping through every single song.

The title of this album really intrigued me, but it's pretty bland for me. 2* I agree with others, the bubble sound is super annoying.

No more than a 2. Nothing to see here again

Did not like this one. All sounded the same and the quality of the audio on Spotify was pretty bad

1,5

Trippy, man. How ‘bout that electric jug?

The first track is great. And I can tell why I've never heard the rest of the album.

Funky and weird, but I was kind of waiting for it to be over by the end. Annoyed by the blooping sounds pervading the album which I later learned was an electrified jug, which is a cool idea, but unfortunately sounds like spaceship sound affects made by a 4 year old and never stops. Nothing super memorable.

it’s not special. There are other surf rock stuff that scratch that itch more than this

I got a fever and the only prescription is.... more electric jug!!!

Not a fan of the jug, but there were some decent moments here. You’re Gonna Miss Me was alright, but felt very outdated.

This is truly psychadelic - some moments that remind me of early Dead stuff, and I found myself liking some of the interwoven guitar parts. But ultimately Jug Man really fucks up this whole record. What is this shit? Like, it makes every song so much worse than it needs to be. Thru the Rhythm is a pretty good song, for example, but that little warble makes me want to take a jug to my head.

A jumbled repetitive mess. Normally this genre is a least somewhat engaging. Not this one. 2/5

Album No. 0160 on my playlist. This album was completely new to me; I had never heard of the 13th Floor Elevators before. I get why this album may have been important and influential at the time, this is as much psychedelic rock as it gets. Personally though, I just don't really get why exactly people enjoyed it. Yes, it was something new at the time, but I just don't find much good stuff on "The Psycheldic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators". It maybe the production, which I find too noisy, it may be the songwriting (the songs don't feel very finished; they're unpolished, but in a bad way). And I don't like the singer's singing style. At times, he felt like a less good version of Mick Jagger, at times I just found his voice obnoxious. Sorry, would have wanted to like it better, but I didn't. I will add "You're Gonna Miss Me", and "Kingdom Of Heaven" to my playlist. 2/5 stars.

2/19/26. Whatever that sound device they use in every song is, it REALLY annoys me. 4/10

Ok 2/5

Once again, I usually like this genre but this one was a miss. All the songs had some weird background sound effect which sort of blended them all together and resulted in sloppy disoriented album

playing a game called “how long does it take for the guy to start making silly noises with his mouth” and the twist is the answer is always ten seconds or less

It was a fine sounding, yet forgettable album. Each song sounded the same, which isn't bad by itself, but there was nothing that stood out.

Almost completely un-listenable for me. I don’t think it’s a 1 in any musical sense but I simply cannot stomach it at this time. 1.5-2

On Roller Coaster, you’re telling me a pigeon cooed this beat? They didn’t even credit the bird. I think there are better examples from this era. It wasn’t unlistenable though.

I’ve been meaning to listen to this forever and now I did and I kinda forgot most of it. I liked Splash One. Very good album art.

boo-boO-booOOp These random assortments of noises were a stain on this otherwise decent album, and I hoped in vain at the start of every track that I'd heard the last of it. Finding out that these rarely musical elements were somehow made by a dude vocalizing into a glass jug in front of a mic? Sort of impressive, maybe more annoying. I went on to learn that the "electric jug" "musician", Tommy Hall, is living in squalor in the Bay Area and doing "research" to unlock the meaning of life through 60+ years of psychedelic drug use. When asked about what he's learned: "I could try to explain it, but my mind would revert to the pure mathematical state required for horizontal thinking. You will just have to wait until I put it in writing." Anyways, I liked the spring reverb-drenched guitars and the cutting vocals. Psych rock is really interesting, and at times irritating.

Not for me

No major faults just didn’t particularly strike me as a great album. Still a good album. 👍

Rocky Erikson’s bad trip.

Many people have tried to convince me that since I like Psychedelic bands like Grateful Dead and Pink Floyd, I should love this album. I do not love this album. It's a very thin line between "love" and "tolerate". Near as I can tell, this album is considered "Psychedelic" because it was made by people who were on drugs. It's basically a Garage Rock album with some weird sounds going on underneath.

this is a pretty okay garage rock record, all things considered. Roky Erickson is a compelling frontman, and the band behind him is decent enough. "You're Gonna Miss Me" was a minor hit, and it's endured as a classic of the psych underground. in fact, the 13th Floor Elevators were probably the band that coined the term "psychedelic rock". there's a lot of history here, but also one glaring issue. an empty jug can be played as an instrument by buzzing your lips near its mouth. the resulting tone is low and hoarse, and typically in a bass register. I mention this because the 13th Floor Elevators' jug player, Tommy Hall, seems to have missed this memo. instead, he holds it up to his mouth and goes "dugudugudu" in a goofy falsetto. he does this on nearly every song. it gets annoying almost instantly. shout-out to Hall for having the gusto to form an entire band and personal lifestyle around the use of psychedelic drugs, but I think the clarity of sobriety might have spared us from a terrible fate as listeners. apparently he became a Scientologist later in life, which I'm not sure is much better. strong 4/10.

nothing memorable here sounds a bit dated

Ehhh didn’t stick out for me

Não gostei muito.

Very cool for about 15 minutes. The mouth/jug sounds (bop bop bop bop) got so exhausting after that.

Did not enjoy.

Maybe the best name of the psychedelic era, but I always got them confused with the Electric Prunes’ “Had too much to dream last night” so this has always been a disappointing listen for that dumb reason.

tiene algo crudo que está bueno pero se vuelve medio repetitivo

pain to listen to tbh

2.5 - Meh

2.5 - ok got a little worn out by the end

… hm. I don’t know. I got pretty bored. I respect it for the role it played in inventing the genre, apparently, but the genre was improved upon in subsequent records from other groups. Can’t see myself ever having any real desire to revisit any tracks off this one -> two stars it is

It was okay. I didn’t love it. I didn’t hate it. Wouldn’t get much replay value out of it. I’ll revisit it in a few months and see if anything has changed.

Didn't offend me, but not really my thing. Nothing stood out to me and I'm unlikely to listen again. I can see why some would like it though.

This probably sounded pretty interesting and crazy in 1966. So I'll give them that. But in 2026 it just sounds like shit.

A bit too psychedelic for my taste.

3/10

A fun, albeit slightly crazed, take on 60s psychedelia. It's certainly ahead of its time (if only by about a year) and has decent instrumentation to back it up. The drumming throughout the album is fantastic. Very heavy when it needs to be, light at other times, and the fills are just the right about of engaging without going overboard. The basswork is also extremely dynamic. It's what listeners like myself vastly prefer instead more stationary basslines (which unfortunately tend to be more common pre-70s). The singing is fine but doesn't do much to distinguish itself from more famous contemporaries. Production-wise, the recording (at least in the mono mix) is very rough-around-the-edges, almost like garage rock. Not my thing at all. Records like this are in desperate need of a remaster. Roller Coaster is defined by its strange background sound effect, which is halfway between a high, monotone monkey noise and a rag being rubbed against wet glass. At least, I thought it would only be Roller Coaster. But Reverberation has the same effect. As does Thru the Rhythm, and Tried to Hide, and You Don't Know. In fact, nearly all the tracks feature noises from what I dub the "monotonously horny primate", including the main single You're Gonna Miss Me (though in that case it's far back in the mix). Turns out it comes from a band member whose sole purpose is to vocalise against an electric jug, creating one of the most annoying noises known to music (certainly in psychedelia). The band must know it's pretty irritating and monkeylike – heck, the album's penultimate track is called Monkey Island, and has one of the most prominent electric jug parts of the whole record. I'm not sure I want to reward these decisions with a positive rating. 2/5 Key tracks: You're Gonna Miss Me, Don't Fall Down, Kingdom of Heaven

I know this album came out in the sixties, but boy is that mixing Not Good. Hearing the vocals was most certainly a trial. Outside of that, this was an average psychedelic album. I thought the song title of "Don't Fall Down" was cute coming from this band and album name, at least. "Fire Engine" had that surfer sound like in "Wipe Out," which preceded this album by 3 years. Definitely a 2.

This was pretty generic psychedelic rock music. I didn't dislike it, but definitely wasn't wowed by it. Other reviews alluded to a specific "noise" that is used throughout the album; I can confirm that I both heard it and disliked it. It almost sounds like scratching a vinyl jacket with your fingernails over and over and over and over...and over. Probably around a 2.5 for me, but not motivated to round up, as while this was listenable, it didn't stand out and was pretty forgettable.

Wanted to like this but it didn’t catch me right

Not great, an hour and a half of the same thing, until Fire Engine came along which was especially quite bad 3.2/10

I Tried to Hide from the Reverberation of this album. You Don't Know how much I'm going to try to forget Through the Rythym. 4 // 10

Didn't impress too much.

Random thoughts about this album: 1. This confirms my general dislike of 60's psychedelic rock. 2. I do not like the electric jug. I thought I'd get used to it, but mostly it annoyed me when it was used. 3. There is a very good reason the electric jug is not commonly used. 4. The only song I actually enjoyed is the one that I don't think had any of the electric jug, which is Splash 1. Not sure if this will get a one or a two rating. It depends on whether Splash 1 was enough to put it over the top and I haven't yet decided.

Interesting

Hard to listen to, weird sounds, 2

Another example of a dusty old historical record that does not reach out from the 60s and provides entertainment in 2025. Kinda interesting at times but ultimately quite forgettable.

Not really my thing

great now i'm high

Definite period curiosity piece.

I was worried by the album's title. The "psychedelic sounds" of anything gives me pause and this sounded exactly like what I feared it might. I mean, sure, it's groovy, baby. But I'll take my trip without the soundtrack, please.

Meh. Not for me.

I can appreciate these guys for setting the stage for psychedelic grunge rock. It’s raw, dirty and imperfect while still delivering an in-your-face banshee howl sound. But holy shit that overused amplified jug is annoying. I thought I was listening to Curly from the Three Stooges running around in circles trippin’ balls on acid. Unfortunately that kills any hopeful vibes.

Sounds like 60s psychedelic rock. Didn’t really do it for me. 2.25

What the eff is that mumbling White Lotus-esque sound on most of the songs??? This would have been an easy three without that shite, but I am rounding down cuz it annoyed the shit out of me. 2.25/5

I guess it’s an innovative album, and it has a couple decent tunes, but I’m left pretty cold by it. The guitar tone is grating, the production is bad, and the songs feel really half-baked.

After a while the wopawopawoo was all I could here. Interesting experiment, but I think they threw it all away on that one ever-present sound. Maybe it would work better if I was high.

Best Song: Kingdom of Heaven. I like that it feels like the most knock-off version of Stairway to Heaven. Worst Song: Monkey Island. A chaotic song that never seemed to have a point or rhythm to it. Overall: If this whole list has taught me anything, it is to be wary whenever I see an album with 25+ songs. It almost always betrays an inability to edit, wherein the artists seem to have just uncritically dumped every attempted song into one big pile. This album is no different.

Enjoyable, but there was this annoying sound on most of the songs that was distracting.

I’ve never heard of this, and am about 60 years from this feeling relevant. I did read that it’s considered a major influence on succeeding bands, and I can give them a point for being innovators. As a listen though, it’s ok mid-60s psychedelia-influenced rock that I’d prefer not to listen to.

So much weird shit going on in the background of this album. I really liked some of this but that weird shit is very distracting...

its not bad, its kinda funny knowing that they probably did this under the influence of weed. Not going back but it was an okay experience.

Everything about this, from the artwork to the band name to the music, feels like a pastiche of a typical 60s psychedelic band, perhaps created for an Austin Powers-style movie. But nope, this was a real, legit group from the earliest days of psychedelia, nailing the whole look and feel of the scene in one fell swoop. The actual tunes are a bit average to be honest - there are far better 60s psych records out there - but it has its moments, and surely deserves credit for its pioneering use of the 'electric jug'. 2.5.

Psychedelic is not my favorite flavor of rock music. I'm trying to wrap my head around what the heck an electric jug would even look like. Is that what that annoying background noise is? There was way too much of that. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐⭐: Didn't like it, didn't hate it. Saved no tracks.

Mostly had the same groove and cadence as every other 60's rock. Had some psychadelic elements that were pretty good, but also sounded like it was recorded through an empty soup can

Assumed what this would sound like, and it does. It's fine. Nothing jumped out at me though for some psychedelic 60's rock n roll

One good ish tune (the album opener) and then the rest fairly generic 60's pysch rock (probably being unfair as these guys apparently invented the genre). There is a good reason why the electric jug never caught on.

That electronic jug gets annoying in the background of every song. Maybe they were pioneers, but every song sounds like it has a better version done by someone else.

Pretty boring given their contemporaries. Feels pretty half hearted. I can’t remember who but someone in my life that I played with loves this band and this album and I know way too much about this band than I want to. Still don’t love it. Teetering between two and three, nothing on here makes me want to come back but I love the little doodleloodleloddleloo sound throughout this thing, really ruins like half the songs but at least it’s funny.

Not a bad listen, nothing i outright hated, but also nothing that i really loved. The album cover is a great, and some of the musical composition is unique. The electric jug is absolutely horrible though Probably won’t listen again

Yet another shitty 60s psyche album. This was one of the better ones I’ve listened to but it was still an ordeal to get through.

All a bit samey 5/10

Better than I was expecting as most "60's psychedelic" stuff is just annoying noise. This would be better if it didn't have that annoying "wooboodooboodeebeedooboo" noise in the background of almost all the songs!

roller coaster has quite a cool sound. splash 1 is quite lovely. the electric jug being so prominent in every single song is really starting to annoy me. i listened to the original track listing versions decided by the band. nothing interested me enough to want to listen to another mix. all in all… didn’t really love it much. 2/5 ⭐️⭐️

2/3

Не моє

I'm increasingly of the opinion that psychedelics are required to enjoy psychedelic rock

Psychedlic garbage

Kann man nicht ganz so viel abgewinnen, wenn im Hintergrund jemand pausenlos ein Aluminiumblech wabbelt

Maybe a bit better than my general feeling towards late 60s psychedelic stuff, but not that much.

Could have been pretty good if it wasn’t 100 years long

little bit boring

The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators are enhanced by use of the electric jug. The electric jug gets the 13th Floor Elevators on the 1001 Must Hear List. And the electric jug makes me smile. If you care to take note, you’ll find that most hotels in the US do not have a 13th floor. (2.2*s)

This band epitomizes the genre with the name, trippy tunes, use of LSD while recording, cover art...it's the 60s psychedelic scene captured in time on an album. I started out really into the Sounds but after a while that damn electric jug, although very original and out there, just got annoying and pulled me away from the songs. Roky should have used it sparingly but he oversaturated the record with it. Still, I think the album deserves a list spot. Clever work on "Fire Engine" with the eerie sirens and "Kingdom of Heaven" is truly an acid trip track. If I ever try the drug...this album is getting play. 2.25 stars.

Another 60’s psychedelic mess, really not into this stuff.

Not our thing

this is some of the most generic psych rock i've ever heard. scooby doo background music.

Я не любитель психоделики . Но для ознакомления прослушал.

Serviceable psych at best. The bubbling sound on a lot of songs is terribly annoying and kills some really decent tunes. You’re Gonna Miss Me is the only real standout here.

jesus h. christ this was painful.. took me like 5 days to go through it.

I’m sure those electric jugs sounded amazing when they were stoned off their asses making this album.

Far too long. I get the jist. Not great.

This was a wild ride... It kind of sounds like someone may have let a wild turkey in the studio or something. I'm really not sure what exactly that was about. Interesting none the less, definitely different!

Got off at floor 2

Boring, derivative slop.

Psychadelia never sounded so square. And in 1966! Surely there were questions over whether this was actually a CIA psyop. I mean: Instilling values the sick define/ That keeps the fabric that keeps you blind/ And ties your hands and cloaks your mind/ But on my stilts, I'm above the slime If you imagine that this is actually coming out of Langley, suddenly it all makes sense.

This is asinine. That stupid psychedelic effect peppered all throughout the backing elements of the songs totally wreck what are otherwise serviceable rock jaunts. Not a fan.

Much like alot of the psych rock of this era, this was yet another difficult listen. Hardly memorable, outside of it being not very good. 5/10

That electric jug was not a decision of sober people.

Uuuuuurrrrrggggghhhhh - more US psychedelica. Do we need this much? Seemingly, the most important thing about this album is it is the first use of the word "psychedlic" in print. Other than that, this would be just a footnote in musical history. I'm sure when mashed on that Haigh-Ashbury brown acid the "Electric Jug" seemed like a great idea at the time - instead it just becomes annoying. Much like so much of this genre. The saving grace for this band is the garage rock tendancies seem to shine through - only just. Best Tracks: You're Gonna Miss Me; Fire Engine; Monkey Island

Not particularly good, sounds immature.

Ubiquitous aquatic scatting, twangy/floaty electric. I could listen to a song here or there in the future, not my cup of tea right now unfortunately

Interesting since I don't listen to psychedelic much. The jug sound is unique. Tracks to Track: Roller Coaster

probably was cooler at the time

Oh yeah! Well familiar with the opening track 'You're Gonna Miss Me' because I used to best friends with the High Fidelity OST back in the day. Now why TF are there 27 MF tracks on this album? 27?? I think the reason is drugs. I find most early psychedelic rock to be up it's own arse. This is no different. All the songs sound the same especially as they all use the same bird call woo woo wah wah type of sound effect or instrument that was cool on Miss Me but gets so old over, let's not forget, 27 fucking tracks. I started listening to the mono version then unintentionally switched to the 2008 remastered version and it's definitely a more tolerable listen in stereo. Only just.

Dime a dozen (or in this case, baker's dozen) psychedelic rock music. Too vanilla to be innovative, too indistinguishable to be unique, and too boring to get more than a 2 star rating from me.

Okay, I can hear some cool and interesting sounds here, and I can recognize this album is important for the history of psychadelic rock. That being said, if I hear the sound of the electric jug going bulululululululululu again I'm going to commit a felony. And any novelty or appeal this had 60 years ago has just been outclassed - the only reason to listen to this over something better is to appreciate history.

bulululu (this wasn’t very good. the production was also really low quality even in the remaster)

60slop and some jugs Standouts: Roller Coaster • Reverberation

Eh, this was kind of uninteresting to me. Typical drug-induced, self-indulgent psych rock from the 60s. I will give them credit for the concise songs and the experimentation with production.

Terrible, I get it's definitely of that era. However the 'jug' or whatever it's called makes some of the most annoying noises I have ever heard. There's maybe one or two songs on this album that are bearable but I can't say I ever want to listen to any of these songs ever again

Cool sounds but a bit to eclectic. One really ok song.

Mucha falopa en este disco, respeto muchísimo el estilo y banco eso pero no me termino de atraer tanto y hasta por momento me aturdió

Prometía mucho con el nombre y la tapa Horrible que esté grabado en mono

Good. Everything sounded the same. Might listen while tripping sometime

2,5

Psychedelic but that's it, nothing to remark. Some acid rock from the 80's

Just a bit too weird psychedelic for me and didn’t do much. 2 stars

this is not a remarkable album at all.

Psychedelic background noise…

Eh. I don't think I'd revisit this one. 2/5

Not for me too early Beatles-esque

This would've been fine if it weren't for the stupid fucking windshield wiper noise in every single song. 2

4.5/10

Debe de ser de los primeros discos de psicodelia en la historia. Personalmente se me hace repetitivo, tiene algunos temas interesantes pero todos en la misma linea. Me recuerda a unos Black angels menos oscuros y mas amateur. Como nota extra negativa llega a ser molesto el dubudubudubu como efecto vocal, interesante una vez coñazo el resto de veces

Very much like the Electric Prunes - 1 good ish tune (the album opener) and then the rest fairly generic 60's pysch rock (probably being unfair as these guys apparently invented the genre). There is a good reason why the electric jug never caught on.

The Psychedelic Sound of the 13th Floor Elevators Is there a genre that has such an outsize reputation compared to the number of actually good albums as 60s psychedelia? It is a genre I like, but I can’t think of many albums that are good from start to finish, it's much more of a compilation or playlist genre, there are a lot of gems and diamonds in the rough around and it’s far better served on something like Nuggets, rather than trudging though albums. You’re Gonna Miss Me, with the slightly electric Dylan feel in its descending structure and acerbic off handedness, is a prime example, a classic Nuggets garage-psych-rock banger. And its similar to I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night by The Electric Prunes the other week in how it’s a great psych track amid a collection of largely forgettable and badly recorded bluesy garage psychedelia. Don’t Fall Down, the Jagger-sounding Thru The Rhythm and Monkey Island are probably the pick of the those, but even they feel pretty inessential. Like The Electric Prunes, it’s an appreciate the historical context but put the one good song on a playlist and forget about it album. 2. 🛗🛗 Playlist submission: You’re Gonna Miss Me

It's an interesting album, with some decent tracks, and I hear a lot of later bands here. At the time it was probably important - but then I think Tomorrow Never Knows was released a couple of months before this, and that puts the album into a pretty primitive context. The mono mix has some punch (I found the stereo mixed highly flawed bouncing from left to right), but remains eight miles behind Revolver by every measure. I'm not sure I enjoyed it less than The Monks - but it doesn't get to a good rating, although I find it an interesting album of its time.

I don't need this.

Se me hizo bola...

☀︎before listening: curious about the jug sound half the reviews seem to talk about ☀︎conclusion: i do not like the jug sound. en fait je pense pas que j’appellerais ça “jug sound” mais bon i get what it is

Just not as sick to me as it is to them

The electric jug sounds like a Turkey that's near the band performing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t6E3-ogPcU There are elements that I could like, but the jug makes it so distracting that I can focus on whatever positives I could find

Some nice tunes here and there but in total it sounds too dated to me. Not really my cup of tea.

Never heard of the band or any of these songs. Very average 60s guitar

This was probably better cool in 1965…this just doesn’t hold up. Skipped trough most of album.

As much as I appreciate the impact and pioneering efforts of the band, this record is overwhelming. The jug playing is distracting and it’s vocally chaotic at times - This is exactly what you’d expect from a group of musicians on a permanent acid trip. One listen is enough.

Probably would have enjoyed this without that jug...

Jaja

Not bad but nothing exciting.

You’re gonna miss me is great but I found the rest of the album a bit lacking redundant. That electric jug was driving me nuts by about the fourth song. Would have been more effective if used sparingly!

Actual elevators could've made something more engaging than this.

I expected more. Their unique sound gets old fast.

I can't do a hour and a half of this.

Jaja

Not a fan

Ka so psychedelic Rock esch eigentlech no geil, das esch jetzt aber de doch fascht weder e chli langwiilig ond z fescht I einere Form.

I've tried listening to this before. Meh.

I appreciate the history of rock and roll as much as the next old white guy, but there's nothing special here for me. I would say I'm a fan of psychedelic rock and space rock, and I can see how this represents at least part of the origin of that music, but there's nothing about this that grabs me. It's got that mid- to early '60s jangle-pop feel and that leaves me with the impression that it's generic sounding, electric jug be damned.

Good guitar work goes to waste in this psychedelic mess. The electric jug is annoying as hell.

This is definitely 60s psychedelic music. The electric jug was truly distracting in its weirdness and for me, took away from what might have been several good songs. Nothing on here is as good as Two Headed Dog.

This was just stereotypical 60s music to me

Enjoyed it to begin with but the quality dropped off and lost its pizzazz. 2.5 stars

Mmm. Not for me.

Ik heb deze op twee verschillende dagen aangezet en ik voel hier meer irritatie bij dan eigenlijk zou moeten. In principe is het gewoon standaard licht psychedelische 60's muziek. Een beetje Stones, een beetje Beatles en een vleugje The Doors zeg maar. Desondanks vind ik dit geen leuk of fijn album. Het is wat schel allemaal, ik vind het wat overbodig, af en toe slaat het geëxperimenteer een heel klein beetje door. Een beetje een a-typische 2 sterren, want normaal zou dit standaard een 3 halen bij mij.

Gear: ZMF Bokeh Artwork: 👁️‍🗨️🍄🎨 Production: 🔊🔇🆗/🔊🔊😵‍💫 Music: ⚡️🥤🌀👁️‍🗨️🌈🔮 Rating: 💊💊/5

Alright.

Promising but ultimately pretty dull

point1.

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.

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

Definitely didn't do enough drugs to appreciate this.

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

Sounded like a lot of other 60s

I've had enough 60s thanks

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

Lazy review: kind of a slog

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

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.

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

2.5

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

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

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.

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

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.

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⭐️

Tydligen betraktat som den första psykadeliska rockgruppen. Skön musik!

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

🦝

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.

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

2 sterne

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Just had no impact on me at all.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ok

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

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.

Good- definitely psychedelic

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

Maso

It was okay

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.

No

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.

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.

uninteresting and unremarkable

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.

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

it’s not like unlistenable but didn’t vibe

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?

largely unremarkable, imho. 1.5?

why is there so much psychedelic rock in here

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

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.

Nope

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.