The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators

Essential Tracks: You’re Gonna Miss Me (Playlist)

Not a lot of variety. It was almost like listening to the same song 10 times in a row.

Solid album

Mid

Going through this list, it's kinda become clear I'm not a huge fan of a lot of psychedelic rock, especially when it really gets long and spaced out. However, this type of psychedelic rock I do kind of enjoy, especially when it sounds like it's paired with elements of garage rock and surf rock. The Elevator's debut is a compact yet quite enjoyable record, with some catchy riffs and great singing, along with one of the most odd instruments I've heard yet in an electric jug. I imagine somebody was baked beyond belief to try that, but it kinda works for some of these songs.

I never knew how much I loved psychedelic rock until I started listening through this book. The ability to produce sounds like this through instruments is so impressive to me. This was wonderful, and it's a clear rotation piece going forward for sure. Favorite track: Roller Coaster

päätettiin siis kahdenkymmenenseitsemän kokoisen setin kasata... halutaan lisää toistoaikaa.. ei pidennetä biisejä...lisää vaan biisejä... low quality...noh onneksi vaan jotain eri mixauksia.. jos albumin nimessä on että tämä on psyke, psykedeelistä :OO varaokaaa!! niin tietää että paska albumi. jos kuuntelen niin kyllä mä tajuan mitä se on..... jos tarvii kertoa niin prkl jotain päässä vikana.. ihan pimee.. SÄ OOT NIIN VITUN PIMEE!!! PIMEEE... tota sanaa käyttivät...kotona...abuse... ei silti tarvitse huume hörhöilyyn sortua... ja mikä vitun dugudugudugudugu kokoajan taustalla. joku electric jug jooh siitä vittu lähtee pois kaikki vähäinen nautinto mitä tässä oli roller coaster

Exercici pscidèlic de manual. Molt de l'època i del seu moment. El treball de guitarres i melodies es brillant. Una de les clàssiques bandes de culte dels '60, mereixedora de la seva 'aura'

It's a good album, but I don't know what sets it apart from all the other albums out there just like it other than I guess it's considered the first of it's kind.

They have this cool quick bubbly sound in the back like someone quickly making a rising and falling sound while moving their tongue, but they do it on almost every track and it feels a lot less special. A lot of these tracks sound so alike because they carry over all elements of the song before them.

Clearly an important early pioneer in acid rock. Groovy and fun.

Listened to the original mono recording of this and really liked it. It's a solid psychedelic rock album, but it's getting a bump because - although I have no way to verify this - they sound like a band who influenced a lot of other bands that followed. And, I'm not talking about other similar bands. There are some clear connections between this and some new wave 80s stuff and 90s grunge stuff that struck me as I listed.

I had definitely heard "You're Gonna Miss Me" but never knew who had recorded it. It's still a fun song. I especially like the 60's surf-rock/garage-rock sound of it. The rest of the songs are okay at best but I had to admit I quickly grew tired of the shrill sound of most of the tracks, and some of the psychedelic gimmicks just aren't really my thing.

2.5

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. And I'm taking that jug with me!

I guess these guys were influential, but I think there was a lot better psychedelic music made.

This continues to be a very divisive album for me. On one hand, I love how weird and raw it is for 1966. It’s one of the first proper psych rock albums, meaning virtually every band I love owes 13th Floor their due. On the other hand, it’s not very good. I mean, it’s good for 66, when there was nothing else like this happening, but it’s a bit tougher to get through now a days. The mix doesn’t sit right, songs feel rushed but also too long. But mostly, it’s just kind of boring. There were bands doing similar sounds much more successfully imo. Do check out the opener, You’re Gonna Miss Me. It’s a fun track, as well as the bands only charting song.

This album’s fine, but it didn’t really inspire me, so in lieu of a clever review, I will instead point out that the phenomenal 5-star Outkast record ATLiens (which is inexplicably not on this list) features songs titled both “13th Floor” and “Elevators.”

Cool, but I like my psychedelia in small doses.

Weird album. Didn’t really spark anything.

The Sound here is quite dated, but nevertheless there is a cool vibe going on. A big fan of 60’s psychedelia for the atmosphere it captures. Very present on this album, a true underground classic. Love it

Electric Jugaloo

A gibbering electric jug? Don’t mind if I do.

juggery-pokery

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Yes, psychedelic and yes Roky Erickson mighta been a crazy genius. But only a few songs – "Reverbation" and "Don't Fall Down" most notably – seem to have depth or impact beyond a raw and shaky sort of power. Seems authentically psyche-y in its shambolic and discordant darknesses. That jug instrument sounds wacky. Would this record have benefited form less cowbell and other garage-y vibes? Could it have benefitted from an increase of chamber pop attributes? Yes and yes, one thinks.

Garage psychedelia. Holds together well as an album.

Proto-alternative album, great influence

Classic early Psychedelic album, up their with the best of the 60’s has its flaws but more than deserves to be on the list.

There are a bunch of elements here that I really like. But overall the album never really moves me. And I think I hate that woogie-woogie-woogie sound in the background of a lot of songs. So, a little disappointed, but not bad. I did dig Tried to Hide, so there's that.

Mediocre psychedelic music from an unknown band that will remain forever in obscurity. The music just plain sucked. Nothing interesting happened and I found myself skipping through songs after a minute or two of listening. Not very good and I'll stick to the more well known names.

2/5. This band isn’t bad, although they incorporate this hiccup/laughing sound that they found out how to play on their guitars that they somehow fell in love with. Thus, I can only give this album a suboptimal ranking.

At the top end of how one would expect a 1966 album called The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators by The 13th Floor Elevators to sound. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Fire Engine Date listened: 28/08/23

A very enjoyable jaunt into psychedelia. I can only imagine how it sounded when it was first released as it's still enjoyable now. Worth a listen.

The right kind of jangly 60s bullshit

Listened in stereo and didn’t regret it - this is exactly the rough yet lush psychedelia I’ve been craving every time an album comes up on the project with the tag. Swirling and unconventional instrumentals coupled with some gritty bar-room vocals make for a wonderfully spaced LP that clearly earns its cult status - my only complaint is that it was too short!

The jug just ruins what is a pretty good album

Yet another bland early psychedelic rock album

Freaky, sexy, swinging, psych 60’s rock’n’roll at its purist. Dirty fuzzy production makes it feel cohesive amongst the clangs and crashes and yells and screams.

"The Pyschedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators" is the debut album by American rock band the 13th Floor Elevators. The sound of this album is pyschedelia, hard rock, garage rock, folk and blues. The music was notable for the use of the electric jug. And, it was the first album to use the word pyschedelic. "You're Gonna Miss Me" starts the album with a 60's sounding "Peter Gunn" guitar. Lead singer Roky Erickson letting out orimal screams. The kicker is that the amplified electric jug once Tommy Hall gets it rolling. That's an original sound. The next song "Roller Coaster" is darker with an eerie-sounding guitar which reminded me of U2's "An Cat Dubh." Weird noises. That jug. The drums come in, the pace picks up and the band is jamming. A great guitar solo at the end. The dark tone and eerie guitar continue on "Reverberation (Doubt)." A nice garage rock and pyschedelic mix here. "Fire Engine" is highlighted by Erickson's and the band's howling. "Let me take you to the empty place on my fire engine." That's a scary proposal coming from Roky. The album ends with "Tried to Hide." Harmonica taking this in a blues direction. The jug going full tilt. Throw in some cowbell. Cool 60's guitar progession. Well, this was quite the trip. Roky's screaming vocals are perfect for this music. Great pyschedelic/garage rock guitar by Stacy Sutherland. That weird electronic jug and noises add to the pyschedelia. Solid songs all around and an album worth going back to 1966 to listen to.

suprisingly good 60s psych, still I'm far from liking this genre. So the middle of the pack for me, but I expected this album to be way worse

One of those records where you're ready to give it five stars two minutes into it, but by the end it was too samey for too long.

What I imagine it would have been like to be a 20 year old in Haight Ashbury in the 60's - sounds wild and drug induced. Cool that they were perhaps the first to describe their music as psychadelic rock. A good listen, and more hard edged than a lot of other psych rock I've heard from this era - less idealism, which is weirdly refreshing.

To me this is THE definitive psychedelic album. Certainly among the pioneers of the genre. At their best, they meld surf and garage rock into a hair raising sonic assault - often verging on proto punk. But there's a lovely sensitivity there as well. They don't overdue the effects, or include things like sitars, but the electric jug gives them an exotic, immediately identifiable sound of their own. I love that they came from Texas, and remained there, rather than fleeing for the coasts. Perhaps that was not necessarily by choice though, especially after Roky's mental breakdown and incarceration. Roky Erickson's story is fascinating - certainly a bit tragic, but there is a beautiful redemption there as well. I'd definitely recommend the documentary "You're Gonna Miss Me" that came out on him around 2007. He's like an American Syd Barrett that miraculously kept coming back again and again over the years despite the odds. A beautiful, if tortured, soul.

Competent psych-rock that is a bit more loose and fun than most of its contemporaries. I wish it grabbed me more, but it was mostly background sound for me. Still a wild combo that I respect. Electric Jug definitely sounds almost like a synthesizer. Wild, but also feels a bit one-dimensional. 3.5 down to 3.

Was quite good for psychedelic 60's rock. TBH, I'm shocked I had never heard of this band before. The style is not necessarily to my taste, but there's no denying the quality of this album for what it is. I have no idea why rock history has virtually ignored this band.

What a bore. All of this sounds the same.

A quirky time capsule which bounces along with its psychedelic backing sounds but ultimately starts to drag with the repetition.

Less or no electric jug would have made this better.

Favourite tracks: you're gonna miss me; tried to hide; reverberation

Slightly before my actual awareness time.... Really sounds good as an example of that genre for the period

Rock psicodélico sesentero un tanto soso. Ni fu ni fa.

Psychedelic . Normal.

Okay so far. Bit of a throwback to the 60s sound. I'd listen to this again. 3 or 4*.

Classic psychedelic rock but also very one dimensional for my liking 5/10

BL: aware of these guys through the Nuggets compilation. Would’ve listened to them around December ‘20 but never dug deeper into them, I guess now’s the time AL: pretty radical stuff. While it isn’t necessarily mind blowing to listen to for the time it would’ve been boundary pushing. The use of the jug is very cool and adds a dynamic not really seen in any other music before or after. But generally I don’t think I’ll be revisiting this one - it all gets caught up in the 60s psych rock wave, many better and more cutting acts from that time. FT: “Roller Coaster” 2/5

Not enjoyable but not too bad

Highlights: "Don't Fall Down," "Kingdom of Heaven," "Splash 1," "Roller Coaster" Comes a few months after Fifth Dimension and Revolver, by which I mean it doesn't quite get the good faith praise of trying new things. "Don't Fall Down" is the most creative and interesting track, on par with the prescient harmonic forays of the Byrds. It almost sounds like a contemporary lo-fi indie hit. Too bad it's ruined by the constant "electric jug" work that's literally just a guy chattering "doodoodoodoo" nonstop, and the last minute wailing session like every other track. This guy beat Robert Plant to the achievement of sounding like a cat with hernia. Actually, scratch that -- these guys predicted Yoko Ono, which makes them prophetic geniuses.

the 13th floor elevators? more like the 13th bore perpetrators! le epic 😎

this sounds like a pretty mediocre psych rock album, which is fine, by that virtue its already defaults to being a good album as it's clearly made with love and fun. However, it's not like there's anything super special in terms of what other bands - The Flaming Lips, some Beck, some Hendrix, etc. - have demonstrated that the genre is capable of. Also what's the deal with garbage spotufy cut of the album that this links to? :(

Solid

Another bland classic/alt/psychedelic rock album to throw on the pile

Great psychedelic music but would sound better without the jug

What the hell is that annoying noise? If it's the vaunted electric jug, I never want to hear it again.

Every song is ruined either by their favorite annoying instrument the electric jug or the singer caterwauling.

No sir. Did not like. Experimental…should have spent a bit more time gestating in the garage. Poop-de-doo

holy crap

Ehh, not for me

The Rolling Stones in 2010?

uhhhhh I'm good on this one thanks

I'm surprised I had never heard of this band because this was pretty decent psychedelic rock. I probably would have really liked this as a teenager. As an adult, I didn't mind it but it did feel a bit repetitive.

A bit like early Beatles without the charm

I loved this, very psychedelic as the name suggests

Felt like it was trying to be psychedelic for the sake of being psychedelic.

Interesting album with one very good, extremely psychedelic (in a good way) song, "Roller Coaster". Magical song, feeling of being in a trance, almost a perfect song. Rest of the album is not really impactful in any way, just a compilation of songs in similar style with an average outcome. Entertaining album to listen to, but to be discarded soon after.

Up my street in terms of sound but besides a few standout tracks it does not have the markings of a great album. It deserves less but I’m marking it 4 to remember to pick it up again in the future.

Great psych/garage rock record. I am not a huge fan of psych rock personally but this album completely exceeded my expectations. The singing and instrumentation had the perfect amount of weirdness and distortion. The only thing I did not like is the fact that on some songs like "Roller Coaster" and "Fire Engine", it feels like the weirdness was prioritized over the music and I am not a fan of style over substance in any form. Also it kinda goes without saying but this album cover is so good and is one of my favorite covers of all time. My favorite songs were "You're Gonna Miss Me", "Splash 1", "Reverberation", "Don't Fall Down", "Kingdom of Heaven", "Monkey Island" and "Tried to Hide". 9.5/10

Pretty good.

No es mi estilo

jangly, raw, and sounds great. Whole thing is really tight and has a great energy. Best tracks: you’re gonna miss me, reverberation, the kingdom of heaven is within you

From Austin, Texas, USA Their first album. People either love or hate the jug sound effect. For me…..i didn’t even notice it, so I guess I don’t mind it. Singles: ------------------------------------- You're Gonna Miss Me (#55 USA) Reverberation (Doubt) (#129 USA) Standouts: You’re Going To Miss Me, Splash 1, Rating: 3/5

It sounds a bit like the Monkeys, but the songs have a harder edge. You're Gonna Miss Me is good. Fire Engine is kinda cool. You Don't Know works for me as well. There are shades of punk rock in this, before there was really any punk rock.

Sounds really bad, I don't know if the digital versions are the only thing that suffer from this, but it was basically unintelligible for the most part.

Enjoyed "Missed", but rest is poor garage rock. Sonics and Black Monks are far better.

This record is the equivalent of shooting up LSD into your earholes. Intriguing for a song or three, but probably not for an entire album.

Taken out of the 60's Zeitgeist, I feel like this just loses its relevance. I'm sure it belongs on the list and was a breakthrough then, but we've heard so much psychedelic music now and albums like this get lost in the mix. No songs really stood out to me, but it wasn't bad and I didn't mind it as some chill background music. I suppose I'm happy I heard it, but I can't say much else.

On väkevä ja klassikkostatuksen saavuttanut! Hienosti pyörii alusta loppuun. 3/5

Hmm viides 2/5 jonka annan putkeen. Onkohan minulla jotenkin stressaantunut viikko. Tässä alkoi tuo "ruukku"-soitin hieman ärsyttämään. Ihan jees noin sinänsä.

Ihan jees psykeilyä, 3/5

It's fine as far as Psychedelic goes but I've heard enough Psychedelic already.

It appears that a key reason for adding this LP to the 1001 list is that it was the first album to use the word “psychedelic” in its title. Also, they are maybe the only band in history to feature the electric jug as a lead instrument. It certainly has a weird sound, the jug, that is. Also, it’s weird to have a guy whose only contribution is the jug sounds, he doesn’t sing back up vocals or switch it up and play a tambourine or any another instrument. But that’s very psychedelic, I guess. I was familiar with one 13th Floor Elevators song, the 8-minute “Slip Inside This House” which I found quite epic, what Hawkwind might have sounded like in the sixties. I couldn’t find a similar song on this LP, though I did find some catchy Beatles like guitar intros but not the vocals or song-writing to back them up. I gave the LP a second listen to pick out the electric jug parts and it sounded better, which is a good sign.

I guess credit must be given for their influence on the psychedelic/garage sound but it did not resonate with me.

Maybe it was a little innovative, but it seemed very average to me. So much so that I'm going to give it 2 stars.

Solid Psych Rock Album. Roky!

4.25

I had never heard of this band before, but I was blown away. This album contains elements of Dick Dale style surf rock which almost gives it a proto-punk sound. The music itself is dark and exploratory with explosive and gritty vocals. This album is cohesive and is a blast of fresh air.

They use the same effect in EVERY song. I get it’s novel for the time but every song sounds the same. Very 60s psychedelic tho 2/5

*austin powers dance gif* Allt í lagi plata.

it started to feel very samey toward the middle of this album. i suspect that was more in part to do with the production technology and values of the day.

54 year olds are not children #scottkellysnoncingworldcup

It’s the 60s psych sound with no thrills

Lol, wut? I've heard other groups from later eras messing with sounds and frequencies like this to try and enhance psychedelic experiences, but that fact that if you just removed the electric jug it would just be standard issue garage rock was very strange. Not bad per se, but I don't think I'd listen to this again, on drugs or not.

This album would have been decent, but the goddamn electric jug was so distracting from the decent music underneath it. 1.5/5

I love Roky’s solo stuff- paranoia never sounded so sexy- but I’m not as familiar with his earlier stuff. This is pretty cool, solid psychedelic rock with some killer guitar and neat backing tracks. Would hear more. B

Nope. Just nope. Not the worst music I've ever heard, but seriously, I'm drifting off to sleep.

Not really my thing, but it was pretty good.

Generic 60s hippie junk.

It wasn't bad, but the sound quality was just plain bad. It's not their fault; it's what they had available to them at the time. But I can't get past it. Some of the songs may have been good if they were refined more and had better quality. I'm giving it a 2/5 out of respect and appreciation for the music writing and lyrics; it didn't hurt my ears and it was an enjoyable listen but none of the songs stood out to me.

Haha the elevators gave us a hell of a ride. A great record.

Trippy. The jug gets repetitive and annoying. I might revisit in an altered state of mind.

I was looking forward to listening to this as I do love psychedelic sounds and was intrigued by the idea of an electric jug as instrument. While I could see that this likely had some influence on later works, it never really grabbed my attention. It had a bit more garage band feel than what I'd think of as psychedelic. "Reverberation" would be an exception. Once I noticed that the electric jug sounded like Curly from the Three Stooges was in the background, then that's all I could hear.

I guess the title of the album sounded a bit cooler than I found the listening experience to be. I don't hate that it was the assignment, but I think one listen is enough for me.

Great psychedelic rock sound and cover art. Their influence on later acts is apparent. Glad to have heard it.

I loved the groovy, psychedelic 60s vibe of this album. It took a little time to adjust to the quality of the recording itself, but I ended up enjoying the atmosphere of it all. Was the strange whomp whomp noises running through most (or all?) of the songs a saw being bent? The electric jug mentioned in the wikipedia article? Some other strange phenomena? After a few songs these questions left me and I just settled in.

Was OK, 60s music but nothing special. No need for each track three times over though

I had never heard of this album or artists and it took me by surprise. The sound is definitely ahead of its time - it came out in 1966 but sounds like classic early 70s rock to me. Great surfer guitar licks, and that amplified jug is pretty unique. The vocals are gritty, squealy, bluesy and strongly leaning towards a hard rock sound which had not become popular yet. This is a combination of several genres that aren't my normal go-to (psychedelic rock, hard rock, 70s rock, etc., etc.) but it's so unusual and early I have to give it at least a 4/5 for sheer coolness. I mean, amplified jug .... so strange and cool!

This was fine but I got bored of it quickly. I think I was expecting something more funky and weird with a name like that!

Cool album! I like this psychedelic surf sound, especially the guitar. Never heard of this band before.

More late 60s stupidity. It's pretty telling when the album's Wikipedia entry is more or less just a few lines of text propping up the "included in 1001 albums to hear before you die" note. I liked the production on this one though, had a huge amount of reverb that gave it an atmosphere. Music not my thing but it did have the right vibe. Almost a bit spooky (cheesy hammer horror spooky) here and there. 3/5.

It’s great until it disappears uo it’s own arse.

I’m usually not too picky about the mastering of an album, but those jangly guitar tones were just too piercing for me. Each of the tracks were a bit generic. Cool to see early psych-garage, but not really my jam.

apparently this was the first album to ever use “psychedelic” in the title, which is a cool fun fact and (i assume) the reason it made the List. musically, it’s… not great. some interesting ideas, but not really enough skill to execute them properly. disappointing, bc i usually love psych rock.

Good lord. So much of this was a pain to listen to. Nothing exceptional about the music, and the wailing vocals sucked.

Great album. There are refrains of The Dead, Jefferson Airplane, The Seeds, Love, etc. This is some great music.

pretty sick psychedelic rock. i just love the quintessential 60s guitar tone on all these tracks, i want to capture that in some songwriting soon. really dug this one, had never heard it before.

No strong feelings either way.

Meh

A wild ride that doesn't make much sense

For my liking, the album's title is way too much tell and not enough show. The music itself is par for the course mid 60s pop and rock music without anything standing out. It's fine enough, but that's all. 2.5/5

This is a great psychedelic rock album and a great debut by the 13th Floor Elevators. I've definitely listened to this one before but mostly remembered the song 'You're Gonna Miss Me', as I think it's easily their most popular. I really enjoyed this one. The "amplified jug" playing, which almost sounds like a Theremin, adds a cool vibe to most of the songs. These guys were out their in 60s Austin, TX doing it right before many others in the genre. Standout Tracks: You're Gonna Miss Me, Roller Coaster, Splash 1, Reverberation, Fire Engine, You Don't Know, Tried to Hide

A bit annoying

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: You’re gonna miss me, Don’t fall down, You don’t know

They have a cool psychedelic garage sound and I'm sure they were influential and ahead of their time, but nothing comes close to the legendary first track.

nice album

Pretty much exactly what you expect when you think 60s psychedelic rock. I didn’t know the electric jug is an instrument but that definitely adds a unique sound to the album

Hippies in the Garage! Not bad as a whole, but I suspect I'd appreciate this album more if I had listened to it in 4-5 song sessions over time. It's just a little over long for me today.

One of, if not the definitive sounds of the psychedelic 60s. This one caught me off guard and proved to be more enjoyable than it should be.

Crap.

Psychedelic is a plus, I woudn't call it bland but it's taking this direction unfortunately

I like psych rock but nothing really stood out on this album and the sound was a bit muddy and some of the vocals became grating at certain points. Probably could have been a 3-star for me because I like this type of music but in the grand scheme of albums I "need" to listen to, it drops to 2-stars

I thought this was going to be a great album after the first song but nothing else really held up to that. It was pretty standard 60s rock for over an hour.

If this album were 45 minutes long I think they would have been onto something but it just draaaaaaags. 1 point for producing the psychedelic rock sound that was so popular in the 60s, I do respect that.

I have listened this one a few times. It's some really great 60's classic psychedelia.. Love all the weird quirky sounds, the surf guitar riffs and Roky's boisterous vocals. The crazy thing was this sound came from Texas and not San Francisco. Sadly this on about the only decent material they made.

Some definite gems in this collection. I had only heard You’re Gonna Miss Me before (which is fantastic). And the only time I’ve ever experienced the electric jug.

Better then i had expected. Solid first track.

Had never heard this album before. I knew the opening track because it was on the High Fidelity soudtrack, but found I really liked the whole album.

тревожно немного

`Decent half instrumental album with some nice psychodelic and progressive sounds

“A decent 60s rock album that ventures outside the boundaries of the expected”

Excellent album for those who like psychedelic rock. Trully felt I was listening to some 60's band

It’s like if The Doors’ cover of Gloria were an album long. Fun, but not incredibly deep

Shit was ass

I like a lot of this. I'd never heard of this band before so this is a genuine little hidden gem. They have a lot of elements from similar 60's bands, like the jangly guitars, bluesy riffs and vocals... some surf in there. It's kind of the Doors meet the Rolling Stones, with a bit of Dick Dale thrown in, or sitting somewhere in that space. The jug was pretty interesting at first, but jeez do they use a lot of it! It would have been better used sparingly I think. Still.... Groovy! As a side note, the first song was SO familiar and I knew I'd heard it in a film I knew well - turns out it's the start of High Fidelity, apt!

copado

Favourite track(s): Splash 1 Dukedukedukedukeduke. No wonder my favourite track is one without the brain-piercing vocal-bass-mishmash. I can acknowledge that the album was probably very influential. However, I am not currently under the influence of any psychedelic drugs and thus its influence on me is rather limited. Also, the stereo mixes are somehow worse than the monos.

A fun album that leans toward a 4, but I couldn’t stand one sound that popped up a lot in some songs. I’m not sure what it was, but it immediately annoyed me.

I liked this a lot more than I expected to...I figured it would be generic knock off psychedelic band and they kind of were... But a much higher quality than anticipated

Not bad, but nothing stood out as very good, either.

This consistently appears in 'best of' lists but I just don't see how it rises above the many other psychadelic 60s albums. It's good enough, but pedestrian.

One of the greatest garage rock albums of all time, as is Easter Everywhere, you could include either. This has more straightforward bangers on it than EE but that Dylan cover... Man. The debut probably loses a bit of steam towards the end. Adore Splash 1, and Don't Fall Down, both of which show they had more about them than freakouts and playing a jug. What the authorities did to Roky and the band is a disgrace.

Muddy

Caught my attention right away and I enjoyed it. However, it dragged on with similar-sounding songs. I think I’d like this band best in short spurts.

Eh. I really like the first song. After that this album is way too long and feels like one long song.

Weirdos. But I kinda like it.

Another 60's psychedelic album... They're starting to blend together at this point! This one didn't impress me and sounded like many others to my ears. I don't even feel inspired to write about it.

Meh.

PLAY THAT FUCKIN' JUG.

Wobble board.

Fav songs: - Splash 1

Psychedelic indeed. It was about what I was expecting, I've never heard of this band before, it definitely had that 60s psychedelic sound, maybe it was one of the first, I'm not sure, it sounded very generic 60s to me, not impressive like a Jefferson Airplane, although I could see this as influencing the sounds of other more famous acts. Not very memorable to me.

I actually liked the electric jug. My main issue with this is the fuzziness of the mixing. I mean it's very fuzzy I had to check if my headphones are broken. Setting it aside, I almost believed that the electric jug stuff is the only notable thing that this album did. But alas, it apparently invented psychedelic rock itself. So, kudos for that I guess.

You're Gonna Miss Me was a good opener and a decent tune in its own right. I liked the first half but the music went stale as the album went on. An okay listen and it would be a 3 for average, but that jug playing got on my nerves by the end.

This is the psychedelia I like. Fuzztones for miles and microphones pushed to the breaking point. You're Gonna Miss Me is the sound of the late 60s for me.

I love, absolutely love the first track...You're gonna Miss Me. I also figured that since I don't really know them and love this song, that the rest wasn't going to be quite up there on the same bar. I was correct. Still, some good stuff and this classic track. 3 stars.

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Jako ekscentričan album

I'm a sucker for Psychedelic Rock. Čuo sam za njih tek kada sam čitao knjigu o bendovima koji su napravili promjene u glazbi, ali nisu okusili slavu. O svakom bendu po nešto, i eto bio je i ovaj bend - zajedno sa dosta njih i drago mi je što sam posudio tu knjigu. Nažalost ne znam više kako se zvala, ali je bilo nešto što ja volim.

This is one of those albums that must've sounded great when they created it at 3 in the morning then woke up the next day and realized it's absolutely not what they thought it sounded like.

Well, I'm sure it was a thing, but it's not a thing now. I'm glad I listened to it and some bits I remembered but...

6/10. Pretty good, and I can definitely hear how this was influential

So that’s what an electric jug sounds like. I think this stood out as a bit more out there than some of the other seminal psychedelic rock albums I’ve heard so far, which made it more interesting. 7/10

The electric jug is an awful, horrible, terrible, evil "instrument".

A sound to match the artwork. A bit samey all the way through and I think that “you had to be there, man” to get the full hit. But the jam session, psychedelic vibe is a lovely place to escape to.

It sounds quite quaint now although it must have sounded outlandish at the time when British bands were still wearing matching suits and folk rock was huge. Terribly recorded and the songs don’t stand up that well but I did enjoy bits of it (although that weird noise they put in a load of the tracks gets very annoying quickly).

Fun album - quintessentially 60s I could’ve gone for a bit more 'psychedelic' - but I'm sure at the time it was pretty out-there. Great album art work.

Any album with an electric jug is at minimum a 4.4 and then they make the rest up with fantastic songwriting. There’s only 1 mediocre song on the whole album (Monkey Island) everything else are classics. I just wished they hadn’t called it psychedelic cause it’s not really. The album has more in common with stoner/ garage/ punk rock than it does psychedelic music. Although it was released in 1966, the same year Tomorrow Never Knows came out, so was there at the very start of the psychedelic movement. I’d forgotten about the sound-quality which is a shame. It sounds cheaply produced with the sounds muffled and distant. But I LOVE this album. All the songs sound different and exciting, the songwriting is excellent and there was nothing like this in 1966. Maybe my favourite album cover of all time too. 5 stars.

Perfectly fine bit of psychedelica. Made for a pleasant background for my train ride without ever really standing out

Heard this in a thoroughly shit mood but I suspect I just don't like psychedelia... the constant spacey guitar sound, the messy vocals, the superfluous noises going on in the background, the lot. If I knew more about music production I'd be able to describe it all better, but it's roughly along the lines of everyone being recorded in an echo-y room, from 20 yards away, with the drummer in the next postcode. I had never heard this album before, but it sounded like something I had already heard a 1000 times. And not in a good way. Mostly horrid, but quite listenable in places. Prime cut: Reverberation.

Interesting. I preferred Easter.

You’re gonna miss me is an absolute TUNE - I enjoyed some of the tracks but others hurt my ears a bit. I’m going with 3 because there are some really good songs and I like the general sound. The lead singers voice I like a lot too

I recognised 1 song, there was this annoying backing sound that irritated me! Otherwise would have given it a 3

Prefs : You're Gonna Miss Me, Roller Coaster, Splash 1 (Now I'm Home), Reverberation (Doubt), Fire Engine, You Don't Know, Kingdom of Heaven, Monkey Island, Tried to Hide Moins pref: Don't Fall Down (still good)

1 gram av Schwag tack!

A very important album for rock music and also holds up very well. R.I.P. Roky Erickson

helt kova

Nope. Really enjoyed nothing about this.

Electric jug. Freak it.

Not nearly as psychedelic as I thought it would be! But given how 13th floors don't exist... well, this album doesn't exist?

Quite a bit better than i expected. Enough strong garage rock tracks, good beat, straightforward guitars, with a raw energy. You're Gonna Miss Me, Splash 1 and Kingdom of Heaven were really good.

Peak '60s. This is the music my parents got high to while my grandparents downstairs worried about the fate of the next generation. I love it even if the \"electric jug\" is waaaaay overused.

Really great, enjoyable psych rock. I’d never heard of this but would absolutely revisit it.

Eh

Utter crap. Hate the jug sound

Creative and pretty funky to listen to loved there best songs but some ar e a little too experimental for me

Well this was a really cool discovery. Nice blend of melodic tunes balanced well with some grit and trippiness. Sounds bit dated sure, but for 1966 very much ahead of it's time, and certainly predates many similar sounding yet much higher acclaimed artists.

Enjoyable 60’s psychedelic album, would listen again

Consign to history Cover art: 3/5

Always love this era of psychedelia, and what these guys may lack in pure songwriting like the Beatles or the Byrds, they make up for with raw grit. Cool stuff.

Enjoyable psychedelia. It was a little rawer, but it also led to being a little too noisy and busy for regular listening to me.

Monkees on Acid.

Love the innovative use of the electric jug. Less convinced by Roky's voice.

How in the world did I never hear about these guys before now? Read a bit into them and learned they are credited with creating psychedelic rock, and were an influence on many different artists. Giving this 3 stars for the music. Just not one of my favorite genres of music. I'm giving a bonus star, though, because of the influence they had on other musicians.

psych surf rock, not my fav.

Listened to the half of the songs. Went too repetitive at the end (I see people mentioning electric jug in the comment, I guess that was the sound that annoyed me). But it was worth listening too this. Will keep it in my playlist

I’ll need to listen to this again

I think I didn't like it because these extended versions are so boring for someone that is not already a fan. I'm sure I would enjoy more the original album.

not bad, not that great either

Great album, love the sound and energy.

Landmark psychedelic rock album.

Virtuosic electric jug playing

yes, I would like to hear this again.

The electric jug was a mistake. Ruined an otherwise okay album. Best track: You're Gonna Miss Me

Cool title. Sounded like gruel but unlike Oliver Twist I do not want more.

Didn't really click with this at all, none of the songs were especially distinct or memorable

Darkly weird and intense garage/psychedelic rock. The quality level is a bit uneven from song to song, but it's still pretty great. Highly innovative and memorable. Fave Songs: You're Gonna Miss Me, Roller Coaster, Thru the Rhythm, Splash 1 (Now I'm Home), You Don't Know

Enjoyed this album a lot!

Wantlist

not really my type of music, but i didn’t hate it.

There are so many little short songs! Loved the intro to "Roller Coasters", the psychedelic surf rock vibes really lead you down the spiral alongside the other deeply laid background effects. Singer taking a background to this and the ephemeral tempo shifts are very very enticing. That said, this music that my parents would have dug, for me had its moment and while historically important isn't compelling.

Must've been a huge influence on The Brian Jonestown Massacre, they sound just like the 13FEs. This preformed really well as a break from the other stuff I've been listening to. Though I wouldn't be able to sit through this again without dropping acid and frolicking naked in a wheat field at sunrise.

The 13th Floor Elevators were truly on the leading edge of psychedelic rock, but those who followed and likely took inspiration from them just did it better. I would have been interested to hear Big Brother and the Holding Company perform these songs, with tighter instrumentation (even in the context of psychedelic rock's loose style) and Janis Joplin's vocals. As it was, I give them credit for pioneers of the sound but can't really recommend it or want to go back to it.

I don't know. It's sort of a fun, psychedelic, crackling sound throughout this album. And it's sonically cohesive. And yet, I can't say this is really an album I'd return to again and again. Lots of skips here. That said, some real gems here too, which kick this album up from two stars to three for me in terms of enjoyability. Fave track: Monkey Island, for that guitar lick alone. Wowza!

Garage classic!

Some psychedelia, I'd imagine.. "You're gonna miss me when I'm gone" does some really interesting things. The unique sound of what some research tells me is known as an electric jug adds some weirdness and otherworldliness to the track that works really well. Onto the second track and there's a total reframing of the music, like they drop a cog and hammer down the accelerator, changing lanes and blasting past the caravan they'd been stuck behind for four miles. Track three - splash 1 - is a bit of a let down - too slow and not really in keeping with the album. Reverberation picks the pace back up again. I think the age of the recording might be a factor here - but the bass sounds muddy somehow. It could be a production choice, but it just doesn't quite fit. Overall, this is a great album - pioneering, but immediately placed to its time. It should be 4 tracks shorter, but overall I enjoyed it.

I found the back ground noise - sounds a bit like a turbo wastegate flutter on a number of tracks just annoying. I get that this was an experimental time for music, but it's just distracting.

Every song has this sound in the background that I can only describe as a pigeon cooing or maybe "underwater" bubbling. I suppose it was the 60's and everyone was experimenting with new sounds and formulas but this one got annoying REALLY quickly. Unfortunately, once heard I couldn't concentrate on anything else

This album was okay. Some interesting sounds but overall it wasn't for me

First song is a hit. the rest is just psychadelia.

"You're Gonna Miss Me" is a great leadoff track and it absolutely belongs on "Nuggets." It might even be the best song on that whole compilation. If you like that kind of psych garage music (I do too) then you'll dig this. The rest is more of the same but not as amazing I guess. Put this on at a party and you're good to go. 3 1/2 stars rounded up to 4.

Rock. Psicodélico.

Still undecided on the Electric Jug but a cut above for intensity and passion

This is great. Greasy, salty surf punk that rolls right over you like a California breaker. Them with Dick Dale on lead guitar.

Not sure what I was expecting, but this is excellent. Jefferson Airplane and the Moody Blues had a trippy kid.

Fair

Exactly what you'd expect. Rock and roll with a psychedelic twist. Worth a listen.

I've always heard great things about The 13th Floor Elevators' debut album, "The Psychedelic Sounds of...". From those I've heard mention it, it's been held up as a hidden gem that sowed some very fragrant psychedelic seeds into the late 60's. Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane? All supposedly a few floors behind 13. As it is, it might be one of the most disappointing albums I've heard. Context is everything- yes, it's slightly ahead of the curve and the band may have coined the term "psychedelic rock", but that doesn't necessarily make it any more enjoyable. What I will say for it is that it has a really strong opening track: "You're Gonna Miss Me", at least, deserved to be a hit. It's short, snappy, and comes over like a logical progression from British Invasion style rock into something a little more spacey. The vocalist and guitarist, Roky Erickson, sounds like Robert Plant a full three years before Zeppelin would be blowing up the scene. They recapture the same energy in "Fire Engine", my other choice cut here along with "Monkey Island". It would have been good to hear more along these lines, even if it meant sacrificing some of the more introspective moments. That's just the problem, though: so much of the album is mid-tempo, meandering and shapeless that it's a drag even for 35 minutes. In the slower ballads (like "Splash 1") they sound like a watered-down Moody Blues... and THAT is saying something. The production also makes it a difficult listen: everything's swamped out with no definition ("Reverberation" indeed), there's fairly frequent unpleasant distortion and the electric jug (Tommy Hall) is usually a little too invasive. It works as a gimmick in "You're Gonna Miss Me" and then quickly becomes fairly tiresome. Listening casually, I didn't really pick up on anything spirited, excited or dynamic in the musicianship. For all the lysergic cover art, it mostly defaults to pretty basic blues/garage rock with an electric jug thrown in- no outstanding performances here. Not really any catchy melodies to grab hold of either: it feels a bit like they got so excited with the psychedelics and forgot to inject any pop. Maybe this suffered for the high expectations I had of it. Maybe I'll come back to it another day and fall in love. But for today, it wasn't a good trip. I'll just take the stairs.

Feral for 1965. Texas menace with amplified jug. Some hate Roky's vocals, but they are philistines.

Blueprint for a lot of psychedelic albums. As it stands, it’s much more garage rock than anything else. And that’s OK. (6/10) FT: The Kingdom of Heaven (Is Within You), Roller Coaster

Nothing else on the album approaches the brilliance of You're Gonna Miss Me; a potent blast of guitar rock gold. The rest of the album stakes the bands claim as the FIRST psychedelic rock band with the amplified jug playing giving them a totally unique and somewhat spacey, ethereal sound. A fine album that all should hear at least if you have even a passing interest in 60s guitar rock. 4 🌟

Not bad

Not my thing, but not horrible

Edgy for the time

Dat viel me niet tegen

Net de juiste hoeveelheid gekte, cool!

Het eerste nummer ken ik van de Foo Fighters docu. Best lekker. Maar daarna is het me toch allemaal iets te zweverig.

Misschien helpt het om te blowen terwijl je dit luistert? Nuchter kon ik er niet echt grip op krijgen.

beautiful album - 10/10 I’m a slut for acid rock

Not really very psychedelic if I'm being honest. A little grating on the ears, at times weird and uncomfortable, I'm not sure what this album was going for.

It was a pretty cool find.

A Psychedelic master work! I would give this 5 stars if I could edit out the electric jug

I don’t know if psychedelia had a common sound or whether this album influenced a lot of bands that were around either at the same time or shortly after that they does Appear to be a very similar sound to other more mainstream groups within this album. Its a bit too psychedelic for me, I get that this is this album is from 1966, it is very much of that time, sadly it doesn’t translate well into the 2020s

Yksittäisinä biiseinä tai pössyissä saattais arvostaa enemmän, mutta 90 min jamit tämän tahtiin alkoi lähenemään sielun itsetuhoa.

Menoo oli. Nopeita ja lyhyitä, puhutteli mua tämä levy. Loistava

Cool album

not for me

Visionaries with no talent. Bill - 1/5 Shannah - 0.75/5 Conor - 1/5 (1/5)

When I read the band had conducted sly sheepish LSD trips during recording, a lot started to make sense. I didn’t mind it at all. That weird noise throughout is someone making noises into an old jug…

det var ok

60’er psykedelisk garagerock, råt, stadig melodisk, jug-lyde

Groovy. That fits right in my bag, baby! (well kind of) Not sure what the bubbly sound is throughout the album, but not a fan. All said and done, I think several of these tracks could be deconstructed to yield some cool songs. 2.8/3

very 60's. i like it

Nice psychedelic sound but a bit meh

So strange and so recognizable...I liked it, but it's not anything so special. Maybe another day I'll give it another try just to check.

No gusta

I love 60s music, and this is quite enjoyable.

The album cover would suggest Psychedelic even if the album title didn't. Hopefully that is what we'll be getting, some nice heavy 60's grooves. Yup! First song, You're Gonna Miss Me, immediately reminds me of Van Morrison belting out G-L-O-R-I-A, but like with some extra lava lamp in the background, which is all good with me. A promising start. Several songs in the blooping is starting to get tiresome. But even with that it is still firmly rooted in its 60's sound. Oh wait. I'm listening to a remaster. This isn't a 2010 band trying (and very much succeeding) in trying to sound like a 60's band. It *is* a 60's band. Right. Well, that's a little less fun. Monkey Island evokes the Animals "We Gotta Get Outta This Place" but weirder. Actually, a lot of the songs are like that. They sound a lot like other bands of the day but with more jug. Roller Coaster, which sounds like Jefferson Airplane meets The Doors, predates both White Rabbit and The End, so credit where credit is due on that. Did I need to hear this before I died? I think yes, the jug situation was worth hearing. Favorite song is definitely the first track, You're Gonna Miss Me. Overall the album is fine but kind of dragged through the middle. An album all as good as Miss Me would get 4, all Monkey Island would get 2. So my choice is obvious.

So good. Plenty of that dirty 60's sound, strong vocals, and amplified jug. Roller Coaster is my favorite of the album.

I didn't enjoy this as much as I hoped I might. All felt quite samey. I often am disappointed that psychedelic is often just code for "a bit shit". "The music doesn't have to be good because it psychadelic man!"

There's a reason the electric jug never took off as a featured instrument in popular music. Similar to why the wishbone offense never lasted in football. It might have worked at the collegiate level, but only if you had extremely skilled position players, and even then success was sporadic. That shit never flew in the pro game. The electric jug and the wishbone offense got old really fast. Shoutout to the opening of "High Fidelity". Bumping this score up a notch just for reminding me of that movie.

Love this one

This list is giving me psychedelic rock exhaustion 😩

I'm getting very strong "surely-there-are-1001-better-albums-than-this" vibes from this one.

boring, too much, not fun, dont like it

didn't know an electric jug existed before this. I can tell this record was really innovative and I enjoyed it a lot.

La conception de cet album s'est faite dans des conditions extrêmement particulières, c'est pourquoi je le note avec indulgence. Les 13th Floor Elevators choisissent en 1966 le studio du douzième étage (13th Floor aux USA) d'un immeuble pour l'enregistrer. Après avoir installé la batterie, les membres repartent chercher les autres instruments sans remarquer que la fenêtre est ouverte. Problème : l'immeuble en question est encerclé par des conifères habités de pygargues à tête blanche. Une branche voit d'ailleurs son extrémité s'arrêter juste sous la fenêtre en question. À leur retour, les musiciens ne remarquent rien de particulier et commencent la session d'enregistrement. Très rapidement, des petits crissements se font entendre. Le chanteur et le guitariste se retournent alors vers le batteur qui ne semble pas comprendre d'où peut provenir le bruit. Ce dernier continue donc de tambouriner sur sa grosse caisse. Quelques minutes plus tard, il sursaute en apercevant les gros yeux blancs d'un pygargue le fixer. L'animal est coincé dans la caisse qu'il est en train de castagner. Il prévient alors les autres avec un jeu de regard, et, tout en continuant l'enregistrement de l'album, se lancent dans une opération de sauvetage de l'animal. ♫ But what's gonna stop me, baby ? ♫ chante le leader tout en se saisissant d'un sécateur. ♫ Am / Dm / Am / Em ♫ joue le guitariste au moment de jeter des graines à l'animal. ♫ BAM ! BAM ! BAM ! BAMMM ! ♫ continue de bourriner le batteur pour les besoins de l'enregistrement et au grand dam de l'oiseau. Une dizaine de morceaux plus tard, une brèche est ouverte dans la grosse caisse et l'on entend le "FLAFLAFLAflaflafla...." du piaf qui s'en va retrouver sa liberté, merveilleusement capté par l'outro de l'album.

Cet album a été enregistré dans des conditions exécrables. En effet, un volatile est venu se glisser dans la caisse claire du batteur du groupe. Ceci va complétement venir gâcher la prestation proposée sur cet album. Dans la première partie de l'album, les différents membres du groupe vont venir tenter d'amadouer le volatile, à l'aide de différents appâts. Le volatile répondra par de nombreux cris et gloussement, mais ne se décidera pas à sortir de sa cachette. Dans la seconde partie de l'album, le batteur tenta d'utiliser ses baguettes afin de doucement pousser le volatile vers la sortie de la caisse, mais là aussi, tout ce qui sera obtenu sera des cris et gloussements de la part du volatile. Enfin, la troisième et dernière partie montre un groupe résigné à accepter la présence du volatile, qui fait désormais partie intégrante du groupe et de leur enregistrement musical, pour le plus grand bonheur de tous les ornithologues.

This would make an excellent soundtrack for a 1960's movie. Some really good riffs

Not bad. It has a 60s style but it sounded nice. No recognized songs

One of the first bands to use the term psychedelic rock - if you couldn't tell by the colourful trip-inducing album cover. The use of the "hillbilly" jug as a sound is thankfully not too prominent and blends in quite well. Overall, a good psych rock album, although there weren't too many standouts. Best: You're Gonna Miss Me Worst: Don't Fall Down 2.5 Stars Note: Spotify had the 2008 Remaster Edition, but I only listened to the original tracks

Very psychedelic, very 60s. Enjoyable, although not sure it needed (at least) two versions of each song!

I liked the album but the constant distortion effect present on most tracks gave me a headache.

I recognise the album cover but never listened to this band before. Due to the name I was going into this hoping it would be way more Psychedelic! It was pretty good though and I'd give it another shot sometime.

I should like this more as I like some similar stuff but I couldn't really get into it. A lot of the background psychedelic noises were cool I just wanted more of it

it's an album

Strong Animals vibe out of this one for me, minus Eric Burdon perhaps. Interesting sounds along with that standard 60’s guitar. Will listen again.

Fine but nothing special.

Brilliant from start to finish - exactly what I joined this list for. An absolute gem that i’d have never otherwise known about.

It was ok considering it was psychedelic

1st song,you're gonna miss me, cool 60s sound. Weird sounding instrument in most songs.

It was fine. A lot of songs started to blend together. Could be a symptom of production at the time, but it was fine. Favourite Tracks: it was fine.