Electric Music For The Mind And Body

boring

Great psychedelic record, sometimes the organs are a little bit annoying (especially midway the record)

I'm sure it was significant at the time. Just hard to see that 60 years later. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

there's like sections on here where they're doing krautrock and post-rock and then they go into some hippie bullshit

Good representation of psych rock. Liked the guitar and drum work on a lot of the tracks as well as the surprising bluesy/folksy elements. The vocals are a bit weak for me and I do feel that the production didn't age the best.

This is fine, but nothing worth revisiting. 6/10

I’ve heard of Country Joe & The Fish, but never listened to them. At first I really liked this album’s psychedelic feel, but as it went on I realized why I’d never heard them before. It definitely got TOO psychedelic at times and just morphed into noise. What started out as a potential 5 star album dropped as I ended up skipping the ends of too many songs.

I feel like the invention of LSD set music back like a decade. All this psychedelic stuff is so dull, it's like listening to some stoners noodling in a basement and playing a few notes in a repetitive pattern for several minutes straight, while convincing themselves that it's genius

So it turns out this dude played for free at Woodstock solo. After listening to this, I kinda understand why he never got paid. It’s a bunch of below average songs in an era full of life and great music. Zero reason for this to be on here. 2 stars.

Appreciate the talent but I just found a lot of this quite boring. I just don’t think the songs were that great.

A fun acid-laced album with a couple of great tracks. Nothing particularly exceptional, but little to complain about either.

I liked the psychedelic bluesiness of the album but wasn't sure I'd rate it more than 2, but then looked up and saw that I had finished the album and Spotify had continued with another Country Joe & the Fish album so guess I didn't dislike it so much LOL.

This probably scratched some itch back in the day, being an early psychedelic album. But so many have done it better. It’s not bad though!

I really enjoyed this album! If the Beatles had put stock in organ solos and gone deep in their acid rock. When a song broke down to an extended section it had time to settle but didn’t over stay its welcome. Reminded me of some Steven Wilson instrumentals at times which surprised me!

Acid Rock/Psychedelic Rock Favorite Songs: while not going into my personal music library, I wouldn’t complain if Porpoise Mouth or Super Bird were playing. Least Favorite Song: Bass Strings, just not in the mood for it. Either that, or Section 43. Once again, this is yet another album that the users on this site differ from the users over at Rate Your Music and Album of the Year, with this site being a lot more critical. RYM has a 3.55, AOTY has a less respectable score of a 69. As for me, I’m probably more in the camp of being an AOTY user, but a little less. While people on this site do have a point about how this album doesn’t revolutionize the Psychedelic Rock genre, I thought that the album was…okay. There were probably equal amount of good sounding songs and some duds. If someone were to put this album on, I wouldn’t complain, but at the same time, I would probably not want this album in my personal music library as I’m not wanting any of the tracks. Maybe it had to do with the very small amount of recording time, only lasting about a week. At the same time, part of me thinks that I’m not being too critical about this album. Just because that the album sounds decent enough, does that necessarily mean that it’s something that I would recommend, or something that’s good enough? Probably not. However, another part of me felt like I’m at war with this site and the users on it due to them being mainly overly critical at certain things. I guess for now, I’ll just rate it as I see fit. 6/10, though if I were a bit more critical, I would’ve given this a 5/10. Maybe ask me on a bad day. *Shrugs.*

I should have enjoyed this more than I did, but it just didn't work for me.

Review - it's slightly bluesy countryish psychedelia, and about as good as that sounds. Rating - 4/10 Need to listen? NO

better than expected

jo bidon

Good blues/country psych. A bit obscure but it’s an effective representation of its scene and its time. A good inclusion on the list.

Better than I feared from the name of the band! Kind of classic 60s music - some catchy tunes, some psychedelia, some noodling. Didn't mind it at all.

This was a revisit of an era for which I have very fond memories.

ok

Hippie paradise and maybe the genesis of psychedelic music.

Impressively boring milquetoast psych rock. I've never heard of Country Joe & The Fish and I don't plan to again.

I enjoyed Country Joe and the Fish in the Woodstock video, but that's about as far as these guys will take me, I think.

This was just kinda boring. I appreciate the fact that this was probably influential or something but there's a million other bands who went on to make music that sounds like this who are far more interesting.

I'd never heard of this album before and the shreeking first note had me worried, but it was quite pleasant. I enjoyed the melodic tunes and instrumentation.

Solid 3.5. Liked it more as the album progressed. This one would likely benefit from a few more listens.

Not much to say. "Death Sound" is a pretty good blues rocker and "Super Bird" is fun, both lyrically and musically, and I've already forgotten the rest.

Thoughts before listening: Despite best of lists being inundated with 1960s rocks albums, I never see this one on those lists. I know of Country Joe and the Fish mainly from the anti-war counting song they played at Woodstock. I have always assumed they were kind of like a hippie era psychedelic/garage rock jokester band. Review: Okay so it seems that Country Joe were from the same San Francisco hippie scene that the Dead and Jefferson Airplane came out of. That provides quite a bit of credibility over just being a parody band of the era. This album is pretty good. My favorite part of any 60s psych rock album is the little guitar licks and keyboard stabs sprinkled throughout the songs, and this one has plenty of that. Overall I'd say this was a nice surprise of an album from an era that I quite enjoy. I'll give it 4-stars

Albums like this make you question the whole concept. Nothing about this was a must listen and the vocals are shocking. Section 43’s 7 minutes of (mainly) organ doodling despite the absence of the aforementioned weak vocals still possibly the worst offender. I did however master the full lyrics for ‘The Masked Marauder’ “La la la la la la la”

There were moments of this I didn’t mind. Parts of it almost sounded like every typical album of the 60s (see: “Sad and Lonely Times), which is tolerable. It’s also, for the most part, nice and short. And then there are tracks like “Section 43”, that is instrumental, over seven minutes long, and is what feels like 9 different tracks, rolled into one - a combined concept that is dragged from the depths of hell on what is a psychedelic album - or “Grace”, which made me think I had a leak. It’s probably a 1.5* album, but I’ve definitely heard (been subjected to) worse.

I appreciate that the cover art really sets out this album's sound before you've heard a note. It definitely sounds exactly how it looks. Mind you, calling your album Electric Music For The Mind And Body also helps with that. I was not high enough to enjoy this album. I'm not sure it's actually possible for me to be high enough to enjoy this album to be fair. I don't get the appeal of this genre at all. And Section 43 caused me to involuntarily mutter "what the fuck is this shit?" on my walk to work so it's an inevitable: 1/5

Some of this wasn't terrible. Then it fell into the circus tent of 60's psychedelic music, and I just lost all interest.

A cosmic psychedelic adventure dealing with the social changes of the 1960s.

It's a fairly typical psychedelic album by today's standards, but at the time I'm sure it was fairly top shelf stuff.

Very chill and doors-y psych rock, a fine time with good vibes.

This is one of those albums whose significance outweighs its reputation. It isn’t the finished psychedelic article that Surrealistic Pillow or Forever Changes would become. It is something more revealing: a record made while psychedelia was still discovering what psychedelia could be. You can hear older musical languages being bent into new shapes. “Love” draws on the organ-driven, white-boy soul groove of the Beatles’ “The Word”, while the wandering blues guitar belongs to the same transitional vocabulary as early Jefferson Airplane. Country Joe & the Fish have not abandoned folk, blues or R&B; acid has simply caused those forms to behave differently. Grooves become incantations, instrumental passages become environments, and songs follow an idea because it seems interesting rather than because conventional structure demands it. The record also speaks from inside the emerging San Francisco counterculture rather than explaining it to outsiders. Drug references move from implication to complete openness. By “Bass Strings”, LSD is not a coded subject or a daring metaphor but part of the community’s ordinary vocabulary, whispered at the end as though the listener is already in on the conversation. For an American teenager in 1967, this must have offered exactly what good youth music often provides: a language that parents could hear but not fully understand. “Section 43” is the album’s great achievement, seven minutes of organ, texture and atmosphere that feels like one of psychedelic rock’s foundational instrumental texts. It is not merely a blues jam with some unusual decoration. The band are trying to reproduce altered consciousness through sound, anticipating both early Pink Floyd and the exploratory side of Jefferson Airplane without having an established model to follow. It is like watching someone write the manual while simultaneously testing the machine. That freedom also produces “The Masked Marauder”, a cheerfully batshit piece that abruptly becomes a waltz while Country Joe sings “la-la-la”. Searching for deep symbolic meaning rather misses the point. Psychedelia was not only revelation and mysticism; it was permission to experiment, to follow associations and to keep an idea simply because it amused everyone in the room. The song has the playful illogic of Syd Barrett, translated from English nursery rooms into American cowboy serials. The closing “Grace” shows another possible future. Its doubled vocals, gently jangling guitar and inevitable wind chimes create an impressionistic portrait of the early psychedelic uprush. It reads like a love song, but possibly in the same way that “Got to Get You Into My Life” does: romantic vocabulary redirected towards intoxication and altered perception. Rather than telling us about the experience, the music attempts to recreate its bloom and afterglow. The album is scruffy, uneven and occasionally ridiculous. That is part of its value. Later psychedelic records would refine this vocabulary, polish it and turn it into a recognisable genre. Country Joe & the Fish sound as though they have opened a manual explaining how psychedelic music works — except no such manual existed. They were writing it.

I wasn't a big fan of this album. It was definitely not one that I would add to my collection. A couple of the songs were too long. I definitely heard some country music and folk song influences in the music. Best song for me, "Porpoise Mouth"

T'would be a 3.5 if we did halfsies, but alas it bumps down to a 3. While I enjoy it as background early chill psychedelic rock, I just don't think I'll be coming back for more. Maybe if I still had that bead door in the basement.

I remember when this wasn't a thing. How did we survive back then?

I feel like I've already reviewed this exact album several times, so because of that I have nothing new to say. Favorite track: The Masked Marauder

Blues and psych intertwined...Dug it.

Meh

It wasn't bad, but I don't think I'll be revisiting.. Top tracks: Flying High

Yeah, this sounds exactly like the kind of music I would have expected to hear if you had told me beforehand that it was performed at Woodstock in 1969. I think the music kind of fell apart anytime there were vocals, the lead singer is struggling to hold a tune and the lyrics haven't aged well. In fact, the whole album feels really dated. There were some tracks that I like in a vacuum, but nothing that I loved. I'm playing catch-up right now. I generated this album while I was on a fishing trip, and I was hoping (based upon the name) that it would help summon fish on a historically bad year for the salmon run, but alas it did not, and that's the final nail in the coffin for this rating. Favorite track(s): "Section 43" (really not beating the "longest song is always my favorite" allegations this week), "The Masked Marauder," "Bass Strings" (maybe that's the problem, wrong fish)

This one is a delicious psychedelic rock record, so full of different influences and blending different genres, from folk to blues. The melodies in here are excellent, and the eclectic sound makes it flow so surprisingly, but yet with so much sense and cohesiveness. It has a very dreamy sound, with many elements combined like a kind of collage throughout the songs that float around them, from organs to guitars, like links between different sections or just as pieces that help enrich the atmospheres the songs build. There is also a great mixture between textures between the instrumental sections and the sung ones. Also, I love how the voices flow from being in stereo to just sounding in one speaker in certain moments. It also creates a huger impact and helps enrich that dreamy atmospheres I have loved listening to in this album. But, if I had to choose one song, that final track, "Grace", is delightful. It is much more than a closing act, it really is a condensation of the diversity that this album breathes, but in a very tranquil way, as a meditative way of exiting it. It truly is a pretty interesting and unique record. It is not just another 60's psychedelic record, it is what psychedelia really is, and a great example of excellence in that decade. It is explosive and deeply atmospheric, it is strange and very comforting at the same time. And it is, overall, a very beautiful and exciting album to listen to.

This isn’t the most exciting album in the world but I tend to gravitate towards the psychedelic music that leans into the blues, which this does pretty aggressively. Some nice dulcet tones too (sad and lonely times). This is probably more of a 3 but I have been so goddamn sick of the punk/indie/hip hop stretch we’ve been put through

They sound as bored as I feel listening to this

Sure is some psychedelic rock. (2.5) Not the first, certainly not the best, why is it on this list? It's anyone's guess!

Very dated production and sound techniques make this a harder listen than it needs to be. Could really do with a remaster. Hyper-shallow lyrics are also annoyingly jarring. Gives off the veneer of rich psychadelia, but is only surface-level deep for its bloated runtime

Trying too hard to be something different something psychedelic, psychedelics is what the Floyd did or the Beatles on pepoer

Woah dude like totoally trippy dude I like can’t remember this dude. I think they like played guitar are something dude. 5/10

Excellent.

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363/1089 not my thing really but still enjoyed my time with it enough 54/100

Classcial 2.5 Star album that didn't bother nor shocked my ears. Okay but not more.

Not great.

Terrible. Is 1967 the worst year for music? Music lazy lyrics lazy this was such a slog.

Wasn’t terrible but that’s about as far as I can comment on it

Mid. Doors, early pink Floyd esque fuzzy guitars

So much better than expected

- Never heard of Country Joe & The Fish, so this was unknown territory. - Very standard, early psychedelic rock. But I was surprised by how much I found it soothing rather than annoying (despite the keyboard). - Shockingly crisp sound l, with clear vocals and some fun blues guitar. Would not say that I live this, but I can respect it. This would have been wild to hear in the 60s.

Just o.k. but nothing that really hooks me.

3.5

3.0

More shit that old Woodstock goers would probably eat up, but there's not much here get into for the sober man

First of all, what a banger name for an artist. And some really good song names too. I quite liked Porpoise Mouth it was pretty cool and funky. Overall it was quite good some good ones but also a couple kinda mid ones.

Funky ahh weird ahh music, kinda groovy ig

Nice, some solid 60’s acid/psych rock, kinda reminds me of the doors. Standouts are Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine, Death Sound and Grace.

Flying High - 3/5 Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine - 3/5 Death Sound Blues - 3/5 Happiness Is a Porpoise Mouth - 3/5 Section 43 - 3.5/5 Super Bird - 2.5/5 Sad and Lonely Times - 3/5 Love - 3/5 Bass Strings - 3/5 The Masked Marauder - 3/5 Grace - 3.5/5 I feel like I need to be on whatever they smoked making this to enjoy this. Most of the songs feel the same, even though this is one of the more landmark albums of the psychedelic rock explosion of the late 60's. That dig at LBJ in Super Bird was also really stupid. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: Section 43, Grace

Strange. Ok in places, but not a repeat listen.

Not my thing at all.

One of the quintessential soundtracks of the'60s. If you want to know what the hippies were listening to circa 67 to 70, this is a must. Sweet Lorraine is a standout.

Amateurish, bluesy/country/hippie rock. I'm sure these guys had a dream (or an acid trip) that convinced them they should put together a band, but they really should have practiced a few times. That's how real musicians do it, anyway.. It's a product of it's time and I feel like I should forgive it some (or show it some grace) on these merits. We had Donovan's "Sunshine Superman" as our album yesterday and that didn't hit well at all. That was more medieval bard than hippie IMO. This one, while the quality of the music is lower, is a bit more charming to my ears, because of its more country-blues bend. Plus, their misguided but seemingly earnest attempt pulls it up to a low (3/5).

Came into this one completely fresh, as I'd only vaguely heard of them and was never exposed. I really wanted to like this one, as it had a sound reminiscent of the Doors and some other late 60s psychodelia, but I found myself bouncing off of the the minimalist/shoddy production value right out of the gate. Every song seemed to bring a little something to like, but most tracks either overstayed their welcome or included some shrill guitar riff, screechy vocals, or calliope sounding organ music that annoyed and repelled me. Not the worst I've ever heard, but I certainly wasn't high enough to give it its due. A disappointing 2/5 that I hoped to like more than I did.

137. Electric Music For The Mind And Body - Country Joe & The Fish (1967) 7.9.26 Variety: 2 Adequacy: 2 Listenability: 2 Uniqueness: 1 Emotionality: 1 = 1.6 rounded up to a 2 "I hunger for your porpoise mouth/ And stand erect for love" I really want to give these guys the benefit of the doubt, but they have existed for so long in my head as the stereotypical "dirty hippy" band that I might find it hard to overcome my prejudices against that whole movement. And this is admittedly without ever hearing a lick of their music ( I think? Maybe a bit in the Woodstock documentary that bored me to tears so much that I turned it off very quickly. They were there, right?). My other concern going in is that if they are such an important act, then surely I might be familiar with at least one of their songs? Has any of their stuff had a shelf life of more than a year or two? I think at one point I assumed that the annoying "Going Up the Country" by Canned Heat was this band. Not looking forward to this, but fingers crossed they prove me wrong. THE TRACKS "Flying High" - We start things off with a messy, bluesy sort of drug narrative ( I'm sure this will be a recurring motif). Country Joe's voice is a bit feeble for this type of material, but the rhythm section does an admirable job at the shuffling, fake-live sound. This was a pretty boring start. "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" - This was their big hit? Different times I guess, but this is pretty damning of a segment of the public's taste that they were willing to swallow this kind of dashed off sounding stuff when they'd been primed by MUCH MUCH better stuff. I guess despite being their biggest hit, it still didn't make too much of a splash. The only memorable part of this was the organ and bass playing during the Doorsy breakdowns, brief as they were. The guitar tone on this was pretty grating and can this guy do anything except a some poor "make it talk!" blues noodling after each turn of phrase? Find myself starting to sour very quickly on Country Joe's voice. It lacks any sort of power or charm, and I feel like he's just reading a lyric sheet. "Death Sound Blues" - A much more successful attempt at a blues rock sound, and Joe seems to dig down and bring out what little emotive capability he possesses. I can't quite escape the Doors comparisons, especially when they're in their Roadhouse mode. The tremolo here was so distractingly stuttered I had to stop the track and verify that my laptop wasn't suffering some sort of catastrophic lag. Man that got old fast. This might have had a chance at the highlights apart from that. "Happiness Is a Porpoise Mouth" - An interesting turn. We get a very Euro-folk sound on this one, with some interesting instrumentation and an oopmah beat. There's also a Doors influence going on here with the Hammond organ and the darker lyrical content. Did this guy just compare his lady love to a dolphin? Ok. Sure. Donovan handled this sort of thing much better. Points for atmosphere though. "Section 43" - What a mellow freakout, man. This is the sort of thing you might be expected to hear over a montage in a bad movie about the sixties when the protagonist is first introduced to the horrors of *GASP* mari-ja-wanna! and then descends into harder and harder drugs until we close with them shooting up in a filthy den full of spaced out human detritus. This compares very unfavorably with anything similar by the Doors ( sorry but I can't help the comparisons). And that goofy ass bit about 2/3 way through was just terrible stuff. "Superbird" - This was too groovy by half. I had flashes of the Laugh In interstitials of the sickening zoom in and out on the go-go dancers intermittently while this pretty embarrassing "takedown" of LBJ. At least it was mercifully short. "Sad and Lonely Times" - This is more or less the sound I had always imagined. Shambling, weakly delivered, sub-Grateful Dead country-tinged folk. Open mic night at the Fillmore. "Love" - Barry "The Fish" Melton takes over lead vocals here, and I have to ask... other than the difficulty involved, why was this guy not singing EVERY OTHER SONG. Dude is not the best at it by any means, but injects some actual life into things. The song itself is more Laugh-In go-go stuff, but felt 1000x more electric than anything thus far. "Bass Strings" No Canned Heat, faux-Americana whimsy here. This track seems to have a bit more in common maybe with the Cream album we recently listened to, being much more in the acid rock vein, but less musically adventurous. This is very languorous and gets across the sluggish drug trip narrative pretty well. The tremelo guitar effect was nice used as an accent, and I appreciated there was no endless noodling. The guys are maybe a bit too pleased with themselves at the end though and the conspiratorially whispered "L... S... D" got an audible groan from me. I could almost hear Country Joe winking through my headphones. Not an amazing start, but not awful. "The Masked Marauder" - This was an ok, noodly bit of bluesy organ stuff, and then the guitar section kicked in and it legit sounded like the dude got distracted mid riff, and THEN we get the weirdly perky waltz and "la la la" vocals, followed by some terrible harmonica stylings. Then back to the go-go club. This was a trainwreck. "Grace" - We end on a slightly sinister guided trip with some water drip, and bottle chime effects and a sizzling bit of cymbal work that, along with the doubled, mis-overlayed vocals on the chorus, actually legit engenders a decently trippy atmosphere. By FAR the best thing on this album. And they stuck the goddamn landing. *furious applause at them not fucking up* HIGHLIGHTS - "Grace" MIDLIGHTS - "Bass Strings" - "Death Sound Blues" - "Happiness Is a Porpoise Mouth" - "Love" LOWLIGHTS - "Flying High" - "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" - "Sad and Lonely Times" - "Section 43" - "Superbird" - "Sad and Lonely Times" - "The Masked Marauder" FINAL THOUGHTS Very little about this was memorable in any way, and the whole thing suffered in comparison with the Doors, who did almost all of this better, and the Grateful Dead in the few more low-key country folk numbers ( of which there were surprisingly few!). Overall, this was at least a surprise, content-wise. I had always assumed these guys were bunch of crunchy granoloa farm hippies who played sub-Grateful Dead type stuff, but their psych and acid rock bonafides are ( while still suspect) more or less intact here. But there are just too many knocks against it, including Country Joe's unconvincing vocals, the ofttimes muddy and production, and the bizarre choices made by what seems like an otherwise competent set of players. I can't imagine ever wanting to revisit any of this, and I'll likely stay far away from any more of their material. PLAYLIST ALTERATIONS - You can keep all of it, thanks, though "Grace" I might not skip if it ever came up. FURTHER LISTENING - The United States of America by The United States of America - Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Strange Days by the Doors - Happy Trails by Quicksilver Messenger Service - Santana by Santana

I could not point out one track on this entire album. It all ran together, but in a "its-fine-just-let-it-play" kinda way. An album length unending jam. Its got some good bluesy riffs that you could've heard on similar psychedelic rock albums from the time. Enjoyed most of this. Solid 3.

It was fine. Kind of a facsimile of many other bands and albums of the time.

starts out as basic hippie album but clings on to you and emerges with some jazzy bluesy pearls that are deep and complex

Not sure I had ever heard of this band, or even the genre of "psychedelic country" before. The more uptempo songs were okay. I don't think I would actively seek this album out again.

It's pretty good. Very psychedelic, but doesn't find a lot of catchy melodies.

Fun jam band meets more classic rock 3.5 up

There's some bangers here, cool production on a couple songs but overall definitely really boring and it's like 2/3 filler

What a crock of shit

fav songs: death sound love psychedelic, raw, blues 50/100

This whips, listening to Bob Dylan from the same era right before this was quite the contrast because this does the electric music thing that album was kinda sorta leaning into 1000x better. Not even slightly hiding the drug influnces in this one lmao. Underrated

Okay. Maybe needs more listens.

Super Bird may legitimately be one of the dumbest songs I have ever listened to in my life, and it's no surprise it came from the absolute worst genre of music to ever exist. "During the Vietnam War, every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high." - Kurt Vonnegut

So it's not a trailblazer, but early on this delivers some fine blues-based psychadelic rock before drifting off up its own backside for some of the later tracks.

The original psychedelic slop. I liked the LBJ song.

I like 60s psychedelic music A LOT, but this didn't quite cut it for me. Sometimes it sounded like the worst of The Doors. Some interesting sounds, but thats about it

First psychedelic band and album, out of SF, sounds a ton like early Dead. Enjoyed Flying High and Death Sound. The rest is a little forgettable, but undoubtedly a building block for stuff I like today.

No more 60’s earlier psychedelic please

I'm sure the author found it essential because of how amazed he was at hearing the end of Bass String tripping balls, but I'm personally disappointed an album by "Country" Joe is just psychedildo noodling. Sad and Lonely Times was the one good song.

#389/1001. Yet another band from the late 60's which sounds like they were important at the time but perhaps not so important anymore.

Starting out, I didn't really know what to expect. At the end, I'm somehow completely unsurprised by what I got. How those two can coexist, I don't know, but they did it. The end product is an interesting mix of fun, eclectic, "substances", relaxation, and love. I generally enjoyed my time with this album, though a handful of moments either grossed me out, or got a little too trippy.

Well, this is certainly making interesting use of stereo sound. I feel like this wants to be a front channel and a back channel or something instead of left and right, which is certainly a way to use stereo. I had no idea what I was going to be getting with this. About all I knew was that it was going to be psychedelic, but that’s obvious from the cover. So we open with a hitchhiker in the rain getting high before before getting on a plane, and then… something very very very dark what. Wow. A song about an archetypal goth black widow fortuneteller. OK, this album went hard dark fast. And then a porpoise mouth. Yesterday, I had an album with straightforward lyrics and confusing music. Today I have an album with straightforward music and confusing lyrics. “I hunger for your porpoise mouth.” wat. One of the things I’m realizing as part of this project is just how few songs I’ve actually paid close attention to the lyrics of. Not that I know this band, but I’ve heard plenty of psychedelic music over the years, and I don’t think I’d realized just how completely bonkers some of this is. Like… I feel like “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” is positively sane, comparatively. “Section 43” is nice, though. Not sure why it’s only one track when it feels like it’s a bunch of short instrumental pieces. There is a lot to like here. I mean, I don’t know what to make of the song about superheroes getting LBJ high, but “Sad and Lonely Times” features some duet action that feels pretty wonderful. The track order was supposedly selected so that each side of the album started out more… conventional… and got more psychedelic as the needle approached the center of the vinyl. Yes. Yes, this was successfully done. We’ll open the mind and drop acid with LBJ and wander into the desert and become a wandering mystic and and and and and ☮️ The masked marauder is high and tripping through a field of daisies, I guess. I can see listening to some of the tracks here again, but some of them are also decidedly, um… I think I would need to be as high as the musicians to enjoy them properly. 5.5/10

Initially put off by the album title and artist name. As it turns out, it's not bad.

Trippy ang groovy

Not bad. If I were 10 years older when this was released it would probably have been something I would have been in to.

not my electric body music but not too bad. weird.

i listened to this last week and already i can remember 0 things about this album

ehhhhhh

Never heard of these guys before, it was a nice surprise. Seems like you really couldn't throw a stone without hitting a psychedelic rock band in 1967. But I'm a sucker for drug-fueled guitar riffs, trippy keyboards and weird instruments (a washboard and a kazoo are used here !), so this was right up my alley. Despite being a pure product of its time, it works really well, and I found myself enjoying it more and more as I went through the album. Even played it a second time. Their music hits just the right spot for me, with a nice balance between bluesy and oneiric, and even a few experimental pieces (Section 43 is absolutely fantastic, and feels like a LSD trip - if all 11 tracks had been like that, it would have been an instant 5*). I don't understand the low global rating. Sure, some of the stuff they do sounds a bit cliché today - but they were among the first to do it, so it's not really their fault. Overall, I liked it much better than adjacent bands like Jefferson Airplane or The Birds, and I will absolutely listen to this album again. 8/10

At first, I was pretty excited by the opening track, but my enthusiasm slowly faded. The psychedelic side of the album and the singer’s voice just aren’t really my thing. It’s not terrible, but it never fully clicks for me. Maybe it’s because it’s an early example of the genre, but compared to The Doors, it feels a lot less compelling and memorable. Definitely not The Doors.

Enjoyable historical document of the early days of Bay Area psychedelics.

Enjoyed this one overall but man do some of the guitars sound shrill throughout this album. I liked it more than I didn't and while nothing really caught my ear that would make me want to listen to it more than a couple times through, I don't think its bad music. Just not.... necessary to listen to as the book this is based on would suggest.

It’s just a bit annoying. It’s the sort of music you hear at some point in a movie set in 1967, but it’s also the sort of music that you think nothing of as you’re watching said movie. It’s establishing music, not listening music. It’s perfectly fine, and perfectly whatever, and perfectly pointless.

Sounds like country Joe and the fish smoked a lot of that good good and had some instruments laying around. It's not the worst album I've ever heard, but it doesn't belong on this list

Really enjoyed this. Good old classic rock and folky

Every few days I get given an album titled something like ‘Grum Fingers by Mr Pilchard’s Crackerjack Box’ Anyway, this was too bluesy and not psychedelic enough. Some of it was fine and trippy, but a lot was boring.

This is a psychedelic work of art. It’s so great it almost has no skips. If it wasn’t for the songs “Section 43” and “sad and lonely times” are not just skips but are godawful songs. I truly hated them, section 43 in particular cause it’s just nails on a chalkboard bad. But it reminds me of why I love Sketch comedy, which is no matter how great the sketches are, there are ALWAYS misses. For every massive head wound harry sketch, there’s a political cold open sketch that doesn’t work at all (these are obvious SNL references if you are not familiar). Which is true in this album, there’s just so much variety and fresh ideas being thrown together that it’s inevitably gunna have a few duds. But the good news is that the sour apples don’t sour the bunch in this case cause this is a SOLID psych rock album!

Really an album of it's time, for better or worse. I like how impactful the guitar and bass sound. The mixing is kind of shit and of it's time, but it does make for a more raw recording. I enjoy it, but it does have flaws. It lacks a real hit first and foremost, which is something most other late 60's American Psych Rock bands could muster on their most famous album. The one and only fish chant isn't on here :(. Quite a bit of this album feels like stretched out instrument noodling too. A number of songs that don't really go anywhere or don't do much.

🔥 🔥 ✌️ I look forward to many returns on this one. Had no idea these guys were so psych! I just knew that 1 anti Vietnam war song and thought that was their schtick!

Two tries but no impression

LSD, etc, etc

A lot more enjoyable than some of the other albums on this list

Quickly became background noise. Quite liked Super Bird tho.

Meh is meh

Usually I like psychedelic stuff and I did like this but it was kinda boring which is the one thing psychedelic should never be. Just nothing that interesting happened throughout any of the album.

Another round of psych rock-meh

Not bad. Basic psychedelic rock without much to distinguish it from the rest of the genre.

Not my type of music tbh wasn’t awful tho I just don’t have much to say about it

So, more blues rock psych. From the 60s no less. I think the levels of cynicism this gave me had led to a pleasant surprise. There are lots of bands in 2026 still trying to perfect this sound and it's safe to say these guys nail it in 1967! Great, strange instrumental and production choices, flows brilliantly. Take me there man.

Really enjoyed parts of this but not all

This list has really soured me on '60s psychedelic rock. I love a couple of classica that belong in the sphere, but most of the albums I have generated so far were just an exhausting listen.

Excellent name, I must say. 4/5

I like that fuzzy 60s psychedelic guitar, but this was mostly unmemorable. Liked Songs Added: Death Sound

I thought this was fun!

Wouldn't listen to this one again

Kinda fun at the time but not super memorable.

I liked the shuffle playlist after this album finished more than the album itself. Always gonna enjoy psychedelic rock though.

Didn't love the porpoise mouth lyrics but otherwise a pretty chill album.

2.5 - ok

I liked the middle lalala part of the masked marauder. Everything else just kind of faded into boring 60's pop rock.

Varied and able to swing between pleasant background music and grabbing my attention back

Awful. This list is so Boomer coded.

Great psych-rock album. Has all of the hallmarks of the Bay Area from the late 60s. Not typically my genre to enjoy, but I liked it well enough.

Surprisingly fun, if not a little typical, for a psych rock album from 1967. 3.5/5

Stereotypically 60s

01) Flying High - 6,5 02) Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine - 6,5 03) Death Sound Blues - 6,0 04) Happiness Is a Porpoise Mouth - 6,5 05) Section 43 - 5,5 06) Superbird - 6,0 07) Sad and Lonely Times - 5,5 08) Love - 6,5 09) Bass Strings - 5,5 10) The Masked Marauder - 5,0 11) Grace - 5,0 TOTAL: 5,86 (59/100) Current ranking: 754/935

Nulla di eccezionale

Ahhh, the formative years of San Francisco psychedelic rock. The kids playing blues jams in the garage discovered LSD, and their minds eye was ripped open to gaze into eternity. Of course, this is reflected in their sound. The blues and garage rock base remains clear, but with an expanded palette of tones, colors, sounds, and songwriting approaches. Fuzzy trebly guitars that held some twang come flying in with bendy-riff interjections. Tremolo and other effects give a disorienting wooziness. Organs pulsate with vibrato. Reverb trails. jams that meld, mold, and transform. Lyrics that blend a heady highness and social consciousness. And it’s raw (sound, playing, production) in a way that makes it all feel very authentic and organic. Of course, many of these sounds and ideas have become common and aren’t as “out there” as they were nearly 60 years ago. But man, I can only imagine how fresh and original this would have seemed at the time in the early days of a budding scene that went hand-in-hand with an expanding consciousness and changing culture that are still remembered and present today.

I'm a sucker for rinky-dink psychedelic organ so this hits my buttons, but the bloozier numbers take me out of it.

Firmly rooted in the sonics of Haight-Ashbury, this hits like a cross between Jefferson Airplane and the 13th Floor Elevators with a heavier LSD dose than either band. Super trippy, occasionally eerie, sometimes verging on carnivalesque, with some really neat moments throughout. RIP Country Joe.

"Boy, they're really sticking it to this Spiro Agnew guy"- Homer Simpson reading a vintage Mad magazine, and me listening to these sick burns on LBJ.

Super fun rock/blues/psychedelia. 3.5/5.0: Very Good

pretty good psychedelic album

I agree with one of the comments: "It was probably big or important in its time (67, right at the beginning of the whole psychedelic pop-rocknsummer of love..." There's other psychedelic music I like more, also other protest music from the same period.

Napoleon Dynamite music

Passable country rock, if that's your thing.

Country Joe was one of the major pioneers of the California hippie music scene. Their performance at Woodstock is legendary.

Released in 1967. I wonder if this album was a vanguard for the other psychedelic hippie groups that would become popular leading up to Woodstock. Something like the first Soundgarden and Alice In Chains albums signaling the upcoming new sound and style of guitar bands for the new generation. For my taste, Electric Music For The Mind And Body leans too heavily into the 12-bar blues for me to really love this.

I had never listened to Country Joe and the Fish before. And now I can unequivocally say that I have. And one thing I can definitely say about this album after having listened to it is that I heard it. And that I can no longer say I don’t know what this band sounds like. And that is all true. And I guess that’s about it.

good

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, based on the Woodstock footage I've seen. They're much more up my alley than I believed. 3.5/5

This sounds like hippie music. And it came out weeks before the Summer of Love. Took a few listens but I've now totally been engulfed by it. This has some bangers

I recognize this band from their song "feel-like-I'm-fixin-to-die rag." A titan of Vietnam War protest songs, that alone makes them worthy of being on this list. I suppose. Though that song isn't even on here, so... I guess they're just a vaguely seminal acid rock band? I don't even know why I ask anymore. So, how is it? The guitar tones are basic but also annoying. Drums are also really basic but their bigger problem is that they don't leave enough of an impression. It's panned and mixed really badly. All I can really hear are the vocals, drums, and guitar lead, with the latter two sounding, frankly, fucking awful. I have to really try hard to hear the bass and rhythm guitar, which is irritating. Also, the organ is FUCKING GRATING. It sounds awful. This album is in fact one of the more unpleasant albums I've had to listen to when it comes to the production. However, the vocals are great! Country Joe is real good as a vocalist, and is kind of an anchor for this album. Which by the way is just okay at best. The biggest problems other than the production are how derivative it is. Because obviously it's going to be too bluesy for guys this white, but it's also just straight up doors worship. Doors and Jimi worship that is. There is worth here, but it's not enough to like, or even enjoy without any drawbacks. 5.9/10

Historisch wertvoll - eines der ersten psychedelischen Alben. Ist interessant zu hören. Auch für das Alter noch spannend. 3/5

Loved this, very psychedelic and a bit predictable but felt original

Maybe it was the 80 degree weather, maybe it was driving with the windows down, but I thought this album rocked

Pure vibes

Nej, tråkigt. Inget som stack ut för mig. Jag vet att bandet blev hyllade för sin spelning på Woodstock men det kan inte vara på grund av detta album. Kommer inte ihåg en enda låt fast jag lyssnade alldeles nyss.

6/10

Meh

Not my “jam.”

Horrifically meh.

Psychedelische rock met (uiteraard zou ik haast zeggen) bluesinvloeden. Ik liep er vreemd genoeg niet heel warm voor, dus heb ik even de 1001 lijst even 2 dagen naast me neergelegd in de hoop dat het dit album me dan weer iets meer zou bevallen, maar het heeft niet echt geholpen. Eigenlijk 4 sterren, maar ik kom even niet hoger dan 3. Ik vind het wel goed, maar ik verveel me ook een heel klein beetje.

Really poor sound/production on this record. Also a largely forgettable mishmash of late 60s styles. Not essential at all.

2.5.

2.5

I enjoyed this one.

some noise

3.4/5

Cool. Just what this list needs.

mid

Demasiado chill para mí, pero bueno Nota: 3.0

Jingly jangly gibberish

Rate: 7/10.

Good sadly not as good as the listens I had a year or so ago! 3.5

Based on the small amount of familiarity that I previously had regarding this band, I had pretty low expectations. However, this album had its moments. I appreciate how this early psychedelic experiment may have influenced bands and artists that I really love.

Quite liked this slice of 60s psych. Might have even gone up another star on after a couple more listens.

(51/100)

2/5 very 60s stuff for better or for worse

ok

Just not for me

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An important cultural artifact, but I can’t help thinking: how much did the organist pay the producers to get his part mixed that loud?

A pretty underwhelming psychedelic rock album. 2.5/5

Trippy collection of psych rock. You can hear some of the roots of acts to follow.

Один из лучших альбомов в одном из моих самых любимых жанров. Яркий, психоделический, глубокий, триповый, жаль только короткий. Настоящее общественное достояние.

is this hootin n tootin? yes or yes but in yellow when the album cover looks like this i trust it to be good immediately

70-tals album

This project was beginning to wear on me what with all the foolishness I’ve been forced to endure. This was nice. Squarely in my wheelhouse with the aimless meandering & experimentation. A nice respite. On the other hand, nothing special. At least I didn’t have to sit thru that one song. We goin’ wit a flat 3

this album didn’t stand the test of time i don’t think……. also that last song can fuck off

Dated but respectable

Back then it was always sandals, bottom half of a flower-print bikini, faded Country Joe & the Fish t-shirt. Tonight she was all in flatland gear... Det er mitt eneste referansepunkt for Country Joe & the Fish -- et band alle untatt Thomas Pynchon har glemt. Først og fremst: stereo-mixen er grusom; aktivt irriterende. Jeg byttet til mono etter 2 låter, og det løste problemet. Dette er egentlig bare en litt mindre poppa the Doors eller? På B-siden føler jeg at de bytter litt spor -- mindre blues, mer psychedelic noodling med et par avstikkere inn i Beatles-land. Koste meg med dette, jeg; har potensiale til å bli en fremtidig favoritt.

Høres bare ut som dårlig The Doors

For et utrolig irriterende album

I sighed as soon as this album came up. I’ve heard enough psychedelic rock on this list already (59% through) to never hear any ever again. It’s no different than anything else from the genre and offers nothing of interest.

This was so much better than I expected it to be

Did not like this - Plodding, brown, lumpy - Don't tell me I had to be there - This thing was ponderous

From the first lick I knew: this isn't for me. I've listened to the whole thing and concur with my initial impression. I wish this list had less 60s/70s music.

chill lil album Will I listen to again: 15%

Trodde alltid att jag gillade psykadelisk rock men herregud vad mycket generisk skit det kom ut på 60talet

Another album from another 60s psychedelic band that were a huge influence blah blah blah! This one was ok though.

Too psychedelic for my tastes.

Sorry. Have had enough late 60's Californian psychedelia. Having listened to (and loved) the Hendrix album on the list I cannot see the point of records like this as it so inferior. Would normally give it a 2 but have lost all tolerance.

Well, I listened to it. Sounded like novelty 60s psychedelia. Were they originators or just formulaic imitators? Really don't care to find out.

Who are these guys The Shitles? Maybe Shitty Hendrix? Maybe The Rolling Kidney Stones? The Poors? I guess someone had to crawl (with no arms or legs) before anyone could walk... You know that friend who thinks they can make music? Imagine they were given a studio to record in... THIS is what would result from that nightmare scenario. On a more serious note, the song Section 43 is one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard. This album is one of the worst I’ve ever heard. If I was being nice I would say the album had a couple of songs on it, I guess? I’m pretty sure if this was the only music around in the 60s the Cold War would have ended in self-annihilation, and it would’ve been the correct thing to do.

Not sure if I’m really feeling this one. It’s ok, but there was heaps better examples of this prog/psychadelic rock around at the time.

No thanks.

A lot of the music I like now would be characterized as "psychedelic" and so I can't completely dislike this. But there were just so many moments when it veered into cliche. I guess I value it as a period piece, but not much more beyond that.

Quite a good album, though very much of its period at the outset of the California counterculture. Not quite sure how it sits in 2026 (sadly a few weeks after Country Joe died).

Die Band aus Berkeley, Kalifornien, nahm ihr Debüt im Februar 1967 in den Sierra Sound Laboratories in Berkeley auf – Abmischung und Mastering erfolgten anschließend im New Yorker Studio von Vanguard Records. Produzent Sam Charters, eigentlich im Blues- und Jazzbereich zuhause, behandelte das 4-Spur-Gerät als Kompositionswerkzeug: Bandschleifen, Federhall und bewusste Detunings erzeugen einen akustischen Bewusstseinsstrom, den man 1967 schlicht noch nirgendwo gehört hatte. Das Ergebnis ist ein Psychedelic-Rock-Dokument von seltener Dichte – ein Album, das sechs Wochen vor dem offiziellen Beginn des Summer of Love erschien und diesen kurzerhand vorwegnahm. Die elf Tracks bewegen sich zwischen agitpropgesättigter Direktheit und fast meditativem Treiben. „Superbird" – eine Spottballade auf Präsident Lyndon B. Johnson – und das bluesdurchtränkte „Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine" zeigen die politische Schlagseite der Band; das siebeneinhalbminütige Instrumentalstück „Section 43" hingegen öffnet den Raum, lässt Barry Meltons Gitarre in weiten Stereobögen kreisen und David Bennett Cohens Farfisa-Orgel brodeln, bis jede Zeitempfindung verloren geht. „Grace", ein langsames Klangporträt für Jefferson-Airplane-Sängerin Grace Slick, schließt das Album mit Glocken, Wassergeräuschen und Hallvokalen – ein Stück, das sich selbst aufzulösen scheint. Was dieses Album von den meisten Zeitgenossen unterscheidet, ist sein Gleichgewicht zwischen politischem Biss und psychedelischer Offenheit. Country Joe McDonald und die Band wollten keine reine Agitprop-Gruppe sein, und das hört man: Die Texte sind wach und ironisch, das Songwriting bleibt auch im Rausch präzise. Electric Music For The Mind And Body ist nicht nur ein Zeitdokument – es ist einer der überzeugendsten Belege dafür, dass politische Dissidenz und Klangerkundung keine Gegensätze sind.

Kinda cool.

I liked some parts of this album but others had me down as well. 6/10

I quite liked this. Good and bluesy but also kind of had a Beatlesy vibe to it.

Optimally, I’d be listening to this while watching a go-go dancer in a human sized bird cage. I’m going to start describing albums like this as “time capsules”. I think it only really works in the time and place where it was recorded.

This is a weird hybrid of surf rock and psychedelic rock. Some good guitar grooves but other than that, it didnt do it for me

Every time this record started to grab me with something — got me thinking that, yeah, this is pretty good, I can give it 3 stars — a subsequent track would be so annoying, dated, or just ridiculously silly and bad that I just couldn’t say I like the album that much. There’s a lot of fun stuff here, but it’s a real mixed bag from one track to the next; the sophomoric and childish crap just brings the rest down. I’m glad it’s the birth of psychedelia, but I’ll take the stuff it spawned over this every day of the week. 2.4 stars

me gusto, muy pink flop 3/5 aprobado

I liked super bird and sad and lonely times otherwise it was fine

YES some 1967 this is PERFECT my favourite year of music I can already tell I’m going to be adding a BUNCH of these songs to my playlist. I also already love Country Joe & The Fish. Literally ticks all the boxes for me. 1967, psychedelic, guitar solos and drugs. Love.

tremendo album las guitarras me volaron la cabeza

Meh. Album was ok and probably fun to listening to in the late 60 with some illegal substances but it seemed like the songs went on forever and I got a little bored with the album.

This album is 100% new to me. It feels like an early jam band. The starred song Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine was okay, but I really like the straight up blues tunes like Death Sound and Love. The jangly guitars in Sad and Lonely Times were pretty cool too. The melodies aren't particularly memorable, but definitely a cool vibe.

This had a sweet vibe but struggled to remain engaging and intriguing as it went along. 1 listen Favorite Track: Death Sound

Expectation: -> I'm trying to guess the genre of this 1967 album based on group name, album title, and cover art. Folk rock? After listening: -> Groovy, man. Some sweet guitar. Decent vocals. A delightful record. Fully support this album being on this list. Probably not excited enough about it, however, to intentionally return to it. Track ranking: Love Martha Death Marauder Flying Bass Bird Sad Porpoise 43 Grace

I didn't expect to like this at all. I was very pleasantly surprised. I don't know what it is, but I was into most of the songs

So tired of 60's psychedelic rock. Snore.

I got pretty bored with this one after a while. Acid rock just does not excite me. Very funny to hear a song dissing LBJ though lol.

Trippy

Good moments but ultimately not as good as it could be.

American psychedelic folk. Tolerable, but not the album I was in the mood for today.

The album cover plays up the acid light shows they were a part of, and the music gives off that celestial vibe. Not their best album, but one I can groove to.

Nice little album. That's really all I have to say about it.

Tedious

I liked the mixture of Blues and Psychedelic music. The album just seemed to get boring near the end with some of the slow songs. Also, Country Joe whispering “LSD” ASMR style was a little creepy.

Good psychedelic album. Nothing amazing but it's good

Hey, groovy, cat. Enjoyable romp thorough 1967 San Fran. If I was going to be super-critical then it was a bit top-end trebley. A lot of tambourine / harmonica / whiny high organ burrowing into my head. Rather a dumb-ass idea to create such a colourful album cover and then put 5 black & white photos of the band on it? But I bet the hippies loved it. 3½

Classic 60s shenanigans

HAHAHA MUSIC FROM 67

You know an album is great when you have 80+ year olds learning how to use Youtube in order to leave a comment talking about how they got absolutely fucked up on drugs 60 years ago listening to this album Not for me, though

4/10

Day 242 This was fine but I’d be amazed if I actually remember any of it an hour from now Highlight Death Sound Porpoise mouth

Suenan bien, aunque no es mi género

Jus boring again

Songs are good but longer than they should be

Phabulous. Give me an F!

country joe feels familiar and doesnt sound fresh but that's because i feel like so many borrowed so heavily from them. major respect.

It's not electronic, it's more rock with a twang.

I really wanted to give this 4 stars, but then some random dumb sound ruins my vibe and I drop it to 3 stars faster than these guys dropping acid. If I was intoxicated on random substances in the desert at night, I'd probably want to give them "3 BILLION Stars... Man".

Well at least this isn't as generic and uninteresting as all the other psychadelic slop I've had to listen through, it's just terrible in other ways instead. The pacing is completely all over the place with there being no real sense of structure to the album, as well as the songs themselves are just as much of a mess. It just feels like there are way too many random oddball moments that provide absolutely nothing, making the constant vibe switches really jarring and annoying. What this album really needs is just more polish, in literally every department. If it had that, then we would be in generic psychadelic rock territory, sprinkle in a few actually unique ideas and well written songs, and *then* we are in actually good music territory. So yeah this still has a hell of a long way to go before being anything even remotely worth listening to.

Ok

Great album

Thin and not-the-most-engaging psychedelic rock, could do without it but it's okay at least, if you wanna catch all the psych rock that you can

Meh

Psychedelic rock. The sound is right, but the music is just meh. Too much usage of substances?

No idea what this is whatsoever but I’m hoping for a good time! First impressions, I don’t mind it but I’m sick of these soft guitar soft vocals beat driven tracks. Some of them are musically fantastic, but after days of similar music I’m ready for something different. At least the first two tracks of this album have fit it to a T so far. At least Not So Sweet had a bit of a swing to it. Death Sound was somewhat interesting, but I hated that rattle with a passion. Porpoise mouth was good. Section 43 genuinely gave me a headache. Super bird made me laugh, so there’s that. Bass Strings, long and boring. It must be something with the mixing in this album cause it hurts my ears. Grace was an annoying closer, because again there was a shrill sound punctuating just about everything. 2.5/5 ⭐️ as it wasn’t bad, I’m just sick of this style of music and it hurt my brain. 89/1089

Why does this music make me feel oddly nostalgic? I liked this way more than I thought I would. Not the acid rock stuff, but the melodic almost folk story music around it.

Good album

Solid. Meh ending tho

Surprised how much I enjoyed this

i fucks with it

This one was good. I don't know why that poorly rated but I enjoyed this a lot. Good guitars and vocals too.

A little weird, but not terrible. Not terribly unique though either.

That was not great. Headed to one-star status, but redeemed somewhat by some good guitar work at the back.

Pretty forgettable 1960’s progressive rock, does not warrant the time expenditure for any additional commentary.

Album with an emphasis on the experience, consistent all the way through and had some great solos.

Total stinker. Psychedelic rock that isn't really psychedelic. Protest music that isn't really protesting anything. No thanks!

Start was ok, but got weird and experimental really fast

Not sure this was for my mind or body.

For an album with such a cosmic title, Electric Music for the Mind and Body mostly delivers a long, wandering shrug. Country Joe & The Fish clearly aimed for psychedelic transcendence, but what they ended up with feels more like being cornered by someone’s overly enthusiastic friend at a 1967 house party. The organ swirls are less “mind‑expanding” and more “motion sickness,” and the band’s political edge dulls quickly under the weight of meandering jams that mistake length for depth. There are flashes of charm, but they vanish almost as soon as they appear, swallowed by the album’s tendency to noodle itself into oblivion. Historically important? Sure. Enjoyable? Only if you’re grading on a very generous curve. Final Verdict: 2 out of 5 stars — a psychedelic time capsule that’s more dust than magic.

This was cute. That’s the only way I can think of describing it haha. It’s not something I would go out my way to listen to again, but cute for the moment.

19/03/2026 It was certainly different, I have never heard of these guys. I won't listen again, but it was an experience. Spotify listeners: 123.1k

I think I've heard all I want to hear from Country Joe.

Similar to the Doors at times. Better than I expected.

Extra point for the name

Digging the psychedelic vibes. Easy listening that makes you want more 3/5

Veers dangerously close to zany on at least one occasion. Mostly it's pretty cool, stoned 60s psychedelic stuff. A decent listen.

favorites: not so sweet; porpoise mouth; bass strings

This is my first time listening to this album. It's also about a week and a half since Country Joe just passed away. This is an album. I listened to it. I even read the blurb in the book about this album. I still don't understand why this album is included in a list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It seems like the most special thing about this album is its inclusion on the list.

If the Doors were the curtains.

This was probably really cool and groundbreaking when it came out, but you can tell it is a very raw and unrefined version of what we now know as psychedelic rock. I can appreciate what it probably means/meant to the world of music, but it just doesn't hold up as well today.

Really struggle to find anything to like in this tbh, after 2 tracks I was already bored out my mind listening to a sound I’ve heard done better in albums released before 1967 even. Maybe you just had to be there.

meh, it's fine i guess. Don't really care, won't be back 2.5

1967 foi um ano forte, repleto de lançamentos icônicos e memoráveis. O álbum que gerei anteriormente, Surrealistic Pillow, também foi lançado em 1967, e eu dei a ele 5 estrelas. Naturalmente, em um ano tão rico, é natural que uma coisa ou outra escapasse da minha atenção e passasse por debaixo do meu radar, o que foi o caso da estréia do grupo Country Joe & The Fish. Me sinto um pouco tolo por ter desconhecido este disco toda a minha vida até então. Fez meu tipo e me agradou profundamente. Ele exibe muita criatividade, riqueza em detalhes, produção atemporal… É um prato cheio. Gosto da variedade nas composições, claramente inspirada pelos alucinógenos que o grupo experimentava, como eles deixaram claro nas letras de várias das canções aqui. Em pleno 2026, algumas coisas sobre este disco podem facilmente serem consideradas clichês. Mas eu nunca enxerguei o clichê como algo negativo. Ainda mais quando analisado o contexto cultural da época. Parte da variedade musical exposta aqui vai do Blues à arranjos voltados ao Country, e tudo com a palheta do Rock Psicodélico tão famoso dos anos 60. O disco facilmente manteve minha atenção enquanto viajava pelas diferentes gamas do seu espectro, sem nunca escapar do seu núcleo central. Um jeito bem verboso de dizer que o álbum me prendeu completamente através da sua variedade e da sua consistência. Gosto das guitarras e dos vocais especialmente, o disco todo possui um estilo bem puro, sem muitos adornos desnecessários e sempre mantendo a simplicidade. Uma ótima surpresa. Rapidamente adicionado à minha rotação constante. 5/5

Give me an F! Give me a U! Give me “fixing to die rag” is a killer song and i wish it were on here!

Started interesting and slightly subversive, but ultimately ran too long…

Generic sounding typical 60s album, it's not bad, but I prefer other 60s psychedelic acts

Boring music for the mind and body

It sounds nice enough but psychedelic rock is just not my thing at all. You can tell they used to be a folk jug band too, which is REALLY not my thing.

Is this just an early electric guitar album? Why not add more Hendrix instead? This album is obviously dated and has rough production.

Not my thing.

Saai psychedelic rock album. Zal mogelijk invloed op iets of iemand gehad hebben, en dat is top, maar het klinkt voor mij allemaal heel generic. De gefluisterde "LSD" adlib is erg komisch en tegelijkertijd écht heel kut "kijk ons eens LSD doen en een album maken hihi".

Fijn dat formulaic kopiegedrag van alle tijden is. Dit klinkt als elke psychedelische rockband ooit, maar dan iets saaier.

Not bad but very forgettable. I liked Super Bird more than the others!