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60s counterculture music is not my taste. I liked Sad and Lonely Times, but nothing else on the album really stuck with me.
I think I'm finding that 60s proto-jam psychadelia just isn't my thing. Probably a little better and more immediately accessible than Quicksilver or the Live/Dead album but this mostly just doesn't land with me. Some alright blues-y type soloing but also some of the guitar tones are just thin and sort of annoying to listen to. A bit of aimless organ noodling in the middle. It's not horrible by any stretch, but just not my "jam".
3.5/5, some tracks were great, some were more alright.
eita delícia de rock psicodélico pra deixar rolando enquanto trabalha, deus abençoe!!!! 3,5
Not bad for psych jam
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Painfully bad
Psychedelic
It’s alright to pass a few moments, no complaints 3 Star
I'm getting real sick of these 60s albums where they all sound like a worse version of The Doors and The Kinks. This band definitely has good musicians but the songs are just boring.
Western, funky, electric strings, may enjoy with a whiskey with Brenda and John
The first track on this album, Flying High, is 2m41s. I made it to about 1m45s and was already thinking about skipping it. I endured only to arrive at the second track, Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine. And I noticed immediately that this song was not as good as the first song which I didn't think was all that good to begin with. At 1m37s into it, which is 4m24s, I knew I couldn't endure it. So I pressed skip and arrived at track 3, Death Sound (4m26s). Very bluesy start, which I don't hate but if this is as good as it gets, this 44m album is too long a haul for me.
I was prepared to defend this record but it's very front loaded, if you can believe it. Snooze.
Favorite track(s): Section 43, Love, Bass Strings
An album that was probably one to turn heads in 1967. Now it just sounds unfinished like some dudes hanging out smoking a bunch of weed.
Pretty ok album loo nothing to write home about
2/24/26. Couldn't get into this one much. Decent, but thought it was a tad bland and boring for a psychedelic release. I get that this served as a pioneer for the genre.
Well this was a pleasant and unexpected surprise. Never heard of this band or album before, but this was awesome* I'm a sucker for psychedlia, so album is a welcom addition to my collection. N.B. The 2006 version stereo mix on Apple music is absolutely awful in headphones, the instrument separation (80% in one ear) was so jarring and distracting I couldn't listen. I'm not sure whether the original sounded like this. Once I forced my computer audio to mono it was a pleasure to enjoy. I later managed to find a copy of the 2013 delux remaster. Funnily enough, over speakers I prefer the 2013 stereo mix. I'd like to give it 4.5 but that's not an option, I want to listen again stoned and imagine I'm at Woodstock. Could creep up to a 5 with more listening.
Pretty fun not outstanding, like a lot of the classic rock albums on this website
Top Songs: Flying High Super Bird
To the extent that Country Joe and the Fish are remembered at all, they are remembered for one song. And it isn't on this album. This album has the distinction of being the first West Coast Psychedelia album which could go either way, depending on your tolerance for West Coast Psychedelia. Personally, I think it's the sort of album that every musician should hear, if only as a warning to not do this ever again. The best thing on here is probably "Love", but even that dissolves into a mediocre blues jam. The rest are the sort of thing that someone at the time might have looked up from their bong for long enough to say "Wow, cosmic," before drifting off into smokey dreams. The lyrics are unrelentingly "mind expanding", in that they don't make a lick of sense, but they sound like they might mean something. Probably the low point is Section 43, a multi movement instrumental of extraordinary banality that sounds like the sort of thing that a promoter who couldn't afford The Doors might put on and advertise as "A Freak Out". 1 star for being the first and a half for the vocals on "Love". I rounded down.
a lil interesting
Pretty standard 60s psychedelic rock. Nothing too notable, but going off the other reviews this is something I’m more tolerant of and willing to give a go than most people
They were just doing whatever in the studio
Country Joe and the Fish... the name made me nervous, but I was pleasantly surprised that the music was listenable. More than listenable even. The one thing it suffered from was that I've had a lot of good 60s psychedelic bands recently and it got a bit outshined by some of the others. And I can definitely say, definitely the best song about Lyndon B. Johnson I've ever heard.
++: Flying High, Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine, Death Sound Blues, Superbird, Love, Bass Strings +-: Happiness Is a Porpoise Mouth, Section 43, Sad and Lonely, The Masked Marauder, Grace 7,0/10
Overall Rating - 2.86/5 (5.73/10). Just weird and psychadelic. Not bad, but not something I'll listen to again.
3.5
I was on the fence between marking it off as a 3 or a 4. I really enjoyed the fusion of psychedelic sounds and blues rock. While this wasn't the album that was the turning point, but it was definitely part of it.
Psychedelic 60 hippie country music with endless boring guitar solos. Not my thing….
Good listen
I have a weird relationship with 1960s music, especially psychedelic rock. I love the Doors and other bands from that period, but some of the bands really drive me up the wall. The 60s psychedelic rock bands had a sound, and I don’t like it for the most part. It automatically time stamps it for me. When I saw my next album was Country Joe and the Fish, I was worried it would be the same old derivative sound of the 60s, you know, like a knockoff Doors or Steppenwolf. Man, I hate Born To Be Wild. Track 1 is Flying High, and its the typical drug song trying to masquerade as a song about Country Joe going to the airport. The stereotypical 60s guitar is soloing the whole time throughout. It has the stale, irritating 60s sound. This could be a long 44 minutes. Track 2, Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine, is worse. It has that annoying 60s organ sound blaring throughout the song, along with the 60s soloing guitar. The lyrics, I’m sure, are about drugs or trupping or something, but I feel like to really get the gist of the song, you need to be of that time. It’s like certain customs or acts in the Bible that were really important at that time, but because they happened over 2,000 years ago, we don’t have the cultural knowledge of that day to understand them. Not that Country Joe & the Fish’s album is the Bible, I just think certain things that would stick out to a young person in the 60s don’t mean much to me in 2026. So far, it seems like Country Joe was fixated on drugs and death. Maybe the drugs caused him to be fixated on death. Track 3, Death Sound, makes it pretty obvious. “I feel the black nails a-poundin' now, yes, into the coffin of our love. hear the black nails a-poundin' now, yes, into the coffin of our love. well, like a black shrouded hunter now, don't you know that i have killed a snow-white dove, oh, i've killed a dove!” So, maybe it’s the death of his and his old lady’s relationship. Perhaps it was all the drugs they took? Track 5, Section 43, is seven minutes long and has the annoying psychedelic organ, but I kind of dig it. It has some harmonica thrown in. Maybe I’m coming around a bit on Country Joe. Okay, now they’re trying to get me to hate this song, but only for a second, as some cool Napoleon Dynamite organs come in and really take the song to another level. I want to hate it, but I’m maybe a prog guy at heart. I like epic, 10-minute, or in this case, seven-minute jams. Track 6 is Super Bird, and it’s about President Lyndon Baines Johnson. I don’t think Country Joe likes him that much. Man, remember the days when nobody trusted a politician or a rich dude? I think people were smarter back in those days. They could see a shyster and a grifter coming a mile away. Maybe the internet not being a thing helped keep their BS detector calibrated. But, I digress. Track 9, Bass Strings, has the pure Napoleon Dynamite organ playing. It’s a slow jam, and except for it making me think about Napoleon Dynamite, I don’t mind it. “Hey partner, won't you pass that reefer round, My world is spinnin', yeah, just got to slow it down. Oh, yes, you know I've sure got to slow it down. Get so high this time that you know I'll never come down, I'll never come down.” The lyrics are rather cryptic. I’m not sure we’ll ever know what this song was about. But seriously, the band was afraid to put this song out on the album, as at the time, marijuana was super illegal, and they were afraid they'd be arrested for just singing about how they smoke the pot. Thankfully, we've all realized there are certainly many more dangerous things than marijuana and have legalized it all over the world....What? That's not the case? Oh, but we let the big pharmaceutical companies ruin our country with highly, super addictive opioids without questioning them? Just because they lied and said they weren't addictive? Hmmm, oh yeah, politicians and rich guys don't get much kickback from weed dealers. But, again, I digress. Track 10 has a great title, The Masked Maurader, and it's full of Nap Dynamite organ. Crazy organ aside, I kind of dug that song. There was a breakdown in the middle that slowed things down, and Country Joe added some La La Las. It reminded me of the 60s music I really enjoy. That music that still has more of a 50s pop shine with some 60s rock mixed in. The last track, Grace, is another drug-fueled love song. And it's about Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, Starship, or whatever they call themselves now. Seems that Country Joe was fixated on three things, drugs, women, and death. I imagine you can be obsessed with two out of three and live a pretty good life, but all three will kill you before you’re 50. Holy Lord! Country Joe is still alive at 84 years old! He must have quit drugs and death to live this long. This album is what it is, a time capsule of the mid-60s. It’s got everything you need if you’re a fan of psychedelic rock. And I’m not not a fan of psychedelic rock, but I need grooves and riffs and less stereotypical 60s organ sounds. For someone who has never really expericencd psychedelic rock or fans of the genre, this will be a must listen. For me, it was not my favorite, though as I sit here writing, I’m really starting to dig the last track, Grace. Oh, and then it ended. I know I compalined about Country Joe sounding like the sterotypical 60s psychedlic rock band, but he and his band were one of the first of those bands to gain popularity. They were one of the fathers of that sound. So I can't be too hard on them. Now, YouTube Music has randomly played Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. It, too, came out in 1967. It has what I would call a very 60s sound, but the Beatles were doing things like this before it became a trend. I generally give them a pass. Plus, I love LSD….I mean, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.
Better than expected. Although not better than The Doors. Or Jefferson Airplane. American Psychedelia as we learned with Big Brother & the Holding Company and The Grateful Dead is often no more than white west coast Blues. Thankfully, the Blues bends that despoil the start of this record give way to slightly more interesting terrain, but there is neither the poetry of Morrison, nor the command of Slick. And the interesting terrain soon becomes desert plain. Really, it’s just some druggies who find their drug-taking amusing. And why not? They sound harmless. I doubt Lyndon Johnson was bothered. 1.5 ‘How do you know but ev'ry Bird that cuts the airy way, Is an immense world of delight, clos'd by your senses five?’ William Blake As Blake points out, this album may well be the undistinguished lump of psychedelic blues poop that it sounds, but you’ll need to take some LSD to be absolutely sure. Even then, quite a lot might hinge on how striking you find the sound of the electric organ, which I worry lost its novelty about 5 minutes after this LP was released 60 years ago. 1/5
I knew straight away what this would be like. Probably influenced a lot of 60s bands like The Doors. Some great tracks but too standard 60s fodder for me.
Ok.
Not what I was expecting. But not in the best way. This is more psychedelic and parts they reminded me of The Doors. Not my cup of tea. It was an interesting listen but I wouldn’t care to revisit.
Some decent songs on here nothing crazy special but they have a good little vibe to them. I didn’t really care for the instrumental tracks, and I sometimes found the high-pitched synth sounds a bit ear splitting. This kind of feels like another fairly forgettable psychedelic rock 60s band I’m afraid though. The songs that I liked seemed to mainly just have more classical and acoustic sounds, the tracks that stood out to me were ‘Flying high’, ‘Death sound’ and ‘Super bird’.
Just background music, couldn’t get into the lyrics even after second play. Not for me this one
This is pretty raw and psychedelic and likely influential to some bands down the road. It's not a masterpiece and I feel like I've heard if all done better but it's an alright listen. I can feel the experimentation and passion in it.
Pretty solid sound. I should like psychedelic rock more than I do. It just doesn't hold my attention. This had some bluesy vibes that I dug. Seems like the perfect example of psychedelic rock for the time.
Not bad
Pure sixties bliss!
Twangy, bluesy, soulful. Vocals are lacking but still an interesting listen.
Why is no one talking about the song where they call Lyndon B. Johnson Superman then they get kryptonite to defeat him and force him to take acid? 4/10
This album was at best, mildly pleasant and forgettable, and at worst, cringeworthy. “Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine” and “Section 43” were the highlights for me. I think the entirety of “Porpoise Mouth” was just me pinching the bridge of my nose.
Aight
Ein charmant-verrauchtes Psychedelic‑Relikt: atmosphärisch, aber nicht durchgehend packend.
I literally said "Oh fuck off" out loud when I heard the whispered "L-S-D" at the end of "Bass Strings." That was the culmination of annoyance that started building with "Section 43" and picked up speed with the LBJ jokes of "Super Bird." By the time the plodding "Grace" closed things out, my hostility couldn't be reined in. In short, I hated this. I'm sure it blew minds back in '67, but I found it un-fucking-bearable 60 years later.
There are a number of genres this list has made me appreciate more - 1950s crooners, 1970s funk, etc. The one genre it has made me realize I really don't care for is late 1960s psychedelic pop. Writing this comment has also made me realize I don't know how to spell psychedelic without googling it.
I like psychedelic rock. The bluesy guitars on here are cool
Like unseasoned boiled chicken
Not sure I'll ever come back to this but it wasn't a waste of time
There's quite a lot of West Coast psychedelia on here, isn't there? And psychedelia in general. I'd never heard of this one. I thought it was quite good - very blues-y; and yes, quite psychedelic. The production is quite thin though and the singer didn't seem to have much presence on record. I ended up thinking it was a bit like The Doors, but The Doors were miles better. But I enjoyed reading about the Jabberwock café. It must have been a fun time.
as the name says
No offense, but, what is the meaning of this? I'm going to turn to the book for some insight on what the editors were thinking, because I don't get it. ---- Ok, so the critic's argument is, this represents the gateway into psychedelia in the late 60s. Bruh, we're 60 years on. We can't hear that this was one of the first tripped-up records to market, just that it's one drop in the sea of that bygone era. On the topic of LSD, allow me to once again underscore that no record by Tool made the list. If you really cared to exemplify what psychedelics could bring to music, you'd have included literally anything from their catalog. Pound sand.
This is the worst version of this type of thing
Blues and psychedelics. They were young on this one!
Kind of as expected for the genre
Good album
Genial, espectacular. Wikipedia dice que es rock psicodélico, pero aquí escuché al menos cinco géneros más, todos geniales. Casi ninguna canción suena igual a otra y en todas se sienten los ánimos por explorar y descubrir cosas geniales. Nuevo favorito.
Was hoping for more but got less. Musically this would probably be 1 star but I’ll give it 2 since they kept it relatively short.
loads of hippy noodling.
This album was definitely a time capsule piece. While I didn't mind it, I wouldn't listen to it again or recommend it to anyone. 2/5 for the 60's vibes.
idk just some 60s music not really anything remarkable
I found this at a record shop for about five cents, maybe twenty years ago. My friend thought it had a funny name, so we bought it and put it on. I remember thinking it was better than I expected, being some bargain bin garbage, but I never felt the urge, ever, to put it on again. Now, I know a little more about the psychedelic California scene, and know these guys were a player. You’ll see their names on the set lists with Jefferson Airplane, and they played Woodstock, etc. I came into this listen with more focus and respect. And, it’s pretty good for what it is. It definitely documents the times. I appreciated the message to LBJ, telling him to go back to his ranch. I imagine this album was important to quite a bit of kids in the hippie generation. The final track, Grace, I found to contain the most depth, and I added this to my playlist. Apparently, it was written to honor the singer of Jefferson Airplane. Otherwise, on a music enjoyment level, will I feel the desire to spin this record again anytime soon? Country No.
funky
The guitar was pretty dang nice
5/10 Favourite: Death Sound Least Favourite: Bass Strings
Ah, I love myself some trippy and druggy music. So I'm a bit biased with this. This has some very interesting unconventional song structures and great vibe but the songs are maybe too short to be effective psychedelic drug taking music. You're just starting to ride the wave and then it's already gone. Ideally this should have been one 22 minute song o Side A and another 22 minute song on Side B for more optimized tripping.
A good album to know, I guess, which is enough reason to be on the list. Helps understand some more of what was going on in 1967 and the beginnings of the San Francisco psychedelic sound. But it's also fair to say that it hasn't aged as well as some of its contemporaries.
new to me
Half of it is very grating and then the other half is very forward-thinking
Bra album!! Vibes idk vad mer att säga.
surprisingly didn't hate it
3 1/2
probably not many albums out there that namedrop both i ching and the fantastic four. this is a Literal summer of love record (like, san fran in 67 literal) but its not all that fantastical...the earthier goals are clear from the band name, which is either an all time great or all time stinker but i cant decide which. i have very little to say about the actual music but i did enjoy it...this is a very likable musical language for me, and honestly im rly impressed with how tight and precise the band manages to be, which is not at all a guarantee for this scene and style for obvious reasons. its hardly a requirement, for those same reasons, but it sure is a nice surprise to throw on this kind of album and manage to notice the creativity of the drumming multiple times...shoutouts to Chicken Hirsh
I was surprised. I was expecting something terrible. Overall, I found the music very entertaining and funny. I might not listen to it every day, but I'll definitely listen to it from time to time. 4/5
2.5
3.5
I still love the headshop psych gooeyness of this album. It reminds me a bit of what the Dead would expound on in *Anthem of the Sun* the following year *Aoxomoxoa* in '69. The best bits of this album are on side one especially the bluesy "Death Sound Blues" and the trippiness of "Happiness is a Porpoise Mouth" and "Section 43". Side to kind of goes into a bit of 60s pop Fair but still she was a bit of their political humor they'd perfect in the next album in "Superbird" and ends with the pleasantly trippy "Grace" It is a bit primitive especially coming after *Surrealistic Pillow*, but at least a great psych album nonetheless. (8.6)
A cool mix of psychedilia and blues. 4.5 stars
Stay off drugs, kids. All kidding aside, this was okay, but I think there's a lot better albums from the Haight-Ashbury scene. I think it started off pretty well, but definitely wore out it's welcome by the end. 3 stars.
Didn’t care for this Country Joe and The Blowfish record. I said something like this a few days ago but it’s even more relevant this time… shoulda gimme’n me another Doors record. Strange Days is from this year and way more essential than this!
I’m not feeling this, man. The organ grates on me after a while. The songs are kind of boring too.
No private session used for Spotify. Never heard of Country Joe with or without The Fish, but taking in all the info I was given: the name of the band, tupled with the psychedelicness of the cover and the album name and the year, it's about what I imagined. Rock a step away from country and towards the psychedelic. Never really cared for this type of music, happy that it wasn't some meandering jam band 20 minute tunes, but still not for me.
The most shit hippie music on the list so far.
I genuinely do not know how to feel about this. Sometimes I was vibing, sometimes I was tolerating, and sometimes I was thinking "just because you can doesn't mean you should".
A great early psychedelic rock album that I hadn't heard yet. Easy going and complex enough to keep attention. Weird band name.
Unfortunately, Country Joe & The Fish (and most other San Francisco psychedelic bands) sounded dated to me when they came out in the 60s. Feel Like I’m Fixin’ To Die Rag was (is) a great anti-war anthem, the rest of their music is lackluster.
Vähän kyseenalainen lisä listalle -- ei kovinkaan ihmeellistä psykerockia.
Meh
country and folky.
I love a lot of these bands’ names more than I love their music. This is an example of that.
A couple nice Eastern-influenced guitar licks. I'm not real sure why it's on the list.
As was said, “hippy dippy” but I always appreciate a good LBJ shoutout.
Cool to see the early days of psychedlic rock. I only knew their hit on classic rock radio in the 80s.
Not a go-to, but not bad
I enjoyed the raw production but the vocals and lyrics were tedious. Maybe this hit different in its time, but it hasn't aged well to my ears.
This was a solid listen, especially if you’re in the mood for late 60s psychedelia. It has that hazy, exploratory feel where the songs drift more than they drive, which can be cool depending on your headspace. There are some interesting moments and textures throughout, but nothing really jumped out and demanded a replay for me. It felt more like an album you put on for the vibe rather than individual tracks. Overall, it was enjoyable while it was on, just not especially memorable once it ended.
Late 60’s/ 70’s Psychedelic rock sounds with some blues vibes. 70’s psychedelic was never my thing. Fav tracks were the ones with blues vibes, (Death Sound, Superbird, Love) and these still weren’t great. If I never hear this album again I would be good with that.
I know there is some deep sophistication in this album but it’s way over my head. I like psychedelic rock but I didn’t like this
So much classic roc this week. This is another pretty good album. A few songs are definitely in my 60’s / 70’s rock playlist.
Interesting album and I’ve never heard of this band. 3.5 rounded up this time.
First listen Saved 0/11
cool hippies
Generic 60’s rock.
Joe should go back to the country and go fishing.
3 out of 5. Psychedelia is cool and all but wears out its welcome after a bit.
Another meh...it started okay, but then it was like they got too high to keep making the music and just faded into strumming along with no particular place to go. It wasn't unpleasant but just really not interesting
it has it's moments. I like it until I don't and it would be worth relistening to this album just find out where exactly the trip goes wrong. Is it just me or is that tamborine waaay too fucking loud in Death Song? at the beginning and at the end. It's like there's some hippie shaking the tamborine right in your fucking face! DEATH SONG!! wtf kind of party is this?
Wow! Psychedelic country. Or at least a slight flavoring of that. I’d have never considered such a thing. It’s still psych rock based in the blues though and it fits comfortably within its genre and time period. I’m not wowed. I love the genre in general but this doesn’t add much to it.
This feels very of its time, kind of a Hendrix/Grateful Dead fusion. It was a pleasant listen but nothing really excited me about it.
#50 Absolutely not
Fumazo
Day729 - the late sixties psychedelics is fine and i bet country joe is a lot of old hippies favorite but i’ll take the grateful dead over them
Crazy man, crazy
amei o instrumental e o jeito meio eclectico!
Such a frustrating album. It's almost good but, and this is a massive but, the godawful production makes it practically unlistenable. Someone made a decision of 'Let's turn the guitar up to be louder than anything else, but at the same time make it sound tinny and fucking nasty so that at points only dogs can hear it.' and it's horrendous. I'm cringing and wincing because some of it is genuinely hurting my senses. With a better overall sound I think I'd really like it, but nope, it's hurting me.
Fun
1st listen: easy classic hippy festival music to listen to
Ending of "Section 43" good
Enjoyable. I preferred the songs with lyrics, but all around it was a nice listen.
this feels like a self-parody album. i mean i bet this probably went really hard if you had never heard music before and were high on novel drugs, but broadly speaking this sounds pretty horrible. the tracks are actively grating for most of the album and it doesn't seem like quality of any aspect was a consideration at any point. there's mediocre whiny singing with lyrics that are either generic 60s countercultural lines or actively low effort nonsense. run some guitars through distortion, poorly play an organ, and call it a day. exhausting.
Huh Now I finally know what those people complaining about the "damn hippy music" feel when they listen to psychedelic. Middle-of-the-road instrumentation meets lyrics that kind of feel like a parody of the time. I feel like I'm more critical of this music because I know I like so much psychedelic that I can be confident in saying this is very just-below mid to me. What was radical politically and sonically at the time simply isn't anymore so what we're left with is some weak prose and a feeling of "maybe you just had to be there". One of the songs is a reference to Jefferson Airplane, and I wish I was listening to them instead.
Liked it a lot more than the top reviews and score on this site suggested. Still not particularly memorable amongst the dearth of quality 60s rock that does it better. RYM: N Saved a song: N
I can appreciate the antiwar sentiment and the hippie vibes but the songs are at best second tier psychedelic.
looooong
sympa sans plus quelque musique bizzare
C ok au début puis ct long
This aint nothing
Feels like a different yet familiar sound, I likely won't listen to this again, but I did enjoy it. Definitely something I can appreciate.
Didn't make it all the way through his so I'll have to go back. Good 70s classic rock vibes kinda like the band or something but a bit more psychedelic .
Quite a psycadelic album indeed. Overall I was not impressed with this. Left no lasting impression on me despite listening to it on 3 different occasions. It just felt too meandering and without purpose somehow, hard to explain exactly what wasn't interesting. Didn't enjoy the arrangements or the singing really, and no song stood out as particularly interesting. Definitely not worth more time than this.
Another psychedelic rock album. I feel like we’ve had our fill of those, and while this one isn’t bad, it isn’t particularly good either. I thought for a while that maybe this was super early, but then I realized that The Doors debut album was released the same year and that is just so much better in every way. 2 star.
Interesting listen, certainly new and usual at the time, and you can see the influence on other artists.
#800. It was alright, but nothing particularly special. 3/5: acceptable
Very cool mix of styles!
Oof. First half was maybe a 2 at best, second half was … also bad. This is a little too out there for me, not much else to say.
This is like a time-capsule, but not in a good way. Doesn't hold up, for me at least.
Now that's a blast from the past. Fun. No need to hear it again.
Struggled a little with this one. Opened strong, had a bit of a weird/weak middle and then grew stronger toward the end. I appreciate that the album is diverse. Some blues-y sounding stuff, some psychedelic, avant-garde abstract/experimental vibes too.
Fucking Awful. Why did I have to listen to this? Badly recorded and crap music.
rien ne me marque
Mid.
it was ok. not sure it adds to the list.
I like the instrumentals more than the majority of the songs which contain singing. The guitar player is in particular a standout. The gibberish lyrics take away from the album but this is still ok.
Truly thought this was a country/blues band from the early 40s/50s. And actually thought it was one guy and a band. Did not think it was a psychedelic rock band fro the 60s. But their name does look/sound familiar to me. Cool stuff. Not for me.
Thought I would this, hated parts of it but it wasn't completely unlistenable which says a lot for this list!
Enjoyed it, tripped out late 60s isnt an easy listen but its fun
A very good prog rock album I enjoyed it a lot I lost the previous review but i loved Super Bird, Porpoise Mouth and Grace. -GEMV 12.12.2025 3.5/5
Far out
Call me crazy but I believe this guy wanted to fuck a porpoise. I wasn’t in love with this album, but it’s still better than anything I’ve heard from The Byrds so far.
Just another dated 60s psych album that hasn't aged well.
All types of music are represented in this album in many of them I had not heard. Very impressed with the album. Will definitely listen again.
Very 60's. Pretty good 60's. Very Pink Floyd esque, maybe a little more mainstream sounding.
My does this list love its '60s hippie, psychedelic albums. This is just another one in the mix for me - some interesting moments here and there, but ultimately too one-note and not very memorable. 'Sweet Martha Lorraine' I liked quite a bit because it reminded me a lot of the Doors' debut album...almost too much. The albums were only released a few months apart, but I'll leave it at that. The guitar playing is at its peak on the shorter 'Porpose Mouth', just a bunch of interesting tones and lines hanging in the background of this one, giving it this almost mystical feel - maybe the best track here. I was also really rocking with the jammy instrumental 'Section 43' until that harmonica came i,n which did not fit into the mix AT ALL. And while it was the most unpopular song on the album, 'Sad And Lonely Times' was pretty good, but I'm usually a sucker for these sort of gloomy '60s pop songs anyways. 'The Masked Marauder' had another great instrumental, some really cool, bright, and sinister tones and melodies on the guitar and keys on this one. So yeah, it's alright, I guess, definitely leans into the trippiness factor more than other albums in its lane, which is probably why it's considered more of an "Acid Rock" album.
Psychadelic mid
Terrible mixing.
Lett forglemmelig gubbepop.
I've heard of this band but only the fixing to die song. This was better music than I was expecting.
Me ha gustado bastante pese al hartazgo de hombres e inglés. Quizás sea un 3.5
Me ha gustado bastante pese al hartazgo de hombres e inglés. Quizás sea un 3.5
Super cool and experimental. Very fitting for the time.
I think these guys may have been on drugs. Good vibes and fun sounds, but weak songs and crap lyrics.
I wouldn't say it's top-tier psych rock, but it's pretty decent. Enjoyed the bluesier numbers.
5.5/10
Neat cross section of 60’s Southern rock and psychedelic. Definitely a solid and unique listen
Måske det mindst sykadeliske i dén kategori. Var lidt tam, og glemt dagen efter.
Med det navn havde jeg frygtet noget ala The Flying Burrito Brothers. Men det her er ret fedt når de jammer en gang udsyret blues som på f.eks. Death Sounds og Love.
love the title. immediate impression of the first song is that the album doesn't deliver on it. fine tunes but discordant, ugly sound.
Amazing political songs, some serious jams, guitar licks.
I liked that more than I thought I would. They keep it weird the whole time for a fun ride Rating: 4.0
Fuck LBJ, we're gonna end the war with this one boys! Bring the troops home!
When you get an album from one of the OG psychedelic bands you expect the whole treatment. And Country Joe & The Fish brought it! If that’s your jam then this is your album.
Joseph Allen “Country Joe” McDonald y Barry “The Fish” Melton padres del rock ácido (junto con The 13th. Floor Elevators, Blues Magoos, Jefferson Airplane...) La espléndida Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine tuvo bastante éxito en su día, aunque el tema más emblemático es sin duda I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin-to-Die Rag (no incluida aquí) y su momento tuvo lugar en su participación de Woodstock en 1969 ( a Country Joe lo contrataron para una actuación en solitario de emergencia, no programada, cuando Santana aún no estaba listo para subir al escenario y después actuó con su The Fish), luego desaparecieron. Abren con Flying High. Section 43 es un viaje de más de 7 minutos a lomos de armónica y órgano, remarcada por pausas al inicio y final del tema. Bass Strings es blues psicodélico , atrevido para su época por su explícita letra sobre drogas, aunque nada que ver con parias como la Velvet. Sad and Lonely Times es un tema ligero y fácil de escuchar. Death, es más ácido. Superbird es de lo mejor del disco, es una versión respecto a la publicada en otro EP anterior (como Section 43", "Thing Called Love" y "Bass Strings). The Masked Marauder es otra joya. Grace está obviamente dedicada a Grace Slick de los Jefferson Airplane. Un tema más propio de, pongamos Dvid Crosby, con su aire extraño y casi oriental. Uno de los mejores discos de la inigualable cosecha del 67. Música Eléctrica para la Mente y el Cuerpo. Palabras mayores.
Better than Coldplay
Okay, bad arrangement, weird songwriting, nice instrumes
3 if I were back in the days of its release, but 2 really. I would not listen to this again.
Fun album.
got a little groovy with it, not bad Would I listen again: eh Deserves to be on this list: maybe 3.2
I love psychedelic/acid rock from the late 1960s and this is another great San Francisco Bay Area album from 1967. I like the electric organ heavy songs which lean to more jazzy-psychedelic than acid rock. I still love Jefferson Airplane the most from the scene but this is also a very good album.
They’re doing psych rock, I like psychedelic rock. The issue with psychedelic rock sometimes is that it can meander a bit here and there and that’s forgivable enough considering all the drugs they were dealing with. It’s really difficult with some of these 60’s acts because I’m confident that Country Joe and The Fish hit perfectly in a live setting outside in the sun but I listened to them on a dog walk on a cold day in November so it didn’t hit the way it should have. 3 stars
I enjoyed this one more than I expected. It’s a vibrant slice of late-’60s psychedelia, full of swirling organ lines and free-spirited energy. At times, it reminded me of The Doors with its moody, hypnotic grooves and extended jams. The album feels raw and exploratory, capturing that era’s sense of musical adventure without being too self-indulgent. Pass the incense and turn up the volume!!
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Bass Strings is excellent Nice 60's psychedelic album.
Tää oli himpun liian psykedeelistä musaa mun makuuni. En tykännyt.
It was ok just not my style of music. It was just too slow
Maybe … MAYBE if it was 1967 and I was really stoned. It's okay, definitely a relic of its time. Proto-jamband stuff. If the late 60's country-rock psych era never happened, I think we'd all be better off (except for Jefferson Airplane, who rule). I'm being facetious, of course. You will like this if you enjoy the Dead, Phish etc. Not really well executed, nothing very novel in the songwriting or instrumentation, a bit sloppy.
Blues/psychedelia from the late sixty had some bright spots, but did not quite hit the mark for me. Would be willing to give it another listen.
Borderline experimental acid/proto-psych rock.. I practically got a contact high from whatever these guys were taking back in the 60s, just by listening. I'd argue this record doesn't need to be on this list, as this feels like a fun but somewhat forgettable footnote in a long line of 60s psych-rock bands & albums. But I must admit that, instead of feeling nothing, there seemed to be something sinister lurking in the undercurrent of this record.. while hard to explain, I couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling of despair that emanated into my psyche and made me feel nervous being alone in my own house. No doubt these guys went through a fair number of bad trips in their heyday.
Ah, the classic bluesy psychedelic rock band of 1967. A style and period that spawned a lot of classics. I’ve never heard of this one, which doesn’t bode well. And well would you look at that, it sounds like the others, only more rudimentary and ear-hurting.
Another pleasant psychedelic trip. Decent but not life changing. Preferred Cream, The Yardbirds and the 13th floor elevators.
Pretty standard 60's Psychedelic rock. Not bad.
I can see where this might have blown minds back in the day. Interesting mix of trad and electric instruments, blues and psychedelia, pop and rock, some vague bits of politics. But it doesn't feel like it has a fundamental brilliance that makes it anything more than a footnote in the overall cultural progression of pop music.
Cover 4 Watered-down jazz, funk, soul. If you're into that stuff...
I wanted to like this more than I did. There are flashes of something real — clever lyrics, interesting keyboard ideas, and that unmistakable sense of 1967 energy — but the whole thing never quite gels. The mix is rough, the tambourine and organ dominate everything, and the songs often sound more like good demos than finished work. I can see how this would’ve felt revolutionary at the time, but compared to other San Francisco records of the era — especially Jefferson Airplane — the contrast is stark. It’s a fascinating listen historically, just not one I’ll come back to. ⭐️⭐️
Dated. Maybe I would have liked this more if I was alive in 1967.
Not really my jam
Its got some interesting moments. Sometimes it sounds like Pink Floyd, sometimes like the Doors, but overall it's a decent album. I like the one song where they go after LBJ for some reason, that was a funny break in the middle.
pretty nice
It's alright, nothing mind blowing, and certainly not the best of Psychedelic rock. I'm not even a fan of said genre.
Wrote a long rant about how mad I am that shit like this is over-represented on this list. Quickly realised I don't actually care enough to post it.
interesting
Literalmente el sonido que te viene a la cabeza si piensas en esos años. Altas instrumentales, alta experimentación para la época, altos vibes. Otra vez entre el 3 y el 4, pongan decimales !!. Buenérrimas: Flying High, Death Sound, Section 43, Grace
Con lo bien que empieza este álbum y qué pronto se desinfla. A partir de la tercera canción te das cuenta de que todo suena igual y que las guitarras son un pretexto para cantar corny lyrics No es que esté mal, pero siento que he escuchado este mismo sonido calcado en cuatro o cinco álbumes de lo que va de challenge Favs: las dos primeras
Country Joe & The Fish, spoiler alert, are not necessarily a country band! They are definitely a 60's - 70's era rock... alt band that just pushes them out of the "danger zone" of being "classic rock" and especially, although they have some vibe of it, escape the "southern rock" genre label. Not that for anyone ELSE that that would be a problem, but for me... Not a big classic/ southern rock fan. Why? It is like a cult. Fans ONLY listen to "classic rock" and wear the 40 year old tee-shirts and hate on everything else and it is annoying! Plus, taken a song or two at a time is fine, good even, but after a lifetime of massive saturation on many of these "classics" it is just .... I heard that one.... after a while. Southern rock? W A Y too good old boy political for me, maybe especially now. Needs to rest... Anyhow, THIS band is none of that and it was, while interesting, slightly psychedelic, rocky... never made me stop in my tracks but are ...yeah, OK.
Not really into that whole San Francisco sound. I’m hippie-ish but not this hippie-ish. This album generator experience is really telling me that I like structured music. Give me verses and choruses. This album doesn’t have many.
Harmless enough but I won't be buying their Greatest Hits album. Think this probably should have been no. 1002 😐
Some fun stuff but the extended instrumentals were exhausting.
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Weird. Not quite sure how much I liked it, but I didn't hate it. 3.6
I can only imagine the amounts of drugs consumed while recording this. There seems to be a concept here: with each song the album sounds more and more drugged out. Kicks off with a pretty tight psych rock tune and pretty much ends with some random spaced out jamming. There is some interesting and hypnotic sounds all over this, but also a lot of elements that kinda bothered me, like how loud all the organs sound or how some parts are kinda off-key.
Dig it
Decent psychedelic rock. 2,6
The music is okay, but I'm annoyed by the sound in my left ear. It seems louder than anything else. I don't like how this album is mixed and/or recorded. I was bored by the end of the album.
trippy hippy rock. Liket it
It's decent!
Amazing as we lived in SF for a long time.
Suoraan woodstockista
Taas on tatteja vedetty. ⭐️⭐️
Better than I was expecting, typical 60s psych, but great guitar playing and interesting songs
I was picking up what they were putting down. I often don't connect with country-rock tinged psychedelia and usually favor either heavier rock or pop influences, but this album has the right shiftless druggie vibes for my shiftless druggie lifestyle!
It’s an Identity crisis on vinyl. The first couple bluesy tracks had promise, but then came Porpoise Mouth (weird) and Section 43 (annoying). It eventually wandered back to twangy guitar blues, but by then the vibe was long gone.
first listen very cool
Dig/Dug this album,
not enough lsd
1. High - 1.5 2. Sweet -1 3. Death - 2 4. Mouth - 1.5 5. Section -1.5 6. Bird - 1.5 7. Lonely - 0 8. Love-1.5 9. Strings -2 10. Masked - 1 11. Grace - 1.5
Jefferson airplane at its best, just not as good.
Pretty fun bluesy record.
1 stern
There are three distinct songs on this album and every other one sounds like a remix of the other
Feels like country without the twang
No
This folky Acid-Rock / Psychedelic Rock album from 1967 sounds a bit dated now but it's not too bad. My favourite tracks were the Acid-Blues "Death Sound", the Oriental sounding "Porpoise Mouth", and the epic "Section 43".
Heard the name before. Knew they were at Woodstock, but knew nothing about their music. The name is so bad, I only had ugly ideas about what they might sound like. It's not bad for late 60's psychedelia. The music is well done. Appropriately groovy and spacey in parts, bluesy in others. The singer's voice is fine with a good range of tones and styles. To be honest, the first time I heard it I thought the first 2-3 songs had a female vocalist. I'm fine with it being on the list. Glad I heard it. Are there are other/better examples of psychedelia? Sure. But I think this covers a couple of the variations therein. Let's call it a 4.
I like this - quite a lot. But I'm not sure if that makes it good. Really turned me around this album. Led to existential questions. Do I matter? Who am I? Etc etc. Two stars owing to stress.
High 3 Listened this while half asleep on the plane and quite enjoyed it
Nicely done.
With all mine sympathy for psychodelic and san-francisco scene. This record sometimes felt too raw and unenligtning. But overall good music is still here. You should try once at least to find your possible pleasures. PS The long track is boring.
for my mind and my body
I mean as far as psychedelic goes, its not the worst thing on this list
Eh, I don’t really agree this should be on the list. There is better psych and rock from this era. I’ts not a bad or annoying listen just pretty meh. 4/10 Favorite tracks- “Super Bird” “Love”
That was entertaining enough. If heard it again that would be ok, if I didn't; same.
Good groove. Enjoyed it
I was worried this was going to be 80% Country music and 20% zany 60s shenanigans. Thankfully it's mostly 60s rock with a side of zany and a smattering of Country.
What psychedelic music do I like?
Eu não sei muito o que pensar. É muito bom descobrir esse lado psicodélico, mas meio que não foi meu preferido dos álbuns gerados.
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Likeable psychedelic rock with playful irony, cool sounds and a nice mixture of shorter songs and longer jams. It's not on this album, but I really like their 'I feel like I'm a fixin' to die rag'.
Bit fishy, cowboys on drugs.
Fine example of the sort of 60s psych-rock stuff that I have a bit of a soft spot for if I'm in the right mood
Pleasant enough country adjacent twanging. Way ahead of its time, but not as far ahead of its time as I am. So it's quite old to me.
It was fine, but not very memorable. I had to go back this morning to remind myself of a few tracks... yeah, it was fine, maaan! ✌️
Just very average
As Neil from the young ones would say, groovy! Loved this one. Brilliant.
Not for me
It was pretty boring. Also the panning messed me up. I know it's old, but it hurt hearing the drums only in the right ear.
Standards 60s pyschrock album. No notes
'Electric Music for the Mind and Body' is very much a product of its times, highlighting San Francisco's Country Joe and the Big Fish as a key player in the 1960s counterculture movement. Acid, anti-war, flowers and free love were the trends of the time, and this album is steeped in the indulgences of the time, albeit without the deep lyricism of Jim Morrison or the scintilating guitar passages of Eric Clapton. With a lot of acid-drenched blues jams, spooky organ arrangements and eerily relaxed vocals, it sounds right at home in the 60s, although lacking much of the pop finesse of The Doors or The Byrds. Without a lot of clear hooks and consistent melodies, as well as aimeless jamming in plenty of places, its clear why Country Joe and the Fish isn't quite as heralded as some of their psychedelic rock contemporaries. It sounds great, but its probably a bit too inconsistent to be considered a legendary album. Best songs: Flying High, Porpoise Mouth
I like it. chill and relaxed. Nothing really blows my mind, not memorable at all, but it’s enjoyable. It is a rare album that I can enjoy more when I turn down the volume and let it run as some background music. (It is not a bad thing.. I know it kinda sounds like it is). When I turn down the volume, the bass stands out more and it helped me focus.
Album started out a bit stronger, but pattered out by the end. I liked the bluesy sound mostly, but as it started to get a bit away from that, I became less and less interested.
I really loved the vibe of this album. Based on the name I thought it would be some hillbilly shit (which I also like), but it was more smooth and groovy. Definitely a nice one.
I remember that it was very psychedelic and overall a fun listen, but mostly forgettable as I write this two days after listening to it.
A really good psychedelic rock album. There's a few songs that are kind of oddly placed and boring, but for the most part I really liked it. 3.5/5
The vocals suck and the mix is horrible. I have heard way better psychedelic stuff.
Sounds of its time and it is easy to mistake for other contemporaries. This is no bad thing. It is fine and good to return to every so often.
It was a mistake giving white people drugs
Nice background music but boring. I can see the influence it had on a lot of music to follow.
Cool old school 60's rock music, sometimes a bit dark, very clear recording with hard panning typical of the recordings of the era.
Ugh. Just ugh. Bad blues based rock that’s been done a lot better before & since.
I enjoyed this listen, considering I had never heard of this album, I didn't know what to expect but was very surprised. good vibes
The title fits perfectly for its sound, as the album truly feels like music meant to alter both your mind and body. Favourite Songs: Flying High, Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine, Death Sound Blues. Least Favourite Songs: Section 43, The Masked Marauder.
Better than the Grateful Dead, less interesting than Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship/Starship. Doesn't feel vital enough for a list like this anymore. Loved that they had a track devoted to Grace Slick!
Thoroughly enjoyable bluesy stuff. Love the whole vibe of this.
Lowkey trippy.
Love the vibes
This genre plays such a big part of the taste of the lists author. It’s ridiculous. We do not need to hear every obscure 60s psyche band ffs
San fran psychadelic Bass strings Who am I
Incapable de terminer l’album. Juste non.
That was an enjoyable psychedelic album. I particularly enjoyed the middle with Porpoise Mouth, Section 43, and Super Bird.
Parts were quit enjoyable. 3
eh, not really for me.
Nope - this is just annoying! It's like a time capsule containing the worst of the late 60's psychedelic wank.
Urgh - so annoying. Such a Mish mash of sounds. Some bits seemed like they were going into an interesting direction and then straight back to clanging shit again. Too many drugs
This was an interesting listen and I'm sure it was a very early influence on the psychedelic sounds in Frisco n LA in the mid 60s. Love the guitar work. Atmospheric for it's time but with a raw sound at the same time.
somewhere in between the beach boys and jimi hendrix but if they both actually knew how to make music
4/5
I enjoyed it but I don't find it exceptional or particularly interesting.
Boring
It's fine, I'm glad they had their political say, there's a place for that today, but there's also a place for a lot of today's well rehersed final cuts to be on this old album. Glad our modern psych rock is much better.
"Hey, man, is that Freedom Rock!?" "Yeah, man!" "Well turn it OFF, man!" I've had three Hendrix albums; this album is entirely unecessary. 1 star.
I really enjoyed this except for Section 43 which i thought dragged on for an eternity
Not what I was expecting, maybe sound better on lsd but enjoyed regardless
i really enjoyed the psychedelic vibes
2.5
Great band name, but the music is just ok. This album is just a good snapshot of the psychedelic culture in the lates 60s among many other better examples.
Just meh
I didnt feel electrified
okay 3/5
I enjoyed this quite a bit. Very classic psychedelic rock sound.