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What an eclectic mix of sounds and styles. Somehow it all gels together into a fantastic melange. A psychedelic, heady mix of politics and drugs so redolent of 1967, and its summer of Love. I was also reminded of the Doors and a bit of Jefferson Airplane. The homage to Grace Slick was quite appropriate, since Joe’s, at times, androgynous voice actually sounded like Grace Slick. I would feel quite happy to come back and explore more of this. It’s more of a 3.5 for me….
I was on board in the beginning but lost interest after the song about the porpoise.
I enjoyed this more than expected. My affinity for jam bands is limited, and I had in mind that these guys were something of a San Fran psychedelic noodle fest. Well, the 3-star rating undersells my impression of the album — there's more to the band than I thought. I appreciated the overt political criticisms and a number of the songs, particularly in the first half of the album. Things trailed off into noodle-land a bit as the album played on, which notched this back a little from the promise of the opening. But I liked Country Joe plenty good, and I won't shy away from listening if this ever gets teed up again.
this did nothing for me, nor do i see why it's on here. an easy one to kick off the list for the next revision.
This album made me feel weird. The sound and the vibe was everything to me when I first started to get serious about spreading my music wings beyond The Beatles and Dylan. I was enamored with the 60s and Country Joe & The Fish just reek hippiedom. Yesterday's listen didn't do much for me except make me wonder if I really "hear" music at all or just get lost in a vibe. Maybe from a historical perspective this album is one to listen to before you die? Mostly I'm just meh about this.
It’s kinda hard to judge, on the one hand, kinda meh, on the other, it’s a raw, blue-ish rock album from 67. I bet it sounded sick when it came out then
Very just meh. Was there not already enough 60's psychadelic rock on this list when they threw this in? 4/10
It’s like the Doors took the wrong drugs, or no drugs at all. Too many instrumental interludes. Doesn’t mesh well.
A bit of psych a day keeps the doctor away.
Cool album, not what I was expecting based on the title. Loses a star solely because it’s not on Spotify.
Some good stuff here, some maybe not as good experimental stuff here.
I've never listened to this before and it's not bad. I will revisit this to see if it clicks with me.
Awesome acid rock with some real trippy songs. Not sure about the tone of the album but hey, it was recorded in 1967.
El lsd de finales de los 60 se nota... Pero tiene su punto esta psicodelia (LNB ) No está mal,igual mejora si vas de ácido (PSP)
Rating: 5/10
Gezellig.
Debuutalbum van psychedelica-pioneer Country Joe & The Fish, en een van de eerste albums binnen het genre uit San Francisco. Sterke tracklist, goed luisterbaar. leukste nummer: Love Het nummer "Grace" is een hommage aan leadzangeres Grace Slick van Jefferson Airplane.
Yup, I was a fan but listening now I wish the vocals were stronger. The music and mix of hippie, anti war, get high and free spirit kind of music with some country and soulful stuff is still holding up. Just not the vocal performances. My teenage self would have given them a 5.
Some proper psychedelic absurdist shit that would probably sound great if you were up to your teeth in mushrooms. Sadly I wasn't.
Found this quite boring to be honest. Run of the mill Progressive Rocj mixed with some Folk, nothing too remarkable. Musically pretty good, but vocally a bit jarring. 4 out of 10
Best: Super Bird Worst: Grace
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Wow. A psychedelic rock album from 1967? These guys were truly innovators. There were definitely no other psychedelic rock albums from this time period! I'm sure this album belongs on the list and is not just a footnote in one of the most oversaturated music genres of all time! Country Joe should shut up and let THE FISH speak for a moment. I want to hear some blubs. Truly one of the albums ever. 2/5.
Didn't know a single thing about this but it's rather good psychedelia with Flying High the best of a decent bunch.
country electronic music... didn't know I could hate country more
Not really good, not really bad. Not worth it, though.
I can hear this albums influence in other albums to come out of California soon after. Not bad.
Apparently you can judge a book by its cover. My favourite part was the song that randomly played right after this album finished on Apple Music. Check out “Screamin’” by The Paul Butterfield Blue Band.
A little bit of a lot of genres
These fuckers were at Woodstock and I was served this album during Daylight Savings Time. These things are both true and more substantial than I care to admit. Drugs and drug music have gotten much better since this album was released. Yet we still can't fix Daylight Savings Time or create another successful Woodstock.
Far out man
Meh. Liked the bluesy vibe of Flying High, worth the listen for the song about LBJ, the Fantastic Four, and Doctor Strange. WTF.
Pluspunkt: erinnert mi an The Doors Punktabzug: erinnert mi an The Doors
Such a fun album. Provides the perfect soundtrack for when structures are crumbling around you and you need to transform trauma into hilarity!
Thanks, I hate it. 2 out of 5 stars.
Just ok. Got a little repetitive toward the end.
Made zero impression
Not so much for either.
Thought when I first seen this was so I need to listen to another 60’s psychedelic rock album, enjoyed this in parts, hard to say if it deserves to be on the list. Won’t be rushing back.
Brilliant! I enjoyed the vibe
Reminds me of the stuff my high school band made when we discovered the synth setting on an 80 key yamaha
guitar riffs
Such an aggressive sound it becomes grating too often. The guitar is too often like a nagging mosquito, constantly telling you it’s right there like you would have easily forgotten about it otherwise. It’s much too much and much too often. Cool ideas but the instrumentation gets in its own way. Faves: Super Bird, Sad And Lonely Times
Enjoyed my first listen of these guys.
Generally pretty good. Pretty clearly second tier San Francisco psychedelia. Which is ok. Country Joe.
This is fine
Un bon album de Psychedelic rock, je reconnais un son qui a été utilisé mainte et mainte fois après cet album. Je comprend son iclusion dans la liste. 3.5
Well, it’s better than the Grateful Dead, but that’s a low bar.
HL: "Death Sound", "Section 43", "Masked Marauder”, "Porpoise Mouth" Something about the organ tone irritated me, but that might be a production/digital master issue. As in, it was too loud and too treble-y. I did like this (woo, 60s psychedelia) but I didn’t love it, and it’s valuable to me more for filling in the gaps of that 67-70 rock era, than as an album I want to put on repeat. Ya dig? February 7, 2023
Good
9/10 - pretty good album
I liked the first half but lost me in the second
I did not want to listen to this based on the first notes of the opening song, but I persevered and then nearly gave up again during a 7 and a half minute instrumental. KILL ME. After that (and before that let’s be real) most of the songs sort of blended together. I can appreciate that it was probably really great and transformative for its time. I actually liked the more psychedelic songs but mostly couldn’t get past how dated it was. I kept willing it to end which was… not a great sign.
It was just ok. Nothing extraordinary here. Move along.
Niet mijn ding
Exact wat ik van dit album verwachtte. Niet slecht, maar ook niet zo goed
Nice
I liked this wayyyyyyy more than I thought I was going to. Definitely going into my "things to explore more" list.
Écoute très agréable, j'aime les accents de blues, le mariage des synthétiseurs et de l'harmonica, comme une façon d'explorer la modernité sans perdre la tradition. Belles mélodies, belle atmosphère.
This didn't really do it for me - there are plenty of other 60s West Coast groups that just have a bit more about them. I like the band name though.
Amazingly boring hippie psychedelic crap
[crickets]
Very chill album. I enjoyed listening to it even though this isn't really my type of music.
Pretty good
I was initially not excited for an album by a band named "Country Joe and The Fish", but this album was actually really good. Even when it was just instrumental pieces, I was entertained, which can't be said for many psychedelic rock albums. It's very close to a five stars, but I just didn't love it enough to give it such a rating. Even so, there were quite a few really good songs on here, especially right at the end of the album, and was nothing I didn't like. Grace gave me chills, which a song has never really done to me before. It's an amazing song. My favourite songs were Grace, The Masked Marauder, and Bass Strings.
like the Stones, but less terrible
This is pretty good, very much of its time. Loose, bluesy, jammy, druggy late 60s psychedelia. Shades of better bands like the Doors and Jefferson Airplane. The quality of the songs picks up as the album progresses. There are threads of some interesting stuff in here and it's probably a notable album of that genre, but I can't imagine coming back to it. Fave Songs: Bass Strings, Sad and Lonely Times, Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine, Superbird
I wasn’t a huge fan of this. All the songs sort of run together. Moments in here shine. Those moments grabbed me by my ear and lead the way for me. Otherwise fairly forgettable.
Well that Xmas recycling is not going to sort itself, I'd better get a crack on. For some reason our yellow bin cycle doesn't really align with Xmas, so it's a bit of struggle, what with two weeks of normal recycling and then all the Xmas boxes and stuff, but then that's Canterbury Bankstown council for you. Sorry did someone say something about Country Joe and the Fish, sorry, I didn't catch that..on a par with Stephen Stills? I can't hear you over the sound of boxes being scrunched.
If this is an essential psychedelic rock album (as opppsed to other bands dabbling in or influenced by psychedelia) I don’t think I missed much. 2.5 stars.
I reckon I owned this vinyl for 40 years until somebody made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Thankfully I burned a copy onto disc before I sold it. It wasn’t an album I was mad about but when I played it today it actually sounded better than I remember. I always loved Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine. It sure sounds like the period that it came from. And a nice time it was.
This album is the epitome of San Francisco 1967 psychedelia, but without any features that raise it above the level of a caricature of SF psychedelia. Not a single song sticks in my memory; all I can hear is that dreadful farfisa organ.
This album was so damn trippy...but I think I loved it musically. I honestly have no idea why because this spectrum of music usually turns me off. Favorite track: Section 43
Starts off sounding typically late 60s guitar rock, then becomes psychedelic and, to my ears, less precise and focused and more messy. Slightly lower than 3 (average)
One of those songs that will be around forever for good reason.
Very weird, not always in a good way. Done better by many other bands, not sure why this is on the list
I just can't do acid jams like this - it's why I could never do the Grateful Dead or Dead-descendant bands. "We're a folky-jazzy-bluegrass and country band with a wah pedal that makes our guitar sound like a sitar!" Fuck off.
Nice, easy sounding album. Guitar playing is fine but not outstanding. In all I think it merits more hearings to really get into it. Nice, but not sure I'll devote the time it needs to grow on the ear.
too many solos
ah my old nemisis, the blues. still pretty boring. yep.
Descends into weirdness and stays there for long long time
Not my thing
3/5. A fun political album, with some jamming vibes. I can tell they are having fun but not necessarily great musicianship.
Weird, not very good. But I didn't hate it.
Groovy, I love it. The first tracks are perfect, the last ones are a bit less interesting to me, but still very good
😶. No. I am speechless, just no. It was like comically bad?
The album might have been mind-blowing for 1967 but wow there's really not a lot of "there" there. Psychedelia in the lamest-sense - not really even a collection of songs, just more of a soundscape that does not resonate at 7am to be sure. I'll take their Woodstock performance for a one-off humor trip but this is easily forgotten at best and kinda awful at worst. 3/10 1 star.
Ok, this was the start of something. It was the beginning of something. An era. A generation. And I get it.
It's fine. Nothing remarkable but nothing offensive. Just... fine.
Wow.
Idk fine typical sixties psychedelic
I had never heard of these guys. Based on album cover and 1967 - i figured jazz infused drug rock. I was correct. Not my typical jam but hit a groove. Very Janis + Doors + Grateful Dead.
Rock psicodélico sesentero. Está bien. Venga, un 4.
Psychedelic rock.
Et rikt album, et ekte bøljeband band.
No thank you
Lite psykadeliskt. Lite blues. Lite folk. Helt okej.
This was cool! Not very polished or well-produced, but the guitar was great and the vibes were fun, not to mention good songs. Better than I expected for sure.
Good songs throughout, and a cohesive sound that is perfect for an evening on a porch or a leisurely drive. Missing the special something to pump it for me, but still really good.
I think this is a classic case of an album's relevance getting lost in antiquity. Didn't excite me one bit and doesn't stand out compared to anything else from that era.
Really enjoyed this one, especially the dark psychedelic sound that it has.
Yes. Could listen to this album a bunch. Every song isn't great but i like the twang and The vocals are appealing
Kinda boring Album Cover: Ok 2/5
the Doors -vibat tuli. Positiivinen yllätys kun en ollu ikinä kuullukkaan koko bändistä. Olihan tossa vähän sekavampaakin settiä välissä mut hyvää musisointiahan tää oli. Paras biisi: Flying high Huonoin biisi: Section 43
It's your standard psychedelic rock, Woodstock album. This was probably influential at the time it came out, but 55 years later it's a lot less to write home about. There are some good tracks still, like Love and Bass Strings, but the bands that came after these guys did a better job of perfecting the genre.
It was psychedelic rock album. Big whoop.
The name of the album and the band, combined with the album cover, gave me a pretty clear idea of what the music would be. It did not disappoint.
70s hippie
No bueno
this could have been written by absolutely anyone form that era as it pretty much all sounded like this. nothing to write home about.
I'm listening to this record on the way back from teaching some disabled children how to swim. It's really cheered me up after a few of the weaker children drowned when I dunked them under the surface. Well done, Joe & The Fish, you've really saved my weekend.
Fuzzy psych blues. Been done a million times since. If it was a footballer, it'd be Kieron Dyer - decent enough, but nobody really remembers.
Acid soaked bluesy Summer of Love goodness.
Nothing particularly notable, but not objectively bad. 3.5
Solid psychedelic rock. The highlight of the album is Barry Melton's guitar playing. I'm surprised I've never heard of him (or the band as a whole). Gets a littler weirder than I'd prefer at times, but that's par for the course with psychedelic stuff.
This whole genre of folk rock can take a hike
Pretty basic blues album, liked the jams a lot
This was an interesting psychedelic/early electric album. Really reminded me of the doors earlier this week. I really liked the first 4 or 5 songs. Section 43 was a cool ass song. They totally lost me in the 2nd half. The last two songs are BAD. Meh 3/10
Pretty chill trippy album, will probably need to give it a couple more listens
Tous les bands qui vont ailleurs semblent aller à la même place...
Bof. Pas rien de mémorable ici. Mettons que l'intérêt peut être dans entendre un band psychédélique obscur, mais aucune révolution ici. Le mix est même parfois agaçant (je pense à la tambourine et au maracas). Par contre j'ai trouvé l'ambiance générale des 3 dernières pièces très bien.
used to listen to my dad's Country Joe records when I was a kid, though I'd never heard this one. Not in love with all the songs but the bluesy psychedelic thing is pretty great.
2.5
Un viaje sonoro espectacular, recomendable
ganske nice
6/10. Fairly enjoyable, not what I would have expected from the title, but about what I'd expect from the artist's name and the year.
Pretty boring considering how much of this late 60s psych rock is on the list. 5/10
Not the biggest fan of this type of rock
Not my thing. Some songs very tough to listen to.
This was not my thing. But didn't cause physical pain.
tri bom o som
I was not in the mood for this when listening, so that probably didnt help, but I get it. I just feel like I've heard it better in other bands.
Very, very 1967. Some nice moments here and there, but nothing that really stuck out for me. Mostly, it felt very much of its time and that can be fun. This was good background.
When you hear someone whispering "L-S-D" that's a pretty good sign that I'm about to check out from your album. Wasn't as bad as I was expecting though, but I will maintain that this is one of the worst band names of all time.
I’ve listened to this album before and found it generally fun to listen to.
Didn't really know what to expect, but I liked this!
Not too bad. Enjoyed some parts of it, some were too long for my taste.
Unusually unknown bluesy grooves - really enjoyed it. It is a very much a period piece but there are some tracks here that really groove
A hair greasy and honky for one's tastes, but the bluesy mood and tempos are well sustained and the cuts land coherently and, for the most part, effectively. One worried about the novelty act factor (partly because of the silly name), which never materializes so score one for low expectations. "Sad and Lonely Times" is terrific. There is overindexing on the organ on the latter half of the record, which overreaches generally. But, as a whole, the album works well as a jaunty melding of blues and psychedelia and just a touch of country (alas, the silly name works out to be inapt). Glad to have heard.
Some Beatles esque type stuff with some bluesy shredding. Lots of synths sound like something out of a ninja turtle movie and beeping noises
The only country Joe song I knew was the classic Feel I’m Fixing to Die on the Woodstock album. There is a lot of good playing here. Decent psychedelic and some jamming that sounds like it could be The Doors sans Ray.
Though I knew he played at Woodstock, I couldn't have told you much about the sound of Country Joe and the Fish. It sounds like they discovered psychedelic after they'd already recorded half of a blues rock album. The psychedelic songs like Bass Strings and Grace are interesting, especially for 1967, like something I would have played at 4 in the morning at CKCU.
I can hear the roots of psychedelic prog here, but most of this is too folksy for me. I enjoyed the instrumental pieces more eg Section 43, and I can see the Doors being influenced by this. But the very 60's style hippie vocals were a turn off for me.
I liked him but they were never the most talented band from that era. Loved their politics, so so on their music.
For the first album I missed while at ragbrai, this was exactly what I expected it to be based off the title, band name, and year it was released. Pure psychedelic rock and the trippy instrumental tracks are almost always better than the vocals, except for love
Found this a bit meh. Just sounded like Dylan.
Acceptable Psych Rock of the era. There are pretty fun moments, but Psych rock just isn't often great for me. Weird, considering how much it helped spwan some of my favorite genres today.
A good album, but the styles of the songs vary too much, from simple rock'n'roll and blues rock to tracks that lean into folk and prog.
kinda neat
This is my type of music. Music like this reminds me we all have different tastes in music and so it's ok for most people to like Drake and for just me to like Country Joe or Pere Ubu. The stereo mixing makes it engaging to pinpoint locations of the surreal noises around your room, especially if you're high. It's cool and bluesy, which makes it chiller to listen to compared to the heavier more garage-influenced acid rock of their contemporaries (e.g. Electric Prunes, Big Brother). In a lot of ways this is like a slightly less experimental and more accessible United States of America. A never-ending surplus of fun and surprising moments. I like his dreamy voice and share of high pitched guitars. Lots of variety, just listen to the difference from the acid "Love" (performed at Woodstock alongside the first 2) to the surreal "Bass Strings" to the whimsical "Masked Marauder." Their use of silence and sharp transitions allows these different styles to be coherent and smooth rather than harsh. Will seek out again. Favorites: Flying High, Lorraine, Porpoise Mouth, Bass Strings, Masked Marauder, Grace
It was pretty good, would like to explore these guys a little more.
Not my bag.
Didn’t fully concentrate on it but I enjoyed what I heard. 3*
Enjoyed this. Didn't find it too psychedelic and more rockabilly. No more than that though.
4.5/5. Might be low-key some of the best stuff from 60s Cali psych at the time
60s
Started out a bit boring, twelve bar blues heavy, but kicked up the psychedelia in the back half for some interesting takes.
Intéressant mais pas très plaisant
le début était sympa après c’est malheureusement pas à la hauteur de son titre
Passed me by a bit. Not as annoying as I thought it would be, but nothing standing out.
Really bad 2 Eh fuck it 1
Meh 2
Good psychedelic sounds
"One, two, three, what are we fightin' for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn. The next stop is Vietnam." I grew up singing those words from Country Joe all the time, but strangely enough it's the only song I had ever heard by this band until today. This had some nice moments, but a lot of the late 60's psychedelia hasn't aged that well. 3 stars.
Meh
05/18/2022 Fun & funky blues. Not bad.
I found this quite enjoyable and just a nice relaxing curiousity. Faves: Flying High, Super Bird
There are albums I listen to twice because I really enjoyed them and albums I listen to twice because I feel like I wasn't listening to/for the right things. This one falls into both.
This album unlocks a new feature on Spotify that makes the surroundings smell like Patchouli...
yea would probably be better fucking high on shrooms or weed. Otherwise it's aight
Very nice discovery. I like the mix of genres in this one.
Eh, ok psychedelia I guess. Gave it a couple of listens and it didn't grab me super hard, although neither was it all that objectionable. Fave track - "Section 43" - I like a bit of psychedelic noodling...
As with all output of the prime American Psychedelic era (a really narrow window actually) it’s hard not to judge it in context of that grim looming reality that Hunter S. Thompson described so thoroughly- that this wave would very shortly break, and roll back. For me anyway it makes some of the most intolerable Hippie Shit (e.g. The Masked Marauder) grate a little more. Still, the energy and innovation here are real.
Here's another one that I never heard and that I was meaning to check out for quite some time now. Thanks, 1001 Albums Generator. It doesn't sound like anything I was expecting. In the end there was equal parts deception and excitement. The album doesn't sound as filthy as I thought it would. What I hear is something like The Doors with a country singer (which I somehow like) and a little too much white blues (which I dislike), but it is okay. It's not the Buffalo Springfield and it is not the 13th Floor Elevators, but there is a garage undercurrent that I appreciate, and it might be the predecessor of both, and the execution is far more compelling than say Big Brother And The Holding Co. It is an interesting example of early San Francisco psychedelia in any case, and I will give Country Joe & The Fish that. A record with a historical importance that is somehow enjoyable, but I am still to decide whether or not is an album to own.
At first listen, they sound like Cream. Not a bad thing. I was concerned I was getting yet another ridiculous electric, rave album, but this is refreshingly psychedelic, bluesy rock. There's also a Three Dog Night/The Guess Who. Overall, this album clicks. It also doesn't overstay its welcome at 44 minutes. In hindsight, I see why this album makes the list. Taking into consideration that this is 1967, the band and the album are part of a musical movement, but while they didn't rise to the mainstream enough for me to hear them, they clearly innovated and inspired others who did. Section 43 sounds familiar - and it has a real vibe to it that I imagine played well to Doors audiences. This album is pretty slick.
Really solid overall. I especially like "Sad And Lonely Times" and "Porpoise Mouth"
04/14/22
I listened to it, didn't think it was anything amazing, but it wasn't too bad either. I think if I were more familiar with it I would like it. I'd add this one to my list of albums to hear again. I've heard of the band but never heard any of the music. 3/5
not ,my jam
Eeehhhhh. Absolutely run-of-the-mill psych rock. I don't remember a single thing about it.
Listened Before? N WOW! Another psychadelic surprise for me! Didn't expect to like this one as much as I did. Putting it into rotation. Added to Library? Y Songs added to Playlist: Death Sound, Porpoise Mouth
Rock psicodélico
So 60's. I love a bit of psychadelic rock me but this doesn't hit me. I think I need to play this a few more times with some incense and bourbon and maybe I'll dig it.
To 5-star or not to 5-star: aye, that's the dilemma. I suppose I need to evacuate some sputum of criticism before I praise. The forays into blues perpetrate a minor incident of white-rocker-trying-to-sing-blues-without-suficient-force-or-authenticity, but in this case it's in no way an unforgivable offence. And thankfully so, because a lot of the album works like a bastard. The initiated will detect a similar vibe to the Doors' first album; two of the main differences is that this lacks the occasional European vibe the Doors generates, and also that Jim Morrison was one of the greatest white blues-hollerers. Of course, the all-American nature of Electric Music for the Mind and Body is hardly a reason to lambaste the album, and it's pleasantly eclectic within its parochialism. Aside from nascent psychedelic rock we have the aforementioned blues, but also pop touches, straight-up rock, some country twangs and mild Dylanesque wit. That said, the album reaches its apex towards the end, where it gets properly psychedelic; LSD explorations are the reason you listen to this. And I was prepared to give it five stars, but a final listen has demonstrated that the album doesn't cohere enough, that the poppiest number is somewhat weak, and by bringing up the Doors' first album, I raised a beast that the album cannot hope to vanquish. 4-and-a-half stars. That, my friends, is hesitancy captured by the graphical representation of luminous celestial entities.
Tendencja do dlugich tytulow sie utrzymuje, ale tym razem cos nowego do posluchania, pierwszy studyjny krazek od Country Joe & The Fish czyli bande rokowo folkowa tworzaca w nurcie psychodelicznym, jak przystalo na album z 67, wiec po albumach byrdsow, beatlesow czy beach bojow doszlo do wysypu psychodeliki, lepszej lub gorszej, ale z pewnoscia goracej, bo albumy ukazywaly sie jak grzyby po deszczu i electric music for the mind and body jest jednym z nich, nagrany w przeciagu tygodnia na zachodnim wybrzezu stanow, w kalifornii, sama banda to pieciosobowy sklad, wiec nie ma tutaj zbyt wiekich eksperymentow instrumentalnych, ale nie zabraklo harmonijki, dzwonkow czy tamburyna, jak przystalo na psychodeliczne melodnie, pojawiaja sie takze modne w tamtym czasie efekciarskie zabiegi zawijania czy fazerowania dzwieku klawiszy czy gitarek, slychac takze ze bylo to nagrywane na spidrunie, bo material jest dosc szorstki od strony technicznej, moze to tez byc kwestia remasatera, bo jakies byly problemy z tasmami na wydanie cd, a slucham akurat spotifajowej wersji, wiec pewnie to co ostatnio sie pojawilo tam bedzie, lirycznie rowniez ciezko o cos odkrywczego, bo sporo o lataniu wysoko, kochaniu nisko i niecodziennej codziennosci psychodelicznej, ale koniec koncow nie sluchalo sie tego zle, 44 minuty i 11 trakow z czego 9 wokaluje Country Joe McDonald i dwa Barry Melton, zdecydowanie ten pierwszy bardziej pasuje do psychodelicznego grania w ktorym jednak sporo folkowych lub country influencji mozna sie doszukac, na plejke leci otwierajacy flying high i jeden z najdziwniejszych tytulow jakie ostatnio widzialem, wiec porpoise mouth, bo takiego okreslenia zwiazengo z seksem oralnym i morswinami jeszcze nie widzialem jak zyje
Could only find terrible stereo mix and it is just lazy production in general. I kinda like some of the far out bits but for the most part it was just lazy take on blues.
Was expecting it to be more experimental silly psychedelic type sounds but was rather straight forward. Overall pretty enjoyable. Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine stood out for having a great groove.
Weird and forgettable
Lo- Grace This is some bluesy/psychedelic/swampy-rock, or at least that's what it presents itself as. "Electric Music" in that it's mainly guitar/organ...Nothing really sticks out as exceptional, just mainly average, except for the last track "Grace", which meanders and is kind of pointless...pretty much like the rest of the album.
Lo- Grace This is some bluesy/psychedelic/swampy-rock, or at least that's what it presents itself as. "Electric Music" in that it's mainly guitar/organ...Nothing really sticks out as exceptional, just mainly average, except for the last track "Grace", which meanders and is kind of pointless...pretty much like the rest of the album.
Great psych!
Experimental and a less cliche side of this time and place that isn't often heard in pop culture. Good listening.
When one of the features of the album cover is "Stereo", you know it's gonna be a throwback. And what a trippy throwback this album is! But I gotta say it isn't bad. Heavy and deep. But it's as advertised. Electric Music for the Mind and Body, with a little bit of blues for the Soul to boot.
Hasn't really stood the test of time. Too much 60's organ sound and fuzzy guitars. Porpoise Mouth is interesting and it is more enjoyable the more folk rock it is. Lyrics are pretty interesting in general... though Love may not qualify for that.
Placed in the time of the Summer of Love, I can see the influence of this record on the West Coast (San Francisco) scene and suspect that is why it is on this list, not for it's lasting impact on music. Whether it influenced bands like the Doors, Canned Heat, CSN, Buffalo Springfield, JA, Grateful Dead or the other way around you can hear some elements of the Psych Rock (Acid Rock) influence in all of these bands. It is an album that represents the counterculture of its time and an intro to Acid Rock and I suspect was enjoyed by most, including the artist, live, while on drugs. It doesn't translate well on record. The organ is straight up Question Mark and the Mysterians and is overused. There are some threads that influence music beyond 67/68 but not much that I can see. So it was an interesting time and had some influence on music but I think what the scene tried to represent had more of a cultural impact than most of the music. The bands that had more of an impact from that scene continued on, CJ and the Fish impact didn't last beyond those few years. Favorite Song: Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine Rated 2 out of 5
I'll admit that I enjoyed some of the political messaging of Joe Fish here, preaching anti-Vietnam/anti-imperialists messaging from a psych-rock pulpit (aka 1960s folk festivals). However, the music felt very middle of the road, and hasn't stood up well over time. 1.5/5 Fav Track: Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine
Oh man, they bought off-brand Grateful Dead! I ultimately felt like this was a bit of a middling piece of hippie ephemera. The production is pleasantly ramshackle, and it sounds like they're having fun, but there's not much for me to grab onto. There's nothing unique or compelling enough to justify its inclusion on this list. Nothing particularly unpleasant either, aside from the unnecessarily long jam tracks peppered throughout. It was just a little boring. Favourite tracks: Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine, Sad and Lonely Times
Only thing I knew about this band is that they were at Woodstock. Decently enjoyed this album.
I liked this album and admittedly have not listened to hardly any country joe. It was a nice change of pace to hear some good old psychedelic rock. Bet this was a fun band to see live.
Raucous and fun, I enjoyed this!
After the first few songs, I was really leaning towards a high score on this but then it lost its way. Ultimately ended up too much on the psychedelic side.
Not jazzed about this at all. Bland 60's rock. It hasn't moved the needle in any meaningful way musically for me. Should be called Meh music for Meh minds and bodies. This crap needs to be bumped from the list to make room for Weezer's Blue album, which I just learned is NOT on the list and that's a goddamned travesty.
I LOVE this style of music and this is a great find that I'll have to go back to again and again! The singer has a wonderful tone of voice and the music has a great groove!
I really enjoyed it to start but it lost me in the 2nd half. I think other substances would dramatically change my enjoyment of the entire album.
This album is fine. Not bad, not great. Some great guitar licks though.
Pretty solid, especially under certain circumstances
I sort of feel this has been overshadowed by what came after, so it's important to remember this did come first.
Underwhelming psychedelic rock album, neither getting you up to move nor spacing you out, man. Lacking any real panache, pretty lazy production (hippies), very much of a product of its time. Dull.
Another one I'd never heard of before. It's is a bit up and down, got some very good tracks on it, but on the whole probably best left in the 60s.
Surprised by this hidden gem. The harmonica in section 43 is superb, love is a beautiful sound, Death Sound is haunting. Awesome album and pscyhrock at its finest.
2.5 idk
A surprisingly great album. I wasn't expecting psych rock from a group called Country Joe and the Fish, but this record blew me away. Section 43 is beautiful, and every other track is similarly good.
4th January 2021 Listened in the morning when I first got up on first day back at work. Seb and justo came round, Laura made fish and we played ticket to ride. Pure 60s psychedelia, but I liked the bluesy heavy tracks.
You've heard this one before - a ho-hum, Doors-esque rock LP complete with gratuitous noodling, meandering song structures, and not much of a point. A few tinges of psychedelia aren't enough to save this one from mediocrity.
beautiful
By now this is long forgotten music, and as sad as that may be, I can understand why.
they're jammin. bluesy with a country twang. nice lead guitar work. a bit psychedelic at times. i liked the keyboard sound. I liked the track Bass Strings a lot. Section 43 was a cool instrumental. At first it was a little too country for me but i liked it as it progressed and got more psychedelic
2.5
Dafür fehlt mir dann doch die Dröhnung. Aber an sich ganz gut, wenn auch manchmal die elektrischen Sounds zu präsent waren
it was alright
Great for the background, was over before I noticed
It was boring.
Of it's time in the best way, that great late 60's political idealism mixed with psychedelia. Had never heard any of this before, but I may be a new fan.
I like psychedelia but this one gets kinda boring during some of the instrumental passages.
Pretty good psych-rock. I am wavering between a 3 and a 4, but since nothing specifically grabbed me I'll go down to a 3.
Psychedelic nonsense. They should've just stuck to ingesting brown acid and avoided making albums. Best Tracks: Flying High; Super Bird; Bass Strings
Not for me at all
Meh, kind of uninteresting.
Relisten almost brought it up to a 2, but everything post Porpoise Mouth is so sleepy I couldn't do it. There's only so many foundational psych rock albums we need on this list and I can't say I would've included this one Saved: Flying High, Porpoise Mouth*
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Super Bird, Porpoise Mouth Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: I appreciate the influence this had on the genre, but if you are under the age of 65 and/or not a psych rock junkie there is no reason for you to sit through this album. Just listen to the bands who did it better later.
It was okay, nothing particularly distinguishing about it. There were a lot of more innovative groups around the same time.
Electric Music for the Mind and Body by Country Joe and The Fish (1967) McDonald’s moniker “Country Joe” is a reference to Joseph Stalin, and Barry Melton’s moniker “The Fish” is a reference to Mao Zedong (Wikipedia); you see, mommies, daddies, and managers were post-WWII socialists. This was music that was loved at the time because it was so ‘counter-cultural’. And it was loved by people who celebrated their difference from the mainstream by imitating each other. This mindset was perfectly parodied by Dick Shawn in the 1967 Mel Brooks classic “The Producers”. The ‘message’ is carried by trite lyrics that clunk along and stop just short of expressing feeling. It’s what you get when you turn red diaper babies loose in the studio. Lyrically, the album seems to be excusing itself by saying, “Since I’m stoned, I don’t have to make sense”. There’s one weeny stab at amateur political satire of LBJ (“Superbird”) that can be reduced to “I don’t like you, nyaah, nyaah”. And when a songwriter says (“Sad and Lonely Times”), “I can’t find the words to tell you how I care”, the listener can’t help but say, “Well, keep searching and get back to me”. Lead guitar has some nice moments (“Death Sound”, “Bass Strings”) with sparkling blues runs, inventive rapid tremolo and tasteful reverb, but it’s slapped against lead vocals that utterly lack soul. Plus, the bass strings on “Bass Strings” are seriously out of tune (actually, this is the case on most of the album). And there’s often an annoying mismatch between the gimmicky guitar effects (e.g., “Porpoise Mouth”) and the lyrical mood. Organ and harmonica on the pretentiously ‘psychedelic’ extended “Section 43” are strictly amateur. The closing track “Grace” (supposedly a tribute to Grace Slick) is so bad I can picture Slick saying, “Thanks, but no thanks.” It’s all about love, peace, getting high, stop the war, yada yada. And it’s all so plastic—an album that begs not to be taken seriously. 1/5
Just okay
Mwha
Country Joe mag in dat country blijven waar ie vandaan kwam.
Gezellig en leuk voor een keer, maar verder boeide het te weinig.
Tja, ook hier gaat mijn hart niet bepaald harder van kloppen. Je had er waarschijnlijk destijds bij moeten zijn toen dit als iets baanbrekends gezien werd.
Ik vond country joe niet zo country, eerder bluesy.
Props for this being a pioneering psychedelic album. I confess to not hearing much of this band outside of "Feel like I'm Fixin to Die". It is an *important* record that wasn't really something I'm into at the moment. It might be worth another listen to digest, but it didn't strike me as something I'll have on rotation.
Another one I have no preconceived idea of. It's kind of sloppy and bluesy. Sounds like it would've been cool at the time? Not so sweet Martha Lorraine is better. Genuinely odd, and a bit less of a bluesy trudge. Odd fairground organ and some texture to it. When this is good, it sounds like a less up its own bumhole Doors. Which is great. All the psychedelic fun, none of the 'The ancient snake, woo incest' crap. It's great. The album goes between being maybe a bit much, and great and direct. It's ultimately enjoyable though, and I quite like the politics of the album, the fun 2.5 minute fun songs mixed with 7 minute psych/proto-prog stuff, and that it definitely sounds ahead of its time.
I liked this one! Probably a 3.5 but I was into the psychedelic sound and it was deep and complex. Plus there was something a little extra/different with it. A few good stories in the songs and they were all solid until the last one. Would listen again easily so I'll bump up to 4.
Well, it's fine. One track that was jusssst hippie style instrumental was getting on my nerves, but tracks with vocals were fine.
I was pretty sure by the album cover that I would be listening to some old psychedlic rock on this one, and that was correct. I also expected that I wouldn't be fond of it. However, I found myself liking the bluesey/psych fusion of it with the occasional twangy guitar. If they had refined this a bit more, could have seen it make a 5. Favorite songs - Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine, Super Bird, but also Love. As is, 3.6/5
Sicher einflussreich, aber auch anstrengend!
Ohne Pilze oder synthetische Hilfsmittel kein Zugang zu finden
Loved the politics
Honestly just fuck this. Fuck it.
I have very mixed feelings about “Electric Music for the Mind and Body.” The guitar is phenomenal, as are the vocals and singing. But the melodies and instrumentation (minus guitar) fail to live up to those standard. As such, there are only about three good songs.
Yeah I was into this. Blusey aand cool
Liked this a lot. Great guitar, some powerful lyrics, good sound. A K-Town Banger in my opinion.
Excellent stuff. Love finding bangers on this list that I've never heard of. Loved the weirdness of it
I enjoyed the twangyness of this album. 0RS
Overall this would get a 2.5 if Super Bird wasn't such a great song. That knocked it up at least 1/2 point to 3 stars.
Strangely enough the vocals sound terrific on hear, but the mixing and production are awful. The guitars and drums are way too sharp, and some sounds are strangely isolated throughout the entire record. Why am I only hearing the drums through my right earcup, and the vocals only through my left? It ruins what could be very nice record with a perfect balance between more dark and spiritual psychedelic tunes and noisy folsky tracks. Such a shame, still a 3/5 for the music besides the obvious prioduction flaws.
Not a fan
Meh
Psychedelic rock. Agradable.
Acid/Psych rock bands of the day tend to be meandering or simple in a lot of their music, preferring to play with the guitars and see what cool sounds they could pull up rather than focusing on songwriting. It's fine. I don't mind too much because the music isn't bad but it also isn't memorable. Giving it credit for being a cornerstone of the genre, but that's about it.
The name of the band is the most interesting thing about this album. It's pretty average and feel like I could have done without hearing this particular album before I died
A little too 60's for me, I still like classic rock though just not my type.
Quite dated but a good album, not something I would have listened to on my own. "2 - not for me but doesn't hurt my ears"
A-typical of its time and a testament to the death of modern music. These lads are obvisouly top of their game musically, but lost in a sea of talent for them to stand out to me. Dozens of bands like this have been a by product of the era so for me, my lack of knowledge and experience creates an ambiguous blur of 8 minute tracks and gratuitous organ solos. A fun album however nothing overly original from the wider genre of psyche rock. A fun listen, nice grooves and solos. Fun social nods especially in “Super Bird”.
I find it very hard to get excited about an album like this. It was probably big or important in its time (67, right at the beginning of the whole psychedelic pop-rocknsummer of love shit) but this is the same crap I've heard a done much better a million times. I paid more attention to the lyrics to see if I was missing something groundbreaking - cool cats, diggin trips, fuck LBJ, nothing new to see here. And I get that these are cliches now but might not have been at the time, doesn't make them less annoying. It's raw, and I fucking love raw albums, but these guys needed a couple more takes of a few of these songs. And the bluesy track that could have been a nice song was ruined by the loudest tambourine I've ever heard in a song, followed later by the loudest maracas I've ever heard in a song. "Death sound". Maybe I'd have enjoyed it if I'd heard it before I heard Jefferson airplane, grateful dead etc. Or if I never watched ANY Vietnam movies. Or if I dropped some acid first. Other than that, great album.
Pretty chill trippy vibes
Good jams!!
The way it started, I'd thought it would be really good. There was a song or two I liked but other than that, nothing appealed to me.
Meh
An interesting psychedelic album. Some fun tracks to listen to but unfortunately some meh ones that just don't really strike a chord as well.
I guess it's ok. Psychedelic country. Very of it's time.
Not bad, not great.
Etwas fad
Probably the best Country Joe and the Fish album
Meh. Groovy, but only as a period example
Did not enjoy
Solidan acid/psiholedijski album. Jednostavno ovakvi albumi ne pašu toliko kada je vrijeme depresivno. Više paše na lijepo vrijeme time je odmah i pozitivniji mindstate i za takvo vrijeme ovakvi albumi bolje pokazuju svoju sliku. Nisam imao puno vremena za preslušavanje albuma pa vjerujem da nije u potpunosti opravdana ocijena, ali tako je kako je. 3.3/5
A ono, ko da sam sve to čuo već dost puta
nice kinda
More hippie nonsense. Don't know why people would listen to this today
I don't know what I expected, but this is
A psychedelic rock band that does little to separate themselves from their contemporaries. This effort is fine, but has little staying power or impact beyond the initial listen.
Are there any 1960s psychedelia albums that didn't make this list?? This one has quite a clean, robust sound, somewhere on the rockier end of the psychedelia spectrum of this period. Some blues and r&b influences sneaking in. But there are also some space-age moments and a little psych whimsy here and there. I can respect the quality of this, even though it's not to my tastes. 3*
On the whole, I liked it. Good, old-school, jazz-infused psychedelic rock. There were some things I didn't like though. The guitars were occasionally too high-pitched and whiny for my liking (although I really liked the more swamp-style twingey guitar parts) and the vocals weren't the best either. Still, a nice listen overall.
Great psych album, beyter than early dead.
A bit rough. One of the less enjoyable 60s psych albums we've had
2/5 not my cup of tea...
My favourite sort of 60's music, a bit of psychedelia
Yeah this is okay. Between 2 and 3 for me.
blues-y patchouli oil old school hippy stuff. Rugged, gritty, leftist. That classic "I recorded this in a tent" aesthetic.
Àlbum interessant però alhora un xic dispers. Barreja molts elements, rock, blues, psicodèlia, i tot i que l'inici és molt potent la segona meitat no acaba de fer-li justícia. Malgrat tot, un disc interessant, un descobriment. I una confirmació més de la bona collita del finals dels 60.
'60's Psychedelic rock - not really my thing at all. 2/10.
Who could forget the time that LBJ fought the Fantastic 4 and Doctor Strange? This album is on DRUGS
I'm afraid I'm not in the mood for this.
Was having a bad day. couple of beers and this CD fixed me.
So I didn’t mind the beginning of this album, but I’m finding the last couple of songs to be really annoying. I’m ready for it to be over now.
Just kinda boring
Bleh
Ehhhhhhh probably won't listen to this again.
Messy, chaotic, weirdly mastered, and I loved it. I like this kind of fail music.
Fuzzy, loosey goosey blues and psych. A pleasant surprise, but I feel like it loses the plot near the end. I like how, at one point, they drop all pretense and just whisper the letters "LSD". Favorite tracks: "Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine", "Love"