Electric Prunes

Ahh the good ol 60's the music was so distinct! This one has been pretty chil I like it I think I'll give it 4 stars. The voice in some of these is pretty intense. Like in Try Me on for Size. Also some good sexy lyrics in a few of these.

2.4 2x not awful just weird and not great

A chaotic mix of all genres from the 1960’s. The first few tracks were cool, psychedelic rock. The other tracks were odd ball mix of ballads and folky songs.

On a blind listen, it sounds like it might have been significant when released, but not of much interst in the present. Simple pop rock with a bit of 'different' production may have been "far out" in the day but now sounds a bit surf rock, a bit pop jazz - a little bit what Cramps did well. Reading Wikipedia, I'm much more sympathetic - the band had two hits and found themselves making a record where nine songs were written by professional songwriters. "Luvin'", the only new original (apart from the singles name-checked on front cover), is catchy musically, but the lyrics are juvenile. The singing generally is often too "yelling young man" for my taste. Overall I'll say it's Pretty Poor, 3/10.

Actually incredible album. Product of its time, but the roots are eclectic and the vibes were electric.

I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night is a solid tune. Most of this album is solid, if a bit forgettable when stacked against much of the psychedelic music of its era.

Enjoyable light Brit rock, 3.5

Love the album so far. Cool and fun enough to recite alone or with others in spite of lyrics of heartbreak or lovestruck; each instrumental different from track to track. Favorite tracks are "I had too much to dream (last night)" and "Bangles". The Toonerville Trolley was an unexpected ending to the album, with quite the goofy instrumental in terms of humor, but not bad.

Ну прям чистые angry young men, будто Альберт Финни с субботнего вечера до воскресного утра

Приколдесно!

Симпатичное разнообразное иногда лоуфайное старье

Лучшая песня: Bangles Худшая: The Toonerville Trolley Сначала было норм, потом все хуже и хуже. Зачем эти альбомы сюда добавлены?

знал группу по одной песне, в принципе вайб такой же чувствуется и в половине песен, неплохо, но и возвращаться к группе вряд ли буду, кроме как i had to much to dream, и все же не 3, а 3.5

Думаю, что такие альбомы тоже нужны в подборке. Для меня чисто попытка американских продюсеров оперативно отвечать на британское вторжение, даже по истории с сонграйтингом видно, что мнение самой группы мало кого интересовало, нужно было рубить бабки. Видимо, поэтому в истории остался единственный хит

Very Kinks-ish, but not as… engaging?

2/5

Don't think I'll be listening to this again much

Really fun, ahead of their time sound-wise

I wonder what the mainstream culture folks at the time thought about this early psychedelia style music!!!

Not my thing. Listened to first half and gave up. I’m sure was cutting edge for its time!

I shouldn’t subject myself to this weird shit.

Класс

awesome! just too short - wanted more!

Pretty boring 60s pop

2- Stars (4/15)

Not my kinda thing, very strange

Did these guys influence the whole? Classic 60’s rock and roll. Terrible name.

I'm confident this record is here on this list for the single, and for that reason I'd say.. the self imposed rule against compilations is to the list/book's detriment. The Nuggets comp should have been present instead of this album. It's a much better representation of the garage/psych scene of the late 60s.

the beatles did it better sorry :/

This album is surprisingly charming. There is an innocent and carelessness to it that pleasantly surprised me. Good energy and pacing. Every track was a surprise, with no easily identifiable through line.

It was alright.

Definitely a 60s psychedelic sound.

Een rock album uit de jaren '60, dan gaan toch vaak een beetje de alarm bellen af, maar gelukkig valt dat hier best wel mee! De muziek is behoorlijk afwisselend en voornamelijk instrumentaal zit het echt heel goed in elkaar. The king is in the counting house is dan weer echt geen goed nummer zeg, poeh. Krijg een beetje kinderliedje vibes daarvan, maar dat is misschien wel ook de bedoeling. De nummers zijn sowieso vrij kort, ik ben niet perse een fan van de 'grote' hit op dit album, maar het is grotendeels prima weg te luisteren. Is dit iets wat iedereen moet horen in zn leven? Dat is lastig te bepalen, dit is dermate oud dat wat ik hier van vind ontzettend gekleurd is door de tijdsgeest. Dit is muziek die je al 100en keren hebt gehoord, maar waarschijnlijk komt het grotendeels van na 1967. Moet daarbij wel zeggen dat de afwisseling me wel echt goed doet op dit album. Toonerville Trolley is denk ik het allerbeste voorbeeld van een band die perse nog een extra nummer op het album wilt hebben terwijl ze eigenlijk al een tijdje creatief uitgeput waren. Een meesterwerk in "Je moet je huiswerk inleveren maar hebt geen fuck gedaan dus gaat maar staan en improviseren in de hoop dat je iets goeds er aan over houdt" En net zoals meestal in deze situatie is ook dit echt niet best, laten we het er maar op houden dat ze niet bang waren om te experimenteren. FAVO: Get me to the world on time

This isn't special. It's like the Walmart brand of The Monkees. Most of this is just simply outclassed by their contemporaries, some of it is unique and interesting, but also usually not good. I think I was better off before I listened to this album. Favorite Song(s): none

++: Onie, Train for Tomorrow, Get Me to the World on Time, About a Quarter to Nine, Luvin', Try Me on for Size +: Bangles, Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less), The Toonerville Trolley +-: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), The King Is in the Counting House -: Sold to the Highest Bidder 6,3/10

A little like psychedelic Beatles

The guitars had some cool stuff going, but the lyrics were pretty bad and it wasn’t terribly memorable

Not nearly as good as I had hoped. It felt like faux psychedelic music.

3/4

Not really sure what this was tbh, absolutely full 60s crap. Similar sounds to other stuff that has been done better.

Näh

All sounded the same

Favorite tracks: Train for Tomorrow, I Had Too Much to Dream, Are You Lovin' Me More I thought I would really like this based on the first half, but it just kept going downhill. 4 -> 2 stars for me

Kinda wild that for all their sense of psych rock style most of their initial material, hits included, were outsourced to a writing pair. As instrumentalists, they (or someone...) really had an ear for atmosphere, foreboding even. Elsewhere, they are chasing the sounds of the moment (or, more likely the producer who set them up insisted on shit like the harpsichord psychedelia number - why did these chamber pieces become a thing in the 60s?). It’s a real grab bag of Now That’s What I Call 1967! But the 2 psych rock singles, title track and Get Me to the World On Time, stand above the rest.

Similar to the Beach Boys. Some decent tracks, but mostly stinkers. This is supposed to be garage rock, but several of the tracks sound like soft rock. I'm surprised it's rated so lowly by other users. I personally don't like it very much, but I don't think it's much worse than other albums of this type that have higher scores.

Other people might say this is shitty soft rock akin to The Beach Boys, but they're wrong; this album isn't soft or hard, and it's pretty good.

Did not care for this one bit.

This one simply does not stand the test of time. It was mercifully short, though. 1.8

the last song trully got me, it was super unexpected

Han vo ihrem Albumcover denkt dass es meh Beatles-like wird sii (und ich bin ja - unpopular opinion - gar ned so grosse beatles fan) - darum netti überraschig gsi, dass die Pfluume ja no guet amüsanti musig gmacht het! Aber simmer da imne amüsement park? nei, im album club! darum trotzdem nur 3 mals beatles bashe

Lustiges album und au biz e vibe. Aber wirdi na oft inelose. I doubt it 3 prunes

3.75

The two singles are the only good tracks. Toonerville Trolley is heinous.

This reminds me of a radio station in San Antonio called "No Hit Radio". It's like the uncanny valley of 60's and 70's radio - things that in an alternate universe would have been hits but just aren't in our dimension. Close but just not quite there. Somewhere out there this is a 5, but in our little part of the multiverse is a 2. 2/5

Really enjoyed this. 3.5

A mix between garage Psych and whimsical weird psych. Some good songs

This isn’t that great sober.

Some really great tracks, lots of mid, and one of the most terrible, confusingly bad end track

1.5/5 I really don't get it

Interesting enough, varied and with some bright spots (especially Get Me to the World on Time), but dated in places and not exactly essential as an album.

thank u next

please, in what universe is this a classic album?

Favorite Tracks: I Had Too Much to Dream / Are You Lovin' Me More / Get Me to the World on Time Rating: 2.7 What's purple and goes "buzz buzz?" Decent, very 60's rock album with some interesting ideas. About the half the songs are pretty much throwaways, but I did enjoy the singles and a couple other tracks. Fuzzy guitars and I like the vocals.

One hit wonder that makes me wonder why it's on a list of required listens when, after 900 previous albums, I get this as a best example from 1967 instead of something worthwhile like Days of Future Passed by the Moody Blues.

Oh wow, ANOTHER rip-off Beatles album. Getting ridiculous.

First time listen Completely underwhelming psych rock. I don't already have much interest in this era of rock unless it's The Doors, but this album feels especially boring, has all of the worn out tropes you could ask for; the grating harpsichord song, the goofy vaudeville track, a few boring love songs. Listen to the first track and save yourself some time by skipping the rest. At least it was short. Fav Tracks: I Had Too Much To Dream Least Fav: The Toonerville Trolley. The King Is in the Counting House 2/5

I like the sounds a lot but the songs are not very good compositions. Onie sounds a helluva like Femme Fatale but I think they were both written and recorded around the same time, suggesting there is some other tune out there they both are paying homage to. Or not, it's not exactly the most unusual chord progression.

It's unfortunate timing for the poor Prunes that I got their lone album right after a Kinks album from the same year. My tolerance for dismal 60s production values is already pretty low (although this is definitely better than the Kinks' "Face to Face"), and then to have a fairly uninspired set of songs (with "Onie" being the nadir, I think), nearly all of which were apparently forced on the band by the producer (who perhaps rightly judged that they lacked songwriting ability and hired a songwriting duo), just makes the comparison between the Electric Prunes and the Kinks even more stark, and not in the Prunes' favor. Their two singles--"I had too much to dream (last night)" and "Get me to the world on time"--are decent enough, and there's something compelling about the ferocity of "Sold to the highest bidder", but I'd have been more impressed if the band had had a hand in the writing; they seem kind of like the lesser cousins to The Monkees, without the stardom or rabid fans, although it's interesting to read that bands like MC5 and The Stooges were partially inspired by the Electric Prunes after buying the apparently widely available secondhand copies of this album after everyone realized that the Prunes weren't actually the next big thing.

enjoyed the trippy first half more than the goofier second half.

Okay enough psychadelic rock album that starts stronger than it finishes. Felt bloated for an album under 30 minutes which is unfortunate. Couple of decent tracks, but failed to really keep me interested. Top tracks: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Onie

enjoyed sounds of the 60s

Second one of theirs I’ve listened to on this list and though it’s enjoyable in a nostalgic way it’s not what I’d consider essential.

A below average 60’s psych-rock album. It starts off quite promising with “I had too much to dream (last night)” which is easily the best song here, but then quickly spirals out into a series of songs that are either forgettable or somewhat annoying (the closing track especially is annoying.) this one just didn’t do a lot for me and there’s a lot of other, better 60’s psych rock I could listen to instead.

Not memorable for me

It's been a while since I heard anything by The Electric Prunes. A year and a half ago, I first listened to their big hit, "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)". That mesmerizing vibration of the fuzzed-out guitar was such a distinct sound that felt complementary to a low-key garage-psych track about longing for an ex-lover. That style is pretty much apropos for the band's self-titled debut. Ken Williams's guitar effects tinkering, Mark Tulin's decent organ playing, and other such instrumental embellishments gave a slight edge to these surf-adjacent tunes. Meanwhile, the singers were more contemplative about their romantic interests than other acts were singing about at the time, which I found intriguing. There were a few problems I had with this record. The overall production was rather muted, rarely pushing for a louder sound outside of the Indian-inspired tremolo picking that's pushed to the front of the mix on "Sold to the Highest Bidder". Also, I have to admit that "The Toonerville Trolley" was a very hokey showtune ending that was sonically and lyrically at odds with the rest of the album. Still, I consider The Electric Prunes' self-titled debut to be solid overall, as it helped pave the way for the acid rock acts to come.

Started off great with I Had Too Much To Dream. Loved the fuzzy petal. But it was all downhill from there. And the last song, wtf. Are they just trying to fill the album with crap? The first song was not enough to save this album.

3.5, Really like Too Much to Dream Last Night. The rest is good, eclectic garage rock.

Meh

I like 60s psychedelia, so this kind of rang a bell for me. Some of the songs missed the mark, but there were a good few I liked. Not bad.

Fine enough album, but -5 stars for "The Toonerville Trolley"! "I Had Too Much to Dream" is a winner, but most of the rest is just ok. If pressed to listen to an album of this time as a representative, I'd prefer to listen to the Zombies. This is a 2 and one of those points is for Too Much to Dream

A little weird but definitely an album of the times.

Okay.

228/1089 okay, a cool classic psychedelic rocky opener the album was mostly pretty decent and chill. i think the first track set the bar too high and the Toonerville Trolley is genuinely and ATROCIOUS closer (and song in general) listened through a second time and although track 1 is still the highlight imo, i do like the rest (bar the last track) faves: i had too much to dream, are you lovin me more, get me to the world on time 66/100

Not for me

Decent variety

60's fuzz heavy guitars? Stop, stop, I'm sold.

The idea of a '60s garage rock band I didn't already know was pretty exciting. Unfortunately this isn't really a consistent album. Some of it's great. Some of it's just OK. And some of it's kind of rough. Nothing here is groundbreaking. Honestly wish I liked this more.

Not a fan

This was pretty fun, don’t need to hear it again. The opening track was their only hit, and it’s one I know well but can never remember the artist’s name — maybe now I will.

During the first chorus of the first track, which I’d never heard before, he sings, “I had too much to dream last night … too much to dream.” I knew he was going to sing the second “too much to dream,” and I suspect everyone else listening to the song for the first time did too. What is it about music that conveys that information to us? We all know, from some kind of cultural imprinting, what’s coming next. I thought that was interesting. More interesting than that song or any other song on the album. But it was fine and under 30 minutes. Efficiently average. I wish to time travel to the room where the band discussed writing, recording, and including on this album the final track, so I can encourage better decisions.

I had too much to dream is an awesome song, wish the rest of the album was like that

me gustó, era 3,5 pero bueno, no se puede !!

If I had to rate this album based on the lead-up and comedic payoff of Toonerville Trolley at the end of this album, this would be a 5/5 album. I was trying really hard not to belly laugh in the metro while I was listening to the song. Great joke, no notes. Unfortunately, however, I have review this based on it's musical styling, and overall this album is entirely pointless. Nothing here is creative or new, it's all a mix of the garage and psychedelic rock popular at the time. While their lyrics were more sarcastic than I expected, and that was appreciated, I will never listen to this album again because there are many other, better artists that do the same things but more interestingly. The biggest question I had while listening to this was "why would an album like this be included on a list like this?" The album never answered my question. It's never really that bad to listen to, and there are some good riffs, and the lyrics can be interesting, but I was barely ever engaged in the album. It never took me into it's world, so overall, as I said, it's utterly pointless. The lead song is pretty good, but that's about it. This felt like homework more than anything else. Anything you hear on this album, there is probably a better version of it somewhere else. Overall, not needed. Highlights include I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), and the comedic payoff of Toonerville Trolley.

Mixed feelings about this album. Well performed but more than half of the tracks were not written by the band, were not produced by the band, and were against the band's wishes. On the other hand, this album, as messed up as its origin story is, is way better than any of the Brit Rock/Brit Pop albums of the 1990s. Plenty of sub-genre of rock and pop tastefully explored and holds together as an album. Production and engineering did a fine job of showing of so serious technical chops and took some real risk with their choices of instruments and effects on these arrangements. "Get Me to the World On Time" is truly a banger and immediately went into my collection. "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" was serviceable. Although I did have a bit of a WTF moment when "The Toonerville Trolley" came on, and then reminded myself that there was a reason that it was chosen as the last track. Like it, or hate it, you certainly won't forget it.

This was ok, though how it has managed to make a list of the 1001 albums to listen to before you die is beyond me. Would I listen to it again? No.

Fine, but wholly inessential, especially considering all of the amazing music from this time period. 3.5/5

Such a moody picture for such a corn ball album. Nothing on this did anything for me. Glad to hear it, glad it’s on the list as something to hear, but just boring eh music. The harpsichord stuff sucks, that last song is awful. 1 is dunking on it but it might deserve it.

This is the sound of an era perfectly captured in amber. I'll never find my way back to this, but while it was on I was vibing with it's groovy 60s sound.

It's okay. Nice variety of songs, although some I would skip on a 2nd listen.

Im just not sure this is an album I MUST listen to

This was pretty good but nothing earth-shattering. Multiple different styles of music over just 30 minutes. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't exactly memorable.

Geinig

Just ok

2.5 Liked about half these songs so I give it an average rating. The psychedelic stuff is actually the worst parts of the albums, it’s much better when they branch out and get a little varied. Onie is a nice little Bacharach/Sedaka-like tune. Are You Lovin Me More sounds like post-punk hardcore like Husker Du or something. Highest Bidder is some weird Simon/Alice Cooper mishmash. Some interesting stuff here, unfortunately there’s some boring stuff too. Thankfully 30 minutes long tho.

Ah, the Prunes. There are moments here, but too few to satisfy. You’d think a shit joke would be more appropriate, but sadly, I have no movement on that front. Perhaps if I sit and listen long enough, something will pop out.

this made me want to die 1/5

Pretty good at times, pretty not at other points.

2.0 (29:15, 12 tracks, debut, 1967) Psychedelia, surprisingly American (garage rock) Album was OK some songs really pissed me off, others were decent. Glad I listening to this, won’t be coming back any time soon. There was a lot of drugs going on in the late 60's early 70's in the music seen. "The Strawberry Alarm Clock" (my mom had a lot of them), The Electric Prunes, The Chocolate Watchband, Tangerine Dream, Vanilla Fudge, Sugarloaf etc... food and some random otherness were a theme apparently. I feel like if the band had been allowed to write their own material it would have been a lot better - not going to award the boy band nature of this production and most of those songs blew, With the band having a busy touring schedule, the recording of the album was hurried in an effort to cash in on their recent success. The band was already composing material for what they hoped would be an album of their own design. However, much of the album's content was out of their control, as producer Dave Hassinger brought in the songwriting team of Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz. They, alone, produced seven of the 12 tracks, much to the frustration of the band. Mark Tulin and James Lowe, the band's main songwriters, were limited to just one track, the song "Luvin'". The band considered some of the tracks to be filler and were disappointed in not having a choice in disclosing them. Tulin stated, "We had nothing resembling freedom, let alone total freedom, in the selection of our songs. Consequently, there are definitely songs that I do believe didn't belong on the album..." Sometimes referred to as the albums opening track “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” a hit single and the band's signature tune. Simply a metaphor for a romantic dream hangover. Very 60’s trippy as most of the songs on this album written by Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz “Bangles” - “You got what you want, but not what you need” – about some woman with bangles (anklets) and furs and all kinds of material possessions but without love. “Onie” - Lyricist Nancie Mantz revealed in an interview that she actually wrote the song for her daughter, Tracy. She changed the name to "Onie" because there was already a popular song titled "Tracy" at the time. Basically, a warning to not grow up too fast. “Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)” - Annette Tucker derived the title from a cigarette commercial that used the slogan, "Are you smoking more but enjoying it less?" (I remember this ad in my dad’s Playboys). A female perspective garage rock band sexual tension and exhaustion song. "Train for Tomorrow" – fear of the future – it’s one of the ACTUAL Electric Prunes songs and I like it better than the fluff for sales team. "Sold to the Highest Bidder" somehow slips through my work’s NSFW filter with a full-frontal nudity woman playing a mandolin (or uke?) on Youtube, that’s good as a lot of these 1001 albums are blocked in part or full as NSFW. A lot of imagery from this album definitely fits into the category of ‘weird for weirdness's sake’ psychedelia – many 60’s hippies’ outfits, weird sunglasses, general late 60’s shenanigans. Songs about a gold digger. Has a 60’s take on Greek instrumentation and that damn pseudo-ukuleles sound. The album also contains another notable psychedelic rock composition, "Get Me to the World on Time". High energy sexual attraction (a play on Get Me to the Church on Time from My Fair Lady. “About a Quarter to Nine” – cover of a 1930’s song. Just straightforward looking forward to a date. “The King Is in the Counting House” – emotional neglect of children, you know who did this song better (well aside from “everybody”). . . Harry Chaplin. I hate this song and the stupid Baroque instruments “Luvin’” – Prunes song – sexual energy “Try Me on for Size” – faster more ballsy for Tucker, proto-punk but just another sex song “The Toonerville Trolley" – I fucking hate this song, makes me want to punch them in the face. Kind of a disillusionment about “make America great again” in 1967. I just hate the 1900’s piano bar riff and the lyric “tooting on his licorice stick” Track listing Favorite songs: Both Luvin’ and Train for Tomorrow (only Prunes songs) and I Had too much to Dream 1. "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" 2:55 2. "Bangles" 2:27 3. "Onie" 2:43 4. "Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)" 2:21 5. "Train for Tomorrow" 3:00 6. "Sold to the Highest Bidder" 2:16 7. "Get Me to the World on Time" 2:30 8. "About a Quarter to Nine" 2:07 9. "The King Is in the Counting House" 2:00 10. "Luvin'" 2:03 11. "Try Me on for Size" 2:19 12. "The Toonerville Trolley" 2:34 The Electric Prunes James Lowe – lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 5–14), autoharp, rhythm guitar, tambourine Ken Williams – lead guitar James "Weasel" Spagnola – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 3, 4) Mark Tulin – bass guitar, piano, organ Preston Ritter – drums, percussion Dave Hassinger – producer, liner notes

This sounded like someone describing a fun time instead of actually having one. It’s very: “Bro you had to be there.” No, I did not. I respect the 60s. I do not respect how long some of these songs felt.

Got some nauseating instruments on this one man

easy listening in het kwadraat...

Surprised Kenny Logins in this band.

Starts as a pretty fun mix of classic rock and ballads, feels like a cross of Beatles and Jethro Tull. Will I ever listen to any of these again though? Probably not. The 2nd half almost made me drop the score, some dated kids style songs there.

I had to give this one a fair few listens. Lots of good ideas here, but didn't quite make it to 4 stars for me. Favourite tracks: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), Bangles, Are You Lovin' Me More (Buy Enjoying It Less), Sold to the Highest Bidder.

Didn't really grab me much, I do like the name of the title track alot and the sound of it was pretty good too. Band name is funny

This album is in desperate need for a remaster. Most tracks are dominated by a single instrument, burying everything else. Starts with a psychedelic surfer sound, then we get a jazz/swing song, then a children's song??, then back to rock. It was definitely interesting....

I guess it is an album from 1967, but man this was blander than bran flakes. Prunes is appropriate to be involved in the naming of this band.

Not nearly as interesting as their more famous cohorts of the era

Pretty fun. Kinda feels like acid rock n roll

Great pop record, I think I’ve heard it too much for it to still knock my socks off but an incredible example of the psychedelic era

A lot of the reviews say that the album is a mixed bag, and having listened to about half of it, I agree. I don't mind weird, silly, or stylized music, I even like it, but this album ranges from quirky banger to very generic, with the latter being the dominant. I don't know, maybe I had to be on drugs to enjoy it?

You know what? Maybe there should've been a war on drugs. You know what else? Using drugs and writing a song that's "woo i'm on the tooterville trolley xD lolz, my dad paid for my tuition" doesn't make you creative, it makes you a dime a dozen. Much like the culturally confused white people of the 60's who turned to opiates and buddhism, this is a creative dearth, and how this appears on the list is a mystery greater than the infinity of the cosmos. I've written every one of these reviews unencumbered by substances besides cafffeine and SSRI's and I feel i have said more interesting shit than yet another group of white Brits/Americans pretending access to an LSD dealer makes you a creative savant. Booooooooring 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Kaleidoscope Eyes and stepping into the dreamscapes clad in top hat and waistcoat and ZZZZZZZZZ

Psychedelic slop but some pretty cool mixing and tone/sounds etc. A couple nice songs.

Hilariously 60s. Some songs are cool concepts. Onie felt like a velvet underground song. Train for tomorrow and Luvin’ were my other favorites - good tunes, dumb lyrics though Love how may tunes get put together in the 30 minute runtime. All that said, this has nothing on the other late 60s acts 2.5 stars

Didn't really grab me.

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#1001Albums Electric Prunes by The Electric Prunes https://album.link/gb/i/655574615 The Electric Prunes were a garage band who were genuinely discovered playing in a garage by a record company exec who happened to be passing at the time. The album opens with a nice bit of late 60s psychedelia in I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) but after that it’s very much diminishing returns with some second rate love songs and novelty numbers, with the whole album clocking in at 30 minutes. File under a historical curiosity rather than an essential listen. Fun game! Find your 60s psychedelic garage band name by combining your favourite dried fruit with a power source - mine is the Solar Sultanas! https://album.link/gb/i/655574615

Very well aged psychodelic rock, even if nothing beats the first song.

the first half was actually really good but it got a bit creepy and rapey by the end

It's ok, the opener is quite good! 10 on 10

The Electric Prunes was the collective noun used for Len Houmous’ wives 4,8,12 and 21. 1.6 1/12 I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)

A good example of music from that time. 3 stars or C+.

The I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) guys. That song is incredible. The other psychedelic songs are pretty good as well though not so keen on the ragtime

Fun, short album. I enjoyed the piano.

Just seems like a mid-60s rock album, indicative of the time period but does the one hit justify inclusion on this list? Where was the cultural impact of the Electric Prunes?

Decently boring to my modern ears, which means pretty experimental for an album that's 59 years old. I liked the tracks I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), Are You Lovin' Me More, Luvin' and Try Me on for Size – other than that run of the mill "fun" psych rock. (Also I'm not one to rag on about recording quality, but I'd definitely rate this higher if it was remastered.)

Didn't offend my ears, but didn't particularly excite them either. There was some fun instrumentation on a couple of them. That last track though, did someone lose a bet?

First time listening for me, definitely worth revisiting. Very enjoyable

Not very good. The best song was the first one. Got bored after the first few songs. I guess they didn’t write their songs but added flourishes. It didn’t help.

Love that this record is only 30 minutes long. I've never heard of these guys - kind of generic for their time, but a decent listen overall.

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60-luvun rokkia, mutta ei sellasta renkutusta. Muuten perus 60-luvun rokkia. Kappaleet kivan erilaisia. Parhaat: Train for Tomorrow, Sold to the Highest Bidder

Kind of boring. Like a bland version of the animals.

Maybe it was innovative for it's time...but i found it uninteresting. Not horrible to listen to.

I enjoy most music from the 60’s, but this album really didn’t click with me for some reason

A full extra bonus point for "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)", purely because it was on one of my favorite CD compilations back in HS.

All down hill after the single. Sounds like the band in a sixties youth comedy made by squares.

Very silly vibes

Silly!

5.5/10 I found a new song to annoy people with if they ever cross the line. Sounds like background music you might hear in an old 60s movie, like an out of pocket psych rock with a garage fuzzy effect going on highlights: I had too much to dream(last night), try me on for size, Onie

Not crazy about this one but don't hate it either

Somewhat eccentric, often for the sake of eccentricity, but it's well done. There is some really nice guitar work that almost feels out of character but in a way that gives greater legitimacy. This is underrated.

Det är högklassigt Psych garage som svänger. Men som album håller det inte riktigt hela vägen

Helemaal niks aan

Familiar with Electric Prunes and remember their biggest hit; I Had Too Much to Dream from occasional radio play. They had that early sixties Brit invasion sound, but couldn’t complete with the likes of the Monkees (or the others.) Enjoyed the uke, and thought I heard some xylophone. But got a little goofy by the end. (2.2*s) Oh, by gee, by gosh, by golly…

Alright...an interesting quick hit of an album from the Electric Prunes. Odd name for a band and pretty odd record as well. It dances about from psychedelic rock to slow songs to salooney tunes to some latin flare. It fits right in with the 60s sound with a little more variety. Kinks meets the Yardbirds meets the Zombies. Kept me in with the short songs and ranging tones. Must listen before I die? Meh...but a better one of recent from the list...2.79 stars.

60's rock just has a different vibe than what the genre evolved into. There was so clearly a formula to crank out a bunch of 2-minute songs and call it a day. It's kinda a wonder that a band could release an album with 12 songs and have it come in under half an hour. Nothing on Electric Prunes stood out to me, but it also wasn't bad. Probably won't ever listen to these guys again but I do like the song title I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night. The Electric Prunes sounds like they should be an offshoot lineup for The California Raisins when brothers AC and Bebop want do a reunion tour in their old age. Following the untimely death of Stretch due to overdose on preservatives years earlier the original lineup disbanded but the fans always wanted more. Red has now retired and enjoys the quiet life owning a vineyard in Italy but is able to be convinced to go on one last ride. In order to not besmirk the original band, they grab some session musicians and backing singers to tour under the Electric Prunes label and enjoy a final farewell. 2.50 stars

This started off well, 60s garage rock apparently, with an interesting fuzzy effect on the guitar and there was something unexpected about the chord progressions in the first couple songs. Are You Lovin Me More is more upbeat, with neat psychedelic touches like a cool organ (?) melody, but nothing after that really connected with me. The songs are all quite different, to their credit. The sound is a bit muffled - maybe that's the point - and I have my usual gripes with the aggressively stereo mix, but this is a bizarre and (at times) cool mix of songs. Not a total dud, but I'm OK leaving this in the past.

Woof this sucks. Even the songs that are okay just sort of feel like a generic 60s song imitating other generic 60s songs. I hate this shit

very fun but short album, the last one sounded like it was straight out of a kids show but still good listen 7.5/10

This is basically asking for a poop joke…

Trolley

Toonerville Trolley? pfffft

Boomer psychedelic rock: wash, rinse, repeat. Not really sure what makes this one stand out in any significant way, but to me it's just another meh album.

Never heard this record before but I played it. Great background music. Love the garage, psych rock. Good music I must say.

Right up my alley, this one! Lovely slice of 60’s psychedelia. Only heard Mass in F Minor previously. This is a much more upbeat poppy affair. 4

Not my favorite but not bad.

Went into this completely blind. I have a soft spot for 60s psychedelic pop, and this album scratched that itch. 3.25/5.

7 - GOOD

Sleepy album, after listening to it I forgot that I had. Another meh kind of album.

Groovy baby, yeah!

Otroligt titelspår, resten varierande kvalitet

Det här lät riktigt bra och varierat, och vad som måste vara en av alla tiders bästa låttitlar, "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)", säkrar betyget.

Det svänger ju!

fine. :) not amazing or bad. just fine.

Feels very of the time. 'The King is in his counting house' - brought back so many memories - what a throwback!

Die A-Seite fängt so gut an, danach knickt es leider ein. Der Opener ist wohl das Highlight und hat einen der tollsten Gitarrensounds des Jahrzehnts, das ist ein bisschen wie die Albtraumversion von "Satisfaction". Danach bleibt das Niveau bis einschließlich "About a Quarter to Nine" noch recht hoch, da reichen sich schöne 60s Melodien und trippige Momente die Hand. "The King.." und vor allem den albernen Closer hätte man aber locker streichen können, was das 30 minütige Album noch kürzer gemacht hätte. Trotzdem spaßige Angelegenheit.

This wasn’t my favorite, but I enjoyed it more than quite a few 60’s albums I’ve gotten so far.

Navnet e teit men musikken høres helt aldeles ut som nokka fra 1967, så det e nu greit nok.

Enjoyed this, they had a unique fun style.

Doesn’t make sense that one great song would get you on this list but then many choices have been questionable at best.

I had never heard of this group before this listen. There's some good stuff on this album, you hear hints of the Velvet Underground and others in some of the tracks.

Such a time capsule of mid 60s pop-psychedelic rock. For my personal taste it’s three stars, but I’m tempted to give it four just for its purity. From start to finish if somebody asked what that era sounded like this album would be a fine example.

Not bad

Who is choosing these albums? There just isn’t a world where that album is in the top 1000.

It was much different from the Electric Prunes I am use to but it was still good. I am use to the Mass In F Minor and Release Of An Oath which from I understand they are written by someone else.

Temp

I dont like the sitar

It was ok

Again, somewhat sounds like a Beatles copy. Not great. 2.1/5.0

An extremely inoffensive album. Feels like it was trying to pretend to have a personality but none of the tracks ever had enough character to stand out

We’ve been here before

First time listening to this album, and the last

A prune

Apparently the band was very unhappy with most of the songs on this album. I'm with them. 2*.

What a weird but cool album. I had never heard of these guys, but so it was a pleasant surprise to start, and then has a few valleys in-between the peaks. I love the sound, that 60s rock psychedelia, so its cool to listen to. Biggest Hit - I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) Biggest Miss - The King Is In The Counting House Hidden Gem - Try Me On For Size

This feels a lot like one of those albums made to capitalize on a hit single and containing a bunch of filler. I added the only great song, “I Had Too Much to Dream”, to my Generator playlist.

About 1/3 the 'In YOUR MIND!' psych, 1/3 cutesy psych and 1/3 Ucky Ducky psych

Some of it’s kind of good and some of it’s kind of bad so ok overall

I hadn't heard of these guys, and don't recognize any of their tracks. But they have some really cool songs, some on the psychedelic side. There's also a lot of filler, unfortunately. But I'd definitely mine the good ones for an acid rock playlist. 3/5

8/10 Best songs: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), Bangles, Train for Tomorrow, Sold to the Highest Bidder, Get Me to the World on Time, Try Me on for Size Mid-60s early psychedelic rock/electric rock - very garage band vibes, but like, a couple generations earlier than the garage bands I grew up with. As one might expect from 60s music, each song is quite short, but the tone and lyrics are unexpectedly dark (melancholic? I'm not sure of the right word). Somewhere in the final third of the album the music shifts from being experimental/psychedelic to almost story-telling/folk, and then back again. It's a weird tonal shift that doesn't seem to fit the rest of the (imo) very strong album. I do really like this album overall and I'm really happy with its place on this list.

3,5

Didn't know what to expect from a band called "The Electric Prunes" but what I got was an eclectic collection of songs. Some were good despite their style coming out of left field, like "Sold to the Highest Bidder." After two 5/5 albums in a row I was due for a drop in quality. I'm just glad the fall wasn't too sharp.

Not for me, but the sound is just very "oh I've heard this in the background of movies from the 60s into the 70s" - It vibes I suppose

Best song: Bangles Felt new but old at the same time. Weird.

Pas vraiment mon truc la musique de ces années là

A bit of a classic 70s sound.

Pleasantly surprised with this album. I thought it was going to be terrible just from the name alone, but the first few songs were kinda catchy.

Since this was a really old album and the music style has changed so much I tried to focus on the production side of the track, and listen how things used to sound, and how they mange to make good sounding records back then. I wanted to skip a lot of tracks, but in the right mood u can actually enjoy the happy them of the album.

This was an odd one. Could have gone anywhere. This was very much the kind of 60s psych I liked. Until it wasn't. The first half up to Get Me to the World on Time I can dig. I loved whatever was going on with the guitar on Sold to the Highest Bidder. But the rest of the album went in that "haha aren't we weird and funny" style of 60s psych which kind of lost me. Weird reading the backstory to the album that most of it was written by a separate writing team, especially because the two halves of the album sound like they were written by completely different groups of people. You know what, I'd listen again. 4 it is.

this was very hit or miss for me. kept me on my toes though, so i didn’t mind the ‘miss’ parts as much.

Hmmm. This felt like one of those 60s weird bands that think they're being revolutionary, but comes across to me as a bit silly, fairly trite and pretentious. The instrumental felt predictable, although in fairness I'm listening to it like 70 years later, so perhaps they were more original than I am giving them credit for. Generally naff I'd say.

Why not put Nuggets here instead and be done with it? I don't need to here anything other than Too Much To Dream before I croak. There are some ok songs here otherwise, but absolutely nothing important. Two Stars because Dream.

The f was Toonerville Trolley

Well, that wasn't really very exciting although partly not bad.

very 70s, i enjoyed the vibe

with a name fit for one of those "Worst Band Names of All Time!" listicles and a roster of extremely kooky songs (mostly written by Annette Tucker and Nancy Mantz), the Electric Prunes and their self-titled album are certainly an interesting glimpse into a certain time and place! psychedelia was all the rage in the sixties, and the Prunes were definitely attempting to strike that iron while it was hot. the band's most successful single, "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)", is a dramatic, multi-phase song in which the narrator laments the beautiful woman in his dreams whom he will never meet. the soft-loud dynamic contrast from the verse to the chorus is accompanied by a sudden increase in tempo, and there's a few fun harmonic moments (check out the two parallel minor chords half a step apart when the band first kicks into that faster tempo). it's a fun, spooky garage rock jam that's become one of the better-remembered curiosities of the psych boom. I thought this might be a bit of a lopsided album experience on the basis that my copy of the album is actually named after this song; and, yes, I can confirm that "I Had Too Much to Dream" is easily the best song here. there's some other serviceable songs—the three tracks following the opener are an enjoyable enough run—but when the deeper cuts aren't uninteresting, they're dated in a way that's totally bizarre. (there's a kind of ironic, shitpost-esque vibe to some of this psych stuff 1001 Albums... has thrown at me.) "The King Is in the Counting House" features lead singer James Lowe (RIP) putting on an English accent over a Baroque arrangement, complete with a harpsichord; "Sold to the Highest Bidder" is some sort of weird auction house narrative; and "The Toonerville Trolley" is a song called "The Toonerville Trolley". so, while I ultimately didn't enjoy this album the whole way through very much, I think it's still worth a glance just for how much of a historical relic it is. the band chose their name as a joke and stuck with it because people would remember it, and they were very right about that. light 4/10.

Seems like two different bands competing for space on the same album. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. The two best songs are listed on the cover image. There are definite elements of early psychedelic rock in here. I wish the rating system allowed for decimals because I liked this more than some of the other albums I’ve listened to but still give it the same number. Also ignore the complaints about some of the latter songs. The songs are just silly and of the time.

boah idk:((( es ist halt lowk nicht so herausgestochen aber es ist schon sehr vibey!!

It starts off with the energetic, fuzzed-out, feral-sung song that is "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)." What a tune. There is not another song here that is one that level. There are some annoying stuff on here because it's a psychedelic album, such as the dropping sound near the end of "Get Me to the World on Time" or the intro to "Sold to the Highest Bidder." Then the other songs are the beatles-esque which are lovely, but not something I would return to. Highlight Song/s: "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)"

I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night appears to have influenced the Partridge family song Having a Ball. The album is chaotic, loud, and highly derivative. An excellent precursor to bubblegum pop.

The Doors & Silverapples crossover episode. Not bad.

Not as bad as the reviews suggest, but not for me.

I probably knew it already, but it is dawning on me more just how many bands pushed out psychedelic rock albums in the late 60s. So many of them sound the same, I don't know if I can differentiate this album from another mid tier one. There were times when the singer (or singers I feel like their could've been two) is trying to emulate Mick Jagger. Short album that I was still checking to see how long I had, fine overall though I don't want to be too harsh

For the time this came out, it is very impressive. However, it still doesn't rise anywhere close to The Doors or The Stooges, who also came out around the same time. I'd give this a 3.5, but I'm going to round down here, as I just don't think it has the juice for 4 stars here on this list.

Psy ché, très Nuggets dans l'esprit

Of historical importance if you want hear state-of-the-art recording techniques for psychedelic rock (circa 1967) applied to third-rate pop rock tunes and garage rock numbers where the band tries a *little* too hard to sound tough. If not, feel free to lift up the needle after opening track "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" - you won't be missing out on anything.

There were a few good tracks but I was bored.

This was a pretty strong album throughout, I definitely liked it better than the last 60s psychedelia that I got from this website. I had to fit this in a little cause I’m in New York right now, but it was good I’m glad I listened. Favorites: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), Onie, Train to Tomorrow

O, wat doen deze lieden hun best. Maar alles hebben we elders beter gehoord, en dit voegt helemaal niets toe aan wat we al van de jaren zestig wisten. Tragisch maar waar. Na een bescheiden succesje met hun debuutsingle flopten de andere albums en moesten de heren (oh nee!) een baan gaan zoeken. Als regisseur van reclamefilmpjes, politieagent of missionaris in Korea, zo lees ik op de wiki. Hoewel de meesten niet eens een wiki-lemma waard zijn. Weer 29 minuten en 47 seconden van mijn leven weggegooid.

Een bloemlezing van de jaren '60. Ik kom er warempel nog vrij makkelijk doorheen. Wellicht door de variatie. Voor die verschrikkelijke muziekperiode is dit gelukkig vrij vergeetbaar.

De elektrische pruimen combineren veel van de muziek uit de jaren 60 tot een soort psychedelisch progfolk geheel. Er zit het progelement van Pink Floyd of Emerson Lake en Palmer in. Het psychedelische van Jefferson Airplane en aanverwanten. Maar ook de beatblues van the Rolling Stones. Alles ademt ook gedateerdheid uit. En alles is volgens mij beter gedaan door anderen, waardoor mij het gevoel van overbodigheid bekruipt. Niet dat er maar 1 bandje per type muziek mag bestaan, want dan was de muziekwereld maar saai geweest. Dus dan zou het meer de combinatie of de afwisseling moeten zijn, waarmee ze je inpakken. Helaas doen ze dat bij mij op geen enkel vlak echt. Als ze dan ook nog eindigen met een soort "Op een onbewoond eiland", dan blijft dit op een hele magere 3 steken. En daar mogen ze heel blij mee zijn.

Poor man's beach boys - not too bad but nothing special.

Kinda on and off for hits and misses. The 7th and last tracks kinda suck. 7th isn’t terrible just a change in pace

Correcto

Quite boring

my unifying theory of 60s rock and roll is undefeated (there was nothing else to do and nothing to compare this to, so it used to be good)

actually really enjoyed like 2/3rds of this

2.5

First track (I Had to Much to Dream) was promising but what followed was a snoozefest.

Proggy rocky 70s

5.5/10

I’m betting that if you’re rocking some LSD, this is probably a banger of an album. I was sober as a church mouse - 2 meh stars

Oh well - the sound of the sixties. Sounds really dated these days.

Uneven 60s psych rock. Opener is a ripper, some tuneful mellow psych, some blues rock, some guitar noodling, and one of the worst album closers I’ve ever heard. I’d wager most people just bought the single. Not terrible, but also not necessary. 2.5 if I’m being honest. Probably have the single on a Nuggets comp, but not keeping this lp.

2.0

A bit boring, nothing really caught my attention.

Damn I'm tired of this mid 60s stuff man. Nothing at all of note for me. Several songs I actively disliked. Nah.

Meh

The eccentric poons. 5/10

more weird albums like this please

1,8/5

This album is very much of an era.

It’s ok

Didn't find any parts that moved me.

Bis auf ein paar lieder war des jetzt nicht so meins

rad name. rad album

Eh. Another kind of spooky vibes album, but 60's.

Immediately drawn in by the production on this. Very cool 60s-psych sound, heard a lot of early Pink Floyd type melodies and writing. Fun energy but not super fun to listen to for me. Fav Track: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)

I'm torn. I am so ready to completely write off The Electric Prunes, but I can't bring myself to do it. First of all, there is nothing particularly special about The Electric Prunes (dumb name). They are, for all intents and purposes, a very middling garage rock act, but they threw in enough psychedelic flourishes throughout their self-titled debut to almost successfully mask their mediocrity. THowever, I was impressed both by the deliciously psychedelic, "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" and they continue to impress on the slower "Onie". Sadly, the rest of the album pales in comparison to these notable moments. Especially, "The Toonerville Trolly," which is dumb, and I hate it. This is not an era I have particular fondness for, nor a band I have ever, or, at this rate, will ever care about, but they made me care just enough, for just long enough to save themselves from the rubbish bin. Kudos, Prunes. Kudos for doing enough to just scrape by.

-This is the first album that I had no idea what to expect before diving in, never heard of the band before. - The first couple of songs had some parts that I really liked, but they were constantly changing, so I couldn't get a good grasp on them. - "Onie" is very pleasant, and thankfully stays consistent all the way through, my favorite so far. - "About a Quarter to Nine": another favorite. I clearly prefer the slower more pleasant sounding songs in this album, though the more hard hitting rock songs are also quite fun. - Things got a bit too silly and eccentric even for my taste with "The King is in the Counting House" and "The Toonerville Trolley". - Overall, very mixed feelings. This album really kept me on my toes, I did not know at all what to expect at any turn. Although not all of it was to my taste, it really kept my interest all the way through and there were also quite a few things that I really liked, so I think I'll go with 3 stars.

Pretty generic surf/Garage rock the would do well as background music for a surf shop in Nor Cal/ PNW. Then Toonerville Trolly came on and the album lost a star.

Pretty men to underwhelming songs

So I enjoyed the music of the first Austin Powers movie - it worked there. Driving around shopping for Christmas gifts? Not so much. Toonerville Trolley was meant as a joke? Don’t need to come back this way again. 2/5

Decent psychedelic weirdness for the era I guess but didn't really do much for me

The Electric Prunes were a psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles. Their self-titled debut album was modestly successful, and was the band's most successful work. The album was propelled by the the band's one, notable single, "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)." This is an inconsistent collection of songs that sound derivative - part sappy Beach Boys, part effect-laden early psychedelia. The band was one of the first to popularize the guitar effects in psychedelic pop/rock, but their inconsistent output led to a short career.

No. 50 i’d never heard of electric prunes but i was pleasantly surprised! love it!

Öppningsspåret är fantastiskt, 60tals garage när det är som allra bäst. Det inleder också den beryktade Nuggets samlingen curerad av Lenny Kane, knappast en slump. Annars är det som med många 60tals album, dom är egentligen överflödiga för 60talet handlar om singlar. Det blir väldigt mycket utfyllnad, lite som låter ditt och lite som låter datt med psykadelian som den enda röda tråden. Och så jag gillar det ganska primitiva soundet som är genomgående. Bäst är EP ju garagestökigare det blir. Men ingenting är i närheten av inledande "I had too much to dream (last night)“, briljant låt!

I och för sig en del rätt snygga arrangemang, som i Try me on for size, Are you lovin me more och I had too much to dream last night. Men låtarna griper inte riktigt tag. Lite tunn ljudbild, det hänger kanske ihop med inspelningstekniken 1967.

Jag förstår inte vad detta album har i boken att göra. Alldaglig 60-talspop. Till råga på allt rätt dålig sådan. Skivan släpps 1967. Hade den kommit 1960 hade det eventuellt kunnat vara lite nydanande. Nu är de ju snarare efter sin tid.

Öppningsspåret är helt ok psykedelisk 60-tals pop. Suggestivt. Därefter följer ett par utfyllnadsspår. Inte dåligt men inte heller särskilt minnesvärt. Get me to the world on time låter som en feberdröm. Luvin’ är också helt ok, men i övrigt är det inte mycket som sticker ut.

OMG, why is this on here? What's next? Tiny Tim? Dr. Demento? I jest, sort of. This album isn't quite that bad, but it's not that good either. Production quality is an issue, but it also just sounds sort of dated. If we're gonna listen to psyche, how about the 13th Floor Elevators?

I only knew the two songs by this band that appeared on the Nuggets compilation. That is a pretty well known compilation of 60's garage/psych rock and totally worth a spin if you like garage/surf/spy/psych music of that era. I like that stuff, so I was happy to listen to a full Electric Prunes album. I'm more likely to revisit the Sonics or the Creation, but this album spans a fairly wide landscape of sounds, tempos, subjects. I'm not sure I totally liked them, but Sold to the Highest Bidder, The King Is in the Counting House, and The Toonerville Trolley were completely bananas songs that I was not expecting. Some points for taking wild swings at the prize, despite some whiffing.

Too Much to Dream, which I knew a little, is the only great song, but the rest was decent, and sometimes enjoyably weird.

3/5 - I admittedly didn't listen that hard to this, because all the 60s psychedelic starts to blur for me after awhile. I generally like the genre, but it rarely stands out.

Interesting at times. But probably won't return to it.

It's like they tied to combine the stones beatles and the who and failed at doing any of it good

Kind of interesting sound but I'm not too sure what this is doing that I haven't heard before.

Groovy opening track. This one went places. It had me wondering what the criteria is to end up on the list. This might be the closest to a children's music album sound yet. Raffi's album Baby Beluga should probably be on the list.

Psychedelia, a kiss of prog, a slice of mid 60s life well done

Ahead of its time and diverse. Ex. Sold to the Highest Bidder would fit alongside These Old Shoes from 2007 War Elephant album of Deer Tick.

Enjoyable psych rock. You can hear a lot of these riffs and melodies in Velvet Underground’s stuff a couple years later. Not a ton of repeat value, but I respect the influence.

Ok didn't stick particularly but I was distracted when listening to it

Groovy, man…NOT! At least it was only 29 minutes long. Two stars.

Goofy ass album, 3.5

yeah no

Mid

Too Much To Dream was great, the rest of the album, not so much.

Really drab.

I thought I'd finished with the late 60's US psychedelia as I'm nearly at the end of the list but obviously not. You know what it sounds like before you've even heard the album. Poorly produced sound effects, reverb, cod-philosophical high school poetry lyrics, no real hooks and awful stereo panning production. At least it's mercifully short. There seems to be a trend to this list where the band produced one famous song and so their album gets included (see also: a-ha). Best Tracks: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night); Onie; Try Me On For Size

This might honestly be some of the laziest musical performing I've ever heard. The singing is nothing special, but where it really falls down is the mixing: it's oddly quiet and washed-out, often swept away by the brasher instruments (particularly the guitar). The guitar shies away from using memorable riffs, with the only real freedom of expression being in the mediocre solos. The opener, I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), is far and away the strongest song here, seeing as it's one of the few that's actually catchy. Onie is also strong: it's a mellow, sweetly psychedelic ballad reminiscent of VU's Sunday Morning. Train for Tomorrow is another standout, boasting significantly better vocal mixing than other tracks – but also for mostly avoiding singing altogether. Luvin' and Try Me on for Size are kind of likeable, especially the latter, which is the catchiest and highest-energy track of perhaps the entire album. The 60s were notorious for having these half-forgotten bands that jumped on the summer-of-love bandwagon, creating music that's simple almost to the point of being mind-numbing, and sometimes dropping in a shaker or a violin twiddle to show that they're not messing around. Except most of the time, that's exactly what they're doing: messing around without really going anywhere more impressive than their contemporaries. The Electric Prunes are exactly this kind of band: they're British, they formed in the mid-60s, and they completely ripped off the Beatles' musical style (and possibly a bit of the Doors). Their songwriting is okay, but the performance and production are subpar at best. 2/5 Key tracks: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), Onie, Try Me on for Size

Weird

Pretty fun. Reminds me of a less intense version of The Doors.

kind of meandering but some songs are good and i guess this was pretty innovative for the time

There's a lot of great 60s psychedelia out there, but this definitely isn't it. Almost every idea is half-baked and poorly performed. Even when they try to do something out-of-the-box it just ends up being nonsense. The exceptions to this rule are "Luvin'" and "Try Me on for Size", which (although incredibly basic) are still great examples of mid-sixties blues-rock numbers. 1.5/5.0: Bad

this was fine for the most part. im not sure how someone in the process didnt prevent them from putting toonerville trolley on the album but it certainly sticks out.

500/1001

at least the songs are short

Enjoyable. Some good psychedelic. I also thought too much to drink (not dream!)

I did not like this album