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This band reminds me of the house band at the go-go bar in Girl in Gold Boots, as presented by Mystery Science Theater 3000 in one their most entertaining episodes. I think that band might have been better. They certainly didn't play anything as awful as The Toonerville Trolley.
American 1960s psychedelia? Bring it on! But then I thought the album was not as good as I expected it to be. One or two were great but not enough to enthuse me. It gets an extra star just because I can appreciate the genre.
Not too much to like here, and "The Toonerville Trolley" was especially unfortunate.
Album started out okay, but then fizzled into forgettable territory
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What a weird album. It’s often described as early psychedelic but there’s not a lot that’s recognizable as psychedelic here. It’s really all over the place. At least these guys sound like they are having fun. By the time you get to “The King is in the Counting House” it’s really impossible to classify the album and it only gets stranger from there. Bravo, I guess. These guys wind up sounding like The Monkees on acid. Just a wild mix of everything they find amusing. This whole thing would have benefited from cleaner production though. It’s fine to be goofy if your sound is clean and the songs reward re-listening. These, mostly, do not.
Painfully average for most tracks except a few really bad ones
спасибо что очень быстро
I liked this album a lot. They get pretty raucous on a couple of tunes, which made me like it more than a lot of psychedelic rock. There were a few snoozer tracks, but overall I thought it was pretty great. 3.7/5
It was fine, but nothing that really clicked for me. I did like a few of the songs though. Good, and I wouldn't turn it off if it were playing. 3/5
Really good songs
Really good genre/period music but I'm not sure it quite transcends to being something essential.
There is NOTHING special about this album.
Sometimes this list gets me thinking about the Shitty Beatles joke from Wayne’s World. Contemporary with the Beatles, there actually were a LOT of Shitty Beatles. I guess that’s pretty funny. Tired of listening to them though.
This album was just alright. Not bad, not good.”Toonerville Trolley” is weird as hell. Cool ass name for a band though. 1001 album worthy: sure - 87/160
Perfectly serviceable and fully representative – if largely forgettable – pop-oriented psych rock. Generally tame, too, and one of the worst band names of all time. Any cred they gain for a few decent cuts is more than sacrificed to the execrable trolley car closer and several other cringey misfires. "Onie" isn't bad (if sounding much like "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'"). Maybe EPs are slightly overlooked or forgotten (unfairly or justifiably) but there's no shortage of average '60s bands in this category. This is in no way necessary or essential to a happy musical life. Imagining an alternative history: had EPs been just a little better, perhaps they might have prevented Jefferson Airplane from getting big, which might have spared us all the atrocity of “We Built This City.”
Oooo cowboy movie esque. Not my cup of tea, it was an odd feeling..
What an odd journey this album takes. It's not all good, but I appreciate the effort.
Going going going going - GONE!
Interesting, might need to give it another listen.
It's alright, but not great. Favorite song: get me to the world on time
Amazing voice
meh
Psychedelia is a Genre that's always appealed to me. I love music that keeps me guessing. Sadly, my experience with it hasn't been as in-depth as I'd want, though I've still listened to a decent amount. This is to say that I can't say for certain if this is truly unique and great or a whatever piece of Psychedelic Rock. I mean, 1967 also had the Doors, Sgt. Pepper, Jimi Hendrix, and more of the most beloved Psych Rock Acts. What if I just like this because I haven't heard better stuff like it? At the end of the day, though, I can't review based on a future possibility. In the present, I did quite enjoy this album. It's only around 30 minutes so it's short but sweet. I don't think anything could prepare me for Toonerville Trolley. That song was actually crazy. It's a super fun and interesting album Also I very much thought they said the N word during Toonerville Trolley, but thankfully they apparently were saying "knickers" 8/10, sorry if the first paragraph sounded pretentious.
Not bad as far as 60s psych rock goes. Still not something I will likely revisit.
Apparently the band weren’t pleased with this album, and I wouldn’t be either. Fairly standard psychedelic (sorta) sixties pop, including the obligatory novelty song at the end.
Some fairly standard middle of the road psychedelia - a bit too many novelty songs for my liking, but not awful
YASA (Yet Another Sixties Album) 2* I will say their vocals sound a little ahead of the time, maybe proto-punkish. Train for tomorrow had some cool guitars.
I had to much to psych last night
MEOW OLD AND SLOW
I'd give zero if poss
Complete non event
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Just think how lucky we are that cultural artefacts like this are preserved forever.... to warn us that we, the boomer generation, shouldn't arrogantly think our music was superior to that which has followed. Because these prunes really gave me the shits. This is laughably bad but I can't laugh because it hurts.
at first I thought "well this is some pretty good classic rock" but after a few songs you realise they're just Beatles copycats
Pas terrible
Meh
на любителя.
ganz netter sound, aber nit wirklich a standout
Great bit of psychedelia
wow. just awful
A Pretty ok record. Nothing really stood out
Really enjoyed this. Had never heard of the band before which is surprising. Need to listen again. I'll give it 3.75 (7.5) and round up to 4
For me each song was instantly forgettable… unfortunately!
Oh my favourite, more pointless shit that is far from an essential listen for anyone.
70s rock to soft for what was already out there and had already been recorded before. Nothing really different so not good
I understand how it could be revolutionary at the time, but this album has definitely shown its age. As a fan of garage rock, it's fun hearing these early years.
Sounds like other 60's psychedelic rock bands. My favorite track was Bangles, which is interesting because it has relatively few plays. The big track is "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" which is OK. The album also has rando sounds like Toonerville Trolley, which sounds like something Ringo Starr would compose.
I feel like a lot of these songs have interesting stuff in them, but the total of the song is often less than the sum of its parts. Still not bad, though skewing into more vaudeville-style songs toward the end was a misstep.
Supposedly a one hit wonder from when my mom was 7, but didn't recognize any of the music - which largely felt like a grab bag of genres of the time: psych rock, sea shanty Yellow Submarine vibes, and even a medieval-style folk tune. Nothing stood out as actually good, tho.
Jaunty and hip. They're like a somewhat edgier version of the Beach Boys. Twas funny to learn they reconvened in 1999 and started recording albums and performing live again, although they're newer stuff doesn't seem to be on Spotify. Honestly liked this more than I thought I would, and am surprised that it's so good given that I have never heard of them before.
I really enjoy this band's name
I’m having a hard time rating this.. in one hand it sounds like many other run of the mill 60s psych bands, but they also seem to have pioneered some technique/sound with a Wawa pedal (?) I’m not familiar enough with it, and I liked some of their songs, but those seemed to be the most mainstream and vanilla material.. 2.75/5
pristojno, solidno, ali i zaboravljivo, jbg
A mix of excellent tracks and the absolute nightmare of The Toonerville Trolley. Jesus.
Nice discovery
I liked Luvin, the others didn't catch my attention that much. 6/10
Okiedokie
Good album. A lot of proto punk sound to me mixed in with the psych rock.
This was a short album. It reminds me of if the Zombies wanted to become the Who. This was much more muted than I was expecting. I wasn't wowed.
Opener ist schon Mal sehr gut. Erinnert an Summer Wine, Animals und Rolling Stones. Song 2 hat Doors und Beatles Vibes (Bei einem Album dieser Art von 1967 fast unmöglich keine Beatles Einflüsse zu haben, oder?) Nächster Song hat was von Nancy Sinatra und Roy Orbinson. Sehr interessanter Mix von verschiedenen Stilen zur Zeit des Albums. Gefällt mir. Allerdings die zwei "silly songs" find ich gar nicht gut
I am so sick of 80s punk band keep getting recced here.
"Too Much to Dream" is an essential single from the wild west era of psych rock. Underground is probably the better album from these beleaguered boys, who remain a cautionary tale of record label meddling. Those unconverted to goofy-ass early psych are best served by Nuggets or uh... the pack-in CD from the June 2003 issue of Uncut, both excluded by the list's bogus no-comps rule. It's worth checking out the two lysergical, er, liturgical albums credited to the band but mostly performed by studio musicians, if only as a curio. They swap the late 60's silliness for late 60's self-seriousness, to a detriment. Free the Prunes!
Sounds like a parody of 1967
Gefällt mir gut!
just gets worse as it goes on. the electric prunes is such a terrible band name its so fucking stupid just listen to the first and third tracks they're are the only ones worth hearing. the songs are either cool but the mix is so muddy and weird that it actively annoys me, or the just songs sucks and is annoying
Too "oldies" for me. Not my current vibe and doesn't keep me interested.
"Onie" gave me a very sweet, nostalgic feeling. The rest of the album was sorta unmemorable in my eyes.
Sparky old plums.
electric prunes
i really enjoyed the first song but the rest didn’t quite grab me the same way. it’s an average 3. it’s good, it’s just nothing that seems to excite my brain atm. some songs were quite fun tho like “the toonerville trolley” 😆
Groovy. Got off to a decent start; quite edgy-sounding in places. Became more twee, and, lyrically, I'm not convinced they understood women... I wonder what they were like to see at the time; I don't think I've ever even seen a video clip. I'm afraid the final track has just lost it a further star; terrible!
Well that was……whimsical. Despite being catapulted to Spinal Tap’s 60s iterations and Mick Jagger’s spitting image puppet I did enjoy it. Would I listen again? Maybe.
One of the rare albums from this era that stops before it gets boring. I still feel like this is such a product of its era that I’d struggle to differentiate it from its piers.
There are a couple of good songs on here, but far too much of it is filler written by hired guns.
I don't think it helped, I'd just finished the zombies. Too much acid 60s music in one sitting I'm afraid.
Nowhere album! Nowhere album! We got another one. I have absolutely no idea why this album is on the list and have never heard an utterance of "The Electric prunes" in my life. I actually couldn't find this album at first because it's on streaming under the title "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)". Is this a hidden oasis of good music? Not really. The instrumentals are very of their time, though there are moments that manage to break the mold. I enjoyed the psychedelic influence on this album. The rippling sound of "Onie" is very appealing, and a continuing reminder that I need to check out more psychedelic albums. The vocals are a bit of a mixed bag. There are many times where they fail to grab me likely due to the instrumentals also being hit-or-miss, though there are other times where they managed to work quite well. "About a Quarter to Nine" is the best example of the style of these guys. The quirky, Beatles-esque songwriting also quaint and likeable. Despite there being merit to both aspects of the music and songwriting, something about this album bars it from really coming together in my eyes. It's all very "moderate" and isn't guided by a strong creative vision, which is what I like most in art. Let's take a lookee through the book. This isn't a UK act? Never would have guessed. The band got a record deal through pure chance. I Had Too Much to Dream was a successful single. The album was moderately successful. They were influential on early garage rock acts. 🚨EEEEEEEEEEE🚨 I am disbarring this album from inclusion on the list. It's not a popular album in current year and it isn't much of a good listen, either. Take notes, Dimery.
I made the mistake of listening to this right after The Pumpkins. A couple songs did work for me. A lot of it did not - a couple sounded like they were written for a childrens show.
Their mates probably thought they were pretty cool during the summer of '67 or something, but I can understand why no one else ever heard of this.
After 12 songs of this, I was all, "man, this sucks"...then song 13 came on and I was all, "hey, this is much better." Well friends, there is no song 13 on this record. My phone had simply moved on to playing something else. Go check out "Gone" by The Factory - similar but better.
Gear: Focalman Cleardara Artwork: 🍲🍲🍲🍲🍲 Production: 🙄🤔🤷 Music: 🔌🗡️🌿 Rating: 😪(😪)/5
poppy american psych rock who's main strength is just, rly rly strong and economical songs actually HFJFSHJFSH. i kinda miss the noddling and heavy indulgences of other similar records but it does make this record v distinct. theres also just in general a gritter, grimer, sometimes outright dark edge that kind of cuts thru the Whimsy inherent to the style...its not the velvets or anything but its a more than solid Seedy Underbelly type of record. v enjoyable album, didnt blow my mind but every song hit with a relatively equal amount of mental clarity which is a minor feat of pacing and delivering raw musical information
a bit like actual prunes, great in moderation but after a full album I feel a like I might shit myself
Interesting album with some cool instrument choices. The songs I liked the most are the ones that took the most chances. However, in these cases, the songs are all too short, eventually making them sound like sketches that never truly were given the opportunity to be fleshed out.
some good songs not too bad
Most of it is really boring and strange, some OK 60s Tunes
Good album but I feel like it's missing something that makes other 60s song special
Sounds like very early psych rock. A bit too simple for me, although there were songs that showed a variety of influences. The tremolo effect on the guitar is a bit much and became distracting.
Didn't know these guys. Great Floyd like, but American based.
2.1 I can see why they never made it. As the first track was coming to end I wondered why they were singing about drinking too much. Was it cool? And then I realised the title was dreaming too much. Despite every 'dream' sounding like 'drink'. Was that by design. Naff song anyway. Thought I'd check out the band page to see *that* song was their one hit wonder. Jesus Christ. Anyway, I think I deserve a medal for making it through the whole album, particularly the last song. I reckon 80% fall at that final hurdle.
Some cool tunes on here, but overall kinda mid?
I enjoyed this more than I expected to. But then, I like the 60s psychedelic sound, nostalgia and all that. 3
This is definitely one of my favorite ’60s psychedelic albums. The vocals are echoed, reverbed, and hazy, while the guitars are fuzz-heavy and distorted, giving the album a surreal effect—not to mention all the experimental studio techniques of the time. On the flip side, much of their material was influenced by producers and songwriters rather than being entirely self-written, making their sound more structured. That’s why I think this album is a great introduction to psychedelic music. It captures all the best elements of the genre but presents them in a more polished and structured way, whereas many other albums of the era leaned more into improvisation.
Not for me. Had it's time and place . No stand out song
bo
Pretty standard 60s rock.
Pass
A couple nice tunes, but nothing really caught my eye, so I don't have much to say. Reminds me of The Doors
meh
Enjoyed that a surprising amount. Kind of like proto-proto-punk?
Pretty straightforward 60's psychedelica. A good listen if you are into that sort of thing
The opening track "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" is about as catchy an anthem as you can hope for from the psychedelic rock scene of the 60s. Is it a bit gimmicky and silly, sure. But it's also a great song. They tried to recreate the same kind of quirky play on words rock song with their second single, "Get Me to the World on Time", to decent results. Unfortunately, the rest of the album is a bit dull. If this album is notable for much, it's mainly the fact that the record label severely limited their control, enlisting a songwriting duo to pen most of the songs, including the two best ones and a ton of filler. Maybe it says something about the marketability of psychedelic rock by this time that it was so tighly controlled and profitable. Even where the Electric Prunes did get some artistic freedom, it's nothing to write home about. So they're perhaps relegated to the category of one hit wonders, not to be heard from again. But that song is still pretty catchy.
Nice! Best Song: I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night Rating: 6/10 Stars: 3/5
Sigh. So I started this project in order to discover some new music, and now I have discovered this album. This is unfortunate, as it undermines the entire purpose of the effort - What if all the other remaining albums that I havent heard of on this album are as bad as this one? 1/5
Partly might just be the poor quality YouTube video I had to resort to in order to consume this album, but sound quality seemed poor. Some really random tracks that I can only describe as being 'funfair' that seemed awkward and out of place. When they tried to rock a bit more it wasn't too bad. This was my 65th generated album but took me until 383 to actually listen. Wasn't particularly worth the wait.
Nothing special.
Surprisingly interesting for the most part. Some of the more jokey songs don't hold up, but there's enough decent tracks present so that it's not just some novelty.
Allez, on continue de s'enfoncer dans ce bourbier temporel qu'est le projet "1001 Albums". Cette fois, la machine à remonter le temps s'arrête en 1967 et décidément, cette année-là, il ne se passait pas une semaine sans qu'un groupe de chevelus ne décide de révolutionner la musique à grands coups de fuzz et de substances illicites. Et aujourd'hui, sur la platine, un nom qui fleure bon le ridicule et le génie marketing de l'absurde : The Electric Prunes, les Pruneaux Électriques. Sérieusement. On dirait le nom d'un groupe de reprises pour maison de retraite branchée. Rien que pour ça, on part avec un a priori mi-amusé, mi-consterné. Mettons les choses au clair tout de suite, cet album est le parfait exemple du disque qui n'a sa place dans cette foutue bible musicale que pour une ou deux raisons bien précises. Le reste ? Du remplissage, de l'expérimentation plus ou moins heureuse, et une belle illustration de ce qu'était le rock garage psychédélique quand il ne savait pas trop sur quel pied danser. La première raison, et la plus évidente, c'est le morceau-titre. "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)", putain de chef-d'oeuvre. Dès les premières secondes, ce son de guitare vrombissant, joué à l'envers, cette sorte de trémolo inversé qui vous aspire le cerveau, c'est du génie pur. C'est sale, c'est poisseux, ça sent la fin de nuit angoissante et les mauvais trips. La voix est à la fois menaçante et plaintive, noyée dans une réverbération caverneuse. C'est l'hymne parfait de la gueule de bois psychédélique et ce morceau, à lui seul, justifie presque l'existence du groupe. Il capture une noirceur, une angoisse qui tranche radicalement avec le "peace and love" mielleux de San Francisco. Ici, on n'est pas chez les gentils hippies à fleurs, on est plutôt dans un garage de Los Angeles avec des mecs qui ont l'air d'avoir sniffé de la colle en écoutant les Yardbirds en accéléré. La deuxième raison, c'est le second single, "Get Me to the World on Time". Encore une pépite, un riff de guitare obsédant, une montée en puissance quasi-hystérique qui explose dans un chaos sonore jouissif. C'est l'autre face de la même pièce : l'urgence, la paranoïa, l'envie de s'échapper. Ces deux titres sont des monuments du rock garage, des pièces d'anthologie qu'on retrouve sur toutes les compils du genre. Et c'est bien là que le bât blesse. Parce qu'une fois passées ces deux fulgurances, l'album s'effondre un peu comme un soufflé. On a l'impression d'écouter la compilation des faces B, des essais, des trucs qu'on a gardés parce qu'il fallait bien remplir un 33 tours. Le disque manque cruellement de cohérence. On passe d'une ballade folk un peu mièvre ("Onie") à une tentative de blues rock lourdaud ("Try Me On for Size") sans la moindre transition. On sent que le groupe, ou plutôt le producteur David Hassinger, a voulu ratisser large, montrer toutes les facettes possibles. Le problème, c'est que la plupart de ces facettes sont assez ternes. C'est un véritable foutoir psychédélique, on a des morceaux qui lorgnent vers le music-hall ("Bangles"), d'autres qui sont de simples exercices de style sans âme. C'est là que ma note de 3/5 prend tout son sens, c'est un disque schizophrène. Deux coups de génie et dix coups dans l'eau, ou presque. Et puis, il faut parler de la production car autant elle est inventive et cradingue à souhait sur les deux singles, autant sur le reste de l'album, elle sonne parfois datée, brouillonne. Le son est souvent saturé, la voix perdue dans une bouillie instrumentale. C'est le charme du garage, me direz-vous. Oui, mais il y a une différence entre le charme du brut et le simple manque de direction. Par moments, on a l'impression d'écouter les démos, pas le produit fini. Pourtant, il ne faut pas jeter le pruneau avec l'eau du bain (je sais, elle est facile). Cet album est un document, un témoignage fascinant de cette époque où tout semblait possible, y compris le pire. Il représente cette frange du rock psychédélique qui n'était pas cérébrale ou planante, mais viscérale, nerveuse et un peu déglinguée. On sent l'influence sur tout le mouvement punk et post-punk qui allait suivre. Des groupes comme The Cramps ou The Damned ont dû user ce vinyle jusqu'à la corde. Cette énergie brute, cette volonté de triturer le son jusqu'à le rendre méconnaissable, c'est un héritage direct de groupes comme les Electric Prunes. Au final, l'écoute fut intéressante, mais pas transcendante. C'est un album à picorer, pas à dévorer. On prend les deux singles, on les met en boucle dans une playlist "Garage 60's de l'enfer", et on laisse le reste pour les archéologues du rock. C'est un disque important historiquement, mais pas un de ceux que je vais me repasser en boucle. C'est un 3/5 honnête : un album qui a eu l'audace de tenter des choses, qui a réussi deux fois de manière spectaculaire, et qui s'est planté le reste du temps avec un certain panache.
Not for me. 1/5
big eh
I didn't dislike it! I don't think it was necessarily good, but I mightttt have added 1 or 2 songs to my playlist.
A rushed album and it shows. Not sure why this is on the list if even the band was underwhelmed by it.
Toonerville Trolly makes this an instant one (yeah I said instant like it’s not the last f*cking song on the album - blow me)
Am a sucker for 60s Garage Psychedelia, and this is a fine example of it. The more whimsical bits, whilst seemingly an integral art of that style and era, are the only things stopping me giving this 5 stars. 'Dream' is worth 4 stars on its own.
I often struggle with garage rock. I wasn't optimistic ahead of listening to this. It has a little more depth than the usual racket. Onie was a pleasant surprise as a ballad. A bit of a time capsule album. It's probably best left there.
I think I’m suffering from sort of psychedelic/acid rock fatigue. This is fine, but I am not surprised by anything nor do I really need to listen to this again
1/5
Serviceable psychedelic rock, but there's some tracks that shouldn't be on here. This seems Doors-adjacent. The tracks that shouldn't be on here are really bad.
Not the Beatles.
Psychedelic folk blues rock. Very approachable.
has potential but kinda mid
I like this kind of unhinged psychedelic rock but this isn’t quite as good as 13th Floor Elevators.
Late 60s psychedelic garage rock. Starts strong and then has bizarre tonal shifts, ultimately ending on a joke song. A weird entry for sure, but I didn’t hate it
1️⃣ I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) 2️⃣ Sold to the Highest Bidder 3️⃣ Get Me to the World on Time
Hippy Trippy! It's OK but nothing remarkable
Low volume. Didn’t commit time to this, will have to come back….maybe.
Irgendwie kann ich mit dieser 60er-Jahre-Rockmusik nichts mehr anfangen. Das Album klingt, als hätte man The Kinks und die Beatles zusammen in einen Mixer gesteckt, einmal durchpüriert und dann mit der selben Menge an Wasser gestreckt. Ganz langweilige Songs, von denen keiner im Ohr bleibt, das ganze klingt so unglaublich belanglos. Irgendwie halt aber auch nicht ganz beschissen, von daher eher noch gerade so an der 2 dran. Fällt mir sehr schwer, da einen Favoriten rauszupicken, aber ich nehme mal Try Me on for Size (cringe).
The quality of the recording is not that great. It definitely sounds like from the 60s. Interesting and different styles.
This felt a little too weird to listen to in 2025. I bet I would have liked it if I was alive in 1967 and in my teens or so. Very subversive and surprising and creative. Still, I think there are more compelling examples of psychedelic rock that I'd rather listen to now. 3.5 stars
Generic 60s garage. It's fine but it doesn't do anything notable enough to justify its inclusion here in my eyes.
I’m generally burnt out on all the late 60s psychedelia this list churns out, but this was a bit of a pleasant surprise. It’s a bit more uptempo and has a darker/hard rock feel to it at times with less of the weird, baroque interjections common to the era.
Pretty average psychedelic rock.
Nah bruh
This album is kind of nothing? It just sounds like an amalgamation of all the generic 60s garage rock I’ve ever heard. Maybe you had to be there, but nothing about this feels notable, and its inclusion on a list of albums you have to listen to before you die is baffling.
Boring, psycho 60s music
couple jams on this but nahh
I see the appeal, but it was not for me.
I have no idea what to rate this. It's quite something - beyond the bounds an adequate frame of reference.
Never heard of these guys before, slightly odd but fun. I can imagine the room they are recording in - low brown sofas with questionable stains and smoke from an unknown leaf hanging thickly in the air. Hang on a minute, they released an album of a mass. What is this?
When an albums wiki page only mentions when it was recorded, it's single, and that it is on the 1001 list, it doesn't bode well. Honestly, it just got systematically worse with each song.
Hatte schon ein paar schöne Melodien dabei.
Psychedelia gets dragged nowadays, but the influence that EP had carried through and can be heard in Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, etc. 3/5
Ég hélt að ég væri að fara að hlusta á sýrupoppsgrínraftónlist. Svo var þetta bara fínasta plata. Alveg eitthvað sem ég myndi hlusta á en ég myndi samt aldrei velja sjálfur. Mér fannst ég oft vera að hlusta á cover band að reyna að meika það með eigin lögum
Goofy, dated, annoying
Some great songs, but some meh songs...
That is just awful. I guess it takes a special kind of prunes to make this kind of turds.
Rock, Beat, 1967 -> 2
Apart from 'I had too much to dream' and the Bo Diddleyesque 'Get me to the world on time' there's nothing really memorable, apart from the terrible last song and the overall overabundance of meaningless rhymes. One might want to argue it is an important record for the development of psychedelic music. But that doesn't make it a better record. And some of it sounded dated already upon release.
More generic 60s
Another one of these relatively niche albums. Idk what about it is so special to appear in this list
Thankfully this was short
I started out hating it, but I ended up liking it. The album is pretty short, and even with that, it has a lot to say. The vocalist brings a lot of attitude and I kind of bought into that. It didn't reinvent the wheel, but it was a great addition to the genre.
Good. Like a blend of the Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones.
Psychedelic rock is fine, but there's a reason it was only made for like two years
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Holly damn time signature changes. In a very tasteful manner. Extremely good
OVERALL: I have never heard of these people, but they seem to be very weak in terms of lyrics. The lyrics were written by actual elementary school children. Besides that, the production can be pretty basic and boring sometimes, however can be really good when it needs to. Especially on Try Me On For Size and Onie, where the pretty good production is forced to carry horrible lyrics. If you can get past the horrible lyrics, this album is probably okay or even good. For me, I am unfortunately able to hear the lyrics and look up the lyrics, which makes it much worse. The absolutely horrendous, abhorrent, ghastly, scandalous, dreadful outro was so bad I considered giving it a 0/10, but since the piano was sometimes good and was great in the outro, it got 1.28 points of extra credit. Also, every song here is like 2 or 3 minutes long, so I don't really remember how a lot of them sound like. SONG AVG: 5.89/10 PERSONAL RATING: 3.05/10 I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night): Pretty weird effect, but I think I like it? It sounds very good and exciting, and is overall just a really good intro track. The lyrics kinda suck though. 9/10 Bangles: Some pretty standard rock stuff, and the topic is pretty old and overused. Sounds fine. 7.5/10 Onie: Sounds very beautiful. Unfortunately the lyrics could be written by a 7-8 year old. It sounds good, just try to ignore how bad the lyrics are. 6.75/10 Are You Lovin' Me More, But Enjoin' It Less: The ending seemingly peaks the microphone and there is a loud gunshot(?) noise randomly placed in the song like 7 times. Pretty corny lyrics. It mostly sounds pretty good I guess, but it's overall pretty not good. Especially when the lyrics come back in. 4.25/10 Train For Tomorrow: Pretty solid overall. The singing is mostly good, and the production is basic but works well enough. The long outro is pretty nice. 7.5/10 Sold To The Highest Bidder: Massive outburst of energy, especially after Train For Tomorrow's ending. It seems to be inspired by arabic(?) songs, and that combined with the weird effect doesn't really work that well in my opinion. It's about gold diggers, but it doesn't sound like one that would be about gold diggers. I don't think it works very well. 2.25/10 Get Me To The World On Time: Pretty rowdy vocal performance. It tries really hard to be a good rock song, and it does an okay job at that. Pretty solid use of instruments. The only major issues are the awful intro and the lyrics written by either a 9 year old or a lyric generator. Just try to focus on anything that isn't the lyrics. 6.75/10 About A Quarter To Nine: I think looking up the lyrics for this album was a mistake. The production is pretty boring most of the time, unless the chorus starts. Fairly mediocre vocal performance, nothing very notable. The lyrics sound like a child is trying to finish an english assignment and desperately finding things that would work. 1.75/10 The King Is In The Counting House: This sounds like something in a piano book that has corny ass lyrics, especially the broken chord accompaniment. If anyone reading this has played piano, then you might know what I'm talking about. Anyways, extremely forgettable. I just listened to it twice and I can't name much. It uses a lot of instruments, but not very interestingly. I think it sounds passable. 4.75/10 Luvin: Actually pretty good production. It does use a fade out outro though. Mediocre lyrics, but the song actually sounds alright. That's it, these songs are really short. 8/10 Try Me On For Size: Once again, pretty good production. It actually sounds pretty good. The piano could've been used so much better, but that's just my opinion. The lyrics, on the other hand, are awful. I quote; "I'm not a dreamer, I'm a do'er, your hopes for escape are gettin' fewer" and "Stop your lookin' baby what you want is standin' right in front of your eyes, try me on for size." That actually sounds like it was written by a person who's age has less than two digits. Carried by production so unbelievably hard. 5/10 Toonerville Trolley: Someone please help me. Why was this on here. Why was this the goddamn OUTRO to this. The song was sung by goofy on drugs, also I swear it said daddy's dead instead of "in daddy's day". The only good part of this is the piano, which varies from basic to really good. The good piano parts are more than balanced out by the unbelievably horrendous singing and the really bad lyrics. I kid you not, the words "Oh by gee, by gosh, by golly" are actual words sung on this song to serve as the outro, the last thing you hear on the album. 1.28/10
Let’s see, does this band a particularly good or interesting; Name? No Singer? No Instrumentalist? No Songs? No Lyrics? No Anything? No Fucking Pet Sounds came out the year before this. You wouldn’t bother would you.
Can def hear the Beatles. Early surf rock with the discovery of a synth.
4.5/5 Beautiful guitar work, a clear cohesive sound which is fantastical and dreamlike, and charming, delicate vocals. This album is pretty amazing. It starts crazy strong, but the second side is definitely if not weaker then more inconsistent. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) 5/5 (FAV) Bangles 5/5 Onie 5/5 Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less) 5/5 Train For Tomorrow 4.5/5 Sold to the Highest Bidder 3.5/5 Get Me to the World on Time 5/5 About a Quarter to Nine 4/5 The King Is in the Counting House 3.5/5 Luvin' 5/5 Try Me on for Size 5/5 The Toonerville Trolley 3/5 (LEAST FAV)
PHEW FINALLY some all-male American late 60s Psychedelic blues rock, beginning to think we wouldn't get any on this list. If someone said this was their favourite album I would be forced to assume they had never heard any other music at all. The good/fine: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), About a Quarter To Nine = random little piano tune, Bangles, Get Me To The World on Time, Luvin', Try Me On For Size The bad: everything else My absolute WTFs: The King is in The Counting House (Tudor nursery rhyme but a bit more threatening) Sold To The Highest Bidder (taverna shanty) The Toonerville Trolley (clowny nightmare fuel)
альбом, став «класикою» #garagerock - у, напевно до того, як, це поняття почало широко використовуватись. Адже саме він став джерелом натхнення для таких відомих панк гуртів 70-х на кшталт MC5 або The Stooges. Також він сильно надихався тогочасною хіппі музикою, від якої і успадкував «психоделічні» елементи. Загалом, альбом зустріли дуже тепло і, на початку, він продавався не гірше ніж інші «психоделічні майстри» того часу - Jefferson Airplane. Проте феноменального успіху, альбом все ж не мав. І це насправді не дивно, бо як на мене, він хоч і гаурно звучить, та має багато прикольних моментів - все ж виглядає «недоробленим». І тому насолодитися їм в повній мірі, мені все ж не вдалось. Він постійно, «кудись тікає» та якось сам «виштовхує» тебе із атмосфери, яку ж сам і намагається створити. Таке враження, що музиканти на ньому ще до кінця не визначилися із тим, що вони хочуть нам продемонструвати. А от вже їх другий альбом Underground, що вийшов в тому ж році (ото раніше була продуктивність), це вже зовсім інша справа. Він куди більш експериментальний, сміливий, та навіть більш «психоделічний» ніж попередник. І через це його значно цікавіше слухати…але це вже зовсім інша історія.
Favorite Track: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
i had too much to dream- 5. bangles- 4 onie- 7 or 8 actually this is lovely. it reminds me of candy says. are you lovin me more- 4 train for tomorrow- 5 or 6. i like the drums sold to the highest bidder- hm? get me to the world on time- 4 to be honest the rest of this is pretty boring i forgot music was playing try me on for size- 3 boooo toonerville trolley- 4 had one good song
Not bad! Strange mix of songs, but enjoyed most of it.
Half an album of boilerplate 60s rock, followed by half an album of the worst shit you've ever heard
Some good songs but terrible production (no fault of theirs)
weird, dreamlike 60's experimental rock. It somehow seems kind of generic if only because I dont see anything that stands out, good or bad, a goos number of the songs are pretty different from one another. Sold to the Highest Bidder, About a Quarter to Nine, two songs I wouldve never guessed are on the same album.
When you need music for your groovy movie set in the 60s but you don’t want to pay for “Incense and Peppermints” just play any track off this album and that’ll do the trick
Many people lament the drop in quality on the B side, but I can't help but enjoy the closing track "Toonerville Trolley" - it's just too much fun. That said, the title track is clearly the strongest. But overall it was a fun (if not a bit middling) collection of 60s psychedelia.
I gotta have more harpsichord!! Classic psychedelia. 3
1 decent song.. maybe I'm missing something but doesn't seem worthy of this list.
A decent garage rock album.
strange, but not in a good way
Day 0022/1001 of One Album a Day / Listened to whilst: going home from University Favourite tracks: train for tommorow Worst tracks: sold to the highest bidder
I think in 1967 this would have been pretty tight - err groovy. I'm not so sure I have a place for this in my life today, but it's certainly far from offensive. There - I stayed away from any and all prune-related humor.
I actually kinda liked this. It was an easy listen, and had some fun moments. A couple duds. I wasn’t bored though.
Fun album. So short, but I really enjoyed it.
Psychedelic and Garage Rock feeling all over the place with haunting, dreamy vocals to annoying stage shouting intertwined with swirling guitars and ethereal to country atmosphere. Some Tracks are good enough to revisit others annoy the hell out of me.
Decent album, very middle of the road and nothing all that special either way
Better than I thought it would be. Some pretty interesting early psychedelic and garage. Ranges all over the place and made for a good listen. An interesting window back into the 60's. Unexpected bangers: Sold to the Highest Bidder, Bangles, Try Me on For Size.
1.5*
ahead of its time for sure, but also firmly in the 60s. I need a different mood for this.
Like it.
I was bored.
Why notson? Hittar inga större fel.
Weer een '60s album. Klinkt lekker. Ik kan me voorstellen dat hier heel wat hippies van hebben genoten! De hit "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" klinkt als filmmuziek. ***
Not a big fan of the 60s sound, but there are some good tracks on the album that highlight the sound we have today for many different genres.
Unfortunately it didn’t entice me enough to want to re-listen. But I liked 3 of the 12 on the first time round. Onie I liked as a well rounded ballad. Train for Tomorrow had an amazing switch to a jazz sound about half way through, it really pulled me back in. The Toonerville Trolley felt like a very good ending, it felt upbeat and light hearted. Over all though i think these boys just really loved The Beatles and were doing their best to emulate. Good on them.
I’m finding during this exercise is that I don’t really enjoy psychedelia, but this was fine. Too much to dream is a song I used to like that holds up pretty well.
Not bad..actually complimented my reading of Hellboy pretty well.
Again, short songs redeem the whole. This is a well-produced album with creative percussiveness, rich, impactful guitars, and a compression to save it from going too far, too dreamy, too heady. The lyrics are the weak point, not difficult or pretentious, but in fact unmemorable, too steady, not wordy enough. But this is a good find, and in the end, I’m down with it. Especially beautiful: 'Onie'; especially tasteful: 'Train for Tomorrow' and 'Luvin''; heavy lifting in LA: 'Try Me on for Size'; not good: 'The Toonerville Trolley.'
I enjoyed it. It's a cool view into the late 60s psychedelic rock movement that I had not heard of before.
A really fun album that felt a little like a blend between Beatles and Doors.
3/5
Love it :)
Listened Before? N Man, the author LOVES 60's acid rock. This is probably the 10th album I've gotten from this genre. I don't hate it, but sheesh. Anyway, now that the rant is over... I don't find this album stood out much from it's contemporaries. More trippy acid rock, with psychadelic lyrics. Not bad, but not a standout. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
The Electric Prunes' debut album artwork is a disappointingly bland visual representation of an otherwise intriguing psychedelic band. The cover features the four band members posed stiffly, seemingly attempting a "modern art" aesthetic but falling short of any genuine creativity. Their arrangement feels contrived and lacks the experimental spirit that defines their music. The color palette appears muted, missing an opportunity to capture the vibrant, mind-bending essence of 1960s psychedelic design. While the band members look somewhat cool, their positioning feels more like a corporate photoshoot than an authentic artistic statement. The overall composition fails to communicate the innovative sound contained within the album, rendering it forgettable and uninspired. A missed opportunity for visual storytelling. Album artworks rated: 28/1001 The music's fine.
Solid psychedelic rock
Interesting songs at the start. Too experimental towards the end.
Chill classic rock vibes. 3.5/5
Fun novel sound,, interesting throughout
You can hear who they've influenced... who have also done it better.
Pretty stock standard late 60s album. Didn't really do it for me. Some fun strings and stuff though.
I didn't like the jaunty ones. Some of them were fine. Just totally unbothered I guess. But also inoffensive
I guess it was fine. Sounded like a lot of stuff from this time and not particularly special. Not bad but not amazing.
A couple of very silly songs. Otherwise, quite enjoyable psychedelic garage rock kinda sounds.
Don't waste your precious time!
Quite a varied album; trippy, psychadelic, fairytale at times. Enjoyable for sure.
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Bangles, Onie, Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less), Luvin' Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Well I guess someone had to come up with these ideas first.
Pretty bad. I was somewhat encouraged early on, but it’s just not good.
Had heard of Electric Prunes but unfamiliar with any of their music. Music from a period late 60’s which should have been right up my alleyway. But unfortunately nothing on here to raise the pulse or pick up on a missed gem. 2/5 21/12/24
This sounds like the type of stuff you'd hear in a party or club scene for a 60's B-movie. There was some fun stuff but there was also a good amount of what you'd get if you were to eat some electric prunes. Even looking through 60's rose colored glasses this was mediocre at best. 2.5/5
La primera canción está muy bien, el resto no tanto.
Electric guitar rock from the 60s. Nothing notable, but not objectionable either.
I have never heard of this band or any of the tracks before so I am looking forward to some 60s Psychedelic rock. This album has some great songs but goes on a massive decline as you go through the album. Songs like the king is in the counting house and toonerville trolley are just awful! This should be a short 6-8 track album of just the good stuff. Favourite song: Get me to the world on time and Are you loving me more but enjoying it less. Least favourite: The Toonerville trolley, what on earth is that all about. Album artwork: Standard 60s classic cover.
it's alright. i think there are interesting parts on it but i wouldn't really think of this as mindblowing or standout music from the early rock period
I remember 'I Had Too Much to Dream...' from an old Nuggets record. Its a good track, and even though this record is patchy overall, there are a few other good ones.
this album did not make it to timelessness
Standard late sixties psychedelic rock.
Pretty weak album. Very 60s. The maker of this list seems to think that the late 60s were the peak of human civilization, at least musically. I disagree. Favorites: I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night, Sold to the Highest Bidder Least Favorites: The Toonerville Trolley, The King Is in the Counting House. These were horrendous. So annoying.
Pretty good album for 60s rock. Lyrics were entertaining and some of the songs were pretty creative in their instrumentals.
You sorta know exactly what this will sound like as soon as you see the cover
Are you kidding me? Another 60's band? The 60's were NOT that great guys, how about some music that isn't 50 fucking years old? At this rate I will have listened to every song that was created between the years of 1960 to 1969. This album starts off really good but takes a sharp nosedive after the second track and ends with the fever dream of a track that is "The Toonerville Trolley" which is so so so bad that it almost turns the corner and becomes good again, almost. Without the first track this would be a 1 star.
Nicht meine Richtung
Quite quirky, very sixties and a much stronger opening half than closing half. Probably a 7/10 but I'm feeling generous.
Totally fine and serviceable. Vanilla.
Fun, classic 60s psychedelia
Look I like the opening song, it shaped a lot of my high school sleepless nights, but the whole album is sadly not as good as I was hoping it to be. 3/5
Already know this one is getting a big fat 2
• 1/5 • Curious why this made the 1001 list. Maybe as an exemplar of psych-era manufactured pop? • Should be the soundtrack to a mockumentary . . .
El mayor 50/50 que e escuchado la mitad buena la mitad maomeno
Very important early psych rock / alt rock
Sounds as you'd imagine
Some of it was ok, some of it was weird, all of it was a little dated
The two best songs that the band ever had are listed in the cover. The rest sound like awkward attempts at the same songs or even more awkward attempts to merge garage rock with psychedelia. Nothing horrible but nothing memorable either.
The Electric Prunes’ self-titled debut is a fascinating artefact of 1960s garage rock and psychedelia, blending fuzz guitars, tremolo effects, and reverb-drenched vocals into what was then an experimental sound. Tracks like "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" showcase groundbreaking backward guitar effects, capturing the disorienting magic of psychedelia, while "Get Me to the World on Time" delivers raw energy with its pulsing rhythm and playful edge. "Are You Lovin’ Me More (But Enjoying It Less)" bursts with rebellious garage rock spirit, and "Try Me On for Size" leans into distortion-heavy grooves that epitomize the band’s adventurous approach. The album’s tracks mostly fall somewhere between good and very good, and you wouldn’t flinch if you heard any of these numbers on oldies radio. As innovative as the recording was, tensions behind the scenes loom large over its legacy. Producer David Hassinger, the driving creative force, relied heavily on outside songwriters, leaving the band feeling more like performers than creators. These frustrations fractured the group, with the original lineup disbanding by the late 1960s. Hassinger retained rights to the band’s name and continued releasing music under The Electric Prunes with entirely new musicians, further complicating their legacy. Despite these controversies, the debut remains a fascinating time capsule of psychedelic rock’s formative years. It’s telling, however, that the album’s—and arguably the band’s—best song is its very first track. Did/Do I own this release? No. Does this release belong on the list? As a snapshot of an era, this is a worthy addition, though musically there are stronger picks. Would this release make my personal list? No. Will I be listening to it again? If it comes up on oldies radio, I’d enjoy it—but I’m unlikely to seek it out deliberately.
And after the nine millionth Neil young album we get another dull critical darling. All this talk of a golden age and you get people who can barely tune a guitar. And manage to play a few chords. And noodle. Just because you were around at the same time as the Beatles doesn’t mean it’s as good.
It's the now sound, it's what's happening! I first came across the Electric Prunes via a compilation cassette from my mate Peter. He used to often include on his mixtapes a commercial for the Vox wah wah pedal featuring the Electric Prunes. It was made in 1967 and tacked on to the end of Glen A. Baker's excellent 2LP compilation 'Songs of a Psychedelic Age'. Check the commercial out here: https://youtu.be/17h773ldGds?si=SDtPFwACcyQwmceI My next exposure was the track 'I had too much to dream last night', which was a highlight of the famous and influential Nuggets compilation. It is a great piece of 60s garage rock and a longtime favourite track of mine. It's weird and rough and catchy. But the rest of this album is just another mediocre example of the 1960s cult psychedelia that Dimery is obsessed with. I found the rest of this record pretty forgettable. I swear I own at least one Prunes album (possibly even this one) but I can't find it anywhere, and I can't remember the last time I might have played it; probably about 30 years ago. Maybe I sold it and can't remember. "I had too much to dream last night" is a moment of accidental genius that the Electric Prunes never came close to matching. They deserve to be remembered for that (and possibly the wah wah commercial), but on compilations, comfortably nestled between tracks from other similar one song wonders. It's ok if a band only ever produced one song of real lasting value. That's one more than most of us ever manage. And those songs should be remembered and celebrated in a suitable manner; compilations, playlists, mixtapes, radio, DJ sets, placement in tv or movies or videogames or whatever. There are lots of places where a single dong can be heard and enjoyed. But please, Dimery, don't make us sit through whole mediocre albums on the basis of one great track.
Eh, I dig the oldies, but this wasn’t my favorite era. The psychedelic stuff just isn’t my bag, man. This seems to be from before it got real trippy, but is on the verge of that vibe. Ok, but not great.
Not fantastic. Slightly repetitive bullshit. Not bad for background music.
Shit sandwich
Brilliant corners are ok, liked them. A lot of energy. Perfect to create the chillenviorment. 4/5 Electric prunes not my style, but i liked the quality. 3/5
Soft psych with fluttery guitar, poppy Beatles-inspired vocals, and cutesy overthought arrangements ranging from jazzy horns to renaissance harpischord and strings to children's cartoon music. It's very timid, mild, and straight-laced compared to other psych from the era. It does not rock at all. These guys took the Acid Test, but got an F and went to get Monkees haircuts instead.
I had too much to dream last night is a good song title, but there's not much more to the album.
Quite a surprise in its mixture of vibes and styles.
this has some wonderful, shimmering, edgy pop-psychedelia - the singles are standouts - some of the rest is filler
Not bad, not amazing Can't say it will stay with me but not unenjoyable
Meh. The parts I liked were when they sounded like The Rolling Stones.
1960 electric flower power - not for me
I can't believe this album was <30mins, it felt like it went on forever. Songs were immediately forgettable and generic. Absolutely ridiculous placing on the list. There are a few songs that were mildly interesting, but that's about it. 2/5
Just not a good sound. Prolly innovative for it's time. I'm glad the sound has evolved.
Classic 60s fare slightly twee but very endearing. Some very strong songs in the first half too especially the first 2
That got really weird out of nowhere.
All over the place. Every song is more confusing than the last. These guys sound like they have a loose grip on reality and are trying hard to be something they're not. Someone needs to fire whoever mixed the audio too.
Forgot about it before I finished listening
cute and nice and sarcastic? liked the beginning because it had a soul like vibe. end not so much my taste
Quite typical 60s psychedelic rock album, not too memorable but not bad either
I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
Patchy psychedelia rhat hasn't aged well. Big drop off in quality on second side..
Finally, a psychedelic rock band I'm familiar with! "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" scared the living sh** out of me. The Electric Prunes are a very eery nightmarish psychedelic fever dream. Love their sound. I bet their music is great on mushrooms.
I'm learning that I really enjoy (relatively) obscure '60s psychedelic rock bands. These guys probably listened to god knows what growing up in the '40s and '50s, and once they finally realized they could pick up a guitar and do whatever the hell they wanted, my god they did just that. Like many albums of this ilk, it's often not particularly good, often ridiculous. But when it hits it really hits. This one is generally fine, but it also has two of the better songs that I've heard recently. "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" is an absolute banger as an opener. It's weird, has some random drone noises, and it absolutely slaps. Also what a name, I love it, 10/10 song. Then song #2 is completely mediocre, but song #3 manages to follow it up with this beautiful little sub-3-minute heartfelt masterpiece. It legitimately sounds like a Velvet Underground song, it's like "Candy Says" or "Sunday Morning" or something, just a gorgeous sound and striking lyrics "Onie, don't lose what you've got / By being something you're not". Two awesome songs that sound nothing like one another at all. That's what I like about these bands, when they hit they hit. The rest of the album was generally fine, but nothing major stood out to me that much. Apparently the producer made them include more songs than they wanted and they felt that there was some filler on here, I'd be curious to know what songs they felt that way about, because I generally agree that it feels like there's some filler. If you want an example of a ridiculous song from this genre (but kind of fun at least) here is one: "Sold to the Highest Bidder". And some more ridiculous songs that didn't quite hit for me: "The King is in the Counting House", "The Toonerville Trolley" (like what were they thinking here, and as the closing song, very questionable). I appreciate the innovation that was happening in the '60s at least, you need to take some shots in order to score. Favorite song: Onie Other: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), Train for Tomorrow, Sold to the Highest Bidder, About a Quarter to Nine, Luvin', Try Me on for Size 10/16/24
Didn’t know they made music like this back then High school friends band kinda vibe
Didn't do anything. Just some mediocre 60s psych rock.
This starter off ok and descended into utter shite. Mid level 60's pop followed by weird nursey rhymes and music hall ditties. No thanks
toonerville trolley was stupid af
I don’t think I heard of The Electric Prunes before. It’s quite hard to define them, seemingly mushing together rock, jazzy psychedelia with a touch of added zaniness. I fully thought that The Toonerville Trolley was The Tuna Belt Trolley when I was listening. I didn’t really have a clue what was going on, but it was fun. That’s the important bit after all.
Not a big fan of this tbh. Not a big fan of this kind of psychedelic rock. Sounds kinda like a mix between The Doors and The Beatles, but like, not the good parts of either of those bands. The Vibe: That one stinky old couch in your grandma's basement.
I Had Too Much to Dream is a great track. The rest of the album is just ok, nothing overly exciting even for the time.
Too Much to Dream and Get me to the World on Time are good tracks. The rest is ordinary. Maybe it was groundbreaking at the time? Maybe. The Strawberry Zots did a really good cover of Get Me to the World on Time.
I mean it started out with some good fuzzy garage rock. Then it was just weird 60's psychedelic garbage.
Totally forgettable psychedelic album. Nothing is terrible on here. But nothing is good, either, not really. When it was over, it too Lacey 3 songs to realize she didn't remember any of the songs at all.
Meh
I would say that this sounded like an average album from around this time. This is before things got a bit more interesting with AC/DC showing up 7 years later. Still, not too bad and okay as a background listen.
This band's history is kind of fascinating to me. Did you know that their third album was a collection of religious mass songs sung in Greek and Latin? Which, for the record, wasn't even the band's idea--Reprise Records thought a classically trained musician should arrange their third album, and then the only reason they went through with this idea was because the band's producer (who owned the rights to their name) agreed with Reprise. The recording and release of that album, by the way, went so badly that the band dissolved afterwards, and wouldn't reform until the early 2000's. Of course, that didn't stop the band's producer from releasing two more albums under their name before the 60's ended. From all the reading I did about the band's albums (and albums credited to the band), the impression I had is that they never really got control of their own sound. And that extends to this one, by the way. They'd been composing material for an album, but their producer decided to bring in two outside songwriters to compose a majority of the album: seven out of twelve. In the end, the band's two main songwriters ended up being solely responsible for only one track, "Luvin'". Before the 2000's, it seems the only time the band really got to dictate their own sound was their second album, UNDERGROUND--and even then... Hell, before the 2000's, the only Electric Prunes album written entirely by band members was JUST GOOD OLD ROCK AND ROLL, and by that point the band was just a random group of musicians their producers slapped the name on. So, that's a lot of preamble and context for this band I'd never heard of before yesterday. Again, it's all just so fascinating to me, the ups and (mostly) downs their group had. It's honestly a lot more interesting than the actual music on this album, 'cuz, like, at the end of the day, it's just 60's garage psych. It's not bad stuff, or unenjoyable, but even the band members will tell you that some of the stuff on here is filler and didn't belong. Sure, I liked the two big singles ("I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" and "Get Me To The World On Time") and the two songs that the band's actual damn songwriters had a hand in ("Train For Tomorrow" and "Lovin'"). The rest, however... It's either nondescript stuff I imagine my group is gonna hear a dozen or so more times before this list's over, or "The Toonerville Trolley". And I really do hafta feel bad for any band who has to record something like that. It's like when Elvis was forced to sing "Old MacDonald". And that's really the feeling I come out of this album in general with: I just feel bad for the band. Like, not horrible, and I'm not sure how much this album would've been if they'd been allowed to use more or all of their own material (AllMusic, for instance, rated all the albums that came out later that did slightly worse than this one), but... Y'know, still, it sucks that they got jerked around so much by their producer. At the very least, I can tell you if the band had more creative control they wouldn't've had some random classical musician make them record gawddamn church music. The music on this album is fine at best, not particularly inspiring in the middle, and "The Toonerville Trolley" at worst. I wouldn't have ever seeked it out on my own, but, hey, at least I ended up having more to talk about and comment on than just their name. "The Electric Prunes"--seriously. Only in the late-ish 60's could a band get away with calling themselves something like that.
While being a little generic in places, I dig these sorts of psychedelic tunes, so this is getting a 4.5 bumped down to 4.
Just a plain 3. I got nothing. It’s not that good. It’s not that bad. It’s competent. A few baffling production choices, and a rather strange track order (why the fuck did Toonerville Trolley close out the album?), but ultimately it sure felt like a 1967 album trying to capitalize on Beatlemania. I don’t think it’s so bad as to be a 1, and I think it shows enough effort and care to be higher than a 2. No chance in hell it’s higher than a 3 though. Just for comparison’s sake, by the way, a few other albums we’ve gotten from 1967: Younger Than Yesterday (by The Byrds), Surrealistic Pillow (by Jefferson Airplane), I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (by Aretha Franklin), and The Velvet Underground & Nico (by… you know). We’ve had 10 albums from 1967 before this, so it’s a good year for music, I guess; so far, before this one, I’d given four albums a 3, five albums a 4, and one album a 5 from this year. Add this to the pile of 3s then. It’s totally, utterly fine. A few good ones, a few mediocre ones, but nothing outright bad. Just not the most captivating or the most special. I don’t know if it needed to be on the list.
I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night es un clásico, garaje, psicodelia y distorsión, y también buenas canciones. Presenta además trucos en la producción (tremolo, fuzz, efectos , etc.) que tuvieron buena acogida e influencia posterior. La apertura y titular es una de sus más conocidas y mejores canciones. Bangles (nada que ver con la banda del mismo nombre) es otro temazo, Onie es, en su opinión, un tema menor o de relleno pero para mi es na delicada pieza tiene bastante buen nivel. La cosa se activa con Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less). Train for Tomorrow es la más larga del disco, con mayor desarrollo instrumental (y psicodélico, podría estar en cualquier álbum de Love) Cierra la cara A la folkie Sold to the Highest Bidder. La B abre con otro sencillo potente como fue su segundo single Get Me to the World on Time, y continua con la versión del clásico About a Quarter to Nine. Sigue esa estela The King Is In The Counting House. Luvin es un gran tema, buen ritmo y buena ejecución. Sencillo pero le sienta bien al álbum. Try Me on for Size resuena a Ticket to ride pero con ese estilo garajero de los Prunes. Cierran con la más popera The Toonerville Trolley, y aroma a The Monkees. Media hora deliciosa. Otros excelentes debuts de ese mismo año fueron los de Jimi hendrix , The Doors, Experience, Scott Walker, Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, y también aunque menores los de Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Bowie o First Edition. Otras obras enormes editadas ese mismo año 1967: Sgt. Peppers y Magical Mistery Tour, Forever Changes y Da Capo, Are you exeprienced y Axis: bold as love, The Velvet Underground, Surrealistic Pillow,The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, The Who Sell Out, Days of Future Passed, Disraelí Gears, Bee Gees´ First, Younger Than Yesterday, Evolution y Butterfly, I never loved a man the way i love you y Arrives, Something Else, Scott, Bee Gees´ First (en realidad el segundo), Wild Honey o Happy Together...
This one flew by without much standing out for me. Will I listen to again: 0%
Garage rock 🤘 it tails off at the end for me, but I did appreciate them demonstrating their musical range
Ok.
Like an American version of Madness
Some fun songs with a 60s feel but also felt very novelty towards the end, 2.5 for me
Not bad but perfectly forgettable, I don't think I'll ever listen to this again.
Not for me. Softcore kinks.
Not so interesting
Schrecklich. Nicht hörenswert.
Odd. Not my cup of tea.
I think I've reached the point where I'm ready to say that there is too much psychedelic rock on this list. I've really enjoyed most of it up to this point, but this feels very similar to other things that I've heard. It's not particularly early, having been made in 1967. None if it is bad, it's a fun listen overall, but it really doesn't feel terribly significant 3/5
I hear The Doors. I hear The Monkees. I hear a bunch of different stuff from the 60s, with that distinctive sound. It feels like I'm on a history trip, or if I'm listening to the soundtrack to a Vietnam War movie. But it ain't the stuff of classics. Occasionally, there's a glimpse of sophistication, but ultimately it feels like fool's gold. Mostly, it's tedious and lumbersome.
Not very interesting
C’était festif, ludique, avec un esprit presque britannique
This is a wild one. Went in expecting generic 60's white boy blues type shit, which there was some of that but also a lot of other interesting influences, i heard some jazzy guitar maybe some middle eastern sounds plus many others. I also felt like there was quite a bit of punk rock before it was cool. Hats off to the prunes, who probably eat their fair share of prunes these days to help keep them regular in their old age.
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Not very good. With as much as I like 60’s British pop/rock, it’s no wonder I had never heard of them
This was a cool vibe, never heard it all the way through before. Some weird stuff happening on that Toonerville Trolley though, tell ya what.
The nothingest nothing burger
This is stereotypical late-60s psychedelic rock. Nothing more, nothing less. Every song basically sounds the same. I can see the influences they had with later bands of the 70s. I didn't hate it, but I was mostly underwhelmed.
Nothing to hear here..... Move along.
Almost didn't make it past the beginning of of this album because of how spooky it was. Not really my jam.