Reviews (page 7 of 8)
De va chill! Speciellt delarna med crazy gitarr, önskar de varit mer consistent
Interesting album, a bit eclectic but that's not a bad thing. Got into it more as it progressed and ended up listening to this album & other EP tracks for a good couple of hours.
Na ja, die Zeit ist rum.
Decent rock album. Definitely has a acid sound to it.
Trippy and elegant. A full tour on psychedelic rock in 1967.
Wasn’t feeling it felt like b sides to a movie soundtrack.
It was not the 60s music I listened to back then.
A collection of random thoughts that came to me as I listened to this collection of random songs. I don't want to call it an album because there is no coherence to it. * The Electric Prunes? Were they playing Mad Libs to find a band name? * Is there a mosquito is buzzing around me? * The band veers from a Beatles sound to a Doors sound to a Stones sound, complete with fake British accent on The King Is in the Counting House. * This song collection is a product of its time, preserved in amber. It should have stayed there. * The Toonerville Trolley? WTF? Now that my listening experience is blissfully over, I can say that I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) is the only track worth listening to, barely. I like the word play of the song title and the transition to the chorus, but that's about it.
01) I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) - 8,0 02) Bangles - 7,0 03) Onie - 7,5 04) Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less) - 7,5 05) Train for Tomorrow - 7,0 06) Sold to the Highest Bidder - 7,0 07) Get Me to the World on Time - 7,5 08) About a Quarter to Nine - 6,5 09) The King Is in the Counting House - 6,0 10) Luvin - 7,5 11) Try Me on for Size - 6,0 12) The Toonerville Trolley - 5,0 TOTAL: 6,88 (69/100) Oh Lord, I'm stuck between 1967 and 1973 for whole week. If it wasn't for Tom Waits, this would be the weakest one. Started good but ended... thank God it ended...
Solid 60s rock sound, some garage rock and psychadelic vibes. Not fully my bag, but I can certainly appreciate it.
More melodic than I expected, one McCartney granny song at the end.
Interesting listen. 60's electric vibe, but some different sounds. King is in his Counting House comes to mind. Get me to the World on Time has great beat
All over the place. This album can’t seem to find a genre. The only interesting music is the pre-punk stuff. 2/5 Won’t listen again
4.5/10
I don’t have a lot to say about this album, but it’s good. 4.2/5 Fav: Sold To The Highest Bidder, Get Me To The World on Time Least Fav: I have none.
I only recently learned that this band existed (thanks to a random track play from Apple Music). I think it was I Had Too Much To Dream. I liked it enough to listen to the entire album, so this is the second play-through for me. I like it quite a bit. It's got a lot more variety than you'd expect. It's not all Doors-sounding psychedelic rock. There's Indian, East Asian, even ragtime in here. Just didn't care much for the more hippie sounding stuff like The King is in the Counting House.
A few tracks on here I liked. I had too much to Dream last night of course and try me on for size were both pretty tight. Other wise a somewhat unremarkable album to me. I feel like it definitely and album of the time and perhaps in the context of the time was more out there, but now not so much
Meh
It’s too bad, I think I’d really like this album but the sound quality is so bad. Needs to be remastered
No.
Consider myself to be reasonably musically literate but had never even heard mention of this group before. Got a nice 60s groove thing going on there.
I appreciate the "economy" of pumping out 12 songs in less than 30 minutes, but this isn't all that great. That opening track is pretty dang good, and so is track 7, but this is exactly the kind of album that turned me into a "singles" kind of guy in my youth. Record companies tend to churn out "product" (albums) with one to three good/great songs on them, and then add a whole bunch of "filler" to pad the album. This is a pretty typical example of that. That last track sounds like a companion piece to Dr. Hook's "Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball." This probably should not make the list of the 1001 albums you should hear before you bite the dust. Mediocre at best. Meh.
Are you loving me more
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: I had too much to dream, Sold to the highest bidder
Odd album. Started out very stereotypical 60’s acid rock, finished up almost child like, sing-songy.
Oh 60s psych. I thought I didn’t mind this on headphones while walking, then listened again on Alexa and I think she might have been playing 2 songs at once but I’m not sure. It’s pretty bad that I couldn’t tell though.
Surprisingly, I quite enjoyed the first track, and the following two were alright as well. The rest of the album, however, contains too much filler and generally only material typical of the decade without anything else going for it. 3/5
It's trying to say something that the lyric writer doesn't quite have a handle on. All these psychedelic rock bands would be gone in a few years. They all sounded the same. None of them were bad per se. But they are too drenched in reverb and the songs just aren't hook laden enough for them to be remembered. This isn't bad. And it's short thankfully. But it's also not memorable at all.
Genre de rock psychédélique. C'est bin dans le genre. 3.25
Strong beginning to the album, gets a bit out there for my tastes on the back half, but overall really enjoyed it.
Thoughts before listening: Psychedelic rock from the 60s. I'm pretty sure I've heard "I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night", and it's definitely an all time great psychedelic song title. That being said I don't really know what these guys sound like. I'm not necessarily expecting this to be jammy with guitar solos like the big San Francisco bands of the era, but rather more trippy hippie pop rock music...perhaps similar to the Nuggets style garage bands. Review: This is definitely psychedelic garage rock. Their sound is pretty close to what the Stones, Who, Pink Floyd, etc were doing in their early years before they grew up and became arena rock stars. Lots of reverb and echo on the guitars with some other psychedelic elements sprinkled in. There is also a proto-punk quality to this and I can definitely hear their influence on many of the bands that came along in the 70s and 80s. When it comes to the quality of the album, I'm reminded of a band like MGMT who came up with some absolutely classic songs of their era, but never quite released a cohesive album. Songs like "I Had Too Much to Dream", "Sold to the Highest Bidder", and "Get Me To the World On Time" are perfect examples of 60s psych rock that I'm glad to add to the playlist. However, they're surrounded by a lot of filler that keeps this from being a classic album. I'm giving this album a 3 while the hits are 4s.
Some good riffs scattered throughout this, but this album failed to have any songs impress me.
I was curious as to how I have never heard of this band before after reading the review. It's an interesting listen that I enjoyed, but it lacks that edge that other famous albums from this time have. I guess this is one of those albums that will be forgotten to time, which is sad.
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Aber so etwas von 60ziger Jahre. Nett, wenn man mal etwas aus der Zeit benötigt.
Nothing really special. There where a couple of nice tunes but mostly it was average.
Highlights: Are You Lovin' Me More Train for Tomorrow* Sold to the Highest Bidder Luvin' The Toonerville Trolley This album is very much a product of its time. I enjoyed the various sounds that the songs have. Many are unique sounding and utilize different styles. Not sure how much I will come back to this album but I would not complain if someone put it on. The short song lengths also made the album easy to listen to without worry of being distracted.
Some songs were good, some were just completely out of pocket. Felt very dated in sound. I will use Toonerville Trolley as punishment for people who have wronged me in the future.
6,3 I Had to Much to Dream - 8/10 Bangles - 7/10 Onie - 7/10 Are You Lovin Me More - 7/10 Train for Tomorrow - 6/10 Sold to the Highest Bidder - 5/10 Get Me to the World on Time - 8/10 About a Quarter to Nine - 7/10 The King is in the Counting House - 5/10 Luvin - 6/10 Try Me on for Size - 7/10 The Toonerville Trolley - 3/10
based on the cover and concept alone this feels like it's gonna slap, but let's see if it delivers The description said garage rock but because of the harmless looking 60s dudes in bowl cuts and turtlenecks i was not expecting full on cock music. really feels like the beginning of dudes in their garage just singing songs about getting laid. Still, it also has some deeper tracks with interesting instrumentation, such as About A Quarter To Nine. Toonerville Trolley is like a Fleischer Animation fever dream. Dark and ambienty, but also rough. Strong 4, if not 5. I've listened to this album 4 times in a row back to back tonight from how much i like it. once i fix my speakers i might try to hunt down a physical copy. Rounding to 5 because I've had this on repeat all week.
Fav song: get me to the world on time
interesting but not for me
This was alright, definitely a bit different. I would not mind listening to this again, it might change my opinions.
Intriguing. Sounds like The Rolling Stones sometimes. Seems like a lot of riff from the 80s and 90s comes from this one. 3 stars
The good songs were very good, and the mid songs range from pleasant if uninspired (About A Quarter To Nine) to hilariously baffling (The Toonerville Trolley.) I found the whole thing kinda charming. I could see how the better songs were a major influence on later psychedelia, the use of guitar effects I’m sure was an inspiration for various Shoegaze projects. It’s all quite fun, I enjoyed the experience. Also, The Electric Prunes is an all time great band name
There is no way this is one of the top 1000 albums of all time.
p124. 1967. 2.5 stars Well done but average 60s rock pop. One classic single does not make for essential listening before you die.
Despite being such an influential act from the 60's, I somehow missed the Electric Prunes up until now, and I would have been perfectly content to have continued missing them. Didn't care for this album at all.
I guess the only think I ever knew of the Electric Prunes was Kyrie Eleison from Easy Rider, which very much fit what was happening in the film at the point it was played, but to be quite honest sucked on the soundtrack album, often getting skipped. I even remember that when Hendrix's track was nearing the end, it was time to go and lift the needle and skip over to Bob Dylan. I love psychedelic garage rock, but this album wasn't great. The band didn't write many of their own songs, so it was a case of taking songs written for them, that they didn't even like, and recording them to make an album so uneven that it was painful to listen to in some parts. Nothing of any particular interest here for me. Just a couple of half-decent pop songs and a lot of filler of varying bad quality. If I was playing this on a record player, well the whole album would end up getting skipped I'm afraid.
Honestly not bad
I'm over 800 albums in, and this isn't doing anything new for me. It's fine, just very much like the many acid rock records on here. Ending with "The Toonerville Trolley", which I found both mildly humorous and so twee it makes my teeth hurt, was certainly a choice though. Favorite tracks: "Onie", "Are You Lovin' Me More"
These guys fucking love their spinning amp box chorus pedal thing. Enjoyed most parts
Described as 1960s garage rock, I wasn't optimistic that I'd like this. However, it's much more varied and the production levels are much higher than one would imagine for the genre. Pretty good. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) Date listened: 25/11/23
I thought I’d enjoy this album more but it was a bit too much, like a lazy Beach Boys. 2.5
Did not like. Like experimental but also early british pop music. Did not like.
This is just awful. I’m sure it’s probably great if you’re stoned, but it’s just not my jam.
Nothing wrong with it.
Loved it.
Kind of like Pink Floyd’s debut (also from 1967) but without the promise. Just an echo/reverb filled psychedelic album lost to time from the summer of love. Too short to offend me though!
4.0
Weird
Another band from the 60s. I've said this to other artists similarly, I appreciate psychedelic rock a lot. But I don't like a lot of psychedelic bands. There were aspects of the Doors, some early Pink Floyd - Arnold Layne-esque.. And then some fun songs reminiscent of Ween. There is a song that made me feel I was in a castle surrounded by kings men and royalty... Very odd. Kind of cool but the album has no flow and it's just... An ok album. Even with its quirks, it's not really memorable. I give it 2 Prunes out of 5.
Crap
Did they record this album underwater? I know this came out in the late 60s, but I didn't realise they employed chimpanzees as sound engineers back then. It sounds like they recorded the whole album as a demo, and then sent it to the record label, who shot the sound engineer, and immediately sent the whole thing to production. I like the vibe of the album, but there's something about it that feels really disjointed. There's no glue that holds the songs together.
Mostly meh, as far as '60s psychrock go. It has a few gems though. I also liked the echoey mixing and the interesting instrumentals, however there are other better pyschrock albums with those elements.
Super fun, if a bit amateurish
I give up on trying to speak English, here's a graph instead /\ enjoyment 5 | 4 | 3 | __ ___ 2 | \ ___/ \ 1 | \__/\__/ \__/\__/\/\____ 0 --------------------|--------------------> time ~7th song
bland, not good not bad i could listen to it and not want to kill myself I like your cute little graph lole
i actually kind of liked this.
I'm not really sure what that was. Very bizarre. The Toonerville Trolley seems to be the best and worst track.
Nice! I'd heard the title track a bunch of times from compilations, so it was nice to get a whole album from these folks. With early psychedelia there's always a danger they'll stray over the line that separates groovy far-outness from nails-on-a-blackboard twee, and "The King Is In The Counting House" certainly falls afoul of that here, but everything else felt pretty solid. (I'm giving "The Toonerville Trolley" a pass as it's trying to be old timey.) Fave tracks - as well as the title track, "Sold to the Highest Bidder" stood out - I suspect there are other contenders too....
cool
A stonker to start with (I had too much to dream last night) but the momentum disappeared all too soon. Quite a thin sounding album but I'm wondering if that's just a 60's thing. A few experimental tracks and a bit of quirkiness but nothing too groundbreaking.
Decent psychedelia. I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) is a standout track. Overall good not great.
Ok, I love the name Electric Prunes and I mostly enjoyed the album for its cool psychedelic rock vibe. But I was really baffled by “Toonerville Trolley.” I honestly thought Spotify had started into a new playlist and was shocked to learn it was the last song on the album. It didn’t seem to fit with the rest of the album and kind of ended things on a dorky vibe. But the rest, I enjoyed.
Some really great stuff on this mixed with some bad…averages out. Very creative and love the title “I had to much to dream last night” & “get me to the world on time”. So happy to find out a band called the Electric Prunes exists in the world.
This album seems way ahead of its time. There were some songs on it that seemed way ahead of their time and there were some that definitely fit in with the 60s. I definitely want to listen to this one a few more times. Really enjoyed it!
Never heard of them, but they’re good!
nope
Inconsistent jumble. Nothing too special. Some good songs, some very poor
some good old fashioned psychedelia. quality stuff…
This is a melting pot of every band in the late 60s early 70s.
I get why it’s here. I guess.
- Insanely enjoyable - Love the very short length - Are You Lovin Me is my favorite
- some of the songs were corny - nothing really stood out here
Feels influential but not in a way that's super rewarding to listen to in modern times. Was very excited that this didn't overstay its welcome.
Super fun album that almost sounds like a Beatles greatest hits album. No skip, 5 stars
Starts strong, but then can't decide if it's psychedelia or camp.
Not the best
Another band Iv never heard of before today. I enjoyed this album for its catchy melodies, fuzzy guitars, organ solos, and vocal effects. It has a lot of charm and personality, and it captures the spirit of the 60s. However, I also found some of the songs to be too formulaic or silly. I think there are other psychedelic rock albums that are more innovative and memorable than this one. I would give this album a 3/5 rating. It is a worthwhile listen for fans of psychedelic rock, but it is not a masterpiece or a must-have. It is a fun and lively album, but it also has some flaws and limitations.
Another boring 60s album from a band I've never heard of.
Vapid songwriting with instrumentation that isn’t innovative enough to drag the album up.
I had never heard of this band, and the first few tracks weren't really connecting with me, but as this record progressed, it endeared itself to me a bit more, it got a little more far out and distinct. This late 60s psych sound is so ubiquitous, and bands from that era can feel like a dime a dozen, but I get why this record stands out a bit. It feels like a time capsule capturing a very specific moment in time. Cool record.
Meh. 60's 70's rock really isn't my jam.
Very standard 60s small market garage. I’ve heard most of these songs through various comps over the years, never even considered that they put out records. It’s not bad, but it’s not particularly inventive either. Good vibes, terrible band name.
This is a five star album except for two tracks: The King Is In The Counting House (a baroque bit) and The Toonerville Trolley (unserious honky tonk music). Besides that, amazing stuff, can’t believe this album was never on my radar. From the opening track I was absolutely hooked, and Get Me To The World On Time has been on repeat all day. Kickass sound from this band.
Some really cool tracks, but this album is dated in a lot of ways
This is somewhere between the Beatles and Beach Boys, though I'm not too sure where.
Sounds like the Doors, Beach Boys, and the Beatles had a baby.
This Electric Prunes debut is one of the most forgettable psychedelic rock albums I’ve heard. The opening track, “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” has some cool chord changes and instrumental passages, and they punky energy of “Get Me to the World On Time” can be infectious. But this album is primarily composed of brutally boring numbers whose only redeeming value is the occasionally tasteful instrumental choice here and there.
Would fit right in with the rest of '60s rock Sirius XM in the blue F150. Nothing stood out to me based on what I've heard from that era. Felt tame and simple with a twinge of The Doors and The Animals. There were no moments that would bring me back to a certain song, but I wouldn't complain if I was trapped somewhere and the radio had this on. 4/10
Since it was released only a few months after The Doors’ debut album, I’m not sure if it’s fair to mention any influences. It’s a nice record but definitely not as memorable as its contemporaneous.
It was okay
It was alright! Nothing too interesting tbh, most of the songs sounded the same.
3/5. A solid collection of rock songs tinged with psychedelia and weird instrumentation. It flows nicely and each one has an aggression that works well with the moving riffs or a cool and slow ambience that feels like an interlude. Plus the lyrics are fun and imaginative.
Eclectic and rad as hell
1. i had to much to dream lazt night - 1.5 2. banglez - 1 3. onie - 2 4. are you loving me more - 1 5. train for tomorrouu - 1 6. zold to the highezt bidder - 1 7. get me to the uuorld on time - 1 8. about a quarter to nine - 1 9. the king iz in the counting houze - 0 10. luvin - 1 11. try me on for zize - 1 12. the toonerville trolley - 0
The guitar pedals make this album very atmospheric. You still have plenty of unique music! Feels like a Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd album, maybe even a touch of early Rolling Stones. Though, when you get to the B-side, the songs get more creative with their genres.
Cheery and nice. 3.5
This album is...fine, I guess? I can't tell the difference in this album and every other psych-rock outfit from the mid-to-late 60's. The songwriting and songs aren't necessarily stronger, though they can obviously play their instruments. It's all over the place with the sound of the songs. Would my life be incomplete if I didn't hear this album? Absolutely not. Will this offend me and cause me to write vitriol about the sound? Absolutely not. Is the album worth talking about any further? No.
It was okay. Not necessarily something I would listen to everyday. Nice discovery!!!
The punkier numbers on this I actually really digged, the first half of the album was really quite good. But this was seriously bogged down with a number of very goofy and immensely grating songs in the back half. 2.5/5 Fav track: I had too much to dream last night
Was actually really digging this album but the sodge lyrics brought it down a peg or two. Really cool blend of different styles and influences, particularly other regions, in some proto-punk rock. Three and a half. Fave track: Get Me to the World on Time
Started off hot, but fell pretty flat for the rest of the album. Mostly fairly standard late 60s psych rock that got a bit boring. Hints of Rolling Stones or The Lovin’ Spoonful here or there, but not really as captivating as the vocalisation and instrumentations of those acts. All just got a little too much for me in its silliness. But I did love the opening track! Fave track: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
A fine slice of psychedelic rock. “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” isn’t talked about nearly enough.
Nope. didn't do anything for me e
There were a few songs I liked a bit , others I didn’t care for
Interesting listen. Rocky style that reminds me of a mix between the Beatles and the doors.
I’m usually an easy sell with this style of 60’s psychedelic pop but this album just floated by without making an impression. It’s okay but forgettable.
I dig how it's sometimes experimental while still musical. I like the singers voice. Guitar playing is cool and the super fizzy fuzz is nice. "I had too much to dream (last night)" is a great song title. The songs didn't "go somewhere" enough, they really hung around with the initial idea and didn't evolve or deviate enough for me to love it.
Feels like classic 60s psychedelia. worth a deeper dive
At this point I'm more impressed to learn that a psychedelic rock album from the late 60s DIDN'T make this list. It's not bad and "Onie" was beautiful, but come on now.
A very progressive album for 1967. It’s got some highs and some lows, along with god awful mixing because it’s old, but it’s a good album, I liked it.
This was unexpectedly enjoyable. It definitely felt like the 70s, but also didn't feel repetitive.
I've already known their hit song 'I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)' but it was the first time I listened to a full album by this band. And it wasn't a disappointment at all. While it's not a pioneer album, it's overall great 60s psych garage rock with lots of fun songs and an enjoyable sound. The album as a whole has a similar echo-y sound/atmosphere as Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow which came out around the same time in 1967. I liked the nursery rhyme too, which was a surprise!
7th September 2023 Listened while painting and scraping the front door in the blazing heat. Cheltenham then mum and dad’s. I liked this, reeks of 60s R&R with the dark, psychedelic edge.
More like electric prune 'em from this list heyooo tbh though, this isn't the first example on here where there was a band contemporary to The Doors, doing very similar things to The Doors, that was also outclassed by The Doors on most levels
Pretty good find. Psychedelic rock.
I liked it, a bit more fast pace and grunge than the other albumbs
Stupid band name - but great music!
You can hear how this was at the start of a bigger movement and whether they led or followed is probably irrelevant. Overall not my cup tea and glad similarly sounding bands moved on, some to become great. But not this lot.
Rip off american beatles?
Pure 1960s psychedelic rock - it hadn't aged well.
Bad
30 minutos que geram uma surpresa bem agradável com a psicodelia sem maiores pretensões.
36/100
Wonderful opening, interest dropped off midway to end of album. A little top-heavy, but very reminiscent of Captain Beefheart. Liked this album a lot, unique sound I haven't heard in a while and refreshing to get more of it.
A true cornerstone of psychedelic rock, the self-titled Electric Prunes album delivers haunting, dreamy vocals intertwined with swirling guitars and ethereal production. Amidst this sonic landscape, one also discovers heartfelt, tender tracks that add depth to the album's aura. Seamlessly blending psychedelia, garage rock, and avant-garde experimentation emblematic of its time, this record conjures an entrancing and otherworldly atmosphere. 10/10!
I was really shocked by this, the last time we had a 60s rock album it sucked ass. This was way heavier than I expected and hit really hard. Reminded me of early Prog Rock like Gentle Giant and ELP.
I was hopeful with the first three songs, but then I kinda lost interest. Still some good parts, but a lot of it is not stuff I will come back to. There's some cool elements in this album though. My favourite songs were Onie and Bangles.
Very good album, added to the library
It's one of those albums that plays in the background and you quickly forget about its existence. Except for one song - "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night"
It is very inconsistent album. I was changing my mind almost every second song. Some of them are great but I appreciate consistency too much to give it more than 3,4
Interesting style but didn't land well
Not the psych treasure some people claim it is, but a pleasant enough garage rock album that has enough energy to keep things interesting despite the sometimes average songwriting.
I never have too much of the Electric Prunes!
The Electric Prunes' first album is a nice psyched record that I enjoy a lot, but very far from the best of its genre, especially in 1967. The opener song is a killer, that's for sure.
Nice atmosphere and some catchiness, not much else
Ok album, sounds like most of the late 60s music.
Today's album is a 60's psychadelic rock record. The Electric Prunes sound like a shittier Sgt. Peppers era Beatles band. The first half of this album wasn't great, but it is backloaded with a few interesting numbers on the back half of the record. There were a few songs that sounded like they belonged at a renessance fair (The King is in the Counting House, The Toonerville Trolley) Overall, nothing spectacular about this album. Just more generic 60's psychadelica. There was nothing that set this album apart from the droves of other similar artists that sprung up at the back end of the 60's. Favourite songs: Try Me On For Size, Get Me to the World On Time, Luvin' Least favourite songs: Onie, Sold to the Highest Bidder 2/5
I had never heard of the Electric Prunes. Not bad. The Toonerville Trolley was fun.
Super strong MGMT vibes from the very first track, despite being separated by 3 generations. I'm also getting some Jefferson Airplane similarities throughout the record. Pretty good old-school psych rock. I appreciate the experimentation and use of various sounds and unorthodox instruments. Surprised that I haven't stumbled upon this group before. Fave tracks: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), Get Me to the World on Time, Luvin'
Very interesting album. A couple pretty experimental psychedelic tracks on here, and then a lot that are more run of the mill 60s rock. I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) is a definite standout, the opening sounds like it could be well placed on an MGMT album. Fav Tracks: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less), Get Me to the World on Time
Starts off promising, but fizzles a bit. An interesting band and story. Great name!
inconsistent album with some really great songs
30 minutes, ça se mange sans faim
mes racines font que j’en attendais plus des pruneaux électriques (ps: chanson de fermeture désastreuse)
Ok but like why? Really feels like guy who made this list had a fun uncle in this quirky band The Electric Prunes
Too Much to Dream is obviously a towering classic of psych/garage, but the whole album? Ok... ...and yeah sadly nothing comes close to the brilliance of that first track.
This album sounds like what the after effects of eating too many prunes, (electric or otherwise) would sound like.
Good album. Not every song is a winner but for the time its pretty solid.
Probably the most uneven album yet. Some good cuts and some abominations. 2/5
Pretty decent
Despite this being pre-punk, I thought it could have passed for post-punk mixed with psychedelic rock. I probably wouldn't listen to it again but I liked it. And what red-blooded lady could resist these hairstyles? Meow. Go steady with me, boys!
Chouette alnum dark psychedelic, ça me fait un peu penser à The Piper at the Gate of Dawn de Pink Floyd
Didn't find much joy with this one.
did not get it at all.
An extra star purely for weirdness
2/12, 17%
Someone gave the guys from The Association a six pack of beer and let them stay up past 7:00 PM
Somewhere between Beach Boys and the Doors, with a sprinkling of The Beatles. But, of course, not nearly as good as any of those groups. Come for the goofy band name, stay for the tight pants.
Skil ekki alveg hvað þessi plata er að gera á þessum lista. Ekkert sérstaklega áhugavert í gangi þarna.
Liked it more than I thought.
If you were to tell me this was a band devised by AI to sound like 1967, I would wholeheartedly believe you. They’re a little bit of this, a little bit of that. They’re a little bit the velvets, a little bit monkees, a little bit Procol Harum, a little bit moody blues. What they aren’t is coherent or cohesive and it sounds like they haven’t found their own voice yet. So it’s difficult to muster any excitement or enthusiasm for something so passionless, disparate and lacking in direction. From the sounds of it, I don’t think they were happy with most of the album either. Started off with some interesting concepts, executed with startling unoriginality.
A 2-star rating is a little harsh, but this was mostly ridiculous, starting with the band's name. At least it was short.
I'll confess that I wasn't able to fully give this my attention, but what I heard didn't wow me in the slightest. It just seemed like a grab bag of late 60s garage-psychedelia. Kind of surprised this was chosen for this list as there are better examples of this kind of music.
Jesus christ these song titles are insufferable. Any chance that's tongue in cheek? Let's find out. Yeah, I think they all nodded at these titles solemnly and said things like "Yeah, daddio. That's heavy." or something. More than that, though, I don't like the choices they make in these songs. The left turns are all sour in some way that never takes me anywhere new or even somewhere old that I'd like to go. I want to say I appreciate that they take any turns at all, but that's not really true. I do marvel, though, at the fact that living in the age of streaming you can listen to the entire catalog of a band called The Electric Prunes just anytime you want. That's kind of crazy.
Here's the problem - 'I Had Too Much to Dream' is a mighty, mighty track and, if I'm not mistaken, kicks off the revered Nuggets compilation. In common with many of their Nugget confederates, one can't escape the feeling that the Electric Prunes were one-and-done. There's a trio of mid-album songs that pique the interest - the psych-mazurka of 'Sold to the Highest Bidder', 'Get Me to the World on Time' which morphs from murky nod-out into a schizoid Bo Diddley beat for the final third, and the fragrant charm of 'About a Quarter to Nine' all have their moments - but the rest is slurry. Very dated slurry. The final furlong of this mercifully short album is some of the most cringe-inducing music this app has subjected me to. Not quite a bad trip, all told, but not much better.
Onie Sold to the Highest Bidder Try Me on for Size Those are the ones I liked, or liked parts of, and that's it. Daddio.
This really was not that good, right? The guitar on 'Sold to the Highest Bidder' was especially insufferable.
Thankfully, they kept it brief.
Pretty decent 60s rock. Not really sure what stands out about it other than it’s a little sloppier and less polished - which is cool I guess.
I like it, but it's dated 60's. Dreamy guitars and synth.
I've heard "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night." Did not know it came from this band, originally. I will also give the band props because they ranged their musical styles from a lot of different pieces on the album. I was also surprised as to how short the album was, only 30 minutes. That last track on the album, "The Toonerville Trolley", though. Yikes. That was dreadful. Wikipedia says that much of the album's content was out of the band's control, as producer Dave Hassinger brought in the songwriting team of Annette Tucker and Nancie Mantz. It probably explains why the album seemed a little bit all over the place. They wanted to see what fans would gravitate toward. Still, I dug the songs, but they did sound pretty dated.
Psychedelic rock is another genre that I think is overrepresented on the 1,001 list. It's all the same after awhile and I don't see what all the fuss is about. And I am a rock fan. So yeah, these guys do really well to capture that fuzzy guitar sound with some eerie keyboard or synth going on in the background. It sounds like an acid trip. Were these guys pioneers of the sound? I don't think so. They epitomized the sound at the height of the psychedelic craze? Probably. Do I care? I'm not sure how much I do. It's not that this is a bad album, I'm just not sure how much I'd need to squeeze it in on my death bed. Let's go out positively - songs that I really, really enjoyed (above 3 star) were I Had Too Much To Dream, Are You Lovin Me More, and Sold to the Highest Bidder.
Was a bit concerned by the album art that this would be more of the same 60s folk rock. I was pleasantly surprised as the album opened with a banger that I feel like I've maybe heard on some movie or tv soundtracks. The whole album was psychedelic but the band has a bite that you don't usually see from this era. Between the distortion in the guitars, the growl of the vocalist, and the lyrics themselves these guys almost feel like a group that would have thrived in the punk era but went psychedelic as that was the counter-culture in the 60s. Great album, didn't save any songs but would absolutely listen again.
another late 60s Beatles knockoff 3.5
I had listened to Too Much to Dream quite a bit before this album and expected a lot more. Toonerville Trolley was surprisingly interesting to me.
Not bad old school garage punk album. Recoding leaves something to be desired (as you’d expect) but an enjoyable listen overall.
The Prunes' brevity tends to the cute over a set that ends in the uneasily cozy. The songs are from a polyworld with less of the single happy face typical of psychedelia. The music, however, is very much in that world, a light shake away from the mainline.
- Never heard of the Electric Prunes before - Weird mix of some decent songs, some bad ones and a few absolutely awful ones - The Toonerville Trolley is one of the worst things I've ever heard - Few decent tracks keep it from being a 1* - Fav songs: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night), Get Me to the World on Time
A few songs swaps from being perfect
This is pretty cool, but to be honest I already have a lot of sixties psychedelic rock in my own list, and so I'm not sure The Electric Prunes can make it now. I've seen their name before, and it was nice exploring this quite adventurous album, even if the gap between its highlights and its far less interesting cuts was quite wide in this case. Among the highlights, there is obviously the opener "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)". Three observations about this one: First, that tune is also the opening track of the legendary *Nuggets* compilation, about that overall "seedy" US psychedelic scene (wink, wink). And I have a sneaking suspicion the person who selected this debut for Dimery's list partly did it because they couldn't select that "Nuggets" record, as it is a compilation and not a studio album made by a single act. Secondly, funny how the melody in the first seconds of that track, before all hell breaks loose, reminded me of the one of Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra's "Summer Wine", which was released at the exact same time. Something was in the air, I guess. Unless one of the two writing teams got "inspired" by the other here... Thirdly, I can't help feeling that the working title of this song was "I Had Too Much To *Drink* Last Night", and that impression is so strong that it is even the word I'm hearing sometimes. Seems like the couple of writers who wrote most of the songs for this band had quite strange ideas. See "Try Me On For Size", which has a nice melody, but also potentially eye-roll-inducing lyrics. The line between cute and awkward (or even unwittingly gross) is easily blurred here, I think. These two women could write great stuff (yep, they were women), such as "Get Me To The World On Time"... But it seems a little strange that the Electric Prunes guys were being deemed as inferior songwriters by their record label, to the point that they were hampered in their own songwriting efforts, and that the main task was given to outsiders. Some of the tunes the guys from the band penned for this one are far from being ridiculous, especially "Luvin'". To talk about the album overall now, it's all over the place, and if that sort of thing can work in the favor of certain records, this is not exactly the case here. See the novelty ditties at the start of side B, and, more especially, the obnoxious album closer "The Toonerville Trolley". The other problem is that when it comes to sixties deep cuts (either psychedelic or not), I have the feeling there's better elsewhere. There are for instance the two following albums, already in Dimery's list: The 13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators (1966) Country Joe And the Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967) But those are not really *deep cuts*, I'll grant you that. Yet there's also relatively more arcane stuff that's probably as good or even better than the Electric Prunes: The Seeds - The Seeds (1966) / A Web of Sounds (1966) / Future (1967) -- that latter record being the more obscure of the three, and yet quite an interesting one. The Music Machine - (Turn On) The Music Machine (1966) -- That pre-punk, heavy "Talk Talk" single that was taken out of it is extraordinary. Pink Fairies - Never Never Land (1971) -- Another heavy prepunk LP with obvious psychedelic overtones, this time hailing from Britain. Count Five - Psychotic Reaction (1966) -- this one sounds less "psychedelic" to me, maybe, yet there's something a little sly and unpredictable in it that makes it an interesting listen nonetheless. And of course, if you want to find more psychedelic stuff, you can explore many other avenues, from weird disturbing acts such as Red Krayola to famous rock stars giving a more streamlined version of it, such as The Byrds... Under that light, I'd rather err on the side of caution before including that Electric Prunes debut in my own list. 3/5 following that list's specific purposes of singling out "essential" albums (and 8/10 for more general purposes: 5 + 3). Next please... Number of albums left to review: 557 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 216 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 104 (including this one) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more essential to me): 127
Cool man.
I'll go 3.5, so standard 60s psychedelic jams
i appreciate the fact that they dabbled in so many genres but this doesn’t absolve from the fact that some of it just turned out sounding kinda goofy lmao
Thought I had an album to catch up on but it turned out I'd listened to most of this yesterday and forgot. It's Beatlesy, kinksy, a bit doorsy sometimes, didn't really stand out at any point. A weird baroque harpsichord song in the middle as well, the worst signature of this era of pop rock. Not for me.
I liked, "I Had Too Much To Dream". A few others were pleasant enough.
There were some interesting tracks but overall I didn't like this. Highlights: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) Get Me to the World on Time
Quite enjoyed this as background music but probably not enough to go back to it and ultimately pretty forgettable. Quite psychedelic sounding. Some was much better than others.
I love the sound of this album, lyrically and instrumentally. Interesting phrasing, cool guitar effects, and neat switch ups on the meter make this album really fun to listen to. The lead singles are great, I also really liked Bangles.
A wonderful psychedelic rock album. A true hidden treasure of the genre. Wasn’t too much substance here, but most of the tracks were enjoyable. Some tracks were annoying, but for the most part, fun. 3/5
V poor
Skipped (below a 3)
Trippy, maaaaan. Or at least very dreamy. Echoes of the Beach Boys in places. The warmth of the '60s is felt like a warm blanket around your ears, both in the songs and in the recordings. The coolest part though, is that most of these songs are written by two women, not by any of the five men in the band. Progressive politically and sonically, AND a ton of fun at that? This is an easy 4 stars for me.
Some great tracks in their - Onie for instance.
Kinda generic, not a huge fan
I found myself enjoying this quite a bit. Real channeling of some of the big rock bands of the 60s, Beatles, Stones etc. It's fairly psychedelic and a bit dark at times, and I was pleasantly surprised by how the speed picked up from time to time. It got a bit goofy and just plain weird at times though, and some of the songs were a bit boring. Very good album though! Favourite: Sold to the Highest Bidder
A not-so-well known gem of the psychedelic rock subgenre that comes across a bit harder than other works of British bands. And that's fine.
Pretty interesting blend of psych-rock & pop. It's short and sweet, which definitely did this album a favor. I can enjoy stuff like this in small doses.
I normally don't give anything from 1967 more than a 2 on principle, but this was pretty cool. It's still late 60s garbage, but I also dig its vibe. The two main singles are really good. Update: I was set to give this a 4 but towards the end there was too much whimsical bullshit, and they didn't write their own songs. 3/5.
It was ok, didnt move mountains but I enjoyed listening to it.
Sucked!
Sounds kinda grainy, doesnt seem like its aged well. Dont think I would listen to it again.
60s psychedelia. Interesting, as it feels like a more pure sound as opposed to the radio fodder you imagine from the time, but every now and then you get a song you could imagine on some flower power TV show. Apart from that, raw vocals, tempo changes, definitely challenging the sounds of the times.
More psychedelic 60s
Yet another album that's way past its expiration date and with little to offer even before achieving said expiration.
Paar richtig gute Songs aufm Album. Weitaus spannender als das Beatles Album davor.
Rudimental and bland music, even for the late 60s. Would make a good wedding band or a pub at the weekend, maybe playing in the background, but there's nothing here that would make you say, that's good, and you want to listen.
Weird
Ok album
There are a few good tracks here but this is held back by some like "Onie" "The King Is In The Counting House" and "Toonerville Trolley" that come across a little goofy. The good tracks are great though.
About what I expected from a mid-to-late-'60s psychedelic rock album.
Another great disappointment. I grew up on fuzzy reverb psychedelic rock. Some of my earliest memories are of the '60s listening to this on the radio or TV variety shows. But this album proves that you can have all the elements for great music at the time and still come up with a disappointing record. "I had too much to dream last night" is the only song that I remember. The rest is truly forgettable music. Coming into 1001 reviews, I expected to be a fanboy of all things '60s, '70s, and '80s. But albums like this have shown me that while it was truly an exceptional time in music, many examples just either weren't that good or don't stand the test of time. Scale: 5 - My absolute favorites. 4 - Albums I like. 3 - It was ok to listen to but I wouldn't seek it out. 2 - Didn't like. 1 - Absolute shit.
Nah
Fun and standout psych garage, this honestly surprised me. There was more chaff here than I'd normally allow for a four star album, but the kernels of wheat that came out really were golden.
I love a good 60s garage rock.
Why is this on the list, they’re just Beatles/stones wannabes, it has nothing original or anything that stands out.
This is a fine psychedelic rock album, but it is plagued by filler tracks that are really useless and boring. The whole album doesn't make justice to the AMAZING opening track "I Had too Much to Dream Last Night". The first 5 tracks are pretty good, but the second half of the album is a huge let down. 6,7/10
ok
Uhh... weird stuff, written by other folks. Toonerville Trolley? Yeah... 2 stars.
British punk isn’t good
The essence of psychedelic music
Hmmm... So what did I listened to actually? Few songs vaguely resembling unspecified subgenre of rock, but most of the time being so unlistenable, I didn't recognised that another song came on. I've heard few elements of psychedelic rock, with very gentle guitar sounds in the background, but mostly it was something experimental, which in my opinion didn't work at all. I have hard time to find anything positive to say about this album. Clear candidate for the worst rating on this list.
Quiet
"Electric Prunes" sounds like someone put The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and The Rolling Stones into a blender and puree'd them down to something you could sip through a straw. All the bite, all the good meaty bits, all the crunch is gone and you're just left with a weird, mushy meat-slurry of rock and roll. It's not great. Not a great listen at all.
meeeeh
Kinda fun stuff. Catchy. Decent hooks.
A psychedelic band. A genre that is not discussed, but portions absorbed and have influenced other genres. Rate as a 3
i certainly didn't expect this type of music out of a band called "the electric prunes." i found a lot of similarities between the monkees--unfortunately in how the prunes didn't get much of an opportunity to play their own music and create their own lyrics. this album has the same feel as the early monkees albums, too. it's rather simplistic and straightforward. too many songs were lyrically not bad, but the opening lyric was the title of the song. overall pop-y and easy to listen to, but not super engaging.
I just got done reviewing The Doors, describing it as the type of psychedelic I DO like. Well, this is the side of psychedelic I could honestly do without. Was this listenable? Yes. Was it remarkable? Hard no. Also, I'm not positive on this, but it seemed like it was intended to be somewhat of a parody album. Maybe I just get that feeling due to how ridiculously zany and manic it was.
Some of it interesting some of it filler
Mogoče bi mi bilo bolj všeč, če bi bila kvaliteta bolj prilagojena formatu, ki ga poslušamo danes. Sicer pa ok.
Going into this record without any prior knowledge, it was a blast to listen to the stylistic variety the record had to offer. Every track offered a grounded period-standard psych rock motif fused with other prominent sounds of the time. Really enjoyed the trip the album took me on, from the blissful melody in 'Onie' to the Stones-esque rock flair in 'Get Me to the World in Time'. Its a real shame the album closes with 'The Toonerville Trolley'. That track made me want to gouge my eardrums.
This is a fine mid-60s garage rock album. I really love good psychedelia, though I feel like there's an issue in this era with a cool sounding band putting out an album with a few good semi-hits and then mostly filler tracks. It feels like the popularity of this type of music at the time was also its downfall because labels were quick to sign bands that fit the general vibe but didn't have a deep catalog. That's what this album feels like to me. I can think of a number of other garage/psychedelic bands from this era that I'd go to before ever putting this album on again. This just sounds like a wannabe early Kinks or Sonics album. I think the strongest track is 'Get Me to the World On Time'. Standout Tracks: Onie, Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less), Get Me to the World On Time, Luvin', Try Me On for Size
Not bad. I like it when it gets silly. That last song about the train or whatever boosts it from a 2 to a 3. I'll probably never listen to this album again.
It's a sound :) Love this whole 60's sound, and this is a band I'd never give across before. I'll probably stick to the Yardbirds mind you, but nice to make their acquaintance! Love a bit of wah wah though...
really weird but not altogether bad. 5/10
6/10. Pretty good, but I'm glad these 60's albums are always short.
Dunno what I just listened to but it wasn’t terrible. 5/10
This psychedelic hippie bullshit is giving me a headache this morning.
Fun listen. I can imagine my dad tripping on LSD listening to this...
The opening track is amazing, career defining, responsible for launching a million garage bands. The rest of the album? Not so much
Never heard of this band or album before. Normally, I'm a fan of psychedelic music, but this wasn't really my jam. It was really weird, even for a psychedelic album. I didn't care for the vocals or lyrics, and the instrumentation wasn't exactly mind-blowing to me.
Much deeper album then I would have thought. Very good music.
Meh
This is a totally fine ‘60s rock record. There’s nothing overtly memorable about any of the tracks here. Nothing standout so I think it helps the overall record. I did find myself jammin a few times
Generally a bop. I feel like alternative rock takes inspiration from this to this day, so it definitely seems influential. Personally, I'm not too much into alternative, but I certainly don't mind listening to this.
Garage rock. Ni fu ni fa.
I Had Too Much to Dream parecida a Summer Wine.
The best part of this album was how short it was. Best track: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
This garage / psych rock band had some pretty good tunes. Unfortunately it was encumbered by some filler and novelty songs. 3 stars
Alright. Never heard of this band before. The first song was probably the best.
kinda silly
Passed by in the background - pretty standard 60's stuff.
Very typical 60s sound.
I was a big fan of I Had Too Much to Dream a long time ago, but hadn't heard much else from the Prunes. The album is up and down, but all pretty dated (looking at you, last song). There are a few driving songs, but not enough consistency to push this higher.
Very quirky and more unique than the MANY late 60's albums on this list! "I Had To Much To Dream" is a great track I want to come back to.
No go.
Huske kje så masse, bare at eg forventa å lika da hakket bedre
I have this album on vinyl. I adore garage rock, and when I saw this in my local record shop, I bought it almost instinctively. I had known the band before, principally as the opening act on the epochal compilation Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968 (an assemblage of mid-60s garage rock, proto-punk and spiky psychedelia that I assert is the greatest compilation of them all). The song they open Nuggets with, I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), is a fantastic rush of speedy trippiness and buzz guitar that had already been one of my most beloved songs for over 15 years when I bought the album I'm currently reviewing. I was even bedazzled when I unsheathed the record and saw that the vinyl was purple. And it broke my heart. I put on the album with all the goodwill musterable in the world. I wanted to love this album as much as I love masturbation, and the opening track, the aforementionedly godlike I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), promised so much. Unfortunately, it promised too much. No song on the album approaches that lightning-flash of an opener, and the rest just muddles around, showing little of the inspired eccentricity or sheer drive that characterises the best of garage rock. Some tracks, namely the faster ones about chicks, prove entertaining, but the pseudo-Britfolk with added nursery rhymes of The King is in the Counting House makes one wish they'd been drafted for Vietnam before they recorded such tosh (see also: The Toonerville Trolley). A album plagued by a detracting unevenness, I'll give it three stars, essentially for the magnificence of the opener. One great song can salvage a pretty dreary album. The thing is, the Electric Prunes weren't a bad band. Not quite a great band, but definitely capable of decent work. Their second album, Underground, is a better, more consistent plate, albeit one lacking a song as explosive as I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night). If one is looking for the figure responsible for the Electric Prunes' lack of sustained form, it's justifiable to indict David Hassinger, the band's producer. To the band's chagrin, Hassinger brought in a pair of outside songwriters, Nancy Muntz and Annette Tucker, to write most of the songs for the first album. Even though the pair wrote the best song on the album, much of the material they gave the band proved a distinctly ill-measured fit. With the second album, Hassinger had become too busy to control the sessions like before, so the Electric Prunes got a chance to write songs they were comfortable playing, and the improvement is palpable. Maybe you should just let bands be bands. However, Underground was not the smash Reprise Records wanted, So the third album, Mass in F Minor, not only returned to the Hassinger approach, it took it to the then-barely charted realms of monstrous rock folly. Mass in F Minor is a concept album based on providing a rock setting of the Catholic Mass, complete with Latin and Greek lyrics, written and arranged by David Axelrod. Now, you and I know that this had to have been an extremely bad idea. We are both right. The band were not proficient enough to play Axelrod's arrangements, so much of Mass in F Minor came from session musicians. Recognising their mistake of somehow re-enacting the Monkees in reverse, the original lineup quit. Hassinger owned the name to the Electric Prunes though, and continued doling out material under that banner. The fourth Electric Prunes album, Release of an Oath, was another Axelrod concept album with Christian and Jewish liturgies set to rock music, with one lonely original Electric Prune on the record (is the idea of setting liturgies to rock music better or worse than setting the Mass so? I can't decide). Hassinger produced one more, especially tawdry Electric Prunes release that just threw a few random longhairs into a studio solely so they could shovel out yet more slop. There endeth the saga of the Electric Prunes. To be honest, it's not the most diverting story from the wonderful world of rock. One wishes their tale were happier, but saying that, one wishes boybands weren't so conned. That doesn't mean you actually want to listen to New Kids on the Block.
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Somehow sounds ahead of it’s time and of it’s time. Found this to be just ok.
Weird triply psychedelic rock. Ok, but not my jam
The first track is bloody amazing! One of the best 60’s songs that I’ve ever herd! The rest of the album drags so much in it’s (just under) half an hour run time there’s some tracks that I liked but one of these rather short tracks felt like listening to the white album 100 times it’s so draggy. 2/5
I was at a 2 with this until the last song. That was awful
What the hell is this
Who the hell chose this? This album blows.
Mellow, very 60s sound which was quite nostalgic for me. Not something I’d listen to every day but good to pop up from time to time. 3*
Wasn't really able to get a good read on this. It sort of sounded OK but never clicked.
This CD starts pretty strong, the first two tracks are good. But it loses steam fast after that- generally, the rest of it is too slow and too basic. The random psychedelic sounds kinda cover it up for a bit, but this is basically garage rock. The drumming is especially bad- I think they might’ve been going for this, but there’s a whole songs at a time where the drum pattern is slamming the snare right on every quarter-beat, and really right on the beat. When they’re doing it, I assume it’s some kind of deliberate choice, the drummer’s clearly capable of showing more variety- but it makes it sound like they’ve hired a trainee who only knows how to do one thing to play drums. They also don’t use any vocal harmonies, which is rare for music of this era- and while they do get a little playful with non-standard instrumental sound, they don’t use it for multiple overlapping parts (each is a one-off), and it doesn’t really cover up for the lack of backing vocals. Like imagine how much more lush “Obie” would be if it were performed by The Beach Boys. The big thing though is that beyond the first two songs, which both have interesting harmonic twists (“Bangles” drops into 3/4 too), there’s just nothing unique going on here- it’s just light, stripped-down psychedelic garage rock.
honestly it was just boring, i don’t really get why or how it’s influential in any way.
Generic sounding for the era and overused/cliched effects (tremolo, reverb, hard panning) make this end up a perfect stereotype of boring late 60s psychedelia. It's not all terrible. But it's...not sticking out much for me either (and honestly it really gets worse as the album progresses; oy the last few songs are trash). I'm trying to figure out what the influence is? And by my count 10 of these 12 songs were not even written by the band - the group were forced by the record company to bring in a writing team at the last minute to push the album; even by the band's own admission the album was rushed "...there are definitely songs that I do believe didn't belong on the album" Not the worst but I'll forget this ever existed in about 8 minutes. 3/10 2 stars.
Nothing special. Some psychy rythmic guitar, feels very of its age. A track from a later album (Holy are You) happens to be one of my favourites and seems like it could be from any period but not this. Very sixties, generally uninspiring. May have felt very different at the time.
I’m so torn between a 4 or a 5 for this one. I absolutely love it. It’s heavy, it’s psychedelic, it’s eerie. But just about every song is so great. A really overlooked album.
Well this was interesting. I can't say I enjoyed it but I can't say I hated it, but at the end it's quite forgettable and more of a curiosity than anything. 2.5/5
Kinda dated. 2.5/5
Whack
Has the Brit-Rock feel, nothing too notable
T3B 1. Too Much To Dream (Last Night) 2. Bangles 3. Train for Tomorrow
first listen fun but short and definitely a debut
Was ok
A great psychedelic garage rock album with some incredible songs like "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" and "Get Me To The World On Time" and some songs that shouldn't have been on the album (Onie) Enjoyed this a lot!
Yup
Strange, perhaps in a good way, but really far too strange
Never heard of this band before and I think this album has some potential. I will definitely give this a second listen. Decent Physadelic rock.
[16/09/2022] Liked it. I didn’t listen to it well enough to comment more lmao. 3.5 or 4 I think.
Electric Prunes starts quite well with a song that is very evocatively 60s in a good way, then it doesn't last. One is the other big track off this and it doesn't have the energy or swagger of the opener and it goes back and forth between those styles, so it gets disjointed. I liked Sold to the Highest Bidder the most, 2/5 overall though.
I actually quite liked this, unlike most of you it seems. Was refreshing to have a nice, tight, short album with all the songs between 2 and 3 minutes. The opener is great, if it had been released by a band with a slightly less silly name it might be better known than it is, and there's a couple of other really good tracks on there. But there are also a couple of stinkers, particularly towards the end. So it's 3/5.
don't be such a square maaaaaaaan. generic 60s, they didn't really bring anything new to the party.