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It smells like the 60s, it has this simple and enjoyable taste of a time when everything seemed brighter and simpler. It's not a masterpiece but it's genuine, and I'd be actually quite happy if today's pop has this sort of qualities. On top of that, it seems that the guy stayed true to himself through the years.
It was alright!! Title track was my favourite.
Some songs were great, others not so much
Interesting lyrics and vibes
An album representative of the decade. A blend of psychedelic, folk and eastern-influenced music. Includes one of Donovan major hits "Sunshine Superman".
MORE SITAR
One of the most intensely 60s albums I’ve ever heard. It even came before the Summer of Love, so you could argue this was pretty forward-thinking towards that era. Not a lot of great songs here and the sound is pretty thin, but there’s a charm to it that I can’t really put aside. Best song: Sunshine Superman
a bit too jangly and like quirky for me? Idk
Donovan is definitely a "greatest hits" artist for me. He's got a bunch of great songs, but the non hits are pretty much all misses.
Donovan McNabb
One classic, a solid starter, and some other stuff that says "60s."
Pleasant album yet one that i won’t ever go - ‘I’d like to put on that Donovan record…’ - I think I’ve already gotten the most out of it
It was ok
Really cool take on folk/paychedelic. Love his voice.
60’s psychadellic! And we get Season of the Witch! A classic.
Soooooooooooo oooooooooooold
estuvo graciosete sin más.no creo que lo vuelva a escuchar. 6/10. canción fav: celeste
A solid 60s psychedelic-folk romp.
I listened to this album while walking through the woods and it was a nice enhancement to the wintery scenery I had in front of me. The calm and melodic songs were really nice to listen to. I've added this to my collection
It was fine-
Some real classics on here!
Psychedelic sounds with a dreamy fantastical string of songs. Stories of jesters, and queens. It’s easy to tell how much passion was put into the articulate world building. Beautiful paintings of wonder and silk thrones, velvet linings and hills with trees, which are lined with crows and birds.
Maybe the most late-60s thing I’ve heard.
Blue's Grandpa
Granted I find a lot of these songs generic. But the title song and “Season of the Witch” are so strong that I have to give it an extra star. 3/5
2,5
This album has held up pretty well from the 60s. It can get a bit too folky/psychadelic for my tastes but overall I liked it. Highlights: Superman Sunshine Season of the Witch
I thought this was going to be some terrible 60s pop album.... Was not at all! Really quite good. Old Donovan must've dabbled in psychedelics back in the day. Much better than I expected, but not sure if I'll be back. Glad I've heard it though. Sunshine superman I recognised and was the best track. 3.5
This album was fine. Pretty middle of the road 3.
Pretty trippy to start but then mellows out a bit I thought into more traditional rock. He's got a good singing voice though. Wish it was more psychedelic like I thought it was going to be from his Wikipedia
Some songs were a vibe but others were so monotonous that, overall, the record is unexceptional. [0095/1001]
Is it just me or does Donovan look like he could be related to Harry Styles? Such a fun psychedelic album that feels very flower power like (i.e. drugs), and wouldn't be a 60s psychedelic album without the use of a sitar somewhere across the track-list. Best: Season of the Witch Worst: The Fat Angel
I wanna smoke opium to this
66/100
Du bon rock bien années 60 Season of the witch et the trip sont bien 3.5
Decent folk effort from old (young) Donovan, but nothing that really grabs me.
A pleasant visit into the realm of Donovan. Pleasant, but not that special.
A couple of songs were pretty good and fun, but this was mostly too slow and boring, and I am not on nearly enough acid to enjoy it.
George Harrison - ass album. Very impressive that he made this at 19 though, serious musicality. Hard working 3 out of 5 from me
Pretty good
Highlights: Season of the Witch, The Trip, The Fat Angel. Part folk rock, part psychedelia, light touch of baroque pop. It’s music you immediately identify with the cliched care-free part of the 60’s. Donovan was dismissed by critics as “a Dylan clone”. They’re wrong. There is a crossover but no ripoffs here. Many folk musicians- including Donovan and Dylan- would cite Martin Carthy, Woodie Guthrie, Rumblin’ Jack Elliott, Joan Baez, blues and British/Irish folk music in general as their forerunner influences. Donovan even taught John Lennon a different way to finger-pick a guitar and it was incorporated into ‘Dear Prudence’. Overall: 5/10
Sounded surprisingly modern in places.
Very cool use of instrumentals. I enjoyed Berts Blues and Season of the Witch. A groovy psychedelic rollercoaster, but just not the kind of music I would go out of my way to always listen to.
Impressions: For easy listening yet enjoyable. Genuinely enjoyed this. Favorite tracks: Sunshine Superman, Ferris Wheel, Bert’s Blues, Rating: 3/5
I think the people that created Dungeons and Dragons were definitely reading Tolkien, getting high as balls on weed and LSD, and listening to Donovan. This is one of the weirdest albums I've ever listened to. Half the songs are like LSD-soaked medieval ballads, the other half are hazy, experimental 60s pop tunes. It's not my jam but...it's not bad!
It was just ok, a couple nice tracks.
Chill men vilka usla lyrics
So close to a 4. Two great songs and another couple notable tunes. The arrangements are interesting on thier own but the record did drag on a bit
3/10, 30%
I enjoyed this album up to Season of the Witch - everything after that wasn't great.
Season of the Witch!!!
This was fine.
Kind of boring, typical mid-60s uber psychedelic summer of love type stuff. Some of it is definitely decent.
3-- seasson of the witch
I like some Donovan songs, but not enough to enjoy a whole album of them. There are a few standouts to me, the song about Linda and the song after that, but overall this didn't click for me. Sometimes the way he sings and pronounces things bothers me, it's a strange affectation that takes me out of it a bit. Probably won't be re-listening to this one.
Trippy album, solid 60’s folksy rock. Title track was good, probably won’t listen to the album as a whole again
Sunshine Superman is a classic. I always liked season of the witch, too. I never had listened to the rest of the album before. Huge eastern influence, which was popular at the time. Honestly, it’s not really my thing. Probably written mostly for 60s kids trying out LSD for the first time.
Donovan strikes me as a guy capable of turning you into a newt, so I don't want to anger him by giving his album anything lower than a 3/5. I can excuse some late 60s psychedelic pop. Especially if it vaguely sounds like weird Renaissance fair music. Shoutouts to my man Tim Buckley.
It was a chill hippie album.
60s alleged dreamboat music
Sunshine superman is opens both sides strong with the title track and the stand out The Season of the Witch, in between it floats along with stories about medieval times with acoustic guitar, sitar, tablas and strings. It’s a pretty album 6.5/10
This is a fine album, with some fun instrumentation and a few interesting compositions, though not necessarily my favorite of the 1960s folk rock sounds.
Pop. Folk. Rock.
That was fun! I thought I'd like this more than I actually did– I'm biased toward Donovan. He's the kind of slightly campy, off-kilter, a little inscrutable edge to the 60's flower power thing that I think is fun. I really started paying attention to him with Mellow Yellow, which was a centerpiece record for me for discovering a whole lot of new stuff. This one was... less exciting than Mellow Yellow, for me. Very 60's camp. The super sober, English fantasy songs are really funny. I just didn't connect with many of his songs, unlike his later records. I found his songwriting to be a little underdeveloped. I don't know whether this is the only Donovan record we get, which would be a shame, because he is a delightful counterpoint to the more *serious* rock and roll records we have here. Between a 2 and 3 for me, but rounded up for Season of the Witch which is great. 3/5
Pretty, very psych influenced. At certain points, leans into the psych a little too much to become dull and too spaced out. Solid songwriting otherwise. Favorite tracks: "Season Of the Witch", "Guinevere"
Jotain kovin viehättävää tässä oli, vaikkei sinänsä ihmeellistä.
Fun ‘60s psychedelic record. Some songs are more memorable than others.
It's not even that the songs are dated. The two songs that I knew from before I dig ("Season of the Witch" and "Sunshine Superman") when they were made, and that's not the problem. The other songs that weren't hits are just... hippie ramblings. I'm just like, wow what were you smoking, a banana perhaps? Just... no.
I don't know. Am I supposed to give this album more credit for its pioneering of psychedelia or use of sitar? It's a landmark album for sure, but it's just meh. The two hits are awesome (Sunshine Superman and Season of the Witch) but the others are just kind of beatnik blase. Maybe Bert's Blues was ok. The rest I just can't get into.
Canciones extensas sin mucho contenido ni ritmo apegante o interesante. Los blues tienen co tenido y uno quiero escucharlos, pero la dxperiencia previa experimental saca todo de contexto. Por eso es que este disco suena interesante y lamentablemente queda en eso 5/10
The album features some fun bits here and there but many of the songs for me just fell flat in the songwriting and were a little bland. 6/10
Welp, album number 300. Honestly I was hoping for something a little more exciting. It was just an okay folk-rock album with a couple of faster and more exciting tracks, but it was mostly a bit too slow and boring so didn't draw my attention, and sometimes grew whimsical to the point of just being a bit unappealing on my ears. Not the worst album, by no means the best to me. Favourite: Sunshine Superman
Man i love "Season of the Witch". The rest of the album was fine.
It has two great songs. And the rest is very very meh. I want to rate this a 2.5 but I guess I'll bump to 3 just because I like Season of the Witch so much.
Nice and chill… maybe a little too chill for its own good, tbh.
1966 seems like a good year for sitar players. Donovan comes back with one of the most-known albums in his career. Sunshine Superman digs a hole in the 60s psychedelic pop with eclectic lyrics, hypnotic harmonies, and mystic instrumentation. Some songs are dark and mysterious, others more introspective and self-reflective (and a few, mere filler). While Sunshine Superman is neither revolutionary nor transgressive, it's embedded in the 60s pop culture and still remains a solid example of how was o be young and free during those years
An early entry into the rise of psychadelic music for the 1960's. This album is best known for it's two singles: Sunshine Superman and Season of the Witch. Coincidentally, these are the only two tracks on the album that are truly noteworthy. Other songs are slow and rarely develop into anything noteworthy. Mostly, they lack the memorable hooks of the singles. It's a fair listen. Nothing terribly lacking or bad.
I like Donovan but I really only enjoyed 1 or 2 tracks from the album. However I’m going to go for 3*
Sunshine, check. Young girl, check. Wizard, check. Lute, check. Sitar, check. You shall ride, check. That’s Donovan Bingo!
what would clark kent say
Season of the Witch!
A few very cool sitar moments, and chill album, but for the most part was bored by this one.
2 really good songs, then a weird bunch of other stuff
Kind of like lots of Mellow Yellow just less mellow
Interesting. Folksy stuff. With some harpsichordy baroque stuff, and some sitar stuff.
Ég er hrifinn af Donovan, finnst hann oft ansi skemmtilegur, en þessi plata er lítið meira en fín. Titillagið er frábært sem og Nornarlagið, en hitt er ekki eins eftirminnilegt. Vantar meira beat.
Fikk lyst på lys øl i en varm park
It was ok.
Je suis en train de confectionner un arsenal militaire de haute technologie, qui devrait me permettre de supprimer pour de bon les années 60 du paysage musical mondial. Je vous tiendrai au courant lors de la mise en action de cet acte terroriste de premier ordre.
far out maaaan. i once saw donovan at glastonbury. that makes me sound like i'm as old as the hills and was there in the 60s but i'm not, i saw him about 40 years later in 2002 (which also makes me old) when starsailor wheeled him out to do an absolutely forgettable duet. upon listening to this album, apart from sunshine superman and season of the witch, that is probably because his music is nice enough but fairly forgettable.
Better than his later work with Kylie Minogue
I like this, it’s interesting. Lots of styles and influences but I don’t love it and it became a bit of a challenge to get to the end.
Overall it's pretty dull and not that nice to listen to, however it has two good tracks on it and Bob Dylan has a petty jealousy of Donovan, so we can give it 3 stars for that.
3-4
If it’s time
3.5
Relaxing with a good feel. Nothing really stood out from other albums in the same time period.
This was fine, nothing really stood out from the generic 60s sound that started with the Beatles. I liked the organ in there though.
Fine background, probably a lot of people’s favorite album and certainly would have been for the time
Pretty forgettable. Do love the eastern influences though
Буквально совсем недавно слушали Дона МакЛина. Кажется, это его предтеча. Очень душевные и атмосферные песни, понравится всем любителям песен у костра, вот в каком-то таком вайбе альбом. И классно обыграны разные этнические штуки: африканская перкуссия, где-то по-моему играет ситар (кажется, так называется этот индийский инструмент, типа как огромная лютня с миллионом струн). Почитал дополнительно - он оказывается был мега популярен в конце 60-х, сродни Beatles. Получается, запрос на грустненьких мальчиков с гитарой тоже был? Вообще наверное единственный минус этого альбома: то, что он вышел в 60х. Запись оставляет желать лучшего, частоты все куда-то подевались, вокал какой-то "глухой", вот если верхов поднять чуть-чуть - будет идеально.
A classic sound, but the title track and season of the witch were the only songs I really liked. The rest was too quiet for me.
So very 60s. Sound was mellow for the timeframe. Fondly remembered when it first came out
Nice! Not my cup of tea, a little too bard/eastern/medieval, but still nice.
I have very few rules in life, but a hard and fast one is to never trust anyone who happily admits to being called Mellow Yellow, unless they're a cat, which Donovan certainly could be for all I know. That song isn't even on this album, so consider me skeptical. Apparently John Mellencamp is a fan. This has to mean that when little Johnny Mellencamp went down to the Tastee Freeze to enjoy a chili dog, he asked if they had Mello Yello as a soft drink. No way that Tastee Freeze had Mello Yello. They likely countered by asking if Fresca was OK. That's probably when Johnny Mellencamp went all in on Mountain Dew to wash down that chili dog and polished it off with three Marlboro Reds. But I'll give Mellow Yellow (Donovan, not the soft drink) his props. Sunshine Superman and Season of the Witch are all-time bangers. I may think more of Season of the Witch ever since it was used in Gus Van Sant's movie "To Die For" because it's the perfect song to play while Illeana Douglas ice skates over Nicole Kidman's dead body. Oh, spoiler alert. The movie is damn near 30 years old. Get over it. Don't even get me started on Hurdy Gurdy Man being used in the movie Zodiac. That song isn't on this album either. But props to Donovan for allowing David Fincher to use that song for THAT scene. Nice move, Donovan. They call him Mellow Yellow. Superman and Green Lantern ain't got nothing on him. I don't make the rules here.
Pretty good, not great but more interesting than I expected.
Decent
svag för donovan ändå
I love the two singles on this album, Sunshine Superman and Season of the Witch. I’ve put both of them on multiple playlists over the years. They are solid 60s tunes that I always enjoy hearing. The rest though, I’m sad to say was just bland filler. But it’s still listenable and pleasant enough.
It's good. Maybe a bit too sappy sometimes, but I'm OK with it.
Enjoyable but kinda boring. Production could be better, sounds a bit thin to me.
Favorites: Sunshine Superman, Bert's Blues, Season of the Witch
It's just another "sounds-like-the-Beatles-but-not-as-good" album. It was alright, I guess.
23rd November 2022 Listened in the morning while doing little work from home. Ben and Nilisha round in the evening. Didn’t know he made this album at 19, which is impressive. Psychedelic folk and its tilting60s best. 3.5 if I could.
Very tidy but nothing mind blowing
Enjoyed it
I liked this, in a gentle and interested way. Not by any means stand out but certainly worth a listen.
Decent 60s album, but I've never been a big Donovan fan. I don't feel like he really stands out from his contemporaries. Best Songs: Sunshine Superman, Season of the Witch, Celeste Worst Songs: Legend of a Girl Child Linda, Three King Fishers,
This wasn't bad but it's not much more than generic 60s music to me
Hippy dippy, trippy. This is OK psychedelic pop folk, but there are much better examples of this genre. Sunshine Superman and Season of the Which are classic tracks. The rest of the album meanders a tad. It must have worked well for the stoned listeners at the time, but it does not hold up well.
I know this is “psychedelic” but most of the lyrics are just too silly. I do thin Jimmy Page guitar work on Season of the Witch (definitely the standout song on the album) is excellent
This was nice and gentle, but nothing really wowed me. It was cool to hear the psychadelic/folk fusion. Donavan went to India with the Beatles and taught them fingerpicked and His influence on the White Album is clear. The hits were the true highlights and while not every song Is my taste this album definitely deserves a spot here.
Donovan has some really sick songs. A couple of his super-hits are on this album and they're great. But unfortunately, a lot of the fill in between is a bunch of annoying mid-60s hippy shit with flutes and sitars. Not that it's all bad, just not great. I wanted to give this album a higher score.
Not a big fan.
Highlights = Sunshine Superman, Ferris Wheel, Bert’s Blues, and of course the ever popular and timeless “Season of the Witch”.
Legend of a girl child Linda Three king fishers Sunshine superman
Season of the Witch is great. Rest of album is good
Groovy.
Some great songs, but not a cover to cover album.
I recognized a couple songs on here.
Not my favourite Donovan, but still enjoyable.
I really enjoyed the world music elements and sunshine superman is a classic (didn’t know it was his until now), but overall the songwriting is not anything that would make the album something remarkable, especially at a time when many experimented and came up with better songs.
Decent folk album, one of the first ones to use a Sitar
Mediocre
I didn't love it but kind of funny that so many 60s tropes and parodies came from this album and general vibe. 2 stars for me, 1 pity star for poor Donovan being the butt of the joke.
🤙
Donovan. 60's real time plagiarizer of the 60's. A little bit of this, a little bit of that, and never quite as good as the copied.
Love this sound. 3.5
a lot of sitar this dude did acid for sure ohh season of the witch is a banger
Like his voice of course and the melancholy, so a 4 for that. Music is bit too cheesy for me, leads to the average of 3,
Top 3 Songs: 1 - The Trip (7) 2 - Sunshine Superman (1) 3 - Season of the Witch (6)
Initial thoughts: pretty slow and boring, psychedelic rock doesn’t do it for me. It picks up occasionally but the production is hit or miss. Amazing vocals though. Final thoughts: really picked up in the 2nd half, with great production and the slower songs being more interesting. Main complaint is that the songs are poorly paced, they never change throughout and feel like they’re missing proper endings or bridges. Best song: Season of the Witch Worst song: Legend of a Girl Named Linda
Pretty alright
Interesting album and had some gems. Overall nice to have on in the background.
weird brit psychodelia. Its fun to listen to but ultimately missable.
New version of pop I’ve never heard before
(3.5) Psychedelic!
3, groovy
Har hørt litt på da tidligare, uten å bli hekta. Men heilt adekvat chillemusikk ein torsdags kveld (eller morgen)
2 classic tracks and some mixed bag hippie junk. I will gladly listen to the title track and Season of The Witch many more times. A generous 3 just for those gems.
Didn't recognize the name. But knew the first song. Folky with some early psychedelic/eastern sound. Easy to listen to. Didnt love the 2nd track.
Good album, love the sitar. Seems to be a real staple in 60s tunes.
60s pop with a couple of above average songs. Title track, Season of the Witch and The Trip all above average. Below a three, but I’m rounding up for the classic cover art.
Melodies were ok but I didn't find it super interesting. The sitar was cool but seemed out of place. But I can feel very strong 60s and psych influences from this album.
A classic. More bluesy than I remembered but not a bad thing. I love Robert Plant’s voice. Organ on your time is gonna come…why so much organ in the late 60s/early 70s? It’s ok though. This album definitely has its moments.
With one foot in the psychedelic soil and one foot out the folksy door, Sunshine Superman showcases Donovan coming into the potential of his musical strengths. While of its time in some respects, it comes armored with fanciful tales and a song that would come to define him more or less; yet it doesn't mean it isn't a good collection of material. More would come from Donovan soon and he'll get better. Favorites: Sunshine Superman, Legend of a Girl Child Linda, Bert's Blues, Season of the Witch, The Fat Angel, Celeste.
I could not help but think that this is the type of album that Kevin Murphy on the show F is for Family would churn out with his band to try and capitalize on some sort of medieval music trend. I didn't hate it and really enjoyed a small handful of songs, but this is a bit boring and feels very derivative.
There’s something very wholesome about Donovan - an integrity and honesty that shines through his work with some lovely arrangements for sitar and guitar. I fear, though, that listening to an albums worth has the listener feeling his work leans towards whimsy. Perhaps better enjoyed occasionally rather than 10 tracks at a time.
meh... Bert's Blues was cool
Pretty good, very 60s british which is no surprise
Very enjoyable.
Alright but wouldn't listen again
It's more interesting than enjoyable. I really like the title track and 'Season of the Witch' but the other songs baffle me veering off at musical tangents it's difficult to classify. Certainly not boring but more cultural history.
Liked the rock songs, didn't like the folk songs. Not a huge fan of his voice if I'm honest. Celeste was the only fun song I didn't know already.
This album starts off so promising but then doesn't really do anything for me until Season of the Witch (what a cracker) and then fades away again.
Nice album. Season of the Witch is a 5 🌟 song and there are a few others that caught my ear. A few more listens and it might get to 4 but for 3.5 🌟
Outside of Sunshine Superman, I wasn't terribly impressed with this album. Very 60's sounding, but somewhat mediocre. 3
its good i guess? 3 or 4 somewhere in there. nice guy but the songs make me a little sleepy.
Enjoyable but get the feeling he’s a wannabe Bob Dylan.
3.5
Ágætis stöff. Rosa misjöfn plata. Lögin sem maður þekkir eru mjög góð en svo er talsvert óeftirminnilegra stöff inná milli.
Skemmtileg, fjölbreytt. Season of the Witch er náttúrulega geggjað. Svolítið líkur Ingó Veðurguð (útlitslega)
Some ok, but many too long and boring
The title song and Season of the Witch are really great. It's a shame the rest of the album is so boring.
This is the first time I've listened to a whole album from Donovan, and I've only heard a few tracks in total. For me Donovan falls somewhere in the middle of folk, psychodelia and Van Morrison. "Sunshine Superman", "Season of the Witch" and "The Trip" were familiar tracks. "Sunshien Superman" was the best track,and the album was okay overall.
I enjoy this, nice and groovy. I kind of stopped paying attention, but solid, nice background music
Nice. 3/5
Couple classic songs. The rest just OK.
I mean, I didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either. "Swinging hippie" is how I'd describe the genre, but I'm not mad at it. Would I re-listen? I don't know, maybe to a couple favorite tracks--namely "Season of the Witch" and the title track--but the rest is simply not worth it IMO. Bumping this up a star on the strength of those two great tracks alone.
I would think that the folks who heard Sunshine Superman on the radio and ran out the buy this album would have been disappointed. At first, I was dismissive of the esoteric, psychedelic folk, especially the way he pronounces the words in a weird way in order to maintain the rhythm of the verse, but it grew on me, especially side 1, after a while. And the title track is a sixties classic.
This is by no means a bad album, and Season of the Witch is solid, but it doesn't grab and hold your atttention like so many of the other greats of 1966 did. Donovan always strikes me as a chameleon, not an innovator: the guy in the 60's who was doing what everyone else was doing, but less well. The 'Airplane cover just makes you want to put on Surrealistic Pillow or Baxter's, and even Season of the Witch puts you in the mood for Them or Van Morrison.
Donovan! I've heard the hype, I've heard the rumours, now I've heard the music.
I like Donovan. But this is a lot of acoustic warbling.
A svidilo mi se al ne baš previše.
Dobar glas honestly
Very eastern-feeling folksy album. Some songs I didn’t like and some I did.
Some very clipped stoner action. Surprisingly deep.
It turns out that this is the go-to album to use in a movie if you want to evoke a slightly uneasy feeling of the 1960s. I enjoyed it a lot more than a thought a would, the few familiar tracks serving as a solid foundation for the rest of the album. Decent psychedelic folk pop.
Græn engi, blóm í haga og hári, hlý sumargola og fuglar syngja í trjánum.
I like Donovan. I think he has a really appealing voice and I like his songs for the most part. Some of his songs are kind of pop/psychedelic folk sounding, while others are more eastern influenced. In general, I like the songs in the former category moreso than those in the latter, but all in all it's a good listen. 3 stars.
Some great stuff, but spare me the hippy dipshit nonsense please.
Some songs a bit slow but a pretty good psych folk album
This man is the definition of a hippie and I love it. Had no idea he had these songs that I've heard for forever.
The fine art of taking the piss out of yourself while looking deadly serious.
I appreciate the originality of the music paving the way to a new genre that helped create st peppers and others but I could not see myself listening to the album again for any reason or in any state.
A 3 star going on a 4.
Poor man’s bob dylan
Easy listening psychedelic 60’s freak out album
Great psychedelic folk rock album.
So....was Donavon (Britains answer to Dylan) influential on the Beatles? The use of Sitar on this album preceded Sgt Pepper and the eclectic psychedelia of this album is seen as the first real "Psychadelic" album. I like Donavons nod to his English folk-music routes and especially his homage to that giant of Folk/Jazz Guitar Bert Jansch on "Berts Blues" also love the title track and "Ferris Wheel" a good selection for this collection I think.
I knew season of the witch, it that’s about it. I love a good psychedelic rock album, but Sunshine Superman was definitely not my favorite to jam to
i liked it
Sunshine ordinaryman
Tired
This was an interesting listen, didn't expect it to be sort of bluesy but I liked it. Favourite songs: Sunshine Superman, Bert's Blues
Funky, psychedelic, and a whole lot of sitar. I didn't make any new discoveries on this one, just reminded of the tracks I love: Sunshine Superman and Season of the Witch.
Started off very rocky, but grew on me towards the end. Basically Bob Dylan from the UK
Interesting mix of mid 60s Beatlesey pop and Dylanesque folk. Very evocative of the times, pleasant enough Sunshine Superman the song is an enduring classic.
Pleasant surprise, bright catchy 60s rock.
This is a lovely slice of early, Top 40-friendly psychedelia. I've always had a bit of a soft spot for Donovan, and he's in great form here: his vocals are ethereal and melodic while still having a bit of folky grit, and his lyrical poetry is perhaps at its most surreal and beautiful. Sometimes I found it a bit tedious to sit through, and if you're the kind of person that turns up their nose at psychedelic pop with vivid imagery and sitars, you should stay FAR away from this one. But overall, I'm quite glad I took this trip with Mr. Leitch! Favorite tracks: - "Sunshine Superman" (slinky, groovy and atmospheric- I MUCH prefer this over "Mellow Yellow") - "Season of the Witch" (an absolute BEAST of a track, probably one of Donovan's best. That guitar work, the paranoia in both the lyrics and vocal delivery. Why don't more films use this song in their 60s montages??) - "The Trip" (again, palatable psychedelia. I hadn't heard this one before and I enjoyed it immensely!)
Hate to say it, but I love his hits more than his deep catalog of fairy shit.
Mid
Psychedelic, fun, chill album.
It's decent -- I love the vibes of the album but not so much the type of music. Favorite Track: Season of the Witch In one word: Cod
Proto-psychedelic. Precocious!
Has some nice tunes but dude went too heavy on the love songs
Nice, My Mum used to love Donovon so yay. Mostly great bangers and he's defo got some great tracks: sunshine superman, the season of the witch and the trip. Couple of duds Guinvere and three Kingfishers hurt me with their whiny whimsical dirge. So pound shop Dylan or forgotten genius, maybe just an all around good egg of an album cheers our Ma!
Heard of Donovan, but never listened to him. I liked "Sunshine Superman" and "Season of the Witch".
‘The album's lyrical content encompasses Donovan's increasing ability to portray "Swinging London" and give listeners an insider's look into the mid-sixties pop scene.’
Esoterik pur
it started off strong the music was fun but then as it went on it kind of got painful to listen to because of the stretched out singing but then it got good again at the end
A couple great songs on here, but a bunch of cringey stuff.
I tuned in and out of this and it’s not something I’d really ever gravitate to. And yet, overall I probably liked it more than I expected. “Bert’s Blues” is a solid tune and I’m really looking forward to the sequel, “Ernie’s Emo” any day now.
I like Donovan and his proto Renaissance faerie aesthetic—some of these were a bit long, and I’m used to listening to his greatest hits where the whitest is separated from the chaff
A quite beautiful psychedelic album with some iconic tracks, but a little slow in parts!
Solid - I am getting a bit sick of music specifically from the late 60's but I would also admit its a crazy ass half decade for music
This is a good summer evening chilling in the backyard, roasting marshmallows on fire pit and swatting away mosquitos as they treat you like a human buffet album.
Buena voz. Icono en EEUU. Melodías amigables
it was ok. very 60's. 3/5
really good musically some of the songs could have been a little shorter/less repetitive season of the witch is a banger, didn't realize he wrote the original sounds like a hugely influential album and probably ahead of its time but not necessarily something i'd come back to
One or two standouts
I’ll be adding Mellow Yellow and The Hurdy Gurdy Man into the rotation, too.
Psychedelic hippie rock, I'm sure it's fine.
I liked the first song, rest was a bit samey, not bad, doubt I would listen to again
Pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed this album. I was not expecting it to be so psychedelic. I'll have to remember to circle back to it later for another listen. Sitar owns.
older folkish album, the title song was the best. It was OK
Schön, insbesondere Season of the witch!
Gut hörbar aber für mich doch eher Schlager im hippiegewandt
temas bonitos
Old, but not too bad
Een paar goede nummers, maar top-album 3/5
3.5 Stars. First half was great... 2nd not as good...
Donovan is a BTEC Beach Boys to be honest, good but not the best.
It was good
Fine. Bit Beatlesy and also a whiff of Nick Drake at times. Quite liked it but too long
Eerste nummer is briljant, rest aardig!
Nice and chilled. Nice songwriting. Nice guitar playing. Sounds VERY 60s. Happily listened to it, although not hugely exciting. I didn't realise he was Scottish, always assumed he was American. 6/10
Good album and definitely of its time. Every tune sounded very similar to the last one.
Middle of the road, no “likable” songs for my Spotify catalogue, but a very listenable album.
Scrapes a passing grade. Not a bad sound, but a little boring especially by the end.
Just boring. I like the sitar in a few songs but the medieval folky story songs are so hard to listen to.
I always confuse Donovan with Donnie Osmond. Very different!
season of the witch a toujours eu ma préférence mais la version studio seulement il a une belle voix mais c'est un baladeu doux
Ça sent le Patchouli cet album là! J'étais enthousiaste a début... Dès les premières notes, j'ai cru entendre le générique de Quelle famille! 😂 J'ai rapidement trouvé ça flat.. Ça manque d'opium peut-être! C'est.. Correct.
Wow we are really stuck in the 60s...
Pretty trippy album. Sunshine Superman may have been the only song I knew beforehand. This will not be a part of the regular rotation nut I enjoyed it. Trippy, weird, fun.
not much to write home about, solid music
As much as I love sitar, adding it to lacklustre songs doesn't make them bangers. There were some great songs on this album but the sitar ones weren't them.
Meh, the first track is the best. Donovan always reminds me of Futurama.
One of the first psychedelia albums, so hugely influential on a whole bunch of genres that came later. A lot of drippy silliness. Fave track - "Season of the Witch" by a mile!
This is the most 60s thing I’ve ever heard. Bit kumbaya for my taste, with glimpses of funkier elements.
Thanks Donovan, very cool. Season of the Witch is my jam👌 (I wish we could give half points (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ )
Good psychedelic stuff. 7/10
ihan jees, mikään ei nouse esiin mutta ihan kivaa kuunneltavaa
It had some interesting, but meh
Really enjoyed part of this, other parts seemed like faux-mysticism, maybe trying too hard or something. Surprised to recognize some songs, most notably "Season of the Witch." Definitely some songs on here I will keep coming back to, the album as a whole dragged on a bit for me.
Seemed to be in the CCR vein of rock
Honestly haven't found anything memorable throughout the project. Bunch of soft mellow pacifying folk tunes with light waft of everything, can't honestly define it cuz even tho each song differs from another they draw up in some mood. Dono has better albums under his belt but its worth listening for someone interested but not essential imo. picks- s/t, legend of a girl, bert blues, season of the witch, trip, Celeste (sweet melody in-between)
Surprisingly difficult to find the right version of this album if you don't use Spotify. I think the title track is so good it justifies the album's existence by itself. Fun fact I just learned: Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones play on the track. "Season of the Witch" has also made its way on to some of my Halloween playlists in the past.
Sunshine Superman and Season of the Witch are great, not so jazzed on the other tracks
A psychedelic journey. Loved this album.
total hippie. Season of the Witch is an absolute slapper though
Nice to listen to.
A lot of sitar. Pretty good. A few tracks stood out.
Cool album. Listened though without any issues. Solid 60’s album. Enjoyed.
Psychedelic, man
Good 60's hippy album.
quite nice laidback psychedelic folk vibes
I grew up listening to quite a bit of Donovan, it's sleepy and ethereal and I think it really hits a lot of cool psych folk spots for me. I often find psychadelic music to be hard to like, approach and Donovan is smooth and easy
This was cool. I love when an album comes up I’ve never heard before.
Really cool mix of folk and psychedelia. Lots of catchy tunes on here, particularly the title track. Worth a few listens.
Wasn't expecting much, and wasn't disappointed, however wasn't that impressed as well. A trippy album for sure, but not really my cup of tea.
OK morning album. Very chill and pretty slow paced, hippy vibes?
Album jest ok, prawdę mówiąc liczyłem na więcej, tytułowa piosenka jest bardzo fajna, the trip tez jest przyjemna ale reszta piosenek mi się dłużyła,
Fortællende, mystisk, psykedelisk, afslappende
1960s album. Nothing too exciting, kinda chill to write to.
Liked it, already familiar with the title track and season of the witch (unknowingly). I feel like this is The Doors lite, or without the edge at least
Clearly influential but not for me
I enjoyed it, although I dont think ill come back to it. Ill still save it in my library though
whilst i can appreciate the effort and skill, i didnt enjoy this. His voice was too light and the whole vibe seemed weird to me. I know this is of its time and there is some good songwriting here, but i fohnd it like nails down a chalkboard
When I first started going out with Geraldine, we exchanged letters back and forth. In one she lamented that she shared her name with a Donovan song, rather than one by a great songwriter like Bob Dylan (Isis? Sara? Johanna? Sad Eyed lady of the Lowlands?). I replied defending Donovan, whose psychedelic palette I still prefer in principle to Dylan's true blood Americana backing band. I'm not sure which of the two of us was trying hardest to be cool. Her by dismissing the twee Donovan or me by hyping him up. Neither of us was being disingenuous, but I think we were both overselling it. I like Donovan in his psychedelic whimsy. The earlier folk stuff is too weedy, but once he has latitude to add too many layers, to overdo the harpsichord and add a sitar, I can only admire his chutzpah. I certainly admire it more than the lyric-writing for example. Although his Glaswegian accent (strangely, almost identical to Momus's Edinburghian one) makes some of the twaddle charming. Listen out for him on Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies - that's IT! But whatever IT is, Sunshine Superman is not IT. A Gift From A Flower To A Garden is much closer to IT. But even the hITs here are not IT. The title track goes round and round. Season of the Witch has been done better elsewhere - the Vanilla Fudge do the definitive version. The rest of the record is slight. Around the time of the letters written in my opening paragraph, I stole a copy of Donovan's autobiography from the radio station I worked in. All I can remember is a bizarre passage in which he reminisced about a game where the kids in the Glaswegian tenement would rub mud on the groins of the girls and make 'mud willies.' I really don't know why I stanned so hard for him - he is not cool, despite what the Beatles thought. And yet I can't help but be a little charmed, there is a faint bit of Ivor Cutler's Glaswegian surrealism. His association with David Lynch makes one inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps I was right. Perhaps he is cool and not knowing why just magnifies the effect. 2 Where it isn’t unobtrusively pleasant Donovan‘s music is dour. He was only wee - like Kristen Stewart in the first Twilight movie - so there is no call to dwell on the shortcomings of this album. His singing is sweet but immature, his songs the same. 1.5/5
Not really for me this, occasional songs I liked but on the whole couldn't really get into it. Hippy stuff
Sort of what I expected looking at the year and the album cover; but actually better than I had thought it would be. Even recognised a couple of songs (the albums opener and Season of the Witch, a certified banger). It's not all good, there is an equal amount of shit on this one. A time capsule album, for sure.
437/1089 okay so it’s gonna be this style of 60s psychedelic pop Three King Fishers went more in the folky direction i was hoping for and i like the sitars/asian influences. I also quite like the more moody, lounge-y vibes of Bert’s Blues OH THIS IS WHERE SEASON OF THE WITCH CAME FROM OKAYYY it’s quite twee and i like the folky aspects but idk it was mostly just fine, it has some highlights as i’ve mentioned but the rest are more unremarkable to me Faves: Season of the Witch, Bert’s Blues, Three King Fishers 50/100
An undeniable trailblazer. He did a lot of things first, but everyone else did those things better.
Just found this very boring. The title track is pretty good though but that’s as far as it goes.
I get it but maybe a bit too 60s acid fairy music
One-hit-wonder-album
I have never cared for his vocals or lyrics. Production is also extremely dated- fuzzy and echoey
One of these stars is just for Season of the Witch.