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I like this album! The first track (after you get past the marching band montage) reminds me of Half Day Closing by Portishead. I may be overly influenced by that :-) The album as a whole has parts that sound very 60’s and parts that sound modern even today. I listened to the full album, which included some alternate takes, and some of those sounded better than the originals, more to-the-point, which is not what I expect from alternate.
4.5
It was definitely an interesting listen as each song was different and had a unique style/feel. I liked, Stranded in Time, I Wouldn't Leave my Wooden Wife for you, Where is Yesterday and The American Way of Love.
This was much more listenable than expected given the description included discussion of 'experimental' composition ahead of listening. The experimentation is fairly tastefully done, and doesn't seem to be for the sake of being different - it works with the music to create a better product overall. Something very 66'-68' Beatles about it. High 3/low 4
A fascinating mix of psychelia, pop and electronic experimentation. Requires several listens to really get the benefit but this was clearly a group that had an ear for a good tune, and there are similarities in some of the tracks with other groups of the era such as Spirit, Jefferson Airplane and late 60s Beatles. Dorothy Moskowitz's voice is well matched to the music and again it is tempting to compare her to Grace Slick among others.
Surreal and near-spectacular stone cold sober, one might imagine this record would be even more of a doozy when heard dosed up.
Ah, you know it's gonna be a good day when you see that the average rating is below a 2.7. This is some crazy shit. Exactly what I want my psychedelic music to sound like. It's called Psychedelic Rock for a reason, man! Don't put a wobbly effect on your voice for 3 seconds per song and call that psychedelic, I want to feel like I ingested some shit that would land you 10 years in federal jail and lifelong glimpses of "The Gnome Creature" from the corner of your eye. Stellar. I can even excuse the horrible mixing because it adds to the experience of this album being some strange artifact I found on a HDD buried in the deserts of Guinea-Bissau.
One of those albums I've been curious about especially with their bold band name and it's a one-off effort. A very interesting listen with sounds that might have been ahead of it's time with experiments in electronic sounds (though quite primitive by modern standards) and leftist political themes. It's psychedelia sound, along with some bizarre noises and weird stuff going on that makes it intriguing and worth the listen, at least once. Not sure if I love it or it's annoying, but it's fascinating enough I should listen again just to be sure.
Pretty weird and experimental - I like it. "Where is is Yesterday" reminds me so much of Madlibs track "Shadows of Tomorrow" off of Madvillainy - a connection I wasn't expecting, but I love it.
I really enjoyed this one
Really early psychedelic a before I was aware of full albums dedicated to it. Could do without caliope circus and movie UFO noise. The concept was seminal instruments great vocals worth listening to again.
It was good enough
very interesting quirk album. Overall, enjoyed it.
Weird in a good way. Glad I am aware of this but not likely to listen again
Pleasantry surprised by this, psych folk electronic weirdness
wow, this one really impressed me. I don't really get the people saying it's weird. it's a bit experimental but the sounds are still poppy, it sounds a lot like Jefferson airplane. the singer is really good.
Whoa. This is WEIRD. I think I like it, though. 4/5
Trippy!
3.75
pretty fuckin sick. crazy they lasted only a year yet put out a groundbreaking album. legendary.
What a wild ride! A psychedelic stew of garage rock, folk, and electronic sounds.
Give me this over Jefferson Airplane or the Grateful Dead any day. It feels like Fairport Convention acid rock covers. I was pleased.
8/10 In spite of the British invasion of circus music at the start of the album, I found myself quite liking this album. Felt a bit like Jefferson Airplane, but with good variety between the songs
Kinda weird. Liked it. Not rushing to listen again but imagine there will be parts of it that randomly pop into my head from time to time. The instrumentation, arrangement and production sounds like something that could have been recorded much later than 1968.
Very interesting album, really enjoyed the listen, but have a hard time identifying individual songs that stuck with me. Well produced and well crafted.
4.0
Cool psychedelic rock, I could definitely come back to this. Solid 4 for now
A bit torn on this one. It does have its fair share of unpleasantly dissonant section and I'm certainly not impressed by the lead vocalist. But after finishing the album, the impressions that remain are of the interesting ideas throughout the album. It was clearly quite ahead of its time, even if the execution was certainly not perfect.
Much better than the actual United States of America
Gah! It's over an hour long, it's fucking weird and sometimes kinda annoying buuuuuut I don't know! Against all expectations I actually enjoyed it! Which certainly suprised me after the opening track which filled me with trepidation. A definite shock high entry given my usual tastes, but so it goes...
Delightfully odd 4/5
baita som, psychedelic sessentista
So creative and very 60s big fan
very fun very creative album. breath of fresh after just listening to judas priest
Damn this is some solid, hard-hitting psychedelic rock! Shades of proto-punk. Super enjoyable listen with herbal enhancement
This album made me feel like I was on drugs, and not always on a good trip. But I found it fascinating. As a one off listen with a few tracks I may revisit, it's gonna score fairly high for uniqueness and catching my interest.
Great psychedelic album with lots of gems like the opener "The American Metaphysical Circus", "Cloud Song" et " Stranded In Time". This album feels like the long lost companion album to Pink Floyd's Pipers at the Gates of Dawn. I can definitely feel this album's influence in modern neo-psychedelic bands like Stereolab and The Flaming Lips. Interesting 7,7/10
Odd start and interludes, but for it's time, I'm sure this was a groundbreaking album. Enjoyable and quirky.
This is fucked up I love it 3 "The Garden Of Early Delights" go hard. Unexpectedly good record! 4 A little longer than it needed to be.
I love this - a fascinating album I've never heard of before, with some crazy and weird music that sheds light on artists that came afterwards.
I can’t say I’ve heard of this band before. I think I might have heard of the country in passing, but not the band nor the album named The United States Of America. Songs I already knew: none Favourites: The American Way Of Love, I Won’t Leave My Wooden Wife For You Sugar I reckon this album might be a completely different experience under the influence of the devil’s lettuce. However, sans-substances, it was still a fun experience. There were some songs that I felt leant maybe a little too far into the unusual, but on the whole, this was an enjoyable melding of genres, and the last song was fantastic. Also, it would be a crime for me to not mention the zany song titles. I’d easily recommend this for fans of psychedelic rock.
I went into this expecting another mediocre psychedelic album like the last byrds album I got but this was actually really solid. Hard coming love was good, stranded in time sounded a lil too much like eleanor rigby, and I liked how chaotic american way of love got by the second and third part. Also very leftist, counter-culture lyrics which was fun.
Lots of interesting things on this album. I actually really enjoyed it, and seeing the different directions it would go. I have a feeling this is one of those that you like more and more the more you listen.
Some really fun stuff going on here, especially the female vocals. I think I sense proto-Bjork a little bit. The avant garde and electronic stuff is so damn fun.
Scratch everything that I have written about Disraeil Gear being a perfect example of album in psychedelic rock genre. This is The Ultimate experience of late sixties music, for better or worse, condensed to one, as non-linear as possible album. It's a wild ride with The United States of America, which actually reflect the state and history of the nation as well. No guitars on the record, but plenty of other instruments, you can safely pick one and it's probably used on one of the tracks. It is a very experimental concept, avant-garde at moments, with plenty of surprises and unorthodox approach to music. I definitely recommend listening to this album, even though it's too self-conscious, crossing the line of being intelligible far too often. But again, what a fun ride it is!
Does and does not sound like 1968. Has a lot of the styling of the time, but with many experimental sounds/ideas/concepts that I have not heard from music of this period
Never heard of this band before, good psychedelic album maybe a bit too experimental for me at points but glad I listened.
An unexpected gem with an ungoogleable name. I was really impressed by the fantastic cacophonous psychedelia that somehow still managed to have great melodies laid atop. American Metaphysical Circus and I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar are the standouts, but the album is one that works best as a whole piece I'm going to mark it four and regret it - much like Laura Nyro a year ago, it needs more listens before I can declare my undying love for it.
I liked this a little more than I expected, reminds me of early Floyd crossed with The Mothers. Dorothy Moskowitz's vocal style feels like it has a little exotica/lounge DNA.
great
That sweet sweet 90s POTUSA
quite interesting for such an old rock record
Epicsauce
Didn’t know this before listening on this journey. I really enjoy some of these early experimental records. Makes me wonder if I am missing something happening now or if the days of this type of experimenting are over.
Ready to get weird? Freak Out! in 1966, The Velvet Underground & Nico in 1967, and now The United States Of America in 1968. The psychedelic wave of rock also brought along incentive to try strange new ways of making music. Layering sounds from Gregorian chants to circus marches to sound collages, The United States Of America is determined to try as many different thing within the psych rock framework. Some of it works well, some of it doesn't. Stranded in Time, for instance, is a catchy baroque pop piece that very well could've inspired The Beatles' A Day In The Life. Other songs, like The American Metaphysical Circus, are messy and purposefully chaotic. The whirlwind of sounds is perhaps a signature for the band. They never did anything else after the release of this album. Disagreements over the direction of the band led to the break up of The United States Of America, so their debut was also their finale. It's influence cannot be understated though, as others would cite The United States Of America as an influence. That's got to count for something.
Surprisingly good.
Unexpectedly good
This is exactly my bag, down to the electric-violin-not-guitar teased on the cover. I was worried, based on the blurb, about the disastrous potential of that fact. The United States of America ends up being brilliant, though the magical transmission is refracted by the sequencing and scatters a unevenly. That variation is largely in density, it seems at the moment. But the album is a gem which I'm sure will bear revisiting. A band whose oeuvre is easy enough to explore.
I am going to say, shocked how much I enjoyed this. I'd say 3.5 stars but can't do half and 3 felt too low. So, Four stars... but know it's a 3.5.
Interesting noisy psychedelic rock. Could be painfully dissonant at times but I appreciate the creativity. Good variety throughout the album.
this is very good
Not all of this works but when it goes, it really goes. Must have been pretty special 55 years ago
I had to give this one a second listen to really gather my thoughts on it. Some of the fully musique concrete stuff that bookended the album was a bit too all over the place for my liking, but otherwise this was a really exciting album that went all in on a lot of genres and pulled it off. Definitely one I'll be coming back to
A contender for the most experimental rock album of the 60s. The production is super lofi for 1968, but the melodies catch on, and the vocals are very appealing to listen to. Her voice reminds me of Nico and Grace Slick. Most of this album sounds like a reaction to Sgt Pepper with the influences of music hall, circus, and vaudeville in several tracks. However, it still holds the 60s badge pride. I would mostly classify this as psychedelic pop, as it mostly follows the formula of groovy 60s pop rock, but there's a lot of acid rock, as well as plays on free jazz, medieval polyphony, medieval folk, vaudeville, space rock (was that even invented yet?), classical, Eastern (Japanese?), ragtime, and whatever you call the genre of beautiful strings that play in 1930s movies, among many other genres. There are signs of early dream pop (Cloud Song) and chamber pop (Stranded in Time) here too. This album could be found abrasive to the average listener, especially with the low production. I found myself loving every song. There are groovy moments to rock to and dreamy moments to relax to. Lots of creative moments to appreciate everything going on. Despite the different styles, it's focused, with nice transitions in styles between and during songs. Wish there was more music like this, but at least we got bonus tracks just as peculiar.
Better than expected. Cool 60's psych grooves and I love the retro sci-fi flair and early prog experimentation!
This is great. really thought this was going to be the usual late 60s rock I have been getting through this, but instead it was lively, different, fun.
I’m not convinced this is as far ahead of its times as it seems to be getting sold to me as. The electronica doesn’t really innovate anything Raymond Scott wasn't doing a decade earlier. Musically, where it doesn’t reflect a lot of other psychedelic rock of a similar if not earlier vintage, it frequently shades to the tedious side of avant-garde. I’ll take Wikipedia’s word for it that the lyrics are political: I wasn’t hearing it. Still, it does synthesize these things to an unusual degree and has enough solid gems to scrape a bare four stars. I’d listen to it again.
This was interesting, def part of the psychedelic wave and reminded me of the Mama's and Papa's. Showed there was more to the 60's than the Beatles.
An absolute trip, but I just couldn't pull myself away? 4/5.
Picked this one up at Hidden World the night of the FoD show. It's a trip to be sure. Definitely has a chaotic atmosphere from the synths that I feel a kinship with. A landmark album really considering its use use of synths for its time. I like that the synths are a bit more crude than keyboard controlled Moogs and that they were also used to process other sounds. Definitely drawing from a variety of atypical influences to produce a very unique sound. Wish they were able to go on to make more music and refine their sound but I'll take this wild ride of a record. A very enjoyable experiment.
Solid psych rock. A lot of interesting and experimental sounds going on.
Great for putting on while you’re doing something else. Ambient but not dull
Really nice , relaxing 4/5
Trippy, psychedelic, and experimental in the best ways. Lots of interesting musical ideas on the album and a feeling that the group had a good time cutting the record.
i don't know if i can do this album tonight, let's see. this first song is pretty good once it actually starts. i love the weird noises/interruptions in the second song <3 i liked 'the garden...' within 5 seconds lol. i've been loving the lyrics so far ah. huh who's this man. every song is doing something different, 6 songs in i've no idea what's to come next. 'where is yesterday': lyrics are so good, melodies are so good, the harmonies, the eerie vibe, everything i love. track 10 was a journey lol. 'no love to give' is the only song i don't totally love so far. track 13 is pretty much the same as track 5 but they switch singers, idc about different versions of the same song. well i'm done. the songs that i love make me want to give this record a 5 lol they're that good. it would be a 5 if the album was only tracks 1-11, around 40 minutes long, way tighter.
Bitvis obegriplig, svårlyssnad och hysterisk. Men sjukt kul.
Crazy album! Very progressive for it's time, unique instrumentation. Liked it a lot.
I don't it is not that bad, but the try for psychedelic rock just doesn't succeed for me.
This is certainly a weird one. So avant-garde, with the eerie synthesizer noises and the penchant for ending songs with screeching orchestrations. I like the female vocalist. She reminds me of a more pleasant melodic version of Nico. Their record company was brave to release this, knowing it had zero commercial potential. I wanted to give it a 5, based on the first 8 songs (of the original 10-song LP), but my co-judge was far less impressed after I forced her to listen to it twice, to and from from dinner at The Drake last night.
Rock psicodélico muy ecléctico. Curioso.
Tres bon album psychedeliqu rock. 4.25. Il y a de l’influence sgt pepoer je trouve.
True psychedelia!!
The tricky thing about psychedelics is that there is a specific amount to take, and if you take too much, it's possible you can loose touch with reality resulting in a bad trip. It's also possible this trip goes on too long, and you feel you are strapped in, waiting for it to end, reminding yourself this was supposed to be fun... This was my experience with this album. Early on there were glimpses of "oh, this is fun and different" but by the midway point I felt I had lost touch with that sentiment, and trapped in a strange world. Was I happy to have had that experience? Maybe. Will I ever do it again? Unlikely.
I just refuse to believe drugs would have been involved with the creation of this album.
Undoubtedly a trip back in the 60s, it is still interesting today. Lacking in variety.
Man I thought this was the presidents of the United States on pull. This was fine, it's far too weird and experimental in a non enjoyable way at times but when it hits it really hits. One of those albums where if I sat with this for more than the allotted 24 hours this could be a favorite album of all time but on such a short turn around I gotta plow on. High 3, low 4.
Anderledes lyd for tiden, men ret meh for nutiden.
Meget eksperimenterende, særligt for samtiden. Det bliver ret fedt når trommerne får lov at fylde.
Kul och före sin tid. Både Where is yesterday och coming down var toppen. Stark 3a, men nu går vi vidare från psych från 68 tycker jag.
Went through all sorts of emotions with this - clearly influential but too much weird electronica for me. Vocals were great. Sticks a 3.
Strange trip
Certainly interesting. Like Laurel Valley with even more psychedelics. If that’s possible?
Currently in US so appropriate
Getting through the first couple of minutes of circus music was rough, but it was worth it to get a trippy, psychedelic vibe after that. A little repetitive at times, but didn’t ruin the vibe
Very ahead of its time. Quite an annoying listen in 2026.
i was scared
Groudnbreaking early psychedelic rock. Set the stage for so many later works. Not particularly entertaining, but an interesting footnote in musical history
Osittain kokeellista, paljon urkuja doors yhttyeen kaltaisesti, kolkkia oli nais ja mies vokaalitisteja.
there were definitely parts of this i didn't enjoy but i think it's cool that several elements reminded me of later music
Haven't heard of them but that's one hell of a band name. I was sceptical at first after reading their Wiki page but the album surprised me. Interesting sound and interesting ideas 3/5
Découverte intéressante mais un bon 3
An album that really pleasantly surprised me. The first song lowered my expectations, but the rest of the album I really enjoyed. A real oddity of a record, but one I would return to.
Nice. Reminded me the earliest tracks of Pink Floyd.
Fun and actually quite exploratory psych rock, integrating proto-synths and electronic sounds, some pretty amazing rumbling bass, a swishy space age futuristic lounge sound, and all the classic psych trappings: fuzz, jangle, whispery vocals, ecclectic blends of hard hitting foundation with a whimsical silly decoration, pre-modern folk, circus music, and Beatles knock offs. Not always successful, sometimes annoying, sometimes gnarly, often both one after the other very quickly. But a nice artifact of the experimental searching tendency in California counter-culture.
Not the best
I love how experimental and psychedelic this is. The lack of guitar is really cool and brave. It feels like it could be The Doors and then also Kraftwerk. Despite being experimental, it still somewhat conventional for the time. They’re really pulling American blues, soul and psych rock. The leftist and antiestablishment lyrics are fun and make it more interesting.
1968 is crazy early to be making things like this. very interesting, feels like something you'd hear in an indie low budget horror movie..
Curates egg
Very weird and of it’s time but enjoyable all the same. Very much planted in the late 60’s summer of love, psychedelia.
Una interesante muestra de rock psicodélico. Se merece estar en la selección, ya que no son conocidos y su escucha , al menos, resulta curiosa.
Early experiments with electronic music were cool to hear from a historical standpoint but otherwise a tough listen.
The first two songs were pretty rough for me, but it gets a bit better as it goes on. Sounds like '60s psychedelic/electronic rock music. The bass playing is pretty good. I think if you're into this type of music you'll probably have a great time. But I think it's pretty niche. To me, this is a mixed bag. There's a lot going on and it really drags it down at times. But there's nearly always a solid backbone to it. Your mileage may vary on whether you enjoy the execution. "Cloud Song" is decent enough. "The Garden of Earthly Delights" is pretty good. For me, pretty middling overall.
This was pretty interesting. Fun, innovative techniques, especially for the era. Did I enjoy it? Sure. Am I going to listen to it again? Nope.
listened to the wrong album by the wrong band first and both of these albums were quite nice but also had some annoying parts
one of the best united states of america's that i know of 3/5
Mum: We have The Beatles at home. The Beatles at home:
Sometimes these experimental psychedelic albums from the late 60's can be bit too much, but i kind of enjoyed this one.
#381 / 1089 Heard before? ❌ Revisit? ❌ (but maybe few tracks will end up on a playlist) "Pre-kraut" sounds on this are awesome, some of the other soundscapes are very familiar too from latter recordings. But the music here is a whole another thing, from what I understand it's nothing like the other comparable stuff of the era. I'm conflicted. On the other hand I love the psych and hippie elements, on the other there's too much artsy orchestral contemporary pop stuff going on for me to properly enjoy this, but there are gret moments here and there. Weak 3/5
Teils schön weird, aber begeistert hat es mich nicht.
there's like something to it Will I listen to again: 5%
I was almost filtered by this album. The opening two tracks made me feel physically nauseated. But I’m glad I stuck it through. Maybe one of the better psych rock albums I’ve listened too and I feel like it’s a more listenable audio freakout than the Beatles’ White Album, which released a whole year after this. Is it worth opting into the additional tracks from the re-releases that double the length of this? I can’t really say. I don’t think it massively added or detracted to the overall experience - some tracks were decent but I can’t help feeling that ending on the original closer (The American Way of Love Parts I-III) would be a more cohesive experience. YMMV.
Buen disco de rock psicodélico, por momentos no me gusta tanto, es un buen proyecto. Medio circo a veces.
This is a historically important album, and for listeners who love experimental rock, it’s a treasure. But as a front‑to‑back listening experience, it’s more admirable than essential. A decent 3/5 feels right: inventive, influential, and intriguing, but not quite a masterpiece.
A very weird mellow psychedelic album. It grew on me as it went on.
This was alright. A worthwhile listen but nothing particularly special or noteworthy.
Feels like Zappa meets Jefferson Airplane. Really oddball but cool
I cannot give an accurate rating of how I really feel about this record. The closest I can approximate is that it’s in superposition of a 1 & a 5. What I do for sure know, however, is that cooking Easter dinner to this fucking thing is a horrible mistake, and I have no one to blame but myself for that blunder. Most stressful cooking session of my life, and I wasn’t even doing anything too big. Anyways, have a 3 I guess.
Definitely some jams here, but i thought it was just okay! It could be the volume i was listening at and i may have to go back in and do it louder but this didn’t exactly hit me in the way i feel like it should’ve.
Psychedelic music from people who don't look like they take psychedelics but definitely sound like they do.
This felt like the most diverse set of sounds and styles that I can remember on a non-Weird Al album. I can't say I knew what was happening, but I think I enjoyed it ok?
Music to get high to and go "The government man... the government..."
3 stars
A very strange but wonderful record. Can't say I enjoyed every second, but every second was interesting.
I love the chaotic vibes. It’s a little long tho
Based on what I read, I really thought I would hate this album. But, it turns out it was mostly enjoyable and an interesting listen. I didn't find it to be too psychedelic and out there so as to be unbearable. Instead it hit a sweet spot of psychedelic enough to be interesting but not lose me in the noise. Some songs I could go without and others I was super impressed with. The only thing stopping this from being a 4 for me is that I'll probably never listen to it (or a track from it) again.
Psychedelic rock at it's finest. You need to be very high to fully enjoy this.
Jamais écouté avant. Top : The Garden of Earthly Delights Flop : Cloud Song
Weird but like the vibe (60s)
Multiple times I checked to see if I wasn't accidently playing something else in another tab
Weird album. If there was a political message in here I didn't get it. But I liked the singing on here, and the old timey musical bits.
As a person who is on record as liking nonsense... I liked this. Ended up accidentally listening to the extended version, and I still liked it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Totally avant-garde man!
too much
Enjoyable to listen to, not something I would probably listen to again, but it was decent.
Les années 60 ont fait des trucs sympas et originaux !
Some great songs some annoying nonsense. The woman has a great voice, bass player is top.
Probably important, but also a bit annoying. I occasionally enjoyed a song, but was then confronted by another few minutes of repetitive droning. Not one I'll come back to.
A wonderfully weird album coming from a super chaotic political year
Das wäre eindrucksvoll wenn es die Beatles nicht gäbe
Wer glaubt, das Beste an Sgt. Pepper sei die letzte Spur auf der LP, der ist hier gut aufgehoben. Für mich dann doch zu weit abgedriftet. Eine gute 3, mehr geht leider nicht.
Eigentlich ganz interessant, vielleicht ein wenig psychodelich für Sonntagmittags. Aber nicht innovativ genug, um Clean einen Mehrwert daraus zu ziehen.
I had to take a little break in the middle of this to watch zero effect and moneyball with my grandfather, but it was pretty good. It wasn’t as dated as a lot of 60s psychedelic on here. It certainly stands the test of time better than something like Piper At The Gates Of Dawn. Favorites: Hard Coming Love, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Coming Down
I'm glad to have albums like this pop up. I would have never found this otherwise. This is a definition of psychedelic experimentation. What I like is that it just throws things against the wall to see what sticks. To see what works. Some of it doesn't work, but some creates magic. Now the version of this went on for too long. I think the original release was 10 tracks. That version would have been enough for me. It's not easy to see that other releases of this album that go on past that have added on "bonus tracks" which are either entirely different songs or alternate and not nearly as interesting versions of previous tracks. I definitely 100% enjoyed the discovery, but I don't see myself going back to it.
This record felt very diverse from track to track. It's great musically, and ends up being kind of like an acid trip. Favourite Track(s): Hard Coming Love, Coming Down Least Favourite Track(s): Cloud Song
Not completely horrible I guess. I was expecting weirder. This is like a 2.5 rounded up to a 3 because the United States of America beat Canada in the gold medal hockey game today 🇺🇸🇺🇸 🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅
Gotta respect any 60s album that actually sounds ahead of its time! Standouts: The Garden Of Earthly Delights • I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar • The American Way Of Love
Hmm. Definitely some really interesting and bold choices in here but it feels unfinished. The first three songs or so are pretty dull but there's really great stuff like Garden of Earthly Delights and the last track. Can't say I enjoyed it, but I appreciated it.
Certainly understandable as a groundbreaking album for its time with the integration of synthesizer and orchestral elements into a psychedelic journey. Still, I found the overall feeling of the album to be more unsettling than mind-expanding which at times put me off.
Favorite Track: The Garden of Earthly Delights
I mean, it sure is experimental and psychedelic, but once you get past the cacophony of it all, it's not too different from other albums that ask you to drop acid before diving in. I enjoyed a decent amount of the album, but can't say I liked all of it.
Reminds me of Candi & The Strangers
Weirder than the experimental psychedelic mash-up of Jefferson Airplane and Bare Naked Ladies putting on a Circ de Soliel show. Musta been some good drugs involved. (3.49*s) United States of America, ahead of the curve in 1968.
Creative, weird, interesting and confusing. This album is a truly a mixed bag as at various times I was thinking to myself both "This is kinda cool" and "What am I listening to?". Overall it straddles the line pretty effectively because because when it ended I was happy I listened to the album. A weird one-off project from a group that immediately disbanded in the wake of the release. I'd welcome a listen to another album if they ever released one just to see what else they would explore. Credit it to them for mostly threading the needle on what could have otherwise been a complete failure. Not a fan of the name of the band at all though. 2.68 stars
An oddity from the late 1960s, this album is firmly rooted in its era. The production techniques and equipment of the time leave the sonic profile feeling thin and treble-heavy, noticeably lacking in bass and depth. While it offers a quirky and occasionally fun listening experience, the record feels somewhat one-paced. It’s an interesting historical curiosity, but for me, it doesn't warrant more than three stars. I doubt I’ll be returning to it. Side one 1 "The American Metaphysical Circus" (3/5) 2 "Hard Coming Love" (3/5) 3 "Cloud Song" (3/5) 4 "The Garden of Earthly Delights" (3/5) 5 "I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar" (3/5) Side two 6 "Where Is Yesterday" (3/5) 7 "Coming Down" (3/5) 8 "Love Song for the Dead Ché" (3/5) 9 "Stranded in Time" (3/5) 10 "The American Way of Love" (3/5) Total - 30 Average - 3 249/1001 138/249 albums reviewed were new to me
An interesting psychedelic album that approaches experimental and avant- garde at times. It doesn’t always work but is an interesting album that probably needs a few more listens.
It was fine, I guess. I didn’t really like all the experimental sounds to the album, but I liked some of the music.
idk man
It's like a lot of psychadelia from this era; it's groundbreaking, but it's not actually particularly pleasant to listen to. I much prefer where the genre went in the 70s (esp through prog). But hey, it's not boring!
This is actually a jam! Probably wouldn't put it on again but fun to listen to
Conflicted on this one, there are some really really cool moments and it's so clearly influential and ahead of it's time, but it was a struggle to get through and some of the weird circus noises just did nothing for me. It does sond incredibly modern in parts though and you could mistake the good bits for a Beck album, you could probably say the same for the bad parts actually. ultimately it's just too long and lacking consistency, but there is a great album in there waiting to be edited out
Album #1,031 I have never heard of this. They were certainly trying to out-psychedelic everyone (The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, the Kinks) with this thing. It is very hit and miss. Some of sounds were just shrill and unpleasant, or too "hippie" sounding, but there was also some interesting stuff too. I waffled between a 2 and 3, but I guess I can round this one up.
quentin tarantino would’ve loved you, i on the other hand, kinda do kinda don’t
It's like you've been taken to see the off-off-off-off Broadway version of Hair, put on by a friend of a friend's leftist collective, and it was better than you expected.
The American Metaphysical Circus 3.4 Hard Coming Love 3.6 Cloud Song 3.2 The Garden of Earthly Delights 3.5 I Won't Leave My Wooden Wife for You, Sugar 3.3 Where Is Yesterday 3 Coming Down 3.7 Love Song for the Dead Ché 3.3 Stranded in Time 3.1 The American Way of Love 3.4 Score: 3.35
A very cool, Zappaesque album without guitars. Way ahead of the curve.
This is a perfect example of a "what if?" album. The United States of America released an experimental, psychedelic rock album infused with electronics, showing they were pushing the envelope. Unfortunately they broke up almost immediately and what they could've done is lost to interpersonal issues within the band. All that said, the record is a little too cleanly produced for my tastes (especially for psychedelia), and the vocals are so-so, though I do see the reasoning for its inclusion in the 1001.
3.5+
An album by the worst country of the last quarter millennium. After the United Kingdom/England took the previous "despotic 250", the USA was determined to overthrow their former ruler and did so without any difficulty. Through attempted world domination through covert destabilization operations, global cultural indoctrination, and a domestic culture of fear and desperation despite abundance never before seen in human history, the USA cemented their place amongst the most evil of empires ever! Congratulations to them! I for one think they can grab the next 250 by the scruff by making this the very last 250 EVER. I believe they can do it!! In honour of what they could feel was upcoming, "Rand" Forbes and the gang tried LSD at Berkeley and ascended to the 17th level of consciousness before the prestigious award season here in 2026. I know what you're thinking. Was that guy really married to a wooden spoon? The answer? Yes, trust fund kids who have read Das Kapital and have a regular mushroom habit are top 5 most insufferable groups on planet earth. Right behind motorcycle/affair dads and of course, people who share uninformed opinions on the internet. Hey! Stop pointing. If this really was the USA, I'm sure this would've been interrupted by the dim echoes of a public shooting nearby, or perhaps a news bulletin notification where a government agency quoted "Mein Kampf" as a rationale for repealing crucial environmental protection legislation. Seeing as I am not there, I listened to this front to back. It's a little interesting, a lot pretentious, and mostly just another group of bored (and likely wealthy) middle Americans attempting to find personality at the bottom of a vial. With that said, they do produce some good ideas and a few surprising riffs, so this is certainly not the most egregious example of the boy/girl discovers hallucinogens phenomena. 3 HIGHLIGHTS: The American Metaphysical Circus, I Won't Leave my Wooden Wife for You, Sugar, The American Way of Love
3⭐️/5 01.20.2026
I mean... yeah... it is what it is. It's a bit weird and experimental. An easy enough listen though. There's some fun elements to this, but it's not really the kind of thing I'd come back to. It's an awkward 3, because I liked it enough and kind of appreciate the intent, but it's not something I'll ever think about again.
Take my review for Jefferson Airplane and scratch it - THIS is the album I thought would be just another '60s band with all the same sounds and boy was I wrong. I went through a rollercoaster of emotions with this one but in the end, I enjoyed it overall. It had an album-y ness that almost makes me want to listen to it again to try and get the nuances. The fact that the wooden wife song shows up twice but with different vocalists and just slightly different lyrics is fascinating - as are the through hook musical moments that show up.
Kind of reminds me of Country Joe & The Fish. I didn’t care for about 50% of the album.
A little unusual.
Was fine
Was decent tbf
This one was very interesting. Nothing I would go back to but I liked it. 3 stars.
Fun experimental album but no specific song stood out
Quite a broad mix going on here, generally enjoyed it
Some aspects of this album I did really like and see how it influenced a lot of later psych/trancey songs so that was cool to listen to! I’m sad they didn’t release any future albums because I can see how their sound after their self titled album would’ve developed soooo well.
Most of the songs are kinda scary, sounds like smth out of an arthouse horror film. A very long album. Fav song is ‘The Garden of Earthly Delights’.
I can understand why this is on the list. It has an oddball quality to it that must've been so bizarre in 1968. That said, I don't think I'd ever come back to this. 2.5/5.0: Mixed
very odd album that kept me guessing what would come next. it made listening enjoyable the first time around but not something i care to listen to again
There’s some good stuff here. It’s all over the place though.
This is fascinating. Everyone goes on about the innovations in Pet Sounds and Sergeant Pepper, but this came out a year later and sounds way more modern and pioneering in a lot of ways. The content of the songs doesn't have the slightly conservative nostalgia that I think you find in those other records, either. Not an easy listen though, very spiky and strange.
Idk man usually I like the out there albums but this was just okay
I’d describe em as the American Beetles, album wasn’t bad, kinda weird, might have to listen to a second time but for now. 2.9
Strange mix of songs! Some were great others but very good.
Psychodelic rock with experimental compositions. Pioneering technics in music. Stressful.
iznenađujuće dobro ali podosta nedosljedno
I have a ton of admiration for this album. Like I appreciate that this album is definitely a foundational album for psychedelic rock, the problem is it definitely shows its age. Like the only thing this album needed to push it over the edge towards being a 4-5 is it just needed an edge. Like the edge could’ve been like a really dark sense of humor or more directly if this album played around more with heavy sounds that would’ve helped a lot. I understand that they weren’t going to invent metal music, it didn’t need to go that far, I just felt too much of this album was too soft and dry. Like the cloud song is a great example. That song is much like a cloud in that it’s empty and boring. Jokes aside this album has a bunch of hidden gems on it like “I won’t leave my wooden wife for you” this song was probably my favorite on the album. But I also liked “do you follow me”, “the garden of earthly delights”, and “mouse”. Not the best psychedelic album I’ve heard but definitely a hidden gem for the genre.
Fine for hippy music
Jefferson Starship sister from another mister.
Not bad, nada reseñable
It's definitely avant-garde and different than other things happening at the time. It also sounds marginally better than most of the other psych rock out there.
lmao alright
Sure, “groundbreaking” and all that, but hard to listen to. (I’ll take the more melodic/ tempered Pink Floyd stuff when I want my psychedelic fix.)
Mixed interesting album
I won't leave my Wooden Wife for you, Sugar
what a weird weirdo journey through space and time oscillating between boredom, annoying parts and pure genius. how am i supposed to rate this as a whole??
Groovy.
Everyone’s so creative! Personally, I love when an incredible guitar riff is interjected with random trumpeting or a boat horn. The later half of the album does redeem itself.
Ok c'est bon on a compris tout le monde voulait faire son Sgt Peppers en 1968.
Wow! Kind of nuts that this was made in the 60s, there are elements here that still sound bang up to date....there's also elements that show it's age mixed in. Like a retrofuture masterpiece. Never heard it before, but will come back to it. So much going on that a single listen could never do it justice. 3 for now. Probably go up with repeat listens...
Bit of a weird one. Disliked the start but some stuff in there is decent. Felt like listening to 5 different artists.
I have somehow never heard of this band... It's okay? Decent.
так и не поняла фишку с одинаковыми песнями но мужскими и женскими голосами (и в принципе какая концепция у них - мужчина или женщина солист или это два мужчины), в целом музыку тоже не поняла)
Totally 60s
this album is all over the place but in a gooood way. many different vibes, kind of like a more experimental beatles.. interesting and enjoyable!
Very kooky, sometimes jarring, sometimes cool. Based on the start of the first song I thought I would detest it but by "The American Way of Love" I was hooked. What a cool album. It's more of an experience than music to put on. But I enjoyed my listen.
Absurd project. Parts are hard to listen to, while other tracks are hippy-silly and a pleasant grove. Must’ve been fun to produce, given all the shameless sex and reckless drugs that went into the making. People shouldn’t be so hard on this album. It was a truly fucked up and joyous time in America. 60’s kids were the best!
Um disquinho bacana de música psicodélica. Vale pela curiosidade, mas tem pouco a acrescentar.
Some good stuff and some meh
I liked the tracks where it all got going a bit, but too much of it was just a bit too, er, mind-expanding for me.
Psychedelic and trippy. That’s all there is to say about this. Must be a one hit wonder. Maybe not even a hit. Yeah baby yeah!
It’s an intriguing listen and interesting from the perspective of being an obscure artifact of the hippie era. It does feel a little like a “let’s take drugs and see what happens” vibe and I think for most of the album the listener would benefit from being on these same drugs. I was not on any drugs and found it okay, but very obviously outclassed by the major psychedelic records of the era (Odessey and Oracle, Sgt. Peppers, etc.).
Funky. Different from everything else I’ve had so far, and I’m surprised I’ve never heard of them.
Ehh
Love the experimenting with a lot of different sounds. I dont think I’ll be returning, but I’m glad I listened. There’s better 60s psychedelic out there
Well this was a weird one. The rock parts were better than the circus parts. Honestly wasn't quite sure what to make of this. I understand the... Need?.. For an artists to express themselves on their own terms because if they can't... Well then it's not art is it? That being said, I feel that the clown noises didn't exactly jive with the very cool and well composed rock. Psych piecess of the album. It was interesting to say the least. Highlights include "garden of earthly delights", stranded in time "," tailor man"
Didn’t hear all of it but inoffensive
Pretty interesting/great in parts, but balanced with some really obnoxious parts.
(68/100)
Psychedelic electronic, leftist, musical
Another 60s psychedelic band I have strangely not heard of considering how much I appreciate the genre. First song had too much experimental sound. The band are known for excluding guitars and using, uncommon for the time, electronic instrumentation. However, by track two the wonderful melodies were shining through with the instrumentation enhancing, rather than obscuring the songs. I was torn between 3 and 4 but as I am not sure I will listen again, 3 stars.
After getting over the fact this wasn't the Presidents, lots of the psychedelic stuff was great. Use of synth was welcome and novel for the time. I'm the end the slow tracks and some of the variation dragged things. And any time a man sang.
There were some interesting bits here and there. It got very beatlesy at at least one point. The use of synths in the otherwise fairly hippy poppy tracks was kind cool. But overall I was really drawn in much. It was fine I guess.
Some interesting sounds here
I can appreciate what they were doing, and how they were participating in the pysch scene. I genuinely think some of the songs are good.
I found "Do you follow me" to be an excellent song and liked the lyrics of a number of the songs. The music itself however, was uneven at best. I found it interesting overall, so I think it is worth having on the list.
Hard to believe this came out the same year as The Beatles' "White Album" and Van Morisson's "Astral Weeks". This sounds way ahead of its time. I got Country Joe's "Electric Music for the Mind and Body" a few days ago, and I'd MUCH rather listen to The United States of Ameria. That said, I prob won't be listening to this again any time soon. It's a little too difficult for a casual listen. 3 stars.
While one probably needs to be on drugs to fully grasp what this group was laying down, this is psychedelia that seems to know what it’s doing. Very intriguing, but not something I would ever go back to.
Never heard of this band, uniquely interesting, and more listenable than most psychedelia of the era. Not that I’d be racing to listen to it again, but a decent discovery all the same
Interesting, but almost not interesting enough. I’m sure this was mind blowing in the 60s, but the intrigue doesn’t hold up for me.
This was a fun re-listen
Okay. Fine.
Oh yea, another experimental psychedelic album from the 60s. The songs the woman sang on were mostly good. Some were even great. But the album as a whole is not something I’ll ever listen to again.
I'm not sure I can say I really enjoyed this album, but I'm really glad it was included in the collection, because it's always interesting (to me at least) to get an attempt to do something a bit different. I like their early use of electronic music (sorry, electronic sounds), mixed with very academic-inspired leftist lyrics, and suffused with what I've always imagined "psychedelic rock" is supposed to sound like, all played by a fairly average-sounding band that didn't last very long after the album was released. They didn't exactly succeed in hitting any of their targets, I think, but they get an A for effort/intent. And I love it that there's an adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh's "Cloud song" nestled amongst various diatribes against American capitalism. Living the USA dream!
I have listened to this a few times over a few days to really give it a chance as there are sonically a few interesting things going on that were ahead of the curve for an album recorded in 67. Unfortunately the songs themselves are a little derivative beatles pastiches.
Interesting and eclectic.
Interesting
Meh …. Yeah. That’s all I got.
An uncomfortable listen which keeps you off balance this album is an interesting mix of electronic sounds and Jefferson Airplane-like psychedelia - singer Dorothy Moskewitz even sounds like Grace Slick at times - but the whole is like everyone involved, players, singers and engineers, were on a bad trip. There is pop music, Avantgarde strings, Latin masses, horror movie scores, oompah marching bands, fairground calliopes; the lot seemingly having intentional pitch issues, all a little ‘off key”. I didn’t ’enjoy’ this but would give it another listen. Just not now…
This was surprisingly entertaining. There were parts I did not like, but other parts I really did. The mix of vocals from man and women was appreciated. The album was too long though.
Cool production and instrumentation. Performances are all solid. Songwriting is a bit lacking, making it kind of a slog to get through. Garden of Earthly Delights is a highlight. I was relieved to see i was listen to the deluxe edition, and the album wasn't actually 20 tracks long
Never heard of this group before, but this is pretty good for psychedelic rock. Sometimes there's a little too much going on for my tastes, but some of the songs really clicked for me, like Garden of Earthly Delights and Love Song for the Dead Che. 3/5
This is one of those albums that needs to hit you on the right day, when you have time to lay back, chill and “experience” it. Unfortunately for me, I got this on an extremely busy Tuesday when I had no time for anything except work and chores around the house. Under other circumstances the psychedelic avante garde nature of their experimental would probably be cool and different. But to me today, it was confusing and I didn’t connect. I should give it another go when I’m in the right mindset. 3⭐️
Much better than expected, trippy hippy 60s folk
I thought this was interesting for a once through, but wouldn't come back for more. The 60s has been perhaps the most consistently interesting decade to explore through the list.
An experimental rock record that actually means it. There’s no shiny guitar licks or sprawling arrangements with “psych rock” slapped on it here. This is actually bona fide weird 60s shit. LSD is a hell of a drug. Tons of ideas and textures here. I’m impressed it holds together as well as it does. The engineering choices are really interesting as well. That being said, there are definitely pages from The Beatles playbook here. Kind of a curiosity. I’ll have to revisit it to really get my teeth in there.
kinda cool
It was interesting, I can see the goodness of it but it's not my taste.
After the initial shock, this album grows on you. This is firmly in the psychedelic department all the way through, and heavily influenced by The Beatles' White album and Sgt. Pepper, without reaching their level, but with enough ideas to hold its own. 3/5
Curious album for me
The really abstract circus-like sound collages were too much for me and the tracks featuring this were an exercise in patience and really drug this album down. Otherwise, enjoyed this very sixties eclectic mix of styles.
Je m'en suis sortis vivant, mais pas indemne. Je suis 100% pour l'expérimentation musicale, tant que j'ai pas à l'écouter. En vrai, il y a des moments nices, mais tsé, à quelle prix? Ça mérite un 3 de participation, mais je ni retourne pas de ci-tôt
Not the worst psychedelic music out there, however track 1 really wants to play all of the circus sounds at once.
As 1968 psychedelic as it gets. Fine but don't need to listen again.
Trippy but not particularly exciting or memorable for me. I could see why someone loves or hates this but I felt neither. Maybe I needed to listen more closely.
This starts off sounding eery, like the effects make it so the sounds feel like they are coming from somewhere beyond the speaker in my laptop. I can imagine this would be wild with stereospeakers. That being said, I'm not sure the first song is entirely good, but certainly psychedelic, in a way that many bands from this era with that label don't achieve. Second song is a better track, and with the same echo-like effect, and something that sounds like tracks played backwards. Maybe slide guitar reversed? Hard to tell. Some moments get pretty goofy--like on too many mushrooms goofy. Wooden Wife is a good example, and the first track on the album. I'll definitely have to go back and listen to this under the influence at some point. With Where is Yesterday, the album hits its strongest song yet, and Coming Down is solid as well. Definitely Jefferson Airplane vibes here with the female/male harmony. In fact, that comparison comes in and out throughout the album. It's kind of like they took what Surrealistic Pillow accomplished and tried to push it further, with mixed results unfortunately. The high points are right there on that wavelength though. There are some more circus tracks after that, and plenty of marching band music, skipable stuff really that screams of "too many drugs" rather than the right amount of drugs. 3/5
Was that samplings?
It's hard to remain objective when an album is this annoying. Anyways, this is a cool album to talk about, less so to listen to (for me). LSD and sonic experimentation go together like smoking weed and doing laundry.
When it's not just noise, the songwriting was actually okay
***An ok album, easy listening
Ništa genijalno ali ipak zanimljivo. Ima bolje i gore dijelove, poprilično izrazite. Bolji imaju odličnih ideja. Gori su poprilično dosadni uprkos izrazitoj psihedeliji.
what. the first minute of the first song sounds like if you stitched a marching band and a circus together. and the rest sounds mostly like a normal psych song. and i dont know why but everything on this album sound diferent from each other. so weird. so when people asked me "where were you when we were getting high?", i can say "well... here?" 3/5
Psychedelic, experimental, and creative ... but the lyrics are sometimes too hyper-focused on the issues of that era. As a result, it feels that the band spends more time trying to make political statements than they do creating and exploring an interesting melody.
Experimental psychedelic rock. I get it, it might've been ground breaking and pushing boundaries and the precursor to lots of cool music, but that doesn't mean I necessarily enjoyed it. It just felt all over the place to me. There were some things I felt that worked, but the rest just dind't connect for me. That's not to say I think it's bad, I think it's well made music, it just isn't for me. Standouts: Hard Coming Love, Coming Down Rating: 3/5
Relatively enjoyable late 60s psychedelic rock. Looking album though. Would get a higher rating if listened to while on acid.
60s sci fi, proto prog rock, mixed with typical 60's flower child vibes. Really interesting listen, but likely not going to revisit this.
Two quirky west coast 60s albums in a week, what’s not to like. Less ‘fun’ than the Prunes, but equally varied. As is always the way with more experimental albums, you only really remember the songs that are less so. But it’s entertaining to hear the electronic bits and random noises, even if for obvious reasons they are not slick in the mix. Decent singer as well. I have listened to this in the past, and it didn’t leave much in the memory. Doubt this listen will either, but would happily come back again.
A mix of psychedelia, experimental and proto-prog that, at first listen whilst trying to get my head around parts of my new job, went completely over my head and at over an hour, went on for ages! I've come back to it again just to see what I'd missed and realised that I'd been listening to a load of bonus tracks and the album is actually a very palatable 37 mins. With the headspace too, it's quite enchanting too and I was amazed to read that they have no guitarist, instead using _"strings, keyboards and electronics, including primitive synthesizers, and various audio processors"_ to create their sound. This comes alongside soundscapes and effects evoking sci-fi, low-key horror and the circus. It feels very ahead of it's time, that being 1968 and it's perhaps no surprise given the lukewarm reception of the album at the time, and the apparent infighting, that this was their only album and they would split, or from the sounds of it, more like slowly crumble to nothing.... great shame!
It is very strange to listen to an incredibly experimental album from a band that regularly experimented with mind-altering, recreational chemicals - or at least the genre named for the general result of those chemicals. Regardless, this album navigates the fine line of experiment and good art deftly. While it is not as accessible or groovy as the more popular psychedelic rock bands, it is quite good. In fact, it got better and better as it went along. This is a good listen!
Lots of skill checks daft tracks (including track 1) to see if you still want to go ahead and listen, but aside from these it’s an interesting trippy 60s listen. Pretty sure I heard a sample of the Billy Boys though which I’d never have expected in a million expectations
muy raro, medio experimental y rock?
Fuckin weird and kinda loved it.
I actually really liked this a good bit, but not bowled over by it. I think it's influential, in as much as it's still kind of the ground level of electronic music as a means . There's actually no guitars on this album except for the electronic fretless base, which I guess doing the only guitar like sounds in there. I find the canopy rather interesting, even though the songs aren't necessarily there. I hear a good bit Airplane, Floyd, and VU influence, with a touch of the Beatles. But as I said, other than "Hard Come Loving", and to me the very Beatlesque track on here "Stranded In Time", I find the music pretty much lesser versions of pop songs of 66 & 67, yet still quite palatable. I do despise, however, the fact that they ended the album with a musique concrète piece "Love Is All", but at least that predates "Revolution #9" by a good six months or more, and much shorter. All in all, I think Silver Apples would probably be a better example of late 60s electronic music in the late than this. (7.6) ★★★½
Too carnevalesque for my taste. 3 stars
Beatles copycat psychedelic music but not the best
I kind of wish it was weirder, like this album really could have benefited from some Frank Zappa vocals. I think it’s a thing where the whole is greater than the sum of its part, but a lot of the parts fucking suck. The drummer is just bad. I can’t tell if his drums just sound bad or if he’s not technically skilled. Also Garden of Earthly Delight is such a great example of a shitty ass 1960s song. Like it’s the best song on the album, but SOMEONE went to art school and needs to flex their nerd knowledge. Ergot, lemonous, choleric, and carrion are all words that don’t need to be in the same song you dork. Anyway, this is fine. Every now and then they do something I enjoy.
Was pretty good.
Clown music fits the USA theme i guess
Kokeellinen ja aikaansa edellä, vaikkakin ei ihan itselle nappaa. Hieman turhan pitkä myös.
Psychedelic rock with an art rock theme, political circus music gives way to Sgt. Pepper. I really liked The Garden Of Earthly Delights, Coming Down, and Stranded In Time, but a lot of the rest of the album gets bogged down in the theme (common with art rock in my opinion) and is less enjoyable while being more weird. If this album was cut in half I'd probably like it much more.
This album started out a little bit too experimental for my taste, and I almost abandoned it early, but I stuck it out and it got better as it went on. The layering of instruments on top of the main groove felt a little awkward at times, but the vocals were pleasant and the music was interesting and unique. Not one I'd revisit, but glad I listened.
Trippy... might give it another listen while exploring my inner mind 🍄
Pretty weird. Pretty cool.
So weird, so eclectic, so ahead of their time. There are some horrible tracks here, but 4-7 + 9 are really good psychedelic pop songs. Best tracks: Where is Yesterday and Stranded in Time
On the extreme end of psychedelic 60s, sometimes a little too out there but it has some pretty engaging moments.
A bit of a mess but some good stuff in there. I don't think I'd consider this essential listening though.