Da Capo

A couple of good garage rock songs. But the baroque stuff is just really not my thing. I enjoyed the other Love album on the list more.

2.5/5

2.5

The strange style of this album did not resonate with me very much in certain parts. And perhaps psychedelia was quite new at the time but this does not feel very psychedelic at all. The voice was occasionally annoying to me. Seven and seven is was my favourite track on this album. I did enjoy the bass and the noodling on the guitar at the end. I hated the use of the harpsichord, flute and whatever else they used. It gave me immediate heartburn and made me feel like I was watching a medieval play on acid. Maybe that’s where the psychedelic aspect of this album comes in.

Love's debut was garage rock, and Forever Changes is obviously very pretty folk/psychedelic rock, so I expected that Da Capo would be a bit of a mess in transitioning between the two. It sort of is? But also in the first half of the album they're more focused on the pretty folk psych stuff, with the exception of "7 and 7 Is", which does make its appearance a bit jarring and not entirely welcome, even as an acknowledged garage rock classic. Revelation is a lot more of a mess, and I really don't need 20 minutes of blues in my life, but it's not all that far removed from the Seeds' Up in Her Room, so it's actually kinda fine? Overall not nearly as good as Forever Changes, but still surprisingly worth your time!

3.3 I got a fever, and the only prescription is more harpsichord. For a 38 minute album its sure got a lot of different themes/types of 60's music.

Sounded ok, wouldn’t relisten.

This is just a psychedelic mess. I didn't "love" it.

Thoroughly enjoyed this album. Every song sounds familiar, but also different. Joyous and happy vibes listening to this.

4 stars pretty much for Revelation, which is a fantastic psychedelic odyssey of a song. The first 6 songs are pretty good, if somewhat forgettable for me. I was feeling 3 stars here but the epic closer elevates the album.

all over the place - baroque pop, harpsichords, flutes, shifting time signatures, the frenzy of "7 & 7 is", and Revelation - a John Lee Hooker style jam which rambles on (and on) for all of side 2. some of it is wonderful - Revelation is, however, a dull self-indulgence

Not my sort of thing unfortunately A solid "ok" 3 ⭐️

Love is a band I'd maybe heard one song from prior. This is their second album on the list and I'm a little surprised that their sound and name didn't have more staying power in the intergenerational zeitgeist. This isn't as strong of an album as Forever Changes but it's still a good album.

? Early PsychodelicProgRock. Entspannter Sonnen morgen am Balkon. Album läuft gut durch. Höre ich es nochmal, wahrscheinlich nicht... C

меньше сотни послушала, а понять не могу зачем столько одинаковых рок блюз альбомов

Most of it felt like a warm-up act for something better. That said, “Seven and Seven Is” absolutely rips—an explosive, proto-punk banger that stands head and shoulders above the rest.

5/10

This sounded like the poor man's Doors. Which is like 5 steps removed from anything I'd want to listen to.

What an interestint blend of genres. I respect how they mixed rock, jazz and some Bach. However, apart from the last long track it was not my cup of tea.

Overall: 10/10 I'm blown away by the fact that this album came out in the 60s. There's a lot of genre blending here, with some folk, punk, psychedelia and even some latin influences sprinkled in for good measure. The album even closes with a goliath 18 minute track, a rare occurence in the 60s. I had such a great time listening to this and I'm glad to have a new favourite. Fav Song: ¡Que Vida!

Not my jam.

Það eru næs barokkpoppmóment hérna, og stundum fín sjöundatugargrúv. Heilt yfir er þetta oftast ágætt, en þetta 18 mínútna revelation lag í lokin dregur plötuna hressilega niður.

There's some cool stuff in here, but not enough to merit more than a 3. I love the fashion -- very west coast hippie. The music is just ok. 3/5

Sounds like the special guest star band on an episode of Scooby Doo Where Are You?

A little paych, a little folk, a little rock and jazz

Not a huge fan of this one. Side A is decent but I just don't love this style of 60s pop. The production is weak and performances loose. Side B being an extended jam doesn't help

There's a few genres on offer here. There's a bit of folk, some punk, some psychedelic rock, some pop. It's actually quite surprising considering this came out in 1966. The last track is 19 minutes long, which isn't a problem in itself, but it is when a vast majority of the middle section is like what bands do at live shows. It's just endless noodling and wankery as if the band members are being introduced by the lead singer. Honestly a good 15 minutes of this track is meandering shite. Overall a somewhat interesting album which maybe would have gotten a three or four from me if it was 1966, but today it's getting a two.

Achei foda, bem legal 7,5/10

OMG - ugh. Sorry - -just doesn't do it.

последний трек по классике не выдерживает моей критике, а так в целом неплохо

Da Tago Mago more like. This shit fucking slapped, especially that 18 minute track at the end. Every track was clean and beautifully produced for 1966. Pretty underrated record right here.

I accidentally gave Simon and Garfunkle's Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme a 3 instead of a 4 because I was rushing so hard to give this one a 2/5. Thank god I never have to listen to this again. Grunting, boring, dry.

It was ok though I'm not sure why it would be included on this list. Nothing stands out

Hippie core

Good but random as all hell. One minute they sound like the Doors, the next like a jam band, the next like CCR. That randomness hurt my opinion on the album.

Fun album, nice and short but ultimately forgettable

hippie psych

coupla bangers

4 stars

Offensively average. Just another bland 60s album that I did not need to hear before I die.

1. ztephanie - 0 2. orange - 1 3. vida -0 4. Seven -0 5. Castle -1 6. Colors - 0 7. Revelation - 0

Apparently I already listened to their other album. I couldn't remember a single song from it, I only recognized the album cover. I have the feeling this will also happen with this album. I might understand why it was on this list, there is something foundational about it, but nothing grips you. The 18 min jam song was a bit much

Comprehensive, strange, innovative.

Yeah, no. Just no. Nothing memorable and didn't even realize the album ended because no song was memorable.

Is this list literally just like "here is music that came out before the list was made"? Like, this isn't anything it really isn't. Maybe, MAYBE I could have gleaned some enjoyment out of this, but then the fuckers had to put an 18 minute track at the end, like omgggg fuck off bro that drops it to a 1 star instant.

Interesting enough, might revisit a song or two from this album, but largely indistinguishable from other records of the era.

i did not like any songs.

Psychedelic mix of blues, folk and prog.

Fantastic. Think I love 60s Psych.

Pretty good. Not great. But not bad. Kinda...you know, alright. It had some good parts, and some tedious ones (particularly side two, the overlong "Revelation"). Several parts had me recognizing that the boundary between "Psychedelic" and "Drug Music" had been crossed over and jumped back repeatedly.

It's nowhere near as good as Forever Changes.

I think my final position on 60s Psychedelic Rock is this: if just one band had come up with it, and done one album, it would be a really cool album. But instead, every band came up with it, and did many albums, to rapidly diminishing returns. The whole thing is diluted past a point of being able to even appreciate the good stuff. With that said, this is maybe the good stuff? I gave it an honest chance and it sort of delivered. A bit more edge than a lot of similar ones, some actually cool instrumentation. It was fine. If it was the only psychedelic record I would probably think it was great.

Love has a better album than Da Capo, one that actually has a hit that stood the test of time (you’d recognize it if you heard it). Da Capo is pretty bad though. There’s something inauthentic about it. I know all public art is performative by nature, but this feels performative in a way that’s trying to sound like contemporaries and accomplish a similar attitude already bottled by the most unhinged musicians of the time. This is still pretty early for the punk influence it projects, so it’s interesting in that respect. Doubt I’ll listen to this on purpose again though.

60s love for the masses.

3/5

why the fuck is there so much flute? it feels like vocals are for one song and the instrumentals are for a completely different one.

I quite enjoyed the good vibes until the final track where we hear a meth head tweak on the track for what feels like a lifetime

Kuka ihme haluaa kuunnella kaikki nämä biisit kaksi kertaa putkeen? Välillä meni toisesta korvasta sisään toisesta ulos, välillä kamalaa huutamista, välillä hirveitä huuliharppuja tai mitälie.

Taas meni varmaan puolet heti toisesta korvasta ulos kun ei ollut kovinkaan kiinnostava. Välillä oli ihan hyviä melodioita mutta ei kuitenkaan napannu. Vika biisi täyttä sontaa. Piti ite säädellä äänenvoimakkuutta että välillä kuulis jotain kun tuli hiljasta ja sitten välillä laulaja vaan huusi.

Wild! 15 minutes for the first 6 songs, 20 minutes for the last song! Baroque rock, very flowery and orchestral, with lots of different genres fused. I think albums like this are a little much, but I did enjoy it!

I like Love in general, this isn't their best work. Will probably need another listen

60

My second Love album. My first one was 'Forever Changes', and I felt very neutral about it. However, my feelings about this record are way different. The first half of the album is incredible. The melodies on 'Orange Skies', '!Que Vida!', 'The Castle' and 'She Comes In Colors' are absolutely wonderful and beautiful thanks to their intricate melodies. 'Stephanie Knows Who' and '7 and 7 is' are very energetic and weird, specially the latter when they scream 'BOOM-BIP-BIP, BOOM-BIP-BIP, YEAH'. My big problem with this album comes with the last track, 'Revelation'. It is a 19 minutes jam session, and it comparision with the rest of the material, I find it to be quite bland. There's nothing here that was impactful or even interesting, but at least is passable. If it wasn't because of how much time it takes from the project (literally half of it) I might have given it 5 stars. With that in mind, I think I may need to check out again 'Forever Changes', because it is considered to be their best by many people, but now for the moment, as I'm not up to date with this list.

Not a patch on Forever Changes. Dated, noodly, not a winner.

Hippy freak out jamz.

Album 909 of 1089 Love - Da Capo (1966) Rating : 3.5 / 5 Today’s album was Da Capo by Love. Some nice psychedelic rock here. Nothing that completely takes it over the top, but still a fine listen. It definitely represents the genre well, with those swirling guitars, odd little twists in the arrangements, and a mix of both gentler passages and more driving ones. The long closer, “Revelation,” may be hit-or-miss depending on your taste, but it shows just how experimental the band was willing to get. Overall, not an album that blows me away, but certainly one that holds its place as a snapshot of the psychedelic era.

I've been listening to this since the mid 90's and I think it's outstanding. Revelation has to be one of the first songs that takes up an entire album side and it's probably my favorite track. Love's first 3 albums are classic.

Didnt leave much of an impact, maybe I'm getting used to psychedelic rock. Last track was pretty cool but I wouldn't be seeking this out again. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

the soundtrack to vanilla pudding

Inoffensive

Released in 1966, this album feels early for the creative explosion and experimentation of the late 60s. Yet, "Da Capo" contains so much of what made the decade great. There's classic rock n roll, folk, psychedelia, baroque pop, and heavy jazz influence. I feel like I can hear bits of what would later come from The Velvet Underground. The first side is not perfect but it's wonderfully balanced and completely free. One of the best suites of music of the era. The second side consists of a single sprawling, screaming mess of a track. It was a pretty outrageous thing to do at the time. While it's not something that will appeal many, it probably did break things open in terms of what was allowed in music. If the first six tracks weren't so good, it might have never been heard. Sadly for the band, it didn't help their chart success. But cult status would await them.

Already tried this one. Should like love but don’t

A little too jam band. Short album, but felt much longer.

Decent but better albums from Love.

One interesting proto-punk song, the rest is pretty forgettable.

Excellent early psychedelic record. Side 2 doesn’t add much.

Stephanie Knows Who - 4/5 Orange Skies - 5/5 ¡Que vida! - 4/5 Seven & Seven Is - 3/5 The Castle - 4/5 She Comes in Colors - 5/5 Revelation - 2/5 Average score: 3.9/5 (rounding up)

Had heard of Love and listened to their Forever changes album which is apparently highly acclaimed, but well I don’t actually remember it but know it didn’t lead me to listen to any of their catalog, but here we are so here goes. That was hard work, maybe I somehow need to be living in California in 1966 off my face? To get this. Appears they predated the Doors so it isn’t a parody record, which was my first thought. It’s quite the epitome of California flower power and on a couple of listens when acclimatised it wasn’t as bad as initially thought, where to be fair I thought it was the worst record of the time I had heard. 3 Star

Revelation alone is enough

I can do long songs but the 20 minute guitar solo on this was not where it's at. You're not Jimi Hendrix twin. Otherwise decent Psychadelic rock, but literally only 20 minutes of it Imma go 5.8/10

We should be listening to 'Forever Changes' and not this album, if we must. Bad production, mediocre vocals, and very mid band talent. Let's do better.

This was a pretty good album

Perfect immortal classics! Masterpiece. I love it.

Really good! I think this was punk rock before punk was a thing.

Eine Offenbarung waren die 18s Bach am Cembalo auf Droge.

This was fun

Most second albums are awkward. Houmous & Chutney are probably the only band to have never released an awkward album. Even when they tried. Their second album ‘Awkward’ out sold Fats Domino by ten fold! 2.5 4/14 - Seven of Seven Is

Sounds like exactly the thing that would've topped the British charts back in the hallucinogen-drenched 60s. I'm a little surprised it didn't. In fact, quite the opposite is happening in the present day: none of the songs come close to breaking a million streams on Spotify, suggesting that modern audiences don't appreciate this album's existence very much. And longevity is, of course, a very real part of what makes music good. The style is reminiscent of the Doors without Manzarek's keyboard/organ and with an uncanny-valley Morrison soundalike (but still much weaker). And, of course, without the hooks, riffs, or pizzazz that made the Doors so successful. The compositions are *okay* but nothing that inspiring. Every song on side 1 is decent, except for The Castle, which kind of spins its wheels in the mud without getting anywhere. The 19-minute Revelation, taking up the entirety of side 2, is a pretty feeble attempt at a proto-prog jam session that never really settles on any good hooks, chord progressions, or anything worth sitting through a second listen. I'll stick to my Pink Floyd prog epics. 2/5 Key tracks: Orange Skies, Seven and Seven Is

Ummm it was alright but that 18 min end song really threw me off lol but it was pretty standard psychedelic rock not great, not the worst thing I've heard

Really not sure how this made the list. Being generous, its pretty average fair at best, and it doesn't seem to be any more ground breaking than any other record of the time.

Loved it far more than I expected

Half of this is dross, but half of it is kind of fun. I think the weak parts do outweigh the good parts, though, so the album as a whole is disjointed and not consistent.

Five BIG fucking stars!

There's nothing wrong with this album, but I didn't find much to distinguish it. Somewhere around two-thirds of the way through Side 2 I realized I'd kind of tuned it out and was letting it play in the background. Which isn't fair to the album, but also, it kind of says a lot about what the album is like. Or at least what my take on "jazz rock" is.

The tambourine on the last track: the guy was so off that he changed from offbeat to onbeat! Also the singers were out of key on almost all tracks. How could anyone with good intentions put this shit on this list? "1001 albums you hear and want to die"

71/1001 :: Love - Da Capo Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ✅ Rating: 7 Listen before you die: Yeah Fav Songs: 7 and 7 is, Que Vida! Quite a mixed bag album from the 60s. Which made it a bit of a schizophrenic listen. My guess is these cats did a bunch of acid and maybe while making this album. That said, the songs are an interesting explosion 60s styles (folk, psych, hard rock). I probably won’t go back a million times but I would go back.

Ein Album mit mehreren Trouvaillen. Für die 60er hervorstechend.

Is an 18 minute closer self-indulgent? Yes. Did I kinda like it anyway? Yes. Did I stop liking it so much when the vocalist started just staright-up screaming into the microphone? Yes. 2/5

2.5 - weird psychedelic. Not great not terrible

Ok tier

Da Capo This was a bit of a struggle, the whimsical psychedelia not really piquing my interest, all just feeling a bit trite. Forever Changes I liked, and gave it a 4, but nothing on here is as good as anything on that, the only thing I really liked was the long but enjoyable Revelation, which had a nice groove and some decent guitar lines and runs. It also doesn’t sound quite as good as I remember FC sounding, the drums feel a little insubstantial in the left channel and some of the mixing seems a bit scattergun, although there is a nice, round bass tone. I will revisit Forever Changes, but I don’t think I’ll come back to this, the winsomeness just overpowers it for me 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 Playlist submission: Revelation

Less sophisticated than their eponymous album, and confined within the trappings of contrived 60s pyschedelia, half the time it gets lost up its own psychedelic pop fundament. A harpsichord here, a flute there, a change to waltz timing over there. Why are there so many of them on the cover? Does it really takes that many grave looking fellows to produce such whimsy? And I've just read the organist is called Alban Pfisterer. I'm sure there's a joke there about being a Pfisterer and having a silent p. Maybe this was an important one for the time. It's certainly warming up for Forever Changes. As an album it doesn't hang together. But some interesting moments.

Didn't make a big impression, was fine

It was genuinely fine until the last track which felt like being psychologically tortured. Hell no.

There are signs of a great album to come. But for now, it's mostly uninspiring rock music.

Well this was unexpected. I am more impressed by the fact that this album came out in 1966 than by the sound itself, but I am willing to admit to be glad to have heard this before I died

Listened Before? N Lots of psychedelic stuff on this list. I'm not complaining but I AM surprised. This one was not as good as some others, but better than others. I liked the really long jam sesh at the end, and Orange Skies is a banger. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Orange Skies

Fine 5.0. Last song that everyone hates is the best one.

My Flash On You is one of my favourite songs of that era, and there are some great songs here, too. But as an album this is a mess, veering from the extended R&B jam of Revelations to the looming essence of The Doors on some of these tracks. Brilliant in places (Seven And Seven Is), but patchy overall.

I really like the beats and music in about half the album, but the song/melodies are bland at best and some more excessive parts drag this album down for me. Feel like there is talent and potential here but not much more than that. Sound feels very 60's and ultimately nothing special. I feel like there could be another album from this band that's fantastic, but as it stands I didn't really like any of the songs. It wasn't terrible or anything, but I have no desire to listen again and will probably have forgotten this album in a few days.

Doors rip-offs and a whole side with a bad jam recording.

I liked their folky vibe.

I didn’t enjoy the shitty doors

Hmm, some interesting bits with harpsichord and flute, but the lead singer's voice is a tad on the annoying side. There's been better.

Squeaky sound and vibes

Listened to the wrong album by accident, the covers were quite similar. Was about to land them a solid 3, until the reviews mentioned songs that were not on that album. After listening to the actual album, I had a Revelation and dropped two stars. Checking the artist, their third album is considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time, so why are we not listening to that one instead?

Franchement ça m’a fait peur mais au final très sympa et hyper rapide, j’ai passé vraiment un très bon moment

Good / different for this era of the mid - 60s. Not great. But good experimental type rock.

Me gustó? No se

Creo que estuvo bueno, pero raro

Nothing great. It was different but not mindblowing. At least now I know who Madonna ripped off the beautiful stranger song from

the first half of the album sounded pretty good. the last song, which according to wikipedia spanned the entire side two of the record, was an extended jam session basically. and if there’s one thing i really am not into, it is extended jam sessions. if side two was more like side one, i would probably give this a better score.

Meh.

Groupe inconnu. Bonne découverte ! L'accompagnement est très varié et original : jazzy, latin, parfois rock un peu plus énervé. Avec aussi un peu de sax, flute, et autre ... Et le long morceau 'Revelation' est rempli de chorus variés, malheureusement gâché par le chant. Je le ré-écouterais certainement ! Mais il ne rejoindra probablement pas ma collection à cause du chant. =>3/5

Wasn’t a fan. Typical 60s lsd music

The vocals ruin this music, otherwise I may have liked this

That b side blues jerk off really killed a killer album.

1966 I'm aware of the respect this album gets, although I've never heard it in full before. It does sound dated, but not in a bad way and the tracks I'm familiar with came as a surprise to find them here, particular 'Seven and Seven Is', which is decent and sounds very influential for what was to come from stable mates The Doors. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit 🫳 Now I understand ★★★☆☆ (6/10)

4.6

Enjoyable though not something i usually listen to

This is the hundred ninety third album I’m rating. I’m assuming Revelation will be bad. Adding to my Playlist - Orange Skies and The Castle. Not Adding to my Playlist - Stephanie Knows Who, ¡Que Vida!, Seven and Seven is, She Comes in Colors, and Revelation. All in all I liked 2/7 songs. Pretty whatever album. Pretty bad second half.

Orange Skies // Seven and Seven Is // 2.5/5

Sounds like the doors, with the harpsichord or whatever. Also a little too much flute. Guys voice and the flute got pretty annoying, and album ended with an 18 minute song that was not good. I wonder if psychedelic rock is not for me.

Han Solo :)

A mediocre offering ruined by a terrible side B.

mix between pink Floyd and Beach Boys..pretty good

love me some 60's music but this was a miss. Trying to sound like other artists?

Great band, this album was some classic psychedelia and had its moments, but it didn't grab me the way some of Love's biggest hits on Reel to Real and Forever Changes do. The longform jam tracks felt over-indulgent but maybe that's just my bias.

Pretty mid? Wasn't sure what to make of the last track taking up half of the entire album length. Tracks to Track: Que Vida

I didn't hate it. The long song was long.

10/10 The word “Love” doesn’t do justice to how much I adore this band

MASTERPIECE

Pleasant

Yeah. Um. I'm not very familiar with Love. I knew Alone Again Or and that's it. This album starts out with 2 songs I don't like, but are pretty good for their separate genres. Que Vida is a children's song that mentions killing your brother Seven and Seven Is could be a Murphy"s Law song if they came from SoCal and not NYC. Revelation starts out like a Chris Issac Forever Blue era song and quickly deteriorates into a Doors song. I'll probably never listen to this album again

i love (no pun intended) this era of music and adore a lot of Love's contemporaries, and yet somehow their appeal seems to allude me a bit. most of this is pretty good, but mostly feels like a good, but unremarkable late 60s garage album. half of the album is dedicated to an 18 minute jam (which i guess was truncated from a 45 minute jam) that kind of is what it is, but isn't very interesting ultimately. there are some nuggets (no pun intended) on here ('7 and 7 Is' and 'Stephanie Knows Who') but most of it, to me ends up firmly in the "good, not great" camp. there are some interesting instruments used here that I wish were used more, mainly the flute and saxophone. arthur lee's songwriting often leaves me wanting more, and not in a good way. once again, i liked it, but i just wish it appealed to me more.

It's a mix of garage/psychedelic rock, some protopunk and occasional jazzy moments. It's super varied, but most of what they try works pretty well. The singer is pretty average, but has some great moments, like the "Come On!" from "Stephanie Knows Who". The singing on "Orange Skies" is pretty good too, very laid back. He's also excellent in "Seven and Seven Is", super energetic and powerful singing. The sax and flutes are very good, Cantrelli adds a lot to the tracks with jazzy passages that sound beautiful. The rest is pretty average, though the occasional harpsichord is a nice contribution, and the guitar shines from time to time, particularly during "Revelation". The good of the album is how they can move between genres and nail the sound pretty well, "Stephanie Knows Who", "Orange Skies" and "Seven and Seven Is" were by far the best songs here. I didn't like "!Que Vida!" (weird typo in the track name btw) or "The Castle". "Revelation" is nice, but a 19 minute track feels a bit self indulgent, even more so when the performances aren't THAT good here to justify the length.

In between the Doors and the Zombies, this is quite good with original chord progressions and energy. Last song is a hilarious parody of The Doors! (At least I think so) 3.6

It's like a summary of all the psychedelic tropes that were big in the 60's, but done just poorly enough to be forgetten by everyone, except the compilers of this list apparently.

Felt like a mix of everything.

A bunch of noise.

Turns out I hate Love

Entertaining and chill, with just enough pep to keep interest. It's better psyche/soul than I thought it was going to be!

Favorite Track: Seven and Seven Is

Can we bring back flutes? The first album I heard from them on here has stayed one of my favorite new bands I have never heard of and this album continues that. Very interesting sounds coming from a band and genre that feels oversaturated with similar sounds. What I find interesting is that they take tropes that are used by other psych rock bands and either slightly change them or turn them up to 100 which creates a unique quality that I have not heard in other bands of the genre. Everything was great until we got to the 18 minute song where the singer proceeds to scream in the microphone for a solid 5 minutes, didn’t much enjoy that. 9/10

'7 and 7 is' is great I don't have the patience for filler jams like 'Revelation'

Experimental, psych-y, didn't really get it until the last track "Revelation." I'll probably put that in a playlist, although I'm not sure which yet.

American 60s psych rock. Very theatrical.

Alright pretty fun album. Orange Skies and She Comes in Colors were good, had that distinctive 60's sound. Revelation was great with some really enjoyable instrumental bits and solos throughout.

Three stars because Seven and Seven Is is great. The rest, meh.

Harpsichordy, whimsical, wafty. Not offensive, can definitely see how it has influenced other bands in the 60s and afterwards, and also how the music was working towards "Forever Changes" too.

What a phenomenal album!

Hippie shite

meeh

A little too 60s for me, but some cool ideas in there. "7 and 7 Is" easily the best track.

Some good bits in there, but overall the voice of the lead singer will keep me from listening to more from this band.

Artful hippie stuff I guess.

This feels the most generic classic rock album, nothing outstanding nothing awful. Perfectly fine to listen to but just nothing that grabs you at all.

Worst opening song award goes to Seriously bad vocals in the first song, but even it had good instruments

I wonder if my average rating will be below 2 by the end of this project. I think it is unlikely, but with how often I dislike these albums, there might be a chance

i really enjoyed this, but i found the last song to be way too long for no reason, brought my 4 star rating down to a 3

Rating: 5.5/10 Mildly enjoyable jam band.

Made me imagine walking down the King’s Road Chelsea plotting an alternative counterculture lifestyle. If this record was supposed to do that then well done. As Tony Blackburn keeps reminding us every Saturday morning - The 1960’s best decade ever. 3/5 9/7/25

Upon closer listening I'm sure I could come to enjoy this more, but on first listen it's pretty good but not incredible. 6/10

I liked this one. I was dreading the 18-minute long song that is all of Side 2, but that was probably my favorite track. It had some George Thorogood (One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer) and Doors (Roadhouse) vibes that I dug. And, since it predates both of those tracks, they get bonus points for doing it first.

It’s great, it’s kinda jazzy but it’s all over the place, and it preps you for the next even better Love album, Forever Changes. Now THAT album has one of the best songs ever written ‘alone again or’ but this is definitely not that. Still good in its own right but I can see how it’s pretty polarizing.

Interesting, psychedelic and trippy with a few holding some potential in here. Nothing to write home about, but was an interesting listen. Low 3.

Maybe I’m missing the nuance of the genre but these type of albums are over represented in the list. 2.14

Negative

I didn’t think I’d like this album as much as I do. Cool vibes.

This album succeeded in having so many things that I dislike! Flute, bad singing, folky Renaissance faire genre… I really really didn’t like this. So much that I’m angry the author for having this on the list. For real, this crap and no solo Linda Ronstadt?? Shameful.

Generally mediocre but the unnecessarily long final track drags this down even further. More to not like than like

I didn’t hate it, but don’t lure me into a false sense of security with tight, under 3-minute tracks from the get go, only to throw a 17min track in at the end.

There are few things that will really put me off an album as much as the phrase "19 minute jam session". I do not understand the mindset that creates a 7 song, 36 minute album but chooses to dedicate 19 of those minutes to the final track. Other than that monstrosity, we got a bit of harpsichord (including a bit of jumpscare harpsichord right at the end) which was my first so far on this project and some perfectly meh songs. 2/5

Odd mix

60’s rock

What is this album? And why do I kinda like it? It seems extremely unserious. It reminds me of The Doors, The Dead Milkmen, and lots of other, diverse bands. It makes me laugh and feels weirdly happy. The last song is overly long. The album cover is a hoot. What's up with that Han Solo dude? Anyway. I would never have organically come across this album. It's fun. We need more fun things in the world.

Not sure why they're here - were they the first psychaledic band? Others have done this better, even if they came later. 2/5

Well this was a frenzied surprise. What a fucking firecracker or psych rock. This album had the feel of a band that loved to rock out and when they weren’t rocking out they were groovin’ out and they were pretty awesome at that too. Another example of what I love about this 1001 project. Certified album I absolutely had to hear before I died. 5 stars

Ik vind dit een wat vreemd album. Af en toe zitten er flinke irritaties, maar over het algemeen vond ik het helemaal geen onplezierige 36 minuten. Wel bijzonder vergeetbaar. Maargoed. Ik hou hem simpel vandaag. 36 minuten relatief leuke muziek. Gewoon 3 sterren.

Beat, 1966 -> 2

this isn't the love album everyone raves about, but it was pretty nice! 8/10

I'm obviously in the minority as the last track was my favourite! The whole thing was interesting to hear what came before Forever Changes, quite liked it.

Bit rubbish

No cap I didn’t even try Forgive me

Very dated sounding, but still had something to offer musically.

Cover 5 The Doors meets Led Zeppelin. Great album.

This is a mixed bag, but a good one. Some groovy baroque pop stuff, some jazz flourishes, even a garage rock flavor here and there. Honestly surprised I didn’t hate the 19-minute closer. It kind of jams, in a laid-back kind of way. Enjoyable, even if nothing totally blew my mind. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions: - Orange Skies - Seven and Seven Is - She Comes In Colors

The last track on this album was delightful. The rest was okay!

Reminds me of Iron Butterfly. Nice but not too exciting

2/5 Not really my type but one chill song

Really nice listen.

The songs were very chill and a bit meh until the "Seven and Seven Is" song, which seems to have the most listens, where they just turned into a whole different band. Overall, pretty meh stuff, it's alright but not really that great, it just sounds a bit empty. I understand that this is a pretty old album, so given that, this must've been pretty cool back in the day.

At first I was going to give this three starts. It sounded to me like psychedelic rock with a bit of a punky flair to the vocals but ultimately pretty uninteresting and uninspired. I liked that the songs were short and to the point. Then I was subjected to the song Revelation, an almost 20 minute jam sesh that was so self indulgent I had to pause a few times to get through it. Standouts: None for me Rating: 2/5

6.5/10 This had some excellent moments but was some way off the quality of the classic album that followed it. Kind of crazy that this was recorded about 6 months before Forever Changes. The final song, a not-great jam session, shouldn’t be anywhere near an album Best: She Comes in Colors

TAKE THE BROWN ACID I REPEAT TAKE THE BROWN ACID YEAH DO IT

It’s like a worse version of The Rolling Stones, The Doors, and Jefferson Airplane all in one. That being said, all but the last track (Revelation) were pretty good. Just not as good as the three other bands I listed. Revelation sounded like a wanna be Iron Butterfly in the means of stretching out the track but yet was just non sensical

This is awful. Mainly because of the vocals. I hated it.

Immediately forgettable

Perfectly harmless, somewhat enjoyed the first couple but very rinse & repeat

Although I would love to rate this album higher, it would do a disservice to other albums that I have put into this range. The first half has almost nothign to write home about, but the last tune, Revelation is exquisitely long which as we well know, is one of my favorite song qualities. Psychadelic, weird, messy, and clocking in at 18 minutes and 59 seconds long, I loved this piece. 5/10

3/10…psychedelic rock / baroque pop

It’s like if you asked AI to make you a psychedelic 1960s album - all the expected ingredients are there, but there’s something a little bit off about it, creating an uncanny valley effect. But, you know, in a good way.

When I was in England town The rain fell right down Ahhh, the rainy town of England.

Re lindo album en su mayoría. Es una especie de rock pop psicodélico que me recuerda a I Talk to the Wind a veces. Tipo flautas y órganos y una batería bien curiosa etc. Algunas influencias de jazz por ahí. Amo Orange Skies y en general los temas son divertidos y re lindos. Lo único es que el último tema es de casi 20 minutos y habla básicamente de q le chupan el pito y en general el que canta anda medio drogado demás. Me resulta medio aburrido a veces pero tiene partes muy buenas como cuando entra el saxofón y el solo de batería después, etc.

This band has some range

Interesting listen but no real standouts. No real reason to come back.

It was fine, I guess. I don’t think it does anything that others didn’t do better.

Most of the songs had good music, but the singing was just ok. Orange Skies was a breakout hit. The rest was just mediocre. Best song: Orange Skies

6/10

ja soa random 60s record halt wieder. gut aber nix besonderes

Very mid forgettable rock; watered down clone of 60s bands that are actually good

A very cool 60s album I'm surprised I'd never heard of. Doors-y at times, Stones-y at others, and its own thing sometimes too. With a radical 19 minute closer

Not my kind of music, sorry! After a sequence of great albums, it was some how difficult for me to go through this. But, as I stated, this is a purely subjective opinion, I'm not into this particular kind of music, this definitely didn't stuck with me

Cały ten rock zlewa mi się w jedno. Co to w ogóle ma być, sześć krótkich utworów a później jeden dłuższy od pozostałych razem wziętych. Frustrują mnie takie płyty, nawet jeśli instrumentalnie są na wysokim poziomie. Po co? Po co ta płyta i po co ona tutaj? 5/10

Da Capo é um velho conhecido meu. Já ouvi inúmeras vezes tentando entender um pouco melhor o motivo de ser um disco tão celebrado. Tem algumas boas canções, como Orange Skies e a ótima Seven and Seven Is (que tem uma bela versão do Rush no EP Feedback). O pop psicodélico de She Comes In Colours dá o tom do que viria nos próximos anos, talvez já tendo Pet Sounds como uma de suas influências. Num geral, poderia ser um bom disco, se não fosse pela longa Revelations, que abre de maneira promissora com o harpsichord, mas desemboca em uma extensa jam blueseira sem foco ou nada que justifique sua duração. Da Capo soa hoje como um álbum sem tanto brilho, mas não é difícil entender seu valor histórico em uma época de experimentação e expansão dos limites da música.

Esse disco é do ano que o rock começa a virar gente grande com o mergulho de cabeça na psicodelia (Beatles, Zappa, The Kinks, entre outros). Em "Da Capo", o Love apresenta a estética que chega no seu auge no ano seguinte com o "Forever Changes". O uso do cravo, principalmente, e dos sopros, contribuem para uma sonoridade rica e diferente do que vinha sendo feito na época. Pop, melódico e viajão.

A pretty OK album. It's pretty forgettable outside of that beautiful flue in Orange Skies. Not enough to round it up. 2.4/5 - > 2/5

Little weird, but not bad

The hat trick is complete, this makes three psych or psych-adjacent albums in a row, and damn me to hell, I liked all of them, spoiler alert for this review I guess. The main impression I get from Love, a band I hadn't really heard of before this, is that they *must* be (secretly) wildly important in the grand scheme of rock music. This album just has that feeling, this is some very ahead of its time early psych. The psych pop songs here are about a year ahead of their time, with Orange Skies, Que Vida!, and She Comes In colors (coming, themselves from '66) sounding straight out of the summer of love. These songs are colorful and breezy and pleasant, but they aren't the most interesting part of this album to me. That would be the more rock cuts, Stephanie Knows Who, The Castle, and *especially* Seven and Seven Is. These songs all highlight extremely forward thinking rock songwriting and aesthetics, and tie it all together with intense performances, especially Arthur Lee, who absolutely *rips* into these songs with his vocal approach. This is all best exemplified on Seven and Seven Is, an absolute proto-punk barn burner. The bottomless well of covers of this song (by artists such as Alice Cooper, Rush, Robert Plant, Deep Purple and more) go to show how much impact this song had on the development of rock music as it leaped into the '70s. Now, this is all well and good, but these songs are all on the first side of the album, the second is one song, Revelation, an 18 minute monster of a psychedelic jam epic. When half of your album's runtime is a single song, that song better be *good* and Revelation delivers. Lee's vocal approach slowly cranks itself to eleven between an onslaught of creative and compelling solos from the entire band. I don't have much else to say, its really that simple, and its awesome, never before has 18 minutes passed this quickly. This album is a lot better than I expected, I can't tell if I just like psych, or if I'm just getting really lucky.

My Rating: 4.6/5 Psychedelic Breadcrumbs This album is like: • The sound of falling in love with someone you just met at a poetry reading in Laurel Canyon • Being serenaded by a garage band possessed by the ghost of Bach • Accidentally joining a cult… but like, a well-dressed cult with harpsichord solos

The music is more interesting than the lyrics and I can see how that could have inspired later artists. I like the rythmic changes and the improv part. The flute is a bit much though.

Just strange enough to keep my attention most of the time, but I'll probably still forget about it quite quickly and I don't think I will feel a need to revisit this Standouts She Comes In Colors Revelation 3/5

Veel Love voor Love en de waanzinnige Arthur Lee. Maar dit is bij lange na niet hun meest evenwichtige werk. Het is wel echt een fundamenteel muziekstuk dat de LA psychedelic scene van zijn tegenhanger in San Francisco doet onderscheiden, wat niet vergeten mag worden. Twee totaal verschillende scenes. Maar zoals ik al zei, chaotische momenten wisselen pure magie snel af, waardoor het bijna niet voor te stellen valt dat een jaar later één van de meest constante en solide albums van de 60s werd geproduceerd door Love. Nummers als 'Orange Skies' en 'She Comes In Colors' namen al wel een voorschot. En met proto-punk banger 'Seven and Seven Is' en 'Stephanie Knows Who' laten ze zien dat er ook wel echt bite in zit. Maar het is net niet dynamisch genoeg voor een 7. 6,5/10 Highlights: Orange Skies Seven and Seven Is

En nog maar een 60-s plaat. Love altijd lekker. Proto punk! Deze plaat niet zo op mijn radar. Verbaasde me over de gelijkenissen met the Doors, ook de stem van Arthur Lee. Alleen rockt Love zonder hammond-orgel. Producer van deze plaat had met een the Doors plaat af en kom gelijk door met Da Capo. Geen toeval dat het gelijk klinkt dus wellicht. 6,5/10 Highlights Seven and Seven Is Revelation

very strange very nice. I don't get the hate for revelation

Good side it is not that long. free forms and jamming … really can’t remember a thing. I prefer jazz when it’s jazz

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Nicht schlecht

++: ¡Que Vida!, 7 and 7 Is, Revelation +: Stephanie Knows Who, Orange Skies +-: The Castle, She Comes in Colors 7,0/10

Jazz Rock before the genre is defined. Designed with two different sides it stands behind its following album Forever Change.

3.5/5

revelation was just ridiculous, where did that go and come from. I mean none of this was bad just weird and like it didn't go together or really go anywhere. Blip in the universe, don't hate it but probably never need to experience that again.

This is an interesting potpourri of 60's psychedelic rock. Revelation starts and ends with a harpsichord. In between some stuff happens for about 20 minutes.

Lovely psychedelic rock from the heart of the 60’s. I do Love this particular genre and it’s clear that they inspired some big bands moving forward. For example, this album feels like the inspiration in structure for Pink Floyd’s Meddle. Side one contains easy, short and to the point songs, while side two is one loooong track that challenges rock music at that point. Not much to say about the quality other than it is good, if not necessarily always great. Orange Skies is a delight. Revelation (the long track) starts off on fire and with good intentions but just goes on for WAAAAYYY too long, middling in the middle. The Doors did this on some of their songs as well. I’m sure if I had a VW van and no job, this track/album would be my entire identity.

This was pretty good. I didn’t even mind the long song at the end, it was a vibe and had enough change-ups to make it interesting. Nice variety throughout the album too. It didn’t wow me but was a perfectly pleasant listen.

Being on drugs doesn't make your music good to people who aren't on drugs. Exhibit A: this album.

Another psych rock album, another 2.

Straight mid for me

Is this our first jazz flute album? I wish the singer could be a little more in tune. The last song go really annoying in parts.

Yeah no thanks I’m good

This one had a few good parts and mostly not good parts. A number of tracks sounded dated to me. Some of the songs were decent, but there were also some that were just bad. Unfortunately for Love, this is about albums as a whole, not just the certain songs on them that are good. I think the album was dragged down by the mellow-ness of certain tracks. When the songs had more bite to them, they were much better. It was also an interesting choice to have the last song be 18+ minutes of jamming. It was an enjoyable jam, but it kinda seemed like they just needed to fill space instead of having a whole album's worth of songs. As a whole, it wasn't great. I don't think there are many situations that I would choose to put this album on and enjoy it all the way through. The couple songs that were good were good though. Overall: 2.25/5

It’s fine I guess, mostly pretty generic 60’s psychedelic rock but with good drumming. It clicked for me with the penultimate two songs but then went onto an almost 20 minute song which was actually pretty good but also just not at some parts. Not nearly as good as forever changes. Overall 5/10.

Sending me to sleep at work. Yawwnnn. Annoyed me enough I reflexively quit listening. "Oh, whew. One song left. What do you mean 18 minutes?"

this is SO 60s ! some good songs, and a long blues number to finish

these guys are always a good listen. super high energy and interesting stuff. also gotta respect having a 36 minute album with the last song being 18 minutes long

certainly funky. i don't hate it by any means but i likely will not return to it any time soon.

Interesting enough. Would I listen again? Probably not.

This shit is NOT psychedelic rock.

It's a nice album, I like it, but the last track goes on for tooooo looooong.

The first side is superb. 3.5+/5

A fine time. Nothing extra exciting but still okay

This was pretty cool. Like a crazy mix of psychedelic rock, jazz, prog a bit proto-punk even? Stands out over a lot of other more famous contemporaries tbh.

It was an experience. I will have to listen again to really appreciate it but very interesting nonetheless.

Glad something like this is thrown into this collection, need some dusty barroom earthy grounding every once in awhile

I like some thing about this but I also find it very annoying.

Fantastic!

76/100. a psychedelic rock album that has aged remarkably well, still sounding vibrant and captivating today. Its mix of trippy melodies and experimental arrangements captures the essence of the era while maintaining a timeless appeal.

- some sick bass playing - i feel like objectively i like it but it’s not fully me - the very clear enunciation by the singer is interesting for jazz rock - i love the start of revelation. the song is 18 minutes long however - sounds like a local band some of my friends are in!

She Comes in Colors

Wasn't a huge fan of this one.

Terrible vocals. Doesn't fit with the music.

Another first time listen after hearing bits and pieces from Love over the years. I do enjoy this era of music for sure, but to be honest there wasn't a ton here to really grab me and leave an impact. I figured there would be a bit more psychedelic influence, but instead I'd say the album is a varied mix of mid-60's garage/psyche rock with a tinge of exotica influence/vibe. The biggest standout to me was the singer's voice, which is very strong, but at times almost feels out of place for the era, for a reason I can't quite put my finger on. I listened to a few other Love albums after this one, and while I feel like there was more on other albums that grabbed me, overall I'm not a huge fan of the sound, and definitely prefer more full blown psyche acts of the era. The B-side of Da Capo was a bit long and plodding, without too much excitement to justify its length, which definitely isn't helping my opinion of this album. I'm sure I'll revisit this band and album, but there are plenty of other acts from mid-late 60's who interest me a lot more than Love has thus far.

Album is kinda all over the place. Some songs are fantastic and some are stylistically different and out of place

Each song sounds very different which I think was cool.

I was soooo excited, so happy, so hopeful that this record could finish the tightrope walk that it set out on. The first few songs were unique and defied a lot of the 60’s rock tropes of the time. Thoughtful lyrics about how one death leads to another life, etc. I was particularly a fan of “Orange Skies” for how simple and happy it was - the flute was a nice touch. But it all had to come crashing down eventually. “Revelation” closes the album in such a needless manner. No, this isn’t a noteworthy opus just because it’s over ten minutes and features a bunch of instrumental solos. It’s a bit boring, the looped melody it lulls into is a bit derivative. Who felt the need to do this? I’m having a hard time getting the hype for this record.

60s vibe but there are so many that are better…

Not my cup of tea

I hate 20 minute songs

I liked it a good bit, good feel to it. Wasn't a huge fan of the lead singer's voice though.

Possibly a grower. Decent psychedelic rock. Not as good as Forever Changes, obviously.

This was a tedious listen.

2/5

Godt album, minder om led Zeppelin og andre bands fra den tid

A very quick little 60s rock album. I liked Seven and Seven is and The Castle. Good drumming.

It’s very earnest, but unfortunately it’s too “Summer of Love” for me - a bit too disjointed and esoteric. I don’t love it. Standout track is: “Revelation”

This one just didn’t do it for me.

7 and 7 is great! First half decent. Last song self indulgent. Would listen to first half again but probably wouldn’t get stuck in my head beyond the hit.

Biased cos I love psych rock - the 19 minute jam at the end was fun, just felt like it wasn’t that technically well played. That said I did enjoy it

Not really my bag anyway but felt like this straddled a halfway house. Semi psychedelic whilst remaining bland, would’ve preferred if they’d pushed the psych further

- tynt gjennomført saxofon - «que vida» var ok. Ikke minneverdig - slutta å høre etter «seven and seven is»

Surprisingly really good! I enjoyed it quite a bit.

I thought that was a sheep in Revelation

I guess my dad was right. Love is overrated.

And I wish it was the sixties I wish I could be happy I wish, I wish I wish that something would happen

3 estrelas . só pela curiosidade

twas alright, considering the release date very good.

An album of some pretty dreadful tracks with a few moments of interest. She Comes In Colors was probably my highlight, and The Castle was my low point. I guess I feel that, for the bits I liked, other artists just did it better. Eg: the last track? No need for 18 minutes - just listen to LA Woman. Flutes? Try Peter Gabriel. Etc.

pretty good, but why is there a song that is 18 minutes? no

Not bad. Something I've never heard before. It has all the good trappings of the mid to late 60's quirky folk rock, adding some hard bark here and there. Unusual and unique. I don't dislike, but not sure I like enough to pursue further. This gets a 3 and thanks for the new old music.

When you have no shoulders to stand on you’ve got to start somewhere. This lot and the Doors. The start of the long form tracks. Not great but good for its time.