Reviews (page 7 of 7)
Got a vibe of The Zombies, House of the Rising Sun here. That being said, it's nowhere near that good. First track is musical discomfort. There's just a vibrant frenzy all over it. Not a bad thing, but I'm not really feeling it. Orange Skies is a total time capsule. Jazz flute, psychedelic vocals, weird song. Again, I'm not feeling it. Que Vida is jaunty. It feels like it's making fun of itself though. A this point - I'm feeling this album did not stand the test of time, but it must be influential in its own way. I see a lot of comparisons between Love and The Doors. I guess I see it...but The Doors is fully realized music. Yes, there are organs, horns, and psychedelia, but it just doesn't work. Seven and Seven Is is interesting. The rhythm section is solid. I like how it "blows up" at the end into something else. I'd have liked to see where that musical interlude goes. The Castle is the best song on the album. I'm not sure where Love went after this, and if they pursued more ballad, guitar driven baroque songs, but that's where they are strongest. She Comes in Colors and Revelation are bluesy and decent. Revelation really is the crux of the album, but I'm not really sure if this album works in the first place, and then to end it with this opus is a little unusual.
Meh
Not for me
Nothing memorable for me. I liked the other Love album more.
1966, band called Love. *sigh* lol. Here we go... Well whaddaya know, folk rock and psychedelia. Fucking hell, wasn't expecting THAT! Seriously though, there doesn't need to be any more. I get it, we all get it. This stuff existed. Is it irony if this list of things I need to hear before I die makes me kill myself in frustration, before I even get halfway? lol jk but far out, enough with the 60s garbage. 2/5 just cause the band didn't know any better at the time, and it's still better than MIA.
seem like some real psych freaks. goofy tin organs.
Kinda got bored
Het had iets maar ook niets.. not sure about this one
Another cult 60s records that I'm just not connecting with. The A-side, aside from the great "Seven and Seven Is," is full of songs that drag and feel longer than they are, full of harpsichord and flute (which just do not work). The B-side is a single long jam. And it's pretty good! This record works better when they can stretch their muscles, it seems. A full LP side is pushing it though and it doesn't make up for the first half.
Never heard of the band before but Not my type of music I felt the songs leaned more bad than good and it’s an album I won’t be listening to again 2/5
No
Cool but probably wouldn’t listen to again
Love is one of those "deep dive" groups I completely missed growing up but would occasionally read about - having a supposed "huge influence" on groups in the 60s/70s. Then when Rush did a cover of '7 and 7 Is' in 2004 I figured I had to delve in and did briefly... There's absolutely some advanced musical knowledge here - changing time signatures, varied textures and moods which on the surface should be something I usually like. Overall the album seems very "of the time" which occasionally works for me but in the end unfortunately I just don't really like any of the songs at all - nothing was remotely memorable to me. Hate to boil this down to a lazy simple word but.... boring. (additionally...it's the voice - I can't get by it.)
Honestly not bad. The vocals were mixed a little weird at times but I didn't hate it. I probably wouldn't listen to it again all the way through. 5/10. Revelation is definitely the highlight.
I wasn't a big fan of this album, but I did like Orange Skies. 2/5 stars.
Start of the album is incredibly boring. However the last two songs save it from being very bad. Las song by itself is an awesome jam, and if the whole album contained just this jam, it would easily receive 4/5 rating from me.
2/5 naaaaah
Not a mad fan of psychedelic rock, apart from The Doors maybe, but this was a fun listen. The last track took me places.
It's quite a big deal to be one of the first racially-diverse American rock bands. At the time (especially live) I can imagine this band being really good but this album to me sounds dated, I wasn't really into it. Their most influential album seems to be "Forever Changes", maybe that's better? 5/10
Has a couple good tracks but I find both the lyrics and the vocals obnoxious. The grooves and solos in the final track are just not good enough to justify the 20 minute length. 4/10
I mean it's fine. I find it kind of folksy (again) but more entertaining than yesterday. Very average.
60s we definitely weird
This is very 60s psychedelia. I might have liked it more, there are some interesting sounds and melodies going on, but it became repetitive and seemed to never stop. I only checked the running length afterwards, it tells me this album was 36 minutes long. I claim this is a barefaced untruth! I think it must have transported me into some alternate passage of time because I swear this was at least 90 minutes of time I spent wishing it was over.
Nothing too noteworthy for me.
Not surprisingly, this album isn't really my jam. It was groovy enough in that 60's style, and I could be tricked into listening to it again, but I wouldn't reach for it. 2 stars.
Was going okay until the extended jam last track...
Nothing special, not awful.
Not really feeling this one.
Eh
So I actually know Forever Changes. Um… I… um…. Don’t know what to say? Read through some reviews on this one. It perplexed me. I really, really WANTED to like it. Not even sure why I desired to like it as much as I did. The name? The explicitly mixed racial composition of its members? Because it, as a group and an album, represented the promise of the summer of love? Yeah. Well it failed. The summer of love failed. As someone else pointed out, the summer of love ended in Charles Manson. Harpsichord? This is awful. Not sure I can even give it a 2. They do seem to forecast John Lydon’s explicit claim that one need not really know how to play their instruments to make… music. I mean there’s something in Revelation, but then again, it really comes off as some music students having a bit of fun. And a laugh. Yeah. No. Arthur Lee just came back in. People say this inspired Jim Morrison? What?!? No. Sorry. Not buying that. You smoke all you want. 1 Boolean: FALSE
This album is everything wrong with psychedelic albums. It literally does all of it wrong, not much goodness to be found like other psych albums have here and there. The vocals being bad probably made this 35 minute album last a long time. The last song lasted an eternity, and is of course accompanied by the worst vocals ever. All of the songs lyrics are meaningless and seem very inauthentic. I strongly don't recommend this album.
After 3 minutes of the 18+ minute last song I skipped to the 10 minute mark and it was the same shit so I called it a wrap on this sandwich.
I thought this album would be a lot more entertaining than it ended up being. The songs are all forgettable, and while I normally appreciate a side-long jam session, the song feels like it runs out of creative steam by the midpoint. At least it's not a terribly long album?
Lijkt op the Doors. Redelijk
Da Crapo.
If you are not a band known for having 10+ minute long songs (Pink Floyd, Genesis, Godspeed You!,) you have to *earn* the right to have one on your album. This album does not do that. The first half of the album is mediocre at best, of which the only particular thing that stood out to me was the flute on One Of The Songs That I Can't Be Bothered To Know The Actual Name Of. I respect the audacity to make the entire 18 minute second half *one* song, but not enough to listen to it as intended (i.e listened to on 2x speed.) And even then, it was more of a chore to listen through than anything. Not worth my time. 1/10
not good.
Hapsi-cord klaver og fløjte.... Det er altså lidt op af bakke!
Ok, I like psych and experimental stuff as much as as the next guy. But I did not like this. The voice was amateur and cringy, parts seemed random without any plan or coherence.
Not my cup of (awful 60s rock) tea
Are you freaking kidding me? I didn't like Forever Changes yesterday, so of course I get another Love album today. FML. I bailed during the final track. Unnecessary. I'm starting to wonder how much better this list would be if it had been limited to one album per artist.
If many more of the 1001 albums are this trash I don’t know how long I’ll make it!
Wish belushi could have broke these guitars too.
I am not a fan of harpsichord.
Nope.
Yet another 60s psych album from California. The opening track is painfully badly played. They are like the Bonzo Dog Band but not played as a joke. The second track is even more Bonzo-ish. I suppose the lyrics are meant to be trippy but they just come across as nonsense and non-sequiturs. The absurd improvised (?) single-track side 2 is interminable. This style of music has been done better by other bands on this list.
No reason for this below average 60s folk rock to be in this list.
Bland
This is not the kind of list this should be on
This album didn’t do it for me.
Sadly I could not stand the voice of lead singer. Found this a tough listen
nah
I have listened to "Forever Changes" by Love and I really liked it, so I had high expectations for this. Unfortunately, I really really disliked this album. Just chaos.
another meh unfortunately
Dross, must be a generational thing
why. no.
Awful. Had to labor to listen all the way through. I couldn’t make it to the end of the last track.
Bored me senseless.
I love the oldies but this just wasn't it
I didn’t enjoy side A of this undoubtedly cutting edge exploration of blues rock. Opening with a harpsichord didn’t instil confidence, and my instincts were sadly accurate. Little did I know that I would look back on these tracks fondly as I slogged through the 18 minute long free-form blues jam of side B.
Over rated 1960s crap.
This sounded like the poor man's Doors. Which is like 5 steps removed from anything I'd want to listen to.
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
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.
i did not like any songs.
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.
Not a patch on Forever Changes. Dated, noodly, not a winner.
One interesting proto-punk song, the rest is pretty forgettable.
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.
Eine Offenbarung waren die 18s Bach am Cembalo auf Droge.
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"
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?
Wasn’t a fan. Typical 60s lsd music
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.
Han Solo :)
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
Negative
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.
No cap I didn’t even try Forgive me
This is awful. Mainly because of the vocals. I hated it.
Being on drugs doesn't make your music good to people who aren't on drugs. Exhibit A: this album.
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 shit is NOT psychedelic rock.
She Comes in Colors
Terrible vocals. Doesn't fit with the music.
Not my cup of tea
Not for me. 1/5
[through gritted teeth] the 60s rock and roll circus organ doesn't ruin this like it does most 60s rock albums because the rest of it is terrible too.
A bit weird overall, just was not feeling this one
I could die without knowing this exists, thank you.
No
This is a psychedelic rock album that was very reminiscent of the 60's. You can tell there was a lot of acid involved in the making of this album anyway, put it that way. There is a lot of run through from one song to the next, a lot of singular guitar picking, subtle drumming but most prominently a lot of weird vocals. The final song? I don't know WHAT was happening there, if he was having a wank or something during recording, I don't know. I feel like this COULD have been good but it just fell short of the mark a little bit. I didn't bother finishing the whole last song because it fucking went on forever. They definitely could have scaled back on the drugs just a smidge. Nothing sounds cohesive and it gives the album the feeling of being a mess. I know psychedelic rock is meant to be experimental but there have been others that have done it better miles better than this. It just wasn't for me.
some annoying psyche 60s rock. lyrically it's really bland, the voice and orchestration really aren't my thing. "The castle" is the only track i'd save here. the final track "Revelation" has some good moments but it's a bad track in global. Just because you have a 18min track doesn't mean you're like the Doors. lyrically, this track is so bad !
Thought the 18 min track would save it, did the opposite. Not a huge fan of LSD rock it appears
Laurel Canyon flute nonsense. Just about OK in garage rock mode, tedious in airey medieval folk mode. Revelation is a pretty good Grateful Dead jugband era style jam until the Jim Morrison impression starts and it turns into an aimless blues rave up, the jazzy sax bit with a trance feel and wandering bass brings it back to life.
1/10. Too dated. Not my style.
I looked up the background of this album and found the story of the band interesting. But the story was more interesting than the album itself. The album isn't necessarily bad, but it's just forgettable to me. The last song is what gave this the 1 star. It being 18 minutes seems like a bizarre choice. It's just a long jam session (which sounds fine and they're objectively talented) but it's just odd to listen to on an album and the random out of place screaming in the middle of it was jarring and distracting to the musicianship being presented. I like the theory that it was potentially to mess with the record label for not letting them break a contract. That being said, I wouldn't reach for it again.
All over the place in a bad way. Singer sounds like an angry Tom Jones, wanna be kinks, etc. Five short songs then one random eighteen minute track? Who would ever consider this a classic?
Garbage
I'm really not sure what to make of this... I'm pretty sure I don't like it, but I could be wrong... No, I'm positive I don't like it... But on second thought... Wait, does this mean I hate Love? Ah, the 60s were such a confusing time...
This album sounds like something I would listen to if I was gearing up for a fun day at the renaissance festival, or a few rounds of frisbee golf. Thankfully, I’m not the type of person to either of those things. So, this album failed to resonate with me.
Seven and Seven Is sounds like The Stooges fooling around in the garage. I recognise it predates garage rock/proto-punk by 4yrs, so props for that. I’ll also note that the majority of the album steers clear of folk rock-psychedelia (thumbs up from me) but unfortunately goes into this weird garage rock-jazz space. Sadly, that doesn’t resonate with me. *side-eye* at She Comes in Colors. I should scrub my filthy mind.
In places theusic is almost listenable..however the vocals are awful throughout.
1960s teenage music doesn’t resonate with me, but I will say that some of the songs really aren’t all that bad. The “kill your brother” part in the song was very odd after just peaceful bliss hippy music.
this made me irritated and gave me anxiety.
People really listen to this and think: "Wow, this is nice"?! I had to stop listening after half the album, because it was unbearable.
Sounded fun albeit a bit improv and jazzy then the final song about getting sucked off ruined it
Love stinks.
Did not love
I did not like this.
Music to induce comas by. Typical 60s cult album beloved by white boys to seem edgy and cool, but instead they’re stodgy, bloated and dull. Like this album.
This album started with a very unpleasant song. It got a little less awful for a couple other songs……but not by much. Overall, I did not like this album at all. Awful.
Eh. Too much 1960s hippie weirdness for me, and that's saying something!
This BLOWS--HALF THE ALBUM'S RUNTIME IS THE ANNOYING ASS LAST SONG WHY TF. This was a 1.5 rounded up until the last song hit. 1 star, the people who made this are musical terrorists.
Maybe it was influential in the 60s, but it sounds rubbish now.
Me dio paja este estilo
Never heard this until now, thankfully. Love late 60s music, but this is not a good example of it.
This albterum was trash. Not interesting at all.
Kun tajuntaa laajentava haahuilu vaihtuu straight up rockiksi, kappale kestää 20 minuuttia ja muuntuu haahuiluksi. Parempaa on luvassa.
I have no more space for any more 60’s weirdness. Not good.
I really hated this! Each song is uniquely terrible. The singing/songwriting is some of the worst I’ve ever heard. The guitar/harmonica extended jam on revelation is a truly miserable musical experience
The singer sounds like he just broke out of a mental hospital and that is not a compliment. In scared
Guess you had to be there.
This was a boring album; it might have scraped a 2, but the last song obliterated any chance of that. Would not recommend.
The only think I liked about this album is Stephanie's name being in there.
The Doors without Ray Manzerak, and Jim not on drugs.
Dreadful
"When I was in England Town"??? Greatly disliked this; psychedelic rock from the 60s just isn't my thing.
musical vibes.
This was a weird one. Really not for me.
Worst than a moldy shit topped with wet cat food
Just didn’t get it.
Lyrics so awful and stupid they sound like satire. A crappy band and a one star album showing glimpses of promise but ultimately falling short of two stars. Even nostalgia doesn't make this worth listening to.
All over the place.
Da Crapo
Utter shite
I truly hate everything about this. It's derivative in a time when it would be really hard to be so. Not one song has anything interesting in it.
Nah
Didn’t Love it. Needed more schrooms, man. (1.2*s)
Awful
Grausiger Jazz Rock.
Maybe it was the harpsichord, maybe it was the distinct lack of acid to drop before listening, maybe I just hate psychedelic rock but this was an absolute miss for me. The vocals were either over done or the music was complete chaos. 1/5 groovy trips
It's like 60s psychedelic punk? Very odd
Why would anyone even recommend listening to this? It is hot trash. Half way through the first track they break out into random guitar and sax solos which gave me an immediate head ache. Track 2 they decided they needed off-key flute solos. Track 3 is a weirdly terrible, yet earnest little ditty. I actually didn't mind the 4th track, a fast, rocky number. Unfortunately, it's back to form after that with another few terrible tracks that are all over the shop.
what’s another word for hate?
Last song on album good because it’s most instrumental.
Skrýtin plata og ekki skemmtileg. Til mun betri lög með þessari hljómsveit.
If I put myself in this era, this wouldn't be a Compact Disc I would purchase.
First album I wasn't able to finish.
got bored, sorry :/ DNF
dated and bad
Nope. 60s psychedelia.
they wish they were The Rolling Stones. (They were not)
Sounds like the 60's which normally I like a little but this didn't hit at all
'She Comes in Colours' DISGUSTING ONE STAR
wow the music feels so ancient. not for me. wtf is the explosion sound in the middle.
Ummm… no.
The mess is nothing short of funny here. I'm tempted to throw a bone out of interest, but far more interesting is the gap between this effort and Forever Changes. The terrible harpsichord as a closing not really did it. Meanwhile 7 and 7 Is passed by essentially in silence.
Why, why, why [Delilah]? It's not the worst album ever handed to me here, but it definitely ranks at or near the top of "why the f*ck is this album here in the first place" department (an all too popular department, I have to add).
Psychedelic sound: just not my jam.
Me aburrió
Niet te doen, tegen het agressieve aan ben ik..
Not good listening
Hippy rubbish.
Un album de 36 minutes avec une toune de 19 minutes qui n’est autre chose qu’un jam qui ne va nul part. Ça ne laisse pas grand place pour présenter autre chose. Autrement, il y a les chanson quétaines dont on est pas certain de l’intention. Est-ce que c’est sarcastique ou sérieux ?? Bref, ce n’est pas passé à l’histoire et il y a une raison. Ce n’est pas un trésor caché.
There was nothing for me here.
Really nothing redeeming about this album. Have no idea why it would ever show up on this type of list...1/5
Did not enjoy. Sounded like a random jam session with no direction.
0/5 Pants. Flared pants. I think I possess 1001 better albums which are not on this list. It should have been consigned to the archives a long time ago. Cover art 1/5
Pure random. This is a very odd album. There is no set style throughout. It just sounds like 15 different ‘writers’ came up with 15 different tracks. And not one of the 15 are any good to add salt to injury. I am saddened knowing that this album exists and that people actually enjoy it. For a band named love I’m certainly not loving this album
Never heard of them before but I guess that was the other side of the coin - You either rode a Vespa and listened to the Beatles or you had a glimpse into the 70th..... Not for me
I first heard Love almost 20 years ago. Swooned over by Rolling Stone and their ilk as ahead of their time I checked out Forever Changes (I suspect we will meet again eventually) and I hated it. Well I still hate Love. Of course this is a different album and I hoped it would be a better experience, but it was not. My entire listening experience left me making the face of McKayla Maroney (Google that if you need to) as I was very unimpressed for the duration. There are a few scattered moments that I didn't hate but they were fleeting. I didn't like one song in its entirety. The 18 minute jam was especially bad. Surprsingly, I did like the drum solo snd unless I was hallucinating I swear I heard Chewbacca like noises briefly. 5 stars for Chewbacca. 1 star for annoying hippie crap. Don't believe the hype: the were "overlooked" for a reason.
damn hippies
What?
Fine, but boring
Folk rock is not for me
Eh not my style
1.5 - first half is almost unlistenable. second half (the 18 min song) has it's good parts. I would not come back to this