Reviews (page 5 of 7)
Not my style. I’m sure it was revolutionary for its era but didn’t really tickle my fancy.
This sounds like rock and/or roll! It's heavy psychedelic rock. I already knew this album well before listening. The title track is the best and most well-known. The other material is not bad, but the title track is where the band shines. The main riff is catchy, but the entire song is structured well. It doesn't ever really feel like it drags at any point, despite many extended solos. As an album, it lags a little as side 1 is not quite as good as side 2.
Feel like this was inevitable. A mystifying one hit wonder - seventeen minute jam track with a gibberish title occupying the entire side B of the album of the same name. These guys are weird as hell. Iron Butterfuly is such a cool name though. This album started slow for me, but thankfully had a couple hits near the end before The Big One began, and of course the big one is a classic in its own right. Truly no idea how it came to be a big deal, but I respect it. Favorite tracks: In-a-Gadda-da-Vida, Termination, Are You Happy. Album art: Bizarro psycho rock art behind a band photo, and the font here actually looks dumb as hell. Very DIY if you ask me, and I can't fault them for that, but not very good. 3.5/5
Mom, can we have The Doors? No, we have The Doors at home. At home: this album. Too many drugs and too much time on their hands.
Not a bad late sixties acid-rock LP.
this album is alright i suppose. it's got the typical sort of sound that one would expect from a rock album of this era; even as it's labeled as psychedelic rock it's more of the slightly hazy sort of rock that maybe the beach boys would do? it's got some nice foundations and a VERY long 17 minute track to boot but... yeah i dunno. it's fine. i like the drums and the panning effects.
Probably not as good as Cream, or Jimi Hendrix, or The Doors, all of whom had released really good (and not dissimilar) stuff the year before. I therefore dispute how influential this actually was (m'lud). (What do I know though: I wasn't there.) I'd never heard of Iron Butterfly, or this album, before, but now know that it has a famously long song. Truthfully, if you'd told me it was a spoof album recorded last year, I'd have believed you. Saying all that though, it's actually quite good.
Enjoyed a trip back to late 60s California. I will listen to this again
A bit overwrought - and when the long awaited title track kicks in then it’s bloody 15 mins long
Some quick math. If an average album has 10 songs, that means we’re listening to 10010 songs. I would put the song “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” on the list of 10010 songs to hear before you die. However, as an album, it doesn’t merit the list.
Wait a minute, this sounds like Rock And Or Roll
Not sure I'd listen to the whole album again, but the title track is absolutely epic! I only knew the Simpsons parody version so was a fun journey to hear the full thing. The other tracks are not that remarkable, I hear bits of various other bands from the time like Beatles and Doors.. also strong sense of keyboard-prog like Emerson, Lake and Palmer. Not bad
It's a long song
Wasn’t really my thing, wasn’t bad tho, just not something I’d go out of my way to listen to
Not Bad also Not good, rather short
01) Most Anything You Want - 7,5 02) Flowers and Beads - 7,0 03) My Mirage - 6,0 04) Termination - 7,5 05) Are You Happy - 6,5 06) In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - 7,5 TOTAL: 7,00 (70/100) In-A-Whatta? Never heard of the band, let's see what this is all about. It reminds me of The Doors, which is not a bad thing. The title song should have ended after three and a half minutes. The drum solo feels so basic like someone is learning how to play drums. The rest of the songs are so-so. Some are better than others.
Enjoyed the two listens. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida remains a seminal track in the history of prog rock, and have a love of this song for what it did, but really do wish it was about 10 minutes shorter. But it's a good album overall. Probably won't listen again because I'm not a huge fan of the 60's psychedelic genre, but this was a 3/5.
Brings back memories!
Decent sixties psychedelia even if its over the top.
My uncles bio dad is the bassist. 5/10
Yeah, it's okay.
Title track is way too long lol
Psychodelic Rock der Geschichte schrieb, 68er Musik, das erste bemerkenswerte Schlagzeugsoli im instrumentalen Mittelteils dieser Rockoper. Angeblich vernuschelte der Sänger Doug Ingle den eigentlichen Titel, "in the garden of eden", während der Proben im LSD Rausch... auch ohne Drogen begeistert mich dieser Song, der die ganze A Seite belegt, seit über 50 Jahren, wahre Musikgeschichte dieser ansonsten eher bedeutungslosen Rockgruppe.
Would give 2,5, but there is a positive vibe to it, so i'll give it the benefit of my doubt. Probably best enjoyed while stoned, not when cleaning windows.
Not great for the time period. +1 for in-a-gadda-da-vida. 3/5
That was epic! A 17 plus minute B-side that might be one of psychedelic rocks best piece is at the forefront (read background) of what is by and large a really cool record. It’s clear that acid rock owes its sound and some of its existence to this monolith title track.
The titular song is great of course, but the rest is forgettable
Never heard of this too. Looks like fun. Most Anything You Want - Catchy I like it Flowers and Beads - Ooo I like this. A corny dumb love song in the best 60s way possible. Good chord progression too. The rest is fine. The title track is cool but I don't care all that much. Never been too much of an acid-rock person and this stuff is like fine. 5.5/10
In all the years of my life on this planet, I've never heard any of the other songs on this album than the title track. I've also never listened to the 17 minute version. HOW I'VE BEEN CHEATED! I love this album and the sound they created. Only gonna give 4 stars though because, you know my reasons. Going to dive deeper into their catalog, thanks for the intro!!
Okay but not for me
17 minutes In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
Don't feel like this has aged well. The epic song/jam of In A Gadda Da Vida seems excessive but it is a classic of psychedelic hard rock.
Tästä löyty aikas paljon aikalaisia legendoja soundin puolelta. En tiedä kumpi sitten imenyt vaikutteita itseensä. Neutraalin paremalla puolella.
Naslovna stvar je pet ostalo dva pa sve skupa tri😃
a struggle. but okay. nothing i would go back for, despite some of the grooves
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida I don’t think Ive ever listened to the full 17 minute version of the title track, but I do like the song a lot - especially in that Simpsons episode - but I’ve never listened to anything else by them. I enjoyed this though, despite it feeling very specifically of it’s time and not that distinct from a lot of other bands around then. Having said that there are some lovely harmonies, particularly on Flowers and Beads, and the organ playing throughout is very nice. Aside from Are You Happy and IAGDV I couldn’t quite discern the proto-metal, hard rock label it seems to get, the majority of the songs are more like typical late sixties psychedelic pop rock. IAGDV is fucking awesome though, both as a song and as signifier of a time and place. An interesting listen but aside from IAGDV and possibly Are You Happy there’s not much I would return to, but IAGDV being such a stellar track I’ll give it a ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Some fun jams in a less than 40 minute package sound me up - Cool guitar in a lot of the songs - Kinda gives me The Doors vibes
- a little harpsichord?? - it’s crazy how so much music from this era sounds like the Beatles - I feel like QOTSA was influenced by this
Whether it is acid-rock, psychedelic rock, or proto-hard-rock, one thing's for sure, the title-track taking up one side of this LP (side B) is surely a "historical" document, thanks to its instantly recognizable minor-key riff. I have a sneaking suspicion that said bluesy riff was nicked from other artists in the past, but I can't ascertain it as of now, and have neither the time nor the interest to dig any further to prove my words. Yet other rock musicians stole it from Iron Butterfly in their turn, with only a few changes in the notes here and there, that much is sure. What's hilarious is the initial meaning of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (in the garden of Eden). Pot-smoking and enunciation issues can thus unite to create iconic pop-cultural moments. I doubt 17 minutes and an overlong drum solo right in the middle of those 17 minutes provide anything that this barebones song initially needed, though. And then, there's the other side of this record (side A), with its quite banal sixties rock dirges displaying rather disgracious vocals and pointless noodling on the organ, with its player desperately trying to ape The Doors' Ray Manzarek to boot! Note how this organ solo uses the first notes of "Light My Fire" *several times* at the end of "Most Anything You Want*, by the way--c'mon, weren't there other *less famous tunes* to plagiarize in 1968??? I mean, seriously??? Oh by the way, Wikipedia points *this* out: "[*In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida*] was the biggest selling album for the year 1969 in the US, although Billboard does not give any exact sales figures. For a number of years it was the biggest selling item in Atlantic Records' catalogue." For any "boomer" out there complaining about the heavy marketing of "bad music" these days, a friendly reminder: heavy marketing of bad albums has existed *since the beginning of "pop music"*. Many testimonies tell of the heavy rotation of Iron Butterfly on the radio during the sixties. Turns out they were the tree hidng a far more interesting forest when it comes to "psychedelic music". Because honestly, and apart from the overlong title track, this album is quite "meh". I get that a lot of folks who were teenagers during the sixties have some fond memories attached to this record. But as someone younger who yet loves this era, I think this album didn't age well at all, let's be a little honest for one second... 3/5 for the purposes of this list gathering "essential albums". Which translates to a 8/10 grade for more general puposes (5 for competent playing + 2.5 for the title-track + 0.5 for the rest of the album). Number of albums left to review: 291 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 312 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 170 (including this one for "historical" reasons, but I highly doubt there will be room for it at the end) Albums from the list I won't include in mine (many other records are more important to me): 230
Good. Nothing to blow my skirt up, but a good throw back.
I enjoyed listening to this a lot, but kinda like MC5, I think you need to listen some context. There's not a ton of instrumentation at times, but what's there hits pretty hard. Glad I have this on vinyl though.
In its time this would have been good darkened room stuff and a way to get down with your friends who knew the world was changing. It must have led somewhere in an age before the music industry went off the rails with an ever increasing range of genres and unlistenable or mediocre noise.
not bad, sounds a little like The Doors
a simpsons punchline a begrudging 3 stars. its catchy even though its all white dudes. mercifully short.
17 minute song was the best part. 3.3
lmao, didn't know they had other songs. Every star only for the titular masterpiece.
Pretty decent. I remember this album as a kid. The drum solo blew my mind at that age.
Groovy, classic
Soild 60s rock album, deserves its place on the list. Actually enjoyed the other songs more than there big hit which I think just drags a little at 17 mins long. And That is hat drags this album from a 4 down to a 3.
I appreciate this for the root influence, the musical primitive, that it is. I can't say that it's all that enjoyable to listen to anymore, which makes the initial success of the album all that much more interesting, I suppose.
OK
Being such infamous one hit wonders I expected this album to be straight garbage. It was not. I was pleasantly surprised. Will I listen to it again? Probably not. But I enjoyed it this time.
The song, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is one of the best known songs from the late 60's, referenced everywhere and is so recognizable and iconic, it's one of those love it or hate it songs that often (as a joke) gets requested at live shows (much like, Freebird) that will bring automatic hatred and anger from other audience members and the musicians on stage. Who can bear to listen to 17 minutes of self-indulgence and mind-numbing acid psych-rock on a sober mind? To be honest, this might be the first time I knowingly listened to the complete song and album and since In-A-Gadda (the song) takes up all of side two, at least half the album is kind of listenable. Side one is so underwhelming, it makes In-A-Gadda, (the song) seem like a masterpiece. Some people feel the album is essential, well the song probably is at least for pop cultural reference and classic rock blocks to kill time, but overall the album is overrated. 2 stars for the song and 1 for the rest of the record.
It's a shame that I didn't enjoy any track as much as IAGDV. Maybe on later listens I'll dig it more. Even the titular song is a little self indulgent but it's pretty fun.
I enjoyed the last three songs the most, "Termination, Are you Happy", and the title song which is their biggest hit by far. As far as psychedelic rock goes they are average at best, not quite as good as the top bands.
Very very acid rock 60s. Fun!
I don't know I ever listened to the full version of the famous title track before, and it was kind of a slog. Insee the place this all plays in the hard rock/heavy metal timeline, but found it pretty so so.
Simpsonsplata, augljóslega. Titillagið rennur merkilega fljótt í gegn miðað við að vera 17 mínútna langt. Hitt er ekki leiðinlegt síðsjöundatugar rokk. Jájá, má hlusta en þarf ekki.
Mah. Iconic song, so so album.
Some great moments.
Yeaaah
What a weirdly (maybe even uncomfortably) gothic mix of Bowie and Beatles. It's... good? But also so very "of the time" that it's a bit off-putting. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is a hell of a bop, though.
Iconic song but mid album
This album had some range to it. I’ll give it another go down the road.
Some nice moments. Didn’t blow my mind
Interesting sound
This album is here really for a single organ riff, one hell of a riff too. Title track is obviously great, rest of the album is just ok.
The songs before the title track seemed very average 60s. The title track is good... but I don't think i'd listen to the full 17 minute version again.
It’s fine. The 17 minute title track is good, the rest fairly forgettable.
Only ever heard the title track from them. It was a good enough listen.
pretty enjoyable and quite short! 3*
Mid. Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it. Also, a ‘hard rock band’? I wouldn’t have guessed based on this album
Famous last track of 60 rock with heavy organ.
You know, this is a weird album. It's competently done, if unfocused and fairly unmemorable on the front half. The title track is different from the rest of the album. But it looms large over the whole thing, in good ways and bad. I mean, it's one of the more iconic rock tunes of the past 60 years, but it's also one of the most self-indulgent things you'll ever hear. It's a dark, wide ranging, psychedelic odyssey of a song, which would have been too much at the 10 minute mark. But it's weirdly enthralling in a way few songs are. Say what you will about that song, it has some staying power and is worth hearing. The album as a whole, not so much. Fave Songs: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Termination, Are You Happy
A fun listen
Ça va, la musique a 17min a de bonnes idées mais voila le pb c'est qu'elle fait 17min elle serait divisé en 3 musiques genre ce serait bcp mieux, j'aime bien termination sinon
Interesting. I liked the sound I might listen again
Kyllähän In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida on hyvä kappale (vaikka en ihan ymmärrä suvannon pituutta keskellä, kai se sopii). Muut biist olivat hauskan iloisia. Positiivinen yllätys
Pretty bog-standard forgettable batch of psychedelic rock songs on the A-side. All about the mind bending, brain melting title track that takes up the entire B-side.
well that was a throwback
Forgot that there was more than one song on this album. Now I remember why
Psychedelia. Good. Delightful. Not great while hungover 😂😂. My mirage is funnn.
I feel like this will be disrespectful to a very important album, honestly this is like a doors cover band on acid. There are som3 moments on side A that are good but it’s all overshadow by the title track which very good but in a word unnecessary. 17 mins for what? A bad drum solo? Its the first time on the album the anything but the organ drive it. I’m giving 3 stars cause it’s fine. But if you like this, just listen to the doors instead 5.7/10
Yeah, this was alright. Slow, melodic, meandering. I prefer music that goes somewhere or tells a story to some degree.
From simpler times.
I only ever knew these guys from a Simpsons episode. I quite enjoyed some of the songs, very 1968 in their way. The extended final cut was a little too much rock organ and killer riffs.
Nice basswork and some good grooves. This could’ve been left for the 1001 songs book though, if anything
Alright
Tunes that sort of straddle the line between jam and song, and as such it often sounds like noodling. At least it was all well performed, regardless of its uncertain direction, and the title track is still a classic.
I thought this was aggressively mediocre. But hey, I can say I've heard this album now!
David Bowie vibes a bit
Not much more to be said about the iconic title track which, it could be argued, was the kick off of a whole new genre. It's rediculously self-indulgent, way too long and is one of the great stoner anthems of the 60s. The rest of the album keeps the fuzzy guitar psychedelic vibe going strong. Of course nothing else measures up to In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida and it's not like I'm going to ever listen to it again, so.....3.5 stars
Those elephant noises lol
Listened Before? N Everyone has heard the title track, I believe... Or at least some of it. I really don't mind the song but I don't know why it's 17 minutes long. That being said it's definitely the best thing on this album. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Wasn’t super feeling the first 2 songs but absolutely loved the rest of the album!!
Album 132 of 1001 Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Rating : 3/ 5 Favorite Track : In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida I can see why the title track might be on a "songs you must hear" list, but not so sure about the album. It was enjoyable, but only the 2nd side is something to write home about. Nevertheless, it wasn't a bad album.
8th August 2023 Listened a day late still catching up. Same as yesterday, thought I would be another prog rock struggle but it was groovy and emotional. Plus it helps that the 17 minute epic on side 2 was the garden of Eden song from the simpsons. 3.5 if I could.
Des psychédéliqueries sans grand intérêt si tu veux que je te donne un avis objectif mon bon Robert. J'ai d'ailleurs prévu de passer prendre un café chez toi en début d'après-midi.
A part ramener sa fraise pour dire que le titre eponyme de cet album a été samplé pour l'énorme tube Hip Hop is Dead de Nas, cet album ne servait pas à grand chose pour ne pas dire à rien.
Good solid funky rock and roll album! Bloody enjoyable! Listened to it a few times as I wasn’t sure but there’s hints of Zeppelin, Doors and many more!
I'd definitely heard In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida before, many times, and over the years I've come to understand and appreciate its influence on so many bands (and, really, whole genres) contemporary to its release and subsequent to it. It's a ponderous and heavy song and it to me feels so very much like a product of its time, place, and culture (not at all meant as a criticism). I'm listening to that track again right now as I write this. It's really interesting to pick up sounds that I know so well but not from listening to this specific track; instead, they're sounds, techniques, and ideas that I've heard in many contexts since. The rest of the album is fine, a bit more anachronistic to my ears than the title track, but these songs still display what this band was about at the time and what they liked to do. Overall, pretty good stuff here, and, of course, the title track is understandably on a pedestal.
60s drug-fueled noodling
Somehow sounding like a Doors, Hendrix, Kinks and Beatles cover band all at the same time.
would you adam and eve it
3/5 I only liked the title song, and that's because of the emotional ties I have to it. It was just kinda more of the same of that era.
I actually misread the artist name for this one, was kind of excited and then really kind of confused as to why Bruce Dickinson's voice had changed so much. From that point it was all downhill. A 17 minute track is probably never going to be part of an album I love and this one reinforced that. Psychedelic rock without the charm for me. Won't revisit.
One classic rock anthem….the rest is ok, I guess. 3/5
One great song. 3/5
Solid if mostly unexceptional acid rock. I like the title track a lot and don't mind the length on principle, but it does drag some in the middle. Best song: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Its ok
I remember back in my church-going days there was a congregant who would often sing solos during services. It wasn’t that they sang off-key or anything, but there was something in the tone/timbre of there voice that was a bit off-putting (so much so that another congregant would have to excuse himself because he felt embarrassed for the soloist). I kind of got that same feeling while listening to the vocalist here, except for track four that was someone else, apparently. Just something sounded odd to me…and not in a good way. For that reason, I really couldn’t get into this one.
Along with the Doors, this has been a very groovy week so far! The first side was okay, but obviously side 2 was the highlight.
i laughed when i saw today's album, but then "in-a-gadda-da-vida" instantly got stuck in my head. the seventeen minute long track is joked about in my family, but the fact is that the song actually slaps. iron butterfly created a masterpiece of progressive and psychedelic rock in this song, and damn if it's not delightful every second of the way. the rest of the album is certainly passable. the other songs are similar in style to the title track, but like other albums with one major hit and nothing else, the rest of the album doesn't live up to expectations. the other songs allow for a flowing listening experience, but they're not noteworthy. i did think a band called iron butterfly creating a song called "flowers and beads" was cute, for what it's worth.
Ah yes, Iron Butterfly...the softer side of Iron Maiden. Just kidding. While I knew of Iron Butterfly, I don't think I'd heard their music before this album. The album itself kind of straddles a space between psychedelic (think Beatles) and acid (think Jimi Hendrix), never fully going in one direction or the other. This album was okay -- I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. It doesn't really do much to hit the 'psychedelic' nor the 'acid' angle for me. For what it's worth, the title track is amazing, but it just doesn't carry the entire album. Fun fact: This album was released on my birthday in 1968 (June 14) and I am listening to it on June 13.
The last song let this down, too long
It’s fine. The title track riff is great, the drum solo is fucking terrible and the organ noodling is annoying. The other songs are fine.
Let's not kid ourselves: the only reason this record is remembered is because of the title track. And boy do I love it when a full side of a record is just one song. 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida' is a monster, the riff is instantly recognizable, and the stretched out organ parts create an eerie psychedelic atmosphere. Side A is fine, I guess.
Come for the title track. Stay for the title track.
Rock musiikin juuristoa
This is the kind of thing I usually really like, but I found this a little mids. That last song is sick though.
Märklig mix av blue eyed soul,rock och psykedelia. Har väl inte åldrats så väl men jag är ju en boomer så jag tycker att det är lite trevligt. In-A-Gadda är faktiskt bättre än jag kommer ihåg den från tonåren.
i love “mostly anything you want” so far, thats my favorite
The title track is brilliant, but it was the other tracks on the album which I really enjoyed. The bass line in particular cut through the texture and provided a funky accompaniment to the vocal melodies.
B-side was a cool song
Pretty cool stuff, solid 3.5 (rounded down as per protocol).
Dope.
The incredible bongo band version was far better than what I'm assuming is the original of the title track. Overall pretty bland psychedelic rock, doesn't deserve a 2 but at the same time I don't want to give it a 3. Also, this album just *starts* like I thought spotify started the album in the middle or on shuffle or something. On a second listen I guess it gets a 3
Not bad old school psychy proggy rocko
Surprisingly not bad. I went in with low expectations but sometimes that’s okay!
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is a classic song, but I don’t think this album aged well. The tinny synth sound is wayyyy too present in many songs, and I didn’t think this was a great listen.
It's a very disappointing Side A leading into the hippy/stoner/jam anthem Side B
ok i mean in-a-gadda-da-vida is an all time track in its own right but it does ALLLLL of the heavy lifting on this album, everything else feels like filler building up to it. that being said the title song is good enough on its own to warrant a solid rating, but everything else is very mid in comparison.
Interesting sound! Sounds like a sloppy Elvis singing in an Animals track list, with an early metal twang in one ear from the guitar
Genres: Acid rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock Formed: San Diego, California, in 1966 Run time: 6 songs, 36 min 10 sec There are similarities between Iron Butterfly and The Doors, including the use of an organ. Both groups started about the same time and followed a similar musical path (and drugs?). Considering how many people came and went in the bands first two years, it’s amazing that (barring a couple of breaks) they still around today. Their members have remained fluid throughout their history. The tracks: "Most Anything You Want" “"Flowers and Beads"” aren’t at all acid/psychedelic. In fact, they are quite bland, easy listening, if anything it’s pop. Tracks "My Mirage" and "Termination" could have been influenced by some mushrooms (nothing stronger). Then final track on side A, “Are You Happy” is a bit more Rock than the other songs. Side B consists of one epic track “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida”. This track undoubtedly is where the label acid rock originates. The track is very cool and reminiscent of the psychedelic scene at that time. I’ve never heard of the group, but I recognised the title track “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” (which is over 15 minutes long). The single version was edited down to just under 3 minutes and proved to be a commercial success. My Rating: ***
les doors et les beach boys crossover undercover je pense
When you have an album where one song takes up a whole side, you better make sure the other songs on the other side are as good. Rush did that pretty well with Hemispheres & 2112. Yes did it well with Close To The Edge & Relayer. This band? Not so much. Most people come to listen that sidelong track, but the other stuff is 60s psychedelic pap. It just doesn't hold together well. And when half of your album doesn't work that does not bode well.
The title track/side two is epic (drum solo and organ solo). So epic, in fact, that this album sold over 30 million copies. I say that because no one could have been buying it for side one, unless they were looking for a little Doors knock off (Most Anything You Want) or imitation of the overall psychedelic sound. Side one is alright, but not as good as the one song on side two, which admittedly is probably longer than it needs to be.
One good (and bad) thing about the 60s is that there weren’t a lot of rules in place yet when it came to rock music. This band definitely took advantage of that with the title track taking up the whole of side two. I enjoyed this album more than I though I would but I did come in with low expectations. The 5 songs on side one weren’t bad but weren’t very memorable either. The playing was good. Side two had some rocking moments but the noodling would have been more impressive if the musicians were just a little better at their instruments. A 3 star album but I can understand why I had to hear this.
Not my thing at all but I get it. It’s fine. One thing I have never realised is that it’s not ‘in the garden of Eden baby’ that they’re signing and that has blown my mind.
3-4
Perfect representation of 60s psychedelic rock. Distorted guitars, heavy bass, booming drums, and of course the organ. The highlight of the album is the epic14 minute long title track. Overall a good album
It is a rather strange album, but I must admit, that I did like the vibe. 6/10
I like it. High 3.
I like this era of music. The album is good, but nothing special about it. I take it back. It's a really good album. (full stop). Nice drum solo on the side B. 3.5
A nice half an hour of psychedelic noodling. Sounds like they took the tab at the start and after 15 mins it kicked in. They mostly nip out for a cup of tea at about 25 mins before coming back in and finishing the job in the last 5.
Obviously heard the single before but hadn’t listened to anything else by this band. They are good but not necessarily my cup of tea
I get it. Kinda fun at times. Glad I know it. Not really my cup of tea, but appreciated. 3 stars
Iron butterfly- So 60’s! Reminds me of the “listen to the flower people” scene in spinal tap. The mix is kinda harsh at points. Love the yarly, grungy, meets Tom jonesyness of the dudes voice. I had this cd as a kid and was very impressed at a 17 min song lol. Still pretty cool tune but could probably have been like 11 minutes.
Very organ heavy. The drums are cool on terminator. This was maybe really awesome in 1968. Ina gadda is a good riff. Idk. 3?
Only the title track is worth knowing.
It was ok.
Okay
Rock guitarrero, psicodélico, muy de los años 60-70, un tanto experimental. Algún tema ya muy conocido. Me ha faltado conectar un poco más con el estilo
A slight surprise in that I'd never heard of it, yet it had sold so many copies - though in the USA. When it came to it I knew the signature song, of course, which is fun and prog. Sort of enjoyed it but wouldn't really go back to it.
Way past its expiration date, and often bettered. However, the title track? It’s awesome!
Why would butterfly be made of iron
Du bon rock progressif, mais évidemment le highlight de l'album est la chanson éponyme
This album its been saved by the last song.
PREFS : Most Anything You Like, Flowers and Beads, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida MOINS PREF : My Mirage
IN A GADDA DA VIDA, HONEY
Weet niet zo goed wat ik hier nou mee moet. 2x geluisterd, maar 2x is er eigenlijk niet zoveel van blijven hangen. Maar het klonk ook weer niet vervelend ofzo. Voor de vorm geef ik ze het voordeel van de twijfel.
3.7 - Some righteous organ work throughout, and an all-around solid example of psychedelia steeped in 1968 California. I imagine these guys rubbed shoulders with rock royalty like the Doors and Janis Joplin, frequenting the same bookstores, scoring LSD from the same dealers...The title track is a little sleepier and stonier than I remember.
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida as well as other songs
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is a great song with a fun drum solo part hut the other songs aren’t very strong on the album.
Can see why it’s on the list, just nothing special for me
This is fairly terrible, but I have a very soft spot for it.
Whatever... it's fine.
super epic vibes bro
I guess I now know why "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" is the only Iron Butterfly song I know. The rest of the album is fine, but unremarkable. It's certainly far less remarkable than the 17-minute (!!) "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (all praise the radio edit!). This gets two stars for being serviceable Doors-style psychedelic rock, and another for (the shorter version of) the classic "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."
Yeah, I tapped out about half way through that way too long title track. But I listened to the rest of it.
Easy to bop your head to. Upon first listening, I found some of the lyrics a bit tiresome, but as I've re-listened some of the songs, I don't mind them as much anymore. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is obviously the track that stands out the most, as it is about the length of the rest of the album. I was tempted to give this album a four, but I don't think it left me with a strong enough impression. Perhaps it will grow on me later on. Favourite songs: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, My Mirage
Well its the SIMPSONS SONG isn't it!! Very excited to hear that and assume that's the reason this is in the list. Great song. OTher than that enjoyed this psych rock stuff!
Täs on omat hetkensä. Aikansa progejytää! On tylsempiäkin ralleja toki. 3/5
Muistan jotenkin todella elävästi kun toi nimikkobiisi oli kerran läppänä Simpsoneissa. En ymmärtäny muksuna siitä mitään :D ihan jees kyllä nimenomaan se biisi, kunnon tiluttelua. Puolet levystä siis hyvää, joten annetaan 3
You know why this album is on here--one half is forgettable and the other you have heard on the radio so much that it is also forgettable (overrated)
Interesting album, would listen again
It's nice. Not my vibe right now, and nothing made me really go wow or something like that. Probably just too influential, so a lot of what makes it great has been replicated so many times already.
Doors alike
First time listening to this. Interesting but not something I'll play often.
Hypnotic and hip. I love how the track and the album name is an interpretation of In the Garden of Eden slurred by the inebriated vocalist after a gallon of wine.
For the love of god, WHY? Why, out of all the great music made in the late 60s is this fucking album on this list Okay kids, it's story time. One time, when I was in high school, My friends and I got ahold of some weed from a dealer who was not esteemed either for his intelligence or for his scruples. A bunch of us gathered at my friend's house and got stoned. No big deal. Except this weed was laced with PCP, and rather than getting stoned and sitting on the couch laughing, we went to the fucking moon. I don't have a lot of memories of that night, apart from the fact that I was involuntarily walking around with my arms in front of me like a T-rex, and I kept opening sodas, taking one drink, and setting them down and losing them forever. Why does this story matter now? Someone put on this album, side 2, and my friend Johnny and I did an interpretive dance to all of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. He was spinning in place and I was dancing around him in the opposite direction. At the time it was a beautiful expression of the power of the music that we transmuted into physical movements as we became the song. Somehow I think it would have looked a lot stupider to an outside observer who wasn't on drugs. It's a funny memory, though, and I tend to forget all about it until I am reminded that this album exists. Anyway, this album is really boring and people mostly remember it for the interminable song that takes up the entire second half of the album. It just keeps fucking going without much purpose other than to exists for as long as it can. In some ways it's a perfect metaphor for the perpetual struggle of living things to continue to exist, moment by moment, despite the fact that we will all eventually fail and be returned to the earth Or anyway it would be a perfect metaphor if this album was less fucking boring 3/5
First-time listening to the whole album, though knew the title track of course. A lot of boomer rock noodling, but My Mirage was pretty good
I get what it was, I just didn’t care much for it. It had a few areas that weren’t terrible.
Enjoyed it more musically, but some very dodgy lyrics distracted me a bit. Can see how it leads onto other things, but unsure I will be back for more.
Endelig nåke eg kan legga til i "songar som varar i 17 minutt" listo mi
was gonna say short and sweet till i got to the last track. i’m exhausted.
A good listen and a good length
It was fine. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is good for a bit but christ it's long.
Decent 60s jam jock.
Wow, ok, great prog, epic song In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida glad to have heard it.
Reko, baš me zanima koji će album biti danas na Marinin svadbeni dan (30/04/22), i eto rezultata. Dobar, ništa prestrašno, ali prolazan. Oooooh, ali sad znam odakle je Nas za pjesmu Hip Hop Is Dead koristio sample! (In-A-Gadda-Da-Ilida, krenuvši od početka) - ujedno i najdraža sa albuma (iako možda solo bubnjanje nekad ide na đigire).
Solo por el tema final y que da título al disco es probable que merezca la pena. El In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida casi que no encaja con el resto de temas y está claro que supuso un cambio en la música de esa época. Tal vez se abuse del órgano Hammond y de los coros de voces. Interesante.
Really cool psych rock
This is the first song I ever listened to the first time I ever smoked weed.
The classic "In-a-gadda-da-vida" and some other songs. The other songs were decent but this band seems like a one-hit wonder.
Rating: 6/10
Interesting psychadelic rock!
Kinda mental
Might be 60 years late here. An album from the last 20 would be refreshing.
This is a quintessential album for understanding the early psychedelic movement. While it can offer insight into the times as a whole, the unique usage and embrace of organ would help normalize this sound for countless other groups and contemporaries.
Fín bara, gruvi rokk og ról
The title track is a classic. The rest was forgettable but still a good listen.
Title track is amazing, the rest not so
The best of this album IMO: - Most Anything You Want (especially the keyboard) I don't like the voice... 2.9/5
Love the song, was curious about the rest of the album for a while. The song is really the must listen and the rest of the album is a solid meh. There are plenty of better examples of acid / psychedelic rock available. The song alone would rate a good 4 but the rest of the album along with the song is watered down to a 2.5/5.
Decent enough, title track was too short
Very ground-breaking. Good rock.
I'd never heard the 17-minute epic in its full glory before now. That was a treat. I was surprised how the rest of the album wasn't nearly as heavy, but more bluesy and pop rock-ish. Lovely harmonies.
Simpsons lol
Is this a bad trip or is that an organ in your pants?
This is an album I would listen to again. I like the organ which provides a unique sound. The title track is a bit much. If it were a live take, then maybe I could take all 17 minutes. But being a studio song, it feels too long. Still a good song overall.
Doors-lite
Boring Beatles clone 6/10
6/10. Had an interesting sound to it, title track did not need to be that long.
It wasn’t all that. 6/10
Average even in comparison to similar albums.
Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida's standout song is quite obviously the title track. The remainder of the songs are perfectly fine, however are clearly only filler. I feel younger audiences, would know the title track from The Simpsons classic church scene where Bart Sells his Soul to the Devil. The song was supposed to be "In the Garden Of Eden" but the organist was so drunk and slurring his words it was transcribed as In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Best: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida Worst: Are You Happy
The title track is a classic, and the full 17-minute long album is always a hoot, but a bit long winded. Rest of the tracks were meh.
Good, nutty and psychadelic
3 1/2
lol I kept thinking that this album title was a play on "that one song I couldn't remember the actual name of".... then the last song came on and I was like... oh this is where that comes from. overall 3
Pretty good, final track is excellent
Experimenteel jeej
oooh wat een mooie lengte heeft deze plaat, voor de rest was het wel goed maar nu niet iets dat ik ga onthouden
17 minutos una canción? Creo que sí fue exceso. El disco está decente, me sorprende que haya vendido tanto en Estados Unidos.
Favs: In A Gadda Da Vida Mehs: All the rest of it blurs together. The vocals on "Most Anything You Want" annoy me This is pretty good acid rock. But like most acid rock, it all kinda sounds like one big clump of same.
Good music accompanied by dumb lyrics.
Opera rock
The eponymous track is a slow burn but, starting at around 30% of its runtime, should be quite fun to jig your feet to.
Significantly better than i expected, only because i have low low expectations from what i perceive as psychedelic fuzz rock. The obnoxious distortion wasn't really present and though there were some dated instruments, it wasn't distracting. The tracks were fine and even 17 minutes of in-a-gadda-da-vida were well measured.
that one song is really long
The fact that I didn't save a track doesn't show that I actually found this fairly enjoyable. The title track is easily the best, and there are elements that made me understand why this sold so insanely well, but there wasn't anything that absolutely blew me away
Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Most Anything You Want, Flowers and Beads Cutting Edge: My Mirage Overall Notes: I understand that this album is primarily on here for the title track, but I actually preferred the first three songs as full songs. 17 minutes is a lot, especially for a fairly minimalist composition (drum solo was super cool though by far my favorite part, it's just a bummer you have to listen to a 17 minute song to hear it so it goes unsaved). Honestly a higher grade than I was anticipating giving it, was a pretty good listen.
17 min track is great, other tracks are whatever??
very doors-y
Wait a minute, this sounds suspiciously like rock and/or roll. I love psychedelic rock, but I’m still willing to admit that the sound of the Hammond organ is one of the worst sounds in music. It doesn’t mix well at all. Still, miles better than the Electric Prunes album I listened to a while ago. Of course, the title track is basically a meme. Favourite track: “My Mirage”
Короткий, но интересный и немного психоделический альбом
Most anything you want: very good Flowers and beads: very good My mirage: average Termination: good Are you happy: average In-a-gadda-da-vida: below average 5.5/10
The music is pretty cool. They’re all really talented and there are some cool guitar and bass lines especially. Singer kinda sounds like a precursor to the butt rock singers of the late 90s/early 00s though. Cool vibes overall though!
Cool fuzzy guitar tones, zippy lil solos. I like that the bass is loud.
Rock psicodélico tirando a algo más duro. Tienen un temazo que se llama como el título del álbum, pero ya está.
Decent sound with 'garden of eden' being the standout
Hadn't heard the rest of this album before. Not bad, although pretty different from the title track. Some of it seemed almost copycat-like to The Doors, who had just released their debut a year before.
I could take or leave most 60s-70s psychedelic rock, but I have a real fondness for the title track. I remember singing it all the time as a kid because my Dad would always sing it.
totally ripped off the doors on the first song - i do like 70s psych rock, but it seems pretty dated. my confession - I skipped to the 17min opus!
Wow! Iron Butterfly!
The title track is definitely cool / iconic (insert Simpsons reference). Nothing else really grabbed me
decent 60's phycedelia - can't believe it sold 30m though!
Didn't mind it, don't really remember it
5.5
meh. so much of the albums strength relies on the final 17 minute track. which i mean is super iconic but i dont really like it
Love a good I. Ron. Butterfly. I would say this album is a 2 but in-a-gadda-da-vida made me round up to a 3
Straight out of the late 60s. Great bass, solid drums and guitar, however I had a hard time getting into the lead vocalist's way of singing. Also the classic rock organ in this album bumps it up to a 3 star.
Does not meet its hype
I've never listened to this record, despite hearing the title track all my life on classic rock radio stations, or at least a trimmed down version of it. I enjoyed the record, don't really see why it's so important. I guess you've gotta widen the scope of this thing a little bit if there are a THOUSAND on the list, haha
Psychedelia gets heavy and helps create metal - what's not to like! Fave track - "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vita", for the song itself, glorious prog noodling odyssey that it is, and for it's use in pop culture over the years, and for the mythology of its creation!
It sounds like Austin Powers' parties. . . maybe this san diego band from the 60's inspired the Doors up in LA.
Classic psychedelia. I actually have this album on vinyl from way back in the day. Love it, but it hasn't aged very well. 3 stars.
Psychedelic rock
Timeless... perhaps not, but you can’t argue with 30 million copies sold!
great song, and since its basically half the album also a deecent album
Not bad. I'm sure the Simpsons has been referenced in this section before so I'll skip it. The title track is impressive, but certain parts can be cut probably. It's kind of a stock-standard, freak-out, psychedelic record. Favorite tracks: "My Mirage", "Are You Happy"
how you gonna hit me with a 17 minute long closing track like that
Doug Ingle drank an entire gallon of Red Mountain wine, sat down at a tiny Vox Continental organ balanced on a cocktail table, and wrote a song called In the Garden of Eden. Then he played it for drummer Ron Bushy while slurring so badly that Bushy wrote down what he heard, looked at it the next morning, decided it sounded catchy, and nobody ever corrected it. The song was originally one minute and twenty seconds long. It was a country song. This is the most important fact about this album and it explains everything that follows. The band then spent months playing the song live every single night, during which it grew from eight minutes to seventeen, acquiring a drum solo, an extended organ passage, and enough repetition to qualify as a weather pattern. They were recorded at Ultrasonic Studios in Hempstead, New York without knowing the tape was rolling. The engineer secretly pressed record, watched them play the entire thing in one take, then invited them upstairs to listen back. Their response was to redo the vocals and overdub the lead guitar. That was it. The greatest accidental recording in psychedelic rock history was finished before lunch. The first side of the album is actually quite good, five tight psychedelic rock songs that would have made a perfectly respectable EP and sent everyone home happy. Then side two happens. Seventeen minutes. One song. A two and a half minute drum solo that reportedly inspired Ringo Starr's drum solo on The End from Abbey Road, which means even the Beatles owe a debt to a man who was making pizza for a living six months earlier to support the band. The album became the first ever to be certified Platinum when the Platinum Award was introduced in 1976, having sold over four million copies. It has now sold over thirty million copies worldwide. Thirty million people sat through that drum solo voluntarily. We are a species of mysteries. I grew up on MTV, alternative, metal and punk. Seventeen minutes of organ and drums is not my natural habitat. The first side suggested we could have been friends. The second side confirmed we could not. 2 out of 5. One star for the first side, which deserved a better roommate. One star for the origin story, which is the greatest accidental title in rock history and was born from a gallon of cheap wine and a cocktail table. The remaining three stars evaporated somewhere around minute nine of the drum solo and have not been seen since.
Ah, Jesus. In the Garden of Eden is a gloriously ridiculous monsterpiece. The rest is a hopeless, sludgy mess. [Chapter 95, In the Garden of Eden .... In which The Book takes its credibility, crumples it into a ball, and expectorates heavily onto it before tossing it into a waste receptacle.]
Growing up in the 70s I was obviously familiar with the title track. And I thought "Iron Butterfly" was the most badass band name I ever heard. When this popped up I was excited for the classic title track and learning what else the album had to offer. Then I listened. The first side is so bad that it might as well be a parody. And as an adult, it turns out that the title track is just as stupid. Came in expecting to give 4 or 5. Now I can't even justify a 3.
Very mediocre psychedelic album. It has six songs, five ones with standard lengths and the last one being seventeen minutes long, with none of them doing anything that interested me. Well, the first one actually sounds like a The Doors song, but it isn't as fun or entertaining, so basically it adds nothing to the pile of middle of the road psychedelic rock. Furthermore, people seem to praise the long track, and in my case, I think is the one I liked the least. It starts with a groovy bass and nice riffs, I'll give it that, but then comes a boring improvised guitar solo, followed by a bland drum solo that leads back to the initial part with some more things added on top, like Asian melodies, but that aren't that intriguing or entertaining enough to justify its length. Adding that the production is very dusty (due to the limitations of that time), and some corny lyrics, the experience ends up being very forgettable.
Good vocals, some cool organ playing. Terribly outdated but there's a little je ne sais quo about this that makes you hang on
I liked the spooky organ but mostly was bored by the flower power groovy peace and love stuff
Meh
Album made famous again by The Simpsons with a 17 minute title track that rambles on like a fuzz laden bad psychedelia dreams (There's a 4 min radio edit somewhere which could be quite good) Album feels very 1968 without the quality of Pink Floyd or The Nice)
i liked soldier in our town
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
I honestly didn’t connect much with this record. I can appreciate it for what it is, but the songwriting/lyrical content didn’t really resonate with me (esp the first few songs). There were some cool instrumental moments in the title track, but it’s not something I see myself coming back to regularly. Strong two. STAND-OUT SONG: “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” HONORABLE MENTION: “My Mirage”
Pretty insipid organ forward 60’s pop rock. The 15 min wig out at the end is boring after 3 mins. Not a fan. 2
I guess it paved the way for some other psychedelic rock and perhaps it was one of the first albums to have a full song take up an entire side of an album. But it's not very good and mostly just... dull. Perhaps a weapons grade dose of acid would have helped me appreciate this. Christ knows those that wrote this must have taken their fair share.
An entire album on the list for one track. Now that's something I didn't expect. Most of this album is pretty forgettable. But the title track, and reason to listen, deserves it's place. I'd only ever heard the single version of In-A-Gadd-Da-Vita, the full 17 minutes is fun but a stretch.
Pysch and Pysch, if you are a fan of a bit of reverb then this lot will appeal
Um...OK. I can now say I've listened to all 17 minutes of the original IAGDV. Check.
Fairly bland for early psych rock. The title track is ambitious, but falls short of greatness. 2.5/5 Probably won't listen again
A bright, boisterous, oddly glammy spin on the Summer of Love genre. It's like if David Byrne made music in the 60s. Or if Bowie took significantly more drugs, significantly earlier in the timeline. A few giveaways as to the period of release: rough production on the distorted guitars and backing harmonies, an asymmetric (not in a good way) stereo mix, and far too many organ appearances. Timeless art will always triumph over timeful art. And this art is pretty darn timeful. Most Anything You Want is fairly decent, but once you notice the audio maxing out on every single beat because of that darned distortion in the lead guitar, it's impossible to ignore. The next two tracks, though, just don't do a damn lick of anything at all. What am I supposed to take away from My Mirage? The one-note melody in the verses, delivered by Ingle and pulling off a startlingly proto-punk performance? The annoying screeching organs that are so overwhelming in the mix that they very nearly blot out the percussion at times? Later on the album, Are You Happy just sort of gives the listener a headache. Nothing more. You notice how every time there's a moment of silence or lower texture in the song, you feel miraculously happier for that small moment? And then after the song ends you're like, "hell yeah!"? But "hell yeah!" for the wrong reason? Something about Termination – particularly the guitar riff and chords backing it – reminds me of Thank You (released by Led Zeppelin a year after this record). So the song gets a bonus point. Which is all it needs, really, to put it squarely in the list of key tracks. The sparkly, melancholic outro – reminiscent of something from Pink Floyd's SOYDC, maybe – also helps Termination's case. Cool choice to add wind chimes. That little song tacked onto the end? Pretty decent, I guess. (I jest. It overshadows the rest of the album. A 17-minute slew of great solos, with the the guitar solo near the beginning taking most of the cake. 2/5 Key tracks: Termination, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
I really didn’t hate this as much as I should’ve.
317/1089 okay this is really not my thing i liked Are You Happy at least but otherwise it was a bit meh to me 22/100
No private session used for Spotify. Only really knew these guys from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida which is probably a song that everyone should hear before they die. As for the rest of the album I could have given it a miss. Very much of it's time: folk rock with electronic instruments.
Not, it's fair to say, for me. What a spectacular waste of everyone's time this album is. It's not bad or horrible or anything (although the 18 minute closing track does stretch the limit of what's bearable). It's just supremely uninteresting and forgettable. Toodle-oo!
Är grinkuk idag men det här var i stora stycken direkt svagt. Låten I-a-gadda-da-vida var rätt ball, men grundriffet farligt nära Sunshine of your love-stöld. Resten var cream från temu. Lever inte upp till sitt tunga namn.
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-that title track ouuuuughhhh!! hard as fuck!!!!! i love heavy psych!!! but unfortunately none of the other songs really hit and if anything were rather forgettable and/or corny -very fascinated with the idea of proto-metal as a genre. i had never heard of Iron Butterfly until now but it seems like they have some material worth listening to? this doesn’t quite blow me away though -Favorites: Termination, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Take out the novelty song that played on every classic rock station at some special time once a week, and you have a bland and uncreative psych album that simply isn't much fun to listen to.
Man with a name like Iron Butterfly I thought I was in for more early metal. I was looking forward to that given how pleased I was listening to Bkack Sabbath. But this is 60’s dishwater. I almost gave it a 1, but the famous 17 minute long title track is decent, so 2. But I’m not even sure this belongs on the list. Boolean: no, I can’t say I really needed to hear yet one more tired sounds of the 60’s album.
Sounds very old, old not vintage. Not a song for me.
Not great. Iron Butterfly deserve their place in music history as an important precursor to heavy metal but in practice this largely sounds like a bar band imitating the Doors. Again, absolutely should be on the list for its significance alone, but “significant” and “good” do not always overlap.
Nothing about this really did it for me unfortunately. It’s not bad music by any means but like super meh all the way through. The title track had me intrigued but it doesn’t save the rest for me personally.
Another groan inducing album when it was generated this morning. Sometimes I am happily surprised by albums that elicit such a reaction, and sometimes I get exactly what I expect. When I was in college the classic rock radio station in Pittsburgh was WDVE. They had a thing called the Electric Lunch, where listeners would call in to request deeper cuts or longer songs that weren't played the rest of the time. One of the mainstays was In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, and I never understood the appeal. I mean sure, could the song have been fun to listen to live while totally stoned? I'm sure it would. But on the radio during a lunch break from class? Not while there were many other shorter and more interesting songs that I'd have preferred hearing. With that history in mind, I was not excited to listen to this today. And it ended up being exactly as I expected. I didn't like the lead singer's voice at all, and it was more of the 60's psychedelic rock that I'm finding that I just don't enjoy.
I'm nearly done with this list and it's*another* poxy US psychedelic rock album.I'm so fucking bored of shit US late 60's psychedelic "heavy" rock. This list is over burdened with far too many of these sound alike albums. This one is no different. The only reason it doesn't get one star is because of The Simpsons. That's it. Best Tracks: Flowers and Beads; Mirage; In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Different
sounds dated and introspective, not for me
There is a category of albums throughout this generator I like to call "This album is only on here because of one song". I will let you all figure out which song it is(hint: it rhymes with "in the Garden Of Eden"). Both stars were earned because of a particular song. The rest of the album was forgettable fodder.
1001 albums to hear before you encounter a Doors wannabe 86# The doors if they didn't experiment further.
About as generic as it gets. I literally have nothing to input here.