Reviews (page 7 of 7)
some of the guitar work is nice but thats about it
I've always hated the 60s organ sound in rock. I don't know who came up with it or why more than just that one guy thought it was a good idea. I feel like the only reason anyone listens to this record is because of the last song; it's kind of like a rite of passage I guess. It's an ok 17 minute jam but still not as good as any of the other sort of jam bands of that era. The rest of the album is pretty generic 60s psychedelic pop rock that's not really worth the time to listen to again. I think this record is on this list simply because of the title track and it sort of being novel at the time it was released. Giving this one a 2.5 rounded to 2 because of the damn organ.
Apart from the gimmick of the 17 minute track (which does have a killer hook) there's not much here. Iron Butterfly in all its names is a mid tier act from a wave of physchodelic rock music. I get their success but don't think it's endearing. I don't hate it but I can't give out half stars so here's the 2.
There's a Taylor Swift song where she sings the lyric "Now that we don't talk I don't have to pretend I like acid rock." I imagine this was one of the records she tolerated, because that's how I felt. Highlights: realizing The Doors would be a great palate cleanser after this
The novelty is long gone.
Run of the mill psych rock, only track worth a damn is the title track, too bad you have to get thru everything else for it.
Ei jääny mieleen joku vartin mittanen biisi, joka toimi on/off
2.5 the title track was the only song that stuck with me
Boring and tedious. Really didn't enjoy this but it wasn't the worst thing ever.
The title track is good, but the rest is just kinda fine. A lot like the Doors. The recording on this also does not sound great. The drum and organs solos on In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida are cool.
Sounds like The Doors sometimes
Like them.
Most of it sounds like Herman’s Hermits covering The Doors. In a Gadda Da Vida is the standout, and that’s a Poundland Sunshine of Your Love. Not sure how this made the list.
Not very good.
This really didn’t age well. Plus it’s not very good.
Side A - low point, far too much organ. Side B - high point 17 minutes of sludgy stoner pre-metal.
In the Garden Of Eden by I.Ron Butterfly is basically only famous for the title track, which is almost half of the album and, despite it being a 36 minute album, a single 17 minute track makes it feel like it lasts longer :D I didn't really enjoy the psychedelic sound of the first 4 songs, I expect you had to...be there to get the most out of those. Are You Happy is more my think, and then the first 6 of 17 minutes are good before it loses its way with a pair of poor drum solos, some generic church organ, and a repetition of what we had at the start. Keep it at 6 minutes and it works, but you don't get the gimmicky factor that made it what it is. Plus we got a GOAT Simpsons moment out of it, so I'll give it a solid 2.
Definitely benefits from coming straight after that dire Syd Barrett album, but it's still pretty straight down the line psychedelia proto-prog (can psychedelia be straight down the line?), with most of the bad of this kind of music and not a lot of the good. 2/5.
Couldn’t stay interested. Sounded like one big song lol
The only decent song on here is 16 fucking minutes long. You could’ve told me this was a Cliff Richard album and I wouldn’t have questioned it.
Wow is that song long.
Oof. Elevator music salvaged by one kick-ass riff that will be stuck in my head for a week.
Classic Album apparently, best selling of 1969 says Wiki. Afraid as usual I can't enjoy progressive rock, songs to long and repetitive. Can listen to minimal music for hours and hours but prog rock freaks me out. 2 stars for selling so many albums.
Personal results of this daily listening list: - developing a genuine aversion for classic rock - coming to the conclusion that the drugs in the 60’s must’ve HIT to make this type of music culturally enjoyable
Although the main song is super long, thankfully the rest of the album is not, in-a-gadda itself, I really like the last few minutes, really gets going, but as an overall album, less fussed
More 60's psychedelia. Please make it stop.
Three minutes of coolness, stretched to 17 with a bunch of other acid rock keyboards added.
In the Garden of Eden - 1968 Sunshine of your Love - 1967 At least I get The Simpsons reference now
I didn't hate this but I didn't really like it either
Hahaha I never noticed the riffing on God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen around 11:20 of the title track.
all the songs sound the same to me
Starting to formulate the opinion that it's incredibly difficult to make good psych rock. It's either fantastic and very impressive, or horrendous - no in-between. Spoiler alert, this didn't hit the mark but hey, at least it was a short listen. 4/10.
One of those albums where they, the The Beatles did on many an occasion, took stereo sound to extreme lengths, where nearly every instrument is placed in the far reaches of your aural capacity, except the bass that just grooves along somewhere near the middle. I've never been a fan of 60s music that has, say, the drums only in one earphone (for example) and the wah-wah infused guitar in the other, its so disorientating, and annoying of you need to take one earphone out to talk to someone quickly during one of the many drum solos. Anyway, this is the longest 33 minute album I've ever listened to, mainly because the 17 minute title song *never ends*... Such a drag. And it's not even that good outside the god tier riff. Hell, Nas got more use out of that riff as a sample for "Hip Hop Is Dead" in 2006 and that only uses like 6 seconds of it. I'm yet to 1 star anything (and I've already gotten "Kollaps" by Einstürzende Neubauten), but this came *really* close, it's like 1.5 stars on a good day.
Some real 60s shit, I think I needed to be in LSD. The first 5 songs are a complete waste of time, but in-a-Gadda is a classic though so I’ll round to 2 stars.
“Hey Marge, remember when we used to make out to this hymn??”
2.4
I have a general distaste for this style of psych-rock for sure, but this one really grated - annoying vocals, songs either too meandering or not developed enough, only a few choice lyrics. More like Iron Butt. One and a half. Fave track: Termination
I actually sat through the whole thing. Sometimes 20 minute trippy and sprawling rock songs are exactly my kind of thing (see Dogs or Echoes) and I was hoping this would be the case. Unfortunately, this fell short for me. It got boring and tedious. I could tell from early on with the first few tracks the organ sounds would get annoying and I couldn't engage much with the rhythms or vocals. One and a half. Fave track: Flowers and Beads
album is carried by the title track but it did not need to be 17 floppin minutes
A fairly mundane side 1 is saved by a 17 minute semi-banger on side 2. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Most Anything You Want Date listened: 09/11/23
I could get hints of what it influenced but in and of itself it didn't do much for me, bit slow and ploddy, not a fan of the production either
Not my thing at all
Super weird to see super early butt rock. Also love the hard rock use of guitar without distortion. Really enjoyed Are You Happy but In-A-Giddy-Da-Vida had way to much vocal fry for my liking. Too much butt rock. Added one, skipped one, probably won’t listen to again.
It's Ok I suppose. Really more of an artifact of its time than anything else but nice to hear side 'A' even if it's a bit fluffy. The inescapable 17 minute title track is cool I guess if you think of it as proto-Sabbath. From my understanding, it was called 'In-a-gadda-da-vida' because the dude couldn't physically say In the garden of eden...That LSD must have been some wild nonsense.
This is another one where they is one good(ish) song and the rest are very average.
Should just be the one track and that track should be 1/2 as long
"Those natives step beyond. Release the mortal patterns" The album felt like it was over just as it started. I was pleasantly surprised to hear something beatle-y instead of metal like I was expecting with the name Iron Butterfly. No stand out tracks, the last track (namesake for album) was 17 minutes and felt like a fever dream. I think termination will go on the playlist i guess. 2/5
I......hate......Iron Butterfly
Ei voi antaa ykköstä levylle, josta tulee näin vahvasti mieleen Spinal Tap. Lisäksi he sävelsivät riffin.
Sounds like British invasion. Early Rolling Stones.
Enjoyed the title song, rest of the album, for me, was just okay. Maybe acid rock isn’t for me, but I’ll see if I ever dip back in the genre. Decent album.
Enjoyed the occasional bass embellishments here and that. Overall a bit dry. Also the song titles are weird - I can’t tell if it’s giving hippie concept album vibes or just dumb.
I was broken from my writing stupor by some extremely tasty guitar licks. Unfortunately, that signalled the end of the album, the rest having entirely failed to permeate through the filter erected by my trancelike state. Despite being 6 minutes into the final song, it still had plenty of time left to introduce some funky percussion and choral organ moments returning to its main theme in almost the roundaboutest way possible. This final song, accounting for a whopping 47.4% of the total playtime of the album is a self indulgent one-hit wonder of psychedelic rock, blues, demonic licks and angelic organ passages that surprisingly did not bore me despite the length. Excellent if you ignore the terrible lyrics and cringey singing. Album rating: 2/5 Song rating: 4/5 OK update I just listened to the song again and I don't know what I was on yesterday but it is not what I cooked it up to be. Still a listenable song but too drawn out, aimless, and random. The song drops to a 3.
Couldn't find the album off the bat only the titular single. The single sounded one way but the album gives a very different impression, particularly Flowers and Beads.
Ok moody
Iron Butterfly hits some good riffs but they don't seem to understand that less is more. The vocals and lyrics are distracting. The majority of the LP sounds like a joint venture between Herman's Hermits and King Crimson.
basic rock here, nothing really special or memorable
Bit boring
If I didn’t know better, I would have thought this was a fake band in some square’s interpretation of what acid rock sounds like, like the band playing in the background of a hippie freak out episode of Dragnet or something. Actually, I know there is an episode of Dragnet like that and I’m going to check it out in case that music is better than this. Giving this an extra star for the drum solo.
The only reason In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidda got any airplay was because DJ's wanted a long song to play while they needed to use the restroom or nail groupies. That being said, I'd find this passable if I was stoned.
In a gadda is a classic. The rest of the album is better than I remembered. But still not great.
ok, my instant reaction was this is the kind of whacky stuff that many of us first heard on all those soundtracks of vietnam war era Hollywood films that came flooding out in the 1980s - way out psychadelic road rock. I got into those for a while, but I dont recall ever hearing of this. We are in woodstock territory here. Not sure when I will next be in the mood for that... Or how this is different or better than the ones that were successful- sound very similar. If "in-a-gadda-da-vida" is meant to sound like siganture anthem - the noodling is fun and familiar vbluesy, but then its a bit overdone and verges on rock opera.... oh my.
Sounds fine.
Boring
I know it's old but this one seemed a bit dated to me.
Short not so sweet
Fine at the start. Got worse.
I don't get it. Supposed to be one of the greatest rock ballads of all time?
Not really may thing. The title track is interesting but I do find it shocking how well this album sold back in the day. 2/5
Archetypal late sixties rock, with a prominent organ sound. Don't like it. Like a much inferior Doors - but without the great gunes, poetry or Jim Morrison.
Gets boring after a few songs
The production on this is wacky, the singer is mid, but that bassist goes off. Giving it a 2. Probably won't ever think about this album again.
Aside from the titular track, the album was pretty weak.
This one was a huge disappointment. Knowing and liking the single edit version of the title track, I was eager to dive into this one. The first five tracks are just too far on the jarring, dissonant side of psychedelic rock for me and lack interesting songwriting. Really bad production absolutely doesn't help either. Then comes the title track and indeed, the familiar beginning is pretty good, despite the much worse than expected production. But then, two thirds of the track are nothing more than filler. Certainly not the worst album on here, but rounded down from 2.5 stars for the disappointment value.
An album just over 30 minutes in length it’s still about 15 too long
I listened to it. Don’t remember any of it. Not sure if that’s good or bad.
Ugh exhausting. It is a short album but one song is almost half the album. The songs before the Title song are just meh. The Title song is entirely way too long and everything about it is completely unnecessary. The only reason this album is not getting a 1 is because the Simpsons have a great bit involving the Title song.
Meh, psychedelia mixed with church organs and a guy who can’t sing. Better than Clapton though!
Pretty typical sound for that era. Nothing stands out above anything else from then.
Hey it's the one from that simpsons episode! Kind of a boring album though
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Not really Favourite song: didn’t have one
Overall, not very good. I really like the title track on its own but in the context of the album it isn't even worth it to wait for it. This seems like Meddle by Pink Floyd but worse.
It´s very easy listening, but not very exiting.
Glad this was a short one. The music sounded okay-ish, but also extremely outdated. However, what really ruined it for me were the incredibly stupid lyrics.
One golden riff does not compensate for the overly long title song and unremarkable remainder.
Decent psychadelic rock. Not much more to say, nothing I haven't heard before. Good jams, gets a bit long and lyrics are lacking at times but just OK all around. Last song is by far the best, and despite its much larger length compared to the rest of the project, is most memorable and most packed with interesting ideas and overall fantastic melodies. Brings the whole project up, but I can't go higher than 2 to 2.5 for the whole.
Как-то музыкально ничего не могу отметить, послушал и послушал. Ремастер абсолютно не впечатлил, всё ещё жуткое стерео, которое иногда неплохо так смещается по панораме местами прикольные текстуры ритмические, но не более
Удивительно, но если слушать радио версию заглавного трека, то он очень крутой. А если слушать альбом, то сходишь с ума))))
У-жас-но. Я очень хочу, чтобы альбомы 60х-70х поскорее кончились, потому что я скоро получу глухоту на одно ухо, сто процентов. Трек на 17 минут не понят. Иногда звучит прилично, как минимум вокалист в ноты попадает. Но нет, стерео меня убивает.
Я перед последним треком: ну не оч вкусно, но пролетело быстро, значит не надоело, в целом можно и на 3 замахнуться. Последний трек не оставил выбора. Но все таки не 1, потому что ну это не отвратительно
Not my kind of sound.
J'ai pas trop écouté mais c'était un bruit pénible en fond
When I think of Iron Butterfly, I think of Iron Maiden and this is definitely not that. This album has 6 songs and sounds like The Doors. Flowers & Beads was a good groove. Otherwise, I didn't make a strong connection to any of the songs, including the final 17 minute self-titled track. It sounds like The Doors, and I don't like The Doors.
Iron Butterfly found one very good riff and groove. I'm not sure if there's anything else here worth sticking around for, though.
I saw a version of Iron Butterfly at a Dutch rock festival in 2004. It had 50% of the 'classic' lineup on the boards - by which is meant the dudes that recorded this album. They were good! Anyway, I own a copy of this because anyone who has ever picked up an electric guitar or tried to murder a blind woman loves the riff from the title track. The rest is pretty turgid, bog-standard heavy psych. I really don't listen to it much, and revisiting for this app kinda confirmed why.
It feels like they haven't quite figured out what genre they want to play so they try to be a bit punk and a bit Rock and Roll but they are not quite ready to let go of their love of pop. The main vocals sound a bit like a mix between Cher and David Bowie and the backup vocals sound like they are going for a the Byrds vibe.
The title track is a classic. Way, way, way too long but it gets stuck in your head. The rest sucked. It gets a 2 rather than a 1 just because of the title track.
Interesting for it's time, outdated now
Has some good stuff, is short and half is one song
meh
Kinda fun
Zo'n 60s band waarbij de bassist eigenlijk liever een solo gitarist wilde worden, maar als zo gemakkelijker aan de bak kon. Zo zonde dat die prutser met zijn eindeloze gepriegel al die best aardige nummers helemaal verknald.
De titeltrack kende ik wel. Erg cool! Verder vond ik het niet zo boeiend.
Dit was weer zoiets dat ik heel hard draaide, maar toch niet hoorde. Alleen de drumsolo ergens aan het einde viel me op.
Begyndelsen af psykedelisk rock, lidt outdated, laaaangt titelnummer
This album was a cool first listen and it had some interesting moments, but I don’t find myself coming back to any of the tracks at all really. Each song has something to offer but most of them lost me at some point. I think this comes down to my personal taste because I can see that there really isn’t anything wrong with any of the songs, this just isn’t what I typically listen to.
Fluff, the garden of Eden song goes on way too long, prolly enjoyable if on a shit load of acid
Side one sounds like generic Grass Roots-style 60s rock, though Are You Happy does have more notable psychedelic flourishes. Then there's side 2, which is good if you like drum solos. The most shocking thing about this album is that this band still tours, though the oldest current member joined in 1995.
Close to being a solid listen but still a misfire. Attempts to be radio-friendly Beatles on the first half while aping Cream and the like in the second, resulting in a weird mishmash of tones and tracks. As for the title track, it doesn't offer enough melodic meat to justify its length – I absolutely love long, anthemic tracks, but this one is just too much gristle to be an enjoyable listen.
The title track is a loopy acid rock classic, stretching out for 17 delirious minutes. Sadly, nothing else on the album even remotely measures up-Iron Butterfly weren’t bringing much to the table that other musicians weren’t already doing.
It's generous really as the organist and bassplayer are not bad to listen to. The vocalist! It's like he listened to Jim Morrison and took all the wrong things. Also incredibly influential which is a bad thing.
Fuck it, flowers and beads is fire. Solid digestible album. jk everything else was kinda boring
Not my jam but I respect it.
Ihan siisti meininki mutta ei tarjonnut sen kummempaa.
Kinda hated this. It went from cliche lyrics and thin production to indulgent superjam. The way he sings really bugs me, it's like the original Creed voice or something.
They may have been one of the more commercially successful acts of the 1960s, but their contemporaries did it better. Most of these songs are bland psych-rock. It doesn't feel revolutionary in any way. Finally, the title track sounds like a jam band mixed with a shitty Elvis impression. That might be some people's idea of a good time, but it's not for me. Best Songs: Most Anything You Want, Termination, Worst Songs: Flowers and Beads, My Mirage, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
my general feeling of this is that i don't like it, but if anyone puts up a 17 minute track i feel compelled to give it the full listen.
An infamous album due to its long organ song. It was fine at best.
Skipped my way through
Trudde detta skulle falla i smak, men den gang ei
Now I know what that Simpsons joke is about.
They should have called themselves The Mediocre Doors.
These hippies! Not my thing.
I love the title track because why not. The rest isn't bad, but loses points for have the exact same mix on every song.
Classic rock is classic, but I enjoyed this more as a Simpsons gag than an album.
Sounds like The Doors and I'm not the biggest Doors fan. The first 5 songs are basically just filler. There is nothing memorable about them and they are absolutely eclipsed into the shadow realm by the title track "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".
03/23/2022 Not for me, but also... what the fuck? A 17-minute long track? Absolute insanity. Good for them!
All very unmemorable
ещё бы stereo звучание подвезли
The title track is a pretty iconic psychedelic rock anthem, but the rest of the album doesn't quite stand up and sounds horribly dated today.
Pretty boring, actually
The title track is soooo good, but I’m pretty underwhelmed by the rest. 2.5/5
Meh
2/5 not my liking.
Not as good as other psychedelic albums of the era. In fact, I get the feeling that by the time Iron Butterfly made this album, psychedelic music was just another aesthetic that could be employed. There is nothing terribly original about this music. The singer sounds like he’s doing an Elvis impersonation the whole time, and the title track is 17 minutes of self indulgent noodling.
I'd rather be listening to The Doors at this point. Half of this album was the title track. The Mars Volta all of a sudden seem less special. Can I have an album from this millenium soon please?
Yeah but nah.
It was meh.
Pretty lame, actually. The one song is ok but the rest of the album is forgettable
Ever had acid reflux hit you just before digging in to a highly anticipated meal? A little taste of vomit hitting already primed taste buds? Quick, gimme something to wash that down. "Flowers and Beads" was that acid reflux. I was kind of looking forward to "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," but nothing before it excited me and "Flowers and Beads" actively turned me off. Iron Butterfly replaced their most of the band for this album (their second). One new guy, Erik Brann, was a 17-year-old guitar prodigy. (A 17-year-old who couldn't even decide how to spell his stage name.) And for a band that had a big role in inspiring heavy metal music, the guitars are completely unspectacular and take a back seat to organs too much of the time. Brann left the band soon after this, disappointed they didn't want to move their sound in a heavier direction. Can't say that I blame him. And then, if you can slog through those first five tracks, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" kicks in with a great crunchy guitar intro before singer Doug Ingle's voice comes in and messes things up. It didn't use to bother me as much on this song, but that was before I had to sit through five far inferior songs. At least this listen gave me an excuse to finally look up what this song means. Only to be left disappointed again. It was supposed to be "in the Garden of Eden," but organist-vocalist Ingle wrote and sang it for the band after drinking a gallon wine, and that's what they thought they heard. Hard to say what I cared for less - Ingle's put-on deep bellowing, or our dog's incessant whining for who-knows-what through the whole album. Maybe she just doesn't like Iron Butterfly either.
Huh, I thought Iron Butterfly would be heavier. More guitar driven. Disappointed.
Don’t dig this psyche stuff. Might have been impressed the first time I heard it but it’s all the same.
1 song at a time it would be ok but overall it's pretty boring. The hazy, organy style is too overdone.
The title track is still phenomenal, but the rest of this record doesn't do much for me.
Reminded me of the Doors...
Nja. A-sidan är vanlig psykedelisk rock. Ganska tråkig - för basic. Som en dålig version av The Doors med smöriga kärlekstexter à la tidiga Beatles. B-sidan är en enda 17 minuter lång låt, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (säg "In the garden of Eden" snabbt och slarvigt), som tydligen är vad Iron Butterfly är kända för. Och visst, den är det bästa på albumet. Den börjar dock som vanligt, med en enklare, kanske lite mer rockig och metal-låtande del, innan en lång instrumental brygga med bra gitarrspelande och FRAMFÖR ALLT ett intressant och annorlunda trumsolo. Detta är enda gången då det känns som jag lyssnar på något som är eget, som är lite mer utmanande. Bästa låt: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.
I'm certain this title track is still playing on Q102.1 in 1981. You'd certainly need to be in the frame of mind to listen to it all the way through, and you'd need to have a lot of concentration to perform it. Although the middle third seems to be drums and organ music that doesn't lead the song anywhere, followed up with just a lot of someone scratching a cat across their guitar. Yahoo music played 6 ads during the duration of this song. Non consecutively.
I mean...yeah its In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida....but i don't have to like the album
Psychedelic rock, suppose u could say its similar to The Doors. But it isn't The Doors so I'm not that much of a fan, just seems like a copy. Last track was a classic riff, be coolif they're the ones that first invented that. 2/5
If it was a rating for one song in the album, a 5. But it's for the whole album so ...
Sounds like 60s brit pop with way too much organ.
Generic rock overall uninteresting.
Ruhiger 60er Rock. Gut zum im Hintergrund laufen lassen.
Blah
Meh
Podría pasar sin ellos
Quite boring, not bad, just boring.
Fairly average heavier 60s rock - similar to Doors, but far inferior.
Has not aged well.
Pretty standard across the board, nothing exciting.
Not a fan of that 60s organ sound. Nothing special.
Just made me think of the Simpsons. What a looong song. Decent enough background music.
It was fine? The last track is obviously the star of the show but overall I was hoping for more.
Naa
Flashes of brilliance but for me largely unremarkable (besides the obvious title track with a killer bassline).
Un disco que me dio mucha hueva, no regresaría a él y me suena como a todo un popurrí de esa época. Medio rock, medio psicodélico, esas voces medio distorsionadas, en coro, etc. No, no. 5/10.
The title track is truly not brief. From memory, the singer had skolled a ridiculous amount of alcohol when the bass player was transcribing the lyrics for ‘In the Garden of Eden’- hence named the album title instead. Overall not a great album, but garden is a great jam
Ok 2
2.5
Short album containing not much
Very psychedelic, one classic song that should only be 7min not 17.
Not really sure what this was
The drum solo is nice, I guess. I get why people are into it. The rest is entirely forgettable. Best track: In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Mediocre masturbatory boomer music
I know the title track but never heard the rest... could be cool, we'll see. Wasn't really as cool as I'd hoped, just kinda jam-band hippie stuff. Title track has never been a huge favourite or anything, but pretty indicative of the rest anyway. 2/5.
Bleh
This album is a mess. The vocals are poor and too much organ. They are trying to be a heavy Doors but the Doors suck. No one needs to hear a 16 minute version of Ina Gotta Da Vida.
I will never understand why Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is one of the highest selling albums of all time, the title track can't be that good y'all lets be honest here. I enjoy 60s Psychedelic Rock like many others here, but I am man enough to admit when it is bad and Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is exceptionally mediocre and unremarkable. I understand that this project is important due to how many records it sold and how popular it was for its' time but by god is this project an absolutely nothing burger. I didn't even like the main title track and only really walked away with a liking towards the track Flowers and Beads. If this is your thing then I am very happy for you, but for myself this is just a project on a checklist for me and meant nothing to myself. Glad this is over and done with because it was worse than I thought it would be...
2/10 sound like elvis singing what they think is "heavy rock" but im heavier then this wierd ahh band they got like 3 versions of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida that sound so bad that even if the story behind it will be good it wont make the song better
this shit sucks
Just droning 60s psychedelic rock. The only positive i can offer is that the keyboards sound like the Doors. Oyher than that the title track is catchy but unnecessarily long
I hated how track one, Most Anything You Want is mixed. Listening with earphones on means all of the bassy low notes are in your right ear and all the high notes and backing vocals are in the left. It made it feel like my right ear was on the verge of popping throughout the full length of the song. Then track two started and I realised we were going to have every song with some instruments tracked very far to the right and others very far to the left; at least that one wasn't uncomfortable. I don't think I'll ever understand the thought process that leads to an a-side made up of mostly 3 minute ditties and a b-side that consists of a 17 minute single song. Although given my previous complaints about things feeling unbalanced, it seems weirdly consistent in its inconsistency. I quite like the lead vocals, but actually really like the backing vocals in comparison. There's a lot of needless noodling in guitar, organ and bass form, throughout though, which I complain about all the time. You can't deny the riff in the title track though - that's a great hook. Not good enough for a 17 minute track obviously, but a great hook. Not really sure why that song briefly ended up turning into "God rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen" in the last third either. Another album I can't say I particularly enjoyed: 1/5
Meh
Experimental early prog rock. If thats not enough to put you off then listen to the mercifully short album
Inte ett av 1000 album man måste höra innan man trillar av pinn. Etta kanske är lite hårt men måste MARKERA.
The reviews here seems quite similar, that the title track is the standout song, and the rest has dated poorly I'll go one further and say the whole thing is a product of its time, and has no place in my 21st century listening library I'm also developing a serious aversion to BS lyrics - you really think I'm going to be mulling over possible hidden meanings of In A Gadda Da Vida? No! That was nothing more than drunken mumblings of someone about to pass out Rejected!
I am familiar with Iron Butterfly and their song "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". I even have that song liked on Spotify. I'll be honest I always thought of this song as a one hit wonder, novelty song - even though it has some good jams. I don't believe I've ever heard another song by them. Looks like that changes today :) Thoughts after listening ... I just realized how the keyboards sound very Doors-ish on the first few songs. It's Doors-ish but but not nearly as interesting or catchy. The voice reminds me of someone else but I can't place it. None of this really grabbed me - it all feels kind of plodding and sounds "sludgy". Not sure how to describe it - it just doesn't sound good to my ears. Liked songs on Spotify: 1/6 Rating: 1/5
The panning on this album is so aggressive, its almost nauseating. The vocals sit in one pocket of your ears, and the drum sit completely opposite, and everything else follows suit, meaning nothing bridges between the two ears and everything is at war with everything else. The vocals are garish and mediocre, like someone trying to do a metal Elvis Presley while getting sucked off. Musically, there is nothing wrong with this album, but it was unfortunately created with all the taste and craftsmanship of an airplane with no landing gear, one wing alight, and the captain chainsmoking in the toilets. This is, so far, the most unlistenable album I've had to listen to.
After 121 albums I believe this is my first 1. You can’t convince me this isn’t just as ersatz as other maligned 1960s acts like The Monkees. This is the 1968 equivalent of the Australian band JET.
Pretty much exactly the kind of music I would NEVER listen to.
I never listened to the first side of this album back in 1968. Now it sounds dated and unimpressive. I turned off the radio whenever In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida came on. Boring and lifeless. Never made any sense to me that anyone liked it. But, that's just me.
lol nah
50
I listened to this twice in the hopes that it wasn’t just me being overly negative about it, but it turns out, I was spot on, this is terrible, and god only knows how this is considered inside the top 1000 albums in the history of music !?
Half of it was one song and that was wild! I like some of the organ and guitar on this album buuuttt don’t think I’ll listen again.
I thought they were a rock band? I think his slurred voice thing only works with the title track. Otherwise he just sounds weird. The electric guitar is 👍 Even in a gadda da Vida, which I've heard before, is meh. THIS SONG IS 1000 YEARS LONG. Also what's with the sound like a lawn mower being cranked? I know its the guitar but ouch I LOOKED AND ITS 17 MINUTES. STOP. How you gonna have a 36 min album and one song is half of it?!?! Not my jam
Centered around a single riff and aesthetic stretched far beyond its natural lifespan. The extended jams feel repetitive rather than exploratory, turning psychedelia into stagnation. More historically curious than musically rewarding.
In da garbo; a zero, honey. Hate when this idiot author clearly includes an album for just one song. (& I’ve always disliked this song) Anytime I have to endure a bullshit nothing psych album I’m putting on an album by a WuTang member. I’ll probably be out of albums by March. Listened to Ironman by Ghostface Killah - 3 stars
All the songs sound the same. This is boring. I don’t have anything to say. Apparently the only song that stands out is the one that is parodyed in the Simpsons, but I had to be reminded.
This is like the Platonic Ideal of “music I actively do not like.” It transcends the mundane “eh, I could do without this” into something else. It’s a 2 for music and a 1 for lyrics, rounded down.
Brilliant, more psychadelic rock slop. This era of music is so disproportionately overrepresented on this list to the point that I forget that a lot of good music did actually come out of it. I love Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, The Doors, just to name a few. But there's a good reason that most of the bands of this era have faded into obscurity and stopped being household names. You could actually say the exact same thing about any genre or era of music, but the author of the original 1001 clearly has such a raging hard on for psych rock, and so it has ended up being the one I have the most awareness of all the shit music it has to offer.
Side A: Dull. Only thing keeping me awake is horrible production. Side B: Excellent 2min50 single. Album version inexplicably dragged out to 17 uninteresting minutes. Bart Simpson did it better.
Huh, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is supposed to be some sort of psychadelic, hippi-epic. I don't know what I should have expected, something like Bohemian Rapsody fits the term 'epic proportions' in my mind. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida did try to open a door to some unholy dark place, but I was not the one to enter. Maybe it is something real special, in another time, in another state of mind..
I just don't like anything here. The few guitar parts were cool but nothing else
Didn’t finish, didn’t want to do this. Made it through Flowers and Beads which is just so sad when a sweet love song is so boring and the person’s voice is so annoying you can’t even unpack your groceries to it
oh god no. this is why I don't do drugs. ok the drum solo whatever is good I guess but I still hate everything about this.
Really poor recording, easily dated the sound quality to mid sixties, shrill, clipping, over use of stereo. Music wasn't spectacular either. The experimental 15 minute 'legendary' track just sounded like messing around, there was a James Bond theme bit, an Arabian bit, a noisy bit, all set to (and I guess they inspired...) 'smoke on the water' bassline. Did not enjoy.
I didn't like this album. I saw them do this music when I was in high school. What a big voice the lead singer had. Doug Ingle.
I hate the title song, and it's the best onthe album.
The poster child of one hit wonder. This record sucks. And so does the hit. Uh oh.
Horribly mixed
36 minutes, but it feels much longer
This album seems mostly not good. I get that it's considered to be rock and/or roll or whatever, and the very long title track has a place in pop culture, but it's mostly not good.
Oh boy! Another psychedelia album with electric organ, fuzzy guitars, and a middling vocalist! How unique! Sure do love these extended jam sessions! :D 😐
In an episode of The Simpsons, Bart replaces the hymn music with In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida at Sunday church services. The organist and church goers are exhausted by the end of the song. That BART!! For a band that is hyped as one of the early influencer's of Heavy Metal, I was surprised how simplistic and sugary many of these songs were. The title track is 9 lines long but lasts for 17 minutes. Safe to say…..not many sober people were involved in the making of that song. I give it 2 only because of The Simpson use of their song.
I guess the drugs hit different back then.
wow that is some basic junk. Didn't realize Gadda da Vida was 17 minutes long, not sure I've ever heard the entire thing. What a slog
The last song is an epic classic but the rest didn’t do anything for me.
Very very dated. Extended hippy trip outs over long tracks, singing not the greatest.
Boomer jams. The organ is cool.
In a nutshell: ridiculous acid rock. Just listen to the radio edit of the title track. If you are prepared to listen to the original 17 minutes and 5 seconds of the title track, be my guest. The rest is forgettable. Overall: 1/10
I'm glad I listened to it, but really not my thing
The first half of the album was forgettable. Every review was revering the final track, the 17-minute legend, the one and only title track, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. ....Shit, I think everyone gets misled by the runtime into thinking it's a masterpiece. I waited the entire duration for something interesting to happen and it just *never came*. It's all a series of instrumental noodling sections - if you were to separate each section into its own track, nobody would talk about this. It's just not that good I'll give it its props - Termination and Are You Happy were very decent, and the bass guitar throughout the album was pretty fucking great! With that said, maybe it's my fault for getting baited by the reviews, but my disappointment is unmeasurable. This is not an album I'd come back to either way, so for that reason I exercise my right to be a hater 😭
Jesus 17 minutes is too long for this one hit wonder
Ever since I heard Slayer’s version of In-a-gada-davida, this version no longer swings. So after a minute or so, I had to skip the rest of the song. The rest of the album was not any easier to listen to even tho the songs were less than 5 minutes long. I get it, this music was influential but the past is the past.
Y’all need to stop right now
RIP Ralph
This was... fine. I know psychedelic rock had to start from somewhere and it was nice to hear some of the origins. What's giving this the one star rating to me, though, is the 17-minute song at the end. This is the second album I've gotten through this project that's done this and I really don't enjoy it. It's hard to have a song go on that long and for it to not just... drone. There were also these weird sounds at the 11-minute and 14-minute marks that sounded almost like someone was taking a razor blade to a guitar string or drilling something. It was just unpleasant and not in an avant garde way but in a... difficult to listen to way. I'm glad this one is over.
One good song, and it's way better remixed as a Nas beat.
1. uuant - 1 2. flouuerz - 1 3. mirage - 1 4. termination - 1 5. happy - 0 6. vida - 2
I did not enjoy this.
One song is not enough to save this album. The songs are all the same (even their hit).
wtf
Not great.
Nope
I'll take the Incredible String Band over Iron Butterfly anytime. Iconic does not equate to enjoyable.
"In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" seems to be very promising if you listen to many of the reviews about the album, especially the title track. Unfortunately, this greatness is only in theory. When you listen to the album, you realize two things: 1. There are a zillion albums in the same genre that are better than this one. 2. The singer clearly starts off imitating Elvis Presley and ends up realizing that he failed at it. Nothing against Doug Ingle, but the work presented here is not at all "wow" and the title track seems to never end. Disappointed, but not surprised.
Really disappointed with this album. Terrible mix that desperately needs a remaster. I usually love side-long tracks, but this album doesnt really have much to say. Corny lyrics and a dated sound also really hamper the album. Nothing really positive to say.
Il y a des semaines, dans ce projet un peu fou des "1001 albums", où l'on tombe sur des pépites, des oeuvres qui redéfinissent une vie d'écoute, des disques qui vous attrapent par le col et ne vous lâchent plus. Et puis, il y a des semaines comme celle-ci. Des semaines où la liste vous impose une sorte de devoir de mémoire, une plongée dans un monument historique dont tout le monde connaît le nom, mais que peu de gens ont réellement visité de la cave au grenier. Cette semaine, le monument en question s'appelle "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". Et autant vous le dire tout de suite, la visite a été... laborieuse. L'année de toutes les folies. Hendrix redessine la carte de la guitare électrique, les Beatles se déchirent en beauté sur l'Album Blanc, les Stones invoquent le Diable. C'est le chaos, l'explosion, la révolution sonique. Et au milieu de tout ça, débarquent quatre Californiens sous le nom improbable d'Iron Butterfly. Un nom qui, à lui seul, résume le paradoxe de l'époque : la lourdeur du métal qui s'annonce et la légèreté psychédélique des rêves opiacés. Sur le papier, ça a de la gueule. Dans les faits, c'est une autre paire de manches. Soyons clairs, cet album est l'exemple le plus parfait, le plus caricatural, de l'arnaque du "one-track album". Un disque qui n'existe et ne survit dans la mémoire collective que par la grâce (ou la faute, c'est selon) d'un seul et unique morceau. Un putain de long morceau. Un mastodonte de plus de dix-sept minutes qui a phagocyté tout le reste, qui a dévoré la face B, la carrière du groupe, et probablement l'envie de millions d'auditeurs de retourner un jour le vinyle. Ce morceau, c'est évidemment "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". La légende, que tout disquaire qui se respecte a racontée mille fois, veut que le titre soit une déformation avinée de "In the Garden of Eden". C'est plausible. Quand on écoute ce Léviathan sonore, on imagine sans peine le chanteur Doug Ingle, la bouche pâteuse, tentant d'articuler sa vision mystique à un batteur déjà parti dans un autre monde. Le riff d'orgue est iconique, un truc lourd, menaçant, qui tourne en boucle jusqu'à l'hypnose, ou l'ennui mortel. C'est l'alpha et l'oméga du rock lourd, le chaînon manquant entre le psychédélisme et ce qui deviendra plus tard le hard rock, puis le metal. Historiquement, c'est indéniable. Mais putain, qu'est-ce que c'est long. Et puis, il y a LE solo de batterie. Ce passage est devenu une blague à lui tout seul. C'est le moment où, à l'époque, on avait le temps de rouler un joint, d'aller pisser, de se faire un café, de discuter de la guerre du Vietnam et de revenir juste à temps pour la reprise du riff principal. C'est le symbole de tous les excès d'une époque qui pensait que "plus c'est long, plus c'est bon". Eh bien non. Parfois, plus c'est long, plus c'est juste chiant. Ce solo est une épreuve, un test d'endurance. Si vous survivez à ça, vous pouvez survivre à n'importe quel solo de prog des années 70. Le plus triste dans cette histoire, c'est la face A. Parce qu'il y a une face A, oui, je vous assure. On y trouve une poignée de morceaux qui, pris individuellement, sont de sympathiques pépites de rock psychédélique un peu brut de décoffrage. On sent l'énergie, l'envie d'en découdre. C'est efficace, ça sonne comme une version énervée des Doors qui aurait abusé des mauvais acides. Des titres comme "Most Anything You Want" ou "Are You Happy?" sont des prototypes intéressants, des ébauches de ce que le hard rock allait devenir. Le problème, c'est qu'ils ne font pas le poids. Ils sont condamnés à n'être que la première partie insignifiante d'un spectacle dont tout le monde attend la tête d'affiche monstrueuse. Qui se souvient de la première partie de King Kong ? Personne. On est tous là pour voir le gorille géant. Et c'est exactement ça, cet album. Une poignée de chansons compétentes et agréables qui se font écraser, pulvériser, par le monolithe sonore qui occupe toute la seconde face. En tant qu'album, en tant qu'oeuvre cohérente, "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" est un échec. C'est un 45 tours boursouflé. Une anomalie. Un disque qui a marqué l'histoire, certes, mais pour de mauvaises raisons. Il a ouvert la porte à une certaine idée de la démesure, du remplissage, de l'étirement artificiel d'une idée. Quand je tenais ce disque entre mes mains à la boutique, c'était toujours pour la même raison : un client, souvent jeune, qui avait entendu parler de "ce morceau super long avec un solo de batterie de malade". Personne ne m'a jamais demandé "tu as le premier Iron Butterfly pour la face A ?". Jamais. Alors oui, il fallait l'écouter pour le projet. C'est une case cochée sur la liste. Mais est-ce que je le réécouterai en entier un jour ? Sûrement pas. Je garderai le titre éponyme dans une playlist "curiosités historiques", entre un obscur morceau de Krautrock et un délire de Zappa. Pour le reste, le papillon a beau être de fer, ses ailes ont bien mal vieilli. C'est un artefact, une pièce de musée qui témoigne d'une époque où tout était permis, même le pire. Et pour ça, je suppose, il mérite une forme de respect. Mais pas plus d'un point sur cinq. Faut pas déconner non plus.
This is one of those albums that has no redeeming qualities at all. Vocal sounds like fake Elvis Presley, songs are really neutered of all excitment, and even long guitar solos on b side are completely boring. I guess it's not known for a reason.
I really can't take this list seriously. This is another on the list that is only on here for a single song, which are not worth listening to in order to get to, and even when you get to it, it's... 17 minutes? That's how you make a less than 40 minutes feel like an eternity.
Is every album from 1968 on the list —————————————- 201 hippie albums from’ ‘68 —————————————-
A stumble and a fall
Well it turns out circus prog with a kind of proto pearl jam 90's rock vocals is not for me. 1.4
Not for me.
this is really bolstered by one long song could i write poetry to this? n
Too much prog but I enjoyed that one riff
Mid. Only one good song, the others sound too similar.
This sounds like rock and/or roll (also shit)
No
Not for me. 1/5
Not for me
Everyone listens to this for the title track, but I really want to talk about the first side. What is there to talk about? NOTHING. There is not one thing I remember about the first side other than it was forgettable and that there was generic psychedelic and a slow song, I think. I don’t even remember the names of any of these songs. They’re just meant to pad space before the title track, which is what everybody bought this for. It’s like including a movie that’s mostly boring with one really good scene in the 1001 Movies list. And unlike there, they can just put it on the 1001 Songs! I really hate this album’s inclusion. Only 15% of ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ is actually enjoyable, anyway.
I listened to this album once 20 years ago. Now I remember why I only listened to it once. Over rated. Horrible album - it literally has ONE good song on it and it's the LAST SONG. And that ONE good song - goes on for SEVENTEEN MINUTES. EXCESSIVE AND UNNECESSARY Everything on this album is repetitive and mind-numbing. Skip fest.
I don't know if it's how this album is mixed or what, but it's really grating on the ears. I couldn't even finish it.
This is like weird medieval psychedelic rock. Flowers and Beads was good, but the rest is hard for me to enjoy. I don't know what the hell that last song was trying to be...
no
Fuck right off with this stuff. This style of music has aged terribly, it's so corny and limp. 1.5/5
not my vibe! next pls
I probably don't need to listen to this again. But Christian may have biased my opinion with his outright hatred for this album.
Iron Butterfly faff about, puffed with air, gawping at pretty colours. On the last song, they figure out a decent riff, and sing and prance around it with all the vim of a waffle.
So of it's time. Weird rock mix of Bowie and The Beatles. 6 songs and only 36 minutes - thank God!
Classic 60s sound. Not my thing.
Never heard of this band or album before. I don't think I will. Not a fan.
This was disappointing. It's like a watered down version of the Doors (and I don't even really like the Doors all that much). An-a-gadda has that cool lick, but otherwise, it ain't much of a song. I remember thinking it was cool growing up because someone said that it was really supposed to be "In the Garden of Eden" but he was so drunk when they recorded it that he couldn't say it correctly. BUT - he annunciates every other word it the song with no problem, so I assume that was BS.
get this shite off now
1 star for a boring 17 minute song
A well-known 60s album but I did not know it apart from the title song, which must have been a giveaway for the Incredible Bongo Band. The title song is based on a great riff and I can see that this album works in certain settings. But this album represents all the bad elements of 60s popular music. It is an exercise in ugliness.
Hmph. wiry. not into it.
Trendy 60s psychedelic snooze fest
really boring. did not age well.
Not for me.
Had to turn off my track 3. Crap version of the Doors/Kinks.
Good evening dickheads! Let me tell you all a little thing about this record. It fuckin' sucks, man! My daughter could make better music, and she's dead.
elvis got duped into buying fake lsd and had a good ish time.
Who thought this was a good idea?
30 mins of filler + inagaddadavida. And inagaddadavita isn’t that good. Ok it has a great riff and some good organ. Still.
not my thing i guess
Standard 60s psychedelic. Nothing memorable after the first 5 tracks, and then they hit a classic riff on the last track and spoil it by stretching it out for half the album.
nope
I thought I'd like this album but it was rather disappointing. The title track was good, but the rest of the songs were not good at all. 1/5 stars for this album.
Always loved the title track. Skip over the other songs. The end.
meh
Pop-proggers' take on The Doors and Cream, and my headache has never been worse. I don't know whether they did too few or too many drugs making this. It's repetitive, clashing, circus-like, boring and generally an awful album with an egosentric vocalist who thinks his voice is it, when it really is not
bland
Maybe a slew of 60's prog-rock has put me off a bit in the last few albums. Musically tired, lyrically just boring.
eh that one song is enough
LOL awful