Reviews (page 2 of 7)
Under the radar traditional Classic rock
favs: fall on you come in the morning sitting by the window changes indifference rating 1.9/5
I feel like I've listen to this kind of stuff already 1001 times on this list. But thank god it's a short album.
Not a bad listen by any means, but the sum of it doesn't hold up as an essential listen nearly 60 years after the fact, in my view. Supposedly hailed as something as a lost classic which was "derailed by one of the most disastrous marketing campaigns in music history", there are moments when this hits hard courtesy of its frenetic, proto punk-esque energy, chiefly so on "Omaha", however the muddy and unfinished production lets the side down a fair bit. The whole thing also felt a bit all over the place stylistically and sonically.
Hey Grandma
Moby Grape's debut boasts writing from all five members, and the variety this brings to the album is noticeable. There's a mix of rock, country, folk, and blues, with tinges of psychedelia on songs like "Sitting by the Window" and even something that sounds like soul on "Come in the Morning." The majority of the album is upbeat, and it never drags. It sounds crisper than a lot of the music from its scene, though it also doesn't do much to differentiate itself from that other music. If you asked me what made a Moby Grape song special, I couldn't tell you. I think that limits the appeal of this, given none of the songs really blow you away. It's a nice, compact listen, but not one that I'd want to reach for over more unique, fully realized rock from the era.
Wish this was easier to come by because I’d love to spend more time with it. “Lazy Me” was by far my favorite track, but the whole album is solid. Moby Grape had an influence on a lot of bands, and this was my first time listening to them, but I totally understand why. Worthy addition to the list.
Fairly solid hippie shit, better than I was expecting
Tja. Det er helt greit? Best når det er psych, men langt ifra det beste innen psych.
Et av de beste albumene fra summer of love-året. Tenker en del på Jefferson Airplane når jeg hører dem, og det er jo egentlig ingen grunn til at "Omaha" skulle vært minst like kjent som "White Rabbit". Et sted å starte hadde vært å gjøre albumet tilgjengelig i sin helhet på strømmetjenester. Heldigvis har jeg sikra meg med både CD og vinyl
I don't think I had ever heard a Moby Grape song before listening to this album.
4 out of 5. Kinda surprised this band didn't get as big as they should have but sad to know a lot got in their way.
뭐라 쓰지
Derivative CS&N-adjacent
Man, that was boring. Eventually, the music faded into the background. I perked up briefly once or twice, but lost interest right away. 2/5
Rock solid aber hed mi ez au nani usm fenster zoge. Vlt chunds na Aber mal vorerst zfriedbigi 3 Trube
it's aged out for me but I absolutely see the appeal in the 60s
The 60s were THE time for music. Nothing crazy but some great songs and good overall
If the beatles were less good
Moby Grape, one of those 1960s San Francisco bands that I've always known existed but honestly have no memory of ever having listened to. To me this sounds like a lot of other bands from back then, sometimes a bit like the Airplane, sometimes a bit like the Dead. Songs are short and noisy with nice harmonies and guitar. Probably won't come back to it, but I enjoyed it. "Can I walk down the street naked if I want to," they asked, but I said sorry, no, put those pants back on please.
7/10 Pleasantly surprised, thought it was gonna be more late 60s mediocrity but I actually quite liked it, 8:05 was nice and a few of the other songs, just a shame it’s not readily available on Apple Music.
5/10 = i liked the slower songs but i think it sort of went in one ear and out the other like there was nothing that particularly stood out to me and i think there are better albums from this time with this sound tbh
Overall Rating - 4.15/5 (8.30/10). HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF THIS BAND?!?!?!?!? Awesome music.
Never a good start when the album is not available as a unit on Spotify. Standard sunshine and drugs psychedelic rock, there are too many of these albums on this list. This is like worse Byrds. It ends on a high note with Indifference though.
I've heard the name Moby Grape but never listened to them before. Cool 60's rock jams. I can both see why they are lauded and why they are still somewhat underground for most regular classic rock listeners. Lots of very listenable tracks, but my favorite was probably Omaha.
Typical 60s rock, okay
Suenan bien
Pretty solid psychedelic band with some catchy songs. If these guys had been more famous in lieu of several similar bands I wouldn't be upset in the least. Silly name.
The one song I could find was good!
This was thoroughly nice. Very chill, but also with some upbeat energy elsewhere. The guitar work is really good. It didn’t set the world alight, but generally I enjoyed it and liked the songs. 3.5 rounded down.
Hey Grandma 3.3 Mr. Blues 3.4 Fall on You 3.2 8:05 3 Come in the Morning 3.3 Omaha 3.3 Naked, If I Want To 3.1 Someday 3.2 Ain't No Use 3.4 Sitting by the Window 3.3 Changes 3.3 Lazy Me 3.2 Indifference 3.4 Score: 3.261538462
This is a good 60's blues rock album, but it doesn't rise above that to me. I'd give it a 3.5 stars rating if I could, but I'll round up to 4 just due to the influence and impact at the time. However, it definitely has aged.
I certainly enjoyed parts of this... 5/10
hard to rate when only 8/18 tracks are available on spotify, i liked the feel of those 8 though, saved 0/8
Highlights: Mr. Blues, 8:05, Rounder and Sweet Ride (Never Again). 3.3
This is good. Definitely in the top tier of Psych Rock on this list, so it's interesting that they're relatively unknown. I do love that thin (but still searing?) guitar tone of 60's psych rock like on "Changes"; I wouldn't even call it overdriven, just kinda on the edge of break-up. If the mix wasn't biased towards guitar anyway, it would still chop right through and is so era specific. I wish this record was easier to listen to, then I might revisit more often.
Storms in, entertains with some rocking guitar sounds and vocal harmonies and then blows right back out the door and out of your brain as quickly as it came in.
This is a band that could have - maybe should have - gone a long way, if not for a cascade of mental illness, drug abuse, managerial misbehavior, contract disputes, and everything else that could go wrong with a talented band. None of the songs here are instant classics, and some of them feel unfinished but there are roots and signs of tremendous talent. The band is tight, the harmonies are clean, and the playing is energetic and talented. I wish things had gone differently - these guys could have been huge stars, and maybe they should have been.
A fine collection of blues rock songs. Nothing that I haven't heard before doing this experience or during it. Not bad but not amazing either. 3/5
Nice and I'm willing to believe influential, but it didn't really grab me any more than dozens of other bands doing very similar things at the same time
basicamente um beatles menos desenvolvido e inovador. um album com aquela vibe "suja" (num bom sentido), bem cru anos 60 mesmo. gostei de algumas faixas, principalmente de 805, mas overall o album nao me agradou tanto. nota 4
Very average, nothing really going on with this album, a perfect example of a 3
Turns out Moby Grape is nothing like Moby. My immediate thought is that this sounds very Beatles-y, but it's actually much more enjoyable in my opinion. There's quite a lot going on in the backing, including some pretty good guitar and some really cool bass playing. It's also a lot more "rock" with an overall heavier sound and quite a lot of fuzz. I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to the lyrics, but the vocals are decent enough, if fairly typical of the period in style. I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would, and I'm fairly shocked at the current average rating because I don't think this is by any means bad... Going to go with a 4 because I think it deserves a kick in the positive direction.
1960 Psych rock raaahhhhh! We really went in the wrong direction, it's crazy to think this is the stuff that would have been on the radio back then. In terms of the album it was fine, nothing special but enjoyable. High 3
far out man
For a San Fran hippie blues outfit this actually holds some weight. There's enough gems in their discography to make them stand out among the other pretenders and flower power posers, and enough chops to keep a record moving. Skip Spence was headed on a one-way ticket to the astral plane but there's something fun about mixing Haight-Ashbury with Neil Young. And if anything, they're damn good songwriters and players.
Great band name with groovy music. Loved it.
Normally when I hear an album from a band I’ve never heard of that was a small lesser known back from the uk or England in the 70s or 70s (happened way more than you would think) I don’t have a great time, but this surprised me. I really think the blues and folk influences added to the psychedelic pop and grounded it. The lyrics were fun and catchy, the riffs good, and the overall record really succeeded.
Yep. More white guys in the sixties doing psychedelic jams.
As enjoyable as the last 60s psychedelic blues rock album and the next one, and the next one. Favorite track: 8:05
7/10 Best songs: Hey Grandma, Ain't No Use A rare album unavailable on Spotify - luckily it's pretty easy to find on YouTube. It's a pretty decent 60s white-boy blues/psychedelic rock album, although I find the music far more interesting when it leans into the latter over the former. The average rating on here seems a bit low; I suspect nobody is actually doing research and making sure they listen to the entire album (rather than some b-sides and a few remakes).
Como no lo escuché en tiempo y forma le pongo un 1 y no lo escucho pero porque ni siquiera es enteramente escuchable. Hay temas en Spotify que por una disputa legal no están disponibles, y como me da paja no lo escucharé. Una lastima.
Roquinho
I'm torn on how to feel about this one. It's not bad, but I don't think it's great? I'd say it's like right down the middle—a 2.5/5 probably. I'm giving it 3 stars, if only because I'm feeling generous.
Psychedelic music for raisins
60s music; it's interesting once but I wouldn't listen to again.
6.5/10 - Spotify shows this is 18 songs and 47 minutes, but what it plays is 8 songs at probably 35 minutes. I like this. I think Indifference is the standout song. I like the muddy guitar, the harmonies from the singers, and the drums. Overall I thought this was a good tight 35 minutes.
Not horrible but I don't find it very compelling either. Sounds like a bunch of other albums from the 60's. 4/10
This was great fun and hit so many of my sweet spots, harmonies, great solos without the histrionics. Just does feel that some of the songs are half finished and it’s really only on a few songs like the album closer indifference that you get a sense of what it could have been
Beat, 1967 -> 2
Feels like a proto American Beauty. One wonders how different things may have been if not for the whole "fire axe incident".
Never heard of them! Really solid psychedelic rock for the day. Could've been Jefferson Airplane if I were guessing.
I mean, sure, sure, this sort of generic white blues isn't the worst thing I could be hearing (they will eventually give me Kid Rock). But I don't need so much of this kind of “blues poured down my throat” in these quantities. If there is any myth that this project should dispel, it's that the 60s were the best decade for music. There is A LOT of generic stuff that has been unjustly elevated. They ain't all the Beatles. I've discussed before, I'm sure, my general love for 90s rock. So I get that there are folks who love this sort of sound, who are absolutely going to want to look at someone who loves the Stones or Floyd or whatever, and want to introduce people to other similar work. I absolutely have a good dozen or two artists who I would recommend to anyone who wanted some good rock music despite being relegated to one single on the radio (sometimes less). But I also have some dozens that I like a lot as part of the collection. Like a Pokémon. You're not gonna seriously battle a Pidgey, but you gotta catch ‘em all. The whole show is about a kid who got a cute Pikachu, ostensibly a lightning hamster… there's nothing wrong with loving your weird lightning hamster, nor is there anything wrong with loving Moby Grape, but putting Moby Grape in an essential listening list would be like bringing your lightning hamster to battle someone's army-rhino. I think some of these albums, I would be more open to if I heard them independently. Like, this is not worse than a light ⭐️⭐️⭐️. But some of these I think I resent and that colors my opinion. I don't think this is one of those though. I get why a 60s fan would dig it. I don't see why anyone who wasn't a completeist would hunt it down
Nicht fertig gehört Random dass es vorgeschlagen wurde bei 34k monatlichen Hörern. War okay aber nichts besonderes
curti! mas algumas músicas estão fora do Spotify
Cool psychedelic sound but the songs didn't stick much for me.
2026.07.07.
I don’t think I needed to listen to this before I died.
4.3
It was fine. Typical 60s rock.
ouvindo agora e nao tenho nem palavras apenas sentimentos e sao todos aaaAaaaaSAsaaaaAvahahajakajjskamam
#374 Perfectly inoffensive San Franciscan psychedelic rock that just didn’t really have enough edge to really capture my attention. It probably didn’t help that I had to go to YouTube to listen to the full album which was interrupted heavily by ads. Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ❌ Listen before you die? 🫳 Fave track(s): 8:05 Rating: 6/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
3.5 down to 3.
At least as much fun to listen to as many of the same bands in the late 60s era. Better than most of the better known ones from early 70s. Were they the victim of a silly band name?
A forgotten time capsule of the sound of the ‘60s.
Bla bla bla
The Beatles? Nah, never heard of them
Always enjoy this kind of music love loads of harmonies, perfect mindless music in a good way
Mostly reminded me of better music from the same period, but I still enjoyed this
bit of enjoyable psych rock but didnt massively stand out to me
Better than the usual 60s fare you would get on this list 3.5*
The sound is about as meaningless as the name.
Solid 60’s jam rock, but the difficulty of finding this album (in full) brings it down a star. Unfair? So were the reasons they didn’t last.
a pretty representative record of the slightly rootsier, bluesier, folkier sounds coming out of the san franchiso scene, especially after the summer of love screeched to a halt. it could be just a quality Generic representation but the fact that the band is built around three guitarists creates a rly distinct effect...its not a free for all cacophony but theres a knotted denseness, a lot of texture and tension,,,and somehow theyre all good harmony singers too! an impressively rich recording of a solid slate of songs.
It's a decent psych rock album all around but then again, this is one of my favorite genres. I really enjoyed the instrumentals across the board, especially when you listen to the interlocking three-guitar attack that creates some really cool psychedelic textures. Tracks like "Omaha" and "Hey Grandma" pack a fantastic, high-energy punch that shows they could rock just as hard as any of their San Francisco contemporaries. The way they effortlessly blend elements of folk, country, blues, and pop into a trippy atmosphere makes it a really fun, varied listen. It acts as a fascinating artifact of the 1967 scene, and you can definitely hear why they were so highly regarded by other musicians at the time. Maybe I’m letting some cognitive bias creep in because I’m comparing to other psychedelic bands…as much as I enjoyed it, it doesn’t rise to the level of other albums from that era for me.
Fine
Bom, vale a pena conhecer mais
Good vibes, will be listening again
Enjoyable but won’t revisit
Марко 3,5 Сара 3,5
Replacement-level psychedelic rock of the late 1960s. Perhaps this rock was more novel at the time, but it is not very memorable.
Good; not great. Clearly influential on the emerging psychedelic rock scene. A 3.
ok
Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane vibes. Fun!
Only a few of the songs were available on Spotify but they sounded pretty decent.
Some pretty good hippie rock.
I don't know if you can get any more 60s than that right there.
completely indifferent. it's not bad. just did not interest me.
Æ þetta var ósköp boring eitthvað. Plötukoverið nokkuð smart og í raun allt í lagi glamr.
Really good, never heard of it. Sixties pop with good dashes of folk, psychedelic and mod rock and Americana. Good songs that stay in your head. Nice discovery, I will return to it!
Definitely heard a lot of early The Who is this one. Heavy hitting drums, splitting guitar riffs, and tight vocal harmonies -- all produced on a record that feels about as 60s as it gets. Perhaps not super memorable, but still a great listen.
Når det er bedst, så er det vokals Hendrix, når det er værst er der banjo.
Fed syre rock meget af tiden. Men lidt for meget country og Beach Boys harmonier
Love the short songs but we don't need to venerate every 60s psych album. Nothing stands out here.
This is good. Never heard of them before. Very of the rock 60s era.
This was pretty nice to listen to, but over very very quick. I thought something was wrong. Hard to find on YouTube Music. Needed to find a playlist through actual youtube someone thankfully put together.
Toffe sixties-rockplaat
bangers
Not my kind of 60s music, fine
Got that late 60's TV rock vibe but there's definitely some variety beneath the surface. Unfortunate that most of the songs are unavailable on some services but I was able to find the whole thing. Background on this band had some crazy drama, nearly an axe murdering and a nearly a half century battle with a power hungry manager just for rights to your own band.
difficult to find and easy to listen to
lindas guitarras. me la baja un poco que varias de las canciones las sacaron de spotify entonces lo tengo que escuchar por fuera. si 1967 fuera un sonido sería este sin lugar a dudas. esta sonando omaha y un poco me hace acordar a mis amigazos los post animal
Fun little 60s psych record.
Wasn’t great, wasn’t bad. A solid three and something I probably would not actively seek out again.
3,5/5 Good 70's Rock
Average 60s album. Not on Qobuz fully but easy to find on youtube.
This is #day667 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… the late '60s is my lane whenever I feel like retreating into the roots, but while I do like the era from a musical perspective, the "sunny" psychedelia isn't exactly the kind of stuff I'd reach for. I'd much rather revisit Doors, Janis Joplin, or maybe some Hendrix and Jefferson Airplane. I'm afraid this is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day668.
It’s alright but I won’t be returning
All I knew about Moby Grape going in was that (a) Columbia fucked up the release of this album by releasing a bunch of singles on the same day, and (b) Skip Spence ended up as America's LSD-casualty answer to Syd Barrett. So I was *not* prepared to be blown away by the ability of this band to do everything their San Francisco scenemates did, only at an even higher level of sophistication and craft. The electric compositions are just as muscular as those of Creedence but with more tenderness and vulnerability ("Fall on You," "Changes"), while the softer Americana compositions do everything the Dead would later do on *Workingman's Dead* and *American Beauty*, only with better vocals ("8:05," "Sitting by the Window"). And all in disciplined pop packages - only a couple tracks here even hit the three-minute mark. The psychedelic touches are here in exactly the right dosage - just enough to make the leaves change color, as Ken Kesey used to say. What a tragedy that these guys weren't able to make good on the promise of this; in a just world we'd have gotten four or five albums like this one, plus a bunch of great live stuff. What if.
Not as I had hoped, a mash-up of Moby and Black Grape. This was a bit of a pain to listen to as the full album isn't on streaminng but managed to track it down and listen to a few tracks via the best of, which led me to a song which was them laughing in the studio as they tried to record a song with some puerile lyrics which was actually better than anything on the album itself
I have heard the (rather terrible) name before but never this album. Wasn't on my streaming service, so I had to do a bit of digging. Quintessential San Fran sounding stuff. Which means it's got some tremendous playing, though I was a wee bit worried it might skirt close to the type of earnest hippy material that can get old quickly. I'll give it another listen but I think it's almost all the former and almost none of the latter.
tbh i listened to this but cld not tell u a single thing abt it didn’t stand out to me it wld seem
This album must be listened to through "alternative means" because their manager SCREWED THEM ROYALLY. The Spotify and Apple Music versions are what Sony could put out legally. They're good. It's decent music. I'm just not into psychedelia. It meanders a bit, but the guitars are nice and fuzzy, the lyrics are there. The lack of length made it difficult to properly rate, though. My Rating: 2/5
Never heard of Moby Grape before and now I know why.
Couldn't find it on Youtube Music for some reason, but from what I could hear of it, it seemed like a pretty generic rock album for the time
Only partially available on Tidal and YT Music so can't fully rate
Oooof i think they thought they were pretty cool…
nothing burger with extra nothing
Never heard of them before. They sound pretty typical of their time.
Een leuk staalkaartje sixtiesmuziek, maar niks wat echt opvalt of wat door hun wat bekendere collega's niet (veel) beter is gedaan. Wederom, in 1967 is zoveel iconisch gemaakt, dat de mindere goden er behoorlijk flets bij afsteken. Maar dit luisteren is geen straf, af en toe rockt het best aardig, vooruit, puntje erbij.
De jaren '60 hoor je wel doorklinken. Niet dat het slecht is, maar gedateerd kunnen we dit wel noemen. 2,5 ster
Ik had nog nooit van Moby Grape gehoord en dit is het enige plaatje van ze wat we te horen krijgen blijkbaar. Vanaf het eerste nummer zit ik er gelijk in. Het is zeker gedateerd, maar het is fijne, swingende 60s. Ze gaan af en toe lekker los op de gitaar, ofwel met een dikke solo ofwel met stijlvolle finger-picking. Ze wisselen uptempo songs af met wat rustigere ballads, maar ik vind het erg lekker klinken zo op de woensdagochtend. Zoals een zure broeder vermoedelijk zal gaan zeggen: geen nootje verkeerd. De andere zure broeder vindt dit verschrikkelijk gedateerd en kan er helemaal niks mee, maar dat kennen we van hem als 60s-hater. En mijn Brabantse luistermaat heeft nostalgie naar trekdrop, en dan doelt hij denk ik niet op het bier van Van Moll. Maar het gaat er hier om, wat ik er van vind. Ik zit er vanaf de eerste klanken lekker in en heb me hier uitermate goed mee vermaakt. Laten we niet te gek van stapel lopen door een 5 te geven, maar ik vind het ergens raar dat ik hier nog nooit van had gehoord. Een vergeten pareltje, blij dat we dit hebben mogen horen in deze snoblijst.
Out of all the musical achievements that transpired in 1967 and chronicled in the book, Moby Grape's debut is one that you just had to be there to appreciate. Overall: 2/10
Takovy lepsi country
Pas très consistant
Not enough drugs and lava lamps in my vicinity to enjoy this
It was alright. Sad what happened
Temu Beatles. Pretty underwhelming
3.0 - Ok
Strictly in the “just fine” category.
3/5
60's rock just ain't for me
I found 8:05 very sweet, come in the morning is fun. These white Motown boys are having a nice time and I don’t mind that at all. Stylistically/genre wise this is absolutely baffling. Like not a cohesive album at all. By the final track I was feeling actively hostile towards them. They destroyed all good feeling they had managed to cultivate. C’est la vie.
Pretty good! On paper, these 60s rock and roll records should be right up my street, as I do think the musicianship on here is great and the songs overall have a good energy to them. But I just sort of don't really care about them (emotionally)? I've only just started to realise why The Beatles are so good, so another late 60s rock band probably isn't going to convince me that this is a 5/5 album anyway. Maybe objectively this is a 4, but subjectively it's a 3 from me. 'Hey Grandma' is a fun name for a song. It's the kind of music they'd have on at a bar you don't go to often, but like going occasionally for a change from your local haunt. You'd hear it once, think about how there was so much of this stuff from the 60s, and that maybe you should get into it (because it's good!); then the next song comes on, and you'd never think about it again.
Dette kunne jeg ikke oppdrive på hverken Qobuz eller Youtube Music.. Men lå et par låter ute på Youtube Music og av det jeg hørte virka det ganske fett! Gir det 3, men om jeg hadde fått høre hele kunne det godt vært at det hadde sneket seg opp til 4.
Funky and fun.
Unremarkable
Cant believe I'd never really heard of them before. This album fucks.
Pretty standard piece of 60's music.
A perfectly adequate late 60's San Fran rock band. A good snapshot of the time, but wasn't that interesting beyond that, to me anyway.
Could only find part of the album. Easy to listen to but no standouts on the limited list.
Not generic nor does it particularly standout from its peer group. Certainly not the definitive Skip Spence.
I see Moby Grape described as potentially one of the biggest bands of the 1960s if it wasn't for poor decisions and dealing with the legal fallout of Matthew Katz's management approach. While this is a textbook example of a band squandering their rights our of ignorance (and is probably why I had to go digging through YouTube to find this album in its entirety to listen to), I'm not sure that's right. Actually listening to the music and it's a bit underwhelming. There's definitely influence from the British Invasion bands, as well as a heavy dose of the psychedelic rock of other Bay Area bands such as The Grateful Dead, there's nothing that stands out as essential listening. That said, there's some pleasant harmonies, and having all five members singing lead vocals at various points is pleasant. Also, their triple guitar approach has some muscularity to it, particularly on "Omaha." Otherwise Moby Grape are more entertaining to read about than they are to listen to.
I would classify this as the album to pair with "Surrelestic Pillow" by Jefferson Airplane. It doesn't have the hits of that album, but would argue is a better album listen with the same sound. It is that 60s california psych mixed with folk, country, blues and the outstanding feature of having 3 guitarists in the band before that was popular. 4 stars could definitely get higher on more listens
Some of the faster moving rock jams - are just that...great jams with great guitar. Where they do to much SF psych - and try to be a poors mans Dead...they lose it.
3/5, vind hem best dik, ga hem vaker proberen
Leuke tunes, niks bijzonders. Een soort mix tussen beatles en jefferson airplane. Super classic psycha bluesey, maar zonder de experimentele productie. "A man without love is no man at all" Gen X prima.
FTL: Prima lekker blues album, werkt doordat nummers kort zijn; houdt verder niet echt je aandacht vast. Achtergrond kroeg’ish. Indifference (mono) en sweet ride zijn wel dik. Net geen drie sterren.
Pretty groovy harmonies, man.
this is not that bad i enjoy most of the songs, its like a knockoff beatles without john lennon which makes it better in a way
Pretty great old album
Funny but ok
Blue-eyed soul. Not terrible.
p106. 1967. 1 star. Insipid 60s West Coast hippy noodling with no tunes.
I liked this. Kinda reminds me of a lot of artists from this psychedelic 60s era. Short and Sweet.
A little bored with this. Sounded very 60s
Some middle of the road 60s rock
This started off as "why on earth is this on the list", but slowly ascended into something I actually quite enjoyed. Maybe if I listened again I'd enjoy the first half more, but it is what it is.
It was good, but at some point don’t all these mid-tier psychedelic rock bands kind of start to sound the same?
Oh boy..
Started off Blusey, but then just became another run of the mill all sound the same 60s band
I knew enough to expect the hot guitar playing, but not the well-crafted song or the harmonies. Dig it.
Almost really good
Worse than similar bands coming from that era and scene. Not sure I get this one.
I really enjoyed this.
like 3/4 of the album is missing on spotify
Underwhelming 60s fare
Not soothing, just gives you a headache. 3/5
Not a bad album at all. Definitely better than some of the other 60s filler on this list.
Moby Grape feels like a mix of other bands from the time, but nothing terribly memorable. It’s not bad, but if I never heard it, I don’t think I would’ve missed anything. 6/10
I wasn’t sure if this band was from San Francisco but I could tell. Very reminiscent of the first Grateful Dead album. It is well executed but ultimately forgettable.
mid
Good and jammy. Boomery
Not typically a fan of a lot of the music of this genre, but here's one that has the distinct hippy dippy sound of this era, and, I heckin like it. Maybe it's that this one is obscure enough in time since it hasn't shown up in the ensuing decades of boomer nostalgic slop, so it still feels less tread upon. Unfortunately can't get a copy of the full original, so can't rate this beyond 3.
This is indeed the birth of cool
ok honestly i never heard of these guys so i got like 5 tracks in and was ready to dismiss this as yet another mid at best psych rock album but damn did it pick the fuck up. i'm used to albums losing steam but this one gained it. it genuinely feels like they heard me talking shit and came after my ass. thats not to say the first third of it is like actively bad or anything, "hey grandma" is a solid enough opening and i enjoyed the (appropriately) bluesy "mr. blues", but it just wasn't really hitting til the wild panning on the intro of "omaha" slapped me round the ears. i think it does lose a little juice in the couple of tracks immediately following, but it builds back up again quickly and keeps goin strong thru to the end. i love the vibrato on the vocals of "sitting by the window" and "lazy me", the latter of which honestly just fucks in general, and "indifference" is a real high note to end on. being only half an hour long it's easy to go back in for another listen or two but i can't say i'm locking in for every track, so i'm going with a 3. it's a strong 3 tho. i feel bad for almost lumping these guys in with the electric prunes.
is there any difference between this and every single 60s rock album? 2/5
This is one of those 60’s band that are critically acclaimed but were never big sellers — The Zombies, Quicksilver Messengers Service, Electric Flag, etc. I’m pretty unfamiliar with all of them. This was pretty darned good, makes me want to listen to more of the band.
No. 165 Pretty energetic and fun for 60s music. Don't think I'd ever listen to it again though.
Heel tof
Sounds like Quicksilver Messenger Service. It is definitely a psychedelic rock staple from the San Francisco scene. One of the greatest psychedelic rock albums ever!
As another reviewer said, this album has basically all the right things. However, for some reason, I find it kind of boring and not very interesting. It is just a fine album.
A forgettable album by a band to at sounds like 12 other bands from the same time
I think there were a few tracks missing from the version on Spotify but I got the gist. Perfectly fine.
Enjoyable psychedelic, country rock from the mid/late '60s. Fits nicely along side the other SF bands of the era -- the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane.
Bridges the gap between garage rock and psychadelia but honestly pretty forgettable. I'm sure this would grow on my if I had more time with it though.
Listened previously. Expectations: High - Verdict: Very Good - A difficult one to find on streaming services. Classic psych rock. Hey Grandma, Mr. Blues and 8:05 are fantastic. Omaha is also good. I think the middle section loses a tiny bit of steam but this is high quality throughout. Changes rocks. Indifference is a great closer.
This is a weird listen cause I think I listened to a totally different album. I went to the album link that the website had and it didn’t have like any of the same songs so I looked on their Apple Music page and it was like genuinely gone. There was another thing it maybe could’ve been but that was like5 songs so it wasn’t that. So I just listened to this but I think it’s the wrong album. I’m just gonna rate it off that though cause I don’t really care enough to listen to another one of their albums. It was like fine I guess, but not really anything crazy. Favorites: does it matter?
Classic San Francisco sound - close harmonies, bluesy electric guitars, a bit of a soul/RnB feel, and some country jangle, and some folksy acoustic stuff all blended up for a lightly psych sound. They don't push the boat out as much as the dead or nail the countrified harmonies of CSNY or the raunchy raw blues of Big Brother & the Holding Company - sticking to a more Beatlesy power pop. It's fine - but their best song, Omaha, isn't on this one.
Full album not on streaming services. No Rating.
Pretty listenable but doesn’t really stack up with those coming out with similar stuff at the time. RYM: N Saved a song: N
It was classic psych rock. Underrated album overall
Interesting 60’s rock. No stand out tracks but no bad ones either.
Who knew 1-minute tracks were all the craze a full decade before the emergence of punk rock? I appreciate the songs being relatively short, because they aren't anything spectacular. Pretty much a perfect microcosmic slice of Western music in September 1967. Aggressive (but not hard) rock, rough lead mixing, group backing vocals spouting entire sentences in the absence of a lead vocalist (at times), distorted guitar. Now that's what I call psychedelia. It's by no means the best psychedelia of its time – not when the Doors, the Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, and others exist – but it simply and effectively communicates the genre across. Also, surprisingly good sound considering this hasn't been remastered (that I can tell). 8:05 makes for an early standout, largely due to the acoustic guitar making by far the cleanest-produced sound of any instrument thus far. Though to be honest, all of the first three songs are fairly good. They just lack substance. Though it's a bit of an unfair comparison, note that Sgt. Pepper's came out several months before Moby Grape, and the latter feels strictly like a downgrade in quality. You can't look at me with a straight face and tell me that the 55-second Naked If I Want To is good. Even the acoustic guitarwork sounds kind of messy and buzzy. In contrast, Changes is thoroughly enjoyable (peep that bassline) and deserves much more airplay than I'm guessing it's actually received. Great little psychedelia-inspired guitar solo (with weird percussion pattern) at the end of the final track, Indifference. 3/5 Key tracks: Mr. Blues, 8:05, Changes
More late 60s classic schlock!
Not bad
Forgotten according to the streets, cool piece of history from the psych rock era
Dated, but a very good version of dated. It sounds like it's from the late 60's, and it's a great representation of that time. 8:05 is the clear standout track for me.
enjoyable but not very memorable
I really enjoyed this debut album listen from Moby Grape! I’d never heard of them before but this music was totally up my alley and I felt like it was a strong debut for them! Overall, I enjoyed this psychedelic rock and roll album and I would listen to it again in the future!
I liked it. Something about albums from the year I was born, I like 3/5. This has summer of love vibes with harmonies and hum-along melodies.
Alright classic rock. Might remember band name, but probably not the sound or any songs. Inference specifically may have had a high pitch squeak in it that was particularly annoying
Psychedelic country/folk rock isn’t my thing, but this is better than most and you can hear the foundation of so many other bands that went on to greater heights. Maybe in an alternate reality where their story wasn’t so sad we would be talking about them instead of the Grateful Dead… 3.5⭐️
Good ol' psychedelic pop/rock.
Jest to może nieco wtórne, ale za to bardzo stylowe i z krystalicznym wokalem. 7/10.
This one has a few interesting moments, but overall it’s just as generic California 1960s sound as you could only imagine
Fine, most pop song was their best but don’t really see myself going back to this
This album is such a fantastic record. It has many elements, even though it's not experimental or innovative at all, but it all works very well. And the psychedelic sound here is very well mixed also with the blues component. And it's also a very funny rock album. I've enjoyed it so much.
Pleasant! Reminded me of Buffalo Springfield and CSNY :)
kind of reminds meof CCR
Full album not available on Spotify. What I do hear wasn’t bad.
Favorite Track: 8:05
This is one of the "holy grail" albums for record collectors, I assumed for the original album cover with the Dan Stevenson middle finger salute. I was chasing this cover for many years when I was actively into such things but never found it. Since the band and album mostly went off into obscurity, I never figured the music would be any good. I'm happy to say I was wrong about that. It took me a couple of songs to get into the album, but once I was into it I was hooked. There was a strong CSN/Stephen Stills solo vibe to this record, and for me that's a total plus. I enjoyed the bluesy singing as well as the all around musicianship of the band. Favorite songs included 8:05, Come in the Morning, Sitting by the Window, and Indifference.
It's an album on this list.
- very Beach Boys esque - good vibes - enjoyed this
Some nice variety and occasional plucking but not altogether that different from a few better albums I've heard from the same era. Highlights: "Come in the Morning", "Ain't No Use"
This album starts so strongly but starts to fade as it goes on. Still, a solid album from a band that I have never listened to.
Ещё один блюзовый гость из конца 60-х.
not amazing but not bad Will I listen to again: 10%
An enjoyable listen. I favorited one song - Indifference - primarily for jam during the last 2 minutes. The project is reminding me how much I like the sitar-based jam sessions 60s rock songs. 3/5
This is fine psychedelic rock, but I have to assume this is from an early edition of the book and got cut later. Why would you not let the genre be represented by the incredible examples like Big Brother and The Holding Company and give this slot to something else?
Nice
Yet another 1960s album that sounds like all the others. This could be any nameless act from then. How would you know?
Interesting album. Some nice compositions and use of stereo. Definitely improved by listening on headphones. Reading up on their history was a trip, unfortunate that nothing good ever came after this album from them.
Quintessential old school rock vibes. This album sounds like how a thrift store record smells.
Moby Grape’s debut is treated like a hidden gem, but most of the shine is imagined. The band’s genre‑hopping feels less like versatility and more like confusion, with songs that blur together and rarely land. The harmonies try to mask the thin songwriting, but even they can’t rescue material this forgettable. A couple moments spark, but the album’s reputation does more heavy lifting than the music itself. Two stars, and that’s being polite. Why had I never heard of Moby Grape before this? Oh...
Pop
It’s a nice listen. I was dreading this, as I am experiencing 1967 fatigue after starting to listen to all these albums from the book. But it’s a nice record that I probably will revisit
One of those bands from my youth that I’d heard of, but never heard. Wish we had streaming back in the day!
Album not available on Apple Music. Definitely not my jam. Hippy folk r&b - Grateful Dead, etc. No thank you
I remember the name, bu none of i sounded familiar. Prettu good
Good musicians. Not a fan of this type of music
What's big, and purple, and lives in the ocean?
стандартно как-то потом переслушаю еще раз
solo para iniciados....
Very nice music. Blues all over, dynamic guitars, nice voice. I would like to listen more by them. 3,75/5
I had never heard of Moby Grape before, and didn’t recognise a single track on this album, so I went into it with no expectations at all. On paper, this should be right up my street. San Francisco 60s pop rock is usually a safe bet for me, and there are definitely some great moments here. But it’s a bit of a mixed bag. For every lively, engaging track, there’s a slower, meandering ballad that doesn’t really go anywhere and takes the momentum out of the album. There just aren’t enough songs in the mould of Come in the Morning, which has a real spark to it and shows what the band can do at their best. Too often, things drift along without leaving much of an impression, and that makes parts of the album feel longer than they should. Favourite tracks: Come in the Morning is a great tune and easily the standout for me. Least favourite tracks: The slower songs drag a bit, especially Naked, If I Want To. Album artwork: A pretty standard 60s cover, nothing special but fits the era.
not bad, but not remarkable. Perhaps the most remarkable thing is that I thought it was an album from 1975+ and it turned out to be 1967. The last song was good :)
A 60's California psychedelic blues, country rock album. The guitar work is excellent, rips it up in parts. There are some really outstanding tracks that I was not familiar with, so thanks generator. A lot of the songs are really short and seem unfinished. If The Dead, Jefferson Airplane and The Byrds are your thing you should check this one out
Another 60's album, yay.....
Everything '60s sounds very similarto me. Maybe it's because I don't listen to a lot of '60s music. But I enjoyed this one. I was putting off this album for a long time and I'm glad I picked it up in autumn. It was such a vibe.
Somewhat distinct sounding vocals, otherwise fairly common sounding run of the mill 60s music. Why is this on here?
Well apparently the rights holders for this album don't think it's an album you need to hear before you die, because I couldn't find it in it's entirety anywhere and had to listen to a transfer from LP to Youtube. But honestly, it wasn't bad. When the band decides to rock out ("Fall On You", "Come in the Morning", "Omaha," "Indifference") they sound pretty good, and when they don't, they don't, but there's more rocking than not. Even the non-rocking songs aren't bad and there's a lot of variety on this album. Overall, good enough that I'm going to check out the various compilations.
Super great! Pumped to have learned about them.
Nah
honestly, it's not bad. I just don't see myself coming back to it cause it's already been done so many times by other artists
This band sounds sounds like the Byrds, but not quite as catchy or interesting. Lyrics a little bland and cliched. Certainly pleasant melodies and all the overlapping vocals are nice. Some fun guitar on some of the tracks. Also a little Beach Boys-y. But again, not nearly as interesting or good. Maybe it was more groundbreaking for its time. Not a bad record at all, but I feel like I’ve heard this music elsewhere but better.
Moby Grape was one of those bands I have seen on lists for years but have never taken the time to listen to them. I get the appeal. They sit somewhere between Cream, the early Who and the Turtles. It had a lot of that classic rock feel but, though they claimed it, didn’t have the other aspects of the psychedelic movement from SanFran bands. Come In the Morning felt very Jefferson Airplane. I actually liked it more as the album went on as it felt more authentic later. Omaha was a banger, but Changes and Lazy Me were my key tracks. I have a feeling this was one of those bands that was good on vinyl but amazing live! If this album flips under my fingers, it just might come home.
Random thoughts: * Do we really need another jammy band from the late 60s on this list? I feel like we have definitely covered this genre already. * It was good music and I can see why some people probably loved them and the influence they had. However, I'm having a hard time seeing how they were much different from the other late 60s bands. * It was also annoying to have to listen to this on YouTube. * I would definitely listen again if it was easier to get a hold of.
Very fun one with some tight guitar and bass playing. Reminiscent of Grateful Dead somewhat. I didn't manage to find all the songs (I think I missed two), but the fact that I didn't feel all that compelled to find them probably means something. Higher side of a 3.
favorite song: come in the morning vibe: the CD you don't typically pick from your parents collection that actually kinda rips rating: 79/100
Oh boy, another album that's not on streaming! Those are always at least a little interesting, right? Well, this is probably one of the less interesting ones. It's a 60s rock album. I've talked about like 100 of these by now. This isn't special to me. This is definitely one of the more obscure 60s rock albums of the bunch, leading to some calling this a hidden gem. Honestly, I can kinda see why that is. This isn't a bad album at all, but it's also not great either. The music itself is good. I like some of the chord progressions and guitar work well enough. Definitely on the more "rockin'" side of things, you know? But the vocals aren't my favorite and the writing is pretty basic. This album takes more of a "larger number of smaller songs" approach, though "larger" in this case is still not a ton seeing as the album's only a half-hour in length. This leads to a lot of the album's ideas feeling... under-developed, I guess? Like, there's not much here that I can see staying in my head, which isn't exactly a sign of a great album. I guess what I'm trying to say is that Moby Grape is an album that exists. It's got some good parts to it, but I think the whole is a little underwhelming. It's not bad though. 3/5.
Not my piece of Grape.. Taas meni taustametelinä mutta aika mitäänsanomatonta
Ei tätä oikeastaan jaksanu edes kuunnella.
Vähän kyllä mietityttää että mikä tässäkin levyssä on sellaista, että olisi pakko kuulla ennen kuolemaansa. Niin geneeristä rokkia kun olla ja voi. Pitääkö se kirja käydä ostamassa ja lukemassa herran kommentit. Voisi ehkä itse tehdä kirjan nimeltä 1001 Albums You Definitely Shouldn't Hear Before You Die, menis 70% näistä levyistä sinne. Mutta jäämme jännällä odottamaan huomista.
Ihan kivoi biisei.
Ihan kivaa 60-luvun peruspoppista. Niin paljon on parempaakin kamaa, että tämä ei kyllä sillain ihan kauheasti säväyttänyt, mutta ei myöskään harmittanut tähän tuhlata aikaa. Antaisin 2,5 jos voisi, mutta pyöristetään kakkoseen. Ei tässä tosiaan ollut mitään järin omaperäistä millä saisi kolmosen.
Not bad, just kind of indistinguishable from better music from this era/genre. I could listen to this, set it down, come back to it, and not remember anything about it. I do hear some tones of the Dead in this though.
I’m not sure why Spotify took songs off the album but from what I’ve heard it was a good bluesy effort. I’m never mad at 60s rock with some blues & folk elements but it was just ok.
Another album that isn't available on streaming platforms, at least not completely. It seems legal issues have troubled this band from day one, which is probably why they weren't more successful. It's a shame too, because I really enjoyed this one after tracking it down on YouTube.
Listened Before? N Pretty decent psych-rock 60's album. There are so many of these on the list that they're just blending together at this point. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: 8:05
Not bad!
66/100
Ho Hum psychedelic rock album from the 70s
3.25 - 1967 may have been the best year for rock of all time, jussayin'. Fun and psychedelic and iconic harmonies in feeling and grit. Fav songs: 8:05 / Bitter Wind
half the album was not avail on spotify tho
Moby Grape’s self-titled 1967 debut is a solid pop-rock record for its era, but when judged solely on the music, stripped of the band's tragic backstory and 'what-if' legacy, it doesn't quite transcend its time for me. Sonically, it feels firmly rooted in the sixties; while I personally don't mind the aesthetic, younger listeners might find the production somewhat dated or 'old-fashioned.' It’s a good album, but perhaps not the timeless essential it's often cracked up to be. Three stars. 263/1001 142/263 albums reviewed were new to me
Very pleasant but didn't inspire me to listen to more Moby Grape
Pretty energetic and fun for 60s music. Don't think I'd ever listen to it again though.
expected another timely beatles clone, but honestly a very pleasant time that keeps it fresh. lacks some standout tracks, and it takes some trying to stream a listenable version of the album, but there's some good shit in there, def worth the time. favorite song is Omaha
Rating: 6/10 Decent collection of bluesy rock tunes from the 60's. Nothing more nothing less to me really. Favorite song was Omaha
Very much some of the most forgettable fuzz rock I've ever come in contact with my ear drums. This is going in the bucket of albums that I don't remember a single thing about when I read this review later 4.3/10
I just couldn’t connect with it
Spotify didn't have all tracks, but I heard enough. Not the sound for me
groovy, man.
Pretty fine folk rock sort of thing. Too many guitars make all the songs fairly busy. It was alright, nothing you can’t hear better versions of elsewhere, but there’s certainly worse out there
Bored the piss out of me. Low rent version of Mamas and the Papas. In fact, it’s every 60s-70s folk rock band you’ve ever heard, but generic.
Groovy, funky, really fun.
Not available on streaming services. Found a less than good copy on You Tube. Sounds like bog standard 60's psychedelic wannabe/folk music. I like psychedelic stuff. This isn't it.
An unheralded banger from the birth of the San Francisco psychedelic ballroom scene
I'd only heard Omaha before. The rest was definitely worth the listen.
Actually, a good album. Nothing really amazingly groundbreaking, but still a good album to sit and listen to.
60s nonsense.
There's a real appeal to this album, it's some really good 60s rock, with some good writing and the songs go for just as long as they should. But it's not an album that grabbed my attention. I might give it another listen but I wouldn't seek it out. It's good, still.
the 60s were so interesting (derogatory)
Fun, although I am not sure it holds up to one youtube commenter's claim that it's the best record ever recorded in the Bay Area.
I think I thought this band was more psychedelic
Spotify only had a few songs so I need to go listen to this elsewhere. Still rating for now since I've listened to Moby Grape before. Generally seems like they sound like a band of that time. They seem talented but their songs have never stuck out to me.
Grateful Dead wannabes
Pretty good rock and roll album. Would listen again