Triangle

Didn't grab me on first listen but warmed up to it. 2.5

An album that just sort of happens to you and goes away. Very little here to latch on to, and insincere in how hard it's trying to push for some psychedelia. Just very bleh if not unpleasant.

Nice. Feels like one part velvet underground one part Dylan. Surprisingly nice deep cut even though this is one of the worst band names ever. Almost a five star honestly eff it showing love to it

#461/1001. This is what happens when a folk / beat band gets surrounded by drug culture. Mystic, etheral, psychedelic, fiddling with obscure texts and sounds and after following the footsteps of the bigger bands (including the one alphabetically just before them in the record store bin) add some instruments borrowed from the classical orchestra next door. Over the duration of the record I was thinking that all this might not be such a bad thing after all, it has a captivating mood, a personal voice and although the style is so familiar and so 1967, it is done well and sincerely - and had aged surprisingly well. I wouldn't mind picking this up in a 5€ bin, but have to say that the band is not really well known here in Finland at least, so hunting for this in fleamarkets probably would be pointless.

Muppet music in the most sincerest form.

It’s a short album but it felt so long

Nice album full of songs that typify the time and place. 4

Liked this one

Not sure what to make of this one. I didn't hate it but certainly wouldn't listen to it again. I think some mushrooms may have been involved.

May listen to again, 3.5

Actually kinda enjoyed this

I thought it would be worse and it ended up being okay. Nice!

I truly don’t understand this albums inclusion on the list. It’s fine, there’s nothing wrong with it. But that’s it, it’s not really anything special.

Quite liked it.

It was nice - unmemorable, but I would listen again, so I'll round up to 4 :)

Are You Happy?

No one ever needed to hear this after the 60s

Very Bob Dylan-esque. But with lyrics not nearly as clever. I’m surprised they have that many albums and I’d never heard of them, but they are very non-spectacular.

i forgot it completely. sorry fellas, time takes us all

Heard before?:❌️ Will listen again?:✔️ The lyrics are country-fantasyesque nonsense but I really enjoyed listening to this anyway

Solid?

Nothings special on this album. They have better songs and sound less like Dylan elsewhere.

Just wrapped up Triangle, and honestly, it’s mostly just drivel. It feels like a total Poundland Bob Dylan cover band, with a singer who tries to mimic that Dylan drawl but doesn't have the chops or the charisma to make it work. Instead of some lost treasure, I got forced whimsy, tired folk tropes, and some really dated lyrics about "magical hollows" that just made me cringe. There’s absolutely nothing special here to justify it being on this list; it’s just another generic '60s band that slapped some harpsichords and strings onto their tracks to jump on the hippie bandwagon. The only mercy is that it’s under 30 minutes long, but it’s still a completely forgettable, tedious slog that I’m never touching again.

Hey, this was really comfy! I underestimated this one, I was pleasantly surprised, given the less than average rating. It's a short hit of bliss.

Arrancó como un disco para lavar los platos, me dió ganas de salir de viaje y hasta me deprimió... la construcción de este disco fue fantástica, lo voy a seguir escuchando.

7.5/10

60s pop-folk, some pleasant songs

Was fine 60s music. Nothing that particularly stood out.

Jangly 60s psychedelic folk

Never, really never heard of this. Typically late '60s folk-rock with a bit of Bob Dylan and psychedelia, and it closes out with country even. It reminded me also a bit of The Incredible String Band, which I knew from the record collection of the father of a high school friend. Now it is a bit outdated, but I think it is well crafted and very typical for the period. Plus, I'm not entirely sure I like the vibrations in his voice. Nice to have heard—that is the purpose of this project—but I will not become a fan...

Fabulous album. Loved it.

Only know these guys from their hit Laugh Laugh, which isn’t on this. A good album; a little folky, a little psychedelic, even a little bluegrass. Nothing groundbreaking and I question its inclusion, but still a solid listen.

What a surprise. This is very much my cup-of-tea.

60s twee pop

Went into this with high expectations after reading the blurb and background. This was such a typical, dull 60s album. It was like a poor Dylan album. Nothing really stood out or was any different from anything else. Is this a decent bit of music? It's not bad. Is it a must listen to? Not in my opinion.

I don't think I recognize this artist or any of the tracks on this album, so I'm basically going into this blind. I see someone else has already reviewed this with just: "We have Bob Dylan at home." Spot on. This isn't terrible, but clearly inferior to Bob Dylan, and I'm not even a big fan of Bob Dylan. (His songwriting is great, he just shouldn't be allowed to perform his own songs. Everyone who covers his stuff always does a better job than he can.) In the case of the Beau Brummels they are able to perform their songs better than Bob Dylan, but the songs aren't up to that level of quality.

3 stars

Ihan kivaa chilliä musaa. Mutta en nyy pitäis mitenkään elämää suurempana tai upeana albumina.

The band incorporated fantasy elements and surreal characters into the album's song titles and lyrics, and worked with a variety of session musicians to create Triangle's psychedelic musical style.

Not good. That classic 60s voice that frankly isn’t that nice to listen to.

music wasnt bad but his voice annoys me

I liked it, pretty fun sort of Beatles type of vibe. Definitely a few songs saved but overall it didn’t totally entice me the whole way.

It was good. Actually put me in a good mood. Wanna go out of my way to listen again, not because it was bad, but it’s 28 minutes of fine music. Don’t really know what else to say.

Dude, honestly just shut the hell up. Do not listen to nine pound hammer w headphones the spoons hurt my ears. This is like if the Beatles drank the stew of sucking

“There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly.” -Woody Allen

At least it was short? Not much happening here.

Eh

pretty unimpressive but also pretty good considering that; high 3/5, though i will likely forget about it within a week. also probably doesn't deserve to be here just because it's so unimpressive

More alright 60s folk pop, nothing special about it but there's some bangers

Not bad rock. Over quickly though. Reminded me of some more recent small alt rock / punk bands I enjoy. Probably won't remember them, but it's one I wish I could and would probably be convinced to buy some albums from unheard to see if similarities persist

Why would you choose to copy the worst parts of Bob Dylan (his voice) and leave out the best parts of Bob Dylan (his writing)?

Quite surprising how clear this folk pop/rock album sounds for its time, considering a lot of the material from the period tend to sound rough. Looking up information about them, it also seems like they had the resources to achieve a production of quality, as they were a big thing back in their days. Anyway, this is a short and sweet folk pop/rock album, having quite the charming energy. It doesn't really do anything innovative or that blew my mind, yet it is fun and pleasant to listen to. The voice has a nice tone, the guitars are playful, the rhythms can get energetic and the additional instrumentation like strings or accordions are some great touches. Apart from being uplifting, the album also has its more serious moments, specially "The Wolf of Velvet Fortune" which has probably the most exciting vocal performance. Overall, a good pleasing record.

Terriblement mid

Wow. A 5 so far

Oh dear….nothing really going on of any interest. Weak songs and bland vocals.

Very bland.

Por lo general, discos de esta época y estilo me suelen gustar. Esta vez me pareció más o menos. 3 puntos (2 estrellas).

Can't believe its from 1967. Really good album

No, i am not happy after listening to your music

silly

Semi-fantasy rock music with a singer who sounds a bit like Bob Dylan? Yeah, I can dig that. Favourite track: The Wolf of Velvet Fortune

not a bad psychedelic album

If it wasn't for the lead vocals, I'd give it a 5.

This was the shortest album I've had so far, and I still couldn't finish it. While listening, I realised that I not only dislike this style of music but I also dislike the singer's voice. I just don't know what to fully make of it. I didn't exactly hate it but it isn't something I’d willingly listen to again.

It was... okay. Parts of it I liked and some of it seemed like it was a caricature of the genre.

A bit jaunty and a bit annoying. 2.4.

Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5

"The main legacy that great bands have is a whole bunch of shitty bands." --Slim Moon, as quoted in Everett True's *Nirvana: The Biography* That sentiment is harsher than I really intend to be here; the Beau Brummels are not shitty. They're a pretty good Bay Area psychedelic band. They seem to have been one of the first bands of this era to specifically and intentionally mine the literature of High Fantasy (pun semi-intended) for inspiration, which is cool. But they clearly, desperately want to be a combination of the Beatles and Dylan and they're neither. And that's fine - nobody else was either. But it doesn't help that the most interesting thing here is the Randy Newman cover, the wit and deftness of which make the rest of the album look weaker by comparison. I'll give this another go-around but nothing here really moved me so far.

Why? Why is this on the list? Why is it on any list? Proof again that 1001 is just too big of a list. It subjects you to drivel like this. 1.0

Böö brummelssi ja kuuskytäluvun karvakolmio. Musiikki kuulosti siltä, kuuskytäluvulta. Oli siellä jotain jännempääkin seassa joka varmaan tehny tästä levystä aikoinaan erikoisen.

Aika perus siksari humppaa, loppupäästä löytyi kappale (tai pari?) jotka oli psykerokkisuudeltaan jopa mielenkiintosia. Meni aamutoimien lomassa kuunnellessa mukavasti.

Pluss: Under 30 minutter. Minus: Enda mer gubberock

never heard of these guys before 👀 big hippy vibes, imagine them with daisy crowns 💥only dreaming now (^- dem cellos) 💥magic hollow 💥wolf of velvet fortune

Better than I had thought.

Not for me

Really liked this to start and then got slowly more and more tired of it. Not bad, vaguely baroque Bob Dylan-esque tracks.

Fairly generic album that fits the style at the time. Some of the instrumentals were interesting.

Not really memorable.

Childish folk drivel. I'm glad the Hippie Dream died.

Hated this lol

Another regular and unremarkable folk album from the late-60's. At least this one is American, not that there's a big difference there. Mr. Dimery probable got into music around this time, hence why there are sooooo many albums from this period. It would like me making a list and overrepresenting the late-00's/early-10's, which I do, but in private.

twenty eight minutes and fifty five seconds might be a short duration for a studio album. But when former members Don Irving (who used to be on guitars) and John Petersen (who used to be on Drums) Beau Brummels got reduced as a trio, and somewhat they managed to advance without being a full band. Triangle, it is the third studio album of the band, and it is the first one including songs composed by both Ron Elliot and Sal Valentino and as a magical and surreal the cover is, you would be absolutely surprised to know that actually titles and lyrics from these songs are probably one of the most closest things you can ever find to a mushroom trip. The band incorporated a lot of fantasy elements in both titles and lyricsm while working with a lot of session musicians to put the elements together, and what we can hear in these particular tracks it's almost a fantasy book written by C.S Lewis with music in the background, rather than a music album instead. As a matter of fact, Magic Hollow was ranked in the "100 psychedelic classics" by Mojo Magazine in 1997, and even when we have today 60 years of distance between this anthology of sounds, you should get ready for a nice trip as soon as you hit play because believe me when i tell you that the album feels like reading a book. Still, the album it's not actually a spoken word record. It is indeed a massvie fusion between psychedelic, folk pop, and it's kinda country in some moments to the point some people compared Valentino vocals, to Bob Dylan himself. If you add that to the fact that as we said, the whole release has a Tolkienesque and abstract tone, this is a very rare experience that you might not wanna lose.

Like Dylan without the poetry

Ok

I think the Moody Blues did this kind of music better.

Glad it was only 30 minutes

yuuuuuup..... another late 60s psych rock album from a band i've never heard of. and u better believe the audio sounds fucked, at least on the version i've been listening to. we went a good few weeks without one of these...... oh well. i'm already finding it hard to say anything new about these. the folk twist is interesting i guess? and there's a cover of "nine pound hammer" so that's cool, especially with the wild energy they've given it. i wanna say i like this album but, it's kinda hard to really appreciate the music when the recording sounds blown out to fuck like this. i'd probably enjoy it a lot more if it wasn't clipping constantly, yknow? how frustrating.....

This singer didn’t really sound that much like Bob Dylan like the contemporary critics said but it’s okay, this was an interesting mix of the Greenwich folk scene and hippie shit and overall successful. Also includes a cool Randy Newman cover.

s/s, Folk Rock, 1967 -> 2

Oh look another 60’s pop rock album that no one remembers 👍🏻👍🏻

Some catchy tunes

this album is bound to be crucified on this hellhole website for the great crime of having a country tinge and a slightly nasally lead singer, everything else be damned. meanwhile Chicago gets a fucking 3.7+ get me outta here

finally got an album i've never heard of in my life! wasn't expecting much and was very pleasantly surprised. just a little corny in a way that really works for me. when they started talking about fantastic prisms in the magic hollow and shit that's when i knew for sure it was a 4 star album. it's also like the platonic ideal of summer music. highlights: are you happy, only dreaming now, nine pound hammer, magic hollow, the wolf of velvet fortune (SWIFTLY!), old kentucky home (fun little satirical number) #first time listening

Mostly fine except that irritating hammer sound in nine pound hammer, come on man

Weird dudes making weird music. It’s giving Bob Dylan in a weird way. I didn’t hate it but I don’t want to hear it again

I'm known by the people around me for saying a handful of phrases way too much, to the point of a few friends and/or coworkers picking some of them up, like "I guess I'll go fuck myself then," or, "you should try some apple butter on that," or "how many chickens could you take all at once in a fight to the death? Answer honestly." One that I come back to a lot in conversations that are either about music or sex is "maybe I'm weird, I'm fully willing to admit that I'm probably weird." As of 16 July 2026, this album is rated low enough to be in the bottom 100 on the entire list (2.69/5). Now, maybe I'm weird, I'm fully willing to admit that I'm probably weird, but I swear I listened to a different album than the 41% of people that listened to this album and decided on a 1-2 star rating. I don't hear the Bob Dylan that every damn review is talking about (how on earth is that a bad thing?) or anything else I saw a few times in the reviews. It's just a really good folk album with plenty to set it apart from the rest of the late-60s psych scene. I definitely needed whimsical forest music for cottagecore gays after the god knows how many days of working my ass off for 16 hours straight between college and work. Then again, maybe I'm weird for not hearing the Bob Dylan in it. I'm fully willing to admit that I'm probably weird.

This is like the platonic ideal of a 3 star album on this site. It's totally pleasant, really nice arrangements, decently engaging songwriting, just solid.

dull dull dull

Yikes! This sounds like Bob Dylan but worse somehow! I did not like it!

Fine

Typical 60’s rock

In the 60s, you could grab 2 of your closest whitest friends and create a critically acclaimed album despite not being good.

Pasable, me gustó, pero no es mi onda.

boring and annoying

4/10 Felt like if Bob Dylan’s merged with pet sounds. I enjoyed some of the sounds, decently liked old Kentucky home.

2/10 = not for me sorry to the brummels, again if i liked bob dylan i would probably like this a lot more but i dont particularly love his voice so i didn't really like their attempt at his style, some nice instrumentals and riffs but nothing i would feel compelled to come back to, tried reheating maxwell's silver hammer nachos and burnt them

I’m a fan of psychedelic rock/folk in general but I have never heard of these guys before and I can see why. They were fine but they are overshadowed by much better acts of that time. These guys also leaned more into the baroque sound, which sounds more dated than other psychedelic rock from that time. But I’m not mad at this. It was entertaining and I enjoyed overall.

If Matthew McConaughey had a Vegas lounge act, this would be his album. Listen to any track agin with that imagery. Alright, alright, alright.

Music for the Dungeon Master’s after party. Is that dueling lutes, I hear? Fun fact - Playing this album today can keep you from getting laid just as easily as it did 500 years ago!

This was trippy. Psychedelic folk. Insane themes and questionable lyrics, it was all so ridiculous yet thoroughly enjoyable. Shout out to the maniac that wrote a detailed review of each song, he was as entertaining as the album

Never heard of this or the band before; and that bore out. Nothing exciting here, everything was functionally fine but a mostly forgettable album.

iskreno, ovo mi se baš svidjelo. solidan, pomalo dilanovski vokal i sve u svemu rekao bih dobre pjesme. »the wolf of velvet fortune« ima baš odličnu vibru, i sve u svemu ugodno je slušati. dosta kratko, a iznimno slatko. mislim da ću zbog toga preslušati još jednom danas da učvrstim utiske... nije mi jasna razmjerno loša recepcija na ovoj stranici, no to bi se moglo reći za još ohoho albuma... nakon drugog slušanja: kao najbolje stvari izdvojio bih »magic hollow« i već spomenutog vuka. no cijeli mi je album ponovo bio dosta dobar, možda čak i bolji. po mom mišljenju zaslužena četvorka

Another unremarkable late '60's rock group. I vaguely remember hearing some of their other songs from other albums by them on the oldies stations my parents listened to growing up, but nothing specific sticks out.

2.5 - ok

Dude's voice sounded like if Bob Dylan wasn't completely shit as a singer. 2 stars because he made me think of Bob Dylan.

Really enjoyed the mellowness of this album, don't feel like there's a ton of albums in here like this so pretty relaxing when they do show up

Another psychedelic folk band from the '60s. 😴

Not amazing but after a long string of terrible albums it feels amazing.

Mijn eerste indruk was nog eens even dubbelchecken, want is dit niet gewoon Bob Dylan?? Man, wat klinkt de zanger als Bob Dylan zeg. En ik ben op zn zachtst gezegd GEEN fan van Dylan zn zang... Het zit wel instrumentaal wat leuker in elkaar dan een gemiddeld Dylan album, met veel meer instrumenten maar ook wat genre switches op het album. Draagt voor mij wel echt bij aan het plezier waarmee ik dit luister. Niet dat ik nu opeens deze zanger goed vind ofzo, het is totaal niet mijn stijl, maar dit kon een stuk erger laten we maar zeggen. Pfff, hoelanger dit album duurt, hoe zuurder ik er van word. Is dit nu echt essentieel om te luisteren? Het klinkt gedateerd, en qua psychrock loopt het behoorlijk achter op de Beatles, prima, maar dan zie ik het nut niet helemaal om dan toch dit album op de lijst te hebben gezien we zo'n beetje elke scheet die de Beatles ooit hebben gelaten er al op hebben... Ik merk dat de bluegrass nummers mij het beste bijblijven. Daarop valt een soort halve country achtige banjo stijl op. Jammer dat ze dat niet voor een heel album doen, maar juist veel terug grijpen naar de 'standaard' rock. FAVO: The keeper of time, Old kentucky home

Simon and Garfunkel meets Bob Dylan. Sounds like something I wouldn't like going into it, but I was pleasantly surprised that my ultimate assessment after listening was a resounding "meh." There isn't anything standout about this album besides having come early enough in the San Francisco scene to establish some of the reliable psychedelic folksy tropes the area would be known for. It really isn't all that psychedelic when you really listen, but many of the songs have little details that make this a pretty confident album for a band fairly early into their career. The singer does indeed sound like Dylan at times but it's clear he has a better command of melody than his much more famous comparison did at that time. There's also a surprisingly sarcastic wit to some of the songs here, as if the album was disillusioned with a scene that hadn't even been invented it. Look at "It Won't Get Better" and "Nine Pound Hammer" for examples of that latter point. Apparently there were a lot of label disputes as their previous albums were made up of covers, which might explain why this album is rather underrated. Overall it's a historical document of a budding folk scene and a pretty solid album overall, just don't expect to be blown away too often. One last little anecdote: as I was making a list of my own records I decided to look over my parents' own records to list them and was surprised to find this album among theirs! One of the last things I would have expected them to have. Key Tracks: Only Dreaming, Painter of Women, Magic Hollow

não achei o album tao ruim nao. finalmente um album com musicas diferentes. o vocalista tem uma voz meio estranha, mas em todas as musicas ele mostra sentimento, e nao aquel vzo monotonas dos albums anteriores. a stand out pra mim é a faixa Only Dreaming Now. sem contar que a produção do album é muito boa pra um album tão antigo, algumas faixas mais bem mixadas do que o album do the verve, com instrumentos e vocais limpos. nota 5,5

I have a thing for squeaky clean vocal groups of the 60s going psychedelic just to keep up, and this is one of the best. There is a Velvet Underground drone vibe to a number of the tunes, esp "Painter of Women" but also excellent cornball Walker Brothers drama aspects like the accordion in "Only Dreaming Now." "It Won't Get Better" sounds like a conscious but precognistic antonym to the Partridge Family song. They feel deliciously out of their depths on this record, which makes it all the better. Their attempt at Byrdsy country rock the year before is also similarly great.

It occasionally reminds me of the Haight-Ashbury bands I like from this era (especially Quicksilver Messenger Service), but its forays into psych rock feel tentative, and the whole album skews a little too far into variety show territory for me and ends up sounding kitschy. I listened to their early breakout single “Laugh Laugh” and a little bit of their more country followup album and liked those better.

I liked this, but the Zombies "Odessey and Oracle" is the superior pop psychedelic album from this era.

I can listen to psych folk all day

Decidedly "Knights of the Round Table" – not for me

I thought it was Bob Dylan like everyone else, but that seemed to be a plot to draw me in.

Nobody talks about The Beau Brummels anymore, and that is either a crime or a mercy, depending on what kind of mood you're in if they come up. Triangle is the kind of album that lives in the margins of music history. Not forgotten exactly. Just never quite remembered the way it deserves to be. Which is somehow worse. It's like that brilliant friend nobody introduces you to until you're already middle-aged, and then you spend the rest of your life slightly resentful of everyone who could have told you sooner.

Probably a thing at that time. Pretty bland and unoriginal now. 5/10

Pretty sweet, I think at 13 this would've been perfect for me. I will say the arrangements do some heavy lifting for the songs themselves but that's not a big deal. Nice and short and easy to listen to if you like 60s folk stuff. Sorta Donovan at times!

like yes

This may have been great in the 60's, but I wouldn't know it. In the present day, it does a fantastic job of boring me and making me drool. I do not like the white boy rock of the past. Good for those who say this is Dylan but better; Dylan is infinitely more interesting for me.

Thoroughly enjoyed this album from a band I’d never heard before. The 60s as a narrative is very BEATLES BEATLES BEATLES but the other stuff I’ve been discovering from that time is very good as well. Instruments were solid. Vocals were good. Lyrics a bit up and down but overall I would add to my collection.

Good album, nothing super exciting or interesting feeling about it.

Meh. At least it was short

It was fine. I enjoy psychedelic rock but this one felt like it wasn't really anything special to me.

Didn’t know anything about these guys. The jangly guitar sound is nice enough but I didn’t like the singer’s voice much and the album didn’t really do much for me.

muuuy meh

A: ingen kommentar. Helt whimsy men int whimsy enough och slutade som country? Idk varifrån den medeltida viben teleporterade???? Magic Hollow var helt bra. 2/5 D: Dom försökte släppa sin whimsy lös men blev blyga och vågade inte. Hoppas någon som vågar har lyckats med det. Medieval whimsycore har mycket potential men dessa var inte det. Ändå mycket mer personligt än de flesta i projektet. 2/5

Only half an hour here. Quite a sweet little album and I do like psych folk. Seems like an interesting backstory and seems quite original, to me a least. Only thing is quite a grating voice on the singer. Reminds me of Robert Plant with some things he does in places; I wonder who came first.

Sounded fine but I won’t be back.

Pretty much just OK. 2.5

Thankfully the songs (except 1) are short. Sure, I can see this recording for what it is - a precursor to a sound The Byrds would adopt and turn into success. The musicians are clearly competent and the vocals are pleasant enough but with a sound that could best be described as arty-folk with a bit of jangle, it’s not at the point where it is either sonically innovative or required listening. Sure, they sound British, largely because of the Canterbury folk aspects of their music but they minimize the psychedelic haze of their hometown San Francisco. Too bad really because jangle psychedelic music might have revolutionized that sound. Serviceable record but really not the level required to break through into anyone’s musical consciousness. 2/5

Meh

Weird in all the right ways. Some songs didn't 100% connect, but The Wolf of Velvet Fortune made up for those.

ziemlich chill, aber nothing out of the ordinary würde 2.41 sterne geben

Idk didn't seem to be anything special here

The album played in the background without me really noticing it. There was nothing that caught my attention. Boring. 3/5

A beautiful, psychedelic, melodic set of songs with incredible orchestration and a minstrel-like, cartoony atmosphere. Surprisingly enjoyable, if you're down for that kind of stuff. Faves: Only Dreaming Now, Triangle, The Worlf of Velvet Fortune, Old Kentucky Home

There’s too many 60’s and 70’s rock albums on this list. I fear this album is getting a lower rating purely based on the fact I feel like I’ve heard this album about 20 times already.

This was a neat little record, probably bad luck for them that it got released a time to end up compared against Pet Sounds and Sgt. Pepper's, but it holds up pretty well.

Perfekt soundtrack till en obskyr skräckfilm. Härliga låtar men lite trist.

Inte uruselt, men kommer inte minnas en minut av det här. 2,5/5

Had never heard of this band or album…it’s very short, but also sort of charming. Just a nice, pleasant listen, which is probably why it’s completely subsumed by history amid the landmarks of the mid to late 60s. Basically, the epitome of 3 stars.

Very boring but not miserable to listen to. I'd never want to listen again unless I'm trying to fall asleep.

Sry, no.

My first impressions were that this was going to be a folk-rock album, and that was partially correct. It's also somewhat psychedelic, and the singer sounds a bit like Bob Dylan. A psychedelic folk-rock album, possibly fronted by a Bob Dylan, sounds it'd be great, but instead it seems to be one made by people who have never smoked weed, let alone had magic mushrooms or LSD. This isn't to say it's bad, but it's all a bit unadventurous. On the positive side, it's fairly upbeat with nice production. I appreciate the horn section, and some of the country elements almost feel like they want to go bluegrass. In the context of its release, it would have been an accessible bridge into psychedelia for mainstream listeners; similar to how any contemporary pop blends in the counter-culture of its time. Sure, it's psychedelic, but in a more mild, de-fanged, marketable format. It was an okay listen, and the runtime is short, which helps. 2/5.

Good to know that men have been copying the way other men sing for 60 years. The music is nice and pleasant, but I do not like the Bob Dylan impression over the top of it.

Liked this album quite a bit. Reminded me of Donovan.

Eh.

It’s good but not sure I would ever listen again as it isn’t that distinctive from other bands

Pretty unremarkable, not sure why it's on the list.

We have bob dylan at home

More forgettable songs from the late 60s!

Ok background music.

Fine. Quite liked it in parts but was glad it was over.

Bit pastiche. But OK

Obtuse

I liked it but have forgotten it

The most interesting thing I retained after listening to this album was the hammer sample used on Nine Pound Hammer sounds like the one from Merle Haggard's Working Man Blues, 2 years later.

it was ok

Not as bad I was thinking it would be. Easy listen.

I don't get all the Bob Dylan comparisons. Does it sound sort of similar? Sure. Do they sound half as bad as that damn man's voice? Not even close. That being said, still a little to whimsical for my liking. Not hard to listen to though, and it's over before you know it. Kind of nice, all things considered. Fave tracks: - Are You Happy? - Only Dreaming Now - It Won't Get Better - Nine Pound Hammer - And I've Seen Her - Old Kentucky Home

I wanted it to be better

Vocalist reminds me of a young Bob Dylan

mieux que ce que je pensais

This is absolutely bloody awful. I quite like some of the 1960s San Francisco hippy scene music like Jefferson Airplane or Country Joe & The Fish, but they had vocalists that could sing in a style that fits the music. The Beau Brummels do not. Sal Valentino has a Bob Dylanesque voice on here that was actively painful to listen to. I wasn't able to get over it to enjoy the jangly psychedelia of the music. At least it was under 30 minutes.

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this was very good but it may have just been my low expectations

Fun folk/psychedelic rock album with nice variety within the very short runtime. Certainly has its ups and downs, but overall an easy and entertaining listen. Top tracks: Are You Happy?, Triangle, The Wolf of Velvet Fortune

Temu Velvet Underground

Not a must listen in my opinion, very standard 60s music

Yes there is a lot of 60s and 70s music here, but man they were creative

I really wanted to hate it because I'm fed up with these kinds of records, but I didn't. I didn't enjoy it very much as well though.

Crazy album, but very good

Nope

joa nh. ganz nett

Crossed the line from “forgettable,“ to, “annoying,“ by having too much vibrato in the vocals and too much storybook in the lyrics.

I hate to punish the Wrecking Crew, but the vocals and the folk ballad style songs are unpleasant. He sounds like a goat bleating.

couple good things?

I don’t really get it. Very 60s very folky, but pretty boring.

2/5

Bastante simple, nada muy del otro mundo. Creo que es disfrutable pero tampoco algo muy interesante.

Jeg synes satme godt nok da det er en fed lyd og stemning de får skabt. Flot flot 4-tal til Bo Brummelummerne

* 59 Virkelig spændende og overraskende gode sammensætninger. Vokalisten er til gengæld ulidelig med sin meget klagende vibrato. How do you FeEEeeEEEEeEEel? How do you FeEeEeeEEEEEEeeeEEl?

meh

Det lyder som om, at Bob Dylan er en glad forsanger i Beatles Lidt underligt og lidt meget britisk lyd for et amerikansk band, indtil man selvfølgelig kommer til "Old Kentucky Home" 3.1

Jeg tror ikke jeg havde overlevet hvis albummet var længere - det får en meget lille 2'er.

tænker jo i udgangspunktet altid, at alle albums på den her liste, er der af en (god) grund, men begynder snart at mistænke et lille bias mod 60'er psyc rock... og synes måske ikke alt fra 60'erne, der kom på billboard 200 er berettiget en plads på en sådan liste her. Men det er egentlig ikke fordi det er specielt ringe, men det er godt nok heller ikke - med nogle få undtagelser - særlig interessant

seems like folk rock, very nice!

Oh my god this album was so fun! Some well sung fantastical psychedelic rock, seemingly right before it all took off. 2 members of this band got drafted to Vietnam before this album was made. That's nuts. The original material is much more superior to the 2 covers they did, but the album is here and gone before any of it becomes a problem. Fun little jaunt

Fun!

Celkom v pohode...

Um. What are we doing here, folks?

There’s just some bizarre level of hippie culture from the 60s that I don’t think I’m ever really going to understand. Everything they’re singing about is almost too baroque and I don’t know if it’s the drugs or something I’m just out on but makes it kinda hard to get that into it.

If I wanted to listen to a Bob Dylan album, I would simply decide not to. This was a peculiar listen. To be fair, it was brand new to me and I enjoyed elements of it but it was far from something I need to hear BEFORE I DIE.

Was das Werk musikalisch auszeichnet, ist dieser leicht verschobene Zwischenraum zwischen Folk‑Rock-Tradition und dem, was später zu ihrem psychedelischeren Stil führen sollte. Die Songs wirken oft erdig und akustisch verwurzelt, aber immer wieder schimmern kleine Experimente durch – ungewöhnliche Harmonien, leicht schräg gesetzte Akkordwechsel, ein Hauch von Westcoast-Melancholie. Die Gitarrenarbeit ist warm, klar und eher zurückhaltend – kein virtuoses Feuerwerk, sondern ein präzises, songdienliches Strumming, das an frühe Byrds erinnert, aber weniger schillernd und auch nicht spektakulär.

282 Pleasant enough, but not one im likely to reminisce about once I’ve finished this list. Highlights The Wolf of Velvet Fortune Old Kentucky Home

Zzz

I don't claim to be an expert on late 60s music, which is probably good because it means I'm going to write a sensible review. So let's put *Triangle* on. *Are You Happy?* is a very strange way to kick off an off an album. On the positive side, I immediately know what kind of music I'm listening to. It's late 60s hippie music of the more upbeat sort. Great. I'm positioned in the space. Super. Then we have a song which is really just asking the girl the singer protagonist is interested in if she's happy and how she feels. This is okay. It's not deep, but it's fine. Then we get to that last verse. "Hey, run into shelter when shelter won't conceal. How do you feel?" Wait, what? Is there a nuclear war breaking out? That's a little bit of a dark edge. Then the song ends. The second track takes a trip into the fantastic and the strange, which doesn't actually upset me. *Only Dreaming Now* has a little bit of that gypsy rhythm going on under, and a gypsy in the actual lyrics. Interestingly, this song would make a lot more sense if you replaced the word gypsy with fairy, which then would fit together with her dancing around his head long ago and yet being unable to be with him. Perhaps that's what they meant. I'm starting to get a real Blackmore's Night vibe off these guys. I wasn't expecting a song about a blind guy that feels women's faces and then paints them on canvas, but that's what we have. *Painter of Women* is exactly what it says on the tin. That provides me a little bit of a problem because I would really like to read some sort of unwholesome subtext into this where it's really a metaphor for Bukkake, but honestly, I think it's innocent and relatively wholesome. That's discomforting. It's just a blind guy that paints pictures of women, and everyone loves it. Another upbeat, cheerful, hippie-pop song. *The Keeper of Time* isn't really trying to be particularly sensible, I think. Who is the Keeper of Time? He doesn't seem to be malicious. He does seem to frequently doze off and hide away from everyone. Maybe not necessarily in that order. He's always late, which is a certain dose of irony. Perhaps this is a song about age and how as it creeps up on you, you begin to fall behind the hour, and the singer-protagonist is recognizing that in himself. Honestly, I don't hate it. I can't even make a terrible, tortured metaphor out of it. Well, that was certainly unexpected. *It Won't Get Better* on track five, which would put it at the bottom of the A-side. Doesn't need me to make a terrible tortured metaphor out of it or to really throw down a horrific interpretation because just the lyrics are grim themselves enough. It's literally about what it says on the tin that you should take advantage of the moment you have because, "it won't get better." Enjoy looking at beautiful women because they won't stay beautiful. Your first love will never happen again. Summer will pass. Time itself won't change anything that you want it to. Ladies, stop obsessing over the future. You'll look better if you do. This is some dark shit and I'm here for it, coupled with the relentlessly cheerful upbeat music, the tension never gets resolved. It's fantastic. Coal mining was not on my list of expectations for this album. Yet with *Nine Pound Hammer*, that's exactly what we've got. It's not entirely unthinkable. After all, pop songs about West Virginia aren't entirely unheard of, but I didn't expect it here. The sound of The Beau Brummels do appear to be permanently locked to "cheerful, upbeat hippie music" across the entirety of the A-side. This should be the transition onto the B-side. If nothing else, they know their sound and they are relentless about sticking with it. Remember when I spoke of fairies earlier in the album? *Magic Hollow* just decides to lean into that concept without hesitation, and I think it might be better for it. Not only that, it is the first song on this album which really isn't driven and upbeat in a painfully cheerful way. It's more charming and swirling. Could I see modern pagan girls making sure that this track was in their personal mix album? Oh yeah, absolutely. There's nothing bad or offensive about it. It's just about luring people into the dark with the promise of your magic hollow. How could that possibly go wrong? I'm not saying that the Beau Brummels have a time machine, but they clearly have had inspiration from the future and heard that I was having trouble projecting some sort of nightmare situation on any of their lyrics. So they wrote, *And I've Seen Her*. A woman/girl who lives by herself but is "waiting to be known" and believes that she's too old but is childish inside and "is hoping to be taken from inside her room"? I don't keep anyone locked up in my basement because I'm an overprotective father, but if I were, the daughter I kept locked up in my basement might have a song like this written about her. She will never hear it. It's the mic drop moment as the title track, *Triangle*, lands toward the end of the album, shockingly. After the brooding dark implications of the last song, we've moved on to just a simple celebration that the world is built on a triangle made of loving, sun, and rain. This is the kind of moment the Oxford comma was born for. There are absolutely no deep issues being discussed here. If anything, it's a positive and optimistic view of the fact that with this album, the Beau Brummels went from a quartet to a trio. It's fine. The song is fine. An unexpected pleasure, *The Wolf of Velvet Fortune* plays out like a fairy tale itself, and probably deeply metaphorical on multiple levels. Not necessarily intentionally. This is also very likely the most aggressively constructed song on the album, with the saccharine cheerfulness discarded for a sort of driving drama in the main part of the bridge. Whereas earlier I said that the song vaguely reminded me of Blackmore's Night, this song very well could be a Blackmore's Night song. If you don't listen to it and immediately want a 70s panel van with a wizard and a dragon painted on the side under a big silvery moon, there's something wrong with your soul. I think you need to check to see if you have one. Then we get to the last track on the album, *Old Kentucky Home*. No, not that *Old Kentucky Home*. Whereas a couple of the earlier tracks had a tinge of the bluegrass country about them, in part because of the instrumentality, this leans into it and actually catches a mood that I was entirely unprepared for from this band: it's mean-spirited. It's not ethereal and fairytale. It's not cheerful, chirpy, upbeat hippie-ism. It's just mean-spirited as regards rednecks. After a song earlier that essentially touched on coal mining, I wasn't prepared. I don't think I like it. In fact, I think I actively dislike it. Overall, I didn't hate *Triangle*. Most of it is perfectly serviceable, late 60s Pop rock. Some of it verges over into more fantastic elements, and those I felt a lot of enjoyment with. Musically, it's more than competent. I can definitely see where some people would draw parallels with Bob Dylan, but I would add only if Bob Dylan took some elocution classes and was the kind of guy that would, in the next several years, join a D&D group. That last track, though, that almost put me off the whole thing. Very much a swerve.

It was ok

Jangly Guitars nice stretched vocals and an early San Fransisco sound. Songs are a little lyrically weak if im honest otherwise I thought it was okay may not revisit as Mamas and Papas and other bands do this style so much better

Inoffensive and boppy. Like a folksy Beatles.

I hate to judge this too harshly, if this came near the beginning of my listening journey I probably would be kinder, but as it stands I cant really find anything to really enjoy out of this. It just seems like a Beatles/Bob Dylan lite album with a string section at some points? Also this style of vibrato singing drives me up the wall. It just doesn't set itself apart from its peers.

If you’ve heard any baroque pop before (and there’s already a few on the list) then you’ve heard this album. Doesn’t bring anything new to the table. Unessential as it gets

Schonwieder 70er Musik. Die ist es einfach nicht

The lead singers voice sounds nothing like Bob Dylan but rather a synthesis of the Joan Baez warble and the freak folk of Devendra Banhart.

From the cover over the band name to the music, this is not good.

I had braced for the worst, but could actually listen to it without casualties.

Very Beatlesy which is kinda interesting I guess

2,4

west coast Dylan kinda. not terribly interesting or well-crafted. the flamenco(?) on Only Dreaming Now is pretty nice, and Magic Hollow is flat out great, but the rest of that album? myeh. deserves to be one of the 1001? no.

Country un peu boring

Pas mauvais

J'ai trouvé ça très cool!

More fun to listen to than some others, but I didn't find it anything special. Vaguely reminded me of Skynyrd weirdly enough.

nothing really outstanding or memorable here

Mostly sixties psychedelic slop, but there are some fun tracks, best of them is The Wolf of Velvet Fortune

Sometimes I wonder why music like this is called "psychedelic." I mean I've taken my share of psychedelic drugs, and this is absolutely not the kind of music I would have chosen at the time. Maybe it's because their heads are sprouting out of flowers on the record cover? I could see myself being into that (while listening to a different record). The band is competent, with some interesting bits, but the vocals were annoying. And while the lyrics had their strange moments, in the end they weren't strange enough to be interesting. 2 stars

another boring 60s rock album for me.

I think I like it, at least don't mind it. Though I'm not sure. I guess that means it's ok.

Eh

Tiene sus momentos donde se me hace interesante de escuchar (más que nada porque me hace sentir como una campesina en el Medioevo), otros donde se hace reiterativo, pero a pesar de eso, no logro entender cómo se justifica la existencia de este álbum en esta lista. ↑: Nine Pound Hammer, The Wolf of Velvet Fortune ↓: Painter of Women, And I've Seen Her

This list has waaay too many folk albums I swear I’m killing myself if they recommend me another.

Most of these songs are average except for Laugh Laugh but that was album making in their era looking to score the big hit single. For that they get a score of...

p107. 1967. 1 star. 60s white folk songs with no redeeming features. Bland as milk. On the plus side, it's short.

This album sounds like the love child of Donovan, Lou Reed, and Dylan. The concept of the album is pretty unique. Like some fairy tale mythical folk pop record. I’ve listened to this band before, and it was nothing sonically like this. (Check out the song “just a little”) While unique, and while bearable at times, I just found myself getting fatigued of the vibe before it even ended.. which is insane because the record is only half an hour. Honestly nothing here I plan to revisit. Let’s get back to the vibes.

Main singer literally sounds like Dylan and Lou Reed. This is an interesting listen if not a little samey at times, and it plays into the psychedelic energy at the time. I know the influences are there and the full orcestra is good for some songs. This coming out the same year as Sgt peppers and being very similar is so wild to me it is a slower more folky version, Wolf of velvet fortune is a dead giveaway of this SGT peppers vibe. I think it is a fun listen when you hear it but I feel like it doesnt stay with me.

This was OK. Solid generic 60s rock.

Just okay, sounds like something from the era but nothing standout

Favorite Track: Magic Hollow

Just fine!

This was actually really good. I can completely understand how it got lost in the mix during the era - Beach Boys, Beatles, Bowie, Dylan - they never stood a chance. But it was a good half hour of music. Nothing groundbreaking but solid front to back.

Meh

So, on January 1, 1967 you spend your $4 on this LP. It’s not bad given the options out there but, truthfully, you would rather give Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde another spin — and of course the Beatles’ Rubber Soul which you got for Christmas. Then, three days later, your friend buys a brand new release by this band called The Doors. You end up spending every day at his house listening to “Light My Fire” and wishing you had another $4. In the coming months you get more choosy about how to spend those hard earned dollars and it serves you well because Jimi Hendrix’s first album comes out and it’s not long before “Sgt Pepper” hits the stands just in time for the Summer of Love.

Sure, this album checks to boxes in terms of your basic, entry-level psychedelic rock/folk starter kit. However, it lacks soul. If this were the central album, the genre would not exist. Thankfully, most everything else in 1967 comes along and carries the day.

Vocal styling of lou reed, song structure and melody of frankie valle and the lyricism of a baroquial poet. I don't know what to make of this. Its just, there. STARING at us... MENACINGLY.

Has some fun ideas but doesn't really stand out amongst other gems of the 60s. The studio musicians are the best part which is saying something.

Aangenaam verrast

Well ... Here's a thing.

I just don't like 60s rock.

I get that they were an early example of the sound the Byrds would explode, but this isn't essential. Are You Happy? was the one song that I genuinely liked.

what is this and why is it here?

2/5 - I'd have to be pretty deep into late 60s psychedelic folk to think this was essential listening. Nice vocals.

Just not great and not for me

This album was very meh.

Pretty nice psych folky rock album, has a LOVE quality to it. Love the string/accordion parts paired with 12 string it sounds magical, then they hit you with the chimes we are absolutely in a magic hollow.

No me gustó. 4/10

This was pretty unmemorable.

Nothing too exciting about this abum. 3 stars or C.

A boring album with annoying shitty vocals. "The pAIYnter of wumeeeeeeeen." At least this was less than half an hour. Favorite Track: The Wolf of Velvet Fortune

cute/creepy album cover. kind of want it on a tote bag. feels like if bob dylan was more of a hippy or something. started off ok, was generally very twee, got really annoying. was a weirdly long 28 minutes.

Inoffensive but unremarkable Dylan/Bestles ripoff.

banger

Good

Nice. I like Old Kentucky Home a bunch, sent it to Anna

Big we have Bob Dylan at home album but a shareable one!

Not bad at all. Definitely Glenn Cambell vibes but nothing to write home about.

Ok I actually kinda fuck with this

For Kentucky hillbilly til mig.

Gaaaaaab

Did not really hear anything I'm that interested in. Would love to give it a more focused listen some time, but realistically won't get back to it. Just seemed kind of ordinary (and with some dated feeling lyrics)

A pretty obscure Summer-of-Love release. Why this is considered influential by O Almighty Dimery, I guess we'll have to find out. Are You Happy? begins the album on a lighthearted country-esque note. The repeated "how do you feel?" line at the end really sells the entire song; otherwise, it's a mere drop in the ocean of good-to-great soft/psychedelic rock of its time. Only Dreaming Now, though, takes a sharp turn for the better. An accordion, some medieval-sounding plucked string instrument, and harsh, foreboding strings... wow. Such a unique sound. But at just barely over two minutes, it's a mere vignette of what it could be. Lots of resemblance to the Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan here. Painter of Women could be straight off any of VU's records, including their 1967 debut. Another reviewer commented that this resembles Woodstock-era folk, and I can't really argue – but I will contest their horrifically inaccurate 1-star rating. Woodstock represented a cultural landmark, a cornerstone, of Western music. The quavery voice is a fair criticism, though, and I agree. Sounds like a petrified Lou Reed. The song It Won't Get Better acts as a bad sign of things to come. And just as well: Nine Pound Hammer is the worst track here, and it's not close, and the reason is obvious. That porcelain-sounding percussion grates the ear like no other. It's so avoidable, too. Later tracks are fairly hit-or-miss, and amazingly, despite the record's sub-30-minute runtime, I found myself getting bored. Only Dreaming Now was the peak of this album. Tracks like And I've Seen Her and The Wolf of Velvet Fortune just aren't all that engaging. Couple that with the exceptionally low streaming numbers, and the inclusion of the Beau Brummels on this list seems questionable at best. 2/5 Key tracks: Are You Happy?, Only Dreaming Now, Magic Hollow

Folk psych in the sunny 60s.

This was such a nice change. It just radiated pure joy throughout its whole instrumental! Are you happy? Just brought a smile to my face. Painter of women just had such a great vibe to it, I can’t fully explain it. It won’t get better was slightly miserable, but I really enjoyed it. The shaker in Nine Pound Hammer was awesome. Magic hollow was quite magical. Gave me ren fair vibes. And I’ve Seen Her and the title track were both great. The wolf of velvet fortune was amazing!! I thought its mix of soft and loud worked so well. It deserved to be the longest track on the album. Old Kentucky home was a nice enough closer! 3.5/5 ⭐️ 107/1089

Could get no further than 2 songs in - boring

Kinda vibey and nice and short

Interesting but not world changing

It’s an okay album I felt the end of the album was better than the beginning but overall nothing special about the album

Never heard of them.The vocals are kind of Dylan ish

I feel like I've had this album 30 times before Magic Hollow was a good song though

This was okay but nothing too special. Sounds very much of the time. The singer sounded a bit like Bob Dylan on some songs.

I didn't like it. So low effort, so bland. It's kinda like a boiled unsalted potato. No flavour and just basic.

It was ok

It's been...50 years since I listened to this? It sounds like the era it came from, but is still VERY good.

Sounds like psychadelic folk. It was fun and short and reminds me a lot of some of the more upbeat acoustic Dylan songs. Not too bad but nothing really stands out either.

This is okay. I had high hopes but was somewhat let down.

One of all time great shapes.

Was feeling good about the first song but then it kind of went back to the standard 60s forest sound.

Fine, but sounds like they wanted to be Bob Dylan. Nothing about this jumps out to me.

How these guys were ever considered in the same league as the Beatles astounds me. I'd never heard of this band before and after listening I'm not surprise by that. Pretty forgettable group of tracks

This seems pretty unnecessary to include and pretty standard fare for the decade it was released in.

Theatrical folk? I couldn’t peg it. Not for me. It’s very string heavy and jangly but not in a way that appeals to me. Possibly it’s so 6os it doesn’t have that timeless quality of music that stands the test of time. Worked for me on “Keeper of Time.” “Old Kentucky home” was fun. It’s as though a few tweaks would make it a better album for me.

This album is literally something else

Muy bueno me dio vibes a los beatles

Hoo boy, if I ever think I should have come of age in the late 60s, I can return to this album and feel assured of my 80s/90s upbringing.

This was kind of bizarre. I feel like I need to give it another listen just to better process what I was listening to. The at-times spooky country vibe was certainly different, so props for that, but I'm afraid I'd be lying if I said I enjoyed it. Glad it exists for whoever out there wants to listen to this.

I've never heard of the Beau Brummels, which isn't surprising because the 1,001 book calls this album "a genuine lost classic." (I don't recognize their signature song, "Laugh, Laugh," either.) I'll take their word for it, because my knowledge of this era and genre is limited. While I liked parts (the title track), Triangle still managed to drag, even at less than 30 minutes.

Nothing to say about this. Its just a decent folky rock album. Nothing that blows me away but nothing that pisses me off either. The vocals have some parallels with dylan in a way. Not that much but I had that thought once or twice. Wolf of the velvet fortune was the most interesting track here but not worth saving to listen to again. Just pretty middle of the road when its all said and done

Was alright but not really for me