Reviews (page 3 of 7)
More fun to listen to than some others, but I didn't find it anything special. Vaguely reminded me of Skynyrd weirdly enough.
Mostly sixties psychedelic slop, but there are some fun tracks, best of them is The Wolf of Velvet Fortune
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...
This was OK. Solid generic 60s rock.
Just okay, sounds like something from the era but nothing standout
Favorite Track: Magic Hollow
Just fine!
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.
Aangenaam verrast
Well ... Here's a thing.
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.
Nothing too exciting about this abum. 3 stars or C.
Good
Nice. I like Old Kentucky Home a bunch, sent it to Anna
Not bad at all. Definitely Glenn Cambell vibes but nothing to write home about.
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
This was okay but nothing too special. Sounds very much of the time. The singer sounded a bit like Bob Dylan on some songs.
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
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
back in the day all music used to sound like this. they hadn't invented any more types. thankfully we've escaped these scary days but ghosts of the past still remain...
this list has conditioned me pavlov-style to have a hair trigger response whenever i see another goddamn 60s psychedelic rock album. that said, i didn't hate this one on subsequent listens as much as i did the first time through. like so many albums on this list, it's FINE. shockingly, it really picks up at the end. i liked the total genre departure on the wolf of velvet fortune, and old kentucky home would not be out of place in a fallout game. nevertheless, three. favorites: are you happy, painter of women, the wolf of velvet fortune, old kentucky home
Al principio me enganchó. Después me perdí un poco, lo sentí poco variado. Es como un country, imitando voz de Dylan, y con cosas algo psicodélicas. 5/10
3,2 Highlights: Are You Happy?, Only Dreaming Now
I put 3 cause raeedah put 3
Enjoyable listen
Never heard of them before, but nice vibe and good variety. I liked it more as the album went on. A couple of mis-steps though: I really disliked the vocals on one of the early tracks, and I could've done without The Wolf of Velvet Fortune.
Decent psychedelic pop although it screams 60s andbcan be abit Hobbity. Good horn arrangements andvthe accordion fits in surprisingly well.
Feels like it would be right at home in a Rankin & Bass 2D animated movie. Really likes Old Kentucky Home. Makes total sense that John Petersen was their original drummer before leaving to join Harpers Bizarre. I like that it has that early 60s rock sound with a lot more folk influence than other bands of the time.
If it was any longer I think the shtick would wear thin, but I actually quite enjoyed this. A solid 3, easy to listen to and very folky. Bob Dylan sings the fantasy blues.
It was fine. Nothing I particularly didn’t like but also nothing exactly stuck out to me either.
Not great - hints of the Beach Boys and Bob Dylan but nowhere near the quality of either.
First notes I thought the singer was Bob Dylan. It was fine. Today is Monday I listened on Friday and hardly remember it.
3.5 good stuff
First impression of the Beau Brummels is that they would not have been out of place at Woodstock. They sound a little derivative of the Beatles, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Their songwriting sounds derivative of Bob Dylan: also not necessarily a bad thing. Ultimately, I like the music which seems to presage the early seventies singer songwriter era, but it doesn’t have a spark for me. Vocals are somewhat forgettable also. I could listen to this again, but I’m not in a hurry right now. 3 stars
Such a strange journey of false memories and nostalgia
A very American take on 60s jangly pop rock. Was a bit of the Dylans to the lead singer though admittedly only noticed after reading the wiki. That complete takedown of Kentucky in the last song was pretty brutal, to the point I can't really remember anything that happened before. But I did vaguely enjoy it. 2.5.
A mostly generic folk record with of course some hints of Dylan and little Lou Reed. Highlights: "Nine Pound Hammer"
This was very psychedelic and dated from whence it came. I still enjoyed it for the most part and I'm pretty surprised I've never heard of this group.
Another entry in the psychedelic folk-rock canon. Lather, rinse, repeat. These very specific late-’60s “let’s drop acid, unplug the amps, and see what happens” records are starting to blur together, but at least this one had the courtesy to clock in at a merciful 28 minutes.
It’s fine, but why not just listen to Dylan at that point
If I didn't know this was a real band from the 60s, I'd have guessed it was a parody of a band from the 60s, like one of the early incarnations of Spinal Tap. I guess this does go to show how influential their sound was.
I was really excited by the liner notes and the hype, but the actual listening was just so so.
I was all ready to join the pile-on here and come up with some kind of funny take or two, but it's actually pretty decent. I like the music, and it's a real nice, mellow time. 3.5 rounded down.
Really fun and highly similar to things like Bob Dylan? Not sure if that's by design or not.
Alright album, some more folk rock stuff from that era. It was alright, nothing really blew my socks off
Está bien, es un disco que suena bien, en líneas generales es parejo pero al cabo de unas canciones puede parecer un poco monótono.
There’s a sort of discount Beatles vibe to most of this. The vocals remind me unfavorably of Bob Dylan’s at times, though I mostly find them better. The Wolf of Velvet Fortune is the best track, and that’s probably where it should have ended because Old Kentucky Home is wretched. It’s not one I’m going to remember well, but 10 of 11 tracks were pleasant. The best bands of this era were several steps ahead though.
Actually quite liked it. It's pretty generic 60s rock but it feels like it wouldn't go out of place on a 60s themed compilation. Would I seek it out over some of the more notable artists? Nah, probably not, but I wouldn't mind them being sprinkled in here and there. 3/5
Sort of a fun listen. Music for hippies that still want to work a 9-5, but not in a bad way. Easy to see the British invasion influence
I'm fine with this. Not offended, not excited - just happy little 60's songs that I've never heard before and probably won't again.
Likes it’s not bad but I wouldn’t say it’s amazing
Kind of weird
Sixties and psychedelic rock are usually right in my wheelhouse, so this one had a head start with me. It’s got that mellow, slightly dreamy late 60s feel and flows pretty well from track to track. Nothing really jumped out as amazing, though. It’s consistent and pleasant, just not especially memorable. There were definitely times that the singer’s voice reminded me of Bob Dylan.
This is very odd, a bit like Bob Dylan and The Monkees nd even Neil Diamond in places! An intriguing listen.
Fine, if kind of overwrought psychedelic rock that didn't leave a big impression. I appreciated the arrangements with the brass and orchestral flourishes. It was pleasant enough to listen to but didn't have me wanting to hear more from them.
Good, but really hard to distinguish this from the many many other bands and records that make up the 60s psychedelic stew. Struggle to see whats memorable or really that remarkable about it
Background music, bit too dated for me.
I'd never heard of The Beau Brummels or anything by them (even their earlier hit "Laugh Laugh"), so it was a nice surprise to get a much better album than I first thought from the album cover and the fantasy vibes of the first few songs. I guess they pivoted even more to a sort of country rock sound in later albums, but you can definitely hear it here too, and they do it well, especially with their cover tunes "Nine pound hammer" and "Old Kentucky home" but also tracks like "The keeper of time" and "And I've seen her". I guess "Magic hollow" was considered their masterpiece from this album, but while it's definitely better than most 60s psychedelic tunes, I think I preferred the oddball "Painter of women" more (and to some degree "The wolf of velvet fortune"). Either way, I'm glad the project's editors dusted this one off for our enjoyment; it's definitely not something I would have ever stumbled across on my own, I'd bet.
Loved how messed up this was. The Painter of Women song was ridiculous and you gotta love the optimism of It Won't Get Better.
Pretty forgettable other than the lead singer's vocal inflection sometimes reminding me of Tom Verlaine which is pretty cool considering this album came out in the 60s. Vardaan is gonna love the song lengths when he gets around to this album 15 years from now
There is plenty of mediocre to outright bad pop bands from the 60s riding the wave of bigger names that made up the British Invasion. The Beau Brummels are a step up from most of those groups, unintentionally being thrown into the mix alongside the likes of Paul Revere & The Raiders or The Monkees as an American band who sounded close enough to their counterparts across the sea to gain a following of their own. Certified B-tier in the 60s cannon, but still a part of the greater changes in music occurring during the back half of the decade. Like so many others, by this point in their career they were pushing toward a looser version of their more professional selves, and experimenting with burgeoning new sounds that reshaped what was possible with music. What stood out to me when listening to this album was their ability to mix Americana and folk with the new sounds of psychedelic rock, packaged in the bite sized song structure of mid 60s pop. Plenty of bands did this at the time, but to me, they did it better than most on this album. It’s not as ambitious as the greater works of the era, but still very enjoyable listen for what it is. The only thing I don’t quite understand is this uninspired album title, which does this album zero favors.
Was ok. 3.0
I mean, I can see why they never broke through. Nothing offensive, just not as good as the other San Fran bands at that time.
Like, what if the beatles was good
Very much of its time, i enjoyed it though
Not as terrible as some of the reviews. Probably in the 2.5 range.
60/100. Some of the songwriting is genuinely strong, with moments of thoughtful storytelling. Other tracks, though, feel a bit dry and don’t leave much of an impression. Overall the lyricism isn’t quite deep or distinctive enough to make the album stand out from its peers. There are good ideas here, but not many that demand a double take.
Fine but I don't want to listen to it again.
Initially wrote this off as a psychedelic folk band riffing a bit too much on Dylan, but there's some surprising turns here that make this album a lot more interesting than that. Not sure about ending the album with 'Old Kentucky Home' though as it feels a little at odds with the rest, especially the fantastic 'The Wolf of Velvet Fortune' which could have made for a really atmospheric closer.
This grew on me as the album continued.
Pas aussi bon que les Zombies, mais dans le même panier.
Quelques passages musicaux pas pire. Chanteur gnan gnan. 2.5 étoiles
I guess it’s a fine run of the mill 60’s folk/psych/rock album in the vein of Bob Dylan or Jim Croce. Surprised these guys fell through the cracks of time. My old man listens almost exclusively to this sort of music and these guys didn’t ring any bells. 3.5⭐️
A perfectly cromulent folk rock album....not bad, but didn't wow me.
Interesting
i wish they did half points! didn’t mind this one very short tho
all I'd heard before from BB was Laugh Laugh. good band.
Fun to listen to, but boring for me. 3/5
Album 1017 of 1089 Triangle - The Beau Brummels (1967) Rating : 3.5 / 5 This turned out to be a really nice listen. They have a sound that’s a bit hard to pin down - part psychedelic, part pop, part country rock - but it all works together naturally. The songs are fun and interesting without trying too hard to be groundbreaking. The lyrics are engaging, the vocals are solid, and the overall vibe is relaxed and inviting. There aren’t any tracks here that feel earth-changing, but that’s not a knock - the album succeeds by being consistently enjoyable rather than chasing big moments. At just under 30 minutes, it goes by quickly, and I ended up giving it a second listen without hesitation. It didn’t blow me away, but it definitely kept me entertained, and it’s the kind of album I wouldn’t mind revisiting down the road.
Pretty generic late 60s stuff with terrible Dylan-esque vocals.
I don't even know what that was
3/5. Good for what it is. Charming folk pop(?) with some really lovely arrangement bolstering some decent songs. But very forgettable.
Before even reading the album description I noted that the lead singer sounded like Bob Dylan - feeling very validated so see I wasn’t the only one who thought so, haha. But of course as the album continued I recognized that the musical style is very different. It felt like there was a lot going on here between instrumentals and vocals that made this album a bit hard for me to follow at first. When I stopped for a second listen I was able to appreciate it a bit more in the context of fantasy. The song Just A Little autoplayed at the conclusion of the album and I enjoyed that song quite a bit, but don’t think I’ll take any from Triangle with me.
Good.
The 60s had some of the best music, but this is not the best from this group. I liked it ok.
It’s alright I suppose
Funny album cover that fits their style. I thought they were British! I like the sound - it transports you right back to the 60s. It’s a decent, groovy album with some good tunes.
This was ok. Dylan meets country meets the doors. No real stand outs and nothing that really jumped out, but why not.
Better than expected for a band I'd never really heard of. I liked a couple songs and thought it was good psychedelic music for the 60's. "It Won't Get Better" and "Nine Pound Hammer" were my favs.
Uma mistura de folk com country onde a segunda metade em nada acrescenta e o lado barroco traz os melhores momentos.
Pretty cool not bad
This was relatively enjoyable and it helped it was only 28 minutes - nice little folksy album of dittys.
Some good California folk rock soft psych. But also some weird exoticism and goofy Hobbit shit.
Decent 60's psych record. Can't say I'll ever put this one on again, but it was over in 28 minutes so I can't complain.
The Britney snd Beau Brummell have got mixed up here. Never mind - what I wanted to say about Britney is I definitely have a soft spot for her but boy, those songs are Tosh!
Certainly sounded like they were desperately trying to channel Bob Dylan while staying firmly away from a folk vibe. So ... kind of novel but also derivative. And lyrically, I don't know if it's pretentious so much as failing to be as poetically poignant as it aspires to be. I did find myself invested, in a strange way.
I thought this was pretty okay 60s era psychadelic stuff. I didn't hate it.
Oh this is one of the bands that influences early spinal tap. Its good. It's fine. Technically proficient. Good songs.
Album #994 I didn't expect to see this band here. I didn't know they were that well regarded. This seemed to be average hippie early psychedelic pop rock.
I like the instrumentation, but the whole thing kind of just washes over me with no real desire to return to it. Except wolf of velvet fortune is pretty sick.
Grrrreat
Loved the spanish feel ot the Wolf of Velvet Fortune". Also had a prof feeling to it. Made me think of Jethro Tull for a moment. Not bad but not something I'd listen regularly.
A nice little folk and country rock album that sounds almost exactly how'd you expect a psychedelic rock album from the 60s to sound. The songs are loose and fun, but not so loose that they fall apart. There's some brass on a few tracks that acts as a nice accent to the guitars. The lyrics are pretty standard 60s psychedelic stuff with wonder and mysticism. That hints at the album's biggest weakness: there's almost nothing about this album that sounds unique to the band. The lyrics are standard, and the music takes influence from plenty of other 60s acts. It feels like half the other songs are about some mystic entity: the keeper of time, the painter of women, the wolf of velvet fortune. The lyrics on the last song are a bit more interesting, but it's not enough to separate this from the pack. It's an enjoyable sound with decent depth, it's just not even close to being the best of its kind.
Honestly? Kinda great. Nice and short, right to the point, great sound throughout, and didn't necessarily hate any of the songs, just not ALL my speed.
Very much of its time, but good to listen to. Not heard this before and enjoyed
I really should have loved this album. 60's psychedelic folk rock? That's right up my alley, although I can't help but feel like something important is missing. Maybe originality? I don't rudely mean this, but I feel like nothing really NEW is being brought to the table. The vocals and lyrics are very Dylan-esque, which is one of the things about this album I enjoy, but that also connects with my earlier point that I'm not experiencing anything "ground-breaking" by listening. In my opinion, many better psychedelic rock/pop albums came out in 1967, but if you're looking for some background noise, this is not a bad record to put on. Overall, "Triangle" by The Beau Brummels was an enjoyable enough (yet unoriginal) listen. 2.5/5
No había escuchado a esta banda que, por mucho que la llamen de rock psicodélico, a mí me parece más un folk (pronto-psicodélico, si quieres). Las letras sí son lo suficientemente surrealistas, y el comienzo del álbum con “Are You Happy?”, “Only Dreaming Now” y “Painter Of Women” hacen presagiar un bonito viaje que poco a poco se va diluyendo y la voz de Sal Valentino comienza a cansar un poco, mientras los temas se vuelven más monótonos. No emociona, pero se escucha con agrado.
It's alright but not really anything memorable. Low 3.
Solid
Some good stuff, I wasn’t like wow this is amazing
A more country version Beatles
Nice album
Beau Brummels sounds like a brand of beans
Sure the opening track, 'Are You Happy?' left me wondering if The Beau Brummels were one of the legion of Dylan rip-offs. Or rip-offs of Dylan rips-offs. 'Only Dreaming Now' has much of Donovan about it. The jangly guitar tones of 'Painter of Women' has a smattering of The Byrds. It's a bit country, a bit folly, a bit psychedelic. It doesn't rely on clichés though; the melodies are always a little bit atypical which is to its credit. Another big positive is the economy of it all, coming in at under half an hour, probably the optimum time to listen to this concoction.
Eh, not for me. I’m a Dylan fan, but this was just kind of meh.
Not bad at all; I expected to hate something from the 60s that I’d never heard of before. I did, however, fall asleep listening to the second side not cuz it’s hypnogogic but because I’m simply exhausted from this Fight for ‘84 show.
Pleasant
I feel like this album, listening to the first two songs I thought this is definitely 1 star, but now I'm on my second listen and it's go me questioning things. As I was writing this old Kentucky home came on and it's just so ridiculous it made me smile.Aahhhh
Minor 60s album. Some nice moments, but inessential. Feels a bit copyist of other bands/trends.
It's an OK album. I can see why people describe it as a Bob Dylan vocalist on top of other more psychedelic music -- the backing at times feels a bit like The Doors or other 60's bands.
Heyrðu mér fannst þetta bara fínt
Nokkuð ágætt, bara.
Ok album, I guess it was good at the time. It sounds good, but it's like a temu Bob Dylan album. A little forgettable. 3/5
Western ish beatles ish. Was pleasant and good to listen to, but I felt it was mostly forgettable and nothing stuck with me. Didn’t love it, didn’t hate it
Bob Dylan with more interesting soundscapes but much worse songwriting
At first I was a little taken a back by the style of music, but the album grew on me the more I heard it. It reminded of other 1960s artists my dad used to listen to. Favorite songs: Only Dreaming Now The Wolf of Velvet Fortune
My favourite on first listen was Magic Hollow. Also The Wolf of Velvet Fortune and Only Dreaming Now. I'm not sure why the ratings on this web page are so low. There are probably many better albums on the list, but this is not bad at all. I'd probably rate it a 3.5
The Good: The Brummels are purdy! The Bad: Looks like can be deceiving… The Ugly: Sitting through the entire album waiting for the triangle to kick in… My disdain for ‘60s music has grown disproportionately since starting this musical journey… Needless to say, when an unknown album, by an unknown band (to me) presented itself, I could but sigh and press the play button with fear. Imagine my surprise when I noticed that my head started bobbing along with the first chorus line “how do you feel?”… guess the Brummels are making me happier than I thought I could be. From a production standpoint, this album is lovely, the sound is clear and well mixed… what’s even better is the runtime being just over half an hour… yet, by song three I am finding myself fidgeting with the skip button… So, I guess Beau is getting a pass… Not because the album doesn’t have it’s merit, but more so because I am unhappy with the musical style… 3*
It's hard to hate on this music. It's basic, sure, but there's comfort in that. But it's nothing I haven't heard before. Still, middle of the road, so it gets a 3.
Just very generic folk rock. Not really much to it. It’s not bad, not that good either. If it were longer, I probably would’ve enjoyed it less. It sounds very clean, though, which rare for rock albums from the 60s, but this basically this album’s only big advantage.
Surprisingly, I kinda liked the vocals here, but fairly mediocre on the whole (which is not surprising given the year). 2.6
Not too bad but not really memorable
interesting album
I was not expecting Scott Walker-esque 60's pop with country tendencies. Honestly not bad. The vocalist has a great voice and the music isn't twwngy to the point of annoyance. Everything is balanced and good. Enjoyable chamber, ahem, barn pop album
There are a handful of these 60's psychedelic rock / country albums by bands no one remembers. This one might be my favorite out of the bunch, it's not great, but it isn't bad, and more importantly it is short. Mid 3.
Yes vibes.
It's like I'm listening to Dylan, but with a full band. The music is pretty good overall and it's a nice record to listen to. Easy on the ears and nice instrumentation throughout. Good one.
голос малёк козлиный, а музыка вроде ничего
Weird
Kinda dated
2.54
Not the 60s psychedelic trip I was expecting. This was pretty enjoyable.
Y'know, I try pretty hard not to be too harsh on bands or artists just because I don't know who they are. For that matter, I try pretty hard not so shit on 'em just because they happen to be 60's psych rock. Just because I don't know 'em, or just because their genre or scene happens to be over-represented — or both, for that matter... That means **nothing** with regards to the actual quality of the music. I know there are some people on here who will immediately judge an album for either or both of those things, and I strive, as hard as I can, to not be one of them. If just out of fairness, if nothing else. So, whatever I ended up feeling about this album, just know that it's all centered, squarely and singularly, on just the music. Which is a lot of prelude to build up the fact that I just didn't really care for this. I mean— look, I don't mean this in a way to immediately contradict myself, but I just did **not** see why this album or this group had to be here. I know their first single, "Laugh, Laugh", is apparently significant because it predates The Byrds' cover of "Mr. Tamborine Man"... But I listened to it as well, and just on a purely musical level, I didn't get it. But that song's probably one of those "you had to be there" or "you **really** need to understand the historical significance around it" to truly appreciate it, so whatever. Meanwhile, with this album, I don't know if it has **any** real significance. At least beyond "critics liked it at the time, and a few now still do." And, yeah, impact and "historical significance" — that's another thing that never **really** factors into my reviews (at least not consciously), but still, it the overall lack of it in regards to **this book** doesn't **help**, right? I mean, a critic wants to tell me this thing has aged more gracefully than 'Sgt. Pepper's' of all things — **has it**? Like, down to brass tacks, my opinion on the music: it just sounds like 60's, San Francisco psych rock. With a bit more of a country rock edge, and with a Bob Dylan soundin' guy singing it, sure, but place it next to a billion other psych rock albums on this list and I'd barely be able to tell the difference. I'm just not impressed and I was kind of bored by it — I've heard **better**, y'know? And I really did **try** with this thing, to the point of actively following along with the lyrics, despite my being more a "melody first" girlie. But like the last time I tried that this month, eventually I hadda stop once I realized it wasn't helping. And I'm willing to admit — y'know, maybe I'm the problem. Maybe it's me. Maybe in trying **so hard** to give this thing a fair shake despite the "Who the fuck are these guys?" factor and the "yet another 60's psych rock band" element, I ended up not opening myself to it in the right way. Maybe if I'd just relaxed more and let it come to me as it is I'd be feeling more positive about it. I know a group member of mine was able to, and he loved it. But I can spend all day on "maybe"s. In the end, I can only report on how this first listen struck me, and it alone... And I just left this album not really feeling much of anything. Heck, it left me with so little, I didn't start writing this review until over 24 hours after this album was revealed, when the **next one** already had been. Like, I'm willing to give this band the benefit that I was the issue here, and overall it's far from being unlistenable psych rock if you enjoy this kind of stuff... But as for me, I think that this album might be a lesson that maybe next time I should try, y'know, not to try as hard. Cool you guys were on an episode of 'The Flintstones', though, Beau Brummels. And you were in 'Village Of The Giants'! I'm gonna be watchin' the 'MST3k' presentation of it soon this month! Good show, what a good show...
Type of album cover that catches your eye at a dingy record store. And sounds like it too
New Seekers with a little space dust.
It was okay
This one’s kind of a trip. By the time they made Triangle, the Brummels had already fallen through the cracks of the British Invasion copycat game. So they reinvented themselves as a West Coast psych-folk outfit, and it’s gorgeous in that weird late-60s way where nobody knew if they were writing hits or hymns. Sal Valentino’s voice carries these songs like “Magic Hollow” and “Painter of Women” into a space somewhere between fairy tale and acid hangover. Jack Nitzsche’s production didn’t hurt either; he draped the whole record in orchestral haze, which only makes it sound stranger and sadder. It’s one of those albums that didn’t make sense commercially, but feels essential if you want to understand how folk-rock mutated after Pet Sounds and before the Byrds went full-on country. It didn’t sell, of course. But fifty-plus years later, Triangle sounds less like a lost experiment and more like a secret manual for how American pop was trying to rewrite itself in 1967. You didn’t own this one unless you were really digging through the racks—but if you did, you probably held onto it like buried treasure.
Really interesting album from a group I've never heard of. Gave them a little read and you can definitely sense their country roots in this music, but at times they venture into ethereal which is kind of fun. This being from 1967 is astounding given they were not a big band and it sounds great. Another shout-out because there is absolutely zero wasted time here. An easy sub 30 min album of decent tunes.
More renn faire adjacent folky stuff within a short period, but it hit me way better than the incredible string band
Not sure what it is that this is but I like it
now i should really like this but i am generally skeptical of San Francisco and for some reason its just not workin all that well for me
I didn’t know Beau Brummel was a real artist, just knew the name from the Billy Joel song. Brummel’s work feels typical 70’s soft rock.
New to me
Enjoyable enough but who did I have to hear this?
Sounds like a bunch of Bob Dylan’s
Kinda weird, but I kinda liked it
It was short!
Pretty good but nothing to really write home about
01) Are You Happy? - 7,5 02) Only Dreaming Now - 7,0 03) Painter of Women - 6,5 04) The Keeper of Time - 6,5 05) It Won't Get Better - 6,5 06) Nine Pound Hammer - 6,5 07) Magic Hollow - 6,5 08) And I've Seen Her - 6,5 09) Triangle - 7,0 10) The Wolf of Velvet Fortune - 6,0 11) Old Kentucky Home - 6,5 TOTAL: 6,64 (66/100)
Very Dylan-esque; not bad.
A good studio style album. Fun psychedelic San Francisco rock with fantasy elements and a couple tracks hinting at southern rock.
Two of my adult children went to separate Ren Faire's this past weekend. As I was listening to this album I felt that this was likely the kind of music playing at these events, which made me smile. I am not, however, someone who wants to attend such things which makes this music not really for me. It wasn't bad, and I even liked a couple of songs. I'd give it 2.5 stars if I could, but it'll bump up to 3 because I love my children.
I could copy/paste my comments from any number of 60's/70's folk/rock albums that I'd never heard of previously. In summary, nothing terrible here, but nothing amazing either. Next!
While Sal Valentino's voice vaguely resembles Bob Dylan's, I found Valentine's voice more pleasant. He more often hit notes and stayed in key than Dylan does. Also their songs blissfully didn't have any of that deeply annoying harmonica that Dylan ruins songs with. I enjoyed this album. TRIANGLE is well arranged, filled with wonderful folk rock performances and doesn't get bogged down with boring social critique. Instead, The Beau Brummell feature instead on universal experiences like fear of fleeting time on earth, the meaning of happiness, of course the meaning of love. "Magic Hollow" was delightful. I dug the fantasy romp with a just a dash of gypsy Parisian polka. And of course "The Wolf of Velvet Fortune". This is the kind of album I was hoping to discover on this list. Albums from all genres that explore universal themes over great instrumentals and vocals while avoiding tired protest song lyrics. I will take this any day of the week over a Bob Dylan, Neil Young, or Nick Cave record.
Another forgettable album. Nothing to love, nothing to hate.
I liked a lot about this, but didn't love much. "Only Dreaming Now" and The Wolf of Velvet Fortune" were my favorites. There are a lot of songs here that I wouldn't mind never hearing again, but nothing that I never want to hear again.
First listen
Intriguing. Combining dylan-esque folk music with a wider, almost Spector-like production. Sometimes drifts a little close to 'A Mighty Wind' style parody, but otherwise enjoyable, if not particularly heavyweight.
First time listening to this group. Always surprising how short the albums and songs were at the time! Interesting listen.
Clearly Dylan inspired but an attempt at giving us some music to get behind
No todos los días escuchas un álbum de folk-rock con toques de psicodelia y country (a veces casi bluegrass) lanzado por una banda medio desconocida el mismo año que el Sgt. Pepper's. Musicalmente, la variedad de instrumentos y estilos crea una atmósfera muy interesante sin llegar a estar sobrecargada. Además, el álbum no dura ni media hora, así que no le da tiempo a perder fuelle. La voz es bastante buena, y no termino de entender las numerosas comparaciones con Bob Dylan que estoy leyendo por aquí. Las letras son místicas y muy de su época. Todo ok, un álbum que casi merece el título de "clásico perdido" que el libro le otorga. ¿Se trata de un álbum imprescindible, que hay que escuchar antes de morir? Para nada. Pero personalmente nunca le voy a hacer ascos a un álbum de folk-rock setentero de atmósfera fantástica medieval.
drei plus
Listened twice. It was alright. Would buy if it was in the dollar bin
The 60s really had a sound. It's overrepresented on this list. Nothing incredible. Nothing terrible.
Sounded a bit British Invasiony but apparently they’re American.
rather liked them actually. bit beatles-esque (and maybe dylan) but not in a lame pale imitation sort of way
Cute enough, probably won't listen again
Never heard of these guys, def of an era.
409/1001
A strange album, but to me it was an enjoyable kind of strange. Probably not something I would listen to again but I liked the fantasy vibes. Fav song: The Keeper of Time Least fav: The Wolf of Velvet Fortune
34/1001 The Beau Brummels - Triangle Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ Imagine a psych-folk band sung by Bob Dylan, albeit with a better voice and this is essentially what you have with this album. Sure it's an easy enough listen and short at 28 minutes, but nothing too much really grabbed me.
Interesting, mostly relaxing tunes to work or play to.
Some cool chill hippy vibes.
This was okay. I was scared since the Apple Music blurb said something about "Dylan-esque" vocals and...that's not a positive description for me.
This was much better than I was expecting it to be but that is very likely because it was only a 29 minute listen and I had low expectations. Honestly confused why this was an album I needed to hear before I died though.
a little bit boring
Interesting….
Nope
Mediocre Bob Dylan
I didn't love the singing, but it was a decent album
I don't know about this one. I can't decide if I liked it, I can't really see myself listening to it very often. Painter of Women was pretty weird.
Like Bob Dylan if he listened to Pet Sounds. I enjoyed it (I personally don’t mind the vocals) but the other reviews are correct in saying that there’s roughly a million other albums from the 60s that sound exactly like this.
Pleasant listen. Short songs. Very 60’s.
The lead singer wanted to be Bob Dylan, but someone beat him to it. Actually, he sounds like Dylan with an overdone vibrato, and he is better about singing in tune. However, I still found the sound of the vocals annoying; otherwise, I think I would have really liked this, maybe to the tune of 4 stars. As it is, I am giving it 3 stars, but won’t bother listening to it again.
iets wat te oud voor mij
Yep, it was fine
Bob Dylan much? I like the “rolling” guitar arrangements of these 1960s rock albums - you can feel forward movement like a train or caravan moving across the horizon. At 28 minutes this was a fast and easy listen. On second listen I enjoyed it even more. Painter of Women and Wolf of Velvet Fortune were especially engaging. I want to give this a 4 but in truth probably won’t be back around for a listen anytime soon (970+ albums to go). 3/5
Hauska, taustamusamatskuu mut mikään ei jääny erityisesti mieleen. Vuosikymmenen huomaa.
Never heard of them before but this was pretty cool
Meh, generic 60s psych folk. Very middle of the road
achei que ia ser PAIA e foi até agradável ouvi ele no busão enjoadaço e me deu uma acalmada. bem feito e até bem diverso nos instrumentos, é decente!!
Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland Ganz gut, flutscht nebenbei nett durch.
Not bad.
Triangle - The Beau Brummels ⭐⭐⭐ Psychedelic countryish pop with some baroque pop thrown in to the already heady mix and it somehow all works better than it ever does on paper. Not the most exciting album you will ever hear (I hope!) but it's very good and certainly sets a mood. While I'm only giving this album three stars I easily could have given it four stars (the quality is there) but since I don't see myself ever playing this interesting very much of its time record, I'm going to go with three stars and call it a day.
28 min. Short album! Sounds like Bob Dylan's voice. 3 stars.
Kind of like if Bob Dylan made interesting music. 3.0/5.0: Good
i don't understand the hate for this album on here. its not great but by no means is bad. sounded a bit like bob dylan mixed with billy joel
Really short - some fun songs
Never heard this band before, I got some Robyn Hitchcock vibes from it. Production by Lenny Waronker who also produced several Randy Newman records and went on to be president of Warner Bros.
New to me, though might have heard the name before. Okay 60's psychedelica I guess
This album highlights the San Francisco sound of the Beau Brummels. It’s a blend of folk and rock which was popular in the 1960s. The album is well done with nice tunes, however nothing outstanding.
This is an eerie album cover. I've never heard of these guys, but they kept it nice and short, which is a virtue. Wiki says there were Bob Dylan comparisons, which I definitely hear (although maybe that's just all the "how do you feel"s in 'Are You Happy?'; like a rolling stone). David Duke plays French horn on this album. Highlight: 'My Old Kentucky Home' (a song with history!) Lowlight: 'Nine Pound Hammer' (nothing I like less than that hammer clinking noise)
A soundtrack for J.T. Tolkien's "Lord Of The Rings" series, or Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series. Decent Fatasy-Folk Rockish to listen to on a pleasantly warm Sunday afternoon. Favorite Track: "Magic Hollow".
first time hearing, I liked are you happy it had a good shape and it had a good question answer flow. The rhythms were nice. Wasn't as into the rest of the album
I just really like this stuff. Nothing major sticks out to me on this album however.
Are You Happy? This album had me Only Dreaming Now. It Won’t Get Better, but you never know.
This was completely new to me. I have heard of The Beau Brummels but had no idea what to expect. It's pretty interesting musically, sort of a psychedelic folk rock, but the vocals were a big detraction. The singer has a trill in his voice that is used to excess and a little goes a long way. It's sort of a case of this just not being for me. It's not completely awful or anything but I doubt I will listen again.
The Wolf Of Velvet Fortune Is Upon His Merry Flight 1001 Albums Generator 35 (05/21/2025) It's always interesting to get an album and artist on this challenge that I haven't even so much as heard of. Today's album, The Beau Brummels' fourth studio album Triangle, is one of those albums. The first thing I needed to know was what the hell a Beau Brummel was. According to Wikipedia, The Beau Brummels took their name from the Regency era English dandy Beau Brummell. This definition became helpful quickly after looking up when the Regency era was and what an English dandy could possibly be ("1795-1837" and "a middle-class man who is known for emulating aristocratic style" by the way). So I guess Beau Brummel was a guy in Britain who was able to become an associate of the Prince Regent for always being bathed, perfumed, and dressed nice. I do this every day and don't get so much as an acknowledgement by my local representative. Fucked up. Anyway, this is an album from the San Francisco Sound scene that came to be in the city in the 1960's. The Beau Brummels have a distinctly psychedelic flavor to them similar to their more popular contemporary Jefferson Airplane, but while that band was more rock and less folk, Triangle is more folk and less rock. These acoustic guitar folky jams remind me a bit in style of Love's Forever Changes with vocals that sound like Bob Dylan from an alternate universe. All but two of the songs are bite size tunes, less than three minutes, and the whole thing clocks in at just under 29 minutes! All killer, no filler? Well, not really. The beginning and end of this album pop the hell off, with the middle part being a slump in quality. The 1-2 punch of the poppy Are You Happy? into the great guitar work and instrumentation of Only Dreaming Now is an awesome intro into the album. Interestingly, the longest song here, The Wolf Of Velvet Fortune, is one of my favorites. The verses feature a strange, oriental sounding guitar part with constant harmonics ringing in the background. Then the song transitions during its climax into a freaky folk part that I really can't compare to anything other than a precursor to Comus' First Utterance. The last song grew on me a lot, being one of my least favorite on first listen, but becoming one of my favorites by the end. Once you accept that the album is going to end rather anti-climactically with a rootin-n-tootin country jam in Old Kentucky Home, you can recognize and appreciate that at least it's a good rootin-n-tootin country jam. In spite of its stunted length, or perhaps because of it, this album by and large washes over me. It’s a pleasant experience, don’t get me wrong, and it’s one that I don’t regret having (I spun it three times today because it’s so digestible), but I don’t see myself desiring listening to it in the future. The stretch in the middle from Painter Of Women to And I’ve Seen Her was really hard to focus on (besides the wonderful Nine Pound Hammer). Though this stretch of songs is short, it’s a huge percentage of the music here. Triangle by The Beau Brummels is all in all a pleasant, albeit inessential, listen. Some great moments here and there, but a largely unmemorable affair. 3/5. Favs: Are You Happy? Triangle The Wolf Of Velvet Fortune Least Fav: Painter Of Women
good find!
It wasn’t my style but I like it
theres too much psychadelic rock on this but this was okay even if it felt like it was a lute away from annoying ren fair music
Jedenaście piosenek w 28 minut?! Niestety, ale nawet dla mnie to są za krótkie utwory. Nie robią krzywdy moim uszom, niektóre są nawet przyjemnym folkiem z elementami country i wczesnego rocka, ale… po co pisać takie krótkie kawałki? Człowiek się nawet nie zdąży wczuć, a już leci następny. 6/10
Influential transition into psych
respect
Some ok old soft rock
Good, not great album
Enjoyed this album. Although I listened to it right before the Electric Prunes album from the same era, and that was much better. It's a 3 but only cause I love the 60s and this style of music
A solid example of American folk music, though it doesn’t quite reach the heights of Pentangle—which isn’t surprising, considering The Beau Brummels are a U.S. band. That said, “Magic Hollow” is a masterpiece. “I’ve Seen Her” has a strong resemblance to Irish folk, which is a definite plus. “Old Kentucky Home,” on the other hand, is a classic American-style tune.
New to me. Genre is up my alley. Short and sweet.
Interesting. Folky but with some rock elements like the Grateful Dead
Relatief met alle drek die ik nog moet luisteren voor deze hobby is dit best een aardig plaatje. The Beatles waren in '66 al three steps ahead maar het is toch wel wat sophisticater dan veel andere "The" bandjes uit de sixties. Iets grotere arrangementen met blazers en strijkers bijvoorbeeld. De stem van de zanger is best intrigerend, lijkt een beetje op de jonge Dylan maar mist net een beetje edge om het echt spannend te maken. 7/10 Highlights Painter of Women Triangle
Weary of having xet another Psychedelic Pop Album to rate with the usual quiet jangly sound, the same shaky vocals, and the same ’60s Woodstock vibe.
Not bad for that kind of hippy-folky whatnot.
Perfectly acceptable psych-folk for the most part. I was expecting much worse. Are you Happy is like Lou Reed if he stayed off the smack. Only Dreaming Now is a bit more fleshed out with a string quartet and some pretty far out reverb. Painter of Women has some really epic peaks. The banjo in the Keeper Of Time is nice for being so understated. It Won't Get Better is back to clean living Lou Reed. Nine Pound Hammer is great for the way it builds pace and momentum while staying subdued. The single Magic Hollow is fucking trash though. The album kind of sours after that, its feels a lot more like 60s proto-prog hobbit nonsense than the first half. Old Kentucky Home is fine I suppose.
Ok album
This is another that I feel is a 3.5, but I am rounding down here, because while I do appreciate the music and the context of it, I don't feel it really holds up even as much as more contemporary critics pen it. I feel there are many better examples of this type of psychedelic folk and especially in the larger folk scened of the 60's.
Не дивно, що раніше не чув про цей гурт, та зокрема цей альбом. Він хоч і намагається бути експериментальним, змішуючи фолкрок із психоделічним/бароко попом та кантрі, що в теорії і має бути цікавим, але по факту відчувається як щось дуже дивне. Складається враження, що ця музика не до кінця розуміє чим хоче бути, тому досвід виходить доволі нерівномірний. Але це якщо "докопуватись", бо розслабившись в кріслі (нехай і в робочому), після декількох днів прослуховування екстремальної музики, така м'яка та мелодійна, сповнена душі, музика заходить дуже гарно. Проте, як я вже казав вище, шукати тут чогось особливо цікавого та "видатного" - не варто. Краще вже послухати інших психоделічних попвиконавців кінця 60-х, на кшталт, The Zombies, або The Beach Boys, правда там не буде кантрі, але чи потрібно воно було тут взагалі?
Nice psychedelic folk album. A couple enchanting tracks but the rest are a bit dull.
mix tra beatles e bob dylan
good voice(folk) magic hollow, only dreaming now
Everytime I see and album from the 60's la eled as "psychedelic" I prepare for torture. This was a pleasant listen but not something I'm coming back to. Early Beatles meet Bob Dylan.
2.5/5
This was fun and enjoyable. A little confused why it’s on this list unless it was an influential for other musicians or the genre? Because overall it wasn’t anything special…
Going on a hobbit adventure
3.7 way better than the cover seemed to suggest
This had very little negative qualities. But didn't have a lot of super positive ones either. Kinda sounded like your typical post 65 Beatles copycat music. Better than most entries into this specific subgenre, but still not amazing.
Day444 - it’s a good an album and i’m glad it’s on the list. its different enough from being a dylan copy. i don’t think i would return to it though
Not sure what it is about this album, but I didn't hate it. I could be giving it a more favorable review because so many people were bashing on it, I have never heard of it or even this band before and they have a nice sound, or the fact that I was coming off of a string of truly horrific albums this one wasn't that bad But, I was pleasantly surprised. Pretty much sound like a cross The Beatles and Bob Dylan. I probably won't ever return to this album, which is pretty much par for the course for a lot of my three-point scores (they're fine, but nothing I'd want to listen to again), but I'm definitely not upset I had to listen to it.
Fairly generic 1967 psychedelic stuff. New to me!
A couple of tracks here were kind of interesting, like psychedelic country. But mostly I'm fine that this has drifted into obscurity.
Fav: Nine Pound Hammer Least Fav: It Won’t Get Better This is just a lesser version of Bob Dylan (but it’s not bad at all)
bloody punk rockers!!
A nice album, nothing special. Short and sweet. Qobuz started playing Simon and Garfunkel after it, which is what I wanted to hear.
this was fine. i can appreciate discovering new oldies that sound similar to oldies i already know and enjoy
Decent 60s music. Has a little old school country thing going on. Nothing great but it was short and too the point. Light 3/5
This album is like if the Beatles played a set at a Renaissance Fair. Folk pop with a touch of country. Nothing spectacular Favorite songs: Old Kentucky Home, The Keeper of Time Least favorite songs: It Won't Get Better 3/5
Meh. Du psyché un peu folky, ça sonne plus comme un clône moyen de Dylan qu'autre chose.
Heard the Beau Brummels before, although not this album. It is perfectly listenable 1960s psychedelic folk pop/rock, very pleasant. But nothing here compares to Love or Jefferson Airplane or the Byrds. I don’t think I would have been any worse off by not hearing this and don’t see any reason why this makes the top 1001.
3 out of 5. Better than I thought it'd be.
was ok
2.5
Un feeling folk-americana, une prosodie efficace.
Voilà une bien curieuse pépite que ce "Triangle" des Beau Brummels, album rescapé de l'année la plus folle de l'histoire du rock, 1967. Une année-monstre, un véritable carnage discographique où les mastodontes se bousculaient au portillon, laissant peu de place aux outsiders. Pensez-y : "Sgt. Pepper's", "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", "The Velvet Underground & Nico", "Are You Experienced", "Forever Changes"... Comment exister au milieu de ce raz-de-marée ? Comment se faire une place quand on est un groupe de San Francisco qui, à l'origine, sonnait plus anglais que les Anglais eux-mêmes ? Les Beau Brummels, eux, n'ont pas vraiment réussi. Commercialement, ce fut un bide intersidéral. Un échec cuisant qui, paradoxalement, a sans doute sauvé cet album de l'oubli en lui conférant une aura de trésor caché. Pour ma part, gamin des années 70, j'ai complètement raté ce train-là. Il faut dire que la presse française de l'époque, même un Rock & Folk naissant, avait sans doute d'autres chats à fouetter que de chroniquer le quatrième album d'un groupe américain qui avait connu son heure de gloire quelques années plus tôt avec des tubes comme "Laugh, Laugh". On était en pleine "British Invasion", et ces Brummels, malgré leur nom, ramaient à contre-courant de leur propre géographie. C'est donc avec les oreilles d'un vieux briscard, qui a retourné des vinyles dans tous les sens pendant ses années de disquaire et de radio, que je découvre ce disque. Et quelle découverte ! Une petite claque feutrée, une anomalie douce et mélancolique. On est face à un objet musical non identifié, un disque qui flotte entre les mondes. Pour bien saisir le virage à 180 degrés qu'est "Triangle", il faut se souvenir des Beau Brummels d'avant. Un groupe qui avait brillamment surfé sur la vague de la Beatlemania, au point que certains pensaient qu'ils venaient de Liverpool. Mais en 1967, le groupe est en pleine déliquescence. Le quintet originel n'est plus qu'un trio – Sal Valentino au chant, Ron Elliott à la guitare et aux compos, et Ron Meagher à la basse, ce dernier étant lui-même sur le point de partir faire un tour au Vietnam, merci Tonton Sam. Le précédent album, "Beau Brummels '66", une collection de reprises imposée par leur nouvelle maison de disques Warner, avait été un fiasco critique et commercial. Le groupe était au bord du gouffre. C'est là qu'intervient le producteur Lenny Waronker, un homme providentiel qui, au lieu de leur demander de pondre un nouveau "tube", leur a offert une liberté quasi totale. Le résultat ? Les Beau Brummels ont largué les amarres du folk-rock à guitares carillonnantes pour s'aventurer dans des territoires bien plus étranges et fascinants. "Triangle" est un disque qui se vit comme un songe éveillé, une sorte de cycle de rêve brumeux et introspectif. Ron Elliott lui-même parlait d'une "bande dessinée mythologique sur l'amour écrite depuis des endroits bizarres". L'album s'ouvre sur "Are You Happy?", et dès les premières notes, on sent que quelque chose a changé. Fini le rock'n'roll direct, place à une pop baroque, orchestrée avec une finesse inouïe. On y entend du clavecin (joué par le grand Van Dyke Parks sur le sublime "Magic Hollow"), des cordes, des cuivres, de l'accordéon... tout un attirail d'instruments qui tissent une toile sonore riche, éthérée et profondément mélancolique. La voix de Sal Valentino, unique en son genre, fragile et puissante à la fois, plane au-dessus de ces arrangements délicats. Elle a ce timbre nasal un peu à la Dylan, mais avec une chaleur et une expressivité qui lui sont propres. Ce qui frappe, c'est la cohérence de l'ensemble. Bien qu'il ne s'agisse pas d'un "concept album" au sens strict du terme, une atmosphère onirique lie toutes les chansons. On passe d'une ballade folk d'une beauté désarmante ("The Painter of Women") à des ambiances plus sombres et mystiques ("The Wolf of Velvet Fortune"), comme si on naviguait dans les méandres d'un esprit en plein doute existentiel. L'album est court, à peine 29 minutes, mais d'une densité folle. Il n'y a pas un gramme de gras, pas une note de trop. Chaque morceau est une miniature précieuse, une vignette sonore qui évoque un monde de contes de fées pour adultes désenchantés. On est loin, très loin du "Summer of Love" et de l'optimisme béat de San Francisco. Ici, le psychédélisme est intérieur, introspectif. C'est un voyage dans les limbes, une exploration des zones d'ombre de l'âme. L'échec commercial de l'album était inévitable. En pleine explosion psychédélique extravertie, qui avait envie d'écouter les murmures d'une âme en peine, si joliment arrangés soient-ils ? Personne, ou presque. Et pourtant, quelle erreur ! "Triangle" est un disque d'une richesse et d'une subtilité rares. C'est un album qui demande une écoute attentive, qui se dévoile peu à peu, mais qui récompense au centuple celui qui prend le temps de s'y plonger. Il préfigure d'une certaine manière le country-rock qui explosera quelques années plus tard, mais avec une touche de sophistication et une étrangeté que peu de groupes atteindront. Aujourd'hui, cet album a acquis un statut culte amplement mérité. C'est le disque parfait pour une fin de soirée pluvieuse, une de ces oeuvres qui vous enveloppent dans un cocon de mélancolie douce-amère. On comprend pourquoi il figure dans la liste des "1001 albums". Ce n'est pas un disque qui vous saute à la gorge, mais un de ceux qui vous hantent longtemps après l'écoute. Une découverte, en effet, et une belle. Le 3/5 est juste, mais c'est un 3/5 qui penche dangereusement vers le 4. Un disque attachant, singulier, et finalement, essentiel pour qui veut comprendre les chemins de traverse qu'a pu emprunter le rock américain à son apogée créative. Un trésor pour initiés, sorti de l'ombre.
My initial thoughts were ‘oh no, not another 60s pop rock bank’ but these guys were actually decent. Quite liked the singers voice and the songs had enough about them to stand out compared to some other early albums I’ve heard so far on this list.
It’s just an average folk rock album. Nothing more or less. All talented musicians but there is no inspiration here.
DIdn't give this loads of time, but enjoyed it well enough. It was kind of forgettable, but still had a nice time whilst it was on.
mostly competent. some moments of vocal delivery that are almost dylanesque. generally blends in together, not much to positively distinguish these songs from any number of folk pop-y artists from the late 60s. way too boring for a 28 minute album. the mix w/r/t balance of vocals and instrumentation feels a bit off. not a fan of the fantasy elements either, but that just may be a personal hang up. superficially psychedelic.
This was actually better than I thought it would be. The Beau Brummels is a band I would put in the "they are in the room" category, not at the head table, but somewhere with an earned spot out there. The issue may be that they are similar in a way to a lot of other bands in this kind of soft rock hybrid genre. I don't know why they never got enough air play for me to even have heard of them, but that is what I mean. They are somewhere lost in the crowd, although it is a worthy crowd. I would even give them a three and a half if that was available. Alas, a strong three for this band.
Listened Before? N Interesting, there is a ton of psychedelic rock on this list, and I'm not really sure what makes this one stand out over the others. It's good - mainly because I like the style of music - but I'm just not sure it needs to be here. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Are You Happy?
Progenitors of the San Francisco Psychedelic sound this record has a lot of what I now find tiresome but back then it must've been far out and wild. I can imagine the Beau Brummels inviting me to take a trip with them through their music. To be fair there are still a few nuggets to be found here.
Э. Нормальный такой фолк-поп. Без дирекшна, очень и очень дилановский за отсутствием лучшего описания. Лучшая песня - The Wolf of Velvet Fortune.
This was constantly right on the verge of loving it. There just wasn’t a single stand out, capture my attention track
Sing songy early 60’s vibe that didn’t ever reach me
Not too bad.
I liked this a lot, but it didn't really stick with me. I enjoy these surprising finds on the list. Would go 3.5, but dropping for not being super memorable.
Stupid name, but kinda like this.
Süß, kurz und knackig Ich war unterhalten
Discount Cat Stevens. I don’t get it, they are doing everything right but there is no spark 3.1
beat folk-rock not so inspiring
Their blend of psychedelic rock and folk was actually better than expected, and some tracks were really enjoyable (Only Dreaming Now is really good). Probably not the best album from this period, but a pleasant listen.
Sounds familiar.
Goed gezongen, vrolijke melodie, maar ook een beetje ouderwetse muziek voor nu. Heel prima album hoor.
Enjoyable enough but slight. Not surprised this got drowned out by its contemporaries.
I knew of one BB song before I listened to this album and I really, really like that Laugh, Laugh song. That song wasn’t on this album. This album was weird.
Another remnant of the Folk Revival of the 60s. It's value is diminished by today's standards but in terms of a must-listen you can hear the influence to the later singer-songwriters to follow. 3/5
Country/psychedelic pop from 1967 by a band I haven't really heard about before. I like the fantasy-like songs and the atmosphere of the album but the individual songs don't grab me much. The nasal singing reminds me too much of Dylan. Overall there are a lot more better albums from 1967 than this one in my opinion.
A couple of songs I really liked on this but overall a little too country for my taste in psychedelic.
I appreciate the fantastical vibe to this album and suits a tavern mood. Doesn’t grab me though.
This seems to be getting a bit in the weeds of middle of the road 60's bands/albums. Never heard of them and it's a decent album but sounds like something that was on the radio and you would forget it the second the next song came on.
Sunny 60s psychedelic folk rock. Most it strikes me as just okay, but there are a few highlights. "The Keeper of Time" has fun bursts of jangly folk energy, and "The Wolf of Velvet Fortune" has a nice fantasy-rock sound. I'll give it "Are You Happy?" and "Old Kentucky Home" too. "Nine Pound Hammer" is nice but I find that hammer ping sound mildly annoying; at least it stops for most the song and only returns briefly.
Tasty nostalgia grooves. Will listen more. Far out