Triangle

Somehow a country album that’s not a 1

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

magique j'ai adoré l'ambiance crée je m'attendais à avoir une copie des beatles mais pas du tout belle découverte hihi je vais certainement récouter !

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

I liked this a lot more than the Spirit album I just pulled last week. It kind of reminds me of Sixto Rodriguez, though the song writing and the guy's voice isn't quite that good. It's still something I might go back to though. 4/5

British album. Psychedelic rock. Boom - this album was practically giving me a free sample of what it was before I could even hit play. Here goes This album was way folkier than my prediction let on, but I was more or less correct. I'm taking the victory. There's a very noticeable Bob Dylan influence peeking through on this album. Luckily, there aren't any blown out harmonicas and the vocalist isn't belching his throat out into the microphone, so I wound up having a decent time listening to this album. The guitars are solid - there's a good level of depth to the sound of this remaster, and their frenetic sound is decently engaging. Some of the backing instruments are decent, too. I especially like the trumpet and brass. It gives the songs a nice, frolicking sound. I can't fault that runtime, though it was kind of detrimental to the music. With the average track running for about two-and-a-half minutes, many of them felt unsubstantial or passed me by without much notice. They should have merged some of these tracks into one another, especially since the music was already samey as is. Overall this was a competent, if unengaging listen. Book time. The band named "Beau Brummels" is from San Francisco. That's nuts. They're a one-hit wonder and cameoed in a Flintstones episode, apparently. "...their fourth album is a genuine lost classic - a mix of folk rock and haunting country that still stands up when played alongside their bigger-selling contemporaries." The band's best album. "Elliott's songwriting had matured beyond the confines of two­-minute chart fodder". Did it really? Well received by critics, but bombed on the charts, peaking at No. 197. Wikipedia says this album was the product of extensive collaboration with session musicians, but that's about it. Huh. Not exactly persuasive reasons for this album making it in, but luckily for this album I've lost my idealism and the music was generally competent, so we're letting this one through. I cosign this inclusion.

Década de 60, você sempre conseguiu me deixar surpreso, agora um álbum de folk com menos de 30min e 8 músicas, isso foi novo. Não por ter passado rápido, mas pq cada música era imbuída de uma continuação sem precedentes, apenas um folk agitado em seu estado mais puro HIGHLIGHTS: O álbum tem menos de meia hora, da pra ouvir tudo 9/10

Woah, this is up my street

These Beau Brummels have absolutely nothing to do with Billy Joel’s Beau Brummel babies. I gave it have a chance. What a great album. Added it to the Library.

Dull. Repetitive. And dull.

Dope

Meh

No reason for this album to be on this list.

Rentaghost the musical

A very fun, songwriter-y style. Very ‘60s, very indicative of the San Francisco sound.

I did my damndest to listen to this record, I knew little of this band beforehand. Maybe a random play of a single from their first LP on the radio when I was a child, but nothing that made an impact. I pressed play and got that uneasy feeling, the kind when your schoolmates sibling had to give you a ride home from school and your bones felt every bump of their wooden bead seat covers. The cigarette smoke burning your eyes, the nonsense blaring from their tinny speakers. This is the Beau Brummels, this is that nonsense. Like a Renaissance Fair cover band, a drill to your eardrums. I would only recommend this record to someone if I didn’t like that person. I hesitate to even give it a star. -TomB

I'm surprised I've never heard this band before. folky psychedelia out of 60s San Francisco. Ethereal storytelling in the lyrics, simple acoustic arrangements with a little supporting orchestration, quite a pleasant listen.

Didnt grab me

I didn’t really like his voice. He sounded like he was trying to be someone else.

3,2 Highlights: Are You Happy?, Only Dreaming Now

I put 3 cause raeedah put 3

Enjoyable listen

Better than Coldplay

23 - The Beau Brummells - Triangle - Rating = 1 Folky jangly acoustic guitar and melodic 60’s male crooning… not offensive but not that interesting either… Jangly Dylan? Violins… gypsy accordion… spoken word crooning… urgency… not really… This is just something I would never listen to. Too folky, too whiny croony, Dylan-like… just nothing that grabs me at all…. Skipped through most of this as it’s just not what I want.

Hmm

i couldn’t finish it, boring

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.

When you order bob Dylan from temu

Fitting for the time but nothing stood out.

Pseudo psychedelic nonsense

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.

It starts off very endearing but somehow even being less than half an hour still manages to overstay its welcome. I like the production and the Bob Dylanesque vocals, but the songs just don’t hold up.

Baroque pop indeed.

A pretty mediocre and forgettable album from the 60s. Rip off of Dylan in some senses too. Makes you appreciate how many Byrds albums are on this list.

It was fine

Much of the same..

Am I crazy or does this album sound like what would happen if you took all the electricity and cocaine away from Led Zeppelin?

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

So first 10 mins I thought yeah it’s music from 67, it is what it is. Next 10 mins I’m thinking it belongs in 67, it’s just not aged well. And the final 8 mins I’m convinced it’s a pretty shit album full stop

Such a strange journey of false memories and nostalgia

Loved this - a great find for me thx!

Fairly decent this. Aye it’s very 60s folk / Dylan-esque, no surprises there. But I quite enjoyed it. Cant see me ever really returning, but decent enough

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.

Dylan-lite. Decent for background, but just a bit forgettable. Wouldn't trouble myself to listen again. Last song probably the best, but I believe it is a cover of a version by Randy Newman of an original.

Definitely trying to imitate Dylan, which I suppose was pretty common at the time. It's fine, but completely forgettable. Textbook 2 but probably closer to 2.5

Meh it was fine, sounded like Dylan without being as good. I listened twice and maybe I’m just in a bad mood today but everything about them just kinda annoyed me, their album art, their name is super dumb, I’ve been served up middling folk rock several days in a row and I don’t know maybe they deserve better but it just comes across as flimsy hippie at the castle folk fair bullshit. 2 stars

A mostly generic folk record with of course some hints of Dylan and little Lou Reed. Highlights: "Nine Pound Hammer"

Something about this was quite mesmerising. 1967 has something in the air. Fave Tracks: Are You Happy?, The Wolf of Velvet Fortune 3.8/5

This album is delightful! All the songs are great, so brilliant and well done that I am really surprised. It is a very cohesive record, very cinematic, and then, there is that final song, that climax that, even if it has a different sound from the rest of the album, it goes pretty well at the end. I've completely loved this album.

Like a young Dylan but more grating and annoying.

This is one of those 2's where I don't dislike the music or the artist. I'm only giving it this score as an "OK, this exists and I respect these folks". I heard their hit single "Laugh, Laugh" and that was pretty cool. Additionally, I did some research and they were one of the pioneers of the "San Francisco sound" later taken over by Jefferson Airplane, the Dead, etc. I also found out that after the recording of this album, Ron Meagher was sent to Vietnam being one of the musicians affected by the draft. I have to admit that all of this is very interesting. On the contrary, the music isn't very much so, but thanks for your service y'all (5/10, 2/5 on this scale).

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.

This was just fine. If you hear one song you've heard them all

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 can see where this album fits into the folk rock world of the late 60s and maybe if I were in the 60s and hearing it for the first time, I'd appreciate it more. But having heard the Byrds and the Hollies and others who took this sound to greater heights, it's hard to be impressed with these very short songs. It was interesting to see that "Old Kentucky Home", the last song on the album, and one I've heard somewhere before, was written by Randy Newman.

Not for me

Started off well enough but then quickly devolved into pretty generic 60's folk. Put me to sleep, not my thing. Nice Dylan impression though

This a group I've never head of before, but I really enjoyed listening through this one! It's very reminiscent of The Beatles and that era of music. Would be interested to check out more from them!

Fairport Convention did this much better. Wolf one my favorite I guess, but meh

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.

Mit Triangle (1967) entfernten sich The Beau Brummels deutlich vom Beat-geprägten Frühwerk und wandten sich einem introspektiven Folk- und Baroque-Pop-Sound zu. Die US-amerikanische Band nahm das Album in den Columbia Studios in Hollywood, Kalifornien, auf. Die Arrangements setzen auf akustische Instrumente, zurückhaltende Rhythmik und Streicher, was dem Material eine kammermusikalische Note gibt. Songs wie „Magic Hollow“, „Painter of Women“ oder „The Wolf of Velvet Fortune“ stehen exemplarisch für den gereiften Ansatz: weniger eingängig als frühere Hits, dafür melodisch vielschichtig und textlich reflektiert. Der psychedelische Einfluss bleibt spürbar, wirkt jedoch kontrolliert und in die Komposition eingebunden. ür mich wirkt Triangle wie ein leises, in sich stimmiges Album zwischen Folk-Rock und Psychedelic Pop, das mehr durch seine geschlossene Atmosphäre als durch einzelne herausragende Momente auffällt, mich letztlich jedoch nicht wirklich erreicht.

Meh

It was ok. I’m a huge fan of 60s rock and definitely familiar with these guys. It sounds promising.. equal parts Dylan and Beatles, but doesn’t approach either in quality or timeliness.

At least it’s short.

Психоделический звук в стиле эпохи. Фолк, поп, рок.

This is soooo 60s. It has feels of Dylan, Zeppelin, Beatles, Bowie...I dont think it ever reaches the greatest of any of those...but it still is good

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.

Forced vibrato, Dylan-esque vocals, bland music.

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

This was so dull I feel like it’s a prank that it’s even on here. The most interesting thing about it is the album art and even that feels derivative.

THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT ON MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME🗣

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.

Strange but I ended up not hating it as much as I thought I was going to from the first few chords.

zmęczyło mnie to niemiłosiernie, zapewne dlatego że brzmi jak bob dylan

This is very odd, a bit like Bob Dylan and The Monkees nd even Neil Diamond in places! An intriguing listen.

Super well-produced and performed, it's a lovely exploration of psych pop and folk pop with a little bit of country woven in. An incredibly underrated record that I feel like needs more people to reevaluate. "The Wolf of Velvet Fortune" is especially good.

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.

Meh

Blandly fine folk pop. Nothing to really hold onto, totally forgettable.

Powerful country music, voicings and guitar are superb

not mt cup of tea yet.. still great

Songwriting and verse phrasing reminiscent of Robert Hunter (Grateful Dead) These guys would have fit right in on a bill with the Dead and New Riders. Totally hear and appreciate the Dylan comparisons as well.

This album forces me to contemplate what should be the difference between one and two stars, which doesn't feel like a great use of time. Eventually I start getting mad when I think about all the great unsung artists whose opportunity was taken by these jokers. I like the band name, though.

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.

Não gostei, vocal chatinho... Talvez funcionaria bem pra cena de filme, música de estrada ou de transição para personagens trabalharem em algo...! :P

I listened to this and can’t even remember enough of it to tell you how I felt about it. So I guess that says everything right there…

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.

Underrated. Good vibes.

Jesus what a warbling generic 60’s album. Boring as can be

gimme a break

Fine. I mean it’s perfectly serviceable but I just don’t care. When it finished, Apple Music started auto playing the Beatles and I was just like yeah I would have rather listened to them the whole time. I’ve already forgotten every song.

Another generic men with guitars album. Perhaps I'm coming in too fierce but it was a forgettable 2.5 for me. The .5 is for the Wolf of Velvet Fortune, which was pretty fun.

The Chad Brunmels

What the hell - thought this was from a mighty wind!

Bosta

something wes anderson would play in his films (the older ones). typical psych folk but nine pound hammer was a jam

Pretty boring hippy nonsense.

Was ok. 3.0

I don't think I disassociated, but I had no memory of any of the songs after I'd heard them.

It just didn’t really move me at all.. just sort of meh

Too many late 60s/early 70s albums on this list that all sound too similar…

This is probably fine but it didn’t do anything for me. I think it sounds like not as good Donavan

Very fun short listen. First and last songs are the highlights for me

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

Pretty good if u ask me, men sykt få streams på spotify

If Jim Croce sucked, he'd sound a lot like this. This wasn't a bad or offensive album, but I'm not seeing the reason for its inclusion on the list. Nor am I seeing a reason to revisit it. On the upside, we get to hear what Bob Dylan would sound like if he had a passable singing voice. And I think we'd still have to rely on him for just his songwriting abilities ⭐⭐.5

Hm 2-3? Bisschen lw aber whimsy

I have never even heard of this band, but they are right up my alley!

Very much of its time, i enjoyed it though

Pretty good

2.5

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.

Nope

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.

3/10

underrated album. I liked it.

This grew on me as the album continued.

It’s nice folk pyschadelic, but nothing really jumped at me. High 2/5

Not bad writing but not good enough too break through.

I’m surprised this album is not more widely recognised. This was The Beau Brummel’s first album of original compositions, a confident series of tightly written songs which are so heavy on detail that you’d swear the band was bigger than a trio. Vocally, the most obvious comparison that comes to mind is Bob Dylan, but there’s more of an elaborate, theatrical performance. You could almost imagine the vocalist making eye contact with you throughout - it’s a performance that wants to be seen and heard. The whole album is strong, but my favourite moments are at the end. The pensive, patient and ultimately forceful performance on The Wolf of Velvet Fortune is a hidden gem of the 1960s. There is then a quantum shift in tone as we move into the cheery, bright Old Kentucky Home which I would love to have seen performed live. It leaves you with a big rush of energy at the end. They had me in the palm of their hand throughout!

Some kind of 4 for me today, love the mix of the San fran psych folk sound and some Dylan to my ears

Pas aussi bon que les Zombies, mais dans le même panier.

Quelques passages musicaux pas pire. Chanteur gnan gnan. 2.5 étoiles

Not bad, but certainly not good and sadly it's unforgettable. I can't get over how it sounds like a blatant Dylan parody.

Dit was me totaal onbekend. Ik heb er echt van genoten. Leuke muziek.

Tof

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.

The negative reviews are all from people with no whimsy in their lives.

Interesting

i wish they did half points! didn’t mind this one very short tho

Damn I really want to love this album. It's beautifully arranged and recorded. It would be a brilliant and flawless psychedelic pop-rock record if only I could take in the music with either an ounce of humor OR seriousness. Somehow, "Triangle" by The Beau Brummels mostly seems to take itself too seriously, while simultaneously drowning in saccharine whimsy and a lyrical world of half-baked toy shop psychedelia. The word "phony" came to mind far too often, through repeated listens to "Triangle". The underlying music itself is undeniably well crafted, harmonically rich, and complex. Sal Valentino's vocals are skilled and commanding. The instrumental chops of the band are clearly well-practiced and precise. There's feeling, sway, and swagger in *almost* every aspect of this album. Somehow, though, the pain points add up to a substantial shadow that demands the question, "Are these guys for real?" and has me wondering if I'm listening to hollow musical play-acting. Out of the gate, on "Are You Happy?" Singer Sal Valentino, sounding like a classically trained Bob Dylan, does himself no favors crooning out "How do *you* feel?" (emphasis mine), in same-cadence to Dylan's hook-line in "Like a Rolling Stone". Valentino's intent might be a paean flattery of Dylan, but to lead off a whole album with that makes it hard to dodge the question of authenticity when inspired imitation falls into flat mimicry. I almost imagine Valentino doing this on purpose, in response to being widely compared vocally to Dylan, as an arrogant way of saying, "yeah I might sound like him, but can he *sing*?". Either way, we are off on a bad introduction. Although "Triangle", lyrically and in studio arrangement, is presented as a psychedelic record, the band themselves come from Beatles-mimic pop. In their early performances, they would even dress in British style suits, and actively say they were from England. I learned this after listening to the album once through, and was disappointed that my reluctant suspicions of fakery had one more sin to contend against. In this same mode of pretending, "Triangle" strikes me as the product of a pop band who was working in the rising tide of dustier, crunchier holistically lived psychedelia such as the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Quicksilver Messenger Service, and decided to dip just a toe in the LSD to see what the fuss was about. From that, they got a ridiculous "Wolf of Velvet Fortune" (I loved the song, despite the preposterous, hacked wordplay at creating fantasy) and the fantastical, lyrically cloying "Painter of Women". Slamming "hand", "land" and a contortion of "women" into "wimaaaan" is vile rhyming. One aspect of the whole album that is unsettling, is this overall feeling of 'horniness' that is incompatible with the musical and lyrical pretension. Nearly every song deals with relating to women, or a woman, as a subject. Given the pretty nature of the music, the pop sensibilities, Sal Valentino's excellent and vibrato-affected vocals, and their historic inception having dipped into the Beatles-trough during the height of their boy-band period, leaves me unable to imagine these guys without simply attracting girls being a main motivator. This being hard to unsee, I can't listen to "Traingle" seriously without thinking that in a never-ending quest for the wizards' sleeve they traded in their Fab Four costume for a shiny mystical troubadour getup. (Placeholder for an image of a 2-axis graph, plotting "Horny" and "Pretentious", and placing The Beau Brummels in the cursed quadrant of being both.) This was recorded in the same studio as Beach Boys' "Pet Sounds" album and some of Frank Sinatra's most well known singles such as "Strangers in the Night". It features Van Dyke Parks, who was fresh off of Brian Wilson's "Smile" sessions, who I've admired since first hearing his arrangement work on Joanna Newsom's medieval-esque epic "Ys". This makes sense, and the album is lush and layered in great ways, thanks to Parks, producer Lenny Waronker, their studio resources, and the songwriting as well, which lent itself to expansive studio treatment. I really want to like this album, but the smell of slick fakery is too strong. - Do/Did I own this prior? No - If so, how has this day in the project changed my view of the album? n/a - Otherwise, do I look forward to listening to this again? I don't know if I look forward to it, but there are aspects of this album that deserve attention. Given the right mood, I would listen again. (And likely increase my rating if I can ever get over the few but worst aspects.) - Is this album's inclusion on the list justified? For the first time in this project, even amidst other albums that I strongly disliked but agreed with their inclusion in the list, "Triangle", for me, is a solid 'maybe not'.

I'll be nice for once, since I'd want to give this one 3 1/2 and I can't, I'll go for a 4! Fav: nine pound hammer Magic Hollow The Wolf of Velvet Fortune

all I'd heard before from BB was Laugh Laugh. good band.

Psychedelic shite Bob Dylan

Huge question mark for me on this one

Trur da va greit nok, huske kje

Enjoyed this

ok...

Fun to listen to, but boring for me. 3/5

immaculate road trip vibes 👒. defos my favourite so far 🤍

Sounded like a bad monkees album trying to be Bob Dylan

Nope.

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.

The guys voice was annoying

Ein bisschen langweilig. Sehr kurzes Album.

Pretty generic late 60s stuff with terrible Dylan-esque vocals.

Meh

It’s decent but not something crucial before dying…

I don't even know what that was

The album feels dated even when considering it is from1967.

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.

Unimpressed. Late 60s pop-psych-drudgery.

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

pleasantly surprised, not something I'd typically enjoy but I had a good time listening to this!

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.

At the risk of giving this album too much credit, it’s not hard to hear how we got from this record to the prog-rock fantasy quests of bands like Yes. I feel like I’ve simultaneously listened to too much psychedelic rock and not enough psychedelic rock to fully appreciate whether this is musically very special. Outside of the weird fantasy lyrics and the Bob Dylan vocals, things don’t feel all that unique here. Maybe I’m wrong. But on that Bob Dylan note… if you played this for me with no context, I’d assume it was a just some (super weird) Dylan record that I hadn’t ever bothered to listen to before (there are plenty). I’m still processing whether that’s a plus or minus for this album. Will I remember anything else about it in a month? Probably not. I doubt I’ll even remember the weird band name by then. It feels like 2.5 stars, but do I round up or down?

This was annoying – the music itself, but also that there are so many of these albums on this list. There's nothing special that elevates them, or even any distinct quality that sets them apart from the hundreds of other bands that sound exactly like this from the same time period. Also, the lead vocal is too forward in the mix. It's aggressive and obnoxious. But squint at that album cover a little, and you can see the faces of Charlie, Dennis, and Mac, and if you keep that Always Sunny trio in mind for a song or two, it becomes very, very funny. (Or maybe I just haven't slept enough lately.)

Maybe the first American buzz band or at least the first time a specific city got hyped a la Liverpool. The first album really, really wants to bring the Beatles stateside, whereas this settles into a chamber psychedelia vibe that I would happily never have to hear again. Except as a Raekwon sample, apparently.

This was ok. Dylan meets country meets the doors. No real stand outs and nothing that really jumped out, but why not.

File under “stuff that sounds a little too much like a Bob Dylan imitation”, which seems to be an ever-growing pile of albums. Everything just sounded a bit too shrill, from the lead singers voice to the quality of each recording. Furthermore, I heard no willingness to venture out into some experimental territory. Every song sat in the same safe register of not too wild, but not too mellow. Seriously, not a remarkable song on here because they all sounded the same. I fell asleep somewhere around the last song because it was 1am on New Year’s Day. 2/5 not deserving to be on this list

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.

Never heard of this band or album but it was a very pleasant surprise. There were some really excellent songs and the singer is engaging. 3 or 4 stars, will need to revisit.

This late 60's psychedelic pop/rock has a few interesting moments here and there but in general it doesn't have enough of a distinct personality to distinguish itself from the dozens of contemporaneous acts who were also mining the same vein. (In addition, singer Sal Valentino sounds like Dylan doing a Anthony Newley impression - not a good combination.)

Complete waste of time

Short, which is nice. Nothing special though. I will say 2.5 - round down.

Pretty cool not bad

This was relatively enjoyable and it helped it was only 28 minutes - nice little folksy album of dittys.

boring

Some good California folk rock soft psych. But also some weird exoticism and goofy Hobbit shit.

1. happy - 1 2. nouu - 1 3. uuomen - 1 4. time - 1.5 5. better -1 6. hammer - 0 7. magic - 1 8. her -1 9. triangle - 1 10. velvet - 1.5 11. home - 1.5

Not familiar with this. Early San Francisco sound. Second side of the album is really good. It's easy to see how this got lost in all the albums from 1967. That year is loaded with all timers. Solid album.

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.

3/10

Sonic inventiveness and complexity elevate this. And the lyrics are keeping pace. Excellent production. Hard to praise this enough. Psych-Dylan-baroque, what's not to love?

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.

If anyone is primed to like this sort of thing, it's me. But this really didn't speak to me at all. His singing was distracting, and the lyrics were often embarrassing. Their first album is quite good.

It’s like someone took a picture of the 60s and asked a 7th grader to put it to music.

beautiful cover but boring

It's wasn't terrible, okay background music.

better then the average psych rock album but it's well... a psych rock album and i don't like those... there was like 3 good tracks on this tho.

Not the worst psychedelic rock ever, but how many albums that sound like Bob Dylan have to be on this list? He is not that incredible to deserve everything that sounds like him to be on the list.

This is the kind of thing squares dig, man.

Enjoyed the music, the vocals didn’t appeal so much. It was the folk/psych sound of the time… but not as good as others did it.

Felt generic to me.

I thought this was pretty okay 60s era psychadelic stuff. I didn't hate it.

was like ok but also nothing that big Will i listen to again: 1%

Oh this is one of the bands that influences early spinal tap. Its good. It's fine. Technically proficient. Good songs.

This seems like a pretty deep cut... I may have heard some of their stuff from the earlier albums, but this seems kinda pseudo-psychadelic and just not an enjoyable listen. Not bad per-se, and probably representative of the time as a precursor to the Byrds and others, but not good, either.

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.

Aucun intérêt pour moi !

I was set to give this incredibly average and remarkably unremarkable 60's bandwagon hopper a three...then I heard Magic Hollow. Harpsichord abuse. Unacceptable. 2

Now that the number of albums on this list appears to have reached 1089 (they didn't tell me that when I started; that's 88 more than I signed up for) I would argue strongly that this one could have dropped off the bottom. It's not terrible, and I didn't hate it. But it didn't grow my knowledge and understanding of the folk or psychedelic scene from this era. Forgettable.

wow i listened to it yesterday and completely forgot it

Grrrreat

Pretty uninteresting 60s album. Not bad tho

I know this album isn't very highly rated but I found it very listenable. Not remarkable, but not bad.

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.

Like listening to a psychadelic dylan

Nelabai, bet tik dėl to, kad country dainos žiauru.

Heard of band but didn’t know anything about them. Album was meh.

Ziemlich langweilig, aber wenigstens kurz. 2 1/2.

Hmm, okay. Typical 60s Pop/Rock

3,5

Nice, but flat. After three songs, I felt like I'd heard the whole album.

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

Every dipshit who walked past a guitar in 1967 ended up this book, huh? More boring baroque pastoral folk psyche with Dylan rip off vocals, cheesy strings and dorky harpsichords, forced whimsy, and flower power imagery. One of the more derivative albums of the San Francisco psyche scene.

It was forgettable but good had Beatles vibes

Not bad. I like the ones that were more folky but nothing was super memorable.

very 60's very folky, almost feels like a pastiche of itself

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

Pointless and forgettable.

The best thing about this album is that it's short. At least "Triangle" isn't so bad that it gets a single star. It sounds like every other 1967 album. Why is "Triangle" on the list? What a bad start to the week. 2 stars for "Triangle".

Well I did this project to hear new music and on that level Im glad I listened to this. That and the fact that this is a well produced album is about all I can say in its favor. Singer wants the to be Dylan in the WORST way and the songs overall are just trying too hard to be…something. This music had its moment I imagine but it really doesn’t bear remembering.

The best thing is that it's less than 30 minutes long

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

Another 60s rock album that doesn’t bring a whole lot to the table

First song absolutely beautiful. Guitar layers and vocals are lovely. Strong hook aswell. 2 more chamber poppy. Still very nice. 3 have a darker tone. Like it aswell. A bit Scott Walkery. Not the voice, but composition. I really like the fantasy thing going on here. 4 has great banjo. Magic hollow- it does sound like magic. Incredible instrumentation, again. Beautiful arrangement. Especially harpsichord and accordion. 10 is another special one. Some eastern sounds. Finishing with a lighter country tune maybe wouldn't be my choice, but an okay one nonetheless. Adding to the arrangements and sounds lyrics are interesting aswell. Which adds a lot. Discovering ones and one s again that late 60's west coast was a fascinating time. Many curious ideas, and amazing experienced session musicians to execute them. Really liked this one! Felt like back in 67. It s a 4 mates.

Most albums on the list, even the ones I hate, I can understand why someone thinks we should all hear it once. This one? Not a clue. A guy with a Dylan-ish voice, but completely uninteresting delivery, and music that sounds like every generic 60s band trying to cash in on the “hippy movement”. I can hear the record execs now: “Get me a Buffalo Springfield band with a Dylan singer!” They probably played this on the bus that brought normies to the Haight for sightseeing. Maybe you had to be there but this record was rightfully ignored and forgotten. The only thing that would be more perfect would be if some other hack name checked it in one of his shitty songs for coolness points. Oh wait….

Beattles ripoff

Nice album

Beau Brummels sounds like a brand of beans

Very forgettable and generic and lacking even one stand out song. Irritating vocals also. Fun name tho.

Triangle While this isn’t the worst example of whimsical West Coast psychedelic folk rock, it’s also not the most memorable or interesting, although there are a couple of decent tracks; Are You Happy, Magic Hollow and Triangle all all good, not quite reaching the heights of Forever Changes, but ploughing an enjoyable furrow nonetheless. Much of the rest of it passes by rather unremarkably, only his aping of Dylan’s intonation and sardonic half laughs, the occasional over preponderance of accordion and the fact that it's well recorded really standing out. I’m unlikely to come back, but I was glad to give it a spin. I think that makes it a high 2. 🔺🔻 Playlist submission: Magic Hollow

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.

Sometimes enjoyable, but doesn't provide more than a couple of jingles

60’s psychedelic music. It was okay but not great like many others of this genre. I like the band name though.

Eh, not for me. I’m a Dylan fan, but this was just kind of meh.

4/10 - not as generic as other 60s/70s albums, but still generic

1/5. I don't like Bob Dylan, and this is much worse than Bob Dylan.

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

Immensely irritating vocals to ruin a couple of fun instrumentals. The rest is so dull

Minor 60s album. Some nice moments, but inessential. Feels a bit copyist of other bands/trends.

bad

I did not care for this album.

Nice surprise, not groundbreaking but short, enjoyable songs

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.

Answering the question: What if Bob Dylan helmed a psych-folk band, and replaced his formidable songwriting chops with gibberish about magical hippy hallows?

Like the Monkees crossed with Bob Dylan. & two shit things do not somehow cancel each other out, in case you were curious.

Not my style

This was about interesting as listening to paint dry. I need another pseudo psychedelic 60s rock band to listen to like I need a second right pinky finger. Utter pap. Cut it out, the 60s weren't that great for music. Neither were the 70s.

2 out of 5 That was silly. But not terrible. Not quite sure how to describe this.

"Triangle" is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Beau Brummels. Folk rock, country rock, psychedelic pop and psychedelic rock are the Wiki-listed genres. It was the band's first album to include songs composed together by vocalist Sal Valentino and guitarist Ron Elliott. They incorporated fantasy elements and surreal characters in songs. Bassist Ron Meagher completed the trio which had two members leave the band after their previous album. A variety of session musicians also participated. The album reached #197 on the US Billboard 200 and, critically, it received mostly positive reviews, some calling it an underground classic. "Are You Happy?" opens the album. Valentino with strong vocals and a Dylan-esque twang asking and repeating how are you Folksy and psychedelic with the acoustic guitar. "Only Dreamy Now" adds strings and an accordion. The lyrics are fantasy-like mentioning a gypsy. Very dreamy. Layered acoustic guitars and shakers highlight the cover of Merle Travis' "Nine Pound Hammer." A song that builds. Valentino is doing his very best Tim Buckley vocals. Van Dyke Park's harpsichord is driving the melody in "Magic Hollow." Strings, bass thumps and fantastastical lyrics. The album closes with a cover Randy Newman's "Old Kentucky Home." This is more upbeat. Rapid-fire vocals, a twangy guitar and banjo and and a country beat. A host of people on backing vicals. Here's the country rock mentioned as a genre. This is definitely psychedelic folk with the acoustic guitars, strings and harpsichord. Add dreamy, fantastical and psychedelic lyrics and the tambourine, of course, and we are transported back to 1967. There are French horns and a trombone in a few songs giving a more grandiose sound. Valentino vocals are loud and clear with elements of Bob Dylan and Tim Buckley. This was an album that moved fast which I enjoyed quite a bit. Pick up a triangle, tambourine or shakers, put this album on and take the time machine back to the late 60's.

Dosta dosadan album, baš ništa posebno. 2/5, 4/10

Heyrðu mér fannst þetta bara fínt

Nokkuð ágætt, bara.

i’ll take the nine pound hammer. you keep the rest, Beau.

This guy's voical rhythms and candace's are insane, it's like he isn't listening to the music at all, like it's an afterthought.

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

Psychedelia that somehow got swept under the rug. This was enjoyable. I could see them being guest stars on The Muppet Show.

Not really my kinda scene. Was okay I guess.

Wilder Mix, manchmal zu psychedelisch.... Vor allem Painter of Women raubt mir den letzten Nerv. Generell bleibt leider nichts wirklich positiv hängen. Der Gesang ist leider auch nicht meins. Positive Ausnahme: The Wolf of Velvet Fortune!

They all sound pretty same same

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

pretty good. i like the harmonicas and the guitars but but nothing special.

Pues está bien, pero es un poco soso.

60s folk/country/psych rock. Some songs are a hazy psych trip (The Wolf of Velvet Fortune), others more pop (Kentucky home). Music is enjoyable enough, lyrics are imaginative and introspective, the voice is clear, nasally and bouncy - overall it’s ok. I feel like this is a classic case of you had to he there when it was released to fully get its allure.

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

Excellent little piece of country-folk psych.

fun listen

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