Triangle

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.

This guys voice is annoying in the same way as Bob Dylan’s is. There is less harmonica though so it gets an extra point for that. Not great I’m afraid.

So this is the first time since starting this project that I listened to the album twice. The first time I listened I thought it was kind of weird but not necessarily bad, 2 out of 5. Later in the day I read the Wikipedia article about it and lead singer Sal Valentino said the album was partially inspired by a trip he took to the art museum California Palace of the Legion of Honor and the 17th century Flemish portraits and landscapes. He describes Triangles as a "mythological cartoon about love written from some weird spaces". So I go back and listen again and the whole thing now clicks in my brain. It no longer sounds weird but I can hear the influence and the interesting stories being told through this psychedelia county rock lens. So this album took me on a journey and it was fun. Favorite songs: The Wolf of Velvet Fortune, Magic Hollow, and The Keeper of Time

Surprisingly, I kinda liked the vocals here, but fairly mediocre on the whole (which is not surprising given the year). 2.6

Pretty lame but it’s short!!!!

Not too bad but not really memorable

interesting album

Fun and weird but I couldn’t finish.

"Are you happy?" - Yes, but mainly because the album is only 28 minutes long. Their album cover looks like it was made by someone in primary school. What a rubbish album

Not a fan, waste of time - at least it wasn't long.

Fine but forgettable

I think for about a song and a half I thought this album could he a vibe I would get on board with, the twee guitars made the autumn leaves seem a bit more colourful. But soon the guitars became samey, boring, dull. And I realised the sky was indeed grey. 2.0/5.0 Best Song: Are You Happy?

Absolute guff, there is a reason no one has heard of, or talks about the Beau fucking Brummels, and that is that they stink. Dull as dishwater, dweeb music, the kind of music that you put on whilst driving around San Francisco in the 60s, and hope the Zodiac killer finally puts you out of your misery. Magic Hollow is the one saving grace on this album. Just put something 4 the weekend on repeat instead.

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

Innovative psychedelic 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.

Music to torture your worst enemy to

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

2- Stars (4/15)

Weird

I listened to it three times in one day.

This was one I had actually never heard of, but I was kinda okay with dying before this. It wasn't bad. It was just... Dylan-lite.

Kinda dated

2.54

Not the 60s psychedelic trip I was expecting. This was pretty enjoyable.

1967 Not heard of this artist before. Typical 60s American psych/folk rock, a bit Dylonesqe in places, and elements of country, so not really in my wheelhouse. Heard before ❌️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ ★★☆☆☆ (4/10)

Le triangle

Meh

These guys are forgotten for a reason.

Uninteresting, I am tired.

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...

Wasn't really expecting much with this one, but I was pleasantly surprised by how nice this album is. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

Surprisingly enough, I’m at a 4.5 that I’ll bump up to a 5. I think this album’s biggest mistake is starting on “Are You Happy” – it’s by far the most Bob Dylan-y sounding track on the album, and while I can appreciate the logic of easing a listener in by reminding them of their comfort folk singer for the era before going into the Bluegrass-infused fantasy stuff with a psychedelic lean, I think it’s a bad tonesetter. To me, it just sounds like they weren’t confident enough in starting the album with the more “real” opening track of “Only Dreaming Now”, which immediately just feels far more striking with the instrumentation & vocal style. It certainly has a lot more to say lyrically, with at least some semblance of a story. Once that track starts, if you can allow yourself to get into the groove & atmosphere this album invites from an instrumental standpoint, then it will all just sort of melt into place the rest of the way there. I’m really surprised this went the way it did – it’s a shorter album, thankfully, so nothing overstays its welcome too long, and the pacing is pretty strong. Lyrically, these aren’t very high concept songs, but they are well-written, evoking some solid imagery that the instrumentals just enhance. If anything, it almost feels like a fairy tale album of sorts – there’s songs about a blind painter in high demand from women, a timekeeper who loses track of time, a hammer so heavy it weighs down a train, & a wolf returning a lonely flower from a dark forest back to the sunlight via flight. It’s all a bit cheesy, sure, but they play it with a sort of earnestness that I just can’t really help but admire. There are tracks that aren’t really in the same realm; “It Won’t Get Better” is about living life as if it’s always the best it’ll be so you’ll appreciate it more in the moment. “Triangle” is about the harmony between love, the sun, & rain as it relates to nature, and it probably works as a double entendre of sorts. “Old Kentucky Home” is just a cover of the normal track, but it’s performed very well. Ironically enough, I think “Are You Happy” could’ve ended the album, as it seems to thematically fit pretty well as an epilogue meant to evoke a sort of childlike joy after all of the fantasy stories. It would certainly stave off the Bob Dylan comparisons until the end at least. As a whole, it’s just an album that feels more & more open the more you allow yourself to get into it, and while it starts on a wrong note, I think it built its momentum back up really well, to the point where I’ll bump it up from a 4.5 to a 5. You have to buy in, and even if that means just closing your eyes and trying to let yourself imagine some of the tracks, then by all means. I think the floor here is a 3, especially if some sort of lingering disdain for Bob Dylan really throws you off. To my ears, it’s just imaginatively written, rich in the instrumentals, and when he’s not doing a dollar store Bob Dylan, his vocals are honestly at just the right tone to really sell some of the “importance” of the tracks, no matter how goofy they might be. I liked it, and I think it’s worth giving a 5. Not bad for an initial “who the hell are these guys” reaction.

This should be for me. But somehow I just didn’t engage with it at all. Got really bored very quickly.

Not sure I would have put this on the list.

Type of album cover that catches your eye at a dingy record store. And sounds like it too

Čisti iritantni folk country, ništa posebno.

Pleasant enough, but nothing really jumped out at me. Does sound typical of the time.

New Seekers with a little space dust.

Wow. Almost the same experience as when the world first (re) heard Rodriguez . Surprised at the variation in sounds, moods, vocals. Very recognisable despite never hearing it before. Very enjoyable.

It was okay

Dire

very enjoyable album classis folk/country sound

What is this? Honestly, it's not something I'd want to hear again. The singer's over-the-top vibrato and his Dylan-like singing style only made it worse.

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.

If zero was an option ….

Short and jaunty. Starts out sounding a bit like Dylan. Gets a little stranger toward the end. I liked it.

I didn't hate this but it's nothing I would have chosen on my own and I wouldn't choose to listen to it again. The lead singer's tone and excessive vibrato are irritating.

The Beau Brummels' 1967 album *Triangle* is a critically acclaimed cult classic, notable for its blend of folk-rock with psychedelic and baroque pop elements. Though a commercial failure, it is now regarded as a creative high point for the band . | **Aspect** | **Details** | | :--- | :--- | | **Release Date** | July 1967 | | **Label** | Warner Bros. Records | | **Producer** | Lenny Waronker | | **Musical Style** | Folk-Rock, Psychedelic, Baroque Pop, early Country-Rock | | **Key Theme** | Fantasy, mysticism, and dream-like narratives | | **Commercial Peak** | #197 on the Billboard 200 | ### 🎸 Music and Production The music on *Triangle* is a significant departure from the band's earlier garage-rock hits. Producer Lenny Waronker gave the band creative freedom, resulting in a rich, experimental sound . - **Instrumentation**: The core trio's acoustic-electric blend was augmented by sophisticated arrangements featuring **harpsichord (played by Van Dyke Parks), accordion, strings, and French horns** . This creates a unique baroque-ish and sometimes gypsy-like atmosphere . - **Vocals**: Sal Valentino's voice is a central instrument—powerful, expressive, and often compared to a blend of **Gene Pitney and Bob Dylan** . His dramatic, sometimes mumbled delivery adds to the mysterious mood . - **Sound Diversity**: The album seamlessly shifts between upbeat, almost Lovin' Spoonful-like tunes ("Are You Happy?"), ethereal waltzes ("Magic Hollow"), and sprawling, psychedelic epics ("The Wolf of Velvet Fortune") . ### 📝 Lyrics and Themes Lyrically, the album moves away from conventional love songs into abstract, fantasy-driven territory . - **Fantasy Characters**: The songs are populated with surreal figures like the "Painter of Women," "The Keeper of Time," and the "Wolf of Velvet Fortune" . - **Dream Logic**: The lyrics evoke a hazy, dream-like state, with imagery that feels more mythological than literal, inviting personal interpretation . Tracks like "Magic Hollow" paint a picture of an inviting, mythical paradise . - **Cohesive Mood**: While not a strict narrative concept album, the songs are united by a common vibe of mystery and introspection, capturing the "ethereal and mystic" mood of the 1967 drug culture . ### 💡 Influence and Legacy Despite its low commercial peak, *Triangle*'s influence has grown over time . - **Critical Reappraisal**: It is now frequently compared to other revered 1967 albums like Love's *Forever Changes* and The Zombies' *Odessey & Oracle* as an underappreciated masterpiece of the era . Critics have called it a "cult classic" that has "aged far more gracefully" than some more famous contemporaries . - **Genre Anticipation**: The album hinted at the country-rock direction the band would fully embrace on their next album, *Bradley's Barn*, making them pioneers of the genre . - **Enduring Appeal**: The song "Magic Hollow" was named one of the "100 Greatest Psychedelic Classics" by *Mojo* magazine, cementing the album's status among music aficionados . ### 👍 Pros and Cons Here is a balanced look at the album's strengths and potential weaknesses. | **Pros** | **Cons** | | :--- | :--- | | **Inventive Production**: Rich, layered arrangements that still sound fresh and interesting . | **Divisive Vocals**: Valentino's Dylan-esque vocal style can be an acquired taste for some listeners . | | **Cohesive Mood**: Creates a unique and immersive mystical, dream-like atmosphere from start to finish . | **Lack of Commercial Hits**: The experimental nature meant it lacked obvious hit singles, which may disappoint those seeking straightforward pop . | | **Musical Adventure**: Successfully blends folk, rock, psychedelia, baroque, and country elements into a compelling whole . | **Strained Lyrics**: The fantasy-themed lyrics might come across as silly or pretentious to some . | ### ✍️ Final Verdict **Triangle is a beautifully strange and ambitious album that stands as a testament to the creative possibilities of the late 1960s**. Its primary strength is its successful fusion of diverse musical styles into a coherent and captivating mood piece. While Sal Valentino's distinctive vocals and the abstract lyrics may not appeal to everyone, the album's sophisticated production and fearless creativity have earned it a deserved reputation as a hidden gem. If you enjoy psychedelic-era folk-rock like The Byrds or the baroque pop of Love's *Forever Changes*, this album is an essential listen . Its follow-up, *Bradley's Barn*, is also highly recommended for those who appreciate the country-rock elements found here .

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.

How did I not know this band before? Anyway really good stuff

Pretty mediocre outside of the song 9lb hammer. 2.4/5 - 2/5

Good, yet unremarkable album, especially from the time period it is from. There are many similar-sounding albums. There isn't much wrong with it, but I can't give it any higher than a 2/5.

Another 1960's generic-sounding album. trying very hard to have the Bob Dylan inflections. nothing inspiring here.

Quite interesting. He’s got a George Harrison type voice. Very musically diverse. Strings, accordion horns etc. Beatles-esqe.

Psychedelic rock has to really be exceptional for me to feel anything more than ambivalent about it. This album wasn’t exceptional. 2.5

More renn faire adjacent folky stuff within a short period, but it hit me way better than the incredible string band

Not going to lie, this album is so weird and intriguing. Of course there is a pretty sexist song "It won't get better". Twas the '60s. But all the other songs are either pretty abstract, weirdly spiritual, or is "Old Kentucky Home" lol, which is also a outlier country ditty and the last song for whatever reason. But yeah the music is pretty great, ornate in some areas and dynamic all throughout. The lyrics are prettt endearing actually, especially the song "Triangle" which implies that life is a circle and then a triangle? Also, song "Painter of Women" which is about a blind man in a Persian rug being able to paint women? It's just pretty bizzarre and pretty intriguing not going to lie. I think all these interesting lyrics wouldn't matter if the music wasn't great. But it just is. I think one song to skip doesn't negate all the other songs that I would want to explore. I think if I could I would put it as a 3.5 stars. Although i have heaped praise on this, think the bizarre lyrics do cut against it as well because I don't think would return to it heaps lol. But since i can't do 3.5 stars, I'm happy to do 4 stars so that I'd be more inclined to check it out again in the future.

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.

Folk rock feel

New to me

This has its moments but its very much a dylan pastiche. Interesting arrangements but as a whole does not live long in the memory unfortunately

A ver, es un discazo de ¿folk? Triangle es un disco muy recomendable si te mojan los ambientes reflexivos, la mezcla de folk con psicodelia ligera, y si te gusta que la música no vaya de prisa. Es un álbum que gana escuchas, que te descubre matices con el tiempo. No será un top absoluto del siglo XX para todo el mundo, pero sí para quien disfrute de esa estética de los 60 que mezcla lo pastoral, lo soñador, lo nostálgico.

Enjoyable enough but who did I have to hear this?

The first Temu Dylan track wasn't too bad, but the rest was pretty annoying. Not sure whether this is a low two or high one. Will go with the latter

Sounds like a bunch of Bob Dylan’s

Country meininkiä popahtavalla menolla ja kivalla laulajalla.

Kinda weird, but I kinda liked it

It was short!

Wow, this is everything I hate about 60s music. The lead singer sounds like the Temu Bob Dylan and his goatish vibrato is nearly intolerable. The music vacillates between too jangly and too psychedelic for me. Some of the melodies were ok minus the vocals. I should’ve trusted the band when they told me on track five “It Won’t Get Better” because they weren’t lying. I refused to give up on the album though because I haven’t done so yet in my project and aim not to, no matter how much I dislike what I’m hearing. The only positive from this listening experience is I learned who Beau Brummell was. When I was assigned this album, I recognized the band name from the line “Well you could really be a Beau Brummell baby, If you just give it half a chance” in Billy Joel’s “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me.” Considering that’s one of my favorite songs and I’d never thought twice about the significance behind that line, I’ll call this a win.

enkele minnestrelen die doorslagmuziek maken en maar hopen dat mensen ze uit de platenbak vissen omdat ze dicht bij de Beatles stonden

Hippies are weird

Das war ziemlich langweilig. Wie so 0815 Musik, die im Radio im Hintergrund dahinplätschert...

It wasn't bad, but I didn't enjoy it.

Weird, and awful.

Fun, very 60s album. The Wolf of Velvet Fortune is a very cool song.

Jedna z ciekawszych płyt jakie tutaj spotkałem. Trochę rock, trochę klimat z westernów, a trochę z jakichś średniowiecznych ballad. Nagrania dobrej jakości. 4/5

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.

29 minutes of mostly bad music with a guy doing a Bob Dylan impression. 2/5

the wolf of velvet fortune is really the only song worth relistening to. the rest of the tracks are quite forgettable, and the production ends up a bit off putting at times.

Pass.

Generic 60s psych rock, there's too much like this on this list

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.

Bad

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.

Forgettable

4/5. This was a nice surprise. Although it doesn't feel like it creates anything new, the album is solid front to back. A mixture of Dylan, Donovan, and the Beatles. There is a nice sense of creativity and psychedelia that doesn't feel childish or pretentious. It's nice and short too which feels correct for an album of this timbre. An easy one to throw on whenever as well. Best Song: Magic Hollow, Are You Happy?, Painter of Women

If this is the response to The Beatles, it’s easy to see how The Beatles dominated. There is nothing bad here, but it’s just pretty medium.

Nice 60s album

Eh.

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.

4/5

First listen

Really good! Alot better than do many other better known albums from that time. Lots of variation.

Fun fact. Len Houmous was scheduled to work as a session musician on this album. He refuses to work with anyone else called Len. He demands to be the best Len! 4.3 6/11 Nine Pound Hammer

The thing I have learned most about myself so far is that I don’t like psychedelia half as much as I thought. I understand that this album is important, but it’s mostly just like listening to Bob Dylan without the genius lyricism.

Сильно не моє, не зміг особливо за щось зачепитися. Якось відторгнення теж не було, тому можна поставити 2.

Fav song: The Wolf of Velvet Fortune 3/10

2.5

Hadn’t heard of this album or group and I don’t find it interesting at all. It may have been worth checking out back in its time but this just feels so dull and has aged poorly. Just feels like such generic 60s psychedelica with nothing compelling or memorable. The only positive is that it isn’t a long listen and that it isn’t abrasive. Maybe I am missing something but I can’t find it today.

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.

One-sided triangle.

"Hey ChatGPT - write me a list of 1001 albums you must listen to before you die. Include 500 albums you should actually listen to - and then fill the rest of the list with mediocre bollocks that should be lost in the mists of time."

Any person that can play and write music to me is worthy of admiration, and any person/band making a list like this is a true talent and credit to artistic achievement. Not every album on this list is going to grade well for me, and this is going into that pile. I struggle to see who would listen to this in 2025. Sure, it’s hard for me to hate on this and be a fan of a band like The Decemberists, but they at least have some edge and catchiness. This is like something you hear in the background at a Ren Faire.

First time listening to this group. Always surprising how short the albums and songs were at the time! Interesting listen.

Just not a fan of folk, especially that late 60s American folly scene stuff...

When the Disraeli Gears appeared in here a few days ago, I said on the review that masterpieces like these used to come out every regular day in the late 60's. Tringle by The Beau Brummels only confirms that. I'll be honest, the only thing I dind't liked in here was the vocals. Dind't catched me and dind't gave me the right vibe. But it's solid good music. 4 stars is enough.

Clearly Dylan inspired but an attempt at giving us some music to get behind

Pretty generic 60s folk music, drifts into "bard" tunes

Oh wow, another American folk-rock album.

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

The first two tracks lull me into thinking that we're dealing with a decent folk record. From there on, it gets worse with every track. The Dylan-esque vocals start to grate the ears. "It will never be betteeeeeer". And despite the short running time of less than half an hour, it seems like the album is more than an hour long.

Cute enough, probably won't listen again

Quite short for an album. Nothing to love, nothing to hate on. Sounds dated to me.

Bland, has its moments. The lyrics seem to be fantasy themed, but they lack depth.

Never heard of these guys, def of an era.

Dylan clone. Not bad

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

Think it’s quite funny that they probably named the band that because it meant they would be out right after the Beatles in record shops. Apart from that a meh album . Way too medieval renaissance for myself. Easy on the lyre Specific rating - 2.3 Fav song - nine pound hammer Least fav - painter of women

Gets some extra love from me for the maths name- as James Acaster once said "every triangle is a love triangle if you love triangles!". Not the kind of music I would have picked for myself but I liked this far more than I thought I would, and as an album it did a very good job of keeping the vibe consistent while having each song be different. Favourite: Are You Happy? (or Old Kentucky Home) Least: The Wolf of Velvet Fortune

Started off weak and somehow got worse. There's something decent behind some of the music, but the vocals are shocking and warbley. Rocky, folk, whale blubber built on magic mushrooms and tree hugging, cocaine sniffers. Boring.

A pretty simple folk rock album, it's a pretty quick and easy listen, but nothing too noteworthy or too intricate. This one feels like it probably was more relevant in the 60s than it is now. It's a bit too twangy for me, but nothing too bad. Musically it's all pretty straightforward, Sol Valentino's voice is pretty unique, he can sing well and does that country/folk singer vibe very well. The rest of the instrumentals are very on par for country, the mix is a bit thin for my taste. "Only Dreaming Now" has a more interesting composition with more instruments and more rich textures. Aside from that, "Nine Pound Hammer" was pretty good, and "The Wolf Of Velvet Fortune" was nice too, which is a more fleshed out song.

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.

It was alright. Nothing mind blowing, nothing offensive.

Interesting, mostly relaxing tunes to work or play to.

bro thinks he's bob dylan

Bob Dylan sounding motherfucker

I couldn't be any less interested in finishing this album.

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.

83% Best: Only Dreaming Now; The Keeper of Time; Nine Pound Hammer; Triangle Must-Hear? Sure. Y'all are wrong for not liking this. Yes, I hear the Dylan similarity, but it is 100% more competently sung and arranged than any of Dylan's bullshit Lady of the Lowlands, etc., overlong, annoying tunes. Plus, it is a manageable 30 minutes.

4/5.

I had never heard of the Beau Brummels and given their sound I am surprised by that. It sounds similar to bands I would have heard and liked early on and so it was a pleasant listen.

a little bit boring

Was completely unfamiliar with this artist/album but quite enjoyed it.

Exactly the same as every other album like it. Not annoying, not at all interesting

It sure is baroque pop! I liked it 5/7

Interesting….

I liked this more than I thought I would. Sounds like Bob Dylan in some parts, and has a early San Francisco psych sound in others.

Nope

Mediocre Bob Dylan

I didn't love the singing, but it was a decent album

Not awful but literally has no place on this list. Bob Dylan lite (& Bob Dylan did it better.) Folk rock. American/English. July 1967. 11 tracks. 28:50 runtime.

looks at cover.. OK... Here we fkn go... logs on to spotify.. checks time... its 29 minutes (ok...). Its just generic, psychedelics 60's pop. Its not unlistenable, just... meh.

Many have noted the similarities to Bob Dylan, but I also hear similarities to Donovan and Scott Walker--in other words, this is a generic psych-folk album from the late 1960s, and there's nothing about The Beau Brummels' performance here that is distinctly Beau Brummels, nevermind that it doesn't sound like it inspired anything significant that followed from other artists who would probably cite Dylan or Donovan or even Scott Walker as their inspiration. What's so essential about this album? I mean, it's fine if you want to pretend you're wearing tea shades in Golden Gate Park, stoned out of your mind, but seriously, pick a better soundtrack than this if you're going to do that.

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.

In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, lived an ancient race of people – the druids. Nobody knows who they were, or what they were doin'. But their legacy remains, hewn into the living rock of Stonehenge.

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.

Felt like an early Beatles album fronted by Dylan, but no in a good way. Didn't like it maybe I'm missing something

beatles vibes, nice for a cozy autumn day. pretty short and simple but gets the job done. typical 1960’s folksy album, nothing special but still solid.

So this is what Bob Dylan music would sound like if he wasn’t one of the best song writers ever. This album wasn’t bad, but I almost skipped the goddamn Nine Pound Hammer song because that incessant pounding was literally giving me a headache. Coming up on 100 albums and I’ve never been compelled to skip a song before, so that’s just gotta knock you down. 2.5 stars. Still better than Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Este disco me deixou estupefato. Boquiaberto. Não esperava isso. É uma mistura bem liberal de folk e country com elementos de rock psicodélico. A composição destas faixas é extremamente interessante para mim. Na verdade, houve momentos enquanto eu ouvia esse disco que eu tive quase que alucinações, sonhei acordado ouvindo as músicas. Fazia tempo que não presenciava uma sinestesia à esse nível. É um álbum curto com faixas riquíssimas em textura e cor. Os vocais são Dylanescos em forma e sutura — justamente das melhores maneiras imagináveis. Este disco é estruturalmente inusual. Parece que ele está sempre avançando a passos rudes em alguma direção específica onde o destino parece nunca chegar. Ele marcha grosseiramente. Parece que ele nunca começa. É muito, muito esquisito mesmo. Mas um esquisito bom. Vejo nisso uma qualidade incomum. As harmonias, nas poucas vezes que elas acontecem, são bem típicas do período e bem executadas. As melodias são inteligentes. A instrumentalização é variada, produto da mescla de gêneros que mencionei anteriormente. Tudo isso dá a esse disco um ar atemporal, ele aparenta ser simultaneamente de um passado milenar e de um futuro pitoresco.

Honestly, boring.

It's not bad, I've liked it a bit, but it's also aggressively not interesting.

Just a copy of bob dylan

Not really a fan of psychedelic folk or 60s music. I liked the energy, but the vocals kept me from enjoying it much. Magic Hollow and The Wolf of Velvet Fortune were alright though.

Another surprise album we will be seeking out again. Folks and relaxed, we enjoyed Triangle.

Pleasant listen. Short songs. Very 60’s.

The only positive here is that the album is only 27 minutes long, although it does feel longer

My joy at noticing this album came in at less than 30mins was short lived.

I had never heard of these guys before and was excited about discovering a new (to me) artist - especially as this was a tight 28 minutes, so my normal objection to self indulgent over long songs couldn't apply. Alas from the first held note, which unfortunately occurs 6 seconds into the album, it was apparent I HATE his wavery vibrato. Like "have a visceral reaction to his warbling nonsense" level hate. I tried to stop listening to him so I only heard the instrumental, and honestly that was helping a lot until I hit Nine Pound Hammer. The "tink" sound (that I assume was supposed to be a hammer, but which actually sounded like someone tapping a 10p coin against a teacup) was nearly as annoying as his wibbly wobbly crooning. If I were to mark this on the songs, it'd probably get a 2.5/5, but I was pleased it was over, so: 1/5

thoughts: guy sounds like dylan w/ a buzzer in his throat, very 60s, liked the first two songs but the rest is background noise from the era other than "and I've seen her" which is a fun beatles-esque short track, honestly VERY ren faire songs: “are you happy?”, “only dreaming now”, “and I’ve seen her” rating: 5.2/10

Eh

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

#11 Triangle ~ The Beau Brummels The Beau Brummels were a band in the 60s that rode the wave of psychedelic rock. It's a real shame about the lyrics, cause everything about this record is as dry as white toast. It was a bit of a snorefest to get through this album, with the somewhat outdated instrumentals and lazy vocals. Is there really anything to say about this album, about from the lyrics, that I found worthy to talk about? Verdict: ...

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

This is a fun little album, I enjoy the mystic/fantastic elements, but other than that it doesn't do much to distinguish itself from other rock of the time. This may be closer to a 3/5 or even 4/5 to me in the future, but today I am only giving it 2 stars. Favorite tracks: "Only Dreaming Now," "The Wolf of Velvet Fortune"

I have no idea why this would make the list. There is nothing special about it.

Hauska, taustamusamatskuu mut mikään ei jääny erityisesti mieleen. Vuosikymmenen huomaa.

Never heard of them before but this was pretty cool

1 stern

I see the Dylan comparison, sort of. Still not real into it though.

Meh, generic 60s psych folk. Very middle of the road

Nice to hear!

Kinda forgettable, still a good album/enjoyable.

Hmm, this was not my thing.

Een album uit de jaren 60 die ondergesneeuw is geraakt. En ook voor een reden, want dit is nu niet direct een album die ik per se gehoord moest hebben voor ik sterf. 1.5

pros meus padrões, uma bosta

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!!

Quite enjoyable 60s folk/psych rock

This album was like a little trip to another land and I had a good time there. I like how short it is, it makes relistening easy and I can look for different things each time. I noticed this is different from the rest of their stuff which is more Beatlesesque. Also, I keep seeing comparisons to Bob Dylan, so hopefully I also enjoy his music. But anyway, I will actually be revisiting this album when I want to feel like I'm the protagonist in a little mystical adventure.

A rewarding experience but the middle is a little boring. 8.5/10

It’s okay… nothing outstanding. Actually some of the songs annoy me a little. It gets a 2/5

Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland Ganz gut, flutscht nebenbei nett durch.

Huh!

Really solid 60s folk/country. I am surprised this didn't do better at the time, the songwriting is really strong and it's enjoyable throughout.

Very average psychedelic folk for a bygone age.

Quick and easy record to listen to, good sounds and will keep it in rotation.

Not bad.

The ren faire version of The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter, for better and worse. Grew on me.

2.5

Second album in a row from a band I have never heard of. I guess this band is more of a folk band but had moved closer to psychedelic rock for this album. For my money, they pretty much failed. Only 29 minutes long, this is an album did not translate commercially nor does it appear to have influenced anyone. All on top of it being from a band barely anyone has heard of. I am really struggling to understand how this was included in a list of albums I must hear. Not that it’s terrible, it’s just sort of there, serving no obvious purpose. Only Dreaming Now is the highlight of the album for me. It at least heads in the direction of the intended genre. But that’s about it. A very substandard inclusion, a true head scratcher.

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.

Здесь мне все понятно

Why the fuck is this here

28 min. Short album! Sounds like Bob Dylan's voice. 3 stars.

I’m not gonna lie, I’m preferential to the 70s style ballads on the guitar and will always be a fan. I’m surprised I haven’t heard of this band, but definitely will listen going forward.

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

It was just ok. Good music but the lead singer’s voice got old quick. I felt like so many of the songs could have broken into jams and they just kinda hung in that ‘almost a good song’ category

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.

Discount Love.

New to me, though might have heard the name before. Okay 60's psychedelica I guess

It was fine, labeled as rock but definitely sounded more folk

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)

All I can think of is Friday night dinner… ‘Yes I was a hansome young man, wasn’t I nellie a real Beau Brummel’ ‘You see all these men on tv these days calling themselves Beau Brummels, they don’t deserve to be called beau brummels do they?’ Sorry just love that show, the music is okay I suppose

Really talented song writers. I don't care too much for the music itself, kinda like spending an afternoon at a renaissance faire.

A new one on me. Enjoyable and well-produced psychedelic-lite chamber pop. A wee hint of Love perhaps? Solid

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".

# Album Name: Triangle # Artist: The Beau Brummels # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Started off OK. Vocals reminded me of Bob Dylan. The album goes bland and boring. # Top Tunes: None # Would I listen to it again? No

Maso

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 could see this being a 3/5 on another day but wasn't doing anything for me this time around.

what did I just listen to

The ren faire called, they want their little guys back

28/05/2025 I don't know what i expected here, but it was alright.

I just really like this stuff. Nothing major sticks out to me on this album however.

Ugly cover. 1. It's an ok song. Can be fun. However, I almost hate it. After a couple of listens, I got used to his singing voice. I hate it less. 2. Actually not bad. 3. See 1. 4. This song is trying too hard to be deep. 5. Ok. 6. this isn't bad. 7. Deep-eaque. Otherwise acceptable. Sort of. However, very skippable. 8. Same. These songs remind me of Bard songs. I don't really care for the tale. 9. The title track. So hippie. It's ok. Skip though. 10. Kinda waiting for this to end. No, not kinda. I'm waiting for this to end. Skip. 11. Ok, I guess. OVERALL: This is a skip for me. I'm fine having listened to it but not necessary an album to listen to before I die. It's a no for me, bro.

Might be okay on shrooms but otherwise I never want to hear it again.

Are You Happy? This album had me Only Dreaming Now. It Won’t Get Better, but you never know.

Take a dose of Dylan and add horrible song writing and you have this album. The best thing about it was that it was only 28 painful minutes long.

Great easy listening rock album.

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.

really damn good

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

Ooft, psych has to be one of my least favourite genres. Why have they all got to be so goddamn WHIMSICAL. It's just dreadful. The vocals are Bob Dylan without the wit. Maybe you had to be there at the time to appreciate it.

good find!

very derivative — mainly i’m giving it a lower rating because i absolutely didn’t need to hear it before i die and it really rips off so many other better albums. not the worst on this list by a long shot, but very uninspired

Me gusta

eh

What's the reasoning behind this being here? Absolutely nothing noteworthy. ⭐⭐1/2

I normally love 60’s psychedelia but this is pedestrian stuff

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

The Beau Brummels were a San Francisco based, folk rock band that evolved toward psychedelic rock through the course of their career. Triangle is their fourth studio album, which was released in 1967 - and very much sounds like a product of that year. Triangle was very well received, critically, and is regarded as the band's best work. The Beau Brummels incorporated elements of fantasy - with sounds approaching Celtic folk music, at times - into their psychedelic version of 60s folk-rock. Some of the fantasy material goes a bit over-the-top, but otherwise, this album is an interesting version of 60s psychedelia. The band found only limited commercial success, and is one of many examples of the odd, "inverse" rule of popular music: not all great music is popular, just as not all popular music is great.

Kinda ok but nothing I'm going to revisit. Cool to read their Wikipedia page and learn about them since I'd never heard of them before.

Notable for being a sort of generic 1960s folk-rock-pop with very up-down-up-down vocal lines, telling stories about painters of women and timekeepers and suchlike. Always on the verge of achieving a certain likeness to Cat Stevens or even Syd Barrett in sound and quality of songwriting. But not ever getting there by a long shot in the end.

Kinda boring. Was hoping for some garage rock. Strumy acoustic stuff.

Very Caucasian cover art. Great album. Though. Very Beatles sounding with some heavier sounds that leans into the stones and even Zeppelin like in 9 pound hammer. I really like it. Going to listen through their discography. 4 almost 5

ok for background music.

I would have been perfectly fine having never heard this , the music is boilerplate for the time and it’s mediocre at best .

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

A pretty good album, I really liked the music style. The songs I liked the most were Are You Happy?, The Keeper of Time, Magic Hollow and Old Kentucky Home.

Some ok old soft rock

There is nothing this album was doing that more famous musicians of the late 60s weren’t doing better. And then the album got to my old Kentucky home and I couldn’t do it anymore. why?

Dad- 4 Mom- 5 Mike- NA Lori- 4 Michael- 6 Miles- NA Cole- NA Avg- 4.75

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

Yawn fucking boring hippies.

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.

2 stars

Interesting. Folky but with some rock elements like the Grateful Dead

Eén van die honderden bands die in de slipstream van The Beatles hetzelfde succes wilde beleven, maar door pure middelmaat en weinig unieke capaciteiten hebben ze niet echt een onuitwisbare indruk achtergelaten op het pop-landschap van de 60s. Toch hebben zij deze lijst gehaald, in tegenstelling tot zoveel van de bands die hetzelfde lot ondergingen. Ik ben er niet achter gekomen waarom. Het is geinige muziek voor de Muppet Show of iets dergelijks, meer niet. 5/10

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

Terrible.

Grei start. God vibe. Noen låter lenger uti som blei litt slitsomme. Trekker ned helhetsinntrykket. Skulle ellers vært vurdert ett knepp opp.

Kult

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.

I really struggled with this one and I didn’t like it. The singer does that Bob Dylan inflection in his singing, which is an unnecessary affectation. The album is described as mystical folk rock, but that hobbits and elves vibe doesn’t really kick in until after Magic Hollow, but there doesn’t seem like the band feels any conviction to it. It should sound a bit whimsical,like early Pink Floyd, or a less committed Led Zeppelin , but it doesn’t. This makes the album start to feel really long on side two. The album floats along at a fairly sedate pace, but while the band plays with the folk rock genre, and pulling out the harpsichord and psychedelic strings, it’s a pretty lacklustre display.

Not bad for that kind of hippy-folky whatnot.

More of this maypole shit.

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.

Meh. I *should* like this but just kinda feels mid

Ok album

This was a fantastic album - I felt like I was walking around San Francisco during the Summer of Love, thats how emotive it was. I thought it was innovative, though very much in the psychedelia genre.

Kind of forgetful tunes, not offensive though - it was average to listen to.

only 28 minutes? Guess that wiped out their creativity. Eh, didn't know them prior. Usual late 60's folk/psychedelic rock. Yawn

From the band name and album cover I was expecting worse, but the first song is defying expectations. Folk/rock/country in some measure, similar to Manassas or CSN or The Flying Burrito Brothers or the Eagles, each with a different level of success. Only Dreaming Now is not as good as Are You Happy? This album is getting worse and worse. Nine Pound Hammer is better. All the songs are short and the album is only 29 minutes long which is a huge plus. This is like psychedelic Simon and Garfunkel, in the worst possible way. Simon and Garfunkel probably stuffed these magic loving dorks into a locker when they saw them. It's like trippy Jim Croce. Only 29 minutes and I'm still counting the seconds until it's over. I don't hate the cover of My Old Kentucky Home.

Never heard this album before and I found it to be totally forgettable.

One of the best 60s folk pop albums I've heard yet. This one stands out above others. Vocals were like if Dylan could carry a tune and left his harmonica at home. What more could you ask for

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.

Trur da va greit nok, huske kje

Listened twice and I honestly didn't think about what I was listening to more than once or twice. Maybe I'm stressed, or maybe this album just isn't that good.

Catchy, much better. Lyrics are better.

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?