Triangle

Hate it. Hate Dylan. Hate Dylan knock off's. Kind of grew on me after awhile.

6/10

3/5

First Time to hear this, Faux Dylan & The Byrds at first hearing. Some nice compositions throughout. The Beatles influence also audible throughout alongside the Beac Boys. I suppose it is all very reminiscent of the '66-68 period as a whole. Did I like it Yes. Standout Track: Old Kentucky Home Ironically written by Randy Newman (The singers songwriter!)

Kinda nice, interesting wiki entry for sure. But, not my thang.

I really enjoyed this album, but I am a bit confused why it is a must listen. Folk music, very Dylan with some psychedelia mixed in.

Not bad…short album

It was a folk album. It was probably one of the early ones or something like that as for why it's on this list. I liked it throughout the album, but it suffers from the main problems of 60's albums in that they're a bit samey, the lyrics sometimes make no sense, and the mixing is pretty bad. However despite these cons, it's still not that bad. Favorite track: Are You Happy?

Kind of an average 60s album. There are some songs that I like on it but over all feels kind of mid. Highlights: 2, 7, and 10.

Folkie i piscodèlic, producte 100% de l'època; els seus arranjaments destaquen per sobre d'unes composicions que no són gaire excepcionals, però sí d'escolta fàcil

Psychedelic meets 60s folk music. It's fucking weird and out there. But I like that, it's something different while also being really familiar? So maybe this album has more influence than I can attribute to it. Eitherway it's pretty damn cool. Also, the album art cracks me the fuck up. It's weird just like music, fits perfectly for sure.

Had to give it a second go and enjoyed it but had to be in the right head space for it

a little more innovative than some of the other albums that came out in the late 60s that sound more or less exactly like this

weird 70s happy pop meets simon/garfunkel

has some real good jams, enjoy dudes voice too

Dia dois. O vento esconde bem o sol lá fora. O Sporting é campeão. O trabalho liberta -inas de toda a espécie. Que bem que se estava no campo. Esbanjo banjo para todos. É um dia completo. MotA: Magic Hollow "How do you feel?"

A bit 'Bob Dylan'. Chill and airy and not a bad listen, but not something I would add to y regular rotation.

Some serious Bob Dylan vibes, but nothing as impactful as Dylan. A nice listen, but things started to blend together after a while.

Fun to listen to. Not my bag and I would pass on this album myself but I can see the allure.

Good stuff, very 60s

I enjoyed it.

Never heard of them. Inclined to listen more.

Beach boys / Bob Dylan vibes. Would listen to more.

Nice and folky-psychedelic

The jewel in the Beau Brummels' crown, Triangle was an unexpected departure from the band's earlier hitmaking formula -- and demonstrated Ron Elliott's growing maturation as a songwriter. All the band's signature styles (folk, country swing, and Brit-pop) are still heard in the mix, but the tunes here assume an added aura of mysticism. Too long ignored by rock cognoscenti, Triangle is (all hyperbole aside) a fine album that deserves to be heard by a wider audience.

Um álbum que a primeira vista não parece ser nada para além de umas cantigas antiquadas, mas quando ouvimos com mais atenção percebemos que há algo mais. As canções mais interessantes são as que adicionam alguns elementos diferentes, como acordeões ou alguns instrumentos de cordas mais incomuns. As músicas sem estes elementos parece que ficam um pouco aquém sendo semelhante às restantes. A melhor musica do álbum a meu ver é a The Wolf of the Velvet Fortune. Nota: 6/10 20/05/2024

Mostly very pleasant to listen to, but doesn't stand out from among other well-known 60s music. Feels very been there, done that.

already listened to. 3

Ganz schön Catweasel‘ish und nebenbei das beste Dylan / Honky Tonk Album, das Bob nie gebracht hat. Ich weiss nichts über diese Hippies außer, dass sie sich um eine ausgewogene Produktion bemüht haben. Wirklich toll abgemischt (headphone music, but the „Nine Pound Hammer“ nearly hurts). Wäre weniger Ziegentremolo in der Stimme wär‘s ein wenig weniger theatralisch und entsprechend den Songs „ernsthafter“ (wo doch der Jung in der Mitte aufm Cover aussieht wie der Sadist Gendry aus GoT) Fanfarige 3.2

This album was alright. Singer’s voice reminded me a lot of Dylan and music reminiscent of Donovan. Stand out tracks: The Painter of Women, The Wolf of Velvet Fortune.

Enjoyed a couple songs, not really the rest, sounds like Donovan to me

Elange de plein de style de l’epoque. Un peu de cou try, beatles et rock . C’est bon. 3.15

голос прикольный, но сами песни ну так

Erstaunlich gut. Ich wusste überhaupt nicht, was mich erwartet, aber ich fand es besser, als die meisten Alben bis jetzt. Am besten hat mir "The Wolf of Velvet Fortune" gefallen. Ich hab irgendwann in der Mitte des Albums gelesen, dass der Drummer der Band nach dem vorangegangen Album gegangen war, weshalb möglicherweise viele der Stücke quasi ohne Schlagzeug waren. Aber auch hier find ich den Mix nicht wirklich gut gelungen. Ich bin mir sicher, dass das mit daran liegt, dass das Album aus den 60ern stammt, aber es stört mich leider trotzdem.

Surprisingly holds up well. Their folk/rock/pop sound is enjoyable with a tiny/acceptable amount of minstrel mixed in. I thought it was strong, but didn't really love any track... just pretty consistent and can be appreciated.

This is interesting. I had heard the name of this band before but wasn't at all familiar. Reminds me a little of Rodriguez, a little of Donovan, maybe a little Byrds thrown in there. Good but not great. 3 stars.

folksy, flower child tunes

sure x

I've never heard of this band/album before. It was pretty good! Almost like a psychedelic folk vibe. I added a handful of songs from it to the D&D travel playlist.

Pleasant to listen to, but nothing life changing

Maybe this is particularly foundational but it seemed like pretty bog-standard 60s folk-rock to me. Fine, but "essential"?

Ihan mukavaa hippirokkia. Biisit ei ole kuitenkaan riittävän tarttuvia että tätä jaksaisi enemmän kuunnella. Yksikään biisi ei jäänyt mieleen erityisen positiivisesti, joskaan ei myöskään negatiivisesti. Tai no levyn päättänyt rallattely oli ihan mukava kopio Country Roadsista. Vahvaa keikkumista kakkosen ja kolmosen välimaastossa.

3-4

3.5 stars:. Very early rock but bit generic and nothing really stood out. The production was good. Deserves another listening

Boy there sure were a lot of psychedelic folk bands in the mid to late 60s. This one's not bad!

Jetzt hatte ich das Gefühl, dass die Verteilung des Sounds auf die Kopfhörer nicht gut war. Entweder stand ich seitlich oder ganz mit dem Rücken zur Musik. Die Stimme war nicht immer überzeugend, aber die Musik war ganz angenehm und abwechslungsreich. Kam insgesamt leider nicht richtig in Stimmung und deswegen würde ich ihre Zukunft in meiner Sammlung als „ungewiss“ bezeichnen.

Van Dyke Parks - ok

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

boring and annoying

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

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

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

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

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

Another psychedelic folk band from the '60s. 😴

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

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

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

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

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

muuuy meh

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

Pretty much just OK. 2.5

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

Meh

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

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

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

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

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

Eh.

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

Ok background music.

it was ok

I wanted it to be better

Vocalist reminds me of a young Bob Dylan

Фатиг от деда-рока

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

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

joa nh. ganz nett

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

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

couple good things?

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

2/5

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

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

Um. What are we doing here, folks?

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

It was ok

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

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

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

2,4

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

nothing really outstanding or memorable here

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

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

Eh

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

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

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

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

Meh

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

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

I just don't like 60s rock.

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

what is this and why is it here?

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

This album was very meh.

No me gustó. 4/10

This was pretty unmemorable.

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

Inoffensive but unremarkable Dylan/Bestles ripoff.

For Kentucky hillbilly til mig.

Gaaaaaab

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

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

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

It was ok

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

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

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

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

Was alright but not really for me

Somehow a country album that’s not a 1

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.

Dull. Repetitive. And dull.

Meh

Rentaghost the musical

Didnt grab me

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

Fitting for the time but nothing stood out.

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.

Much of the same..

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

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

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

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

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.

Forced vibrato, Dylan-esque vocals, bland music.

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

Meh

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

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 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…

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.

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.

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

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

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

2.5

3/10

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

Not bad writing but not good enough too break through.

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

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'.

Psychedelic shite Bob Dylan

Huge question mark for me on this one

Trur da va greit nok, huske kje

ok...

It’s decent but not something crucial before dying…

The album feels dated even when considering it is from1967.

Unimpressed. Late 60s pop-psych-drudgery.

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?

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.

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

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.)

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

boring

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 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.

Felt generic to me.

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

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.

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

Pretty uninteresting 60s album. Not bad tho

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

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

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

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".

Beattles ripoff

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.

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

bad

Not my style

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Pretty lame but it’s short!!!!

Fun and weird but I couldn’t finish.

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?

Innovative psychedelic album.

2- Stars (4/15)

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.

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)

These guys are forgotten for a reason.

Uninteresting, I am tired.

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.

Čisti iritantni folk country, ništa posebno.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Folk rock feel

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

Country meininkiä popahtavalla menolla ja kivalla laulajalla.

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

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

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

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.

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

Forgettable

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.

Eh.

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.

"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."

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

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

Oh wow, another American folk-rock album.

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.

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.

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

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.

It was alright. Nothing mind blowing, nothing offensive.

Bob Dylan sounding motherfucker

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Very average psychedelic folk for a bygone age.

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.

Здесь мне все понятно

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

Discount Love.

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

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

# 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