Electric Music For The Mind And Body

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What’s that spell?

Great early Psych from San Francisco legends.

Pretty fun, didn’t particularly enjoy much of the electronic organ though

3

2.55

Really just didn't get down with a lower rent CCR? Just too aped? Not for me.

it was okay, the last songs instrumentals are amazing, but the rest of the album was a bit repetitive

I thought this would be just another boring late 60s folk/psychedelic album but I actually enjoyed it. I’ll give it a 4 for now but that may change on a later listen. Section 43 was a really interesting song

I don't think I was familiar with Country Joe & The Fish before, so “Electric Music For The Mind And Body” is a really nice new discovery for me. Basically, the guys play a jazzy kind of blues rock - and as the album progresses, the psychedelic elements become more prominent. In that regard, I find the last track, “Grace,” very impressive (and at the same time comical).
So, in that sense: yes, Country Joe & The Fish is definitely worth checking out.

This is nowhere near as shit as I thought it would be, or even what I thought it would be. It's a diffuse, sprawling psych-rock album heading into some wildly experimental territories and with some thrilling Hammond organ playing to be witnessed. This is way ahead of its time in more ways than one.

It's got a thick murky low-end and swirling atmosphere which demands to be heard either on a good pair of headphones or speaker system. The guitar work on here is great, with a real bluesy bite to it that weaves spectacularly well with the aforementioned Hammond organ. There are also hints of the developments which would follow in ambient music and space rock in the engulfing seven minute "Section 43", which shares that same drone-heavy experimentation of later acts.

This is a genuinely fascinating and fearlessly ambitious album.

it was fine but actively forgot about it as i was listening

#262

Heard Before?
Not at all.

Notes:
- vocals sound like a parody of the hippie sixties. yikes. i guess it really was like that.
- my absolute favorite thing about this album is the chintzy too-loud organ parts.
- the mix sounds like someone hit random faders.

Verdict:
Best left behind at Woodstock, where it clearly belonged.

Listen Again?
Nope. But I have a soft spot for Section 43.

Day 24

I don't wanna know what the fuck San Fran put in their water in 1967

Fav track: Martha Lorraine

I'm sure it was significant at the time. Just hard to see that 60 years later. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

A fun acid-laced album with a couple of great tracks. Nothing particularly exceptional, but little to complain about either.

jo bidon

This was just kinda boring. I appreciate the fact that this was probably influential or something but there's a million other bands who went on to make music that sounds like this who are far more interesting.

Albums like this make you question the whole concept. Nothing about this was a must listen and the vocals are shocking.
Section 43’s 7 minutes of (mainly) organ doodling despite the absence of the aforementioned weak vocals still possibly the worst offender.
I did however master the full lyrics for ‘The Masked Marauder’ “La la la la la la la”

I appreciate that the cover art really sets out this album's sound before you've heard a note. It definitely sounds exactly how it looks. Mind you, calling your album Electric Music For The Mind And Body also helps with that.

I was not high enough to enjoy this album. I'm not sure it's actually possible for me to be high enough to enjoy this album to be fair. I don't get the appeal of this genre at all. And Section 43 caused me to involuntarily mutter "what the fuck is this shit?" on my walk to work so it's an inevitable:

1/5

Every few days I get given an album titled something like ‘Grum Fingers by Mr Pilchard’s Crackerjack Box’

Anyway, this was too bluesy and not psychedelic enough. Some of it was fine and trippy, but a lot was boring.

Really an album of it's time, for better or worse. I like how impactful the guitar and bass sound. The mixing is kind of shit and of it's time, but it does make for a more raw recording. I enjoy it, but it does have flaws. It lacks a real hit first and foremost, which is something most other late 60's American Psych Rock bands could muster on their most famous album. The one and only fish chant isn't on here :(. Quite a bit of this album feels like stretched out instrument noodling too. A number of songs that don't really go anywhere or don't do much.