Electric Music For The Mind And Body

The original psychedelic slop. I liked the LBJ song.

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.

Super fun rock/blues/psychedelia.

3.5/5.0: Very Good

pretty good psychedelic album

I recognize this band from their song "feel-like-I'm-fixin-to-die rag." A titan of Vietnam War protest songs, that alone makes them worthy of being on this list. I suppose. Though that song isn't even on here, so... I guess they're just a vaguely seminal acid rock band? I don't even know why I ask anymore. So, how is it? The guitar tones are basic but also annoying. Drums are also really basic but their bigger problem is that they don't leave enough of an impression. It's panned and mixed really badly. All I can really hear are the vocals, drums, and guitar lead, with the latter two sounding, frankly, fucking awful. I have to really try hard to hear the bass and rhythm guitar, which is irritating. Also, the organ is FUCKING GRATING. It sounds awful. This album is in fact one of the more unpleasant albums I've had to listen to when it comes to the production. However, the vocals are great! Country Joe is real good as a vocalist, and is kind of an anchor for this album. Which by the way is just okay at best. The biggest problems other than the production are how derivative it is. Because obviously it's going to be too bluesy for guys this white, but it's also just straight up doors worship. Doors and Jimi worship that is. There is worth here, but it's not enough to like, or even enjoy without any drawbacks.
5.9/10

Meh

3.4/5

Just not for me

Høres bare ut som dårlig The Doors

Too psychedelic for my tastes.

A lot of the music I like now would be characterized as "psychedelic" and so I can't completely dislike this. But there were just so many moments when it veered into cliche. I guess I value it as a period piece, but not much more beyond that.

I liked some parts of this album but others had me down as well. 6/10

Hey, groovy, cat.

Enjoyable romp thorough 1967 San Fran.
If I was going to be super-critical then it was a bit top-end trebley. A lot of tambourine / harmonica / whiny high organ burrowing into my head.
Rather a dumb-ass idea to create such a colourful album cover and then put 5 black & white photos of the band on it?

But I bet the hippies loved it.

3½

Jus boring again

A little weird, but not terrible. Not terribly unique though either.

Veers dangerously close to zany on at least one occasion. Mostly it's pretty cool, stoned 60s psychedelic stuff. A decent listen.

This is my first time listening to this album. It's also about a week and a half since Country Joe just passed away.

This is an album. I listened to it. I even read the blurb in the book about this album. I still don't understand why this album is included in a list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. It seems like the most special thing about this album is its inclusion on the list.

Fijn dat formulaic kopiegedrag van alle tijden is. Dit klinkt als elke psychedelische rockband ooit, maar dan iets saaier.

The first track on this album, Flying High, is 2m41s. I made it to about 1m45s and was already thinking about skipping it. I endured only to arrive at the second track, Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine. And I noticed immediately that this song was not as good as the first song which I didn't think was all that good to begin with. At 1m37s into it, which is 4m24s, I knew I couldn't endure it. So I pressed skip and arrived at track 3, Death Sound (4m26s). Very bluesy start, which I don't hate but if this is as good as it gets, this 44m album is too long a haul for me.