Electric Music For The Mind And Body

this is nothing to me

Country, bluesy, psychodelic - very 60s!

Meh.

Something I've realized about myself, going through this project - while music that's too smooth, like quiet storm, gets low ratings for bouncing right off of my ADHD brain, the twangy sound of "country" grabs hold a little too well, and ends up annoying me so much I automatically deduct a star. Even the finest Johnny Cash album can't squeak past four stars with me. And this is... okay, I hear the bits that influenced a lot of later acts, but I wouldn't necessarily call it good music.

What do I like? Skillful use of electric instruments, like guitars and synth. I also react more favorably to eccentricity than to mainstream pandering. I'm currently listening to the Django Django album that I know is somewhere in the generator, wishing I was reviewing something I vibe with today.

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Jazz-infused psychedelic rock—what could go wrong? I’ve never heard of this band or album before, so I was looking forward to giving it a listen.

Overall, I found the album to be an easy listen with some great moments. That said, it’s not something I’d revisit often.

Favorite songs: Flying High and Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine—both are great tracks with some lovely, twangy guitar.
Least favorite: Grace felt pointless.
Album artwork: Cool cover.

Not a big fan of psychedelic music so this wasn't my thing. It was ok to listen to once, but not something I desire to hear ever again. 2/5

I wasn't sure what to expect based on the title but this is really dope. Very experimental and weird for 1967. I like how it mixes country sounds with almost prog-like style at points.

Basic blues style guitar pickings and psychedelic organ vibes, is this enough? I mean, it's all perfectly serviceable, but nothing rises above the mid feeling. I feel like its only here because its the spearhead of the San Francisco scene.

Its also another album that takes stereoscopic sound to its extremes, gotta love the 60s for that, but I, for one, am glad it died down...

First couple of tracks were good but the rest was hard work to get through.

Psych just ain't my thing. I am sure if you were there this would have been the most amazing thing ever. 1.5/5

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More 60s psychedelic crap. Couldn't wait for the back half to end, just felt like people fucking around in a studio.

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Classic album for the time - solid

Funky and fun!

This is pretty nice. It's not obnoxious in a way I thought it might have been. Good instrumentation, nice singing, nice melodies. I had a pretty good time with it.

Twangy psychedelic rock. Good listen overall. Added to favorites

I’m right at a 3.

I really don’t have a lot of praise or critique either way for this album. It just exists, really. I’m sure it hit a little better in 1967, but by 2024, I’ve just heard so many other bands do these sort of styles while trying to effectively mix psychedelic rock with other genres, and a lot of those other bands have done this just as well or way better than what’s on this album.

Again, that’s not to say this is bad – I’d say it’s good. It’s just not really feeling like I have to hear this before I die. I liked a lot of the tracks here – some of them have odd mixing choices or emotionless vocals, but as a whole album, I’d say it succeeds more often than it fails. It’s just that the success is sort of equivalent to winning a 100cc race of Mario Kart in that it’s just not as satisfying as it could be.

So… yeah. It’s a 3. Fun listen, little long, a little odd at times, but never bad. It’s just kinda there, though.

Sure. Whatever. This could be literally any band from the 60s. It’s like you hit every generic topic and plugged it into a machine and this is the result. This is frustrating because like…who cares?

I thought this was fine. Another album that probably needs to be on the list due to what it spawned later, but not anything I'll be revisiting anytime soon. But it's okay, pleasant enough to listen to.

It is an interesting album, but I think that psychedelic people should really enforce some time limit around the 40 minutes of the album. The interesting becomes boring too quickly to support more than that.