The Electric Prunes

yeah no

There's a lot of great 60s psychedelia out there, but this definitely isn't it. Almost every idea is half-baked and poorly performed. Even when they try to do something out-of-the-box it just ends up being nonsense. The exceptions to this rule are "Luvin'" and "Try Me on for Size", which (although incredibly basic) are still great examples of mid-sixties blues-rock numbers.

1.5/5.0: Bad

this was fine for the most part. im not sure how someone in the process didnt prevent them from putting toonerville trolley on the album but it certainly sticks out.

I liked a song or two on here, but on the whole it’s just kinda underwhelming.

There's a lot to like about this album, but there's also a lot to feel absolutely nothing about. It's an album for sure. It's not bad. Nothing about this album is great or necessary by any means, but nothing is offensive to my ears. This is the definition of "...yeah."

This was like the nuggets collection meets the white album. It was garage rock but all over the place. These guys were ambitious, I’ll give them that. But the songs weren’t there for me. There was just nothing that stuck with me

Odd, and not really good.

That last song about the trolley was legitimately terrible

Angenehmer sind ohne Highlights. Typisch für den Jahrgang 😊

First time listening, I really enjoyed the first half, but the second half kind of spiralled off. 3.5

The most psychedelic thing about this album is how it feels like you’re doing drugs when you listen to it. It starts with the actually quite good and normal psych-rock hit “I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)” and then over the course of the album gets more strange until you end with a ragtime nightmare ride on “The Toonerville Trolley”.
The song order doesn’t make a lot of sense, so the album has no flow from track to track. Since so much of this album feels tongue-in-cheek, maybe they did that on purpose? The band name and inceptional album cover art both feel like an intentional jokes, so I’ll assume they’re leaning in as much as possible.

Do we have albums like this because everyone was on drugs in the 60s … or was everyone on drugs in the 60s because we have albums like this?

I’m pretty sure if you play “Sold to the Highest Bidder” backwards, it will open a direct portal to hell.

I was going to give this a very, very generous 2 but then Toonerville Trolley came on.

Didnt like it. The mix is way too soft and its just not very interesting compared to some other bands around this time.

I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) is the highlight. There some really interesting stuff here, felt unsettling at times but then you would have a song that felt so out of place.
Seems they didnt write the majority of the album either. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.

Yes, it is possible for a 29 minute album to feel too long. Was going to give this two stars, but side B knocked me down to one.

Fun!!!

Strange album. Not quite sure what it was trying to do. A couple of really odd songs in there. Don’t think I’ll listen again!

Some songs five some songs two... round out at 4* as I will listen again! :) The two were random filler "singles" that flat-out didn't fit the amazing weirdness (always a 5!)

I don't have much to say about this album apart from the loud sound in my right ear on many songs.

low 3/5