The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter

Eh.

The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter was an absolutely painful listen. This is one of those bands that just are incapable of writing melody to save their life. Initially i thought it sounded tolerable, a bit messy sure, but still tolerable but as it kept going, it just kept getting worse. This one just gives me a lot of Deja vu to Shivkumar Sharma's Call Of The Valley seeing as the two use similar instruments and they both get annoying really fast. I however, think that this album is worse than Call Of The Valley since at least it felt like that album had better melodies. This album was just an agonizing one to get through and i am so happy that it's over.
Best Song: Koeeoaddi There
Worst Song: Swift as the Wind

Хіпанський гуфі психоделік фолк з 60х. Я одразу уявляю погано постарівшу пародійну комедію нульових, де показують хіпанську комуну, в якій всі курять траву, приймають ЛСД і обімаються, а частина людей навколо вогня співає щось під гітару і флейту - саме так і звучить цей альбом. Жах

Really odd, and I love it for that. The genre ascribed to this by Wikipedia is "Acid Folk," and that pretty much sums it up. Just... odd. Good for them.

Will never listen to it again, but seems quite cool for what it is

Erstaunlich scheiße

Nei, jeg er ikke interessert i å høre om kommende ridderturneringer i mitt område. Jeg prøver bare å så dette steinete jordet slik at jeg kan betale skatt til kongen.

When I saw The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by The Incredible String Band described as a psychedelic folk album, I’ll admit my expectations were not particularly high. Still, one of the points of this challenge is to keep an open mind, so I gave it a fair chance.

Unfortunately, this album did absolutely nothing for me. I found it baffling from start to finish and struggled to connect with any of the songs. The whole thing felt like an unfunny Monty Python sketch stretched across an album, with bizarre lyrics, strange vocal performances and ideas that seemed more interested in being eccentric than actually being enjoyable to listen to.

I can appreciate that it was probably groundbreaking and influential in its day, but I genuinely have no idea how it made the 1001 Albums list. This is one of those records where I finished it more confused than entertained, and it’s not something I can ever imagine returning to.

Favourite track: Honestly, I couldn't pick one
Least favourite track: The entire album was a struggle for me
Album artwork: I can see why people compare them to the Manson Family — it's certainly an unsettling and memorable cover

Es wirkt wie ein ausuferndes Duselexperiment, das mehr Räucherstäbchen als Richtung besitzt. Die Incredible String Band taumelt hier zwischen Feenfolk, esoterischem Geflüster und endlosen, zerfaserten Songstrukturen. Einzelne Momente schimmern kurz auf, doch das Album verliert sich zu oft in skurrilen Ritualen ohne echten Kern.

Almost painful to listen to.

what the frick

????? 'A very cellular song' ??????

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1.8

For those who don't know, The Incredible String Band was a Scottish psychedelic folk group founded by songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Robin Williamson, Mike Heron, and Clive Palmer, though the latter left the band early on. They are considered pioneers of the genre, alongside the development of world music and the British 1960s counterculture. In fact, this third record of theirs, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, proved influential on the direction of Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut. So already, the historical and cultural significance of this band and this record has been laid bare. How does it all hold up?

Well... It's definitely a psychedelic folk album, that much is apparent. I apologize if that's not much of a statement for or against this record, but I'm realizing after getting a couple of records in this genre that it might not be my thing. I wouldn't say anything on this album is played badly, as the musical prowess of Williamson, Heron, and the rest of the session personnel is well illustrated across a variety of instruments. The guitar playing from the main duo serves as a nice anchor for these compositions, which are further embellished by harpsichord, Hammond organ, sitar, and so on. Plus, Williamson and Heron themselves have soft, reasonably good vocal deliveries for their respective penned tunes.

Yet, by the same token, I don't feel like I connect well with how these songs are largely ramblings on mythology, religion, and general mysticism and esotericism, applied loosely to a modern context. We run through the likes of minotaurs, witches, wizards, and all manner of mythical beings and fables riddled with mystique and obfuscation for the sake of it. Hell, the centerpiece of this record, the 13-minute stop-and-go of "A Very Cellular Song", is all about personifying an amoeba, with an entire passage describing the process of mitosis as making a new friend for the cell. It certainly makes me wonder how many drugs were partaken during the writing of this record, cause it is bonkers at the cost of focus as these tracks seem to wander. Again, I don't hate it, but I feel indifferent to these meandering tales of whimsy.

I can recognize the cultural and historical significance of The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter and The Incredible String Band in general, and there is some artistic merit to it. But I'll admit that I'm not certain about listening to this record again anytime soon.

I’m too sober to enjoy this.

I didn't come here to listen to sea shanty nursery rhyme fable "songs"

I’m not sure why but I get the vibe that this was made specifically to be listened to by cults.

i knew after a few seconds that this is going to be hard to get through

God, hippies are so annoying.

Yes! This is my jam. Give me more of this any day of the week. Love it.

Not for me

Such a cool record, perfect for a foggy wednesday morning in Norfolk :)