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143 – Blood Sweat and Tears
Ok, we’re back with the 1001 Albums project, let’s see how far I get, although I note that if I couldn’t sti..
140 – Trout Mask Replica
This is my listen to Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, with their influential album Trout Mask Replica. For “influential”, I usually hear “self-indulgent crap” and this album is the rule, not the exception.
138 – We’re only in it for the Money
‘We’re only in it for the Money’ is just self-indulgent hippie crap featuring the usual psychedelic tropes I’ve come to learn about on this 1001 Albums journey, namely: San Francisco…..
135 – Odessey and Oracle
Well, we’re back with ‘Odessey and Oracle’ by The Zombies, there is a dominant psychedelic vibe with Hammond organs and off key harmonies
132 – Ceatano Velosa
This is Ceatano Velosa with an eponymous release, apparently under duress and in protest at the the Brazilian dictatorship of the time
129 – SF Sorrow
Well I actually quite like this album, SF Sorrow, by The Pretty Things. I have to say that I was expecting more psychedelic tosh but there is something here I quite like
127 – In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Iron Butterfly
126 – Gris-Gris
Gris Gris by Dr John, is just not my cup of tea. Psychedelic, self indulgent and rhythm-less, I just don’t get it
125 – United States of America
More self indulgent sixties psychedelia, this time from a raging Communist who started recording with his ex..
122 – Vincebus Eruptum
Oh Boy, where Jimi Hendrix had technique, flair and pure genius, Blue Cheer have just attitude and noise. Having said that, I quite like this