Electric Prunes

Not another Psych Rock album! I’m sure they’ve inspired a tonne of bands I do like (Looking at you Dandy Warhols) and for that I’m grateful. Some gems. After a slow start, I really enjoyed the middle of the album: Get me to the World on time, Sold to the highest bidder, Try me on for size… but too many wrong turns on the journey. 2.5/5

Like a mashup of The Kinks and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band without being able to really touch either. Not unpleasant but forgettable.

Dang the albums from this era can vary in quality so hugely. I don't know if the boys were being serious with this one, but it wasn't great. It wasn't even good, for that matter. I'm not sure who this influenced and when, but it shouldn't have.

The first song was pretty good, but was soon followed by a very lousy album. If you ever meet someone and they say that their favorite band is The Electric Prunes, run.

2 musicas salvaram o album pra mim

Some tracks I genuinely enjoyed (6, 7, 10, 11) but I hope to never hear the rest again

"Sold to the highest bidder", what the heck was that?? Felt much longer than 29 minutes. Second 1967 album I've had this week, first was the Monkees and they both show how desperate the world was for the Beatles the Stones, Led Zeppelin, the Who and Pink Floyd.

Cute 60's pop-psych. Nothing to get too knocked out about.

listened to this yesterday ..can't remember any of it. .sorry

Odd, and not really good.

I was quite optimistic about this even though I'd never heard of them. I was wrong

Perhaps I’m missing something but this seems like another album whose only claim to fame was its inclusion on this list. I didn’t hear anything here that I haven’t heard in a number of similar bands of the era and in fact there’s some pretty rubbish stuff on here. For context, The Doors released their debut the month before this and it’s vastly superior to this.

I am reminded of the many basement concerts listening to my friend's great new band. There's nothing wrong with this album, I just dont think they're very good at music...

At least they weren't ripping off the Beatles. 1st song and Onie are the onlie highlights

Erm, not sure what to make of this - 60s light rock vs show tunes?

I liked the variety of genres and sound explored in some of the songs. It wasn't nearly as repetitive as a lot of other music from this era and genre. The vocals sounded a little distant from the mic in most of the songs, but I guess that's a production issue. 5/10

Eh.

This is the most dated mid sixties psychedelic bullshit ever. I did not need to hear this before I died. I know what this shit sounds like without hearing another mediocre 20 year old boomer white guy who just got high for the first time. I get it, you discovered reverb and organs

What is this??? 2.

I'd heard of but never listened to this band. Started off okay, couple of decent tracks but generally degenerated into nonsense. Glad I finally gave it a listen but it wasn't really worth it tbh.

Never a good sign if one of those most notable things about the album on Wikipedia is that it, "was listed in the book, 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die." Quite nice psychedelic sixties stuff: Touches of ragtime and kitsch among pre-Beatles mop-tops. But, even the band seemed to agree large parts of the album were filler rushed out to capitalise on the success of "I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)" I dug into some of their other stuff, and the band apparently fell apart when they tried to do complex covers of traditional Jewish religious music in a psychedelic way. That should've been on the list rather than this, but it's really not essential listening.

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.

It's a fine line between clever and stupid, but this is not close to that line. I like to think that if I was a teenager in the late 60s that I would have not been into this, but I probably would have been.

I have to say I'm totally disinterested with albums like this

Kivoja soundeja elektronisia Beatles tyylistä mutta laulajan ääni ottaa välillä aivoon

it sounds like a coffee house soul singer that just heard the beatles for the first time

Completely and utterly meh, I don't know why its hers on this list as other bands have made a similar noise significantly better than this

What is this lol

I’m a sucker for some 60’s Pysch but that last song almost convinced me to never listen to this shit again. Which is a shame cause there’s some rockin songs on here.

Anytime some oldster says modern music doesn’t make any sense, you can ask them to justify this. Both the band name and a lot of the songs are pseudo-creative sounding, but basically meaningless. Nonsense and vapidity in music doesn’t belong to any one generation.

A very bizarre mix. Hasn't aged well

Not really my thing but okay

#DÍA 41: 1001 Discos Que Hay Que Escuchar Antes De Morir (English Translation Below) 1967, ese año en el que se desató una fiebre psicodélica, dio pié a algunas maravillas que han envejecido genial y otras que no extraña que cayesen en el olvido. The Electric Prunes fueron una banda del segundo grupo, aunque no por falta de talento, quizá más por la incompetencias de los sellos discográficos. Aunque con considerable éxito en números, la banda quedó muy descontenta por la poca libertad compositiva y el poco tiempo que se les ofreció. El tema de apertura es el single principal del LP y es sin duda lo más sólido que contiene. Es una canción de rock oscura y cinematográfica en la que destaca bastante esa guitarra eléctrica con sonido de avispa. La estética de garage rock se mantiene durante la mayoría del LP, con algunos toques de protopunk en las vocals y añadidos instrumentales. En general el álbum como mucho consigue ser decente o mediocre. Get Me to the World on Time tiene cierta intensidad y potencia que la hacen más interesante desde luego, pero unos pocos momentos buenos no salvan al LP de ser olvidable. Por un lado, Sold to the Highest Bidder es molesta como ella sola, el predominio en la mezcla de esa guitarra aguda te perfora completamente y le quita todo el tono intrépido al tema, no sé en qué estaban pensando. También, The King Is in the Courting House y The Toonerville Trolley son tan estereotípicamente inglesas que son de risa, pero como un chiste mal contado. No hay prácticamente coherencia, las composiciones dejan mucho que desear, no hay apenas ideas interesantes en cuanto a estribillos o texturas… No entiendo qué hace este álbum en esta lista sinceramente, supongo que me ayuda a hacerme una idea de que en los 60s también había mucha música poco imaginativa. Salvables: I Had Too Much To Dream Peor: The Toonerville Trolley #DAY 41: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die 1967, the year psychedelic fever broke loose, gave rise to some marvels that have aged beautifully and others that understandably slipped into oblivion. The Electric Prunes belonged to the latter group, though not for lack of talent, perhaps more due to the incompetence of record labels. Despite achieving considerable commercial success, the band was left very dissatisfied with the lack of compositional freedom and the limited time they were given. The opening track is the LP’s main single and by far the most solid piece it contains. It’s a dark, cinematic rock song, with that buzzing wasp-like electric guitar standing out. The garage rock aesthetic is present throughout most of the LP, with some proto-punk touches in the vocals and instrumental embellishments. Overall, the album at best manages to be decent or mediocre. Get Me to the World on Time has a certain intensity and power that make it more interesting, but a handful of good moments aren’t enough to save the LP from being forgettable. On the downside, Sold to the Highest Bidder is downright annoying, the piercing high-pitched guitar dominates the mix, drilling into your ears and completely stripping the track of its daring tone. I honestly don’t know what they were thinking. Similarly, The King Is in the Courting House and The Toonerville Trolley are so stereotypically British they come off as laughable, but like a poorly told joke. There’s practically no coherence here. The compositions leave much to be desired, with hardly any interesting ideas in terms of hooks or textures. Honestly, I don’t understand why this album is on this list, though I suppose it does serve to remind me that the ’60s also had plenty of unimaginative music. Salvable: I Had Too Much to Dream Worst: The Toonerville Trolley

Were they the first to do psychedelic? Nope Did they do it the best? Not at all Were they interesting or innovative in any way? You gotta be kidding me

Meeeeeeeh

A weird album. The songs are all over the place, with good rock tracks, some nice psych moments and a few crazy experiments. There’s even a soft ballad... It’s like they were still struggling to find a clear identity. I didn’t hate it, but it wasn’t memorable either. The whole thing sounds like a pure product of its time (right before the Summer of Love), and it didn’t necessarily age well. "I Had To Much To Dream" and "Sold To The Highest Bidder" are good songs, but the B-side lacks inspiration. I’ll give a 2* to the album as a whole. But I respect the effort. They made me curious though, so I checked their other albums. Their later works are somewhat more interesting. "Just Good Old Rock and Roll" is exactly what it says it is, and "Mass in F Minor" is pure psychedelic insanity. Both would probably have been a better choice for this list. It’s a pity the 1001 list is so obsessed with first albums, even when they’re clearly not the best.

It’s maybe famous for some reasons … but I didn’t find it at the listening. But it’s not bad => 2 stars

Some decent psychedelic songs but mostly forgettable

Credit for the inventive production and consistent songwriting craft here, but I was really disappointed with this one. With hardcore experimentation being the word of the day when this record was made, it seems as though the people in charge of this project knew they had to make something experimental but had no idea why more successful records in the same mould were so good. These songs superficially inhabit psychedelic clothes but don't take that sound to heart.

pretty much just a bad beatles ripoff with terrible production. not sure why i had to hear this

I was about to quit listening to the album when I noticed that a number of reviews mentioned how awful the final song was. Curiosity piqued, I continued listening to the bitter end. I'm pretty sure one day there will be a horror film with a scene where someone enters a house of a serial killer and "The Toonerville Trolley" will be playing.

It was certainly interesting, there were a couple of decent songs but the vibes were squashed by the ridiculous other tracks

Another 60s group I don't know. Short album, some good tracks. Not very memorable. Why is a band like this still existing after all these years?

Truly a one-hit wonder by definition - maybe 1 and a half.

This was kind of baroque garage music, with some good ideas, a few funny songs titles. Don't think it had aged too well by 1969, let alone 2025.

Sounded like a mix between The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Kinks. I'm not sure why I would listen to this instead of the first 3. Nothing really unique with this album but it wasn't bad either, just bland. Strong 2 star.

3/10

Short and sweet. I like how bands used to put the hit songs on the cover. Amazing band name too. I LOVED the noise that started this album. I only really liked the louder songs on here and there weren't enough of those. But I really liked the first track. 3.5/10

Eh nothing memorable.

Strange. But interesting and sounds like video games.

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

Not really for me. Zoned out for most of it.

Here and than some nice tunes like on "I Had Too Much To Dream" but in total it sounds too dated to me.

- schön kurz, hat mich nämlich auch nicht so wirklich abgeholt 2 – Respektiere ich, aber nicht meins 🤷‍♂️ Ich sehe, warum das Album wichtig ist oder geschätzt wird, aber es hat mich nicht gepackt.

I'm not sure what to do with this one. It's not really much of anything. Didn't grab me, and I also couldn't sense how it influenced everything to come after.

Класні гараж-рок пісні і поплавлені психоделічні пісні з якимось бурлескним настроєм. Останні дуже не сподобались.

Не люблю такого плану музику 60х.

This was definitely not my cup of tea, the vocals were quite muffled and the instrumentals and tones were just all over the place for me. When the initial song began, the intro gave some "Summer Wine" vibes which was encouraging but then the reality set in. It was a blessing that this album was only 29 minutes long so it didn't last too long but for the experience it will receive a 2/5.

Some ok songs but some sound like they belong on a kids tv show. A bit odd. Not my kind of album.

Ranges from run of the mill to annoying

Art director on this was Ed Thrasher...amazingly, that was not a pseudonym.

Middling 60s fare here. It sounds like every prominent 6”s band combined (stones, stooges, doors, you name it). Cheeky song titles only carry a band so far (“I had to much to dream last night”, “get me to the world on time”) ah well

I guess this started as psychedelic rock. The title track was ok. Then it started going downhill. The middle soft of sounded like The Monkees, only without any talent. By the end ... what the hell is Toonerville Trolley exactly?

2 estrelas. Tem seu valor, garage rock é legal mas...

It's hard to imagine that anyone thought putting the word "prunes" in a band name would sound cool. Kind of generic psychedelic light. It feels like music that would be written for a mockumentary...like the Thamesmen backstory in Spinal Tap.

Rating: 5/10 Meh.

some annoying stereo recording choices (stop playing only through the left channel 60's rock albums PLEASE) and not so many interesting sounds coming from a 60's psychedelic rock styling.

Starts off with a great track, then starts to feel a little samey for a while before it ends on an absolute abomination of a track.

It’s like half-way through the heard the Beatles for the first time and completely changed direction. Largely too twee.

No impression. No thoughts. Idk. Fine? Normal sounding 60s background jingles.

Nothing terrible. Nothing inspiring. Derivative 60s psyrock

Slightly less annoying than Napalm Death Scum

I do not like this Sam I Am!

Interesting album. Not too sure what to say about this. Inoffensive, but I think if it were longer than 29 minutes, I would have gotten tired of it. Back half of the album got a bit too... Whimsical? for me. (1.5/5) Favorites: - Get Me to the World on Time

Something about virtually every track on this record felt like a mosquito buzzing around in my ears. When it wasn't grating, it was forgettable at best. I can appreciate the attempt at blending interesting genres for the time like Baroque pop with psychedelic, but this one just falls flat for me.

2.5

Mostly mediocre garage psych. 2.5 stars

Not as bad as expected…some pockets of melody but overall still quite dire

The title is the best thing about this album

jefferson airplane but would need to be more intoxicated to like it, and the noises hurt my brain sometimes

Un álbum de garage rock psicodélico sesentero bastante estándar. Los temas son mayormente pop de la época con mucho eco y, sobre todo, una guitarra con muchísima reverberación. Se nota que fue compuesto a la ligera (y no por los miembros del grupo) en mitad de una gira para aprovechar el tirón del single "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)". La mayoría de temas son mediocres y prescindibles, aunque es un álbum que captura muy bien el espíritu de su momento. En cuanto a la producción, no sé si pasa solamente en la versión de Spotify, pero es horrible. La mezcla en estéreo está súper desequilibrada, y acaba mareando escuchar varios instrumentos solo por una oreja. La verdad es que, aparte del famoso single, ningún tema me ha atrapado. Un álbum demasiado típico y que no creo que merezca un puesto en esta lista.

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!

Just put Nuggets on the list already.

Ok

Snork

I liked The King is in the Counting House

Not the garage rock blast off i was hoping for

lmao

It's fine, sounds like every other early rock album.

Far out, man. Felt like something I could vibe to while having a drinking during a stormy winter evening. Not my vibe for the rest of the year, though.

Starts off alright. Gets a little weird though

I'm not sure I gained much from this. It's so-so psychedelic rock.

Just really didn't enjoy it, equally it wasn't completely awful

Just weird

2 sterne

What is it with 1960s bands and harpsichords?

"I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" - Is an enjoyably retro 60's track. Rest of album does not match this and is a bit all over the shop with slightly jarring stylistic changes. All in all quite forgettable.

I'd never heard of The Electric Prunes (prunes, electric prunes that's the colour of my room). It wasn't half as bad as I was expecting an obscure 60s psychedelic band to be. It clings to blues-derived Stones rock - enough to remain enjoyable. The band itself is reasonably limited. They aren't exactly fantastic players, and yet there's a chutzpah that gives it some purpose. There's a pop sensibility throughout, amid the lysergically-assisted garage rock. As the album goes on it struggles more and descends a little into cabaret - 'Sood to the Highest Bidder' is Jewish wedding music, 'Abiut a Quarter to Nine' a lounge ditty of no consequence, 'The King is in the Counting House' a terribly dated take on English folk,and 'The Toonerville Trolley' is novelty ragtime nonsense to close out. A selection of decent tracks. A dated album of ever-diminishing quality.

Nope nope nope. Being generous with the round up here.

This band reminds me of the house band at the go-go bar in Girl in Gold Boots, as presented by Mystery Science Theater 3000 in one their most entertaining episodes. I think that band might have been better. They certainly didn't play anything as awful as The Toonerville Trolley.

Not too much to like here, and "The Toonerville Trolley" was especially unfortunate.

📉📉📉

What a weird album. It’s often described as early psychedelic but there’s not a lot that’s recognizable as psychedelic here. It’s really all over the place. At least these guys sound like they are having fun. By the time you get to “The King is in the Counting House” it’s really impossible to classify the album and it only gets stranger from there. Bravo, I guess. These guys wind up sounding like The Monkees on acid. Just a wild mix of everything they find amusing. This whole thing would have benefited from cleaner production though. It’s fine to be goofy if your sound is clean and the songs reward re-listening. These, mostly, do not.

There is NOTHING special about this album.

Sometimes this list gets me thinking about the Shitty Beatles joke from Wayne’s World. Contemporary with the Beatles, there actually were a LOT of Shitty Beatles. I guess that’s pretty funny. Tired of listening to them though.

Perfectly serviceable and fully representative – if largely forgettable – pop-oriented psych rock. Generally tame, too, and one of the worst band names of all time. Any cred they gain for a few decent cuts is more than sacrificed to the execrable trolley car closer and several other cringey misfires. "Onie" isn't bad (if sounding much like "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'"). Maybe EPs are slightly overlooked or forgotten (unfairly or justifiably) but there's no shortage of average '60s bands in this category. This is in no way necessary or essential to a happy musical life. Imagining an alternative history: had EPs been just a little better, perhaps they might have prevented Jefferson Airplane from getting big, which might have spared us all the atrocity of “We Built This City.”

Oooo cowboy movie esque. Not my cup of tea, it was an odd feeling..

meh

Not bad as far as 60s psych rock goes. Still not something I will likely revisit.

YASA (Yet Another Sixties Album) 2* I will say their vocals sound a little ahead of the time, maybe proto-punkish. Train for tomorrow had some cool guitars.

MEOW OLD AND SLOW

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A Pretty ok record. Nothing really stood out

For me each song was instantly forgettable… unfortunately!

Supposedly a one hit wonder from when my mom was 7, but didn't recognize any of the music - which largely felt like a grab bag of genres of the time: psych rock, sea shanty Yellow Submarine vibes, and even a medieval-style folk tune. Nothing stood out as actually good, tho.

pristojno, solidno, ali i zaboravljivo, jbg

This was a short album. It reminds me of if the Zombies wanted to become the Who. This was much more muted than I was expecting. I wasn't wowed.

Too "oldies" for me. Not my current vibe and doesn't keep me interested.

"Onie" gave me a very sweet, nostalgic feeling. The rest of the album was sorta unmemorable in my eyes.

Sparky old plums.

Groovy. Got off to a decent start; quite edgy-sounding in places. Became more twee, and, lyrically, I'm not convinced they understood women... I wonder what they were like to see at the time; I don't think I've ever even seen a video clip. I'm afraid the final track has just lost it a further star; terrible!

One of the rare albums from this era that stops before it gets boring. I still feel like this is such a product of its era that I’d struggle to differentiate it from its piers.

I don't think it helped, I'd just finished the zombies. Too much acid 60s music in one sitting I'm afraid.

Nowhere album! Nowhere album! We got another one. I have absolutely no idea why this album is on the list and have never heard an utterance of "The Electric prunes" in my life. I actually couldn't find this album at first because it's on streaming under the title "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)". Is this a hidden oasis of good music? Not really. The instrumentals are very of their time, though there are moments that manage to break the mold. I enjoyed the psychedelic influence on this album. The rippling sound of "Onie" is very appealing, and a continuing reminder that I need to check out more psychedelic albums. The vocals are a bit of a mixed bag. There are many times where they fail to grab me likely due to the instrumentals also being hit-or-miss, though there are other times where they managed to work quite well. "About a Quarter to Nine" is the best example of the style of these guys. The quirky, Beatles-esque songwriting also quaint and likeable. Despite there being merit to both aspects of the music and songwriting, something about this album bars it from really coming together in my eyes. It's all very "moderate" and isn't guided by a strong creative vision, which is what I like most in art. Let's take a lookee through the book. This isn't a UK act? Never would have guessed. The band got a record deal through pure chance. I Had Too Much to Dream was a successful single. The album was moderately successful. They were influential on early garage rock acts. 🚨EEEEEEEEEEE🚨 I am disbarring this album from inclusion on the list. It's not a popular album in current year and it isn't much of a good listen, either. Take notes, Dimery.

I made the mistake of listening to this right after The Pumpkins. A couple songs did work for me. A lot of it did not - a couple sounded like they were written for a childrens show.

Their mates probably thought they were pretty cool during the summer of '67 or something, but I can understand why no one else ever heard of this.

After 12 songs of this, I was all, "man, this sucks"...then song 13 came on and I was all, "hey, this is much better." Well friends, there is no song 13 on this record. My phone had simply moved on to playing something else. Go check out "Gone" by The Factory - similar but better.

Gear: Focalman Cleardara Artwork: 🍲🍲🍲🍲🍲 Production: 🙄🤔🤷 Music: 🔌🗡️🌿 Rating: 😪(😪)/5

Most of it is really boring and strange, some OK 60s Tunes

Sounds like very early psych rock. A bit too simple for me, although there were songs that showed a variety of influences. The tremolo effect on the guitar is a bit much and became distracting.

2.1 I can see why they never made it. As the first track was coming to end I wondered why they were singing about drinking too much. Was it cool? And then I realised the title was dreaming too much. Despite every 'dream' sounding like 'drink'. Was that by design. Naff song anyway. Thought I'd check out the band page to see *that* song was their one hit wonder. Jesus Christ. Anyway, I think I deserve a medal for making it through the whole album, particularly the last song. I reckon 80% fall at that final hurdle.

Not for me. Had it's time and place . No stand out song

Pretty standard 60s rock.

Pass

A couple nice tunes, but nothing really caught my eye, so I don't have much to say. Reminds me of The Doors

meh

The opening track "I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)" is about as catchy an anthem as you can hope for from the psychedelic rock scene of the 60s. Is it a bit gimmicky and silly, sure. But it's also a great song. They tried to recreate the same kind of quirky play on words rock song with their second single, "Get Me to the World on Time", to decent results. Unfortunately, the rest of the album is a bit dull. If this album is notable for much, it's mainly the fact that the record label severely limited their control, enlisting a songwriting duo to pen most of the songs, including the two best ones and a ton of filler. Maybe it says something about the marketability of psychedelic rock by this time that it was so tighly controlled and profitable. Even where the Electric Prunes did get some artistic freedom, it's nothing to write home about. So they're perhaps relegated to the category of one hit wonders, not to be heard from again. But that song is still pretty catchy.

Partly might just be the poor quality YouTube video I had to resort to in order to consume this album, but sound quality seemed poor. Some really random tracks that I can only describe as being 'funfair' that seemed awkward and out of place. When they tried to rock a bit more it wasn't too bad. This was my 65th generated album but took me until 383 to actually listen. Wasn't particularly worth the wait.

Nothing special.

big eh

A rushed album and it shows. Not sure why this is on the list if even the band was underwhelmed by it.

I often struggle with garage rock. I wasn't optimistic ahead of listening to this. It has a little more depth than the usual racket. Onie was a pleasant surprise as a ballad. A bit of a time capsule album. It's probably best left there.

I think I’m suffering from sort of psychedelic/acid rock fatigue. This is fine, but I am not surprised by anything nor do I really need to listen to this again

Serviceable psychedelic rock, but there's some tracks that shouldn't be on here. This seems Doors-adjacent. The tracks that shouldn't be on here are really bad.

has potential but kinda mid

Hippy Trippy! It's OK but nothing remarkable

Irgendwie kann ich mit dieser 60er-Jahre-Rockmusik nichts mehr anfangen. Das Album klingt, als hätte man The Kinks und die Beatles zusammen in einen Mixer gesteckt, einmal durchpüriert und dann mit der selben Menge an Wasser gestreckt. Ganz langweilige Songs, von denen keiner im Ohr bleibt, das ganze klingt so unglaublich belanglos. Irgendwie halt aber auch nicht ganz beschissen, von daher eher noch gerade so an der 2 dran. Fällt mir sehr schwer, da einen Favoriten rauszupicken, aber ich nehme mal Try Me on for Size (cringe).

This album is kind of nothing? It just sounds like an amalgamation of all the generic 60s garage rock I’ve ever heard. Maybe you had to be there, but nothing about this feels notable, and its inclusion on a list of albums you have to listen to before you die is baffling.

Boring, psycho 60s music

couple jams on this but nahh

I see the appeal, but it was not for me.

When an albums wiki page only mentions when it was recorded, it's single, and that it is on the 1001 list, it doesn't bode well. Honestly, it just got systematically worse with each song.

Rock, Beat, 1967 -> 2

Apart from 'I had too much to dream' and the Bo Diddleyesque 'Get me to the world on time' there's nothing really memorable, apart from the terrible last song and the overall overabundance of meaningless rhymes. One might want to argue it is an important record for the development of psychedelic music. But that doesn't make it a better record. And some of it sounded dated already upon release.

More generic 60s

Another one of these relatively niche albums. Idk what about it is so special to appear in this list

Thankfully this was short

OVERALL: I have never heard of these people, but they seem to be very weak in terms of lyrics. The lyrics were written by actual elementary school children. Besides that, the production can be pretty basic and boring sometimes, however can be really good when it needs to. Especially on Try Me On For Size and Onie, where the pretty good production is forced to carry horrible lyrics. If you can get past the horrible lyrics, this album is probably okay or even good. For me, I am unfortunately able to hear the lyrics and look up the lyrics, which makes it much worse. The absolutely horrendous, abhorrent, ghastly, scandalous, dreadful outro was so bad I considered giving it a 0/10, but since the piano was sometimes good and was great in the outro, it got 1.28 points of extra credit. Also, every song here is like 2 or 3 minutes long, so I don't really remember how a lot of them sound like. SONG AVG: 5.89/10 PERSONAL RATING: 3.05/10 I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night): Pretty weird effect, but I think I like it? It sounds very good and exciting, and is overall just a really good intro track. The lyrics kinda suck though. 9/10 Bangles: Some pretty standard rock stuff, and the topic is pretty old and overused. Sounds fine. 7.5/10 Onie: Sounds very beautiful. Unfortunately the lyrics could be written by a 7-8 year old. It sounds good, just try to ignore how bad the lyrics are. 6.75/10 Are You Lovin' Me More, But Enjoin' It Less: The ending seemingly peaks the microphone and there is a loud gunshot(?) noise randomly placed in the song like 7 times. Pretty corny lyrics. It mostly sounds pretty good I guess, but it's overall pretty not good. Especially when the lyrics come back in. 4.25/10 Train For Tomorrow: Pretty solid overall. The singing is mostly good, and the production is basic but works well enough. The long outro is pretty nice. 7.5/10 Sold To The Highest Bidder: Massive outburst of energy, especially after Train For Tomorrow's ending. It seems to be inspired by arabic(?) songs, and that combined with the weird effect doesn't really work that well in my opinion. It's about gold diggers, but it doesn't sound like one that would be about gold diggers. I don't think it works very well. 2.25/10 Get Me To The World On Time: Pretty rowdy vocal performance. It tries really hard to be a good rock song, and it does an okay job at that. Pretty solid use of instruments. The only major issues are the awful intro and the lyrics written by either a 9 year old or a lyric generator. Just try to focus on anything that isn't the lyrics. 6.75/10 About A Quarter To Nine: I think looking up the lyrics for this album was a mistake. The production is pretty boring most of the time, unless the chorus starts. Fairly mediocre vocal performance, nothing very notable. The lyrics sound like a child is trying to finish an english assignment and desperately finding things that would work. 1.75/10 The King Is In The Counting House: This sounds like something in a piano book that has corny ass lyrics, especially the broken chord accompaniment. If anyone reading this has played piano, then you might know what I'm talking about. Anyways, extremely forgettable. I just listened to it twice and I can't name much. It uses a lot of instruments, but not very interestingly. I think it sounds passable. 4.75/10 Luvin: Actually pretty good production. It does use a fade out outro though. Mediocre lyrics, but the song actually sounds alright. That's it, these songs are really short. 8/10 Try Me On For Size: Once again, pretty good production. It actually sounds pretty good. The piano could've been used so much better, but that's just my opinion. The lyrics, on the other hand, are awful. I quote; "I'm not a dreamer, I'm a do'er, your hopes for escape are gettin' fewer" and "Stop your lookin' baby what you want is standin' right in front of your eyes, try me on for size." That actually sounds like it was written by a person who's age has less than two digits. Carried by production so unbelievably hard. 5/10 Toonerville Trolley: Someone please help me. Why was this on here. Why was this the goddamn OUTRO to this. The song was sung by goofy on drugs, also I swear it said daddy's dead instead of "in daddy's day". The only good part of this is the piano, which varies from basic to really good. The good piano parts are more than balanced out by the unbelievably horrendous singing and the really bad lyrics. I kid you not, the words "Oh by gee, by gosh, by golly" are actual words sung on this song to serve as the outro, the last thing you hear on the album. 1.28/10

Let’s see, does this band a particularly good or interesting; Name? No Singer? No Instrumentalist? No Songs? No Lyrics? No Anything? No Fucking Pet Sounds came out the year before this. You wouldn’t bother would you.

PHEW FINALLY some all-male American late 60s Psychedelic blues rock, beginning to think we wouldn't get any on this list. If someone said this was their favourite album I would be forced to assume they had never heard any other music at all. The good/fine: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), About a Quarter To Nine = random little piano tune, Bangles, Get Me To The World on Time, Luvin', Try Me On For Size The bad: everything else My absolute WTFs: The King is in The Counting House (Tudor nursery rhyme but a bit more threatening) Sold To The Highest Bidder (taverna shanty) The Toonerville Trolley (clowny nightmare fuel)

Favorite Track: I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)

Half an album of boilerplate 60s rock, followed by half an album of the worst shit you've ever heard

strange, but not in a good way

1.5*

I was bored.

Unfortunately it didn’t entice me enough to want to re-listen. But I liked 3 of the 12 on the first time round. Onie I liked as a well rounded ballad. Train for Tomorrow had an amazing switch to a jazz sound about half way through, it really pulled me back in. The Toonerville Trolley felt like a very good ending, it felt upbeat and light hearted. Over all though i think these boys just really loved The Beatles and were doing their best to emulate. Good on them.

I’m finding during this exercise is that I don’t really enjoy psychedelia, but this was fine. Too much to dream is a song I used to like that holds up pretty well.

Listened Before? N Man, the author LOVES 60's acid rock. This is probably the 10th album I've gotten from this genre. I don't hate it, but sheesh. Anyway, now that the rant is over... I don't find this album stood out much from it's contemporaries. More trippy acid rock, with psychadelic lyrics. Not bad, but not a standout. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)

The Electric Prunes' debut album artwork is a disappointingly bland visual representation of an otherwise intriguing psychedelic band. The cover features the four band members posed stiffly, seemingly attempting a "modern art" aesthetic but falling short of any genuine creativity. Their arrangement feels contrived and lacks the experimental spirit that defines their music. The color palette appears muted, missing an opportunity to capture the vibrant, mind-bending essence of 1960s psychedelic design. While the band members look somewhat cool, their positioning feels more like a corporate photoshoot than an authentic artistic statement. The overall composition fails to communicate the innovative sound contained within the album, rendering it forgettable and uninspired. A missed opportunity for visual storytelling. Album artworks rated: 28/1001 The music's fine.

Interesting songs at the start. Too experimental towards the end.

You can hear who they've influenced... who have also done it better.

Don't waste your precious time!

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Bangles, Onie, Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less), Luvin' Cutting Edge: None Overall Notes: Well I guess someone had to come up with these ideas first.

Pretty bad. I was somewhat encouraged early on, but it’s just not good.

Had heard of Electric Prunes but unfamiliar with any of their music. Music from a period late 60’s which should have been right up my alleyway. But unfortunately nothing on here to raise the pulse or pick up on a missed gem. 2/5 21/12/24

This sounds like the type of stuff you'd hear in a party or club scene for a 60's B-movie. There was some fun stuff but there was also a good amount of what you'd get if you were to eat some electric prunes. Even looking through 60's rose colored glasses this was mediocre at best. 2.5/5

La primera canción está muy bien, el resto no tanto.

Electric guitar rock from the 60s. Nothing notable, but not objectionable either.

this album did not make it to timelessness

Pretty weak album. Very 60s. The maker of this list seems to think that the late 60s were the peak of human civilization, at least musically. I disagree. Favorites: I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night, Sold to the Highest Bidder Least Favorites: The Toonerville Trolley, The King Is in the Counting House. These were horrendous. So annoying.

Are you kidding me? Another 60's band? The 60's were NOT that great guys, how about some music that isn't 50 fucking years old? At this rate I will have listened to every song that was created between the years of 1960 to 1969. This album starts off really good but takes a sharp nosedive after the second track and ends with the fever dream of a track that is "The Toonerville Trolley" which is so so so bad that it almost turns the corner and becomes good again, almost. Without the first track this would be a 1 star.

Already know this one is getting a big fat 2

And after the nine millionth Neil young album we get another dull critical darling. All this talk of a golden age and you get people who can barely tune a guitar. And manage to play a few chords. And noodle. Just because you were around at the same time as the Beatles doesn’t mean it’s as good.

Soft psych with fluttery guitar, poppy Beatles-inspired vocals, and cutesy overthought arrangements ranging from jazzy horns to renaissance harpischord and strings to children's cartoon music. It's very timid, mild, and straight-laced compared to other psych from the era. It does not rock at all. These guys took the Acid Test, but got an F and went to get Monkees haircuts instead.

I had too much to dream last night is a good song title, but there's not much more to the album.

Not bad, not amazing Can't say it will stay with me but not unenjoyable

Meh. The parts I liked were when they sounded like The Rolling Stones.

I can't believe this album was <30mins, it felt like it went on forever. Songs were immediately forgettable and generic. Absolutely ridiculous placing on the list. There are a few songs that were mildly interesting, but that's about it. 2/5

Just not a good sound. Prolly innovative for it's time. I'm glad the sound has evolved.

That got really weird out of nowhere.

Forgot about it before I finished listening

Patchy psychedelia rhat hasn't aged well. Big drop off in quality on second side..

Didn't do anything. Just some mediocre 60s psych rock.

This starter off ok and descended into utter shite. Mid level 60's pop followed by weird nursey rhymes and music hall ditties. No thanks

toonerville trolley was stupid af

Not a big fan of this tbh. Not a big fan of this kind of psychedelic rock. Sounds kinda like a mix between The Doors and The Beatles, but like, not the good parts of either of those bands. The Vibe: That one stinky old couch in your grandma's basement.

I Had Too Much to Dream is a great track. The rest of the album is just ok, nothing overly exciting even for the time.

Too Much to Dream and Get me to the World on Time are good tracks. The rest is ordinary. Maybe it was groundbreaking at the time? Maybe. The Strawberry Zots did a really good cover of Get Me to the World on Time.

I mean it started out with some good fuzzy garage rock. Then it was just weird 60's psychedelic garbage.

Totally forgettable psychedelic album. Nothing is terrible on here. But nothing is good, either, not really. When it was over, it too Lacey 3 songs to realize she didn't remember any of the songs at all.

I would say that this sounded like an average album from around this time. This is before things got a bit more interesting with AC/DC showing up 7 years later. Still, not too bad and okay as a background listen.

This one flew by without much standing out for me. Will I listen to again: 0%

Like an American version of Madness

Not bad but perfectly forgettable, I don't think I'll ever listen to this again.

Not very interesting

Not very good. With as much as I like 60’s British pop/rock, it’s no wonder I had never heard of them

The nothingest nothing burger

Nothing to hear here..... Move along.

Almost didn't make it past the beginning of of this album because of how spooky it was. Not really my jam.

Another underwhelming 60’s rock band

None of these are essential listening. Sort of dig the percussion sounds on lovin’ me more

This was strange. I liked Luvin. Loved the length

Det är inte så kul. Det här 60-tals psych soundet har man hört tusen gånger känns det som. Och det här var väl inte direkt nåt av dom bättre

Combien d'albums de psychédélique ça nous prend pour comprendre que c'est un style influent dans l'histoire de la musique ? Il n'y avait pas que ça qui se faisait pendant ces années. Cet album ne vient pas vraiment faire quoique ce soit de différent que beaucoup d'autres dans cette liste ne fait pas déjà. 4/10

Mediocre outside of that one song

This one was slightly creepy in some parts 2 ⭐️

Aika sekametelisoppa, kaipasin koherenssia. A-puoli kyllä yllätti, etenkin avausbiisissä oli voimaa! Myös hyvä että ovat keskiaika- eli klavikordi(?)puolella historiaa eivätkä hallusinointi-intiapuolella. Ihan mielenkiintoinen. Tokalla kuuntelukerralla ehkä jopa 3, mutta nyt b-puolen sekoilu vetää alaspäin.

Bändin psykedeliaksi identifioituva hauskanpito kohtaa kuulijan historiallisen tietoisuuden: hippejä, kai. Tämä oli kiva käydä kerran läpi, ja avausraidan kuuntelin uudelleen (en varmistunut laadusta). 2+

I don't get this choice at all. I know I don't like the psych rock genre, but even so this feels simplistic and tame as hell.

Generic60s psychedelic pop

Between garage and pysychedelic rock fits a Vaudeville Musical number

didn't especially enjoy

Another album from the late 60s Psychedelic bandwagon. This one is as transparents as the others (Country Joe, USA etc.) I think, but I slightly prefer it due to it wearing its British Beat invasion influences on it's sleeve, these guys had definitely heard Dave Clark Five, The Zombies, The Animals, The Who and some other bands that start with The. But that gives it a straight ahead pop/RNB vibe with a load of wonky psyche effects over the top. A good effort for the time and probably helped set the scene but it's not exactly crucial.

Wanna be monkeys.

This is of mild interest at best, and certainly non-essential. Despite the most unfortunate moniker and title, the first few cuts are solid ‘60s pop, getting things off to a promising start with an irresistibly hooky opener and the credibly dreamy “Onie” and the next cut sounding for all the world like Sonic Youth’s biggest hit. Then it gets pretty cringey pretty quickly, and veering irreversibly away from the mildly hip to the irredeemably square (see horns on “Quarter to Nine” and strings + harpsichord on “Counting House”). The jazzy bits are a somewhat welcome respite but not all that convincing or well executed— they are out of place basically. “World On Time” isn’t terrible. The closing trolley song is just awful, one of the more ill-advised tracks on any record in this entire list, easily worth a full point deduction. One assumes that was foisted on the lads by the professional songwriters they were assigned. Still, hard as one tries, it's difficult to see past what’s just about the dumbest band name ever (a half-point penalty is merited). Couldn’t have these cats come up with something better? Almost anything — the Electric Kumquats, anyone? — would have done

Tää jäi vähän tylsäksi. 60-luvulta on jäänyt paljon musiikkia tällekin listalle, ja niiden joukosta ei erotu edukseen.

Competent but emphatically unexciting music. Credit where it's due: they tried really, really hard to make interesting choices here. On occasion it's actually a bit insufferable. I am not surprised I haven't heard of them before and don't expect to hear of them again. Highlight: Onie

These guys could’ve used some prunes, they sound constipated. 2.3 stars

70s pop that doesn’t jump out enough for me.

it was fine. i wasn't loving it but it was a fine album. that was, until i got to the last song. by golly is right. toonerville trolly is either troll or just filler. shouldn't have made the cut.

Half-baked.

STANDOUTS: none. OVERALL: 2/5; I saw the band name and expected exactly this.

Ehhhhh this isn't very good, mostly because of the vocals.

There's enough psychedelic rock on the list already, thanks. No need for this annoying and uninspired offering. Keep your prunes acoustic. Or don't let your plums dry out.

Way too much oscillation in the effects. It’s not that groovy man.

When the reissue came out a few months ago (in 2024) on vinyl, I first listened to it on Qobuz. It was okay, not sure if it was vinyl-worthy for me.

a flat two stars. almost a 1, but a 2. I found nothing redeeming about this album except relief that there wasn't a godawful tribute bit at the end with raw demos of the songs.

this sucks and i dont know if it had to be that way

3 stars for the music, 1 star for belonging on this list. The fuzzy sound was already one before and better by the yardbirds. Don't know why these people would be influential

Not for me, would probably put it on if not much else was an option, but the album didn't stand out to me. First thought was that it's something I would hear in a store.

"Get me to the world on time" is a nice song, but otherwise not an album I would listen to again on purpose... Not a bad album, just a bit boring 2/5

I enjoyed the first song and then got bored.

???

I Had Too Much to Dream

Oh good! Another late 60’s rock album.

Psychedelic 60s , some of it is ok,some of it blows, all of it sounds dated

idk theyre decent. i dont feel like it was necessary 2.5/5

Meh

Almost certainly sounds better in mono but not enjoyable enough to track that down and relisten.

Meh, joku tässä soundissa tökkäs suoraan vastapalloon. Levy meni railakkaasti skippaillen ohi.

Ei noussu hirveen korkeelle edes keskinkertaisessa luokassa. Basic kakkonen

Not one I'll be revisiting. I reckon they recorded it in one sitting, there's more then a few dud notes at the end of toonerville trolley

Just the usual sixties stuff.

I do quite like the jangly 60s guitar sound but not enough to really like one artist exceptionally. I think I’d probably get a kick out of something like Now! That’s What I Call Jangle so nothing feels too samey/state. I appreciated that this was only 30 mins though

Kinda like the Mamas and the Pappas without any catchy tunes. Forgettable.

Too much to dream is a nugget. Otherwise pretty so-so psychedelic stuff. I think these guys went christian later.

Nice, if you like that sort of thing. Had never heard of them before.

Mid-psychedelic rock. Why would anyone think this needs to be listened to?

Early 60s pop. Nothing memorable here.

I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night was good, but…

Not that great.

2.5

Just glad this was a short album.

It was ok, but it sounds like every album from this time. Was short and forgettable

This album feels experimental in the same way as every album was experimental in this time. It feels influential but not really good

I kind of liked this. But I don’t think I’d listen to this unless someone else was like “I NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS!”

What an utterly bizarre album...which doesn't make it good or bad on its face. But there's no other way to describe this besides bizarre

Hab ich gar nicht gefühlt. Hippie-Esk

A lot of different tracks add to the appeal while also making you think what exactly is this album going for. I Had Too Much to Dream is a cool way to open, and is a clear standout. The slow love song Onie is the best track, and it's the one track I've added to my library

We get it Britain, life’s hard

Only knew the well-known opening songs and regarded this band as a singles band. Still do: the 60s garage rock sound is fine, but the songwriting is too weak.

This is all rather weak, about two leagues below the Beatles.

Boy, they really thought they had something here, didn't they? Smacks of high school angst. Less true psychedelic, more "let's take the Stones, Mamas & the Papas, and the Beatles and mash them into a grey paste." One additional star for being mercifully short.

Elsker første nummer! Det er åbneren på en super fed compilation der hedder Nuggets! Synes resten af pladen var ret hit-or-miss, formåede ikke rigtig at være konsistent selvom den er super kort. Jeg er en kæmpe hater de her dage, ved ikke hvad der sker! Er det en curse efter Britney?

Wow, ‘60s mixing did these boys dirty, but the invention of the tremolo pedal made them do themselves dirty, too. You used to be able to go into record stores, befriend the old man who owned the place, and eventually, he’d bring you down to the basement, where water-damaged records were stacked to the ceiling. These records were forgotten one-hit/no-hit wonders, records with absolutely nothing of value, records meant to be sampled or used as frisbees. They were so inessential, the record shop owner usually let you fill a bag and give him $5 and call it a day. This is the quintessential example of that type of record. It’s not the worst thing ever made, though its flaws hold it back. With better mixing, it could be a great garage rock record, with touches of psych rock. With less psych rock studio bullshitting, it’d be a memorable record, one that moves from the basement to the bargain bin. With a stronger, less studio fuck-around Side B, it’d be a solid 3/5. But unfortunately, it has major flaws. It’s a very odd inclusion as a result. I’ve heard more insufferable, but this is definitely the most forgettable. Would probably make a great frisbee, though!

A little funny this is, including considering the band was unhappy about it. Pretty interesting sound, though, with some nice use of fuzz and tremolo, but it fizzles out fairly quickly with some odd song directions. I also felt like my brain was trying too hard to process it all.

I liked the first song but the rest was pretty eh

Average 60s psychedelic album, nothing too remarkable.

Pretty ho hum for an "experimental" record. How can you write 2 minute psych songs and have them be boring?

Battling the 60s/70s psychedelic vibes here. It's ok, I guess.

Completely over the amount of psychedelic rock on this list - I see it has it's place but it really feels like the makers of this list must have had their formative years in the late 60s and early 70s - The Electric Prunes were VERY ordinary and I don't think should have a place on this list when so many other great bands and genres of music have been overlooked (well, so far at least ~120 albums in!) 2 stars because its not offensive, its just boring

Not feeling this at all. A strong two stars. "However, the original group disbanded by 1968 when they proved unable to record the innovative and complex arrangements by David Axelrod on the albums Mass in F Minor and Release of an Oath." Huh.

It’s alright. Onie is actually kinda pretty. Train for Tomorrow is good. But that’s really it. The rest is just boring. I don’t understand why this was selected for this list. Not enough here.

The sound quality isn’t great, maybe the worst I’be heard on Apple Music. I had to much to dream last night is an elite song title. Sadly the production quality holds the song back as well as the album 4.3/10

the trippier ones are pretty cool. everything else is meh. trolley song should have never happened

There’s some obscenely slow terrible songs on this ablum. Would have been ok but they just kill it.

Three songs in, I'm loving the period psychedelic influences. Fluid, echoy guitars, sudden tempo changes, distant forlorn vocals... In particular, I'm loving Onie as a blissfully somber song. The jazzy left turn on Train for Tomorrow, while unexpected, was kind of nice. Wish they had puched the bass up a bit more in their mix overall -- it comes through pretty buried and muddy. Get Me to the World on Time comes through as phoned in. It tries to have umph, but sort of falls flat to me. This one lost me in the second half. I was into it up until side two, but there just wasn't anything worth staying for on the back half in my opinion. Started out as a solid 4. Ends a weak 3 leaning down towards a 2. Honestly, Toonerville Trolley and The King is in the Counting House are enough to push me over the edge. 2 it is.

meh. Lot's of other acts from the time did this same thing better. Interesting for sure, but the best part of the album was when "For Your Love" came on and then I realized the album was over and I was listening to the Yardbirds.

this was decent, but not great. The style was all over the place. very unfocused.

This album made me feel like I was in my parents station wagon while they smoke cigarettes with the window barely cracked. This wasn't even good enough for oldies 104.3 WJMK. Not Dick Biondi-worthy.

2 stars. nothing too groundbreaking to my ears.

Forgettable psychedelic bubblegum. But not all was lost, I took a deeply satisfying dump after listening. Thanks prunes!

I feel like this era thought it was just soo cool to have separate left and right tracks. I almost find it distracting. Why is my left ear only hearing drums?

2-3 good songs + nursery rhyme filler does not make a great album

Неровный альбом с парой хороших песен. Лучшая песня - I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night).

I mean... Ok? It just felt like basic 60s vamping. Not bad, but not great.

Standard mid 60s rock with some psychedelic moments and the now ubiquitous inclusion of baroque following the Beatles and Stones. Not really special enough to me.

Look at their past members list on wikipedia. Maybe slightly better than most surf/psych rock if it’s time. It nothing crazy

This album sounded like 6 different albums in one and none was particularly good

Meh