Pipe Dream/There’s A Chance We Can Make It/Life Is Just A Cher O’Bowlies/Gloria/Intermission/Albert Common Is Dead/Summer Is The Man/Baby I Want You/Let’s Get Together/Take My Love/Rush Hour/That’s All Folks
Electric Comic Book, the follow up LP from the psychedelic garage rock group Blues Magoos, was rather less successful than their debut. It signalled the end of their commercial career. (US:74)
“Madcap music and special effects helped these all-American hippies create a crazy blend of pop art and cartoonish musical lunacy that brightened up the late sixties.”
“While they may not have been that technically proficient or original, Blues Magoos wrote some catchy psychedelic tunes, fully equipped to enhance a journey to the centre of your mind, or to just sit back and enjoy.”
“There was a type of psych rock that was a mixture of garage band and psych and this is that type. The band was less about being on acid than having fun and that's just cool. They made some of the best garage psych rock tunes ever. It's just good bouncy stuff that isn't too completely psyched out.”
“The gradual deterioration of the compositions on Electric Comic Book reveal the lack of substance the band possessed. Side two offered tracks which are just a cut above disturbing aural chaos.”
“They wrote incredible music, with complex melody lines, typical of the period. Ambitious arrangements and superb instrumental work was fronted by great vocals and vocal harmonies. This is a kind of music, which can be much better appreciated today, in retrospect, especially in view of the fact that it is so much better than anything made today. Musically the group could be easily considered proto-prog, since their music travels way beyond the pop of their era and the amount of musical ideas present here is staggering. This is a gem and a must to anybody seriously interested in rock history.”
“Although a notch or two below its predecessor there were many encouraging signs that these guys should have lasted longer. Songs they wrote like Pipe Dream and Life Is Just A Cher O'Bowlies are worthy of a band trying to gain respect and popularity. Side two is not as good and it might give an indication of their limitations.”
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