Flying High/Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine/Death Sound/Porpoise Mouth/Section 43/Super Bird/Sad & Lonely Times/Love/Bass Strings/The Masked Marauder/Grace
Electric Music For Mind & Body, the debut album from Country Joe & The Fish perhaps epitomised, more than any other, the psychedelia of the Summer of Love. (US:39)
"This record is the 'Rosetta Stone' for psychedelic music. If you want to hear the real deal; this is it. Nothing has ever been it's equal in this genre. The music, blends blues, folk and rock, in ways only dreamed of. Nobody else could match its complex mix of old and 'never heard of before'. The sounds and words played here are like a time capsule. Truly one of the great albums from a period of truly great music."
"True to its cleverly pretentious title, Electric Music For The Mind & Body ranks up there as one of the most influential debut albums ever released. Remarkable for its innovative use of swirling instrumentation, odd chord sequences, abrupt switches in tempo and strange, image-laden lyrics. Several of its best tracks (in particular the deeply atmospheric Bass Strings, the wonderfully eerie Section 43, the bizarrely structured Masked Marauder and the even weirder Grace) remain quite unlike anything heard before or since."
"Though psych/rock and acid rock are seemingly interchangeable terms, they invoke a slightly different nuance. This album seems more appropriately defined as acid rock. It's dreamy, trippy, ethereal, west coast acid rock, featuring Barry Melton's somewhat jerky style of lead guitar, some fuzz, lots of Voxx organ, and a mix of vocal and instrumental tracks. The band would never again achieve the heights of greatness exhibited on this debut."
"The 1967 debut by Country Joe and The Fish is truly one of the most important albums to come out of the psychedelic era, and probably the best example of the San Francisco sound at that time. The album's single, Not So Sweet Martha Lorraine is one of the strongest tracks, a biting anti-romantic love song. Other highlights include the opener, Flying High. Instrumentally, the album is tight. Barry Melton's lead guitar is great, and the organ gives the album a mellow, trippy vibe. I would recommend Electric Music For The Mind & Body to anyone who is interested in 60s psychedelic rock."
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