Another Time/Playmate/Ballad To An Amber Lady/(Oh Dear) Miss Morse/Drop Out/Morning Song/Regions Of May/Uncle John/I Shall Not Care/The Surrealist Waltz
One Nation Underground was the debut album from the Florida acid folk group Pears Before Swine. Their music has been described as shrouded in innovative arrangements and presenting a philosophical aura.
“Even though I am a die-hard Tom Rapp fan it has been many years since One Nation Underground made a tour around my turntable. As elegant and sophisticated as Tom's later work would become there is still a charm to this very raw but significant debut. Often labelled as acid-folk it's an accurate description that would be easily recognized on the initial listen. What is not so easily apparent is how such an amateurish sounding album could be conceived as brilliant. The biased answer is simply Tom Rapp.”
“This disc sounds like the sketchbook of someone steeped in the acid folk movement of the mid-sixties. It's good. It's strange. There are some very beautiful songs here. Some are trapped in the past while others hover outside of time. Tom Rapp's vocal style is an acquired taste and it sounds like he is trying out different approaches, some which work and others which do not.”
“Among the best folk-psych out there. A true gem from the '60s. Every song is amazing. Uncle John is more timely than ever. The opening song is incredible, as is the last, and everything in between."
“Even though one or two songs are rather average, One Nation Underground is still an amazingly strong psychedelic folk album with lots of awesome tunes. It kicks off with Another Time which might be one of the best psychedelic folk songs from the 60s. Such a beautiful tune.”
“As a psych folk band, I always liked Pearls Before Swine. Tom Rapp, being a history nerd, laces these tunes with such a golden olden feeling. Even his voice wavers in a way similar to that of a record playing on an old phonograph. It's about as consistent as what you'd expect from an acid-influenced hippie folk album from the late 60s, but songs like Another Time, Playmate and Region Of May break into your mind. Some great songs, hippie mantras, a far out band, protest songs and some downright strange moments.”
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