Evolution/This Way Please/Starvation/I’ll Be Around/Seeing Is Believing/My Time/A Nice Surprise/Every Day/Tell Me Why/Reaching Out To You
Power Plant was the only album release from the Texan psychedelic rock band The Golden Dawn. This album comprises mostly concise garage rock and blues inflected songs.
“Most of the tracks are good, but I would have liked to see a bit more of the signature garage guitar and organ work. The haunting guitar and desperate vocals of This Way Please makes for a great psych number. Starvation shows how the vocalist must have been listening to a lot of Roky Erickson and perhaps tried imitation, something done on many tracks here. Overall though a fine album.”
“It has a good vibe, far out lyrics and although the singer has a limited range I liked it. despite the over hype, a very nice addition to your psych/garage collection.”
“Golden Dawn were one of Texas' major psychedelic exports. You will be transported back to the days when things were so much easier because the lines were drawn more clearly between those who were enlightened and those who were not. Every song transports you to the era when and where we thought we were going to change the world by combining drugs with music. Golden Dawn is as fresh today as it was back then.”
“Some of this reminds me of Love but some tracks are heavier. Lots of sitar and some great guitar work, trippy lyrics for sure. An LP worth searching for as it is an excellent example of late sixties rock and fun to reminisce.”
“Every song on this album is psychedelic through and through; there is a unique energy to each song. I just wished they had put out more albums.”
“While Power Plant by The Golden Dawn isn't a bad album I probably expected too much from it. It's pretty basic garage pop/rock album and it's not as psychedelic as I hoped. Of course there is some psychedelic flavoured rock but not as much as I thought there would be. The vocals are pretty annoying. This Way Please and Seeing Is Believing might be the best songs here. The album closer Reaching Out To You is also pretty beautiful. There are also some very mediocre tracks which I don't enjoy at all.”
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