Koeeaddi There/The Minotaur’s Song/Witches Hat/A Very Cellular Song/Mercy I Cry City/Waltz Of The New Moon/The Water Song/Three Is A Green Crown/Swift As The Wind/Nightfall
The Incredibles hit a creative peak with The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, their best remembered and most commercially successful LP. All their future albums would disappoint in comparison. (US:161 UK:5)
"There's so much to love about this album both in quality of songs, and in the mood and attitude. It makes a great 'soundtrack to life' perhaps because it's so full of contradictions much like life itself. It's mystical and fairy tale-esque, yet earthy and realistic. It's edgy and experimental, yet whimsical and heartfelt. It's classical and pure, yet free and wild."
"The music on the album is psychedelic folk rock with progressive elements. The 13 minute long A Very Cellular Song is the best example of the progressive side of the band’s sound. The band play fully acoustic music. The many different instruments create a varied and warm soundscape, and some of the most exotic ones also create an eastern tinged sound. The vocals by Robin Williamson and Mike Heron are pleasant, warm and at times quirky and humorous. The atmosphere varies between jolly and dark, which the band masters really well. All songs are well written and cleverly arranged and the production is of high quality too. Highly recommended."
"The songwriting, singing performances, choice of instrumentation seem as outrageously creative today as they did in the 60s. There will never be another band as innovative."
"Viewed by many die-hard fans as the jewel in the crown of Stringdom, this is the album to demonstrate, above all others, just what makes this unique band so wonderful. From the opening dream-like reflections on childhood to the exquisite dying fall of Nightfall, this is strange, exotic, mesmerising and mysterious stuff. Oh, and it just happens to be incredibly beautiful as well."
"The Incredibles really had nowhere new to go after this and, despite sporadic flashes of brilliance on subsequent albums, this represents a peak from which they had no choice but to decline."
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