Epistle To Paradise/Shadows Of Your Mind/Art’s A Happy Man/You Don’t Care/Bridge Under The Sky/Face Behind The Sun/Dainty General Rides/Civilization Machine
Self titled sole album from the Ontario psychedelic group Plastic Cloud. Some excellent guitar work, but let down by indifferent vocals and a few lengthy jamming tracks.
“This is a record with few equals, full of foreboding melodies and lovely hippie harmonies, as well as some of the most superb and trippiest, Eastern sounding fuzz guitar ever recorded.”
“The Plastic Cloud left only this one classic eponymous album as a recorded legacy. The guitar work is incredible throughout. Don Brewer's compositions leave lots of room for lead guitarist Mike Cadieux's incredible solos and lead lines. Its a crime that this album and band didn't receive the publicity they deserved.”
“Not good enough to be a real masterpiece, but is still a fantastic record. The music is a mix of psych, garage, pop and folk, with lots of fuzz and west coast influenced vocals in some songs.”
“The music is mostly very good but their group vocals are the main reason why this doesn't hit me that hard. Worth giving a shot if you like your psychedelic rock to be very fuzzy.”
“Plastic Cloud's lone studio album is very much forgotten, but a very high quality piece of the 60s psychedelic/garage rock. The music here is driven by very fuzzy and awesome guitar work, great songwriting and nice vocals.”
“The LP's only real problem is that it doesn't have that one track that really kills. The first couple of tracks on either side come close, and while there's really nice fuzz guitar leads throughout and the two longer cuts are heady with a nice vibe, the lack of a real standout song quells any sort of essential status.”
“A very basic live-in-the-studio acid rock set, but very well captured. Text book acid folk-rock sound. Weaknesses are the lack of variation and originality and as so often in these albums, the one or two extra hot tracks needed to boost an album into classic status.”
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