Money Man/Jeremy Carabine/When She Comes To Stay/Guru/Come Around/Time Track/Gas Board Underdog/ Inside The Secret/Orange Lace/Planting Bad Seeds/Yours For At Least 24/Follow The Path Of The Stars/Prince Of Germany The First/Clearway 51
Self titled sole album from the English psychedelic rock group Skip Bifferty. They came under the wing of manager Don Arden, but after quickly falling out with him they changed their name to Heavy Jelly without any improvement in fortune.
“This band mixes dancehall/English vaudeville melodies with eccentric lyrics a pounding, somewhat inelegant piano, raunchy guitars, quirky melodies and spacious arrangements. Some of their songs are hackneyed and sillier than others.”
“Inconsistent (and all the really good songs are on Side A) and not trippy enough for my liking, but it's melodic and contains a sufficient amount of good material to satisfy curiosity without disappointment.”
“If psychedelia turns just a bit more flowery than Skip Bifferty it will become a rose garden of earthly delirium. The album is like a carpet of many colours and fantastic patterns – or to be more precise it is like a magic carpet that takes you flying high above so many fairytale isles. Musically the album is extremely generous and lush, so listening to it I felt as if I was resting in a treasury full of luxuriant jewellery.”
“You will find fourteen very short psychedelic pop tracks from this, Skip Bifferty's only studio album. The instrumental work isn't anything exceptional and I found the vocals a bit too generic for my taste. Fortunately there are some better parts for example Come Around, Inside The Secret and Follow The Path Of The Stars, but as a whole this album doesn't convince me.”
“Skip Bifferty's self titled, lone album sits as one of the best in the genre. They brought a catchy, power pop approach to psychedelia.”
“Soaked in and made of English cynical optimism, observational satire and scenesetting psychedelia, this record is an utterly perfect meld of atmosphere, lyricism and perfect pop psych rock sensibility.”
“Outstanding freakbeat psychedelia that really impressed me on first listen.”
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