Spin Spin Spin/Its About Time/Blue Jack Of Diamonds/Electrallentando/At The Mountains Of Madness/Mobius Trip/High Flying Bird/Nothing’s Boy/Keeper Of The Keys
The follow up album from the Chicago psychedelic band H. P. Lovecraft was considered more progressive than its predecessor. Lack of commercial success resulted in the group soon disbanding.
“Easily one of the best and most innovative psychedelic albums from the era. Freakout hippie jams combined with classical and electronic touches with great harmony vocals.”
“H.P. Lovecraft's second studio album is an absolutely fantastic follow-up to their debut. Here they took one step closer to psychedelic folk, and such folk influences are strongly present throughout much of the album, even though this belongs primarily to the psych rock category.”
“This album is one hell of an underrated totality, offering us the psych icon song At The Mountains Of Madness, the peaceful but trippy Electrallentando, the folkish Spin Spin Spin and a bunch of other great songs.”
“Continuing in a similar vein as their debut, this one features a little more of a laid back sound, though the psych flavour is even stronger. Like their first, no psych music collection would be complete without it.
“Extended tracks such as It's About Time and At The Mountains Of Madness opted for dense, highly orchestrated arrangements, with rambling percussion, sleepy treated vocals and spacey synthesizer tones. While the results occasionally drifted to the dull and ponderous Electrallentando, it still made for an interesting listen.”
“One of the key psychedelic albums. Hugely atmospheric - listen in the dark and it will take you places. With a timeless day-glo sleeve that stays permanently fresh and eye catching even after four decades. It epitomises the strengths and weakness of US psychedelia - a desperate shortage of good male singers, dreary derivative café folk melodies and harmonies.”
“You want to know what acid rock is. Well it doesn't get any better than this. This will make you feel like peaking in a crash pad near Haight-Ashbury. Can you dig it?”
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