Blue Monday/Enjoy Yourself/Hoochie Kootchie Man/I Feel It/Trombodo/Portrait Of Youth/Crazy Woman/She Don’t Care/Time Has Slipped Away/To Be Free/Darlin’/Miles Away
Self titled only album release from the Colorado blues rock group Dragonfly. They employed a distorted guitar sound with some hard rock and a dose of psychedelia.
“Anyone who likes the high energy late 60s blues rock sound, simply has to get this, listen to it once, and have their minds blown. Not only are all the songs, completely amazing, but it's right up there with the best, for experimental effects as well, but these songs are all grounded in biker blues, fuzz glory. The vocals are fabulous. If any band today could pull this off, they would all make millions of dollars each.”
“The fuzz guitar is really well-done throughout, the vocals, drumming and even the 60s sounding keyboards are great. However, the best thing about the album is that the song-craft is excellent. These are songs that actually have high-quality composition, melody, production and are almost 'catchy' in terms of being likeable.”
“Dragonfly is fuzzed out psychedelia of the first order. If you like fuzz-laden music with a few quirky twists, this is an LP you must get.
“It encompasses the whole vibe of that era, very much of its time, and rocks with passion. Imaginative songs, with more than competent musicianship. If you really love that era's sound, it is in full force here.”
“Dragonfly's only studio album is a great hard rocking psychedelic record with really nice fuzz guitars and everything. Maybe it's not the greatest totality ever but it is certainly a highly enjoyable record for every psych fan out there.”
“This is mostly pedestrian hard rock, with some psychedelic studio flourishes (backwards tape loop, laughter, abrupt changes and weird passages). The playing and singing are good and the energy and drive are there. There is an undeniable spark, but the songs are just not very strong. Blue Monday and Enjoy Yourself are probably my favourites here since they stick to the successful uptempo, hard blues stoner rock formula, but then their efforts to expand the sound don't really come together. Dime-a-dozen stuff, really.”
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