Do It/Heavenly Man/Say You Love Me/War Girl/Never Never Land/Track One Side Two/Thor/Teenage Rebel/ Uncle Harry's Last Freakout/The Dream Is Just Beginning
Never Neverland was the debut album from the psychedelic band Pink Fairies who were prominent in the London underground scene. They have been credited as promoting free music, drug use and performing impromptu gigs and various other agitprop stunts.
“Pink Fairies were one of the instantly blossomed, insane bands of the early seventies that loved to mix hard rock and progressive with interesting imagery. Never Neverland was the only album from the band of any significance, and is regarded as a classic.”
“Sounding for all the world like a less spacey, more poppy, and more hard rock oriented version of Hawkwind, Pink Fairies' debut album delivers a psychedelic sound which clearly represents a major update from the 1960s, and bridges the gap between the hippie era classics and neo-psychedelic works.”
“The Pink Fairies debut Never Neverland is an essential part of any record collection. The album contains many elements that make it unique such as psych, punk, space, and heavy rock. I find each track to be a short story.”
“The first Fairies album is a mind-melting mix of drug-fuelled psychedelic atmosphere and scorching, feedback-driven acid guitar garage rock, with a remarkable nod to what would be later called punk. Great lyrics, raging vocals, a fierce rhythm section and some veritable classics.”
“I rate it above average, but not much. Heavenly Man, War Girl and the title track are my favourite songs. Those reveal that they were able to write songs. However, the rest is either boring jam or badly produced garage rock.”
“Where this album really succeeds is that over the course of its length it is quite a varied release which is quite hard to categorise. Its not really late 60s psych nor is it really early 70s rock.”
“The opener, while pretty rockin' musically, has some of the dumbest lyrics ever. Heavenly Man is an unusual psych ballad while War Girl has some fantastic guitar and a bit of an R & B sound. The title track is an excellent song, part underground rock, part minimalist noise. Uncle Harry's Last Freakout is a solid slice of guitar freak-outs, though it gets a bit long.”
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