Cookbook/Morning Dew/Le Voyage/You Don’t Love Me/Strings & Things/Last Train To Clarksville/Dreams/Hold On/Lonely
Self titled debut album from the now largely forgotten Cleveland rock group The Damnation Of Adam Blessing. Consists of a mixture of psychedelia, blues, folk and pop. (US:181)
“The Damnation of Adam Blessing is considered their best album out of four produced from 1969-1972. They are all heads over heels when compared to a lot of current 'big name' staples of classic rock radio.”
“What a steal. It hits all the right spots. Their cover of Morning Dew is for my money, the best version I've heard. It makes the hair stand up on my arms. The guitar playing throughout is top notch and the producer did a fine job of creating a sound that locks right in with the bands sound. Dark, claustrophobic, ominous, making those soaring moments throughout the LP even more dramatic.”
“Hard to say exactly why I like this album so much, but I do. It just seems to push all the right buttons for me. Though from Cleveland, they really have the Texas sound down pat. This is psych tinged, mostly fairly hard rock, with the obligatory soft cuts thrown in, and featuring some great wah-wah guitar work. Perhaps their strongest feature is the vocal harmonies, haunting at times, and their excellent songwriting. All in all, this album deserves a much better reputation than it currently enjoys among collectors of underground rock.”
“A fairly worthwhile but inconsistent record, bridging the late psychedelic and early hard rock eras, with occasional strong traces of blues-rock, psychedelia, folk-rock, and pop.”
“The songs are well-crafted, but nothing stands out for me. I wouldn't even classify this as hard rock. Heavy-blues based psychedelia and they do the job well. One of those albums where the sum of the parts is less than the whole."
“Not all humdrum. Cookbook has some fun lyrics about loneliness, Hold On got my toes tapping. The lyrics carry more emotional depth than most albums of the time.”
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