Track Listing

1. H-O-P-P-Why?
2. Mind Blown Is a Mind Shown
3. New Messiah Coming 1985
4. Aoum
5. Empires of the Sun

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #266861 in Music
• Released on: 2002-07-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import

Customer Reviews

A cult classic
A seminal influence on the communal/anarcho hippy band Amon Duul (see under 'krautrock'). It's free flowing percussive, very repetitive with minimal but grooving bass lines. It's based around the work of two trendy London designers with the assistance of various musicians. Sometimes it spaces off, but not too far.. it's also quite earthed in it's technical simplicity. It is uplifted by guitar interpositions, casual and dreamy, yet very alive with a sweetly razor edged lyrical groove. There are breathy ecstatic shoutings of the lyrics.. H-0-P-P-Y. It's mad tripped out music from the height of the velevet loon pant era, c.1967. I think it's single minded motorik repetitiveness predates a later period in rock typified by 'Neu!'. I can't compare this with anything else before Amon Duul 1. With it's influence on the krautrock scene, it's actually a quietly deeply influential album by default. Originals on red vinyl cost a fortune. If you can appreciate the truly avant garde in rock's history, you will rate this very highly. It may take several listenings till it really grows on you.

Hilarious, man!
Admittedly, I bought this as a Spooky Tooth fan, hoping it might be similar to the Art - Supernatural Fairy Tales album. It isn't, but it's still worth owning for its '60s-London vibe. Art, Spooky's pre-Gary Wright assemblage, play here, but not in any distinguishable way. Rather, one tripped-out party seems to have happened! A Mind Blown is a Mind Shown - titles like that are inspired. The only low point for me is the sound of someone of distinctly male persuasion faking (?) orgasm during the last track. The percussion is great, as is the mad rant at the end. Buy if you don't take rock'n'roll too seriously.