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On Begin, hard rock, breezy ballads, and psychedelia all merge into an absolutely air-tight concept album, easily on the level of other, more widely popular albums from the era such as The Notorious Byrd Brothers, which share not only Usher's production skills, but similarities in concept and construction.
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The History of The Albums – n°391
1968 is such a crazy year that some bands/artists of the top 20/30 albums could have largely conquered for a place in the Top 10 of any other year from 1980. Here are some examples: The United States of America, Silver Apples, Small Faces, Dr.John or The Millennium. In fact, few people in the general public know The Millennium, it's reserved for specialists or underground fans, yet they released an absolutely fantastic album, the one and only under ... read more
600 FOLLOWER SPECIAL
Wowzers for 600 followers I’ve decided to do a bit of a shorter review for an album that’s finally starting to really cement itself as a classic. Spotify cooked probably the most it ever has in suggesting this album to me as I immediately fell in love with it from first listen.
Begin is, if you ask me, the pinnacle of Sunshine Pop. The genre on the whole pretty firmly died going into the 70s, but had a lot of pretty mainstream examples in the mid to late 60s ... read more
So uplifting, but not that light!...
I was so happy I stumbled upon this album today, because I've been in a good mood and this just happened to boost it even more.
"Begin" by pop band The Millenium is actually an insane record. It features everything from abstract noise ("Anthem (Begin))", to jazz influenced cuts ("I Just Want to be Your Friend"), to Indian music passages ("Karmic Dream Sequences"), to what I believe might be the earliest instrumental ... read more
A warm welcome to summer.
Relaxing, sunny goodness is what The Millenium has to offer with their classic 1968 album Begin. Unfortunately the public must have disagreed for Begin was also their end. One album and none other.
The lyric writing is very psychedelic and strange, it can have this uneasy vibe to it at times that adds more to the underground, forgotten feel this album has.
The productionis amazing here. Keith Olsen went on to do Fleetwood Mac production, and you can kinda hear it. ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Prelude 1:18 | 85 |
| 2 | To Claudia on Thursday 3:25 | 88 |
| 3 | I Just Want to Be Your Friend 2:37 | 87 |
| 4 | 5 a.m. 2:39 | 91 |
| 5 | I'm With You 2:35 | 84 |
| 6 | The Island 3:21 | 84 |
| 7 | Sing to Me 2:19 | 81 |
| 8 | It's You 3:21 | 84 |
| 9 | Some Sunny Day 3:24 | 84 |
| 10 | It Won't Always Be the Same 2:58 | 85 |
| 11 | The Know It All 2:40 | 83 |
| 12 | Karmic Dream Sequence #1 5:57 | 86 |
| 13 | There Is Nothing More to Say 2:24 | 92 |
| 14 | Anthem (Begin) 2:43 | 68 |
| 15 | Blight 2:55 | 76 |
| 16 | Just About the Same 2:22 | 75 |
Total Length: 46 minutes
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