This actually is that distant, fuzzy memory, floating around out there in that fragile goodbye.
Nobody, and it’s not even close, did more for the birth of modern music than Elvis Presley. To the King, the pioneer, the original rock star, the greatest of all time, thank you.
To one of the greatest performers of our modern time, and I do not say this lightly, thank you for gifting us the beauty of your art and song.
At the birth of arguably another Dylan-inspired movement, rock-country was given its pinnacle as far as ‘sound’. Every bluegrass instrument you can think of, vocal style, that perfect amount of warmth and… just that southern love.
This albums certainly entered overrated territory, but understandably so. Its swung far forward into being applauded almost primarily for things external of the music itself; influence and creativity.
The genuineness in her voice, the raw, earthy, acoustic sound of each and every song is just beautiful. So many themes, but all so real. Whether it’s lighthearted or darker and more emotional, the production is minimal and suits the music beautifully. These aren’t ‘covers’ there interpretations expressed from a place of honesty, something I don’t think any pop song the last 50 years has done.
One of the best one-off psych records for sure. This wasn't some meaningless double album with a bunch of random filler songs and "psych sounds". A tight, quality collection of tracks that do a perfect job at incorporating the psychedelic sound with the SMBands blues-rock. It didn't lose its character, only gained some.
(If this album had 2-3 great standout singles it'd be much higher)
Great songwriting in it of itself, but the sound lacks character and becomes stale after a while, and like most of Springsteens more ‘introspective’ work, it lacks actual personality. Great work in general though.
Drifting from the most straightforward psychedelic hard-rock sound of the previous record, they took on a much ‘bluesier’ and harder sound, and it works well.
Not sure there’s any other band with a larger collection of pure talent. Phenomenal highs on this record, but they clearly had a lot of room to evolve and develop their creative direction.
The goth levels have decreased, and been replaced with a bit more introspection and melody.
Such a high quality collection of great songs. Though it seemingly jumps from a bluesy jam to some introspective love song, the flow really works.
Think this marks the point where they began to develop a much more coherent sound, they sound much tighter.
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