Tracks
- I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
- Bangles
- Onie
- Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less)
- Train for Tomorrow
- Sold to the Highest Bidder
- Get Me to the World on Time
- About a Quarter to Nine
- The King Is in the Counting House
- Luvin'
- Try Me on for Size
- The Toonerville Trolley
The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night) is a curious album. It's a mixed bag of songs that lean toward a psychedelic sound.
This album is sort of a cross between the Sonics and Jefferson Airplane. It's a psychedelic album performed by a garage rock band. Not only that, the band had a professional writing much of the songs, so there are a handful of songs that just don't fit: Onie, Sold to the Highest Bidder, The King Is in the Counting House and The Toonerville Trolley. These oddities could be interesting when tripping on acid, I suppose, but they just don't fit.
This album doesn't seem to be a necessary album to listen to. It's not terrible, but it's not great either. Neither is it some outlier that had a substantial impact in the music world. In the context of the 1001 Albums list, it stands aloof.
There are some good songs that might be worth listening to if the opportunity presents itself. The stand outs are: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), Bangles, Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less), Train for Tomorrow, Get Me to the World on Time, Luvin' and Try Me on for Size. Perhaps if these songs were the only ones on the album, I'd have better things to say about it. However, the problem would then be album length. Can an album really be an album if it's only fifteen minutes long?
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
This album is sort of a cross between the Sonics and Jefferson Airplane. It's a psychedelic album performed by a garage rock band. Not only that, the band had a professional writing much of the songs, so there are a handful of songs that just don't fit: Onie, Sold to the Highest Bidder, The King Is in the Counting House and The Toonerville Trolley. These oddities could be interesting when tripping on acid, I suppose, but they just don't fit.
This album doesn't seem to be a necessary album to listen to. It's not terrible, but it's not great either. Neither is it some outlier that had a substantial impact in the music world. In the context of the 1001 Albums list, it stands aloof.
There are some good songs that might be worth listening to if the opportunity presents itself. The stand outs are: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night), Bangles, Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoying It Less), Train for Tomorrow, Get Me to the World on Time, Luvin' and Try Me on for Size. Perhaps if these songs were the only ones on the album, I'd have better things to say about it. However, the problem would then be album length. Can an album really be an album if it's only fifteen minutes long?
★★★★★☆☆☆☆☆
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