Love
1967
Tracks
1. Stephanie Knows Who
2. Orange Skies
3. Que Vida
4. Seven And Seven Is
5. Castle
6. She Comes In Colours
7. Revelation
Amanda: The book called this one of the most schizophrenic albums of all time. They were referring to the fact that the last track is nineteen minutes which is longer than all the other songs combined. Everyone really hates "Revelation" but loves the other tracks. I tend to agree. "Revelation" is pretty self indulgent and boring. However, the other tracks are simply delightful; they reminded me of Cat Stevens. If you exclude the last track, you can listen to the rest in under twenty minutes which is something that I greatly recommend. Not the best, but I will take what I can get after the long train of psychadelic rock albums.
RATING:
Brie: Exactly what I was going to say, Amanda, "Revelation" is self indulgent. It is nineteen minutes and takes up an entire album side. At the beginning you get really into the guitar and harmonica and you're having a great time. But then it just goes on and on and on and on.... I disagree, however, that the other tracks were delightful. They were just so-so. Da Capo pales in comparison to other Love albums. "Seven and Seven Is" was awesome, though. And "She Comes In Colors" was pretty neat. I really liked the flute or whatever it was and the other thing. Haha. Don't I sound articulate? It's very hard to describe; you'll just have to listen to it! :)
The use of an entire side of an album for one song was a fairly new thing at the time. Frank Zappa's "Return of the Son of the Monster Magnet" and Bob Dylan's "Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" are also considered be among the first to do that.
RATING:
I like the adventurous spirit of this album. It really delivers the psychedelia, with some jazz influence in places. Most interesting is the beginning of their great songwriting on "Orange Skies", "Que Vida" and "She Comes In Colors" which would later peak with the amazing songs on Forever Changes.
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