SURREALISTIC PILLOW

This is a really fabulous classic psych rock album, culminating the lovely hippie charms on a singular disc. The only minor flaws on the LP seem to be one filler track; "My Best Friend" seems a quite poor rant out of place here when compared to the rest of the material. Also this band was really at their best on live stage. Though the classic compositions here are awesome in quality, they got a bit stronger punch on the group's jam oriented live performances. In my opinion the best versions of classic "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" are their Woodstock 1969 performances, which are also nicely available from Woodestock documentary films and recordings, offering also the visual experience of this group, and it is interesting to realize that this event happened nearly fourty years ago. The union of male and female vocals create a nice sexual tension to this music, though the charismatic lady singer probably draws the main attention among the band personnel. Fragile "Today" and "Comin' Back To Me" create a beautiful silent folk sequences between the more aggressive marvelous tracks like "She Has Funny Cars" and "3/5 Of A Mile In 10 Seconds". These are also songs which I suggest of hunting down from some of their live recordings. "Embryonic Journey" shows the acoustic side of the guitarist, who has Finnish roots and has had a solo career in the present days. On a whole, I consider this record an essential album for fans of 1960's rock & early psych movement.