SONG OF INNOCENCE

The album is timeless and meticulously crafted like beautiful artistic riches. David Axelrod's 1968 album "Song Of Innocence" is a masterpiece of what they would call "Baroque Pop". The record was the first of two tributes to 18th century artist/poet William Blake in which each song title & the album title is also the title of a William Blake poem . Its fully instrumental with an even mix of rock, jazz & classical or orchestral styled songs. Axelrod wasn't ever a film composer but his early music slightly resembles some of the more wild film music from the period. Imagine Jack Nitsche colliding with Ennio Moricone with a dash of Roy Budd, though Axelrod is truly unlike any other. This album is a masterpiece of serious music beyond genres and would appeal to all serious music lovers who have a taste for the strange and funky, especially if you want to hear the tightest drumming ever layed down fused with beautiful complex melodies & jazzy psychedelic excursions. It is a key album of the 60s, unlike any before or since. Ear Candy of the highest order.