Every time I listen to this album, which is a lot, I find something new that reinforces my thought that this is one of the best albums of all time. Not a bad track to be heard anywhere. Light years ahead of its time. Arthur Lee just has to be the most creative artist that relatively few people have even heard of. Worth several listens.

A great album in all facets of music making. There aren't any bad songs and most of them are great themselves. It is expertly arranged and layered and the creativity is noticeable still, over 50 years later. There isn't really anything bad that I can say about this album other than it isn't completely perfect. The standout songs for me were "Alone Again Or", "A House Is Not a Motel", "Andmoreagain", "The Red Telephone", "You Set the Scene" and "Maybe The People Would Be The Times Or Between Clark And Hilldale" which is my favorite.

Recorded in the same year The Beatles released Sgt Pepper, so for a start this LP had a mountain to climb. Add to that, this band was a real mix of musical styles and ideas led by Arthur Lee, a man who was a stickler for technical perfection. The album sounds years ahead of its time, even now in 2018. There are elements of psychedelia, jazz and rock which meld seamlessly into a coherent whole. Only Jethro Tull, many years later, would later bring snot into a song, also on a pivotal album!

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You can keep Dylan, cave, Morrissey, Cohen etc. Now, did any of that lot come up with lyrics as good as these? "Oh the snot has caked against my pants, it has turned into crystal". Thought not.

Really top and bottom heavy in my opinion. The middle just isn't as interesting and the album suffers as a result.

This is the most underrated album of all time. Hands down.
From start to finish this album is perfect. The opening track hooks you in and doesn't let go until the album finishes.

Some of the strangest and most interesting songwriting out there. Really nothing like it

Melodie pop, soluzioni psichedeliche e svisate proto hard che convivono in uno dei migliori mondi musicali possibili; orchestrazioni che ci sono ma manco te ne accorgi, tanto sono discrete; lampi di chitarre elettriche che sembrano poste nel più naturale dei modi all'interno di un contesto acustico. Se solo fossero durati di più…

The instrumentation in this is spectacular.