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.

The best album of the 60s! Too hard to choose the top tracks, most of them are masterpieces in their own right. It takes a couple of listens to get into, if you, like me, haven't really heard anything like it before.

Top 3: House is not a motel, red telephone, you set the scene

87/100
Fav tracks: Alone again or, You set the scene, The red telephone