Da Capo
by Love

The music of Love embraced psychedelic pop melody with baroque arrangements as accomplished as any of those produced by Van Dyke Parks and Brian Wilson. The arrangements on 'Da Capo' are among the most eccentric of the time, alternating between manic epileptic assaults such as 'Seven And Seven Is' (a classic of garage-rock that anticipated punk-rock a decade later) and soft and melodic songs with flutes ('She Comes In Colors'), Jazz ('Orange Skies') and harpsichord ('The Castle'). Contrary to the majority of mainstream critical opinion, 'Da Capo' as opposed to 'Forever Changes, is Love's masterpiece. Key track: Seven And Seven Is. (Edited)

This would easily be the greatest EP of all time if the last track didn't exist (although, it's a bit long for an EP). Every single song is a 10/10 in my books, which even my most favourite album of all time, Sgt. Pepper's, can't do.
This album is so unbelievably amazing besides the risque last song that it blows my mind. (Edited)

From mdbaxter TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/22/2019 20:47 | #245086 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

The first side of this album is amazing. Every song is great. It sounds beautiful and the songwriting is fantastic. Arthur Lee is one of the best musicians of the 60s. The backside is alright. It's just blues jamming but there's too much of it that I don't enjoy (like the orgasming or the harmonicas). It's disjointed and a little uncompelling but it's not awful. The record would've been very short without it so it's hard to say that it should've been left off. It's a complete departure from the first half that seems like it's just there to take up space. I've heard they didn't get the sound that they wanted for it and they were trying to replicate their live performances. I really like every song but my favorite is "Que Vida". I love the lyrics and the main riff that sounds like "Eight Days a Week" with a couple extra notes added. If the backside were a little better, this could be considered among the best albums ever but when almost half the album is just ok it's hard to make the case. (Edited)

Not as brilliant as, Forever changes, the songs just aren't quite as good. But it's a really interesting album, although for me, it's a stepping stone on their way to making their true masterpiece. It's almost impossible to listen to this album without thinking about what comes next. Still a good album though. (Edited)

From sszwalbenest 01/07/2014 02:17 | #100052 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

I am amazed that Forever Changes, while still a better album, is so high rated while Da Capo is not in the top 1000. Orange Skies, Seven & Seven Is, and Revelation were the three standouts of the album.