Indian War Whoop
by Holy Modal Rounders
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Indian War Whoop is ranked as the best album by Holy Modal Rounders.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/14/2026 07:47 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,452 | 70/100 |
| ! | 08/28/2023 10:20 | TonySayers61 | 25,240 | 64/100 |
| ! | 03/10/2023 16:34 |  Igtonumama | 10,785 | 63/100 |
| ! | 02/14/2023 12:45 |  DommeDamian | 7,627 | 48/100 |
| ! | 10/31/2022 13:09 | jonny5244 | 8,460 | 63/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.8/100, a mean average of 65.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.2.
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mdbaxter 05/15/2020 17:50 | #251482
A step in the weird direction, even for them, from the Holy Modal Rounders. Some familiar sounding tunes are enhanced by the addition of drums and the silly dramatic interludes also add to the experience. "Looking for all the world like an umbrella that had seen too much and forgotten nothing" is a particular line that I liked. Sky Divers is my favorite song and I enjoy the first half more than the second half.
The Holy Modal Rounders invented the genre 'acid-folk' and were the first band to coin the the term 'psychedelic' in a song. 'Indian War Whoop' (1967) is one of the most overlooked creative masterpieces, not just of the era in which it was released, but of all-time. The album is an hilarious take on being drunk and/or 'stoned'.
With a line-up that includes the future playwright Sam Shepard on drums, and the brilliant Peter Stampfel on electric fiddle and vocals, the band play a glorious musical and satirical 'trip' that weaves an amphetamine-based and irreverent set of choruses that were self-consciously the exact opposite of the angelic vocal harmonies of the Beach Boys and the Beatles.
With 'Indian War Whoop', The Holy Modal Rounders produced inspirational arrangements of psychedelic music according to their own deranged and humourously warped philosophy that has few equals.
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