The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)

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Their scintillating debut ! Bonus tracks are both sides of their 'Aint It Hard/Little Oliver' single. 14 tracks. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

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The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)

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Well, maybe 3.5 stars. A decent psychedelic rock album, with some truly awful moments.
Electric Prunes - 'I Had Too Much To Dream' (Collector's)
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The Electric Prunes: I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)
The Electric Prunes
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004WGY4
Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
Bangles
Onie
Are You Lovin' Me More (But Enjoy It Less)
Train For Tomorrow
Sold To The Highest Bidder
Get Me To The World On Time
About A Quarter To Nine
The King Is In The Counting House
Luvin
Try Me On For Size
The Toonerville Trolley
Ain't It Hard
Little Oliver

Album Description

Their scintillating debut ! Bonus tracks are both sides of their 'Aint It Hard/Little Oliver' single. 14 tracks. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Customer Reviews:

Well, maybe 3.5 stars. A decent psychedelic rock album, with some truly awful moments........2007-07-26

Released in 1967, the Prunes' debut album features the only two of the group's songs that anybody in their right mind would remember: The title track is a masterpiece of psyhedelic pop, a mindwarped concoction of warbling guitars, spacey rhythms, and wistful vocals. "Get Me To The World On Time," meanwhile, marries the former song's psych-pop craftsmanship with a thumping Bo Diddley beat and some warbling guitars. So there you have it: Two really good singles on one album. They're not the only good tracks here, either: "Are You Loving Me More (But Enjoying It Less)" and ""Try Me On For Size" are mean-as-heck garage rockers, the latter featuring a really crunchy, cool sounding guitar. "Luvin'" is a fun(if completelly inconsequential) blues-rocker, and "Onie" is a marvelously pretty ballad. The first half of "Train For Tomorrow" is a spooky, smokey psychedelic onfection with a genuinly atmospheric feel. The second half, unfortunatley, is an ultra-pretentious bit of faux jazz(?)-rock. "Bangles" is another surprisingly good tune, with its gentle sarcasm and effects-laden guitars.

Here's the problem: there are three tracks on this album that are, to put it bluntly, excruciating. "Sold To The Highest Bidder" attempts to combine the group's sound with Eastern European melodies and intrumentation. The reult is one of the worst examples of experimentation in the history of psychedelic music. Not only do the instruments sound totally out of place, but the whole production, from rhythms to lyrics, is incredibly pretentious. It's also dull and annoying. Meanwhile, "The King Is In The Counting House" and "Toonerville Trolly" are simply inexplicable. They're basically children's music- complete with simplistic melodies, cartoonish vocals, and pre-school lyrics. Like "Sold To The Highest Bidder," they're intolerably annoying. And, despte sounding like children's music, they somehow manage to be pretentious as well (that's the third time I've used the word "pretentious" in this review. Someone get me a thesaurus!), with their bizarre attempts at social commentary. My goodness, what a mess.

Still, there's good music here. Plus, it's an indispensible period piece. Collectors of 60s rock should enjoy this. Otherwise, steer clear.

Electric Prunes - 'I Had Too Much To Dream' (Collector's).......2005-03-10

Originally released in 1967,this is the band's outstanding debut lp on superb reissue CD,with two bonus cuts tagged on."Ain't It Hard" and "Little Oliver",I believe I've seen before on some import compilation.Either way,they give the listener another reason to hunt down a copy of this psych classic.As for the actual album,'I Had Too...' sure conjures up some priceless memories.At least,for me.The band's only two hits are on here,the title cut,"I Had Too Much To Dream" and "Get Me To The World On Time".Just about every other track rules,like the psychedelic blow-out "Sold To The Highest Bidder","Luvin'",and the suggestive(for back then anyway)"Try Me On For Size".Most highly recommended.

VERRY GOOD !!!!!.......2005-03-10

THIS ALBUM IS A CLASSIC.I HAD TO MUCH TO DREAM LAST NIGHT
IS GREAT AND GET ME O THE WORLD ON TIME IS TO.IF YOU LIKE
PSYCHEDELIC MUSIC I WOULD GET IT

Un tanto disparejo, pero cuando aciertan..........2003-04-20

Aunque I had too much too dream (last night) es lejos lo más conocido y lo mejor de este disco, hay otros temas que destacan como Bangles, Are you lovin' me more (que suena como Floyd en Piper), la endemoniada Sold to the highest bidder y sus aires rusos y Get me to the world on time, todas excelentes ejemplos de un sonido a medio camino entre la sicodelia y el garaje. No es un trabajo parejo, se podría dividir en tres, un tercio excelente, uno bueno y otro bastante mediocre. Si bien los Electric Prunes apenas componen, el trabajo instrumental es sólido, en especial la guitarra y hay bastantes ideas dando vueltas y que desarrollarán en sus próximos intentos.

The Electric Prunes Debut.......2000-10-24

Yet again this is an album of which I have an original vinyl copy (it's getting pretty boring, eh?). If you haven't heard this but are a fan of psych/punk (a la Chocolate Watchband) you've gotta get it. It's not as good as Underground, solely due to the tracks About A Quarter To Nine, King Is In The Counting House and Toonerville Trolley which are utter ........ However, the bonus tracks (on available now on compilation CDs) more than make up for this. You won't regret buying it.

Well I'd better get back to work....

I Had Too Much to Dream
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I Had Too Much to Dream

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002LU9BM
Release Date: 2000-10-10