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456: 442:, where he subsequently moved to. The musician later expressed dissatisfaction with the album, telling an interviewer in June 1978 that he had not listened to it "for a long time". He added "there was a certain point I reached, while making that album, where I felt that there was a real cosmic type of all-involved great sound to it and then I changed it, y'know, 'cause people were telling me not to do this or not to do that – there were a lot of influences in it..." The record was mastered by Wally Traugott. 881: 876: 871: 866: 831: 826: 793: 788: 783: 861: 821: 816: 811: 778: 773: 945:
stated that while Spirit were among the late 1960s' most important and innovative groups, they had become "a parody of their former selves", criticizing them for wasting their talents by delving deeper into psychedelia, a style she deemed to have "long gone", instead of "moving ahead and making what
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features 22 tracks or "song-bites", some as brief as 14 seconds and none no longer than four minutes. The songs are characterised by concise melodies and California's "fizzy, trebly production", with swirling sounds obscuring the music and the consistent use of garbled, distorted vocals. The album's
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reviewed their album in their section on LPs they consider to "have an extra edge" and commented: "Making it with minimums is a high art. Randy California has developed the ability to suspend sound portraits across a wall using lovely melodies and marvelous images. He creates his own space, he is
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is "solid window pane" that openly disregards standard rock techniques, which is why listeners do not "decipher the solos" or follow Cassidy's drumming, and concluded that: "Hearing is believing that Randy California has tripped out on his own genius. Again. If I had my way I'd make you buy this
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was commercially unsuccessful, failing to chart in either the US or UK. In May 1977, "All Along the Watchtower" was released as a single with "Further Along" as its B-side; this also failed to chart. Following the album's release, Spirit headlined a tour of the United Kingdom, with
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and the then-current public demand for "all things interstellar". He also contends that despite being "weird", the "bright and buoyant" album appeared on paper to be a commercial project, due to it being "a series of infectious
968:, Viglione wrote that although, as with California's best work, the album contains "flashes of inspiration and brilliance", such as the title track, overall it was a "good, but not great record". He believed that removing the 2384: 375: 709:; it was Spirit's final album for the label. The sleeve was designed by Joe Kotleba with photography from Hauser and D'Orio; on the front cover, California is photographed naked from the waist up, pulling a 990:, although only a madman, or a genius, would throw away a melody as sublime as 'So Happy Now' in a quarter of a minute. Still, that's probably why California was never that popular – more of a delusional 587:. On "Kahauna Dream", California plays what Bell describes as a "chain of sinuous notes around a framework of bubbling percussion and somnambulant singing." Two collaborations with 900:
to be Spirit's weirdest and most impenetrable release, featuring "a myriad of sound, effect and stone beauty in composition" that almost result in a 1970s equivalent to Hendrix's
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mode" with expressive guitar lines, but is considered to be uncommercial, as with the following song "Would You Believe?", whose intro features unsettling reverbed voices
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and that "the planet is part of a larger galactic federation called Uversa." Lester wrote that California used science fiction "as a means to express his own
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was similarly unsuccessful and did not chart in either the UK or the US. Music critics have drawn attention to the record's eccentric content and
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Housed in a sleeve depicting a half-naked California pulling a macho guitar pose, the album was the follow-up to the commercially unsuccessful
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features 22 short tracks and is characterised by its textural guitar work, disorientating sound, fizzy production, concise melodies, use of
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have also been described as California's trilogy of "Time Coast" recordings, released at a time when he eschewed the more
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did not take legal action. "Star Trek Dreaming", "Interlude XM" and "The Romulan Experience" feature the characters of
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as support. In August 1977, the original Spirit line-up reunited for a one-off concert which ended acrimoniously when
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would probably be a worthwhile contribution to contemporary music." Clerk believed "nostalgic hippies" would prefer
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Neyland-Francis, Patrick (1999). "Spirit". In Buckley, Jonathan; Duane, Orla; Ellingham, Mark; Spicer, Al (eds.).
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was crafted in part as a response. The album is effectively a solo project by California, recorded at Studios 70,
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deserved to be the "last freakout" by the "noble post-psychedelic" band and added: "The way some of these aging
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and the last of their four "comeback" releases of the mid-1970s. It is essentially a solo project for frontman
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was on hand as an extra presence during the sessions. "Dr. Sardonicus" is credited as producer. According to
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and features a "zonked lyric" working incongruently against the riff, while "Monkey See Monkey Do" uses
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to be a "masterpiece" and "near-solo conceptual kaleidoscope", and argues that it matches
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from American television, film and radio – in particular, the science fiction series
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department might dream up to accompany a film or play about the old days in
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is composed of television and film samples, it is arguably "the first
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as one of California's finest albums, while Steve Burgess of
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The album opens with "CB Talk", which features music from a
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between left and right speakers in a manner comparable to
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characterises the album as "a kaleidoscopic starburst of
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focus. It has since been sited as an early example of a '
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has called it a "radical album by anyone's standards".
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hang around, it's not hard to see why they believe in
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The record features California's stepfather 1036:", citing its short songs, succinct melodies, 303:; among its songs are two collaborations with 2227: 8: 2538:Psychedelic music albums by American artists 1931: 1929: 1927: 1925: 1712: 1710: 1708: 1706: 1704: 998:still sounds like the future, 36 years on." 858: 808: 770: 1982: 1980: 1978: 1976: 1974: 1972: 1970: 1968: 1905:— A Magical Kahauna Dream (Mercury Import)" 734:, who joined the band for their encore of " 682:and back-up vocals from Kaptain Kopter and 379:project earlier in the 1970s; according to 2234: 2220: 2212: 1743: 1741: 1739: 1574: 1572: 745: 27: 18: 2041: 2039: 2013: 2011: 2009: 1776: 1774: 1772: 1770: 1632:"Hidden treasures: Spirit – Future Games" 1625: 1623: 1621: 468:, whose dialogue is sampled on the album. 1894: 1892: 1844: 1842: 1840: 1619: 1617: 1615: 1613: 1611: 1609: 1607: 1605: 1603: 1601: 1284: 1123: 1052:with the "spaced-out freakiness" of the 1040:ethos and extremely applied "notions of 738:", was knocked off stage by California. 499:, which break up the record's melodies. 454: 236:) is the ninth studio album by American 2112:. London: Virgin Books. p. 1,121. 1890: 1888: 1886: 1884: 1882: 1880: 1878: 1876: 1874: 1872: 1819:(liner). Spirit. Mercury Records. 1977. 1811: 1809: 1807: 1805: 1803: 1544: 523:confusing album which blends Spirit's " 1822: 1098:and calls it "a genially impenetrable 713:guitar pose that has been compared to 751: 567:songs" interlaced with snippets from 7: 2110:Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2018:Strong, Martin C. (2006). "Spirit". 1048:", likening it sound to a fusion of 519:", while critic Max Bell calls it a 422:magazine to "sitting at home with a 315:", which was released as a single. 2136:. Random House. 1992. p. 661. 14: 1518:Terry Anderson – backing vocals ( 860: 810: 803:The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 772: 2178:"Record reviews (Rolling Stone)" 2108:Larkin, Colin (1997). "Spirit". 1944:. London: Pimlico. p. 165. 1506:– guitar, vocals, bass, engineer 1496:Adapted from the liner notes of 879: 874: 869: 864: 859: 829: 824: 819: 814: 809: 791: 786: 781: 776: 771: 399:elements of his lifestyle for a 2528:Rock albums by American artists 2337:Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus 1531:Hauser and D'Orio – photography 410:had been a commercial failure, 252:, who recorded it with drummer 16:1977 studio album by Spirit 2533:Pop albums by American artists 2321:The Family That Plays Together 2182:The Morning Record and Journal 2176:Marsh, Dave (March 19, 1977). 1849:Clerk, Carol (June 16, 1977). 1291: 1130: 1068:on plastic". 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Preceded by connecting 534:California's interests in 2249: 1515:Joe Kotleba – synthesizer 1474: 1460: 1446: 1432: 1418: 1404: 1390: 1376: 1362: 1348: 1334: 1320: 1306: 1298: 1295: 1274:California, Burt Shonberg 1267: 1253: 1233: 1219: 1205: 1187: 1173: 1159: 1145: 1137: 1134: 759: 756: 219: 198: 183: 146: 26: 2444:Live from the Time Coast 1682:Bell, Max (March 1997). 1422:"The Romulan Experience" 1239:All Along the Watchtower 605:All Along the Watchtower 451:Musical style and themes 340:Background and recording 313:All Along the Watchtower 206:All Along the Watchtower 2401:Rapture in the Chambers 2157:: 30. February 16, 1977 2074:The Rough Guide to Rock 1936:MacDonald, Ian (2003). 1658:"Spirit: Spirit of '76" 1525:Blair Mooney – engineer 1436:"Monkey See, Monkey Do" 994:. 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Index


Studio album
Spirit
Tampa
Genre
Psychedelia
rock
pop
collage
Label
Mercury
Producer
Dr. Sardonicus
Spirit
Farther Along
...Potato Land
Singles
All Along the Watchtower
rock
Spirit
Mercury Records
Randy California
Ed Cassidy
psychedelic
pop
sound collage
samples
Star Trek
Turnabout Intruder
science fiction

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