The Pretty Things

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   Any fans of this great psychedelic band? They made two amazing albums, S.F. Sorrow and Parachute that rank amongst the greatest albums of all time. I don't much about their other stuff but I hear it's worth checking out. If you want some psychedelic music thats very well written, rocks out and it's overall amazing then listen to this band. 

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The Wizard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: July 18 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7341	Topic: The Pretty Things Posted: January 17 2007 at 21:17
	Any fans of this great psychedelic band? They made two amazing albums, S.F. Sorrow and Parachute that rank amongst the greatest albums of all time. I don't much about their other stuff but I hear it's worth checking out. If you want some psychedelic music thats very well written, rocks out and it's overall amazing then listen to this band.


Witchwoodhermit Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 23 2006 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 871	Posted: January 17 2007 at 23:48
	S.F.Sorrow is one of the most overlooked and forgotton concept albums of all time. One brilliant piece of music. (wouldn't have Tommy without it ). Parachute is a little hit and miss. How' bout those rockin' blues tracks from the early years? Amazing transition. Pretty Things? I say yeah!
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salmacis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Content Addition Joined: April 10 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3928	Posted: January 18 2007 at 07:09
	I love SF Sorrow, a record which still sounds extremely fresh to my ears. It's widely believed to be the biggest influence on 'Tommy' but as much as I like that (though I hated that awful Ken Russell film), I feel 'SF Sorrow' has aged just that bit better. 'Parachute' is enjoyable too, but I think 'SF Sorrow' is my favourite of theirs. The early stuff is nothing like that, but is still brilliant. Earthy, gritty R & B.

Dick Heath Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12818	Posted: January 18 2007 at 12:44
	The psychedelic phase was only a brief bit of their history, they were and now again an R'n'B band - in the original sense of the term. Check out the post-SF Sorrow recordings and you hear the band slowly slipping into becoming a mainstream rock band with significant R'n'B references. Parachute has its psychedelic going prog moments (indeed one or two tunes with longer work outs are better than the best on *S.F Sorrow* - but without consistency across the whole album) but even then R'n'B has come back in.
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salmacis Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Content Addition Joined: April 10 2005 Status: Offline Points: 3928	Posted: January 18 2007 at 15:26
	There were lots of strong singles recorded in that 1968-70 period too- Defecting Gray and Talking About The Good Times are particularly strong psych tracks.