Wow. Just wow. This album remains one of my favourites of all time, definitely up there with the album I'm going to post on Friday. It was produced by singer Arthur Lee, whose death gave me my first taste of music journalism, compelling me to write a letter into
NME, which was published, yay! Building upon the psychadelic rock of their first two albums, musically
Forever Changes is actually much more chilled out than its predecessors, but lyrically, it is unbelievably and shockingly dark; written and recorded when the Vietnam War was becoming more and more of a disaster for the US, it is almost passive aggressive in its tone, which only adds to its utter & complete brilliance. Enjoy.
Love – Forever Changes (1967)
RIP Don Van Vliet AKA Captain Beefheart, who died today at the age of 69. Hugely talented artist, fantastic record - if you've never heard any Beefheart before expect surreal blues. This is a great place to start, as it's his debut album, and my personal favourite.
The Stones' compilation Forty Licks is one of the few albums I can remember actually buying - I was sixteen, on a Univeristy open day in Cambridge (yeah, that turned out well...), and bought it from a Woolworths while exploring the city. Is this the Stones' best album? Debatable; they have so many great records. But this offering is nothing but amazing psychedelic rock. Enjoy.