The Pretty Things are one of the most important British rock bands of the 60s and 70s that somehow never gained recognition in the States. They started as an R&B rock band much like the Rolling Stones and in '67 they took a turn towards psychedelia with the orchestrated album, Emotions. Then they went on to record the first rock opera ever, S.F. Sorrow, but the Who's Tommy would outshine it with much better sales. Founding member Dick Taylor would leave shortly after, apparantly disappointed with the lack of recognition it received. The band carried on and recorded Parachute with excellent results. The first six tracks have a striking similarity to the second side of Abbey Road, due to the use of seamless songs and layered vocal harmonies. This similarity is no surprise considering that Parachute was recorded in Abbey Road with the Beatles' engineer Norman Smith producing. The first half is the most immediately striking, but the second half has a great combination of raunchy blues and slower songs. According to allmusic.com, the album is a concept album about "a generation caught between the conflicting calls of (rural) peace, love, and boredom, and (urban) sophistication, sex, and squalor in a harsh world." I've only picked up on this concept in a couple tracks thus far, to be honest. The last six songs are bonus tracks, which are inferior to the album cuts, but good nonetheless.
"The Good Mr. Square" & "She Was Tall, She Was High"
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11 comments:
invalid querry is what is said when i tried to download the pretty things LP.
great blog by the way.
I reupped this album so it should work for you now. I'm glad you enjoy the blog.
hey doug, thanks for this.
While SF Sorrow is perhaps the Pretty's most oft referred to masterpiece - stealing ahead of the Who's "Tommy" in delivering the first recognized concept album - "Parachute" is a jewel of an album.
It's long been a real favourite of mine, and it's extremely nice to see it getting the recognition it deserves.
Thanks for fixing the link.
Thank you, Doug!
hello!, i was listening S.F.Sorrow a week ago. Is a great bans, and their music at the level of the greatest. Thanks for all!
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