I have to admit, I'm struggling with Psychedelic Revolution. Someone pointed out the lack of variety in the percussion, but Black Sheep was pretty much the same, and I find I enjoy listening to that album from time to time. Some of the songs, like "These Things I know" had an immediacy. I was attracted to the pop, the hooks. Others took longer to get under my skin. But after giving both disks of Psychedelic Revolution several playings, I find I can muster little enthusiam for it. This is mainly due to the songwriting, rather than the lyrics.
The artwork, the posturing, the deliberate use of radical imagary? Well, I find myself struggling to take it seriously, and therefore it doesn't really bother me.
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