Having penned one of the first ever psychadelic records for The Chiffons ('Nobody knows what's going on in my mind but me') in 65/66, and also for The Cyrkle and The Creation, producer John Simon allowed Brute Force, aka Stephen Friedland, to record this psychadelic caberat album. At times this album touches on perfection. 'The Tapeworm of Love', which he wrote in 1959, features the memorable hook, "The tapeworm of love is eating my heart out over you", whilst 'Sit on a Sandwich' has everything a hit pop tune would have if everyone took drugs. The humour on this album, unlike Zappa and The Bonzo's, hasn't dated for it is more surreal and absurd than anything from it's time. And with it's beautiful arrangements, perfect production and the oddest hooklines, when you get to the end of side two, you want to put it on again. Needless to say it sold very few copies, leaving Brute labeless. As it happens, he ended up doing a single for Apple called 'The King of Fuh' (get it?). Banned by EMI, it still remains in the censored song library.
Still to be re-issued, if you see a copy of Confections, BUY IT for you will not be disapointed. Honestly.

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