The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders [Original recording remastered]

The Holy Modal Rounders | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 25, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1968
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Water
• ASIN: B000066AUL
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,821 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Acid Folk, performed by its lone practioners., July 16, 2002

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This review is from: The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders (Audio CD)

More than a modest dose of serotonergic nostalgia, the re-appearance of this lost gem is cause for celebration, amongst a decidedly small niched fan base. More successfully than Indian War Whoop, MEEtHMR builds a truely alternative mind set on top of the same kind of old timey music that is suddenly so much in vogue these days. The difference here is the warm, deviant humor that seems to tie the whole thing together.
For those who thought that "If you want to be a bird" sounded a little too strange for the Easy Rider soundtrack, be warned that it is by far the most coherent song on this album. Recommended only for those with a taste for the fringes of 60's zeitgeist. On the other hand, this is damned good stuff.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ridiculous but also Sublime, August 7, 2002

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Steven Moore (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This wonderful album is as weird as everyone says it is, but it also has some truly lovely moments. "One Will Do for Now" sounds almost like a Renaissance madrigal, and "Dame Fortune" is one of the most haunting, sublime songs I've ever heard, from anyone. That's what makes this album extraordinary: the range from sublime moments like these to the ridiculous, but hugely enjoyable, other songs on this album. "That's artiste to you"!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Are You normal,? this is nothing for You, August 16, 2006

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C. Holmsten (H-borg, Sweden) - See all my reviews
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If You're not prepared before listening this could be a mental schock. The upspeeded combination of amphetamin and LSD makes the music going crazy. This kind of hippie-hallucination shows how sounds from inside a brain can wind up in recorded tracks. How they do it I can't understand. But I love it and realize that even music can be a drug. A healthy one.