Parable of Arable Land

The Red Krayola | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collectables
• ASIN: B00000085Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,593 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hurricane Fighter Plane "When the Ride Is Over You Can Go to Sleep"

2. Transparent Radiation "Red Signs Out-Side, Which I Contain"

3. War Sucks "You Remember What Happened to Hansel and Gretel"

4. Pink Stainless Tail "Seven Guest Are Quite Now, And Now Not Half ..."

5. Parable of Arable Land [Free Form Freakout]

Editorial Reviews

The legendary International Artist debut from these Texas crazies, further proof that during the '60s, when the going got weird, the weird got going. "Free Form Freak-Outs" punctuate songs like Hurricane Fighter Plane; Former Reflections Enduring Doubt, and War Sucks groovy!

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Treasure, May 18, 2004

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Kenneth M. Goodman (Cleveland, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Parable of Arable Land (Audio CD)

This is the real deal, a living artifact from the psychedelic
sixties before the fruit turned rotten. No need to worry
that the "freeform freak outs" are too chaotic and unlistenable...
oh no...they have an organic "tribal" feel that's genuine
hippie culture; and the actual songs are all good, notably
WAR SUCKS...always relevant in the history of mankind.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Red Crayola-'The Parable Of Arable Land'(Collectables), April 5, 2005

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Parable of Arable Land (Audio CD)

Originally released in 1967,as this is the long running band's very first effort.Highly under-appreciated 'experimental psych' in which as for the few other Red Crayola CD's I've heard,this one is probably the best.'The Parable...' employs weird and unconventional sounds of jugs,sticks,flutes,kazoos,etc.Hard to believe,but the band actually STILL exists today.Well,at least singer/songwriter Mayo Thompson is active with putting out new releases and touring occasionally.A couple of the tunes that I was sort of blown away with were "Free Form Freakout","Pink Stainless Tail" and "Transparent Radiation".Might be too strange for some.Line-up:Mayo Thompson-guitar&vocals,Steve Cunninghan-bass and Rick Barthelme-drums.Might appeal to fans of Skip Spence,Quicksilver Messenger Service,Pere Ubu,Syd Barrett and 13th Floor Elevators.Let your freak flag fly!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars High Tower of Weird, April 27, 2005

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Andrew P. Benner "abenner" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Parable of Arable Land (Audio CD)

I was organizing my cd's the other day & had already finished when I had stumbled across "Parable of an Arable Land". I had forgotten to secure a space for the Red Krayola so I filed them after the Zombies. It seems fitting that they would be somewhat outside of the alphabet, because I know so few bands that were influenced primarily by themselves. No one sounded like them at the time, and come to think of it, no one really sounds like them now -- though you hear their influence. Most music on the fringes is drenched in melancholy or madness. I didn't detect either on this album, it seems joyfully detatched, resolutely/confidently weird. When I played the album it had the brief, but compelling effect of making every thing else I had ever heard sound corny. "Hmm?". It was the same reaction I had a few years ago when I played it, which was the same reaction after I first bought it. I think the album is like a treasure more than anything, one I don't want to spoil with over-listening & analysis. I never seem to have to play it more than once, then I file it away, this time a little past the "Z's" to be listened to again in a few years.