SONG OF INNOCENCE [Import]

David Axelrod | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Stateside
• ASIN: B00004TAGO
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,439 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Producer, arranger, and engineer David Axelrod made his mark with Cannonball Adderley, Lou Rawls, and the Electric Prunes. Song of Innocence made critics turn their heads in its day, regarding it as a visionary curiosity piece; today it's simply a great, timeless work of pop art that continues to inspire over three decades after its initial release. EMI. 1999.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Hidden Gem of the '60s, February 3, 2009

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Graveyard Poet (St. Louis, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SONG OF INNOCENCE (Audio CD)

David Axelrod was way ahead of his time when he recorded his solo debut in 1968 which even blew away what the Beatles were doing in the studio at the time (except the great Axe remained under the radar). He had an impeccable ear and with it a sense of production and composition rare in rock music (more akin to jazz and classical music). The most talented and skillful session musicians of the time came aboard for his two companion piece albums which were both completely instrumental conceptual pieces based on the visionary and mystic Romantic poet William Blake. Fusing deep, thick, and soulful bass grooves and drum breaks with psychedelic atmospherics, acid rock guitar, and orchestral grandeur, David Axelrod created a masterwork that has been sampled countless times as the bedrock of ambient, electronic, and hip-hop music and is still being rediscovered today. A true hidden gem and treasure.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fantastic, March 29, 2010

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This review is from: SONG OF INNOCENCE (Audio CD)

great sounding music by the man who worked with the electric prunes mass in f minor classic late sixties