Torch of the Mystics

Sun City Girls | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 18, 2000)
• Original Release Date: February 20, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tupelo Records
• ASIN: B000001BER
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,765 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Blue Mamba

2. Tarmac

3. Esoterica Of Abyssynia

4. Space Prophet Dogon

5. The Shining Path

6. The Flower

7. Cafe Batik

8. Radar 1941

9. Papa Legba

10. The Vinegar Stroke

11. Burial In The Sky

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential listening, March 29, 2002

By 

Scott Richardson (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)    (REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Torch of the Mystics (Audio CD)

This is the release by which all other SCG albums will be judged, for now and forever. Coherent, compact, fully-developed Indian-tinged-surf-rock psychedelic sludgy strangeness. Features the epic "Space Prophet Dogon," plus "The Flower," a song with actual lyrics, actually in English. Probably their most easily-accessable album, and a good starting place for SCG beginners. Absolutely essential.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kali, You Know How To Boogie, April 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Torch of the Mystics (Audio CD)

Without showy eclecticism, Sun City Girls are able to leave you with the feeling that you've been chanting the Rig Veda while listening to ZZ Top. The epic "Space Prophet Dogon" resounds like a desert wind blowing sand through an abandoned amp. All the while, Alvarius B.'s plaintive wail assures you: This Is Not A Planet. And you are comforted.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dischordant and captivating., June 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Torch of the Mystics (Audio CD)

This is an album that will hit you afterwords - when you've turned it off and left the building, the sounds will creep back into your head. This album is very different from the earlier "midnight cowboys..." (the lesser of the two available on cd) - less ROCK, more complex layering and compositions (with a little of that ROCK stuff). Recommended for someone looking for something new.