Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO [Import]

Acid Mothers Temple (Artist), The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• ASIN: B000071JTE
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #245,869 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

1997 debut from The Acid Mothers Temple and the Melting Paraiso U.F.O. who hail from Nagoya in the central region of Japan, but they may as well be from the moon. A self-described 'freak-out group for the 21st century', the band was founded in 1996 by mem

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historic 1st album from the rulers of Japanese underground, August 1, 2005

By	Thomas McMurdo (Berkeley, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Too bad this record is so hard to find. Acid Mothers Temple is the single most influential and groundbreaking band (with apologies to the Ruins and Boredoms) to come out of the Japanese underground scene. Virtuoso musicians reprocess and reform western psych and space rock into an entirely new whole. AMT are clearly not for everyone, but what truly interesting music is?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO - self-titled (PSF), May 1, 2008

By	Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

Yes, the other reviewer is correct on that - this 1997 self-titled Acid Mothers Temple debut is extremely tough-to-find. Running time is 52:59 and it's all mastered on a single track. Some sources indicate there are ten actual songs here, others note there are like twelve. Either way, this CD smokes! However, I could only find four which were "Speed Guru", the tripping "Top Head Pixies", their signature piece "Pink Lady Lemonade" and "Hawaiian Brownie". Looks like this title employs something like fourteen players. Wow! Top rate Japanese full-blown psychedelic mayhem to be fully taken in. An absolute must-have.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Punishing, December 9, 2004

By	Johns (London, England) - See all my reviews

Chanting, vocalists doing miaowing sounds, guitars being tortured rather than played. The same riff is played over and over. Then it becomes just a drone. Repetitive, the sound of something like an old space invaders machine kicks in for a while to relieve the monotony. Great live band, but I wasn't impressed with this.