Genre: rock
Rating: **** (4 stars)
Title: Oh! Pleasant Hope
Company: Philips
Catalog: PHS 600-350
Year: 1971
Country/State: US
Grade (cover/record): VG/VG
Comments: --
Available: 1
GEMM catalog ID: 4636
Price: $20.00
Cost: $66.00
Maybe due to the
fact this album is so different from what you'd normally expect from Blue
Cheer, it stands as one of my favorites. Co-produced by Eric Albronda
and the band, 1971's "Oh! Pleasant Hope"
comes off as a thoroughly entertaining and even thoughtful album (never
thought I'd be using those words with this band). Starting off with
the killer 'Hiway Man', musically the set's surprisingly diverse with the
band showing a knack for taking on everything from Band-styled title track
to CCR-influenced rockers ('Believer') and even outright psych (the stunning
'I'm the
Light'). Sure, it stumbles a couple of times. Mayell's 'Ecological Blues'
hasn't aged too well and the less said about 'Lester the Molester ' the
better. Still, perhaps because they're not trying as hard, the set
comes off as a minor undiscovered classic.
"Oh! Pleasant Hope" track listing:
(side 1)
1.) Hiway Man (Norman Mayell - Gary L. Yoder - G.R. Grelecki) - 4:20
2.) Believer (Gary L. Yoder - G.R. Grelecki) - 3:55
3.) Money Troubles (Richard Peddicord) - 4:04
4.) Traveling Man (Gary L. Yoder - G.R. Grelecki) - 3:08
(side
2)
1.) Oh! Pleasant Hope (Richard Peddicord) - 2:37
2.) I'm the Light (Normal Mayell - Kent Houseman) - 5:43
3.) Ecological Blues (Normal Mayell) - 2:23
4.) Lester the Molester (Ralph Kellogg) - 3:09
5.) Heart Full of Soul (R. Peterson) - 4:38