The Incredible String Band - The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968)
Label – Elektra
Producer – Joe Boyd
Art Direction – Osisis
Nationality – UK
Running Time – 48:51
Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)
1. Koeeoaddi There
2. Minotaur's Song
3. Witches Hat
4. Very Cellular Song
5. Mercy I Cry City
6. Waltz of the New Moon
7. Water Song
8. Three Is a Green Crown
9. Swift as the Wind
10. Nightfall
“The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter” is considered the Incredible String Band's most ambitious album, and the most important by critics. If this is a fair and accurate statement, I’d hate to have to sit through any of their other works. This record is absolutely dreadful. Just a sprawling, nerve grating lack of focus record that I could not WAIT until it was over. I was left wondering if I could have that 49 minutes of my life back somehow? Any record that has you thinking “oh dear god will this ever end?” is not a good record.
It’s lyrics promote ideas such as vegetarianism, communal living, and eastern mysticism. Hippie music for sure. Somehow the album was a major commercial success, staying in the UK charts for 27 weeks and peaked at #5. People in the United States are obviously smarter and it struggled to #161 on the Billboard 200. It is not recommended. No way no how.
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