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| 1. Voyage Of The Trieste |
| 2. In The Past |
| 3. Inner Mystique |
| 4. I'm Not Like Everybody Else |
| 5. Medication |
| 6. Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go |
| 7. It's All Over Now Baby Blue |
| 8. I Ain't No Miracle Worker |
| 9. Uncle Morris |
| 10. How Ya Been |
| 11. Devil's Motorcycle |
| 12. I Don't Need No Doctor |
| 13. Flowers |
| 14. Fireface |
| 15. And She's Lonely |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent twofer...,
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This review is from: Inner Mystique/One Step Beyond (Audio CD)
...although One Step Beyond doesn't benefit from comparison.
The Inner Mystique is outstanding: a worthy follow-up to Choc Watch's classic first album, No Way Out. There's the same mixture of fuzzy garage psych and studio-created soundscapes. In this case the studio creations sit together in one opening triptych. If anything these tracks are even more spacious than their counterparts on No Way Out and some of the sonic techniques they develop are also present in the garage tracks. There's some first-rate song-writing and overall The Inner Mystique is a rounded, satisfying listen that has a few surprises up its sleeve, including a cool Kinks cover. Sadly not as surprising is One Step Beyond. Don't get me wrong, the quality is high. The fidelity is better than on Choc Watch's previous albums and it contains some knock out songs. Not least of all `I Don't Need No Doctor', which - dare I say it - is as good as the much-praised `Are You Gonna be There at the Love In' (from No Way Out). There are, however, no experimental studio creations and there's been a change of singer. Due to these absences, One Step Beyond doesn't sound all that much like the Choc Watch we've come to love. Nevertheless, this is a superb package offered at a bargain price. You'd be mad not to take advantage.
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3.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Amercian Acid Pop and Psychedelia,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Inner Mystique/One Step Beyond (Audio CD)
Tow great albums from the classic Bay Area 60's psychedelic garage punk band. This stuff is as good as The Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and The Grateful Dead.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A very different listen,
By James A. Roman - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Inner Mystique/One Step Beyond (Audio CD)
This is a very different listen from the two separate CD's with bonus tracks usually featuring Dave Aguilar. (Of course, Dave's vocals are one of the main reasons for Watchband interest). The original LPs were short and here they fit together to make a great slice of sixties San Francisco Bay Area psychedelia. At 50 minutes 16 seconds, this CD moves fast and plays great. I can just see the smoke rising as the instrumental "Voyage of the Trieste" starts things off. And "Devil's Motorcycle" can still melt vinyl.
The three Sundazed CD releases with bonus tracks are still the best way to get your Chocolate Watchband, but this two-fer is an effective time capsule and makes for a great party record. 2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Hard to review 2 albums...,
By burritobrother - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Inner Mystique/One Step Beyond (Audio CD)
...But here goes. These are the last two albums released by the psychedelic legends the Chocolate Watchband, and are certainly of their time. "The Inner Mystique" is a mixed bag, a strange sort of compilation where some tracks feature only one or two band members with session players, some appear to be the whole band, and three have no involvement from the actual band at all. I hate to say it, but the best tracks are those without any Watchband guys at work. 'In The Past' is really the only classic on the album, a fantastic psychedelic production that still sounds great. The rest is...well, ok, but in the modern era more of a novelty than anything else.
"One Step Beyond" is a much better album overall, and seems to be the only CW work entirely done by the band. There's little brilliance going on for the most part, but at least it holds together very well and even today remains a nice listening experience, with the psychedelia toned down considerably (well, it was a 1969 album) and replaced by actual rock and roll. Two stars for "Inner Mystique", and four for "One Step Beyond". The sound quality is better on this cd than of any other cd releases I've heard, but there are no bonus tracks and almost no liner notes. So you get two original albums to groove to when the lighters flare up. |
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