Ultimate Spinach's
second album The Penultimate Spinach (as they would make only one more
LP) is a slightly more subdued continuation of the derivative
psychedelia in their debut. Again, it's like a hack take on West Coast
groups. There's Country Joe & the Fish
in Ian Bruce-Douglas' electric keyboards (which don't play anything as
good as his solos on "Sacrifice of the Moon" from the first album); Jefferson Airplane-like female vocals (by guest singer Carol Lee Britt) and songwriting on "Where You're At"; some Quicksilver Messenger Service-type
guitar arrangements on "Mind Flowers"; a melody and vocal reminiscent
of Kaleidoscope's "Keep Your Mind Open" on "Fragmentary March of Green";
and more. Songwriter Bruce-Douglas' lyrics are unintentional hippie
parodies without any irony or humor, whether solemnly aspiring to a
beatnik state ("take a trip to the center of your mind") or indicting
the straight world ("he has an ulcer in his brain, from thinking of how
to divorce his wife"). When the album turns to social critiques, it's
uncertain whether the band is trying to mimic the Mothers of Invention
without the wit, or whether they're unwittingly embodying the very kinds
of groups whom the Mothers took the piss out of on We're Only in It for
the Money. allmusic.com
01.Gilded Lamp of the Cosmos 3:04
02.Visions of Your Reality 5:52
03.Jazz Thing 6:42
04.Mind Flowers 9:40
05.Where You're At 3:14
06.Suitegenesis of Beauty (4 Parts) 9:48
07.Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse 5:59
08.Fragmentary March of Green 6:39
09.Mind Flowers 9:34
10.Fragmentary March of Green 6:36
Ultimate Spinach :
Ian Bruce-Douglas - Guitar, Harmonica, Keyboards, Wood Flutes,Vocals
Barbara Hudson Vocals, Guitar
Geoffrey Winthrop Lead Guitar, Sitar, Vocals
Richard Nese Bass
Keith Lahteninen - Drums,Vocals
Carol Lee Britt - Guest Vocals
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