1965 gave us The Beatles "Rubbersoul", Bob Dylan's "Bringing it All BackHome", The Who's "My Generation", The Sonics "Here Are The Sonics", and The Rolling Stones "Out of Our Heads". The Pretty Things were ahead of the curve in just about everything they recorded between 1965 and 1970. This is their debut LP that many critics have described as sounding like a more hard-edged Rolling Stones - a fair comparison as they share founding member, Dick Taylor. Most of the tracks are covers of R&B and blues songs, much like The Zombies debut record "Begin Here" (also 1965...what a year). The difference between "The Pretty Things" and all the other British invasion bands at this time is a very keen ability to play the American blues songs they loved so much while keeping the sound distinctly authentic. The track "Unknown Blues" is a good example of this. Is that a drummer tapping on a guitar case? This is Jack White's wet dream...this is the album every hip new garage rock band dreams of making. Enjoy.
Mikey
this is awesome. makes you appreciate jagger's voice, but seriously is harder. especially for 65
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