Freeway Madness
1/1/1973, LAUNCH, S.L. Duff
Following a load of road work, the Things wrote about, well, life on the road. A good companion piece to Mott The Hoople's recorded work of this same period. ...
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Freeway Madness
7/13/2005, AMG
After raging through R&B early in their career, then exploring the limits of psychedelia, the Pretty Things changed their direction with Freeway Madness, which in retrospect...
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Get The Picture
1/1/1965, LAUNCH, Chris Morris
In most folks' estimation, the Pretty Things were shouldabeencontenduhs. In an alternate universe, they might have become the Who.
The band had an outstanding curiculum...
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Get The Picture
7/13/2005, AMG
The band's second album (released Dec. 1965) has not only been remastered from original session tapes, so the group sound like their amps are practically right in your lap,...
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Emotions
1/1/1967, LAUNCH, Chris Morris
In most folks' estimation, the Pretty Things were shouldabeencontenduhs. In an alternate universe, they might have become the Who.
The band had an outstanding curiculum...
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Emotions
2/17/2005, AMG
The Pretty Things were one of the most underrated rhythm & blues bands to come out of the mid-60's British rock explosion. So well-loved by Brits, they were often thought of...
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The Pretty Things
1/1/1965, LAUNCH, Chris Morris
In most folks' estimation, the Pretty Things were shouldabeencontenduhs. In an alternate universe, they might have become the Who.
The band had an outstanding curiculum...
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The Pretty Things
7/13/2005, AMG
The Pretty Things' debut LP was a legendary exercise in anarchy -- 30 minutes into the two days' worth of sessions, their original producer, Jack Baverstock (the head of the...
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Silk Torpedo
1/1/1974, LAUNCH, Chris Morris
In most folks' estimation, the Pretty Things were shouldabeencontenduhs. In an alternate universe, they might have become the Who.
The band had an outstanding curiculum...
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Silk Torpedo
7/13/2005, AMG
Long out of print, Silk Torpedo provides an interesting glance into the glam era. Beginning with "Dream" -- a ghostly instrumental prelude that their friends in Led Zeppelin...
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Savage Eye
1/1/1976, LAUNCH, Chris Morris
In most folks' estimation, the Pretty Things were shouldabeencontenduhs. In an alternate universe, they might have become the Who.
The band had an outstanding curiculum...
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Savage Eye
7/13/2005, AMG
The last album recorded by the Pretty Things before Phil May left; within months of this recording, the band split for a few years. Even more than Silk Torpedo, Savage Eye...
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Resurrection
7/13/2005, AMG
On September 6, 1998, the Pretty Things gathered at Abbey Road Studios to perform--for the first time ever--their 1960s rock opera S.F. Sorrow live in its entirety. The...
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Rage Before Beauty
7/13/2005, AMG
The key to the success of the Pretty Things first studio recording in 19 years is that most of it sounds as if it were made during their mid-'60s heyday rather than at the...
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1967-1971
7/13/2005, AMG
From 1967-1971 was the most fertile and adventurous period for the Pretty Things. Including both S.F. Sorrow, the first rock opera, and the even greater Parachute, they...
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Get A Buzz: The Best Of The Fontana Years
6/23/1992, LAUNCH, S.L. Duff
Singles and early album tracks from this rock 'n' roll rhythm 'n' blooze wreckin' crew. All the singles that disturbed English parents and delighted packed houses at the...
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Parachute
7/13/2005, AMG
If S.F. Sorrow is the Pretty Things' Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, and Yellow Submarine wrapped in one, then Parachute is their more succinct White Album and Abbey...
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S.F. Sorrow
6/16/1994, LAUNCH, S.L. Duff
A true psychedelic gem, complete with grand storytelling, expansive studio experimentation (quaint in current context), and some superb songs. "S.F. Sorrow" is as close to...
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Latest Writs (Greatest Hits)
7/13/2005, AMG
For whatever reason, Pretty Things failed to make significant inroads in the U.S. when the window of opportunity was open widest. Perhaps the Rolling Stones, the Who, and...
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Parachute/The Pretty Things/Cross...
7/13/2005, AMG
An odd grouping, this box set from Snapper features three albums by the Pretty Things , each from a different decade: The Pretty Things (1965), Parachute (1970), and a...
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S.F. Sorrow
7/13/2005, AMG
No amount of scrutiny can disguise the fact that the rock opera S.F. Sorrow -- built around a short story by Phil May -- is ultimately a bit of a confusing effort by the...
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The Pretty Things
7/13/2005, AMG
Come See Me: The Very Best of the Pretty Things is a lovingly packaged, mostly well-chosen collection of one of the best bands of the British Invasion that never quite...
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