Love, “Da Capo” (Elektra, 1966)
B-side is a long jam; A-side has what I think is the peak work of this form-shattering L. A. pysch-pop combo, the sinister pummel of their garage beginnings still present, the lush flowers-of-evil soundscapes of their great 1967 “Forever Changes” LP already in bloom.
Everything on the A-side is great, but start with A/2, A/6
7/29/14

Love, “Forever Changes” (Elektra, 1967)
A kind of bridge between the rhapsodic, overloaded pop of the Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys and the hard-driving, nihilistic explorations of the Doors, this L. A. psych masterpiece is alternately passionate, haunted, ecstatic and terrifying.
Try 1, 6, 7, 10
8/23/12