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The United States Of America - The United States Of America

Track listing:
  1. The American Metaphysical Circus 4:57
  2. Hard Coming Love 4:41
  3. Cloud Song 3:21
  4. The Garden Of Earthly Delights 2:39
  5. I Won´t Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar 3:56
  6. Where Is Yesterday 3:08
  7. Coming Down 2:37
  8. Love Song For The Dead Ché 3:28
  9. Stranded In Time 1:49
  10. The American Way Of Love (Part I-III) 6:41
  11. Osamu´s Birthday (Bonus) 3:00
  12. No Love To Give (Bonus) 2:38
  13. I Won´t Leave My Wooden Wife For You, Sugar (Unissued) (Bonus) 3:47
  14. You Can Never Come Down (Bonus) 2:33
  15. Perry Pier (Bonus) 2:38
  16. Tailor Man (Bonus) 3:08
  17. Do You Follow Me (Bonus) 2:36
  18. The American Metaphysical Circus (Unissued) 4:03
  19. Mouse (The Garden Of Earthly Delight (Unissued) 2:40
  20. Heresy (Coming Down) (Unissued) 2:32

Notes


Originally released on Columbia in 1968, The United States of America is one of the legendary pure psychedelic space records. Some of the harder-rocking tunes have a fun house recklessness that recalls aspects of early Pink Floyd and the Velvet Underground at their freakiest; the sedate, exquisitely orchestrated ballads, especially "Cloud Song" and the wonderfully titled "Love Song for the Dead Che," are among the best relics of dreamy psychedelia. Occasionally things get too excessive and self-conscious, and the attempts at comedy are a bit flat, but otherwise this is a near classic.