Electric Comic Book

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Electric Comic Book
Electric Comic Book.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1967
Genre
Length29:58
Label Flag of the United States.svg Mercury
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Repertoire (2004 CD reissue)
Producer Bob Wyld, Art Polhemus
Blues Magoos chronology
Psychedelic Lollipop
(1966)
Electric Comic Book
(1967)
Basic Blues Magoos
(1968)
Singles from Electric Comic Book
  1. "Pipe Dream b/w "There's a Chance We Can Make It""
    Released: February 1967

Electric Comic Book is the second album by the American rock band the Blues Magoos, the follow-up to their successful debut release Psychedelic Lollipop . The psychedelic garage rock style is followed again on this release but without a high-charting single. A couple of tracks, "Intermission" and "That's All Folks" (a very brief, hard-rocking parody of the Looney Tunes end theme) showcase the band's bizarre sense of humor.

Contents

One single was released from Electric Comic Book, "Pipe Dream" b/w "There's a Chance We Can Make It". However, "Summer is the Man" and "Life is Just a Cher O'Bowlies" were released as B-sides of two singles from their next album, Basic Blues Magoos .

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Track listing

  1. "Pipe Dream" (Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala) – 2:25
  2. "There's a Chance We Can Make It" (Gilbert, Scala) – 2:16
  3. "Life Is Just a Cher O'Bowlies" (Gilbert, Scala) – 2:37
  4. "Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 6:02
  5. "Intermission" (Mike Esposito) – 1:05
  6. "Albert Common is Dead" (Gilbert, Scala) – 1:49
  7. "Summer Is the Man" (Esposito, Gilbert) – 3:00
  8. "Baby, I Want You" (Gilbert, Emil Theilhelm) – 2:43
  9. "Let's Get Together" (Jimmy Reed) – 3:06
  10. "Take My Love" (Gilbert, Scala) – 1:51
  11. "Rush Hour" (Geoff Daking, Gilbert, Esposito) – 2:36
  12. "That's All Folks" (Blues Magoos) – :09

Personnel

Blues Magoos

Technical

Charts

AlbumBillboard (USA)

YearChartPosition
1967 Pop Albums 74

AlbumRPM (Canada)

YearChartPosition
1967RPM TOP 25 LPs [2] 14

Singles – Billboard (USA)

YearSingleChartPosition
1967"There's a Chance We Can Make It" Pop Singles 81
1967"Pipe Dream"Pop Singles60

Singles – RPM (Canada)

YearSingleChartPosition
1970"Pipe Dream"Canada RPM 100 [3] 40

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References

  1. "Electric Comic Book > Review". AllMusic . Retrieved January 31, 2011.
  2. "RPM Top 25 LPs - May 27, 1967" (PDF).
  3. "RPM Top 100 Singles - April 29, 1967" (PDF).