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| Released | July 7, 2009 [1] | |||
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Heavy Psych is the fifth studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula. [3] [4] It was released on July 7, 2009, by Tee Pee Records. [5] The album was reissued in 2022 by the band's current label Heavy Psych Sounds Records. [6]
Originally self-released by the band as an EP in 2008, the album version is remastered and features three additional tracks. [5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [7] |
| PopMatters | 6/10 [8] |
| The Quietus | 6/10 [9] |
| The Skinny | [10] |
PopMatters wrote that "Heavy Psych feels both weighted by history and infinitely lighter and spryer than the turgid slop that all too often passes for hard rock these days." [8]
The Village Voice called it "basically their familiar, green-fingered grooves filtered through a little Hawkwind cosmic glop." [3]
The Chicago Reader wrote: "The inspiration they obviously don't care to waste on their album titles gets channeled instead into period-perfect early-70s lazy-pothead comfy-chair boogie and ecstatic explosions of flanged-out guitar designed to turn your skull inside out through your headphones." [11]
All tracks are written by Eddie Glass, except where noted [2]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Length |
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| 1. | "Pulse" | 3:55 | ||
| 2. | "The Dagger" | Glass, Tom Davies | Glass, Davies | 3:37 |
| 3. | "Aphrodite" | 4:09 | ||
| 4. | "Dream Submarine" | (instrumental) | Davies | 2:21 |
| 5. | "In the Depth's" | 3:52 | ||
| 6. | "The Other Side" | 5:33 | ||
| 7. | "Crown of Thorns" | 3:00 | ||
| 8. | "Lead Sky" | 3:01 | ||
| 9. | "Little Yellow Pill" | 3:49 | ||
| 10. | "The Perfect Rapture" | 3:15 | ||
| 11. | "Running of the Bulls" | Rob Oswald | Oswald | 1:54 |
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [2]
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