What are the best songs by Caravan and the Electric Prunes?

Caravan is a typical album group and it's hard to pick out the best songs. The best albums are If I Could Do It Again,I'd Do It All Over You and In The Land Of Pink And Grey. If I should pick out songs, I would probably choose For Richard, Winter Wine and Nine Feet Underground.

The same can be said about The Electric Prunes. Their most famous song is the hit I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) but their best album is their second, Underground.

Electric Prunes 'Too Much To Dream Last Night'

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Electric Prunes 'Too Much To Dream Last Night'

One of the top 5 singles of all time IMO. Psychedelia par excellence.

Dunno much 'bout Caravan.

Walking is right ... and, other good tunes they had:

"Shadows"
"You Never Had It Better"

Now, the classical LPs really can't be called Prunes LPs,
rather David Axelrod LPs. Much of the group had disbanded
during the "Mass in F Minor" initial recordings, and then
posers took over the name.

2001's "Artifact" had decent moments, with the first track,
"Lost Dream", a real lost masterpiece. I've not heard the
subsequent LPs "California" and "Feedback", but sound bytes
indicate they're not as good.

Lastly, Jim Lowe has indicated he may wrap the group for good.

Really...if you are gonna talk about some random band no one knows, label it OT.

Thank You,

Post Police

not my cup of tea, but I liked it when I was 14

Only remember "I Had too Much to Dream Last Night" and the album "Mass in F Minor" which were both really rather mind blowing and innovative at the time, I guess 1967? Loved them both, quintessential, historical examples of psychedelic music for sure.

This was the follow-up to "Too Much To Dream", a goodun....




"Get Me to the World on Time"

They definitely had a bit of a Stones influence, particularly some moments with the singer. "Too Much" had listened to "Paint it Black" fer sher.

Here are the three Caravan songs I mentioned. One must listen to the whole piece to get the right impression.















Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-06-07 11:47 by walkingthedog.