Vincebus Eruptum
Vincebus Eruptum | ||||
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Studio album by Blue Cheer | ||||
Released | January 16, 1968 | |||
Recorded | 1967 | |||
Studio | Amigo Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 32:08 | |||
Label | Philips | |||
Producer | Abe "Voco" Kesh | |||
Blue Cheer chronology | ||||
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Vincebus Eruptum (/vɪŋˈkeɪbəs
Background and history
Blue Cheer's debut album was recorded in 1967 at Amigo Studios in North Hollywood, California.[6] In an interview with StonerRock.com, frontman Dickie Peterson explained that "Some songs I wrote have taken 20 years to really complete. And there are other songs like 'Doctor Please' or 'Out of Focus' that I wrote in ten minutes."[7] On "Doctor Please" in particular, Peterson explained that "when I wrote the song (in 1967), it was a glorification of drugs. I was going through a lot of 'Should I take this drug or should I not take this drug? Blah, blah, blah.' There was a lot of soul searching at the time when I wrote that song, and I actually decided to take it. That’s what that song was about and that’s what I sang it about, sort of a drug anthem for me."[7] On the band's cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues", Peterson noted that "We kept changing it around and adding/taking bits away. It also has to do with large doses of LSD."[8]
Legacy
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Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | |
Pitchfork | 9.0/10[10] |
Rolling Stone | (negative)[11] |
Blue Cheer's debut album has widely been held in high regard by critics. Writing for music website AllMusic, Mark Deming described Vincebus Eruptum as "a glorious celebration of rock & roll primitivism run through enough Marshall amps to deafen an army", praising the band's "sound and fury" as one of the founding movements of heavy metal.[9] Pitchfork reviewer Alexander Linhardt gave the album nine out of a maximum ten points, noting that the album was less structured than its successor, Outsideinside.[10] It has also been described by Billboard as "the epitome of psychedelic rock".[12]
Online music service Rhapsody included Vincebus Eruptum in its list of the "10 Essential Proto-Metal Albums", suggesting that the band "not only inspired the term 'power trio,' they practically invented heavy metal."[13]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Summertime Blues" | Eddie Cochran, Jerry Capehart | 3:47 |
2. | "Rock Me Baby" | B.B. King, Joe Josea | 4:22 |
3. | "Doctor Please" | Dickie Peterson | 7:53 |
4. | "Out of Focus" | Peterson | 3:58 |
5. | "Parchment Farm" | Mose Allison | 5:49 |
6. | "Second Time Around" | Peterson | 6:17 |
Total length: | 31:54 |
2003 remastered reissue | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
7. | "All Night Long" | Ralph Kellogg | 2:06 |
Total length: | 34:00 |
Personnel
Blue Cheer
Additional personnel
- Abe "Voco" Kesh – production
- John MacQuarrie – engineering
- John Van Hamersveld – photography
Remastered version
- Bill Levenson – production
- Ellen Fitton – remastering
References
- ↑ "JAN. 16, 1968: THE RELEASE OF BLUE CHEER'S 'VINCEBUS ERUPTUM'". Arthur Magazine. Joshua Tree. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ↑ "Celebrating the 45th birthday of Blue Cheer's mighty Vincebus Eruptum…". Classic Rock Magazine Facebook Fanpage. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ↑ "Blue Cheer – Live Bootleg: London – Hamburg review". Allmusic. Greg Prato. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ↑ Various Mojo Magazine (1 November 2007). The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition. Canongate Books. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-84767-643-6.
- ↑ Chris Smith (2009). One Hundred and One Albums that Changed Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-19-537371-4.
- ↑ "Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- 1 2 "Blue Cheer interview, Dickie Peterson". StonerRock.com. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- ↑ "Interview with Dickie Peterson of heavy metal hard rock band Blue Cheer". Get Ready to ROCK!. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- 1 2 Mark Deming. "Vincebus Eruptum > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- 1 2 Alexander Linhardt (October 7, 2003). "Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum / Outsideinside". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- ↑ Michael Geary. "Vincebus Eruptum > Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (2 March 1968). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 52. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ↑ Justin Farrar (June 22, 2010). "Classic Rock Crate Digger: 10 Essential Proto-Metal Albums". Rhapsody. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2010.