I Had Too Much to Dream

Despite the name (a little worse than, say, Ultimate Spinach), The Electric Prunes, like all good psychedelic bands of the 1960s (think Sopwith Camel, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead, Sweetwater, Chocolate WatchBand, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Love, and so on), were serious about music. What distinguished The EP was a nice ability to capture nuances. That may seem strange, listening to the two big hit singles that came from this album ("I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night" and "Get Me to the World on Time"). But also on this album are very fine contemplative pieces: the love song "Onie” and then "Train for Tomorrow.” There are also other fine songs like “Bangles,” and “Are You Lovin’ Me More (But Enjoying It Less). Two songs that really show how perfectly subdued and nuanced The EP could be are what would be in the hands of a different band a loud rocker, “Luvin’,” and a delightful cover of an old Al Jolson song, “About a Quarter to Nine” (Really!!!). “Try Me On for Size” sounds a bit too much like an effort to sound like the Rolling Stones and “The Toonerville Trolley” is a not very successful effort to blend ‘20’s flapper music and modern rock. (The Association did it better: “Wasn’t It a Bit Like Now.”)

I have listened to this album for thirty years now. Love every song. Their second album is almost as good too.

this was waaaaay ahead of its time . . . . . .

I had too many prunes last night....

a good old psychedelic band.... of course the first track is their best and most known, but Sold to the Highest Bidder is a must if you're into surf or old rock groups that experimented with world sounds, it's a great song. Get Me to the World on Time is good too, but I'd recommend buying the Nuggets collections for the best of all these types of groups then picking out the few other songs from iTunes that sound good.

This is a awsome Cd! I love the 1st song. It is the best song on the whole Cd. Anyone who likes 60's music must have the first song!