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The United States of America is the only studio album by American rock band the United States of America. Produced by David Rubinson, it was released in 1968 by Columbia Records. The album combined rock and psychedelia with then-uncommon electronic instrumentation and experimental composition, along with an approach reflecting an anti ...
The United States of America was an American experimental rock band founded in Los Angeles in 1967 by composer Joseph Byrd and vocalist Dorothy Moskowitz, with electric violinist Gordon Marron, bassist Rand Forbes and drummer Craig Woodson.
Mar 7, 2023 · The United States of America were on the front lines of the psychedelic explosion, complete with all the prerequisite experimental tendencies and left-wing politics. But with just one album to their name, the band slipped through the cracks of American pop culture.
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Unlike a lot of other "experimental" 60s albums, however, "The United States of America" never sacrifices listenability in favor of experimentalism, and as a result it comes off as a wildly innovative, extremely well-put-together time capsule that, in retrospect, was wildly ahead of its time.
May 2, 2018 · This isn’t surprising. When the album, The United States of America was originally released in 1968, it only reached No. 181 on the Billboard 200. The content itself is, at best, challenging, and...
Oct 18, 2004 · Experimental / Rock. Label: Edsel. Reviewed: October 18, 2004. The invaluable Sundazed label reissues this 1968 psych-pop masterpiece, adding 10 tracks worth of audition tapes, B-sides, and...
Nov 29, 2017 · Unfortunately, like many experimental psychedelic albums, The United States of America was unfairly ignored on release, getting very little promotion from executives who hated the band name, didn’t understand the music and considered the band’s politics to be treasonous. However, due to the quality of the music, it has since gone on to ...
