There’s a little bit of all the great ’60s rock acts here. Considering The Electric Prunes formed in 1965 and recorded this in 1967, it’s clear that they’re trying to latch onto a scene. But integrity in pop music can be forgiven if the songs are great—so are they?

Well, a few are. “I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)” is often considered the highlight of this album and is perhaps the group’s best-known song. I agree that it’s the best cut here, but I’d also like to add on the slow, melodic ballad, “Onie” (what kind of fucking name is Onie, really). “The King Is in the Courting House” sounds like mid-career Kinks with its music hall-inspired sound. But it would pass for a bad Kinks song by their own standards. After track four, the album really falls off into mediocrity and isn’t worth a listen.

More garage rock than psychedelic, The Electric Prunes find it hard to distinguish themselves from the greatest early ’60s garage rock bands. A lot of decent songs, but just not enough hooks to make that energy contagious. A lot of ’60s rock albums were just fronts for hit singles, and I don’t find this album to be any different.