Electric Comic Book
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{{Infobox album
| name = Electric Comic Book
| type = Album
| artist = Blues Magoos
| cover = Electric_Comic_Book.jpg
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| released = April 1967
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| genre = {{flatlist|
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| length = 29:58
| label = {{flagicon|USA}} Mercury
{{flagicon|UK}} Repertoire (2004 CD reissue)
| producer = Bob Wyld, Art Polhemus
| prev_title = Psychedelic Lollipop
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = Basic Blues Magoos
| next_year = 1968
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Electric Comic Book
| type = studio
| single1 = Pipe Dream b/w "There's a Chance We Can Make It"
| single1date = February 1967
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Electric Comic Book is the second album by the American rock band the Blues Magoos, the follow-up to their successful debut release Psychedelic Lollipop. The psychedelic garage rock style is followed again on this release but without a high-charting single. A couple of tracks, "Intermission" and "That's All Folks" (a very brief, hard-rocking parody of the Looney Tunes end theme) showcase the band's bizarre sense of humor.
One single was released from Electric Comic Book, "Pipe Dream" b/w "There's a Chance We Can Make It". However, "Summer is the Man" and "Life is Just a Cher O'Bowlies" were released as B-sides of two singles from their next album, Basic Blues Magoos.
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} {{cite web |first=|last=|title= Electric Comic Book > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r31010 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=January 31, 2011}}
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Track listing
- "Pipe Dream" (Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala) – 2:25
- "There's a Chance We Can Make It" (Gilbert, Scala) – 2:16
- "Life Is Just a Cher O'Bowlies" (Gilbert, Scala) – 2:37
- "Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 6:02
- "Intermission" (Mike Esposito) – 1:05
- "Albert Common is Dead" (Gilbert, Scala) – 1:49
- "Summer Is the Man" (Esposito, Gilbert) – 3:00
- "Baby, I Want You" (Gilbert, Emil Theilhelm) – 2:43
- "Let's Get Together" (Jimmy Reed) – 3:06
- "Take My Love" (Gilbert, Scala) – 1:51
- "Rush Hour" (Geoff Daking, Gilbert, Esposito) – 2:36
- "That's All Folks" (Blues Magoos) – :09
Personnel
=Blues Magoos=
=Technical=
- Art Polhemus – producer, engineer
- Bob Wyld – producer
- Ray Fox – liner notes
Charts
Album – Billboard (USA)
| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
| align="left"|1967
|align="left"|Pop Albums |align="left"|74 |
Album – RPM (Canada)
| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
| align="left"|1967
|align="left"|RPM TOP 25 LPs{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.10065a.pdf| title=RPM Top 25 LPs - May 27, 1967}} |align="left"|14 |
Singles – Billboard (USA)
| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |
| align="left"|1967
|align="left"|"There's a Chance We Can Make It" |align="left"|Pop Singles |align="left"|81 |
| align="left"|1967
|align="left"|"Pipe Dream" |align="left"|Pop Singles |align="left"|60 |
Singles – RPM (Canada)
| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
! align="left" |Year ! align="left" |Single ! align="left" |Chart ! align="left" |Position |
| rowspan="3" align="left" |1970
| align="left" |"Pipe Dream" | rowspan="3" align="left" |Canada RPM 100{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.100229.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - April 29, 1967}} | align="left" |40 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.classicbands.com/bluesmagoos.html Classic Bands]
- [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p15951/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic entry]
- {{Discogs master|239362}}
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Category:Mercury Records albums