Sound of Confusion

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sound of Confusion

| type = Album

| artist = Spacemen 3

| cover = Spacemen_3_-_Sound_Of_Confusion_Orig.jpg

| alt =

| released = July 1986

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Garage rock, neo-psychedelia

| length = 39:48
71:20 (1994 re-release)

| label = Glass (original UK release)
Fire (various UK reissues)
Taang! (1995 US release)

| producer = Spacemen 3

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Transparent Radiation

| next_year = 1987

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = Studio album

| cover = Spacemen 3 - Sound of Confusion.jpg

| border =

| alt = This album cover drops the white background of the original for a fiery reinterpretation

| caption = 1994 re-release.

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sound-of-confusion-mw0000198144 |title=Sound of Confusion – Spacemen 3 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=30 June 2022 |last=Raggett |first=Ned}}

| rev2 = NME

| rev2score = 5/10{{cite magazine |title=Spacemen 3: Sound of Confusion |magazine=NME |date=9 September 1989 |last=Fadele |first=Dele |author-link=Dele Fadele |page=41}}

| rev3 = PopMatters

| rev3score = 8/10{{cite web |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/175283-spacemen-3-sound-of-confusion-the-perfect-prescription-performance/ |title=Spacemen 3: Sound of Confusion / The Perfect Prescription / Performance |website=PopMatters |date=21 November 2013 |access-date=30 June 2022 |last=Mathers |first=Ian |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124234732/http://www.popmatters.com/review/175283-spacemen-3-sound-of-confusion-the-perfect-prescription-performance/ |archive-date=24 November 2013 |url-status=dead}}

| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book |chapter=Spacemen 3 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor1-link=Nathan Brackett |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |editor2-link=Christian Hoard |publisher=Simon & Schuster |edition=4th |year=2004 |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/763 763–764]}}

| rev5 = Spin Alternative Record Guide

| rev5score = 7/10{{cite book |chapter=Spacemen 3 |last=Strauss |first=Neil |author-link=Neil Strauss |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide |editor1-last=Weisbard |editor1-first=Eric |editor1-link=Eric Weisbard |editor2-last=Marks |editor2-first=Craig |publisher=Vintage Books |year=1995 |isbn=0-679-75574-8 |pages=371–373}}

}}

Sound of Confusion is the first studio album by space rock group Spacemen 3, released in July 1986 on Glass Records. Four of the seven songs are cover versions; "Hey Man" combines the melody of Amen (gospel song) with the lyrics of Fixin' to Die Blues by Bukka White, "Rollercoaster", originally by the 13th Floor Elevators, "Mary Anne" (originally ″Just One Time″) by Juicy Lucy and "Little Doll" by The Stooges. The closing track "O.D. Catastrophe" clearly references the vocal melody of "T.V. Eye" by The Stooges, with an early version of the song even being titled "T.V. Catastrophe".{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/tv-catastrophe-mt0030478771 |title = T.V. Catastrophe - Spacemen 3 {{!}} Song Info {{!}} AllMusic}}

It was re-released in 1994 by Taang! including the three tracks on the Walkin' With Jesus EP and a demo of the song "2.35".