Day 53 - Country Joe & The Fish - Electric Music For The Mind And Body (1967)

'Electric Music For The Mind And Body' was a pretty awesome album. The late 60's were full of drug-infused music but not all of it was good, i'm glad to say Country Joe & The Fish were. This was their debut album with 11 songs oozing with drug references, most notably 'Bass Strings' which ends with the creepy slow repetition of LSD. A lot of the songs are hyper and all over the place and i'm pretty sure, judging from the album cover, they was accompanied by trippy light shows when they performed live. The one exception to the usual vibe of the songs is 'Sad and Lonely Times' which reminds me of Bob Dylan and The Beatles. I give this album a 4/5 for the good songs and the trippy vibe.

Tracks I enjoyed the most: Flying High, Death Sound, Porpoise Mouth, Section 43, Super Bird, Sad and Lonely Times, Love & Bass Strings.

Day 52 - The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

Although I have yet to hear the rest of The Beatles' discography 'Sgt. Pepper's...' is a big contender for my favourite Beatles album. I loved every song on this album, even the ones I hadn't heard previously. The album cover is iconic and prompted many conspiracy theorists to suggest that Paul McCartney was dead and replaced with a doppelganger (which is clearly ridiculous but the documentaries made on it are spooky nonetheless). I loved the change in style of the music on this album, it is more psychedelic and experimental and was one of the first times The Beatles incorporated Indian music into their songs with the George Harrison written song "Within You Without You". This album is hit after hit and I recommend it to everyone who loves great music. Shockingly when the album was released in some asian countries the songs "A Day In The Life", "With A Little Help From My Friends" and "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" were excluded for drug references, that's such a shame because they are some of the best songs on the album. I wholeheartedly give this brilliant album 5/5.

Tracks I enjoyed the most: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, With A Little Help From My Friends, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds, Getting Better, She's Leaving Home, When I'm Sixty-Four, Within You Without You & A Day In The Life.

Day 51 - Nico - Chelsea Girl (1967)

'Chelsea Girl' is Nico's first solo album and my personal favourite of hers. Nico hated the album when it was released because in post production they added violins and flutes to her songs. This was the album Nico made before she became all dark and eerie in her music so the songs on this are sweet and melancholy. My favourite song on this album is the title track "Chelsea Girls", a song about the tragic denizens of the Chelsea Hotel and their lives and deaths. It's a shockingly beautiful track. Other great songs are "These Days", "The Fairest Of The Seasons" and "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams". Nico may not have liked the album but I adore it and her deep crooning German accented voice is beautiful. 5/5.

Tracks I enjoyed the most: Chelsea Girls, These Days, The Fairest Of The Seasons, It Was A Pleasure Then, I'll Keep It With Mine, Somewhere There's A Feather & Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams.

Day 51 - Astrud Gilberto - Beach Samba (1966)

As some of you may remember I first wrote of Astrud Gilberto as the woman who sang the lovely "The Girl From Ipanema" on her husband João Gilberto's album 'Getz/Gilberto' back in 1964. 'Beach Samba' is Astrud's fourth solo album. I love Astrud, she has a wonderful sweet voice and her bossa nova version of Burt Bacharach's "Call Me" is great. Another favourite of mine is "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice", a cute song she sings with her son. The album has some nice slow songs and some songs that make you wanna do the rhumba. I give this album 5/5.

Tracks I enjoyed the most: Stay, You Didn't Have To Be So Nice, Misty Roses, A Banda (Parade), Oba Oba, I Had The Craziest Dream, Bossa Na Praia (Beach Samba) and Nao Bate O Corocao.