39) The Atlantics - Bombora
Of course the sonic imperial colonialism of even the most avowedly marxist music commentariat couldn't see why it was surf and not psych which was the most inventive rock music of the 60s. Eric Clapton was awful. The Stones, absolutely did not know how to rock. SGT Pepper was the worst album ever, especially with the cheap knock offs of Indian classical. But somehow, in the world of music, being into what your parents are into is lauded as a virtue, even when the tired old babyboomer construct of rebellion against the post-war ideals of your parents is lionised beyond all reason and rationality. Ignoring, of course, that this is what Marcuse should have really aimed his ire against. He was right to despise the counter-culture, wrong to claim that the proletariat had been totally subsumed into capital. the antagonism will always be there, even if we (most likely) reach planetary collapse.
Ironically enough, King Crimson's 21st Century Schizoid man (unreconstructed punks take note!) was actually a step in the right direction. too bad they got overburdened with Fripp's pomp.
As for this record, everything from Gang of Four to Napalm Death can trace its lineage back to it. Check out Jim Skathis' guitar. spikey. appeals to the electric Miles lover in me.