Recorded 1967 Producer Abe "Voco" Kesh Artist Blue Cheer Label Philips Records | Length 32:08 Vincebus Eruptum
(1968) Outsideinside
(1968) Release date 16 January 1968 | |
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Released January 16, 1968 (1968-01-16) Studio Amigo Studios, Hollywood, California Genres Heavy metal, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock, Blues rock, Stoner rock, Acid rock Similar Outsideinside, New! Improved!, The Original Human B, The Beast Is Back, Oh! Pleasant Hope | ||
Blue cheer vincebus eruptum full album
Vincebus Eruptum (/vɪŋˈkeɪbəs ɪˈrʌptəm/ (pseudo latin) is the debut studio album by American rock band Blue Cheer. Released on January 16, 1968, the album features a heavy-thunderous blues sound, which would later be known as heavy metal. It also contains elements of acid rock, grunge, experimental rock, blues rock, stoner rock, and garage rock. A commercial and critical success, Vincebus Eruptum peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and spawned the top-20 hit cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues". Being an example of hard rock, it is also lauded as one of the first heavy metal albums.
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Background and history
Blue Cheer's debut album was recorded in 1967 at Amigo Studios in North Hollywood, California. In an interview with StonerRock.com, frontman Dickie Peterson explained that "Some songs I wrote have taken 20 years to really complete. And there are other songs like 'Doctor Please' or 'Out of Focus' that I wrote in ten minutes." On "Doctor Please" in particular, Peterson explained that "when I wrote the song (in 1967), it was a glorification of drugs. I was going through a lot of 'Should I take this drug or should I not take this drug? Blah, blah, blah.' There was a lot of soul searching at the time when I wrote that song, and I actually decided to take it. That’s what that song was about and that’s what I sang it about, sort of a drug anthem for me." On the band's cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues", Peterson noted that "We kept changing it around and adding/taking bits away. It also has to do with large doses of LSD."
Reception and legacy
Blue Cheer's debut album has widely been held in high regard by critics. Writing for music website AllMusic, Mark Deming described Vincebus Eruptum as "a glorious celebration of rock & roll primitivism run through enough Marshall amps to deafen an army", praising the band's "sound and fury" as one of the founding movements of heavy metal. Pitchfork reviewer Alexander Linhardt gave the album nine out of a maximum ten points, noting that the album was less structured than its successor, Outsideinside. It has also been described by Billboard as "the epitome of psychedelic rock".
Online music service Rhapsody included Vincebus Eruptum in its list of the "10 Essential Proto-Metal Albums", suggesting that the band "not only inspired the term 'power trio,' they practically invented heavy metal."
Songs
1Summertime Blues3:47
2Rock Me Baby
3Doctor Please8:50