Spirit
Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus (1970)
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Length:  54:20
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Prelude - Nothin' To Hide    3:43
      2.  
      		 Nature's Way    2:40
      3.  
      		 Animal Zoo    3:10
      4.  
      		 Love Has Found a Way    2:42
      5.  
      		 Why Can't I Be Free    1:05
      6.  
      		 Mr. Skin    4:01
      7.  
      		 Space Child    3:25
      8.  
      		 When I Touch You    5:37
      9.  
      		 Street Worm    3:43
      10.  
      		 Life Has Just Begun    3:29
      11.  
      		 Morning Will Come    2:50
      12.  
      		 Soldier    2:50
      13.  
      		 Rougher Road (mono)    3:17
      14.  
      		 Animal Zoo (mono single version)    3:10
      15.  
      		 Morning Will Come (alternate mono mix)    2:50
      16.  
      		 Red Light Roll On (mono)    5:41
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      Spirit (1970) - Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus

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      Artist: Spirit
      Album: Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus
      Released: 1970 (1996)
      Epic/Legacy
      Genre: Prog-Rock/Art Rock/Psychedelic


      Review:
      AMG
      Review by Richie Unterberger
      Although this has the reputation of being their most far-out album, it actually

      contains the most disciplined songwriting and playing of the original lineup, cutting

      back on some of the drifting and offering some of their more melodic tunes. The

      lilting "Nature's Way" was the most endearing FM standard on the album, which also

      included some of Spirit's best songs in "Animal Zoo" and "Mr. Skin." The 1996 CD

      reissue has four bonus tracks, though these are on the nonessential side: mono

      versions of "Animal Zoo" and "Morning Will Come," the 1970 single "Red Light Roll

      On," and the previously unissued "Rougher Road."

      Track List:
      1.Prelude - Nothin' To Hide
      2.Nature's Way
      3.Animal Zoo
      4.Love Has Found A Way
      5.Why Can't I Bee Free
      6.Mr. Skin
      7.Space Child
      8.When I Touch You
      9.Street Worm
      10.Life Has Just Begun
      11.Morning Will Come
      12.Soldier
      13.Rougher Road (Mono - Bonus)
      14.Animal Zoo (Mono Single Version - Bonus)
      15.Morning Will Come (Alternate Mono Mix - Bonus)
      16.Red Light Roll On (Mono - Bonus)

      Spirit was formed with the intention to combine jazz, rock, classical, and folk with a mystical orientation. Led by the family duo of Hendrix-inspired guitarist Randy California and his uncle, jazz drummer Ed Cassidy (whose shaved head--some 20 years ahead of its time--was the band's visual focus), Spirit had a few idiosyncratic hits such as "I Got A Line On You." The band didn't reach its prime until Twelve Dreams, after which they promptly broke up. A loosely constructed sci-fi concept album, it contains the band's biggest hit, the ecological "Nature's Way" (complete with booming kettle drums), the surreal rock of "Animal Zoo," and the orchestral psychedelia of "Life Has Just Begun." Bristling with ideas, energy, and California's meaty guitar, Twelve Dreams exemplifies the best of the late '60s experimentalism. --Steven Mirkin
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