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THE REVIEW
Among the masterpieces of psychedelic rock from the past 30 years, "The perfect prescription" definitely ranks among the best and most innovative ever.
Jason Pierce and Pete Kember truly seem like the spiritual sons of the "Red Krayola" and the "13th Floor Elevators", as they revive the sonic foundation and filter it with the edgy sounds of the "Velvet Underground" and the "Jesus and Mary Chain", creating an ultra-expanded psychedelia in a whirlpool of experimental and garage rock but more in the form of a hypnotic noise trance than a frontal assault.
"The perfect prescription" is their second album, in my opinion also their pinnacle, capable of giving new life to the ailing English rock of the mid-'80s, a hallucinated music lost in a heroin fog yet at the same time, with creativity that has few precedents in the history of rock.
The ten tracks of the album are the musical representation of the path of an overdose. Notable is the arrangement created to connect the super experimental Ecstasy symphony with "Transparent radiation" (Red Krayola), while "Walking with Jesus" is a kind of unreal psychedelic country, "Take me to the other side" which opens the album is pure radioactive garage with hypnotic feedback in loop, perhaps the most explosive track on the album, "Ode to street hassle" is the homage to "Lou Reed" where Pierce perfectly reproduces the voice of the former Velvet, "Come down easy" and "Call the doctor" are two avant-garde blues, while the finale is a homage to His Cosmic Majesty Sun Ra with the incredible cover of "Starship". Some pieces are retrieved from previous works, among them stands out the graceful Feel so good, here with a new arrangement.
The group will go on to follow with other masterpieces, but practically all the psychedelic noise from the '90s onward is all in this album.
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The Perfect Prescription by Spacemen 3 is celebrated as a top psychedelic rock album from the past 30 years. Combining influences from Red Krayola, Velvet Underground, and Sun Ra, it creates an innovative, hypnotic noise-trance experience. The album conceptually represents a heroin overdose journey through ten expertly arranged tracks. It revitalized mid-80s English rock with creativity and experimental sounds.Tracklist Lyrics Videos
Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3 were an English psychedelic rock band from Rugby, noted for minimalist, repetitive songs, heavy feedback, and trance-like live performances. Central figures Jason Pierce and Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember later pursued separate projects, including Spiritualized and Spectrum.23 Reviews
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By nino
"This record is revolutionary and militant where most angry rock is at best liberal."
"Spacemen 3, like all great rock... are revolutionaries: this is their great manifesto."
By CosmicJocker
The Perfect Prescription brought to life one of the most interesting works of psychedelic music in the ’80s.
It’s as if the drug intake reaches its peak concerning the stimulation of our psychic and emotional centers.
By Cervovolante
"The Perfect Prescription is a cosmic trip that immerses the listener into the deepest recesses of their own mind."
"Music becomes a means to explore the infinite and beyond, an experience that will forever change the listener’s perception of music itself."
