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Rating: "The Perfect Prescription" is a cosmic trip that immerses the listener into the deepest recesses of their own mind. The band made heavy use of drugs and recommended listening to their music under the influence of narcotics. This musical masterpiece is a minimal symphony that transcends the very concept of music and becomes a portal to the unknown.
In "Take Me To The Other Side," one is immersed in a sensory explosion of drums, guitar, and bass, a magical fusion that guides the listener through unknown dimensions. The notes become portals opening onto soundscapes never before imagined as one is carried away by the currents of this hypnotic trance. "Walkin' With Jesus" opens the doors to a mysterious realm, with an organ introducing almost whispered voices. An intricate weaving of guitars, bass, and drums creates a surprising symphony, a melody that sings the lament of the unknown with a poignant beauty. It is an experience akin to a journey through an ethereal atmosphere, where time dissolves, leaving only space for the music. "Ode To Street Hassle" stands as an altar dedicated to Lou Reed, a timeless sonic tribute. Meanwhile, "Ecstasy Symphony" makes the cosmos vibrate with space synths, recalling the epic sonic odysseys of the Cosmic Couriers of Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze, creating an enveloping and avant-garde experience. "Transparent Radiation (Flashback)" is a journey through time, an elaboration of the 1967 RED KRAYOLA, where the violin dances with the guitar, the bass, and the voice unite in an intoxicating crescendo. "Feel So Good" is a peaceful immersion in a sea of sounds, a whispered melody that wraps the listener in a sonic embrace. "Things'll Never Be The Same" ventures into dissonant territories, echoing the Stooges with a blurred and haunting guitar. "Come Down Easy" sings intoxication in a catchy way, a melody that transports the listener into a never-ending trip, an experience that challenges the boundaries of reality. "Call The Doctor" emerges like a shadow with a whispered voice, bringing with it the dark awareness of an imminent overdose. Thus, the record becomes a hallucinatory journey, a transcendental experience where the mind gets lost and finds itself in unthinkable sound worlds.
"The Perfect Prescription" is not just an album; it is a portal to the unknown, an odyssey that challenges the boundaries of reality and opens the mind to unthinkable sound universes. In this hallucinatory journey, music becomes a means to explore the infinite and beyond, an experience that will forever change the listener's perception of music itself.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Take Me to the Other Side (04:39)
I have a passion sweet Lord
And it just won't go away
I have it each and every day Lord
Sure as the sun comes up each day
Come on take me for a ride
Take me to the other side
Come on take me for a ride
Come on baby take my hand
And we'll walk across the sand
We'll go to places we ain't been
See all the things that we ain't seen
Come on take me for a ride
Take me to the other side
Come on take me for a ride
I have a passion sweet Lord
And it just won't go away
I have it each and every day Lord
Sure as the sun comes up each day
02 Walkin' With Jesus (05:09)
I walked with Jesus and he would say
"Oh you poor child, you ain't comin' to me no way
You've found Heaven on Earth, gonna burn for your sin"
But I think I'll be in good company down there with all my friends
Well I got around to thinking 'bout what Jesus said to me
Cos if Heaven's like this, then that's the place for me
Long, long time between now and my death
And I gotta have my fun so I've chosen what's best
Well, here it comes
Here comes the sound
The sound of confusion
The sound of love
So listen sweet Lord, forgive me my sin
‘Cos I can't stand this life without all of these things
Know I done wrong, but I've Heaven on Earth
Know I done wrong, but I could have done me worse
Well, here it comes
Here comes the sound
The sound of confusion
Well, here it comes
Here comes the sound
The sound of love
Here it comes
Here it comes
Here it comes
The sound of love
The sound of love
The sound of love
Jesus please meet me at the centre of the earth
Cos these wings are gonna fail me and I could have done me worse
Yeah I could have done me worse
Yeah I could have done me worse
03 Ode to Street Hassle (04:00)
Well I've been to some far out places
I've read the writing on the wall
But today I walked with Jesus and together
Together we walk tall
And as we sat there talking
Jesus turned to say to me
"You'd better learn and love this life ‘cos there's things
There's things that are hard to see"
And as I sat there thinkin'
Once again he turned to me
He said "I've given you temptation but these things
These things have got to be"
So I just sat and listened
To what Jesus said to me
‘Cos sometimes you gotta listen, if there's things,
If there's things you just can't see
And while we were out walking
Once again he turned to me
And as I looked into his eyes his thoughts
His thoughts just came to me.
Well some people never listen
You know some people just won't see
But I can see and hear these things
These things have got to be.
05 Feel So Good (05:30)
Don’t it feel so good
Lord I feel so good today
Don’t it feel just fine
Lord I feel so fine
Takes me out of my mind
Lord…
Takes me out of my mind
Don’t it feel so good
Lord I feel so good
Don’t it feel just fine
Lord I feel so fine
Takes me out of my mind
Takes me out of my mind
….so good today
Don’t it feel so good
Lord I feel so good today
Don’t it feel just fine
Lord I feel so fine
Takes me out of my mind
It takes me out of my mind
Don’t it feel so good
Lord I feel so good today
Don’t it feel just fine
Lord I feel so fine
Lord I feel so good today
Lord I feel so fine
Lord…
‘Cos it feels so good
Lord I feel so good today
Yeah it feels so fine
Lord I feel so fine
Takes me out of my mind
Lord…
Takes me out of my mind
…goin’ down today
Lord I ain’t goin’ down
Lord I ain’t gonna die today
Lord I ain’t gonna die
Lord I ain’t goin’ down today
Lord I feel so good today
Ba Baba Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba Baba Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba
Baba Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba Baba Ba-ba ba-ba ba-ba
Don’t it feel so good
Lord I feel so good
Don’t it feel so good
Lord I feel so good today
Don’t it feel so good
Lord I feel so good today
Don’t it feel just fine
Lord I feel so fine
Takes me out of my mind
Lord I feel so good today
Takes me out of my mind
Lord I feel so fine
Takes me out of my mind
Lord…
Everything’s just fine
That’s just fine
Lord I ain’t goin’ down today
Lord I ain’t goin’ down
07 Come Down Easy (06:48)
by Kember/Pierce
In 1987 all I wanna do is fly
All I want for you to do is reach up to the sky
Well well well, and come down easy
Well well well, and come down easy
Lord I'm gonna shake it
Lord I'm gonna make it
Sure I'm gonna take it
‘Cos I feel, yeah I feel, alright, alright
In 1987 all I wanna do is get stoned
All I want for you to do is take my body home
Well well well, and come down easy
Well well well, come down easy
Lord I'm gonna shake it
Lord I'm gonna make it
Sure I'm gonna take it
‘Cos I feel, yeah I feel, alright, alright, alright
Meet me children meet me
Meet me at the top of the sky
All I want for you to do
Is take yourself a little higher
Well well well, and come down easy
Well well well, come down easy
Lord I'm gonna shake it
Lord I'm gonna make it
Sure I'm gonna take it
‘Cos I feel, yeah I feel, alright, alright, alright
Yeah I feel alright, alright, alright
Take it down, take it way down low
Down, down, down, down, down
Take it way down low
About as low as you can go
I don't know
I don't know
I don't know, but…
I don't know, but I shake it babe
Shake it babe, shake it babe
Shake it baby, shake it babe, shake it babe
Yeah so I can fly
Yeah, just take it a little higher now
Yeah, come down easy
Lord I'm gonna shake it
Lord I'm gonna make it
Sure I'm gonna take it
‘Cos I feel, yeah I feel, alright, alright, alright
Shake it babe…
Jesus Christ I was only shakin', Lord…
Shake it babe
Shake it baby
Shake it baby
Shake it babe
08 Call the Doctor (03:50)
Call the doctor pretty baby, you know I'm near to my last breath
You'd better hurry now honey, or you're gonna be my death
You'd better throw away the spoons and all the other dirty things
Cos when the law arrives this evening, I don't think they'll wait and ring
Call the doctor pretty baby, tell him he's gotta rush and run
Cos I think I've had too much babe, tell him it ain't no fun
Hey there's the door now pretty baby, see who's on the other side
Tell them to back up with the wagon now I think I'm going for a ride
Tell them I did it to myself babe, and I lived a life of sin
Tell them black ain't always white babe, and without sure ain't within
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By N.I.B.II.O
"The perfect prescription definitely ranks among the best and most innovative psychedelic rock albums ever."
"The ten tracks of the album are the musical representation of the path of an overdose."
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.
