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Artist:Strawberry Alarm Clock
Title:Strawberries Mean Love
Label:  Big Beat
Country:UK
Date:1992
Catalogue:CDWIKD 56
Barcode:029667405621
Format:CD Album
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Community: 3 Own, 1 Wants
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
01Strawberry Alarm ClockIncense And PeppermintsJ. Carter, T. GilbertRate
02Strawberry Alarm ClockRainy Day Mushroom PillowStrawberry Alarm Clock, G. Bunnell, S. BartekRate
03Strawberry Alarm ClockSit With The GuruM. Weitz, E. King, R. FreemanRate
04Strawberry Alarm ClockTomorrowM. Weitz, E. KingRate
05Strawberry Alarm ClockBlack Butter - PresentE. King, L. FreemanRate
06Strawberry Alarm ClockLove Me AgainL. Freeman, E. KingRate
07Strawberry Alarm ClockPretty Song From 'Psych Out'L. Freeman, E. KingRate
08Strawberry Alarm ClockThe World's On FireStrawberry Alarm ClockRate
09Strawberry Alarm ClockBirds In My TreeG. Bunnell, S. BartekRate
10Strawberry Alarm ClockThe Birdman Of AlkatrashM. WeitzRate
11Strawberry Alarm ClockSmall PackageM. Weitz, J. Pitman, E. King, L. Freeman, G. BunnellRate
12Strawberry Alarm ClockThey Saw The Fat One ComingE. King, L. FreemanRate
13Strawberry Alarm ClockStrawberries Mean LoveStrawberry Alarm Clock, G. Bunnell, S. BartekRate
Bonus Tracks
14Strawberry Alarm Clock DesireeM. Weitz, J. PitmanRate
15Strawberry Alarm ClockBarefoot In BaltimoreR. Freeman, E. King, M. WeitzRate
16Strawberry Alarm ClockPaxton's Back Street CarnivalStrawberry Alarm Clock, G. Bunnell, S. BartekRate
17Strawberry Alarm ClockHummin' HappyStrawberry Alarm Clock, G. Bunnell, R. SoelRate
18Strawberry Alarm ClockSea ShellJ. Carter, T. GilbertRate
19Strawberry Alarm Clock(You Put Me On) Stand ByM. Weitz, J. Pitman, E. King, R. Freeman, G. GunnelsRate
20Strawberry Alarm ClockI Climbed The MountainC. Friberg, I. GasmanRate
21Strawberry Alarm ClockThreeE. King, L. FreemanRate


Notes

A CD reissue of the vinyl compilation of the same name (https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/wik56) with 8 bonus tracks.

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Burton LeB SUBS
24th Feb 2021
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When I bought the vinyl edition of this album at the end of the 1980s, all I knew of SAC was "Incense And Peppermints", which I remembered hearing as a kid, and then got to know better years later via one of the Cruisin' series albums. Big Beat had done a great job of putting together this compilation, (even if "Birdman Of Alkatrash" sounded a little out of place amongst the other gently psychedelic cuts). I played the LP a lot for years as it fitted in nicely with other albums of its kind (Bam Caruso's 'Rubble' series, and other reissues on Edsel and Big Beat). After a while though I developed a taste for the harder-edged psych and prog music that I'd discovered along the way, so I traded Strawberries Mean Love (along with some similar reissues) in for something else.
Fast forward a few decades, and I had a desire to hear this again so got the CD version - with extra tracks too! - even better, I thought. Except that, well, it isn't. Out of the eight bonus tracks, there are only two ("Paxton's Back Street Carnival" and "Hummin' Happy") that match up to the quality of the material on the original comp, and to my ears the rest actually spoil it as there's nothing very comparable. They're fairly unnecessary additions and just don't have the same great atmosphere that the others do. I would have gladly traded the eight (actually six if you put aside the two I just mentioned) for the addition of "Unwind With The Clock" and / or "Pass Time With SAC" from the band's first album as they are far more in keeping with the style and the vibe of the rest of the original Strawberries Mean Love collection. The six bonuses (A's and B's) don't add a thing to the first thirteen tracks, and in this case less really is more: this 'more' is just too MOR.

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