Strawberries Mean Love

by Strawberry Alarm Clock

Overview

For a little more money, this 21-track CD compilation is a better deal than its American counterpart (One Way's Anthology), offering a slightly more extensive selection and extensive liner notes, and including almost all of the cuts contained on Anthology. Drawn from their four albums (with the accent, properly, on the first two), it also has a clutch of non-LP singles. "Incense and Peppermints" and the small follow-up hit, "Tomorrow," are by far the best things on here; much of the rest is trendy period pop/psychedelia, sounding at various times like a bush-league Doors, or a really spaced-out Association, with a bit of garage raunch tossed in on the B-side of "Incense" ("The Birdman of Alkatrash"). The two hits were included on Rhino's Nuggets compilations, which might be a better context in which to appreciate the group's fairly minimal contributions to psychedelia. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/27/1995
Label:	Big Beat Records
UPC:	0029667405621
Rank:	53504

Tracks

1. Incense and Peppermints
2. Rainy Day Mushroom Pillow
3. Sit With the Guru
4. Tomorrow
5. Black Butter-Present
6. Love Me Again
7. Pretty Song from Psych-Out
8. The World's on Fire
9. Birds in My Tree
10. The Birdman of Alkatrash
11. Small Package
12. They Saw the Fat One Coming
13. Strawberries Mean Love
14. Desiree
15. Barefoot in Baltimore
16. Paxton's Back Street Carnival
17. Hummin' Happy
18. Sea Shell
19. (You Put Me on) Stand By
20. I Climbed the Mountain
21. Three

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Strawberry Alarm Clock   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Howard Davis   Vocal Arrangement
The Unknown   Composer
John Carter   Composer
George Bunnell   Composer
Lee Freeman   Composer
Mark Weitz   Arranger,Composer
Brian Hogg   Liner Notes
Phil Smee   Original Sleeve Design
Strawberry Alarm Clock   Composer
Frank Slay   Producer
Tim Gilbert   Composer
Duncan Wowell   Post Production
Bill Holmes   Producer
Ed King   Arranger,Composer