Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request

Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request
Studio album by The Brian Jonestown Massacre
Released June 18, 1996
Recorded Autumn 1995
Bloody Angle Studios
Genre Psychedelic rock, raga rock
Length 73:53
Label Bomp! Records, Tangible Records
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Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request is the fourth album by American psychedelic rock band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, the second of three critically acclaimed albums released by the band in 1996. It was released on Tangible Records, distributed by Bomp! Records. The title is both a pun on and a tribute to the Rolling Stones' 1967 album, Their Satanic Majesties Request.

Music and Influences

In homage to and influenced by the Stones' somewhat controversial psychedelic album, Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request reveals vast experimentation with Indian drones, sitars, mellotrons, farfisas, didgeridoos, tablas, congas, and glockenspiels.[1] Following in the footsteps of Keith Richards and Brian Jones, BJM capture and explore the psychedelic rock sound of the late 1960s. The opening track, All Around You (Intro), pays tribute to the showmanship of the Stones, calling one and all to the psychedelic trip that they are about to experience. Sensationally mellow and trippy, the track is also reminiscent of the famous Beatles album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band's eponymous opening number and also contains elements of Donovan's Atlantis.

The song "Donovan Said" is itself a tribute to Donovan's "The Fat Angel", mimicking the vocal patterns of the verse at about a 3/4's of the speed.

Track listing

All songs on the album were written by Anton Newcombe, except for "No Come Down" and "Miss June '75", written by Matt Hollywood.

Side one

  1. "All Around You (Intro)" – 5:35
  2. "Cold to the Touch" – 3:20
  3. "Donovan Said" – 4:42
  4. "In India You" – 3:40

Side two

  1. "No Come Down" – 5:48
  2. "(Around You) Everywhere" – 0:56
  3. "Jesus" – 6:30
  4. "Before You" – 1:59
  5. "Miss June '75" – 7:33

Side three

  1. "Anenome" – 5:34
  2. "Baby (Prepraise)" – 0:30
  3. "Feelers" – 5:27
  4. "Bad Baby Intro" – 0:24

Side four

  1. "Bad Baby" – 7:58
  2. "Cause, I Lover" – 1:17
  3. "(Baby) Love of My Life" – 1:06
  4. "Slowdown (Fuck Tomorrow)/Here It Comes" – 6:46
  5. "All Around You (Outro)" – 4:48

Personnel

The liner notes also contain a list of instruments appearing on the album:

"acoustic guitar, sitar, clavs, mellotron, tambora, echoplex-feedback-generator, electric guitar, dumbek, tablas, flute, farfisa, recorder, tape loops, drums, acoustic bass, shinni, chanter, didgeridoo, vox jaguar, French horn, viola, tuba, SMS serge, 12-string electric guitar, harmonium, tambourines, cabasa, conga, jimbe, accordion, celeste, glockenspiel, bells, fish, piano, hammond, cello, wolf horn, maracas, weird-fucking-Chinese-shit, tyco drum, vibes, woodwinds and other top secret crap."

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ankeny, Jason (1996-06-18). "Their Satanic Majesties' Second Request - The Brian Jonestown Massacre". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-12.