Vincebus Eruptum
Vincebus Eruptum ( (pseudo latin) is the debut studio album by American rock band Blue Cheer. Released on January 16, 1968,[1][2] the album features a heavy-thunderous blues sound, which would later be known as heavy metal. It also contains elements of acid rock, grunge,[3] experimental rock, blues rock, stoner rock,[4] and garage rock. A commercial and critical success, Vincebus Eruptum peaked at number 11 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and spawned the top-20 hit cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues". Being an example of hard rock,[5] it is also lauded as one of the first heavy metal albums.[6]
Background and history
Blue Cheer's debut album was recorded in 1967 at Amigo Studios in North Hollywood, California.[7] In an interview with StonerRock.com, frontman Dickie Peterson explained that "Some songs I wrote have taken 20 years to really complete. And there are other songs like 'Doctor Please' or 'Out of Focus' that I wrote in ten minutes."[8] On "Doctor Please" in particular, Peterson explained that "when I wrote the song (in 1967), it was a glorification of drugs. I was going through a lot of 'Should I take this drug or should I not take this drug? Blah, blah, blah.' There was a lot of soul searching at the time when I wrote that song, and I actually decided to take it. That’s what that song was about and that’s what I sang it about, sort of a drug anthem for me."[8] On the band's cover of Eddie Cochran's "Summertime Blues", Peterson noted that "We kept changing it around and adding/taking bits away. It also has to do with large doses of LSD."[9]
Reception and legacy
Blue Cheer's debut album has widely been held in high regard by critics. Writing for music website AllMusic, Mark Deming described Vincebus Eruptum as "a glorious celebration of rock & roll primitivism run through enough Marshall amps to deafen an army", praising the band's "sound and fury" as one of the founding movements of heavy metal.[10] Pitchfork reviewer Alexander Linhardt gave the album nine out of a maximum ten points, noting that the album was less structured than its successor, Outsideinside.[11] It has also been described by Billboard as "the epitome of psychedelic rock".[13]
Online music service Rhapsody included Vincebus Eruptum in its list of the "10 Essential Proto-Metal Albums", suggesting that the band "not only inspired the term 'power trio,' they practically invented heavy metal."[14]
Track listing
Personnel
- Blue Cheer
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- Additional personnel
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- Remastered version
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References
- ↑ "JAN. 16, 1968: THE RELEASE OF BLUE CHEER'S 'VINCEBUS ERUPTUM'". Arthur Magazine. Joshua Tree. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ↑ "Celebrating the 45th birthday of Blue Cheer's mighty Vincebus Eruptum…". Classic Rock Magazine Facebook Fanpage. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ↑ SPIN Magazine - Page 90. Google Books. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ↑ "Blue Cheer - Live Bootleg: London - Hamburg review". Allmusic. Greg Prato. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ↑ Various Mojo Magazine (1 November 2007). The Mojo Collection: 4th Edition. Canongate Books. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-84767-643-6.
- ↑ Chris Smith (2009). One Hundred and One Albums that Changed Popular Music. Oxford University Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-19-537371-4.
- ↑ "Blue Cheer - Vincebus Eruptum (Vinyl, LP)". Discogs. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- 1 2 "Blue Cheer interview, Dickie Peterson". StonerRock.com. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- ↑ "Interview with Dickie Peterson of heavy metal hard rock band Blue Cheer". Get Ready to ROCK!. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- 1 2 Mark Deming. "Vincebus Eruptum > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- 1 2 Alexander Linhardt (October 7, 2003). "Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum / Outsideinside". Pitchfork. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- ↑ Michael Geary. "Vincebus Eruptum > Review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (2 March 1968). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 52. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ↑ Justin Farrar (June 22, 2010). "Classic Rock Crate Digger: 10 Essential Proto-Metal Albums". Rhapsody. Archived from the original on September 20, 2012. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
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Live albums |
- Blitzkrieg Over Nüremberg
- Live and Unreleased Vol. 1: '68/'74
- Live and Unreleased Vol. 2: Live At San Jose Civic Centre & More
- Hello Tokyo, Bye Bye Osaka - Live In Japan 1999
- Live in Japan
- Bootleg: Live - Hamburg - London
- Rocks Europe
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Compilation albums |
- Motive - Blue Cheer
- Louder than God: The Best of Blue Cheer
- Good Times are so Hard to Find: The History of Blue Cheer
- The Best of Yesteryear
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Tribute albums |
- Blue Explosion - A Tribute to Blue Cheer
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