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Pretty Things
S.F. Sorrow
Genres: Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. S.F. Sorrow Is Born - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
2. Bracelets of Fingers - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
3. She Says Good Morning - The Pretty Things, Alder, John [1]
4. Private Sorrow - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
5. Balloon Burning - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
6. Death - The Pretty Things, Alder, John [1]
7. Baron Saturday - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
8. The Journey - The Pretty Things, Alder, John [1]
9. I See You - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
10. Well of Destiny - The Pretty Things, Alder, John [1]
11. Trust - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
12. Old Man Going - The Pretty Things, Alder, John [1]
13. Loneliest Person - The Pretty Things, Alder, John [1]
14. Defecting Grey [*] - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
15. Mr. Evasion [*] - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
16. Talkin' About the Good Times [*] - The Pretty Things, May, Phil
17. Walking Through My Dreams [*] - The Pretty Things, May, Phil

CD Details

All Artists: Pretty Things
Title: S.F. Sorrow
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Edsel Records UK
Release Date: 6/16/1994
Album Type: Import
Genres: Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock, British Invasion
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

Album Description

By 1967, the Pretty Things, the long-haired English group whose shocking, maraca-rattling, R&B-fueled sound and outrageous antics had made parents of teenage music fans long for the good old days of the Rolling Stones, had breathed in the perfumed air of psychedelia--and they'd moved on! Cut in the same studio where the Beatles and Pink Floyd were changing the world of pop music daily, S.F. Sorrow was the enthralling, cradle-to-grave saga of Sebastian F. Sorrow, a landmark release now credited with being the world's first rock opera--a full year ahead of the Who's Tommy.

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CD Reviews

Nobody remembers the brave pioneers...

Jeffrey Blehar | Potomac, MD | 12/04/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"You want to know how to recognize the pioneers? They're the ones with the arrows in their backs. In late 1967 The Pretty Things struck out into a whole new realm, taking a suicidally daring chance by forsaking their R&B roots to plunge into psychedelia and create the FIRST EVER "rock opera" (a full year before The Who ever released that pinball opus of theirs)...and were roundly ignored for all their troubles.

Because everybody remembers Tommy, and nobody remembers its inspiration S.F. Sorrow, about a dreamy little fellow who wants to fly himself to the moon. Now perhaps it's down to the fact that nobody expected this coming from a band that previously had more in common with Them or The Rolling Stones than Pink Floyd. But it's certainly not because of the music itself, which is gorgeous, enveloping, fully-realized and touching in its idealism and ambition. Somewhere God is flogging an angel because of the fact that "Trust" was never a hit single."