Monday, 17 September 2018

Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky


Rating: 3/5

Review:
Great song, undistinguished album

This is a review of the original 1969 Spirit In The Sky album, not the Best Of compilation.

Spirit In The Sky is an amiable late-60s pop album. However, apart from the title track which is an unarguably monumental piece of pop genius, the rest doesn’t add up to much. There are one or two quite good tracks on it, like Alice Bodine, but nothing much that stands out as a track you’d make an effort to listen to again. It’s a little harsh to say that this shows why Norman Greenbaum was a One Hit Wonder, but as an album it fades into the background sound of the time without leaving much of a trace.

My advice – buy the single, which is superb, and don’t bother with the rest.

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