Journey to the Center of the Mind (song)
"Journey to the Center of the Mind" | ||||
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Single by the Amboy Dukes | ||||
from the album Journey to the Center of the Mind | ||||
B-side | "Mississippi Murderer" | |||
Released | June 1968[1] | |||
Recorded | 1967 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:11 | |||
Label | Mainstream | |||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Bob Shad | |||
The Amboy Dukes singles chronology | ||||
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"Journey to the Center of the Mind" is a song released by the Amboy Dukes in June 1968.[1] It reached No.16 on the Billboard charts in 1968[2] and No.19 in Canada.[3]
Original recording
"Journey to the Center of the Mind" featured a psychedelic rock,[4] garage rock,[5] hard rock[6] and acid rock sound.[7] It features lyrics written by the Dukes' second guitarist Steve Farmer,[8] and melody written by Ted Nugent.[9][10] The song was recorded with a higher budget than their past work. During the recording there was a lot of tension amongst the band members, and a few of them quit after the album was released, in the summer of 1968. The single helped define the psychedelic era as it peaked at No.16 on the Billboard charts.[11][12]
Other versions
The song "Journey to the Center of the Mind" was covered by
in 2001 on Libyan Dream. "Journey to the Center of the Mind" was included in the influential compilation album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, on the 1998 CD reissue, as a bonus track.Nugent remade the song on his 2007 album Love Grenade.
The lyrics are generally thought to be referring to drug use.[14][15][16][17]
References
- ^ ISBN 0875862071.
- ISBN 978-1-4969-0462-1.
- ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - August 26, 1968" (PDF).
- ISBN 978-0-87586-207-1.
- ISBN 978-1-4768-1357-8.
- ^ Swanson, Dave (30 April 2015). "How the Amboy Dukes Bridged Psychedelia and Hard Rock on 'Journey to the Center of the Mind'". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "The Amboy Dukes | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ISBN 0-472-03190-2.
- ISBN 978-0-87586-207-1.
- ISBN 978-0-19-971870-2.
- ^ MRRL Hall of Fame, "Amboy Dukes"
- ISBN 978-0-307-41483-0.
- ISBN 978-0-85712-060-1.
- ISBN 978-0-8126-9241-9.
- ISBN 978-1-4128-3479-7.
- ^ Nils I. Bateman; David M. Petersen (1971). Targets for Change: Perspectives on an Active Sociology. Xerox College Pub.
- ^ CD Review. WGE Pub. 1993.