Track Listing 1. Barabajagal 2. Superlungs My Supergirl 3. Where Is She 4. Happiness Runs 5. I Love My Shirt 6. Love Song 7. To Susan on the West Coast Waiting 8. Atlantis 9. Trudi 10. Pamela Jo 11. Stromberg Twins 12. Snakeskin 13. Lauretta's Cousin Laurinda 14. Swan (Lord of the Reedy River) 15. Poor Man's Sunshine (Nativity) 16. New Years Resolution (Donovan's Celtic Jam) 17. Runaway (Demo) 18. Sweet Beverley (Demo) 19. Marjorie (Margarine) (Demo) 20. Little White Flower (Demo) 21. Good Morning Mr Wind (Demo) 22. Palais Girl (Demo) 23. Lord of the Universe (Demo)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Jeff Beck | | Distributor: | MSI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes U.K. digitally remastered edition features 13 bonus tracks. Donovan's last truly great album of the 1960s, 1968's BARABAJAGAL shows interesting artistic growth at least as marked as his transformation from folk troubadour to daffy hippie-pop guru. The title track and "Trudi" feature the Rod Stewart-era Jeff Beck Group as Donovan's backing band; consequently both these songs have a surprising amount of sonic heft to them. Of course, Donovan is pretty much incapable of getting heavy, but the hard-candy pop suits him well. A version of Terry Reid's marijuana/fellatio multiple-entendre "Superlungs My Supergirl" is similarly rockin', but for most of the rest of the album, Donovan reverts to his usual folkish psych-pop. The hit "Atlantis," the Cat Stevens-like "I Love My Shirt" and the unexpectedly tender "To Susan On the West Coast Waiting" are also highlights.
Editorial Reviews 3 stars out of 5 - [T]he mixture of cosmic sentiment, music exotica and pop nous that first reared its head around 1966 often works wonders... Mojo
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