"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]
"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 considerable 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]
The song "Journey to the Center of the Mind" was covered by Slade (as "Ambrose Slade") in 1969 on the album Beginnings, by The Ramones in 1994 on Acid Eaters [13] and by Sun City Girls in 2001 on Libyan Dream. "Journey to the Center of the Mind" was included in the compilation album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, on the 1998 CD reissue, as a bonus track.
Ted Nugent remade the song on his 2007 album Love Grenade.[ citation needed]
The lyrics are generally thought to be referring to drug use. [14] [15] [16] [17]
"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]
"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 considerable 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]
The song "Journey to the Center of the Mind" was covered by Slade (as "Ambrose Slade") in 1969 on the album Beginnings, by The Ramones in 1994 on Acid Eaters [13] and by Sun City Girls in 2001 on Libyan Dream. "Journey to the Center of the Mind" was included in the compilation album Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968, on the 1998 CD reissue, as a bonus track.
Ted Nugent remade the song on his 2007 album Love Grenade.[ citation needed]
The lyrics are generally thought to be referring to drug use. [14] [15] [16] [17]