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Growers of Mushroom 1971 Album

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Growers of Mushroom is the debut studio album by English hard rock band Leaf Hound, released in 1971. It is the only album to feature original material from the classic original line-up. The album is often cited as a pioneer of heavy metal, hard rock, psychedelic rock and stoner rock.
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1. Freelance Fiend 3m 11s
2. Sad Road to the Sea 4m 16s
3. Drowned My Life in Fear 3m
4. Work My Body 8m 12s
5. Stray 3m 48s
6. With a Minute to Go 4m 19s
7. Growers of Mushroom 2m 17s
8. Stagnant Pool 3m 59s
9. Sawdust Caesar 4m 30s

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For the longest time, Growers of Mushroom was known more for being a collector's item than anything else, and a good chunk of this band was carried over from blues-rock stalwarts Black Cat Bones. With screamer Peter French as frontman, they attempted to move into realms then occupied by the likes of Sabbath and Led Zep with this one-off. Instead, it ended up occupying a strange little "tweener" niche, as French's macabre lyrics met up with a clumsy yet unpretentious approach musically which would be cited as a precursor to the 90's stoner rock scene. The opening "Freelance Fiend" is pointed out as a highlight, most likely due to its rough resemblance to Zep's "Black Dog", but my pick is the second track, "Sad Road to the Sea", which really does unwind like a tension-filled high-speed ride down a winding road. "Work My Body" is the big, dark epic here, but it is not all blackout shades and candlelight only - the title track is an off-kilter, '60's-pop loving flashback reminiscent of the Small Faces. Pretty much as soon as the album was recorded, the project splintered, with French moving on to some more immediate high-profile gigs - first, Atomic Rooster, then Cactus.
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