Silver Apples (album)

Silver Apples is the debut studio album by the American band Silver Apples. It was released in 1968 by record label Kapp.

Silver Apples
Studio album by Silver Apples
Released	June 1968
Genre	Electronic[1] rock[2]
Length	32:27
Label	Kapp
Producer	The Magical Theatre Partnership Barry Bryant
Silver Apples chronology
Silver Apples (1968) Contact (1969)

Release

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Sputnikmusic	4/5[4]

Silver Apples was released in June 1968 by record label Kapp.[5] It was the band's most successful original album, reaching 193 on the Billboard 200. The album was re-released in 1997 by MCA Records and was compiled with the band's second album, Contact.

Legacy

Adam Bunch of Crawdaddy! wrote in 2007: "Silver Apples is a record that reached far ahead of its time. It's not surprising then, in a year when the airwaves were still dominated by Motown and the Beatles (whose experimentation was tame by comparison), that it failed to garner much of an audience. Even now, nearly forty years later, the record sounds fresh and unconventional – in 1968 there simply wasn't anything else like it."[1] The Vinyl Factory included the record as one of the best electronic albums of the 1950s and 1960s, calling the album "a stunning collection of rickety electronic grooves and hydraulic wheezes," noting that "the compositions are often harmonically static, giving the record a driving, hypnotic quality. There’s not a bum track on it."[2]

The track "Oscillations" placed at number 119 on Pitchfork's list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s",[6] while it placed 48th on a similar list by NME.[7] The album itself would later be ranked by Pitchfork as the 77th best of the decade,[8] while Spin ranked it 25th on their list of "The Top 100 Alternative Albums of the 1960s".[9]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Oscillations"	Simeon Coxe III Danny Taylor Stanley Warren	2:48
2.	"Seagreen Serenades"	Simeon Taylor Warren	2:55
3.	"Lovefingers"	Simeon Taylor Warren	4:11
4.	"Program"	Simeon Taylor Warren	4:07
5.	"Velvet Cave"	Simeon Taylor Warren	3:30

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Whirly-Bird"	Simeon Taylor Warren	2:41
2.	"Dust"	Simeon Taylor Warren	3:40
3.	"Dancing Gods"	Navajo Indian Ceremonial	5:57
4.	"Misty Mountain"	Simeon Taylor Eileen Lewellen	2:47

Personnel

Silver Apples

• Dan Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals
• Simeon – oscillators, flute, vocals

Technical

• Don Van Gorden – engineering
• Anonymous Arts – sleeve art
• Virginia Dwan – sleeve photography

Charts

Chart (1968)	Peak position
Billboard 200	193

References

1. Bunch, Adam (May 16, 2007). "Shine On Silver Apples". Crawdaddy!. Archived from the original on August 23, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
2. FACT Team. "The greatest electronic albums of the 1950s and 1960s". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
3. Unterberger, Richie. "Silver Apples – Silver Apples | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 31, 2015.
5. "New Albums". Billboard. 80 (25): 25. June 22, 1968.
6. Sherburne, Philip (August 15, 2006). "Staff Lists: The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s | Features | Pitchfork". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 31, 2015.

External links

• Silver Apples at Discogs (list of releases)