''Silver Apples'' is the debut studio album by the American band

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. It was released in June 1968 by record label Kapp. It was the band's most successful original album, reaching 193 on the ''Billboard'' 200. The album was re-released in 1997 by

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and was compiled with the band's second album, ''

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''. It has been critically acknowledged as a pioneering fusion of rock and

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Legacy

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'' 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." ''

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'' included the record as one of the best

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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." The track "Oscillations" placed at number 119 on ''

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's'' list of "The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s", while it placed 48th on a similar list by ''

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''. The album itself would later be ranked by ''Pitchfork'' as the 77th best of the decade, while '' Spin'' ranked it 25th on their list of "The Top 100 Alternative Albums of the 1960s".

Track listing

Personnel

; Silver Apples * Dan Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals * Simeon – oscillators, flute, vocals ; Technical * Don Van Gorden –

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* Anonymous Arts – sleeve art * Virginia Dwan – sleeve photography

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1968 debut albums Silver Apples albums Kapp Records albums