The Crazy World of
Arthur Brown
is the
debut studio album
by the English
rock band
the Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Released in
the United Kingdom
in June 1968
by Track Records
and in
the United States in
September 1968
through Atlantic
the album was an
international success,
propelled by the
transatlantic hit single
"Fire".
It was the only album
released during
the Crazy World's
original incarnation.
A psychedelic soul album,
its style is defined by
frontman
Arthur Brown's
wide-ranging
theatrical vocals
and mystical lyrics,
with the first side
of the original LP
comprising a
conceptual song cycle
known as
"the Fire Suite".
The album's sound
and Brown's stage act
influenced subsequent
musicians such as
David Bowie,
Peter Gabriel,
Alice Cooper,
Marilyn Manson
and
George Clinton.
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