Originally released on Columbia in 1968, The United States of America is one of the legendary pure psychedelic space records. Some of the harder-rocking tunes have a fun house recklessness that recalls aspects of early Pink Floyd and the Velvet Underground at their freakiest; the sedate, exquisitely orchestrated allads, especially "Cloud Song" and the wonderfully titled "Love Song for the Dead Che," are among the best relics of dreamy psychedelia. Occasionally things get too excessive and self-conscious, and the attempts at comedy are a bit flat, but otherwise this is a near classic.
I don’t know if Owen Pallet, of Final Fantasy, is influenced by the psychedelic band The United States of America. Actually there’s only one song off of USOA’s sole LP which sounds akin to the music of Final Fantasy. This song, “Stranded in Time,” features familiar Final Fantasy instrumentation, violin and cello, and even adds that old baroque stand by, the harpsichord. The lyrics als
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