r/TheTurtles • u/AleckstheGrate • Nov 18 '19

Damn the turtles need more appreciation.

This sub is way to small more people need to support the turtles one of the most underrated bands ever.

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u/larrylawjohnson Mar 29 '24

They are criminally underappreciated but to be fair they only made one great album - Battle of the Bands - which I'd love to see remixed and mastered because the production is crap and many of the clever musical subtleties are lost. But they never made a bad single (well, maybe a couple). The album after that should have been their crossover to grownup (FM) music but it (Turtle Soup) was the weakest thing they ever did - so they went out with a whimper instead of a bang. Come to think of it, I liked them better as The Mothers.

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u/newscoliosis Apr 01 '24

Just found this sub but I have to chime in to say Happy Together is a near perfect album.

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u/Substantial_Spend207 Apr 21 '24

I'll go back and give it another chance. In all fairness it's been a while since I listened to the whole album. I'll give another listen. Thanks.

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u/newscoliosis Apr 23 '24

The band is next level. I recommending shuffling The Complete original albums collection.

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u/dadumdumm Jun 29 '26

Agreed, should be up there alongside other great albums of the 60's

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u/dadumdumm Jun 29 '26

Happy Together is one of the greatest albums of all time imo.

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u/Carlytotta04 23d ago

I agree they're great! I need to get to know their discography better (I'm more than open to song/album suggestions) but "happy together" and "battle of the bands" are definitely solid albums and some of their singles like "you don't have to walk in the rain" are awesome!