Balaklava

"A record that virtually defies categorization, Pearls Before Swine's 1968 epic Balaklava is the near-brilliant follow-up to One Nation Underground. Intended as a defiant condemnation of the Vietnam War, it doesn't offer anthemic, fist-pounding protest songs. Instead, Rapp vented his anger through surrealist poetry, irony, and historical reference ... a combination of the real with the surreal, and it's indispensable to any serious '60s rock collection".

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"Pearls Before Swine's follow-up to revered psychedelic debut One Nation Underground stands as 1968's most striking anti-war statement".