{{more citations needed|date=February 2015}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Oh! Pleasant Hope | type = studio | artist = [[Blue Cheer]] | cover = Blue Cheer - Oh! Pleasant Hope CD cover.jpg | alt = | released = April 1971 | recorded = 1970–71 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Psychedelic rock]], [[blues rock]], [[folk rock]] | length = 32:18 | label = [[Philips Records|Philips]] | producer = [[Eric Albronda]], Blue Cheer | prev_title = [[The Original Human Being]] | prev_year = 1970 | next_title = [[The Beast Is Back]] | next_year = 1983 }}
'''''Oh! Pleasant Hope''''' is the sixth album by American rock group [[Blue Cheer]], and their final album until 1984's ''[[The Beast Is Back]]''. It features less [[Psychedelic rock|psychedelia]] and [[hard rock]] and includes more [[folk rock]] elements.<ref name="review"/> This is an unusual Blue Cheer album in that [[Dickie Peterson]] only sings lead on three songs. Another unusual aspect is that the song "I'm the Light" features extensive use of the [[sitar]] and [[synthesizer]], although on the previous album ''[[The Original Human Being]]'' the song "Babaji (Twilight Raga)" also featured extensive use of the aforementioned instruments.
{{Music ratings |rev1 = [[Allmusic]] |rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="review">[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2133|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> | rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]] | rev2Score = B+<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/robertchristgau/03.html|title=Robert Christgau: Online Exchange, part 3|publisher=RockCritics.com|accessdate=July 26, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220072137/http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/robertchristgau/03.html|archivedate=December 20, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> }}
==Track listing== #"Hiway Man" (Gary R. Grelecki, [[Sopwith Camel (band)|Norman Mayell]], [[Gary Lee Yoder|Gary Yoder]]) – 4:22 #"Believer" (Gary R. Grelecki, [[Gary Lee Yoder]]) – 3:41 #"Money Troubles" (Dr. Richard Peddicord) – 4:02 #"Traveling Man" (Gary R. Grelecki, [[Gary Lee Yoder]]) – 3:10 #"Oh! Pleasant Hope" (Dr. Richard Peddicord) – 2:39 #"I'm the Light" (Kent Housman, Norman Mayell) – 5:39 #"Ecological Blues" (Norman Mayell) – 2:26 #"Lester the Arrester" ([[Ethan James (producer)|Ralph Burns Kellogg]]) – 3:02 #"Heart Full of Soul" ([[Dickie Peterson]])– 4:37
==Personnel== *[[Dickie Peterson]] – bass, vocals *[[Sopwith Camel (band)|Norman Mayell]] – drums, guitar, sitar, vocals *[[Gary Lee Yoder|Gary Yoder]] – acoustic and electric guitars, [[harmonica|harp]], vocals *[[Ethan James (producer)|Ralph Burns Kellogg]] – [[organ (music)|organ]], [[piano]], [[synthesizer]], bass with: *Bob Gurland - Mouth Trumpet *Kent Housman - Dobro, Backing Vocals *Cynthia Jobse - Harp *[[The Oxford Circle|Jim Keylor - Bass]] *[[Douglas Killmer]] - Bass *Jack May - Guitar *[[The Oxford Circle|Dehner Patten]] - Guitar *Dr. Richard Peddicord - Guitar, Vocals *Ronald Stallings - Saxophone<ref name="Oh! Pleasant Hope">{{cite web|title=Musician credits|url=https://www.discogs.com/Blue-Cheer-Oh-Pleasant-Hope/release/2881280|website=discogs.com|date=21 November 2007 |accessdate=September 17, 2016}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Blue Cheer}}
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