Tracks Side 1:

1. Hiway Man (4:20)

2. Believer (3:55)

3. Money Troubles (4:04)

4. Traveling Man (3:08)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Oh! Pleasant Hope (2:37)

2. I'm The Light (5:43)

3. Ecological Blues (2:23)

4. Lester The Arrester (3:09)

5. Heart Full of Soul (4:38)

It's hard To imagine what would prompt someone To Theband that Recorded Vincebus eruptum should get in touch with their pastoral side, but FOR their sixth album in only four years, BLUE CHEER decided To explore something close To folk-rock and they sounded A lot more comfortable with The stuff than anyone had A right To expect. 1971's Oh! Pleasant Hope featured The Same lineup as The previous year's The Original Human Being ( TheFirstTime since outsideside that The band had TheSame musicians FORTwo albums in A row), and while The previous album found BLUE CHEER trying To buff off some of their rough edges, this One is loose, laid-back, and playful; if it doesn't hit very hard, it's OneofThe most organic and natural-sounding recordings To carry The group's name. The album opens with "Hiway Man," an updated variant On old folk ballads with acoustic guitars and A The arrangement; Oh! Pleasant Hope upends traditional expectations about this most HEAVYband , and while their tough, blues-centered rock is STILL present On songs like "Believer" and "Heart Full of Soul" (not The Yardbirds hit but A Dickie Peterson original), most ofTheTimeTheMUSIC is simpler and quieter, and "Traveling Man," "Money Troubles," and "Ecological Blues" come off like jams cut Live in The studio rather than stuff The group labored over FOR days. And The band flies their freak flag High OnThe tale ofA mythic, mean-spirited cop "Lester The Arrester "and The title track, A likably goofy singalong in which A guy looking FOR reefer in The midst ofA cannabis drought imagines ADay when "grass will flow like wine." Oh! Pleasant Hope what Recorded at A Time when BLUE CHEER 's fortunes were at A low ebb, and it was The last album they would cut before breaking up FOR several years; it's hard To imagine anyone thought this was A shrewd commercial move, and at heart, this is an album BLUE CHEER made because they felt like doing this, and The relaxed attitude and sense of fun is what makes this album work. (Mark Deming / allmusic.com)

Dickie Peterson - vocals, bass
Gary Yoder - Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Vocals
Norman Mayell - drums, guitar, sitar, deltuba, vocals
Bass - Doug Killmer, Jim Keylor
Ralph Kellogg - piano, organ, bass
&
Richard Peddicord - Guitar, Vocals
Kent Housman - Dobro, Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jack May - Guitar
Dehner Patten - Guitar
Jim Keylor - bass
Ronald Stallings - saxophones
Bob Gurland - Mouth Trumpet
Cynthia Jobse - Harp

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