The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (album)

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Studio album by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
Released	June 1968[1]
Recorded	1968
Genre	Psychedelic soul
Length	38:08
Label	Track Atlantic
Producer	Kit Lambert
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown chronology
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968) Strangelands (1988)
Arthur Brown chronology
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (1968) Galactic Zoo Dossier (1971)
Singles from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
"Fire" Released: 1968 "Nightmare" Released: 1968 "I Put a Spell on You" Released: 1968

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown is the debut studio album by the English rock band the Crazy World of Arthur Brown. Released in the United Kingdom in June 1968 by Track Records and in the United States in September 1968 through Atlantic, the album was an international success, propelled by the transatlantic hit single "Fire". It was the only album released during the Crazy World's original incarnation.

A psychedelic soul album, its style is defined by frontman Arthur Brown's wide-ranging theatrical vocals and mystical lyrics, with the first side of the original LP comprising a conceptual song cycle known as "the Fire Suite". The album's sound and Brown's stage act influenced subsequent musicians such as David Bowie, Peter Gabriel,^[2] Alice Cooper,^[3] Marilyn Manson and George Clinton.^[4]