--- product_id: 25507648 title: "Bufo Alvarius" price: "€ 6.23" currency: EUR in_stock: false reviews_count: 5 url: https://www.desertcart.es/products/25507648-bufo-alvarius store_origin: ES region: Spain --- # Bufo Alvarius **Price:** € 6.23 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Bufo Alvarius - **How much does it cost?** € 6.23 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.es](https://www.desertcart.es/products/25507648-bufo-alvarius) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Deluxe remastered reissue of their 1st album, originally released on Drunken Fish in 1995. Includes one previously-unreleased bonus track Review: Never Ones To Leave A Turn Unstoned - My first impression of the opening guitar notes from "Adhesive", the first track from "Bufo Alvarius" and the first I'd ever heard from Bardo Pond , was that they were searing and yet heavily narcotic all at once; massive, liquid, slowly puddling; heavier and yet with a more expansive tone than a riff with that sort of resonance should have been capable of producing, something akin, finally, to heavy particulates being levitated in a rhythmic interval and stretched out infinitely within a gigantic whirling funnel. It seems impossible to discuss Bardo Pond's music without resorting to language that references mind-altering experiences. Few bands that play guitar-driven psychedelic rock produce music that is truly lysergic in nature; there aren't any questions on that front here. I was hooked from that opening series of notes and brought home "Bufo Alvarius" in November of 1995. There is something truly primeval about the way Isobel Sollenberger's flute sussurates across the roar of the distortion produced by the guitars of the brothers Gibbons, here on this release (and most of those to follow), and the timeless, sustained, saturating, heavily modulated licks that ooze like sand through an hourglass during the 29 + minute-long "Amen" (a motif which will surface again within a faster tempo on "Ganges", the final track from "Dilate", a later release); it is music that is made by people who take drugs to make music to take drugs to, only it has the same effect on people who listen to it without having indulged in any substance at all. And so "Bufo Alvarius" is definitely worth ordering, if only for "Adhesive" and "Amen", the opening and closing tracks, though almost every other cut has some sort of droning, hypnotic wrinkle to it, especially "Absence" and "On A Side Street". No one should live in a universe without more dimensions than we can grasp with only our physical senses; for that reason alone Bardo Pond justifies its existence, because its music is that capable of opening up realms we normally have no access to in consensus reality, and no other route to take to them. Review: Noise party - If you ever listen to this record, prepare yourself to dive into a big sonic tunnel where light is always some more miles ahead. Guitars over guitars, almost sludge noise that oils our thoughts. Imagine Galaxy 500 on highly psychedelic drugs. Verrry good indeed! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00316DA7U | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (7) | | Date First Available | December 19, 2009 | | Department | Pets | | Item model number | 137 | | Label | Fire Records | | Language | English | | Manufacturer | Fire Records | | Number of discs | 1 | | Product Dimensions | 5.24 x 5.2 x 0.24 inches; 1.55 ounces | ## Images ![Bufo Alvarius - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/614gU55x5rL.jpg) ![Bufo Alvarius - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51TTR89ncgL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Never Ones To Leave A Turn Unstoned *by K***P on March 21, 2010* My first impression of the opening guitar notes from "Adhesive", the first track from "Bufo Alvarius" and the first I'd ever heard from Bardo Pond , was that they were searing and yet heavily narcotic all at once; massive, liquid, slowly puddling; heavier and yet with a more expansive tone than a riff with that sort of resonance should have been capable of producing, something akin, finally, to heavy particulates being levitated in a rhythmic interval and stretched out infinitely within a gigantic whirling funnel. It seems impossible to discuss Bardo Pond's music without resorting to language that references mind-altering experiences. Few bands that play guitar-driven psychedelic rock produce music that is truly lysergic in nature; there aren't any questions on that front here. I was hooked from that opening series of notes and brought home "Bufo Alvarius" in November of 1995. There is something truly primeval about the way Isobel Sollenberger's flute sussurates across the roar of the distortion produced by the guitars of the brothers Gibbons, here on this release (and most of those to follow), and the timeless, sustained, saturating, heavily modulated licks that ooze like sand through an hourglass during the 29 + minute-long "Amen" (a motif which will surface again within a faster tempo on "Ganges", the final track from "Dilate", a later release); it is music that is made by people who take drugs to make music to take drugs to, only it has the same effect on people who listen to it without having indulged in any substance at all. And so "Bufo Alvarius" is definitely worth ordering, if only for "Adhesive" and "Amen", the opening and closing tracks, though almost every other cut has some sort of droning, hypnotic wrinkle to it, especially "Absence" and "On A Side Street". No one should live in a universe without more dimensions than we can grasp with only our physical senses; for that reason alone Bardo Pond justifies its existence, because its music is that capable of opening up realms we normally have no access to in consensus reality, and no other route to take to them. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Noise party *by N***A on September 21, 2006* If you ever listen to this record, prepare yourself to dive into a big sonic tunnel where light is always some more miles ahead. Guitars over guitars, almost sludge noise that oils our thoughts. Imagine Galaxy 500 on highly psychedelic drugs. Verrry good indeed! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Whoa!!! Shouted the Universe after the Big Bang was Over *by "***" on June 1, 2000* The intuitive shamans of mellifluous chaos and incorporeal turbulent travelogues open the gates and the Cosmos becomes a wonderful mess. Like doing peyote under an electric storm while a saguaro cactus performs acupuncture on the battered remains of your medulla oblongata, after the merciless, ultra-distorted geetar excursions of the Gibbon brothers move on over your unsuspecting perceptive system like a friendly hurricane across the Bermuda Triangle. Meanwhile, a pack of wild chihuahuas stomps all over your ego at the arrhythmic and ponderous pace set somnambulisticly by Joe Culver, as Isobel Sollenberger mumbles cryptic incantations in what English would sound like if frozen at absolute zero and placed under the Iguazú cataracts for safekeeping. And it's all washed in a golden halo of fuzz. An electrocuted nirvana. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.es/products/25507648-bufo-alvarius](https://www.desertcart.es/products/25507648-bufo-alvarius) --- *Product available on Desertcart Spain* *Store origin: ES* *Last updated: 2026-04-24*