FOOL'S MATE

This would be a solid, good but nothing special, 3 star album if the only that stood out wasn't the most annoying sound in the entire world which both opens and closes the album. Why on God's green earth would you want a solid minute of buzzing at the end of your album. I don't think Peter Hammill, himself, would care to have that blown directly into his brain, via headphones, out of nowhere. Raise your hand when you can hear the tone Mr. Hamill. So, to sum up, the album is decent but there isn't anything special about it and even if there was you'd forget about it because the album blasts you with the most annoying sound in the world for the last minute leaving that as all you can think about. 2 high pitched ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhs out of 5.