THIRD

Thanks to ProgArchives I discovered a lot of great bands! When I started listening to Yes, Jethro Tull and King Crimson as a teenager I also found this site and wrote down the top 100 albums so I wanted to explore all the greats of prog. When I found this album in a secondhand shop I was extremely happy and couldn't wait to experience the album. Well imagine my surprise when I found that the album had none of those psychedelic sounds (like the 1st album) or laidback Canterbury prog. It was mostly free jazz. I remember putting on the first side and I just couldn't make anything of it. It was just a big mess to my ears. It sounds like every member plays something different and they have no idea what they want to express. To this day I still don't like "Facelift". The second side is more or less the same. It has some better moments but just not enough to save the song. Fortunately, the second record is way better. Side 3 is still in the jazz compartment but at least features some vocals and shows more or less a structure I can follow. The last side "Out-Bloody-Rageous" is great! This song really saves the album for me. It features a more psychedelic soundscape and has some hypnotic keyboard pattern. I find that this record starts really messy and gets better with every song. Overall I don't find this album the masterpiece a lot of people claim it to be. Side 4 is great but since it's only 1/4th of the album doesn't make it a great album.