AN ELECTRIC STORM

Yes it's outrageous that I'm giving this 3 stars after looking at these glowing reviews here. Released in 1969 "An Electric Storm" was the debut album of WHITE NOISE from England. They are a trio with the main man the lone American playing some bass but mostly adding some really cool sounding effects. The other two work with electronics. We get several guests adding vocals and one drums. So while you'd think with all the electronics and effects that this would be a soundscape album you would be wrong. Yes we get that but it's surprising the amount of poppy music on here. Good poppy not lame.

Like the opener which is psychedelic with the spoken words that echo and percussion replaced by vocals and a spacey atmosphere. Contrasts continue and this is catchy. On the other hand listening to two people having sex is a complete turn off. Not in my music. That would be on the next song "My Game Of Loving". "Here Come The Fleas" has it's silliness and some theatrical female vocals. They again contrast two different sections on "Firebird" with that poppy sound with vocals and backing vocals before electronics and vocal melodies take over.

"Your Hidden Dreams" contrasts the female vocals with electronics against those noisy outbursts. Now the next song "The Visitation" at almost 12 minutes has it's moments and plenty of soundscape stuff but it's the whimpering and sobbing that occurs a couple of times on here that turns me off. Risky like the sex sounds from earlier in my opinion. Sure your getting noticed for doing something completely different but it's not a good different in my opinion. "The Black Mass: An Electric Storm In Hell" has quite bit of screaming on it and soundscape music.

Not big on some of the subject matter or the music at times and this isn't a 4 star album in my world, just everyone else's.