TARKUS

Quite good aggressive music on this album! I don't see this as a complete masterpiece, as there are some annoying numbers on this one like "Jeremy Bender", and also "Are You Ready Eddy?" sounds bit like a joke, though I'm not against good ol' rock'n'roll. "Bitches Crystal" is maybe the best track of this album in my opinion, it's quite short but it has good ideas and the piano playing is just so great! "The Only Way (Hymn)"/"Infinite Space" is a fine suite, and it's lyrics have caused some heated debates! "A Time and A Place" is again a fine aggressive composition. The title epic "Tarkus" is also very good, but not maybe the greatest epic that I have heard. There are lots of weird percussion sounding keyboards, and along with Carl's furious drumming these create a very violent and imaginative sound worlds. Some of the short middle parts sound like Weissmüller's Tarzan riding on the back of a rhino stabbing it. At the finale we can hear the legion of Daffy Duck clones marching to the sea, and we are left alone at the shore thinking what it all was about.