PAWN HEARTS

When I first purchased this album, I listened to it about 3 times in a couple weeks, and didn't think it was that great so I put it away for a couple months. Then I decided to give it another shot. For 3 days in a row I listened to it each of those days, and on the 3rd day my mind was effectively blown! In particular it was that eery organ section towards the beginning of 'Lighthouse Keepers.' Since then, this album has sort of freaked me out every time I have heard it.

I can't really say what hasn't already been said, except that this is probably by far the best album of 1971, and definately the best produced album up to that point. The production is mindblowing; mysterious sounds, loud and quiet, coming out of parts of the stereo spectrum that you didn't even know existed. Most peculiarly, on 'Lighthouse,' when Hamill says the line "Would you cry if I died," I SWEAR those weird high-pitched squeaking sounds are different in some way each time I listen to the album!

Anyway, I would just like to say that this music is actually what I would call "progressive progressive," in that it's actually like, the next exponential degree up from normal progressive music. Just listen to the end of 'Lemmings,' those kinds of things are just insane...Well, anyway, 5 stars! Bravo lads, bravo!