IN HEARING OF ATOMIC ROOSTER

This is one of my all-time fave. The power and climates on this slice of vinyl always fascinated me as this is among the very first albums I listened to (I think I stole that one but the shop owner was a real asshole, anyway) and I still do almost every two months or so. This is the only Rooster album to have the same cover (Roger Dean) on both side of the Atlantic. The line-up of the previous album was augmented with the fantastic singer Pete French - from Leafhound and future-Cactus (along with some members Of Vanilla Fudge) - but this line-up will not last as this album was not yet finished that they had broken up, leaving Crane to finish up.

Most of the CD versions of this album come with their superb single Devil's Answer, but again almost every track is a real gem but Breakthrough and Black Snake are the stand- outs. The only minor fault I could point out is the lack of a real bassist Crane is filling that out ala Manzarek (foot pedals) but this is less so blatant than their previous album. Definitely a bedside album but the Spoonful of Bromide will help you get a hard-on instead of helping your pulse rate go down.