Third

This was NOT GOOD.

Not my vibe at all

Apart from the first couple of mins, I actually really digged this

Meh. Too long. The songs are sprawling, meandering, with no forward progress.

Started off very noisy and I was tempted to quit. I persevered and found myself liking it. Then it kept going. On and on and on. Finally I realized that no one was forcing me to listen so I stopped after about an hour. I would given it more stars if they hadn't insisted on this being 2 hours long.

This was never and will never be my kind of thing.

Nope

Of all the various kinds of nonsense in here I like the jazz nonsense the best, but the bar is very low.

2.5

2.5

2.5

This is by no means an album for everyone. But I actually loved it. It's heavily steeped in Psych Rock, jazz rock, and Prog with a bit of freeform experimentation thrown in. "Facelift" reminded me of the psych jams of Floyd's *A Saucerfull of Secrets* album. And Robert Wyatt's "Moon In June" kinda gives me a fee lif the prog feeling that Genesis would have thought out the 70s. The other two just burn with some as rock jams with a heavy hand of jazz thrown in. It's generally the parts like the ladder, like the opening segment of "Facelift" and the opening and closing segment of "Out-Bloody-Rageous" that keep it from a five-star all timer for me, but the bulk of all four pieces on the album are just freaking incredible. (8.95) ★★★★

Cool mix of jazz fusion and prog. 4 stars

The first track on this is an acquired taste to say the least, but if you can make it through that, the rest is kind of cool. It's closer to jazz than a lot of the fusiony albums from this era, but has some other weird elements mixed it. The middle two tracks -- "Slightly All The Time" and "Moon in June" are the best part of the album for me. Going 3.5 on it.

3.5

If Canterbury had its own Cantanamo Bay then this album would be the most effective one for torturing prisoners. What the frick is the first 5 minutes of Facelift?! Please stop… I’ll tell you everything! [sobs uncontrollably] It does clear up in the same way that a 400 car pile up into a noisy construction site eventually gets cleared up but Robert Wyatt sings on some later sides so really the torture never stops.

Really didn’t care for this. 5 songs all 20 minutes a piece.

Omg tooooo long. If you're going to fill a 2 hour album with 18 minute tracks, you better bring it. They didn't. 2/5

Пять песен по двадцать минут?....местами это было довольно-тауи прикольно, но в основном просто ..зачем.. особенно первая половина первого трека, я была вот настолько близка к тому, чтобы выключить это все нафиг

Dosta kul. Zavoljela sam ovaj žanr nekako, dosta fini voz. 4/5, 7/10

I really like this! Grooved to it while writing and was surprised when half way through the album there were lyrics. Hilarious lyrics too. Will listen again while writing for sure.

A little too much droning for me.

they should take that organ away from that man

This really needs the right circumstances to be enjoyed for me.

I... Didn't like it. And I almost fell guilty because it's not like I never enjoy free form jazz, this just never seemed to find any kind of groove I could enjoy. I often feel like free form isn't well served by listening to it pre-recorded, so maybe this works live but this is what I've got. The cover is cool though, 3/5.

Facelift and Out-Bloody-Rageous have really nice grooves once they finally get going...but I nearly turned the album off after its first two minutes (looking at you, "gloopy space synth noise").

This album broke my streak of knowing (and liking) the artists and the music selections. If I liked the music more I might spend time researching more of the "why?" Behind what is going here. But I gave it about half an hour of time and I was still more like "why the f--k??" Were they trying to be English cottage Frank Zappa?

It's great but I don't like how long each track is. I like the length but yk. cut it down so I can get peeks at every one of them

Yeah, now this is what I thought this experience would be like. A band I've never heard of, making a long prog-ish, jazz-ish album. In all honesty. this was interminable at points. A bit too noodley, and free form for my tastes. Now, I can certainly appreciate how influential these guys are. The Canterbury Scene is cool, and I do like the boundaries that they pushed with technology and song form, and it's cool that Andy Summers went from this band to the Police. Also at points when the band fully comes together it's not a bad listen. Clearly, these are all fantastic musicians who were experimenting, and thats cool and worthy. But....as an album....it's not something that I am going to listen to again. The 1 star seems low, and it may be, but if I'm grading this on my opinions and predilections, that's where it's at. If I'm grading based on historical significance and coolness, it's probably a 4/5.

Very cool find. Prog rock seems like a stretch, when this is really more an atmospheric jazz fusion album. I love the way it seems to completely melt apart at times yet never in a way that’s overwhelming or abrasive. For a 2 hr long album, it flew by while I was focused on work. I think I’ll be returning to this to help with flow state.

what the heck? a bunch of sounds

Guhhhhhhhhhhhhh whyyyyyyy?! Kinda cool, but not 1001 albums worthy.

me da pereza

After a very rough opening ten minutes, and low expectations, I found a lot to enjoy down the line, a lot of interesting complexity which still seemed to care about making something listenable. Much more of a jazz feel than lots of the prog we've had, and much better for it. That said, I wasn't entirely sad that disc 2 isn't available on Spotify...

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Ha sido bastante pesado y lo he sobrellevado por que en el fondo me gusta más o menos esta música. Este es otro disco de cultura musical. Check.

Little bit of Thought Gang (less weird) and King Crimson. Robert Wyatt was actually not bad.

Pretty spacey

I'm glad disc 2 isn't on Spotify - way too long and nothing too special here.

some interesting ideas in here but this album is so long that they are separated by chasms of 60s psychedelic garbage

Is this album broken?

An interesting meander through the sonic experiments that this band could think up. It eminently listenable and totally stands the test of time.

This didn’t speak to me.

Weird, Interesting and long. I'm torn between a 2 and 3. I guess I'll make a snap judgment tomorrow.

pick: slightly all the time

You would have to be completely stoned off your ass to listen to this with intent

Neatish

this is gonna be so sick. 4 20 minute long songs according to rym its avant-prog jazz rock. fuck yes im so ready really cool album, loved the second track, rest were still good but not as interesting to me. i still recommend checking it out its cool

Pretty cool journey, but felt a little disjointed and none of the individual songs stuck with me.

bad

Love it.

Lwk playing Skate 4 while listening to this was cinema

I’d heard of this album before but never felt compelled to listen, mainly because it’s Soft Machine’s take on prog rock with a jazz twist—which already sounded like a bad idea. True to prog form, the record stretches to 75 minutes across just four songs, one per side. It was a slog to get through, and honestly, even giving it a 1 feels generous. This was not for me and I won’t be revisiting it. Favourite track: None worth picking out. Least favourite track: All four of them. Album artwork: Simple but effective.

Long and boring

Background music, at times it's just background noise. I hate songs longer than 15 minutes. 2 outta 5

Two things I love: Jazz and prog but somehow less than the sum of its parts.

I tapped out, came back and endured the rest

Bad.

Nope, just no thank you very much. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐: Hated it.

I’d rather be listening to Zappa

65

The worst parts of jazz and prog rock mixed into one album.

Nah. Fuck off Canterbury. Some things are influential because people took elements and made them good. 1/5 JF

Arvoin pitkään että mitäs tälle nyt iskisi arvosanaksi. Välistä kuitenkin jopa ihan diggailin. Mutta aika lyhyitä hetkiä olivat ne. Yksi tähti, en varmasti palaa tämän pariin toistamiseen.

Jazz rock I guess? Kind of interesting, didn’t mind having it on in the background.

2.7 Jazz-rock wankfest

Piss off. 1 star.

An 18 minute avant garde opener. Well, what was I expecting? And it's live?! Wait, the closer is like that too?! This album is no good. I can see why it is something you might need to experience once. This is why I signed up for this. Normally, I pick a song I like to put on a playlist. Not this time. They're long, esoteric, and sporadic. I'm not saying there are odd bits which I admire or liked, but they are too far between randomness and weird sounds. I feel like it's a joke the band are in on but I am missing. They're currently touring by the way, I won't be going. Even as background noise (which I sometimes use some of these albums as - Looking at you Ryan Adams!), it's a tough listen. I just became angrier and angrier as this went on. There was a moment in the one song I remember with vocals where the singer left in a mistake and his reaction to it (professional choice?). It's too well thought out to be a jam session... but too random to be a series of well written songs. I once saw Yoko Ono, I left by the second song. I'd be leaving by the first song for this one. Otherwise, I'd stay and boo (or hiss!). 1 Star.

This album is like your flatmate's douchebag boyfriend joining in on you and your friends weekly dinner gathering. Most Wednesdays, you and your friends take turns at hosting each other for dinner, where you get takeaways and watch the latest episode of that new tv show. About five minutes before everyone's scheduled arrival, your flatmate appears from her room and asks if her boyfriend can join. To be honest, you're a little surprised that she is joining, let alone her boyfriend. She moved in about six weeks ago after seeing the listing on TradeMe, and has made no effort to talk to you or anyone else. Normally she goes out most evenings, and when she doesn't, she typically stays in her room. You are nervous it will be a little weird, because nobody really knows your flatmate, let alone her boyfriend. You think maybe this is a chance to start a bit of a friendship with her though, so you agree. This dude shows up wearing a waistcoat, scarf and a fedora, and introduces himself as Obsidian Smooth. What the fuck? He then pulls out a corked Malbec and firmly orders your flatmate to go and get him a Zinfandel glass and some ice for his wine. She doesn’t know what that is, but offers him a stemless wine glass. He is very noticeably underwhelmed. You haven’t even sat down yet and you already want to kick this guy. One of your friends arrives with the pizzas, and Obsidian complains that there are no dairy free options with anchovies. “Sorry Obsidian, we weren’t aware that you were join-” you say, before he firmly interrupts you. “It is Obsidian Smooth. Not Obsidian. Obsidian... Smooth.” You apologise again. Your flatmate looks at you disappointedly. Is she upset that you didn’t call him by his full name? Or because she knows he is going to be in a bad mood for the rest of the night now, and she’ll probably bear the brunt of that? He doesn't show much interest in getting to know your friends, but you trudge on trying to start a conversation that everyone can get involved in. “Hey the tv show doesn’t start for another 40 minutes, does anyone have any music requests? While the likes of LCD Soundsystem, Frank Ocean and Radiohead are suggested as options, Obsidian (yeah, that’s right, just Obsidian. Fuck this guy) pulls out a CD from his waistcoat pocket and throws it at you. You don’t even have a CD player, but you feel awkwardly obliged to go and get you’re laptop otherwise this guy might make a scene. You return with your old laptop, not sure whether you are happy or sad that you had the means to play a CD, and put the disc in. It is a blank CD, with the name “Thelonious Licks and the Lounge Panthers” written in blue vivid on it. Oh shit. Who is this band mate? “Well firstly, I haven’t decided if you are my mate yet. But this is my band. We are one of the only bands in the game that draws inspiration from the Munich Jazz scene, but has the guts to add a kazoo to the mix. I am the second saxophonist”. Literally every word he just said makes you want to scream and punch him in the ear. Thelonious Licks? The Lounge Panthers? He wasn't even the first saxophonist? Germany had a Jazz scene? The first song lasts the full 40 minutes you had available before the TV show starts. Mercifully, you turn it off and put the TV on. obsidian (yeah, not even a capital letter any more, even though it is the first word of the sentence) loudly groans and gets up and leaves without saying goodbye to anyone. Fuck that guy is a knob.

The 1st track sucked. Why relase a song that is 50% just random noise. Had to be some kind of inside joke. The rest is not much better. There is progressive, and then there is excessive. This is the latter.

Not actually as bad as I feared given it’s essentially 2 hours for 4 tracks. But still, I will never listen to this again.

Not my thing, but pleasant!

the intro was awful, and the songs way too long even though they were good it doesn't make up for it

Never heard of that band or album before this and I love it.

woof.

Hard to imagine a more horrifying phrase than “pioneers of jazz-rock fusion”.

I mean, wtf. This is the kind of album that makes people hate jam bands. No structure, no melodies, no progression in the songs, they just seem to meander forever with no resolution.

Unstructured, random noises for so much of it. I'm not a jazz person and the jazzy stuff is actually the better part of this record. I don't want 18 minute songs.

Hated this

Prog rock is for nerds! JK, nerds are cool. I still hate it though.

Experumentell, abwechslungsreich, jazzig, gut

You know what, I actually did quite like this, some bits were a bit challenging but generally it was really enjoyable and fun mainly instrumentals with innovative sounds that worked well. 4 stars

Two minutes in and I was thinking dissonant and pretentious. Then, whale sounds? By the time it got to the second track, it fell into more of a free jazz groove, which is better, but not much. That would be my least favorite style of jazz. I just can’t get into it. By the third track, it’s fallen into what I guess would be progressive rock, like ELO or early Genesis, only not nearly as good. I never quite finished this album because by a couple minutes into the last track I had lost all interest. I just didn’t have another 15 minutes of this in me. So final thought: less dissonant than I expected, by a little bit, but still sort of pretentious and not terribly listenable. If you want free jazz, look to Coltrane and Davis, if you want progressive, early Genesis and King Crimson are better choices.

Oh, no. No, thank you. Listened before? N Saved to library? N Favorite track(s): N/A ⭐: Hated it.

I can see the reason it is here, just very much so not my genre. 4 nearly 20 minute fully instrumental songs is rough.

I wanted to turn this off 20 seconds in. I'd even take more Honky Tonk. Ugh. 1.

Personal enjoyment: 1/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5

This is the band that are most responsible for me saying I can appreciate jazz. So they had to try to prove me wrong didn't they. It would appear that the compilers of this list believe that jazz can only be played on brass instruments. This is of course complete bollox. They are a band with some superb musicians. One founder member is Daevid Allen was multi-instrumentalist genius who I was privilaged enough to see live in the early 90's as part of another band. But back to the album in hand, sorry, not the best. I'm finding this really hard to review this album without taking others into account albums like Bundles and Softs are quite brilliant but this one is quite disappointing hopefully we may get them later. This one is only worth a very low 2, possibly rounded up from 1.7 to be honest.

I can’t even start to imagine who might reach for this and play it because they like it. All that music out there in the universe and somehow this makes the cut. Unbelievable Jeff.

Bloody long sprawling songs filled with just about every possible instrument known to humankind. I had it on in the background while doing things, which is fine. If I had to give it my full concentration, then I think I would get a headache.

MEH

Teacher scratching on a blackboard with her fingernails is more listenable than whatever the f*** this is.

4 songs; 1 hour and 15 minutes. Oh boy. 2:30 into the first "song" and I am not sure I have the patience for this. It's quite annoying. Oh wait...now there is actually music? Not just random noises? I hate this so much. Facelift? More like face meltingly bad, am I right? Even after the disaster of the first song, this is so not my thing. Maybe things improve when the singing starts? Nope. It doesn't. Annoying from start to finish. People actually like this?

Mezcla de rock y jazz. Me gustó como música de fondo para trabajar. Una propuesta que no esperaba encontrar en este proyecto. No es memorable.

so weird and unique, adored it

****an ok album. No vocals. Instrumental and filled with sounds

Maso

Fire jazzy psych jams. På sitt beste er det kjremen av 70-tallet og noe av den mest groovy og hypnotiserende musikken som noensinne er laget. Til tider litt langtekkelig, men det kommer kanskje ned til det 21. århundrets oppemerksomhetsspenn. Hadde man stått der i konsertsalen og sett legender lange ut med groove på groove ville man nok vært hypnotisert under hele durasjonen og kommet ut som et annet menneske etterpå. Robert Wyatt er en ervervet smak, men når det først clicker, kunne man nesten tenke seg at det var mer enn ett spor med vokal her. Siste sporet går nesten ned i Terry Riley territorium. Midtpartiet i Moon in June er på shortlisten av det kuleste som noensinne er spilt inn. Helt knug.

Not too bad but does go on for a while.

I like prog rock. I like instrumental jazz. I don't like this album.

Liker førsteplata mye bedre. Syns denne bærer preg av slitsom jazz

Veldig mye bra prog her! Men litt for mye jamming. Og hva var den vokalen?

Cheguei em casa com dor de cabeça, e imediatamente fui ouvir o disco. Não vou te dizer algo absurdo como “este álbum curou minha dor de cabeça”, nem algo menos absurdo mas ofensivo como “este álbum piorou minha dor de cabeça”. Irei dizer algo tão enfadonho quanto. Ao invés do disco curar ou agravar minha dor de cabeça, ele estabeleceu uma relação simbiótica com minha dor de cabeça, não necessariamente a nutrindo ou a sabotando, mas interagindo com ela de maneira que raramente presencio. Parece que os arranjos aqui foram orquestrados justamente para acompanharem meu sofrimento. A progressão inteira das faixas parece seguir lado a lado com minha enxaqueca. Fascinante! Gostei do disco pela sua audácia. Ele mescla elementos diversos e utiliza de práticas pouco ortodoxas em sua produção e composição. É uma escuta excitante, que não perde o charme em momento algum. Mas não é um álbum fácil de se ouvir. De certo, não me imagino ouvindo ele outra vez em toda a vida. Mas gostei da experiência. 3.5/5

4/5. A progressive and jazz record, that really throws you off at first, almost like they don't want you to listen, and then eases you into a rhythm, with the next songs following long progressive rock tracks and jazz standards with a mix of experimental. It's like they are trying out their instruments for the first time at the beginning and then slowly meld into a cohesive and tight knit group sound. The album as a whole is a testament to curiosity and its no surprise Robert Wyatt is involved in this record. It creates a sense of relaxation combined with tension, like if Pink Floyd and King Crimson had a baby. It is definitely not perfect, but it does constitute as a worthwhile listen. Best Song: Out-Bloody-Rageous, Slightly All The Time

I admire the ambition behind Soft Machine's "Third" and the passion of those who love it, but I find it to be a challenging listen. The album, for the most part, is devoid of structure and meanders its way through four lengthy tracks. It's a one-star album in my book, but I can respect its legacy. 1- "Facelift" - 1 2- "Slightly All the Time" - 1 3- "Moon in June" - 2 4- "Out-Bloody-Rageous" - 1 Total - 5 Average - 1.25 80/1001

Weird- way too slow of a burn to start, some cool stuff but I don't see myself revisiting this one. Solid 3

Good, I guess

Pure torture.

Piss off, Wyatt. This was like "one test of patience, one interesting reward", but stretched over 20 minute servings.

interesting jazz until the most recognizable riff in the 4th song around 5 minutes in happens (good to know where that is from). Also a lot of this sounds like an evolved form of the wii play menu music.

Weird af but quite good. Not something to listen to at a party but its good to put on while doing a task or smth.

Its noise then it becomes good then it becomes REALLY GOOD then it becomes noise again and the cycle continues. Favourite Song: Moon In June

awesome

Oh great. 4 songs and over an hour long. I knew it was going to be shit. DNF. 1/5

My first time listening to progressive rock. I loved the jazz elements and flute melodies being paired with the drums. The first song, ‘Facelift’, was too in-cohesive for my taste. The following songs however were quite enjoyable and sonically intriguing.

Not really a fan of the almost 20 minute long tracks. Very 70s experimental and almost psychedelic, they were probably on psychedelics when they made it. I would like it as background music in a cool group setting though.

Probably better if you’re on drugs.

I quite like this! It's sort of avant garde jazz / rock. Weird but enjoyable.

First time listening to jazz that jazzy

Quite ok, but a little too much of the same...

I absolutey loved every minute of this until he started singing which was so bad it nearly ruined the whole thing but fuck it still 5* because this thing is just wild.

Track 2 was so good it almost made me forget how poor the rest of the album is, especially track 1.

jazz? discordant, random shit.

Great album with a very varied soundscape. Can get pretty damn wacky at times, but you just gotta love it. Best: Slightly all the Time Worst: Moon in June

A breath of fresh air, this is what 1001 is all about for me. Among the hundreds of mid rock albums there are occasional gems like this. It's jazz with prog structures, it feels both carefully constructed and completely unhinged. Best song: Out-Bloody-Rageous Worst song: Facelift - Live Cover check: RDTHIRD

Its 4 tracks around 20 ish minutes each and you really do feel it 2/5

There are quite a few albums from 60s and 70s in this book that could be dropped. I think this is one of those albums. I don't know if this a must listen. Sounds alright and nothing to write home about.

Possibly a zero

I fucking hate prog rock. don't waste my time with this being one of the top 1001 albums of all time. I don't think this is in the top 1 million albums of all time

Good listen. Pretty. I think the only way to listen is to hear all the tracks continuously. A lot of parts are drastically dragged out, such as the last track, which simply is a lot of emptiness. Otherwise overall, I liked it and I hope to find more experiences like this throughout my 1001 album journey.

Yes My Dawg, Legendary. To the haters, you are wrong. One of the best of all time.

Prog I usually like. Jazz I'm not a great fan. But this seems to have fused the worst of both together. Some interesting bits of time signatures. Some interesting bits of music. A lot of nurdling.

Not really sure if this stretches the boundaries or is a load of bollox. Wil ironically play it safe with the score

Long confusing unrelated sounds. Banger

Ugh. Cease that infernal tootling.

There's just not enough jazz on this list, and then, when it comes, it's sort of generic prog. Disappointing, but professional, noodling about not getting anywhere.

I'd never heard of Soft Machine, so started reading up about them and noticed Robert Wyatt's involvement, suddenly it makes sense, except it doesn't - this is a soundscape for an (experi)mental asylum!

Too impromptu.

Yikes. Music to frustrate and exhaust. I typically like to listen to records suggested by this list that I haven’t heard at least twice. The thought of enduring this sometimes interminable 75 minute experience twice had me in something of a cold sweat. But repeated listening does help - and what feels initially like random indulgent exploration reveals itself as more intentional songcraft. This is progressive rock/jazz and it is pulled off in impressive fashion. Admittedly, the record can come across as something more to be admired than enjoyed, and its overall length - both individual tracks and as a whole - tends to pulverize the listener into submission. When it’s over, there is a feeling of relief. But as a performative achievement it is truly something astonishing. And that alone warrants recognition.

Mostly instrumental except for one of the songs. Was alright though. Best song: Moon In June Notable(s): Facelift

Not something I could get into. This really went past my tolerance for jams, psychedelic vibes, and jazz flutes.

Begin met het tweede liedje, dan is het soort van te doen

Experimental, complex, alternately melodic and dissonant, and searching. One’s patience is rewarded, often unexpectedly - but you must actively listen and BE patient! No doubt this was a revelation in its day.

The first 5 minutes of this album may be one of the most nightmarish sounding moments in music I've ever heard. Which is something that I appreciate. They felt very intense and calculated. Since then, the track do a lot of twists and turns, changing rhytms and melodies from one moment to the other. And this is something that repeats through the whole album. Apart from the start, the rest is a very nice combination of jazz, psychedelic and prog rock with some heavy experimentation and feeling of ambience. My favorite parts are the ones focused on the ambience and the jazzy ones, and my least favorite one is the first half of 'Moon In June' which feels more like a normal psychedelic rock song from the 60's. I enjoyed this record a lot, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that I loved it.

Very interesting album with a lot going on. Dome of the best musicianship I've heard, and there's a nice balance between rock and jazz that keeps the sound edged but not too heavy. The tracks do start to slog a little, and I wouldn't hate 2 or 3 mins shaved off each (especially the final track). Overall great prog jazz record with a lot of intricate and musically rewarding performances

Definitivamente no es mi tipo de música. Demasiadas ideas que chocan entre sí en un álbum que se hace horriblemente largo. Tiene secciones increíbles eso sí. No le pongo una o dos estrellas porque entiendo que este tipo de álbumes tienen que existir y que son importantes para los artistas que desarrollan los géneros o combinaciones de géneros que se presentan en el álbum. Nota: 3/5

Al escuchar este álbum notaba distintos momentos que me recordaban a variados artistas. El blues eléctrico de The Doors, los pasajes progresivos con saxofón de King Crimson, la improvisación libre de Albert Ayler y la cacofonía controlada de Captain Beefheart. También, en los pasajes con voz se notaban ecos de la psicodelia de bandas como Earth Opera y Cream. Una experiencia un poco agotadora al escucharse sin detención, pero con escuchas más esporádicas, se vuelve un disco muy dinámico. Sólidamente evolutivo y variado, un 6/10

I still don't get jazz. I like prog pretty well, but this was too much jazz and the tracks were too long. 20 minutes is just too much. It ranged from actively annoying at worst to fades into the background at best.

19 minute long tracks of experimental rock are just not my cup of tea

I think the psychedelic jazz idea could be pulled off a little better than this. Had a few good moments, but overall underwhelming.

It was ok

This would have been amazing at half the length. That's what she said. 3.5

There are moments of really cool stuff on this, but the full effect was not great for me. If I had thought of this as a jazz album first I may have liked it a lot more. I thought of it as a rock album first, though, so I found this quite frustrating and even annoying at times.

This was just not my thing. A 10+ minute long song is pushing it for me - having four nearly-20 minute songs was too much. It was too far out there at times. It did seem to get better at times, but I found myself counting the minutes between those moments.

Cool tunes. Not my favourite jazztronica in the world cause it sounds a little dated, but for it's time I'm sure it was groundbreaking stuff.

Wow - I liked it. The first song was okay, but the second one ... I had to add it to my list of favorites. I had to investigate Soft Machine further, and now have a new band that is on my regular rotation for listening. I need to hear more of this stuff. Yea! Finally - a decent find on a list filled with some pretty awful music.

I’m getting real tired of this

Small minded fools can’t appreciate prog. I’ll admit i almost turned it off after the first 5 min tho

This is not perfect. Nor is it the kind of music that I would seek out. However it is very interesting and well done. More jazzy than jammy but a bit of both. This is very experimental and well done. There is a lot of drumming that sounds "trip-hop" to me and maybe this was sampled by the trip-hop bands. This is an old album and this group tries and succeeds in making a well played, creative and experimental album. This is not meant to be pop or easy listening (even though with some of the horns and grooves it has a "Chicago" feel to it). The only real flaw is on the 3rd track where there is some singing. This detracts from the album but not enough for me to rate this lower than a 4.

I like jazz, I like prog, this didn’t feel like either. I can appreciate the talent but I just did not enjoy this. I started this to discover new music but unfortunately I don’t think this one will be joining the collection. I’ve seen reviews that suggest the first two albums are the gateway to Third, but as a stand alone without that context, this is not it.

This is a weird and difficult one to rate. It’s eclectic to the extreme. I felt like the first song was the high watermark. There was some interesting jazz-rock stuff going on and the tonal shifts were at that point intriguing. But each track is so long that you lose the plot a bit. Some sections put me in mind of Pink Floyd but only if they were trying to find a particularly obnoxious opening sequence. The vocals really don’t help and prefer when it’s instrumental (fortunately most of the time). I think both the second and third song had a very jarring climax shortly before the end with eerie electronic sounds. So all told I applaud the experimental nature and there is musical quality involved but it was an album I pushed through rather than enjoyed. Just don’t think I can give it a 3 (on my own personal scoring).

My immediate reaction on starting the album was wow this is cool. Can't lie though this is a difficult one. By the second song I was getting frazzled and did find second song was many minutes too long.  It didn't meaningfully deviate for me which weakens its appeal. The singing then didn't help as didn't like that.  I am honestly not sure what to say about this.  I have gone through all the feelings on this album and just struggle to take it all in.  It has the feeling of an experiment where I feel unable to stay fully connected. The first song was the closest I came to genuinely connecting with the content and was some exceptional elements to that.  Really innovative and captivating from the late 60s!!!  Reminded me of Tropical Fuck Storm who effectively take guitar distortion (When saw them live) and they weave it into an atmospheric destructive noise which is aggressive but trance inducing.  Great stuff that song but sadly not a uniform presence from this album, but it was more interesting than terrible for me so will give it its due.  Astonishing!

I went in completely blind and was really intrigued by the first track. I enjoyed it although it was an unconventional listen. I liked the ambient nature of it and although unpredictable, it created a congruent atmosphere. At the second track I suddenly realised I was listing to a Jazz album, and perhaps the most interesting one I have listened to so far on this project. It has elements that wouldn't be out of place in prog rock of the eighties, or even some alternative rock from the naughties (I can imagine these sounds on a post Kid A Radiohead album). Impressive for its date. Unfortunately "Moon in June" was a real low point for me, I just found the vocals too weak and annoying. Then the final track continued to ramble on, seemingly forever. After 75 minutes I had traversed my usual Jazz pathway, from "Wow this is interesting" to "Dear god will this ever end?!".

I just can’t get with it. Great musicians I’m sure, but for me it’s just a headache inducing hodgepodge.

What the hell? What the helly?

Jethro Tull is not on this list. Aqualung. Thick as a brick. Songs from the wood. One song from any of those albums* is worth 20x this self-indulgent twaddle. If you were to put a musical soundtrack to boredom it would sound like this. There’s no progressive acoustic music from the last 30 years on this list. Where is David Grisman Quartet? New Grass Revival? Bela Fleck and the Flecktones? Punch Brothers? Chris Thile solo? Sam Bush solo? It may be a bit early in Sierra Hulls career, but I know she’ll be a major influence. We could look at the Jazz guys - Mike Stern, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, the Brecker brothers, David Sanborn … Instead we have this and a hundred albums like it. *ok Thick as a brick is one song but you know what I mean.

Enough!

Reading about Soft Machine's Third set off a bunch of alerts to me; double album jazz-fusion from 1970. There's a big risk of self-indulgent twaddle there. But, then reading about it further, there were some intriguing ideas --the use of tape editing, drones, minimalism inspired by the likes of Terry Reily -- which are much more to my taste. An d indeed, it is a very mixed bag. I am not a fan of a lot of so-called jazz-fusion, which can either be overly clever-clogs technique onanism or meaningless free-form noise or both. And this album can verge of committing both of those sins. Facelift is an unstructured noise collage. Don't get me wrong, I like a bit of noise, but it helps if it has a driving rhythm. Some of the other songs are more traditionally "jazz like". Not great jazz, but tolerable. I don't mind the tape edits, and this album appeals to me most when it gets a bit more drone-like, such as the opening to Out-Bloody-Rageous. But, at its core, this is still double album of self-indulgent jazz rock. 2.5 stars, rounding up because of how badly recorded it is. I really dig the noisy lo-fi crunchiness of the sound. And so badly mixed! It's intriguing and weirdly charming.,

SMH. What a cruel joke. There is no excuse for this sort of noise. This isn't Prog. It's not Jazz. This is just TWO HOURS of fucking around.

Facelift - 19 minut muzyki wleciało jednym a wyleciało drugim, nudna piosenka i zmarnowany czas. 2/10 Slightly all the time - Przyjemna muzyka jazzowa jednak za długa, nie słuchałbym tego często, może kiedyś w jesienne wieczory. Jest to najlepsza piosenka jazzowa jaką usłyszałem do dziś (27.07.25). 7/10 Moon in june - Pierwsze wokale na tym albumie, nie genialne ale złe również nie są. Znowu przyjemna piosenka dla ucha, przy końcówce zjebali. 5/10 Out-bloody rageous - Elevator music, nudne tyle mam do powiedzenia. 3/10 O całym albumie mogę powiedzieć, że był przeciętny. Dało by się według mnie skrócić każdą piosenkę o 10 minut ponieważ album się przedłużał.2 przeciętne piosenki 2 nudne, raczej do tego albumu nie powrócę. 4/10

Approximately 9 minutes transpired before I heard anything even remotely resembling music

Probably some 3 star, possibly 4 star parts to this, but, as an album, I will never, ever be able to listen to 1hr16mins of this without skipping or taking a break.

A good album, I liked Slightly All The Time the most.

cool and jazzy! feels like a solid album to throw on in the background at a party if i want people to think that i'm cool and jazzy

i didn't like this one TBH

This is the kind of meandering stuff that gives prog a bad name. If an album is two hours long and has four songs, it has to do quite a lot to be worthy of the level of listener investment required. This record didn't at any point rise to that challenge. At times in the first song it sounded like they were riffing on Larks Tongues In Aspic, which unfortunately just reminded me how much I'd rather be listening to King Crimson.

Igitt

-this is a really interesting and unique album. heard it a few times and i think im only just now beginning to understand its brilliance -i absolutely LOVE the jazz fusion elements. i think Soft Machine were really technically skilled and they showed it off best on this record.. nothing else sounds like it -Favorites are Slightly All The Time and Moon In June

J - 1/5 Best Track - N/A F - DNL

Cool understated album cover for what the songs are. Wild jazzy, psychedelic sounds. Unfortunately not my cup of tea, but can see how talented Soft Machine is.

Wow I haven't heard first or second but this is great!! The second (and fourth tbh) tracks reminded me a lot of BADBADNOTGOOD, which is crazy bc this is from 1970 - all tracks stand out in their own way. Big fan!

I really love this album. Cool noisy ambience and then some cool jazz. What's better than this?

i like Robert Wyatt and never listened to his band but turns out i like the band too! who knew. anyways i like jazz rock... sue me

Even John Thomson’s character in the Fast Show Jazz Club sketches would struggle to put a positive spin on this incoherent, self-important, prog-rocky jazz nonsense.

Managed 2 tracks. As obvious a 1 star as you're likely to get.

I’m pretty sure my primary school music class sounded better

Someone tell them to stop

Aimless, meandering saxophone playing that goes on nearly 80 minutes. Might have given this a 2 if it was a single LP but i was fed up after the 1st side, let alone the 4th

Wow, i hadn't heard this before, but it's certainly mind expanding music. It does get experimental at times, but i like that! The musicians are top notch. That bass player was fantastic! Liked Songs Added: Slightly All The Time Out-Bloody-Rageous

Had high hopes for this album, after stumbling upon a reddit post claiming this to be a remarkable album, with multiple people agreeing...only to find it was just a sonic mess. Started out as a 1 Star album, then tracks 2-3 showed some flashes of musical talent, only to wash back down to a 1 in the end. This is the worst side of Prog Rock in my mind. Should call it Regressive Rock.

Appreciate the jazz elements more than the prog rock ones; overall, with time and patience, a cool listen.

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3.5

4 tracks spanning 1 hour 15 mins means you know this is going to be challenging. This was labelled as rock on Apple Music but the second track was pretty much jazz. The last track saved it somewhat, this is where I found most enjoyment, even if I thought it had ended about 3 times before it actually did. So it definitely has its merits, and most likely requires multiple listens but I just don’t see when I’d return - it would make decent background music though.

Third? More like Turd. This album should be a shining example of how to not start an album. That first track was absolute garbage - it's literally just noise. It's nonsense albums like these that make me wonder if the 1001 albums is actually picked at random because holy hell why would this be on anyone's list to listen. And what in the hell are these 18+ minute tracks?? 2/10.

2 maybe different instruments would make me enjoy it more?

oh no

Not for me

My hopes were not high after the first song (a lot of noises going on here), but Slightly All The Time and Moon In June gave this better prog rock vibes. Also was very jazzy, especially on the last song. Pretty great album to have on in the background if you're working on something. This was certainly interesting if you paid attention throughout, which felt impossible since each song is nearly 20 minutes long. The mix of jazz, electronic synths, and rock was hit or miss at different points, but overall was pretty good. I score this as a mid-3 that I'll come back to if I need some background music for work purposes.

I remember trying this one out back in college at a friend's recommendation, but never got into it. Here's to second chances... Slightly All The Time is fantastic. Loving the warmth and sax through the midsection as it is interplaying with the guitar. Reminds me of a less frantic Mahavishnu Orchestra. Moon In June is a wonderful piece of jazz-fusion. At once reminiscent of Mahavishnu (especially the inclusion of violin) as well as King Crimson. Song is a jam. Love the loping on Out-Bloody-Rageous. The whole song feels well ahead of its time. Hard to review, but in a binary sense my impression was overall positive. For no real substantive reason I'd say this falls around a low 4 for me. While there are *better* jazz-fusion albums out there, this one was quite varied and had plenty to enjoy.

Wow at 2 hours in length with a very rough first few minutes, I thought I was in for some torture. I couldn't have been more wrong. This album had everything great about jazz in it. Plenty of grooves to go in and out of, plenty of experimentation with instruments and effects, just the right amount of vocals, and just the right amount of discordance. This one got interrupted a few times during work which more heavily effects an album like this compared to most other albums. Even with that, I am comfortable giving this a 5 with plans to come back to it uninterrupted.

Some nice all around electronic jazz. The production on the first song was absolute crap but then either I got used to it or it got better throughout the album. Last song was a fun little trip. High 3

Nice looking this up it seems our boy Robert Wyatt is in this band. His solo albums we had were some of the weirdest (in a good way), so excited to see where it all began. Yeah these are def weird! Moon in June seems to be his brain child. Still reminds me of older Pink Floyd. Out-Bloody-Rageous is more my speed. This is a trip! But what a whirlwind of an album. Not the best prog we've had but still damn solid. Low 4.

Individual songs are a little lengthy, but it has that smooth kind of raw rustic feel of the 70s that i really like.

That's jazz!

*Bizarre album. Basically a jam band experiment, but all over the place. *Only 6 songs of about 15-20 minutes each. *All over the places - lots of experimental noise, then some melodious parts. Instrumental except one track. *Not my jam. RATING - 3/10

This is my kind of weird shit

< The Beatles Calling this rock is a fucking stretch. Track 1 is abysmal. The rest has something going for it but... not enough

Highly experimental album that was fine, but I just didn’t get that into it.

confusing but pretty good 9/10

#630. I can't say that I'm a fan of this at all. Just some fuckers noodling about for a bit. 2/5: no

OMG...this is horrible. I think we should play this on repeat for at least 24 hours to a certain shackled world leader and hope for the best. There is no way that world leader would survive and we'd all go back to being somewhat better Americans. No other word can describe this: torturous.

Garbage

didnt like it, like a concert of weird sounds like eventually get harmonic and rhythmic but it was more nonsense than anything understandable

Weirdly fascinating like a chapter from Burroughs

A bit long and maybe self-indulgent, but that was some of the trippiest prog I've ever heard and I'm surprised it worked as well as it did

Okay track 2 being my favorite whereas the rest are a hit or miss. 1st track hurt my ears

Yes please and thank you

I feel like this album can't get out of it's own way. Large portions of it are unbearably obtuse. Then for brief periods it seems to start pulling something together. Something that might actually be good. But then it loses the thread and meanders into obscure noise again. Most of the songs would be better if broken into individual songs for each idea and focused.

The tracks are very long (~20 minutes). Some are jammy, some are jazzy. Some parts sound like background music for a science documentary. There were parts Iiked (e.g. track 2: Slightly all the Time) but on the whole I'm not inclined to hear it again.

I feel like I'm doomed to be the dum-dum who never fully understands the appeal of an album like this, because I listen to the 80ish minutes of them noodling around and think "great, you've produced some great raw material, now go make some songs using it." Its not that I expect every song to be a tight 4.5 minutes of verse-corus-verse, but the general lack of structure here just doesn't draw me in to the music, at all.

Was expecting more prog than jazz, but ended up mostly enjoying this until the mediocre, obviously improvised vocals kicked in on 'Moon in June.' But otherwise decent music for trimming hedges.

Mycket underlig, långdragen musik på 20min per låt. Kanske fungerar i en konstig restaurang eller så. Inte i mina hörlurar hur som helst.

May be live they were a wild experience, but on Vinyl it´s just terror.

Another album that's frankly just a lot. It's definitely a skilled lot. But it's unclear where exactly this lot is trying to go. Nice background music though.

The first three tracks were pretty hard for me to get through, but Out-Bloody-Rageous kind of saved it for me. I'm a sucker for tippy tappy guitar doodly doos, I just wish the rest of the album was in the same arena.

Had never heard of this before, so I wasn't sure what I was getting into. I was into it way more than I thought I might be. This is a cool record made by unreal musicians. I briefly considered scoring it a 5, but the third track "Moon in June" lost me a little bit, especially when vocals were introduced into it. But overall, this is some interesting listening that definitely pushes the boundaries of what we might consider as rock music.

Ups and downs...but out-bloody-rageous is super fun

Ich sehe das Album, klicke auf den Wikipedia Link und sehe Rock. Ich drücke Play bei Youtube und aufeinmal fängt ein Gekratze und Gedudel an, als ob drei rollige Katzen durch ein Aufnahmestudio springen. Da schaue ich beim Wikipedia Artikel genauer hin und sehe "Jazz Rock", "Progressive Rock", etc........ Das ist doch nicht Jazz oder Progressiv.... das ist einfach nur Dreck

War doch insgesamt sehr schwach, auch wenn kleine Lichtblicke vorhanden waren.

Das war definitiv ein Album. Zwar scheiße, aber immerhin. Das ist doch keine Musik zwischendurch, einfach nur Geräusche. Wer sitzt 1970 zuhause sagt ich hab Lust auf gute Musik und legt diese Schallplatte ein?

This is gonna be a struggle for me because I think its wanky bullshit

8/10…rock-jazz fusion

Even as a prog lover, this was boring as hell.

70s jazz rock apparently. But really experimental noise rock with 70s synths and jazz instruments. Awful. Gets better after first experimental track. Don’t like prog rock.

Unsure

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Not feeling this one at all.

If you have a LOT of patience for repetition and noodling you’ll probably enjoy this

My appreciation for this album grew as I listened. I’m a sucker for a good 15 minute song, and the breadth of musical exploration was so interesting on this album. It was fun.

good álbum i liked it

1/5

Listened to the full ~2 hour version on Youtube and I kinda regret it. This is a classic example of just because you are talented doesn't mean your music is good. This sounds difficult and complex, but was not a good listen....ugh. There is no melody here ever, barely any words, nothing to hum along to...nothing. It kinda just hurts my head to listen to. There are moments (like the end. The wrap up is really song) but overall this just feels like noise. I won't be returning to this album again. I almost NEVER wanna listen to 15-20 minute songs. They lose me. I didn't really "like" any of the songs, but these were the best ones.... Liked Songs: "Slightly All the Time" and "Moon in June"

This wasn't entirely bad, but it certainly wasn't good. 1.5

The field recording of an alien swingers party that ends in communal astral projection.

Okay. Pretty unique.

Enough with the prog. Show me the best 2-3, maybe, and then we’re done.

Great

Dit zijn geniale muzikanten. Er zijn momentjes dat je dat hoort tijdens het luisteren van dit album, maar er zijn ook momenten dat je denkt dat je naar een soort jostiband aan het luisteren bent. Dat laatste met name tijdens die valse start van een track 1. Met name die eerste track (1/4e van het album) slaat dus teveel door in het experimenteren. Daarna lijkt het album iets meer improvisatie jazz met prog te worden. Gelukkig zou ik haast zeggen. Uiteindelijk blijft het voor mij een album lang vissen naar lekkere stukjes (track 2 vanaf 8:06 tot 12:02) in een grote ketel soep waarin teveel grove brokken ronddrijven. Ik zou willen dat ik dit meer kon waarderen, maar ik mis iets van houvast en daardoor duurt het me al gauw veel te lang allemaal. Als het allemaal iets meer recht toe recht aan was had ik dit wel gaaf gevonden, want de juiste ingrediënten zijn er. 2 sterren. Dit is wel zo'n VPRO Vrije Geluiden album wat je hier af en toe gewoon hoort aan te treffen. Dus dat is top.

Jazz rock. Some cool stuff here, but also a lot of nonsense. Super long intros, repetition, and then an extra several minutes of stuff after you think the song is over. This could have been edited down to a pretty cool single 42 minute album that I would have added to my playlist. Best track: Moon in June (the one that had some lyrics).

Ok, it absolutely works to work with this music in the background.

First track was an assault on my ears. The rest didn't do much better. This really takes the Rock out of "Prog Rock", and I'm not sure about the Prog either. 1.5/5

I wasn't sold until the last song, which fully blasts off into the cosmos

Trippy, influential and a mind exploration.

Takes their time with it, but it does get grooving after a while

I'm not really into this kind of experimental, jam prog whatever.

Was I looking forward to my fourth live double-album from the ‘70s in two weeks? Absolutely not. But this was a pleasant surprise. I’ve never heard of Soft Machine, though a musician friend enlightened me about the project involving a lot of stellar musicians on different albums. Thankfully for me, this went in a much stronger jazz direction than psych rock or jam band. There were flourishes of late ‘60s/early ‘70s psychedelia and rock on here, most annoyingly with the terrible seemingly improvised vocals on song 2, but such nods to those scenes were used judiciously. I appreciated each of the four album-side-length sessions. However, I won’t be proactively be playing again this any time soon, so, it’s a 3.

I’ve now listened to a few examples of this style of music, prog rock, which I had never heard of before. It’s fine, even kind of interesting, but none of it grabs me as anything I will choose to listen to again.

Instant 5 after the first track. Instant 4 after the third track.

None of the tracks justify their runtime Very monotone and doesnt go anywhere Cool drums tho

5 minutes of noise and I was prepared to turn it off. I am so glad I stuck around, this was right up my alley.

2- Stars (4/15)

Starts off with the most abstract of the four tracks, which I can’t really get into too much, but luckily improves quite a bit from there. The more ethereal or jazz bits are pretty sweet. 6/10

When I was little I liked to pretend I could play any musical instrument I got my hands on. My games were about as good as this album. Zero stars if it were possible.

I am definitely not a prog rock fan and this album again confirms that. The whole thing comes across as self important, self indulgent, and masturbatory. The last may not be the most apt descriptor though as, with even a little proficiency, this is certainly not a 19:11 affair. You will also most certainly be arrested for performing in public something which probably would have best stayed in the bedroom......and these guys made a record of it. There are some pockets of really interesting music in here and I dig some some the left turns, but IMO, these moments are too few and far between to save this record from itself. Next.

Not bad, but there's plenty of other jazz albums that I would have included in this list ahead of it. Quite liked the last track. 2.5 stars.

Hated it

Bit experimental for me but appreciate the vibe

No thank you

1. face - 1.5 2. time - 1.5 3. moon - 0 4. bloody - 1.5

What in the name of god is this

Early psych jazz fusion not for me

Oh boy, when you open an album up and see 4 tracks with over an hour long runtime, you're either in for a great time or a miserable one. My experience was mostly the latter. This album lives somewhere in between the areas of prog rock, psychadelic rock, and jazz. It's a lot, and it's a slog if you're not into it. I hope these guys stuck to instrumental work though, the lyrics and vocals on "Moon In June" were... pretty bad. That whole song rubbed me the wrong way to be honest. I really liked the beginning of "Out-Bloody-Rageous" but then the horns came in and killed the whole vibe. There are some good instrumentals in parts, and sometimes that guitar comes chugging in with some nice distortion and I have hope but then nothing truly epic ever pans out. I have to give this 1 star. Its just not good enough in my opinion. There are just so many jarring sounds, and these guys needed to learn how to self edit their stuff down a little. It's way too much. I heard this before I died and wish I had that time back.

Metto 5 stelle per meccanismo di ricordarmi di recuperare altra roba. Prog rog sperimentale con sfumature quasi jazz molto interessante. Brani lunghi a volte senza vocals, sensazioni oniriche

Never heard of this “most influential British jazz-rockers ever”. And kind of wish I never had. Definitely a late 60’s early 70’s vibe I could skip. Maybe if the songs were a tad bit shorter, like by 10 to 15 minutes.

тем кто любит звуки настройки и когда царапают стекло;) но что-то в этом есть

Really liked it, almost a 4. Incredible to bake to lol, was fun in the kitchen

8=D

Extra très bon! Meilleur que l'album semblable de Pink Floyd.

C'est pas pire même si c'est pas écoutable.

Soft served.

strong, and very very long

this was cool and felt sophisticated

Wow, I forgot how out there this album can be... I've listened to this a few times, once when I was a teenage, another when I was in college, and again now. It was not exactly what I remember. Some strong parts but overall, very interesting.

Liked this more than I expected to!

Creo q tengo q estar muy drogada para disfrutar de esto.

The Wiki for this album states: "Not exactly rock, Third nonetheless pushed the boundaries of rock into areas previously unexplored, and it managed to do so without sounding self-indulgent" I couldn't disagree more. It's a highly self-indulgent album with solo's that go nowhere. Quick shifts in tone out of no where that disrupt your rhythm. The entire first track is unlistenable. The rest just leave you feeling anxious and confused. The wiki is right about one thing. It explored previously unexplored areas. Ones that probably shouldn't have been explored. Not the worst album on this list, but still only 1 star. And no, none of these 4 excruciatingly agonizing and long songs will make the 1001 best of playlist. They're that bad.

Well that was a trip. Parts were alright, but it was overall a noisy and unpleasant experience.

Really tough listen for me, and a very rare 1 star. I'd like to think I'm open to enjoying a wide range of music, and there's plenty of music I enjoy that others might say is pretentious, and I would vigorously defend it. However, at least that music has a decent sound quality. If you get past the freeform, improvised (I assume), noodly style of this album, it's horribly produced. It's really muddy and flat sounding, which makes the most listenable moments sound like a high school jazz band.

There is something happening here. Every time it grabbed me, it immediately tried to run away again. I don’t doubt this hugely influenced a series of better albums. Ahead of its time, but I’m still gonna be mean and 2/5

4* 87%

Not my cup of tea

Take rock band, add jazz, and watch your enjoyment slowly rot away to boredom. The third track was tolerable for two minutes, and then I realized that there were 15 more minutes. I am completely confident that there are good reasons for this album to be on the list, but I can't see them because I fall asleep before I can form a coherent argument against it.

Free jazz with guitars, cool to appreciate, but not something I’ll come back to

Hurjaa settiä mahtavaa!

The lowest 2 I could give.

An hour plus for for songs!? Sounds like the theme to every 70's cop show Nice, chill background tunes.

First 7 minutes sound like an orchestra warming up rather than playing any tangible music. After that somebody reminds the band they are recording an album, still not great but at leastfeels like its meant to be music. Picks up slightly with the middle two tracks before track 4 returns to near five minute warm up and my delight at the fourth track ending quickly dashed by it starting up again It’s the sound of Jazz meets Rock but this is far from a happy marriage of styles

Out-bloody-rageously awful.