Third

Slightly all the time

I wasn't a fan of the first track: Facelift. I was expecting to give a 1 or 2 star rating, but the others were a lot better. I especially enjoyed Out-Bloody-Rageous.

Too weird for my taste, I reckon.

Long, adventurous, ambitious, and interesting experimental prog jazz. The first few minutes set a bit of a bad tone for the album. It's a bit long and hard to really appreciate unless listening to very intentionally. It is impressive however. I couldn't really get into it much this morning but I can appreciate it.

Not my favorite album, but I get why its significant. Personally, I like "experimental elements" rather than full on experimental music. This definitely leans more into full blown experimental. However, there are some really cool elements. I loved the use of keys, very psych. Also, really cool ambients pedal effects on the guitars. I also really liked the jazz influence. That kind of took it to a new direction, which I wasn't expecting. The brass was really really good. Probably won't listen to it again, but I enjoyed it once!

Back in 1970 when this album was released I had just started my career and had left home and lived in an hostel. Staying there with me was another Prog Rock minded muso. So we immediately hit it off sharing our love of this genre. One of his favourites were Soft Machine although I recollect he liked the similar band Colosseum more and in particular their Valentyne Suite album. For me at that time there was too much jazz influence for me to fall completely into these bands. But I recollect spending time with my mate in a darkened room where he played this stuff but as I say I was never motivated enough then to buy and follow jazz rock bands. Fast forward over 50 years to last year when I went shopping to a newly opened record store in Wakefield. Primarily I went to look for second hand CD’s but the store was more vinyl than CD’s. The guy who had recommended this store to me although not the owner was a friend of the owner and they were both there and engaged me in a long conversation about music. I felt a bit obliged to buy something (like you do!) but there was nothing in the CD racks to interest me apart from this album so in desperation almost I bought it. But what a good buy it has been. My natural avoidance of all things jazz 50 years ago has now gone so it is an album I can gladly play and enjoy. It sounds particularly good in a darkened room when I can take myself back and think of my friend (no longer with us) who tried his best to get me into jazz rock. He eventually succeeded albeit 50 years on. 200th album tomorrow. Let’s hope it’s a good one 3/5 20/7/24

I enjoyed this a LOT more than I expected. I didn’t make it through a complete listen just due to time constraints but I think I got the general gist and and also got some opinions from my listening group. It’s whacky and experimental for sure…. But it kind of makes some of the other experimental artists we’ve listened to feel a bit like poseurs to me haha the MFers were COMMITTED The ‘sound effects’ were not always so enjoyable but when they actually played music it was pretty good!

I wanted to like this but only found it interesting

This was pretty cool - wasn’t expecting something so jazzy. It was pretty long and not a total hit for me, but aside from the first minutes of the first track, never boring. Overall, I liked it. Favorite track: Slightly All The Time

Bit long, but fine

Slightly alien-sounding and eerie, like a half-forgotten tune from late night radio. Could perhaps benefit from some tightening up.

Like Zappa’s jazz only not as good.

Quite enjoyable in places, extremely irritating in places. I guess if you are trying a bunch of new stuff it's not all going to work for everyone. Happy to have heard this.

what's the matter lagerboy, afraid you might taste something?

Yes the tracks are all a bit long and often take a while to ‘get started’ but once you’re in they are pretty damn good

Ok, another album with 4 tracks, but this one has some standout moments. The linked article says you need to listen to their first two albums for this album to make sense so maybe you'll get more context if you put the effort in. Still, enjoyable enough with my faves being Moon In June and Out-Bloody-Rageous

Some really good things going on here, but also feels a little all over the place. Certainly different. In the end, feels like it isn’t quite jazz, and isn’t quite prog rock, so it lands in a weird in-between.

I did not know what to expect. Provides a vast soundscape that shifts from disconcerting to melodious with movements possible after every note. Not sure it's a listen I will return to.

I like some prog and I find this tiresome after a while though you've gotta admire the ambition.

Solid album. This is a nice, interesting prog-jazz-rock album that sounds a bit like a soundtrack in a late-60s thriller (a la Bullitt). It's a fun leisure listen or while working on something else. ***

I don't really remember this album all that much at this point that I am reviewing it. I remember it being kindad noisy and directionless at time, the first song had like two separate halves with totally different mixes. It was like, jazzy and proggy? I don't really remember, but I do remember it being pretty ok. I can't give it a high rating cause I don't remember. I'd like to revisit for sure. Strong 2.5/5

Really wacky and out there. How early was this on the prog rock scene? Was this mainstream? It's so experimental with the melodies and the channel separation.

3.5

This is interesting. Would make for good ambience but not sure if listen to it by choice. Also not convinced that what Spotify has is wholly accurate.

Pretty enjoyable album, all things considered. I usually liked the start of each song, but did not have the endurance to really appreciate the album all in one go. It took a few breaks to get through. There were a few breaks in the songs that felt like they just totally switched directions.

You gotta get past the first few minutes to enjoy this album

It got a lot better, but the first track was terrible.

Wow. Quite a contrast to the previous album (Fatboy Slim), and the first song/composition was pretty much different from almost anything else I've heard in this collection so far, although there are definitely echoes of Frank Zappa at times, of ELP's "Fanfare for the Common Man" concert album (although possibly that's vice versa in both of these cases), and I can definitely see the earlier Pink Floyd connection too as they played in the underground scene. I'm having a harder time imagining them winning over Jimi Hendrix fans during their 1968 tours with The Jimi Hendrix Experience... I'm not sure I can say I enjoyed this album, and I definitely wish there was a way they could have distilled the double album into a single (vinyl) disc, as it seems a bit much for non-hardcore fans, but it's definitely an experience, and at times an interesting one. I also wish the Wikipedia entry for this album was better, as it's hard to get a feel for either the band (at least in its composition on this album) or the album's purpose or genesis. I am not at all surprised that (a) they were never particularly commercially successful, or (b) that the band name came from William S. Burroughs.

If you ignore the beginning, the album got better in the latter part.wwww

That was weird. And long. And felt even longer than the double-album runtime. .... Well, I really wanted to like this, especially knowing the influence they've had on space rock, psychedelic trippy prog, etc, but...it's a lot. Actually I should erase that but I won't because it's actually *not* a lot - there's a lot of filler. ELP was/is a lot. This kinda shoulda been half the length not necessarily overall but each "song" (come on) could be like 7 minutes. I like long songs. Supper's Ready might be my "you get one song before your execution" pick, and not just that it's 20+ minutes. But it rarely surpasses the points where they just sound like they're experimenting and decided to release it as an album. And a double! I don't hate it, it's actually at its best kinda trippy and chill but the moments are spread out. Gimme some Gong and the Planet Pixies for trippiness that I can latch onto. This sounds like a poorly-formed Hot Rats. Oh also the sound is shit which yeah, it matters. I feel like I'm being generous with my rating as I'm definitely giving an extra point for influence but it's not for me. 5/10 3 stars

Not really sure…seems ok. 3/5

Finally, something short---only 4 songs! The cover confused me but served as a reminder to go to discogs for viewing album covers. I wish streaming services would implement front/back/gatefold cover views. https://www.discogs.com/master/16783-Soft-Machine-Third

Track one sounds worse than a middle school ensemble before warm ups and should have been trashed. The rest is almost cool. I dug Moon in June. Jazz fusion prog jams with one track of noise.

Nearing the end of this long project, I probably appreciated this long and noodly/noisy work more than I would have any previous time in my life. It's still not very high up there, but definitely higher.

The start was rough for me and when the end came, I was definitely ready for it. But because there were some moments in between that I found a bit nice, it was overall an “okay”.

Within the first minute of playing this I was more than a little concerned about the hour+ runtime and the amount of noise I was hearing. This was not looking promising. A while into that opening track (Facelift), I realized that this noise was perhaps some kind of jazz music. A lot of sax here, although I’m not entirely sure the sax was enjoying itself… By the end of that first track, I was sort of intrigued and decided to read the Wikipedia page - I recognized Robert Wyatt thanks to this project, the lead vocalist who would appear later on the album. Hmmm… I thought I was hating this… then I grew intrigued… and then listened a second time and wondered who was torturing the whale at the start of the album… Still not sure what to feel, but it was interesting.

middle of the road on this one 2.5

The first track starts rough and seems to go on forever. But if you can you settle into it, this is actually quite good. Eclectic, creative, solid musicianship. A bit too noodly for my taste. Fave Songs: Slightly All the Time, Out-Bloody-Rageous

Cool

Listened to this while playing Middara. Yeah, the beginning of this was really tough, but once you survive that, the rest is considerably better. Another album that was just kind of meh. I'd rather listen to The Necks if I'm in the mood for long noodley tracks.

Nice, kept going

After a distinctly prog first track I was very pleasantly surprised to hear the jazz fusion of tracks 2 and 4. Could easily have passed somewhere between Miles Davis/Herbie Hancock/jazzy Frank Zappa from the same year. Excellent (or at least half the album).

Pretty interesting prog rock album

Electronica jazz, hey? That's a new one for me. The music was good to have in the background but periodically got stuck iterating within repetitive sections full of sounds I didn't like. That happened more often than I would have liked.

Lijkt op experimentele geluiden wat altijd zondagochtend op tv was..

Thought before listening: I think these guys were Bowie adjacent with a proggy glam rock sound maybe. This is one of those bands that are often mentioned as an influence on bands I enjoy, but I've never actually heard their music. Review: Ok so this has nothing to do with Bowie or glam rock, rather being jazzy psychedelic prog rock. This album is very out there and trippy, and while these tracks are too long for their own good, I'm actually enjoying this quite a bit. I'm not going to add any of these 20 minute songs to the playlist, but I will rate this 3-stars as an enjoyable albeit very odd listen.

Bastante decepcionante después de haber escuchado el homónimo

Complexe, en apparence dissonant, très construit et réfléchi

3.6 - An interesting timepiece from that post-hippie era in which some rockers were convinced that their next white whale was to fuse rock with jazz. Apparently these early experiments informed the progressive rock movement, which raises red flags for me right off the bat. The best moments here are when the band noodles with electronics and studio toys. For example, I like the single violin, warped and stretched like taffy, on the second half of "Moon in June." And the staccato electronics that bookend "Out-Bloody-Rageous" evoke a mental image of dancing raindrops on a car window. At 78 minutes, this record feels too long but these shape-shifting 4 tracks make for a dynamic listen. As a jazz album it certainly can't compete with the greats but they make up for it with sonic innovation.

Easy to listen to

The first song is 18 minutes long and sounds like Geese fighting but after the fight they decide to have a jam session. Song two is a relatively straight forward jazzy prog rock song, song three is prog rock. Song 4 we are listening to trippy sounds on the moon. The rest of the album was unavailable on spotify. Every song is 18+ minutes which should be a crime. I generally like prog rock but these guys might have taken a little too much acid.

Slightly all the time var best. Hitt er misjafnt, aldrei grípandi (kannski ekki meiningin), en aldrei leiðinlegt heldur svo sem. Og þó, röddin í Moon in June er meh og hann er stundum falskur. Samt, þið vitið, ok allt í allt.

Could perhaps be used as background music if something more interesting was going on

I've listened to a lot of prog and prog-adjacent music in my day. This album was o.k. I've listened to it before but it is pretty forgettable. For example, I had only listened to Gentle Giant's "The Power and the Glory" once, yet immediately recognized the sample of "Proclamation" in Travis Scott's "Hyaena". The same sticking power can't be said of this album. Still good, but middle of the road prog that is slightly elevated by the ethereal second half of the album. 3/5.

Funny, I just listened to the first 5 Soft Machine albums four days ago. This is number 1 or 2 among them. 4 songs on 4 sides. I think Robert Wyatt was a member- I swear I heard King Crimson in the first track. 3 stars for stretching the material a little thin.

It’s great if you like it, but for me, I didn’t feel like I needed to hear this before I died.

Prog double album. You get four songs, one per side, and they're each nearly 20 minutes long. At times it's more jazz than prog rock but what does that matter? It's all a lot. Technically impressive but did not stick with me at all. Felt like there was maybe 15 minutes of good ideas in that 75 minutes, the rest being padding.

3-4

what... did I just listen to? 3 stars? Or perhaps a rhombus.

Listen I enjoy a good old-fashioned instrumental album. But every song felt like it was 100 hours long.

Strange

One like the out-thereness of this, and finds it more satisfying than a great deal of prog, because it has more to do with Coltrane than ferries, wizards or extraterrestial creatures.

Interesting prog-sounding fusion album, though no particular highlights from this

decent but it can be a difficult listen at times, not because of the complexity of its ideas but because it sometimes fixates on sounds that don't resonate, at least not with me (I'm sure this would be great to see live though) Best Song: Out-Bloody-Rageous (which is the least popular funnily enough) Worst Song: Facelift

It’s fine although it feels like a jam session in need of an editor. Some cool sections in each of the tracks but there are just parts that could be trimmed to make the whole thing tighter. I am not against free jazz or jam bands but this doesn’t feel coherent in parts. Still not totally terrible as background music.

Not my thing

Otros 70's

Looking at from this album from the outside, it didn't look like one I'd enjoy terribly much. To begin with, the thing's a double album. Nearly 80 minutes of music! These days I'm not really that much into albums over an hour unless it's already something I love dearly, so right away this was fighting an uphill battle. And that battle only got steeper once I discovered that the album is only four songs long, one per side. That's four twenty minute songs! An album having one song that long is usually bad enough... And that's not even mentioning that this is a progressive jazz rock album! In my mind this was really shaping up quickly to be an interminably boring slog, like that drum n' bass compilation my group got a few days ago. Just endless jazz-y canoodling that I wouldn't be able to latch on. "Oh, a higher power have mercy. This is what I get for listening to every album that pops up." However, once I actually got into it and past the first minute—which really wasn't as bad as the top-rated review warned me it'd be, honestly... It kind of clicked with me? And I very quickly realized why, which ended up being my secret to getting through it: this album sounds a LOT like Frank Zappa's jazz work. Now, that isn't an original observation; I've seen a ton of other reviews, from here and on AllMusic, that point that out. It keeps getting made, though, because it's just true. It's a lot looser than a lot Zappa's jazz works could be, true, but tonally it's very close. Hell, there's even a part somewhere on one of these songs that sounds a lot like the electric violin used on "Willie The Pimp". (Forgive me for not knowing exactly which one; these are long and dense songs and I'm going off of only one listen.) With that framework in mind, anyway, my favorite and least favorite tracks don't exactly fall into it, 100%? I've seen a lot of people single out "Moon In June" as their favorite, but on initial listen, I'm not exactly feeling the hype myself. It's the one that sounds the least like Zappa jazz, and at this point that's what I'm listening to this album for. As a result, it ends up being a bit of a disappoint for me. Meanwhile, my favorite cut, "Out-Blood-Rageous", opens with these electronic tape loops and they're actually really pretty. It sounds nothing like Zappa would compose, albiet in the best way possible. If all that could've been in its own song, absolutely it would've been the one I'd come back to. And as a brief note before I conclude, part of me hates that I keep bringing up Zappa here instuead of considering the bang's music on its own. Part of me feels like it's disrespectful. But I don't mean it as disrespect, like I've seen at least one person use the compairson. I really like Zappa's jazz work. It's not my favorite section of his discography, but it's still an important one with a lot of great tunes. Anything that sounds like it gets positive points in my book. Although, with that in mind, I'm not sure if I'll give it another listen. For a one time listen, it was a pleasant surprise, and it was nice music to have on and not fully pay attention to while I played the Nintendo 64 DR. MARIO for the billionth time. The songs are still all twenty minutes, however, and I don't really usually have much room in my regular song rotations for it. So, with all that, it's a three for me, but if I do come back to again I could see it growing into a four over time. FInally, two spare thoughts that don't have anything to do with anything: ~ For the longest time I'd assumed that Soft Machine was a band that made music like The Flaming Lips did on THE SOFT BULLETIN or YOSHIMI BATTLES THE PINK ROBOTS. Just sounds like the perfect band name for that? ~ I totally mistook this band's THIRD for Big Star's THIRD.

Some good moments, but Christ, you could've cut off a few minutes, huh?

This was pretty decent background music.

Psych rock jam band 70's stuff with flutes. YEOW! Groovy baby.

Dug it if you got time. Liked it better than the band’s first album. Jazz? Hmmmm. Might listen again.

It was alright!

Initially pretty annoying but has nice experimental and more conventional Jazz segments.

Instrumental jazz good - did not like vocals.

Opened my mind. Will listen it again soon.

I typically enjoy Prog rock. King Crimson. Early Genesis and such. But something about this just didn't really click with me for some reason. I didn't hate it by any means and can recognize the musical genius. I just don't think I was in the mood for it.

I've heard the band mentioned in a few different contexts over the years, but I don't think I'd ever actually heard any of their music. The album started in a way that made me roll my eyes at first because I was worried it might be yet another psychedelic experimental album that probably sounded so cool to the musicians while they were making the music but doesn't hold up so well these days, but I readily admit I was quite wrong. There is some great music here with some genuine jazz and jazz-influenced composition and performance. Very interesting stuff.

Psychedelic, enjoyed it.

soft, psychedelic altrock vibes, I should have paid attention a bit more but I let this album gently wash over me for my afternoon work sesh and enjoyed it in general without any part really standing out except the length of the tracks (wowow 21 mins?? pink Floyd vibes)

20 minute instrumentals are just not for me during the work day

This was actually okay for having such long songs. They had kind of a Pink Floyd thing going on. Not super compelling but not bad either

I’ve never heard of this group before and when I read the description I expected more of a psychedelic rock record than a jazz record. Great musicianship throughout but just not my personal taste. The vocals also really took me out of it when they came in in the last track but did bring the record back to where my expectations were initially. High 3.

interesting stuff 3 stars

El màxim que s'ha apropat el rock al jazz. Costa de pair, però la digestió es disfruta

The first song got the album off to a bad start. The first 7 minutes of avant- guard intro was hard to take. It was better when it got into the psychedelic stuff and the later songs that were more jazz were quite good.

It was good in parts

I thought the songs were a bit long but pretty enjoyable as background music especially while driving. I really enjoyed moon in June probably a 3.5 album for me

This was fairly forgettable for me.

3/5. I listened to this for another list and it has no notes, but I gave it 3/5 then and I'll just stick with that.

Cool but a little overlong for my tastes. I’d rather play something like King Crimson who usually had tracks half as long, but I can’t deny the talent here. C

Chill.

This was fine. Nothing particularly good jumped out at me. It was a little noisy sometimes—if there's noise rock, can there be noise jazz?

Not something I'd put on in my free time, but super interesting. Sort of like if Kraftwerk were into jazz.

Cool, instrumental album

5/10. Not bad as naptime albums go, but can't say it made much of an impression on me.

Jazzy and proggy and would fun to play Risk to

très instrumental, expérimental. not sure how i felt about it. devrait réécouter pour mieux comprendre le sens de l'album 6.5/10

Did not enjoy

I felt pretty done with this not long into the opening live piece, but I came around for it somewhat as the album went along. Still a little too much Prog Jazz for me.

Again, kinda weird but I kinda like it

The production on the remastered version is fun. The stereo separation and sub-bass sounded great on my bookshelf speaker system. Overall there are some interesting parts but it is long and I found myself losing interest by the middle of the third track. Better editing could have made this a four-star record for me.

This gave me King Crimson vibes. Pretty crazy, music like this was getting created and stayed relatively obscure. I loved it though.

Weird, but the kind of weird that if you keep listening it pulls you in. Probably won't listen again

Soft Machine, 1970, Double LP (4 songs) 2nd Listen (3) Genre: Jazz rock, Progressive rock, Electronic The bonus CD ups the song total to 7. The original double album contained one song per side and it is very much a prog rock album. That being said, it is not for everyone. The first song, Facelift, is the most difficult to get through. The rest of the album is better. The first two tracks seems great to put on in the background when you are studying or just want to relax or sleep... The third song, Moon in June, is more progressive rock than jazz. It's probably the best song on the album (to me). Solid 3/5

First Listen. Never heard of Soft Machine. Genre: Jazz Rock, Prog Rock. 1970 Standouts: Out-Bloody-Rageous, Slightly All The Time, Moon in June Tracks: 2/5 1. Facelift 3/5 2. Slightly All The Time 3.5/5 3. Moon in June 3/5 4. Out-Bloody-Rageous Overall: 3/5 This one would take many listens to really get into..

Ahh... Avis plus positif à la fin qu'au début (j'ai même failli abandonner au bout des cinq premières minutes de pur bruit) Pas mal dans l'absolu, j'ai bien aimé les côtés jazz, mais je trouve que ça manque un peu de mélodie par rapport à King Crimson ou autres trucs du même genre, que j'aime mieux.

In the end just a bit too unorthodox to be enjoyable

What an album for the weekend.

Don’t think be ever heard of them. Very Genesis-Traffic-esque. 3.5/5

Impressive but too jammy for my taste

un album qui commence vraiment mal mais qui s'écoute bien par la suite. du rpog un peu dejanté. 3.25

This was an interesting listen, somewhat challenging. I didn't fully enjoy it, it felt a bit like listening to someone's half baked manifesto. I liked the moments of prog / jazz.

I like this a lot better than most prog, maybe because it's Jazz-adjacent. The instrument choices also helped, but still is a bit of a long play.

Interesting

I was unable to listen to the live part. Otherwise I really only enjoyed the second track

I remember purchasing "Third" at a music festival. I listened to it once, maybe twice, and sold it back. Listening to it 20 years later, I know why. I also know why people mock "Tales From Topographic Oceans," which I like quite a lot. 4 songs, a double album is quite a lot. And if there isn't a lot of THERE there, it does tend to go on and on. There are some good bits in each of the songs, and some parts where I'm like "this could have been edited out." Easily trim these down to about 10 minutes each and it would have been much better. The songs just meander too much for me. Still, the good bits in each of the songs make me think there's something to them. So I feel like they have something better in them. This isn't it.

Strangely melodic. Jazz rock is it? I guess, as there's definitely jazz. Not quite sure where the rock is other than side C, but then I don't know what else I'd call it because it's not just jazz. Not the worst thing I've ever heard though side A was a slog. Sides C and D were better.

Surprisingly, I was kind of in the mood for this.

Interesting album. Reminds me at times of Miles Davis In A SIlent Way and Ornette Coleman The Shape of Jazz to Come. Not really finding the rock part of the equation. Seems to me like a collection of 4 jazz suites. All 4 have something to offer. 3.5 stars

fook me that’s some weird shit

I understand why this would be considered important, groundbreaking, and cool. I can see how someone could get into it with more listens or with the right mood. But I probably won't. Not for me. Sorry.

This just isn’t for me. I’m not really into instrumental or should I say mostly instrumental anwyay as there was some vocals in this, which I also wasn’t keen on. Iv heard worse albums, I didn’t think this was terrible. I just found myself quite bored by the vast majority.

Not for me. Had a few tolerable sections but I mostly just wanted it to be over.

Still more obscure English groups…this one is a double album, with only one track on each of the four sides. The music is jazz/rock, and probably was ahead of its time back in 1970. It seemed a bit disjointed to me, and there were a few sections that were annoying.

Not sure who this is for...but it is not me.

Not for me. Some of it is very hard objectively to listen to and then a lot of it is just boring.

Got better with time

34

First track can fuck off. The rest is passable prog rock. Nothing that blows my mind, but not terrible.

alien orgy music

uh on first glance, 1h15m and only 4 songs. that's ambitious but it makes me nervous. these guys are still playing - they're on tour. i didn't hate it but i don't think i have anything nice to say? facelift has a familiar riff

As Hopper took another hit off his joint, he turned to his bandmates and said, “You know all that stuff people like about music? Let’s do none of that here. And let’s make it the opening track of a 2-LP release where each side is its own song, with a total runtime of 75 minutes. Doesn’t that sound awesome?” And thus was born “Facelift,” the opening track on Soft Machine’s *Third*. It’s a mishmash of sounds, an attempted prog-rock jam session infused with what sounds like Ron Burgundy playing jazz flute, and then partially played in reverse toward the end. By the time it was over, I was questioning every decision I had made since birth. Track one is a true agent of chaos. I can only imagine where the rest of this album is going to take me. And just when I thought this album was going to be absolutely terrible and earn a one-star rating, it lifts itself up just enough with track two, “Slightly All the Time,” to make me question every decision I’ve made all over again. This one isn’t even awful. It’s definitely not for everyone, but since I enjoy prog rock, I can actually see the appeal. By the end of track two, I had cooled down considerably. Almost too much, as I started to fall asleep at my desk. Unfortunately, the vibe got weird again with track three, “Moon in June,” where vocals are introduced. And now it seems like whoever is singing is mimicking whatever is being played on the guitar or organ—or maybe the guitar and organ are mimicking the singer. At this point, who knows? Because apparently what I wanted to hear was someone singing scales while an organ player simultaneously plays scales. I know it’s more complicated than that, but that’s what it sounds like to someone with an untrained ear. Let’s see how long my sanity holds. Will it survive another 18 minutes so I can find out if the final track redeems this piece of garbage? Only time will tell. By the end of “Moon in June,” I felt like I had partaken in some mind-altering drugs. Watching those final two minutes slowly tick down to zero gave me plenty of time to reconsider every decision I had made in life that somehow led me to listening to this record in the first place. And not in a good way. Five minutes of swirling sounds open track four, “Out-Bloody-Rageous,” which wasn’t particularly promising. But then something strange happened. It started sounding like traditional jazz. And I actually didn’t hate it. Let’s see how long that lasts before this band blows it up and makes me hate my life and everything I’ve done leading up to this moment. Listening to *Third* is a lot like watching the *Star Trek* movies: the odd-numbered entries are often the weaker ones, while the even-numbered ones are either masterpieces or at least considerably better than average. That’s basically this album. Not sure you need to listen to the entire thing, but if you’re curious, put on tracks two or four and your day may not actually suck. If you hate yourself and life, start with “Facelift.” While I would never have purposefully sought out Soft Machine or this album, and despite how much of it I absolutely did not like, I’m strangely glad I listened to it before I died. At least now I can say I survived *Third*. And, more importantly, I got to make fun of it while writing this track-by-track commentary.

This has a few spots that were bearable, but the rest was just complete madness

sounds like they had fun making this i guess, wasnt super fun to listen to

Started off as a junior high band warming up with a back track, moved into a high school band and then became a new agey jazz band. I am almost done with this project and I still don't like jazz and this album is no different. Its random, REPETITIVE and just becomes so long that I am constantly checking when this is over.

This was weird.

I had read about Soft Machine (particularly when reading about Pink Floyd,) but I don't think I had ever listened to any. So this is jazz. For some reason based on what I remembered reading, I was expecting it to be more proggy, like Hawkwind or King Crimson? But this is jazz. Ah - reading more about them online, I see that they were described as prog rock early on but evolved into fusion jazz over time. Got it. This is OK. Not really my cup of tea.

Canciones demasiado largas. No son malas, pero no es lo mío

20 minutos cada música eh foda mas o som eh legal

Prog has never really been my thing, as evidenced by my prior reviews. I did at one point own the self-titled debut from The Soft Machine, but wasn’t hooked enough to continue investing in the catalogue, hence why this was a first listen for me. Overall, it was challenging, which I liked, but it’s not the kind of music I’d play for company.

background noise

Spotify in it's mercy only has Disc 1 of this album, but even that is over an hour and I still don't have clue what is going on ...

A very strange musical band. I can see why they are on this list due to their unique sound though I must admit they are not my cup of tea as they are what I would consider synth jazz and not the pure comforting jazz using instruments.

A lengthy cacophony. The sum of its elements didn't add up for me. That being said, there were a few moments I was reminded of newer artists, so I could see how this could be influential.

Only half the album was available. Feedback-laden, improvisational, Jethro Tull/Zeppelin/Band sound…? ‘Moon in June’ is a good listen, did a lot of the heavy lifting for my score. 2.5/5.

Facelift is definitely not something I ever want to listen to again, and its an odd choice for an opening track. And then on the other end you've got the last track Out-Bloody-Rageous that is a jazzy, psych, electronic jam.

1.5

Some parts weren't terrible. Some parts were very terrible. There has to be a better Jazz Fusion album out there somewhere that should have been in this spot.

Feels like a spin off of king crimson

This was not my jam. Veryyyyy long tracks. Not quite jazz and not quite rock

Way too pretentious for me.

Ugh, another prog record. This starts out grim with what I assume is the studio setting levels or the band tuning up or just noise. It gets better, and by better I mean more jazzy and less proggy, but still not my cup of tea.

Okay I’m biased because I don’t love jazz

Was not sure how to rank it since it’s mostly an instrumental album. I did not like it at first, but eventually I started recognizing that it offers an interesting fusion between prog rock and jazz.

I hated this less in the moments where there was a melody or some vocals. The first track sounded like a migraine. I have learned that I simply prefer music with structure, and this is really not that.

Why is the idea of prog always better than the reality?

The beginning of the first track suggested I was in for an AMM-like album, but sadly this quickly revealed itself as a sort noodly jazz rock snooze-fest.

3/10

Pretty wacky, wild and goofy.

It wasnt bad, but not that interesting. Good background music

It did the trick for background noise while working on tasks requiring focus, but wasn't a particularly compelling listen. Very meandering, which I suppose is by design, but didn't strike me as something I'd ever want to listen to again.

Not very good

Experimental and very long songs. Could see it as ok background though, the music wasn’t necessarily bad. 4/10

I’m sure it was ground breaking, but I won’t be listening again.

You can argue all you want about jazz being incredibly wise, but for me, it's mostly just a few musicians inventing their own completely different parts and then playing them simultaneously. This double album has only four tracks, each nearly twenty minutes long, taking up one side of the record. Within the first five minutes of the first track, the album could easily have been a one star — I haven't heard such cacophony in a long time, but fortunately for the band, it gets a little better. The second one is simply unremarkable jazz-rock, the third is a bit simpler and slightly reminiscent of the band's psychedelic roots, and the flowing saxophone on the fourth is actually enjoyable, despite the long ambient intro. This album, like the entire genre, is for a very dedicated audience, but putting this nightmare as the first track was a crime.

Robert Wyatt, you've done it again you sly dog you.

This is so long, and so uninspired. Judging by how sloppy the horns are on the last track, even the band was tired by that point.

Endless Jam, Boring.

Ehhhh… too weird for me

No fav song

Forgettable.

I thought I remembered these guys being more like Syd-era Pink Floyd? I was all ready for some whimsy about elves, and did not want over an hour of jazz rock!

Meget spesiell psykedelisk prog, dyktige folk Catcher meg ikke sånn sykt

Facelift: might be the worst 18m of music i’ve ever heard 1/5 Slightly all the time: yk i kinda fwt its like jazz. Comping is rlly Bill Evans ngl. 4/5 Moon in June: meh it’s a bit of a mess ngl 2/5 Out bloody rageous: just white noise w annoying beeping ngl but then gets interesting and not that bad 3/5 overall: 2.5 but minus points for putting that trash as the opening song bc it was just unlistenable. Also way too long.

I probably would have enjoyed the live song if I was there and high on LSD. As it is, I was not a fan. It got pretty decent at about minute 9 or so. The second song was good though. And I thought the rest of the album would be pretty decent. Then the singing started in the 3rd track.

Me by the third track: "They sing now?" .... "They sing now"

Had a few fun bits but just didn’t click with me.

Track 1 was a trippy slog to get through, and then the album alternated between that and somewhat digestible. Slightly All The Time with its swing influence brings this up to a 2.

- It was okay? I just can't get into jazz... - I liked the third song... It was a little more psychedelic, and I liked how it moved forward. - The songs and album were all too long, imo. - I can't see myself ever listening to this again, but it was good enough as background music while I worked.

I audibly groaned when I saw that Robert Wyatt was on this album This is so much better than Rock Bottom; I know the bars basically on the floor but yeah turns out when you get actual talent on board you can cover up the dudes shortcomings. Slightly All the Time was genuinely a solid song, a bit too freeform for me to truly love but I enjoyed it. Saxophone track is nice There’s plenty to dislike though; Wyatt’s vocals are a bit better in this one but unsurprisingly the only song he sings on is my least favorite of the ones on this album, just does not have a great voice. Not a huge fan of the guitar sound in the first song, just feels sloppy and a bit ear grating at times. Variety’s pretty bad on this one, which isn’t too surprising since there’s only 3 songs on this one (I know there’s more songs on this album but Spotify only has 3 and I really didn’t feel like searching the web to find more of this shit) Pretty crazy to say I’m “pleasantly surprised” about an album I’m about to give a 2 star review for, but that grudge over having to listen to Rock Bottom is still strong. I just strongly dislike Robert Wyatt, and although his influence is diluted pretty heavily with actual musicians working their ass off to make this record sound good, you can’t help but notice his rancid lack of musical talent

No. Just, no. Not even bothering adding one of these to my playlist.

Jazz isn't something I'd listen on a regular basis, this is a good listen, but I don't think I'll get back into it.

If a band like Yes made this stupid album, I’d be like, “whoa, what a genius concept and execution.” But if Yes made this album, it would be so much better because it would have genius execution. Instead, this is a four song double album of self indulgent jazz drivel. Good, but forgettable.

This album had some good moments. Tracks 2 and 4, had some nice jazzy elements which I enjoyed. Overall, however, it was far too long-winded and impenetrable to be truly enjoyable.

Not really for me. I can kinda get bits of it - and I like the idea of each band member writing a song/ side.. Mostly, I didn't like the vocalist.

I mean this was better than the Playing With Fire album we reviewed before it. But I couldnt be arsed with the self indulgence of this typa jazz after that. Generous 2.

Don’t get it

I didn’t know Keyboard Cat made an album in the “70s! Seriously, once I saw Robert Wyatt’s name in the band lineup I knew I was in for a long one. It actually ended up slightly better than Wyatt’s solo work, so cheers to his band mates.

It kind of feels like dudes just noodling on their instruments for an hour, and I'm someone who likes instrumental music a lot, but these songs don't feel like they're going anywhere on rhis,

I'm usually a sucker for this type of music and while I did like this one, I wasn't as drawn in as expected.

Phew, listening to this album was a real slog. What’s surprising is that it’s a live album. It was certainly innovative for its time. I doubt, however, that it was as influential on the genre as the accompanying article claims. In the end, I couldn’t bring myself to listen to the whole thing. The first track, in particular, is downright nerve-wracking and ear-splitting. 2/5

None of these songs are savable or worth revisiting. There are plenty of good moments, but I don't want to sit through any of these songs again to find them. 2.1/5

Favorite songs: There were passages in most of the songs that I liked but as a whole the songs on this album were not for me.

Best Song: Slightly All The Time. This had some nice jazz sax to counteract the sludgy prog. Worst Song: Out-Bloody-Rageous. I just don't find this kind of "everything but the kitchen sink" songwriting style compelling at all. Overall: Not great psychedelia. 20 minute sprawling songs, without much purpose or unity between them. Instrumentals are okay but nothing particularly memorable. Vocals are weak. Electronic aspects sound particularly dated. Very meh.

Glad that half of this album wasn't available on Spotify. Nearly an hour was about all I wanted to hear of this one. Some segments were decent but overall I did not like this one.

You cannot deny this is an album. I like prog a lot more than the average guy but this isn't good in any sort of way.

gosto mt da vertente do jazz "free peidinho molhado"

I don't think this is for me. This album (and the songs) are LONG. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but this just didn't keep me interested all that much. I fund myself wishing it was over several times throughout, so that is not a good sign.

Look I don’t think any of these are bad but I don’t have 2 hours to listen to an album at the moment so the rating goes down on that one

Starts out dogshit Then gets less bad Never gets good

This feels like a very "you had to be there" album. I was not there.

Na een radiostilte van drie weken head first in een prog jazz album duiken. Ik kan er niet eens boos om worden dat dit geen succes was. Dat eerste album van ze had nog enigszins een normale structuur, wat toch wat meer houvast biedt als je geen prog rock liefhebber bent. Dit daarentegen registreert mijn brein moeilijk. 5/10

Zoals vaak bij progrock werd ik hier niet warm van. Er zaten hier en door nog wel wat leuke fusion dingetjes in maar over het algemeen niet een plaat die ik perse had willen horen alvorens ik sterf. 5/10

Way too long and the first track was borderline unlistenable

Too obscure for me... And the songs are extremely long

Kinda scary honestly.

i don't have a problem with longer songs, i quite like the buildup in them, but nothing on here besides moon in june really piqued my interest. i'm not opposed to doing this one again sometime, i think with time it'd grow on me

my brother in Christ, I can’t do this

Melekosta jatsia, kauheen hyviä ukot varmasti on soittamaan, mutta ei ehkä omaan makuun tämmönen pitkään junnaava jatsailu. Sinänsä musiikissa ei mitään vikaa, kävi vaan vähän tylsäksi pidemmän päälle

Improvisational jazz, by it’s very nature, will have some really nice moments. But the best you can say about the rest is “interesting “.

This is fine for a soundtrack. Or elevator music. The one song with lyrics/singing is Moon in June and it’s still to experimental to be what I’d call “enjoyable”. Pass.

hated it

Might have been great/groundbreaking at the time of relaese. But not something I enjoyed at all. Really basic

That's three for three absolutely terrible album recommendations.

I couldn’t get through this. It’s just too much. There wasn’t enough holding it together to make it a proper progressive record. The talent is there, I just don’t think I like this bridge between psychedelic rock and progressive rock. Maybe if I was insanely fucked up.

Not for me but not offensive. Just a little unmemorable.

ANGER is what i felt 5 mins into this "album", incoherent scales and an 18+ minute live opening track are not a good way to draw me in. It did get better though i must admit, hints of Pink Floyd in the later tracks. Still, I'm convinced some of the albums on this list are some sort of social experiment, we'll see the results soon enough.....

Orket ikke alt for å si det sånn

I should have known that evil elf robert Wyatt was involved. Not as bad as his solo stuff at least

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Album 1082 of 1089 Third- Soft Machine (1970) Rating : 1.5 / 5 This one was a bit of a tough listen for me this morning. The album leans heavily into experimental territory, and a lot of it feels more like sound exploration than what I’d typically think of as songs. There are long stretches where it comes across more as sound effects and abstract ideas than something built around melody or structure. That’s not to say there isn’t intention behind it - there clearly is. You can tell this is a band pushing boundaries and trying to do something different. It just didn’t line up with what I was in the mood for today. Sometimes with this 1001 Albums journey, you get something that immediately clicks. Other times, it’s more about just showing up, pressing play, and seeing it through. This one fell into that second category for me. I turned it on, I listened, I finished, and I turned it off. And that’s part of the deal with doing this. You take the ones that hit, and you take the ones that don’t quite land. On to the next one… let’s knock this last week out.

Tried to get through this, but it's just too jazzy.

Soft Machines third movement (like bowel) is all fluff with no guff. The "jazzy bits" are all lovely and that, but it takes so bleedin long to get to the point that I no longer care. Not in the mood, good day to you.

A bandmate who was into Prog showed me this in high school. Prog is usually pretty rough to listen to but this is hard even for prog. this is probably closer to Avant-garde jazz. If you're not into prog or avant-garde jazz i wouldn't say it is a must listen. But it might be a fun experience if you're curious and have the ability to tolerate non diatonic harmony. When the music briefly slips into diatonic harmony it can be satisfying in a sense. Music technical aspect aside and being in more touch with my more regular music side.... This sucks majority of time and is very hard to appreciate if you aren't a person who are stuck in avant garde. Facelift is the worst one so if you get through that one the rest of the album is more pleasant

viste cuando estas cayendo en un episodio de demencia o cuando empezar a sentir el ataque de pánico? asi se siente este album.

Nothing inspiring or shitty🤷

Only 3 playable songs, was ok

nicht schlecht aber mal wieder langweilig, unnötig lang, nur instrumentals und manchmal ein bisschen lost

Had to pause the first listen as the first minutes are a bit difficult. On second attempt though it calmed down and I even low-key enjoyed some of the noodling. Ultimately it’s unlikely to be any more than background music for me

Only had access to Disc 1 on Spotify, so only had to endure 2 hours of this stuff. Gets pretty interesting later, but c'mon, you cannot start an album off like that. It's just dissonance at the beginning, and it turned me off for the entire duration.

Enerverande

De var för upptagna med att se vilka ljud de kunde göra för att överväga om de borde göra dem. Blev något bättre efter första låten, så räddas ändå från absolut bottenbetyg.

Vad gör ens detta här? Andra halvan var slightly osämst så jag är väldigt snäll med mitt betyg nu.

5/10

Type shi my aunt will play on the speakers on Thanksgiving instead of the audio for the football game

Very few nice parts among mostly not so nice noise

I don't even like live albums of bands I like. I'd hate to be the kind of person who finds this enjoyable.

This one was tough for me. Yeah, I get the technical skill and why some people think it's the peak of prog rock, but those 18 minute long tracks like "Facelift" felt more like a test of my sanity than actual songs. Like, four songs spanning an hour and a quarter? Come on! It often just felt self indulgent, getting lost in boring drones and repeats that make you zone out before the side's even over. But, it wasn't a total bust. After the weird intro, there were some cool moments in "Slightly All The Time" and "Moon In June" where the jazz fusion stuff actually worked. It's an adventurous, mind-bending trip if you're patient enough, but for me, the good stuff was buried under too much boring stuff.

Taking jazz and dragging it into the seventies with a more modern palette is a noble thing. This is done well, but suffers from not being one of the classics, a bit long and a bit bland so it was difficult to get too excited about it. Good background music

There were parts of this that I liked but because it was split into such long tracks there were no songs that I enjoyed all the way through. I don’t think I would listen again but I didn’t hate it tbh, just wasn’t massively my thing. Fav song: Out-Bloody-Rageous Least fav: Slightly All The Time

What I liked: there was a lot of cool jazz moments in this !!! What I didn’t like: everything else holy crap what a bad prog album. I love a bit of experimental stuff but this ain’t it chief

This album is so annoying because it teases in great elements of jazz-rock that actually sound really cool, only to go into 20 minutes of boring prog. It's funny, though, because the start of Moon In June sounds like a prog version of Split Enz before completely losing the plot. This has all of the fundamentals of a great album, but fails completely.

Interesting. I didn’t think I would like it by the second side it’s grown on me. Definitely a good thing to play for background music during work or cleaning

No standouts

It's not you, it's me. I have a hard time sitting through 18+ min songs. I am sure this is great to someone and when it was originally released.

The first four minutes of freeform, electronic noise-noodling made me want to toss my phone off the roof of my office. The subsequent 71 minutes and 19 seconds sort of assuaged that feeling, but it never really went away. I just don't think I'm a fan of noise-free jazz-psych or whatever this is. If I'm going to listen to noise, I want it to be brutal, loud and cathartic (i.e., early Swans). If I'm going to listen to free jazz, I want saxophones motherfucker (a la Ornette Coleman), not Keith Emerson noodling on an early Casio with a butterknife. And, if I'm going to listen to psych, well then goddam it, it better have some droning guitars at a minimum. So yeah, I didn't find this music challenging or enjoyable or groundbreaking, I just found it annoying.

This was headed right for the 1 star pile, but the last two songs had moments that made me feel something. Moon in June had psych/prog rock vibes that even if I didn't out right like creeped me out a bit. The last one made for an enjoyable 8 minutes that started slow and overstayed it's welcome.

I only listened as long as it took for our dog to wake up, bark, run around the house, and demand to be let out. And to figure out that this is like the parts of King Crimson albums that I skip past to get to the good stuff. Not for me, even though there are good grooves from time to time.

Too machine-y

Why were the songs so long

Psychedelic jam band with some really interesting jazz influences and some not so interesting prog behaviours. Honestly, on second listen to Facelift, I thought it was really interesting and well done, especially the second part of it. But overall my your mileage on this album with depend on how much you're able to deal with jazz and prog rock. I like jazz, but even for me 18 minute songs is a rough ask for anything but the best. And prog, well I like some songs but I am certainly not an aficionado. I've listened to some Yes and King Crimson, and Soft Machine they are not. Honestly you can jettison Moon in June entirely and I wouldn't miss it at all. Overall, not great, though certainly not bad. It's just... tiring. It's not an easy album to get anyone to listen to a four song album that lasts almost an hour and a half. Maybe if I was in the mood for it I would have liked it more. The instrumentation after all is astounding. But that'll take a while to get back into the mood to listen to this again. The highlight is Facelift (though I have yet to decide whether to add it to my highlights playlist).

I'm not mad that I heard this record, but it's very much something that is put on in the background while you are entertaining or doing something else, at least the first half. Not something you need to pay particularly close attention to which is unfortunate. They are clearly talented musicians. Unfortunately the vocals are terrible. And I do not say that lightly, I think I would rather listen to a toddler scream over this than what we got here. Fortunately that's only on one (20 minute!) track and there's almost 40 minutes of music until they kick in. So it seems they knew better, which is nice.

Not my style

First listen, won’t listen again

jazzzzzz

Well that was wholly unnecessary, now wasn’t it?

Starts off pretty scary, that first track was something else. The rest of the album was actually good. This type of experimental jazz seems like it's an acquired taste, and not something I particularly like, but it was interesting and mostly enjoyable.

I respect what it's doing, but jeezus is this hard to listen. I feel like this would be better served as OST of something rather than a standalone music.

I’m intrigued by this artist though I don’t understand why this album specifically was included. After the first track it settles into a more ambient jazz mode that is relatively tolerable. But I just don’t see the bigger picture or project here

Might find it aceptable with the appropriate number of listen but why bother ! There's enough music which sounds good on first listen ! If it wasn't for the guitar, it would have been a 1

This mostly sounds like the montage music from a 70s TV show or movie. It’s fine background music but I’m not finding it very interesting. 2 stars since it’s better than some of the other albums we’ve been hearing lately.

It’s a really long record. I’m not convinced in this case that quantity helps make up for lack of quality. It’s a kind of dull jazz rock album and I know there are better albums out there in this genre.

not my style but not terrible.

Really liked the noisy parts; didn’t care much for the jazzy bits.

Eh a little forgettable. Nothing really stuck out

Super long songs that sounded like guys jamming in their garage. Too many weird sound effects as well. Not for me.

I didn’t listen to this in the best setting. A reasonably busy office turns out is not conducive to listening to soft machine. Sounded a bit messy which, in a different context, might have just sounded experimental and avant garde and possibly more enjoyable as a result. Struggled to get much from it by the end. Sounded like it was trying to play both prog rock and jazz at the same time but not really playing either brilliantly well and committing more to either would have helped.

Just a strange groove.

There was one song I enjoyed but 18 minutes for one song is insane if I don’t love it

Wandering, rambly jazz rock

Really really weird prog jazz stuff. I have respect for creating this in the time it was made. But the atonal sax really destroyed any joy I could find in the music, when the dude started "singing" I was really starting to get annoyed. A fever dream of an album

Not very good. Seems like half of this 75 minute album is orchestral warmup tuning & just plain noise. This wholly eclipses any of the potentially worthwhile music. An agitated, annoying & unfulfilling listening experience.

Thought I was near the end just to realize I was only halfway through the second track. It's just too much.

Really ungood. I can't believe I made it through.

It wasn't *bad* per se, but I didn't need 70+ minutes of it either.

Some fantastic motifs and jazz lines in there loved the 9/4 groove on the second track when it got going in , and numerous other great bits of Jame but all in all the album was like a big Jam nothing jumping out at me too much to think to listen to it again and again A 2 for me

Started off poorly and quite annoying in places, but there were parts in here that I enjoyed.

Really struggled with this one. I think the genre is just not for me. I enjoy a lot of post-rock, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mogwai etc - agenre that was certainly influenced by this stuff.

There’s fun prog, and then there’s that.

Opening: You know music? Yeah. Do the opposite of that. It does however improve. Then someone starts "singing" and oh my god why. Then more atonal noise and finally some actual good jazz. This is a mess.

My only other jazz rock album that I've heard is Pain to Power by Maruja, and this is a very different type of jazz rock album than that one. That leans much heavier on the rock, and this leans much heavier on the jazz. And I think jazz albums just aren't really my thing.

I just couldn’t get into it. 1.5 star

They had no business making those songs so long. 1.5 stars.

Ich habe mir wirklich Mühe gegeben, diesem Werk eine Chance zu geben, aber leider war das ein Schuss in den Ofen. Wer hier musikalische Raffinesse oder wenigstens ein bisschen Harmonie erwartet, wird bitter enttäuscht. Das hat so viel mit Musik zu tun wie die Bibel mit dem Weihnachtsmann an Ostern – also rein gar nichts. Die Komposition wirkt zusammengewürfelt, als hätte jemand wahllos Töne in einen Mixer geworfen und gehofft, dass dabei etwas Hörbares herauskommt. Die Texte? Entweder kryptisch ohne Tiefgang oder so platt, dass man sich fragt, ob sie aus einem Generator stammen. Selbst mit viel gutem Willen bleibt da nicht viel hängen – außer vielleicht ein leichtes Ohrenzucken.

Not for me

Um. There may be something of significance but I’m not sure, something related to prog I think. Very noodly.

"We're not going to do a freeform jazz exploration in front of a festival crowd." -- David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap. "Hold my beer." -- Mike Ratledge, Soft Machine

Interesting listen. One of those that just seems to tread along for a bit, like most prog rock records. Although this was a bit more jazzy than the rest. Not really unpleasant overall, but I preferred the instrumental tracks over the one vocal track.

I understand why this is on the list, but too osycodic for me, and I like Zappa.

A journey through intricate soundscapes woven with synths, percussion, organ and horns. I’m glad I heard it, but I doubt I’d be inclined to revisit it. It’s just not in my wheelhouse.

this was painful to listen to

Was very worried during the first song, but the jazz eventually got decent. I love prog, but this was not my thing

This one comes and goes. I like parts of it...

This was the most baffling album I’ve had to rate so far. At times, I was so ready to give it a 1, but then I got hit by some really beautiful stuff. Then it turns to what sounds like half of the ensemble of a King Crimson song spliced and mashed around. Overall, it was still way too long to listen to some experimental nonsense, but there’s great stuff in here as well.

so weird and funky but a really interesting experimental work. I don't think I would listen on the day to day but it's good background and its sounds like my brain when I'm doing work or need to

The lead track is garbage, but it got better as it went. Not at all for me.

I tried to listen to this twice on an airplane and turned it off twice. I then put it on to drown out noise during a hospital visit and that didn’t make it better. Maybe this album entered my life during the wrong time, but it’s not hitting.

I don't like it very much. Sounds like they wanted to make something original and didn't care if it sounded good.

long AND bad. Perfect recipe for a terrible time. Not terribly offensive but it sure is grating, I'm not sure this was mixed properly at all.