Tarkus

Prof Rick that was probably interesting in its day but isn’t so now

For a “super group”, there was definitely nothing super about this. Just below average 1970’s rock with way too much keyboard

Really far out there, would definitely appreciate it more under the influence of psychedelics. 2.5 rounded due to lack of accessibility and because I like their other stuff more.

Jamais écouté avant. Du prog à claviers probablement révolutionnaire en son temps, mais qui a terriblement mal vieilli. Reste la virtuosité, l'audace et une pochette aussi laide qu'iconique. Top : Tarkus Flop : Jeremy Bender

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I always thought I loved prog rock. Then I embarked on this listening challenge.

After seeing the cover art, I expected something much more exciting. Instead, this ended up being a pretty boring listen overall. It never really lives up to the wild promise of that artwork, and the whole experience feels more tedious than engaging.

I don’t like it Busy music

Never heard of album or band. Not sure what to expect. First song is jazz done by a white guy. Rock instruments just thrown together. Doesn’t work quite as well as normal jazz but not horrible. Very experimental. Guitar riff at 7:50 is really good. Wish there was more of that. I can’t believe how long it is. 13 mins rocks. This is the best part so far. Final four minutes is fine. I’m realizing it’s super ate songs all in one 18 min song. Not a fan of Jeremy bender. Too goofy. Bitches crystal is definitely better, but I think just a little too much going on. Well written, too may instruments in the background. Sometimes less is more. This album is not less. The only way feels dark and scary. Lyrics are crazy. What an interesting addition. Infinite space is pretty good. I like the piano. Much simpler as a whole which I was looking for. A time and a place is really cool. A lot going on but works better in this one. Are you ready eddy is very 60s. Not a fan. Very different from the rest of the album. I hate that this is the last song. Bad after taste. Cool album cover has to be mentioned. Fine album. 2.4 stars.

Music for people who wear capes unironically

English prog rock just never does it for me no matter how many times I have to listen to it.

Too much keyboard noodling for my taste.

I dislike this in the same way that I dislike Van Halen’s guitar wankery, but instead of someone flexing on guitar and playing as many guitar notes as possible, it’s a bunch of guys flexing weird time signatures and playing as many synth and organ notes as possible. Somewhat bizarre complaint from me as I usually love artists experimenting and exploring weird time signatures, but there’s just so much going on in each of these songs that it takes me out of it. I think this comes down to the Jeff Goldblum quote from Jurassic Park, “[they] were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”

2.4 To paraphrase Spinal Tap. There is a fine line between prog and wanking. Cool cover though

I'd already had the 'pleasure' of listening to their other album on this list in November 2024. THat was pretty bad, and this was more of the same. There are some enjoyable parts, but in the most part it is the musical equivalent of watching someone have a wank, and (trust me) that is never pleasurable.

Their second album. Prog Rock. Some Prog albums on this list have genuinely surprised me and I've enjoyed them. This one not so much. Yes they can play overly complex music but none of these tracks feel like songs. This album makes me feel like a passive consumer of the music when I'd rather be an active participant, i.e. Punk.

Not a fan...can't see the cultural significance or the appeal. Also WHY do they need multiple albums on the list?

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Wow that first track is WILD. It will probably turn like 90% of people off cause it’s so wacky and all over the place and i wish i could say it did the opposite to me but the truth is it was alittle of both. The first track is such an insane rollercoaster that I don’t even remember if I liked the other tracks on the album cause they totally get lost in the shadow of TARKUS. Seriously it had moments where it was winning me over and it had LOTS of moments that really put me off to the whole thing. Honestly I can’t hate this album cause this is a great example of you have to walk in order to run, and this feels like psychedelic rock walking/crawling so that one day King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard could RUN! But yah this is a stepping stone that’s meant to be passed over for sure.

I wasn’t that keen on this one

Nyt oli melkosta settiä eikä välttämättä sillä hyvällä tavalla. Mukana on joitain ihan kivan kuulosia juttuja mut muuten menee melkoseks sekameteliks

Bitje orgel op nen zondagmorgen is wel toepasselijk...

The first track is horrendous, and made me think I was listening to the Mario Kart Soundtrack. This is what I imagine my old uncle loving, "this is the real shit dude" and it's not a compliment. It is dated and lazy.

The first song is really pretentious and over the top. The rest is a little better. Never been into ELP and this one confirms that.

🎶Why did he lose SIX MILLION JEWWWWSSSSS🎶 Yes that's a real lyric. Should tell you everything you need to know about the album.

# Album Name: Tarkus # Artist: Emerson, Lake & Palmer # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Didnt enjoy this at all. Typical progressive crap. Not the worst thing ive heard on this list though. Certainly wouldnt come back to it. # Top Tunes: None # Would I listen to it again? No

Well that was a bit of a carnival fever dream, a bit all over the place. 2/5

I’m partial to a bit of prog now and again, providing I’m in the right mood for it. However, this album falls into the category of having far too many notes for my taste, with the opening section of the 20 minute title track being a dizzying jazz freak out that’s all over the place. Apparently the keyboardist Keith Emerson wanted to write a piece in 5/4 time which just sounds like being clever for the sake of it, and it was so divisive that it nearly split the band. It does calm down a little after the start, but there are other problems with this album. The general rule is that you shouldn’t judge something by its cover, but in this case it tells you a lot. The illustration of an armadillo crossed with a World War I style tank is exactly the sort of thing a teenage boy would doodle in the back of his physics textbook, and unfortunately the lyrics don’t rise much above this sort of adolescent level. Indeed, the track ‘The Only Way’ on side 2 features a line so egregiously awful that I almost switched the album off at that point. Your mileage may vary.

A 20 minute epic of keyboard prog rock describing the volcanic birth of a tank-armadillo hybrid and subsequent life, battles, death, and water rebirth as Aquatarkus, opens the record. The composition sounds like a blur between a college drum line and the bumper music from The Price Is Right (prog, dude) The unpegged time signatures and shifting between the left and right channels makes the listener feel off balance. The track contains all the sounds and the messaging can’t help but seem ripped from This Is Spinal Tap. This is big, over-the-top sound. There’s also a side B full of questionable lyrics and messaging, but it’s… fine.

I've never appreciated this album.

WOOOOOOF

electronic; not for me, but not a total assault on my ears--2 stars?

4/10

The more I listen to prog, the less I like it. Some of the songs made me physically revolt. I had to stop listening to the title track 15 minutes in because it was painful to listen to. Some of the shorter songs were ok.

Not my thinh

Got this as a blind buy in the early 90’s back when we didn’t have the opportunity of a first listen sample. Keith Emerson needs to settle down with his classical keyboard antics. Tend to enjoy the songs written by Greg Lake.

I do like my prog. But there must a limit. This is the extreme end of the spectrum. While their technical prowess and complex compositions are undeniable, I missed a bit of heart and some rawness to match some of the lyrics. It's better when progressive rock does not sound like robots masturbating in sync. Except the last song 'Are you ready Eddy?'. They sound free and like they were actually having fun. Ah well...

2.5 als ich gesehen habe, dass der erste song 21 minuten lang war, wollte ich erst nur den rest anhören. ich habe dann trotzdem das ganze Album angehört und der erste song war tatsächlich der beste. manche von den songs waren auch echt anstrengend, von daher kein wirklich gutes album

I don't understand prog rock, I think it's official. 4/10

it’s here. for no great reason.

This would be great if I was on drugs

Based on the cover of your album for January 1st, 2026, what type of year is 2026 going to be for you? Exciting The music - not as much. Prog jams are better left unrecorded imo

Annoyed me

The cover art was my favorite element. I usually find their songs pretty pleasant but feel like they wander aimlessly. The progressions in these songs are always lost on me. Rating: 2.0

Absolute gratuitous prog rock wankery, as is ELP's wont... A near 21 minute "Tarkus" movement is the introduction to this album and it's just so goddamn long, the rest is serviceable for a knees up, though.

Forgettable

Not for me

Really didn't enjoy this. The pretentious is real.

The musical equivalent to having one of those hibachi chef's make you a bad-tasting steak; sure, it was quite the show, I ooh'd and ahh'd a few times. But I didn't enjoy the taste of the beef, I won't care to remember it long from now. A 20 minute opener is cool in concept but when the synths/keys get super shrill at minute 18 and there isn't a ton of melodic themes to latch onto then it kinda just whirls right by. Just make them separate songs instead of one big song with 7 mini songs in it. The concept can still remain all the same. For things to go from that hectic opening song to something as twee as "Jeremy Bender", then back to some frenetic but impressive instrumental work on "Bitches Crystal" is a lot for me. I don't need albums to be super cohesive, but this all too much. Then a whole bunch of proggy craziness only to be ended with a rockabilly cut? I'm tired. I take issue with one of the more popular positive reviews this album got. It says "There is a thoroughgoing prejudice against prog in the critical community, probably because it forces critics to engage with the music instead of discussing influences, lyrics and personalities." I disagree with this wholeheartedly. I simply don't care to listen to something that's being overtly intentional about hitting me with yet another new motif or time signature every passing minute. There is SO much to marvel at on the technical side of this project, that it glazes over conveying a sense of humanity in my opinion. I wish to hear more songs with heart and soul, not songs of the brain and fingers. Strong 2/5

This one didn’t hit for me. Listened a couple times through and forgot it was on each time.

don't remember it, so giving two

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Is this what you call prog rock? Ew. But also some of it is fucking sick? Def some jazz influences in there that was cool. This kept me in the edge of being fucking irritated for having to listen to it. But then some little like relief or something cool would come in and I’d be like okaaay I guess it’s not that bad. But overall I didn’t care for it. Idk if I even finished the album tbh. 2.7

One of the songs on this album caught my ear because it sounded like something I'd heard before (i.e. someone sampled this group) 2

For me, ELP has not aged well. And this was never my fave ELP album.

Just as the jazz genre can take it too far, so can rock.

First time knowingly hearing EL&P and was looking forward to it under the impression they were progressive rock icons. While portions of the album were interesting I tired quickly of the organ. I was out in the car with Lisa this day - maybe another day, in a better mood, with focused listening I would have enjoyed it more. But not today. 2/5

Mostly skipped. I think the Hymn was all I was interested in.

Very random.

Many cool sounds and experimental pieces in the mix of this album. Not really my taste but had a good listen.

I didn't know this band. Not a bad sound. Overall a fair album.

It's like Pink Floyd, but way less interesting.

Made as much sense as an Armidillo tank. Wank

Probably a seminal prog rock album or something. It sounds like professional musicians up to their eyeballs in cocaine, but that's just speculation.

This is dumb

Though I liked a few songs on Brain Salad Surgery, this album is more like Yes, and less like ELP (though BSS may have Palmer). This grew tiresome.

Could only be 70s

Cool and experimental, but I was not feeling it - a little too weird maybe

Dreadful tosh

No me disgustó del todo.

I mean, I can't say I hated it. Although if this isn't your wheelhouse, a 20-minute never-ending electronic saga of sound to start the album could feel a bit overbearing. The start of Side B with Jeremy Bender was slightly refreshing. A fun little number about a man finally deciding to become a nun (?). Bitches Crystal was also a cool song with an awesome title. I know ELP has some legendary songs and albums but not sure if this is one of those for me. But overall, it was a fun one-time listen (with Jeremy Bender earning its way into my personal music library).

The musicianship is a 5/5. But as someone who doesn’t play a single instrument, I have a hard time truly appreciating each member’s proficiency and skill. In most cases, if you ask me, what makes prog rock appealing is how incredibly talented the bands usually are and how they like show it off; it’s music for musicians. Tarkus from ELP is prog rock at its finest, I can acknowledge that. But I guess most of it is just one of those finer things in life that I can’t seem to get in rhythm with. For the record, I still enjoy lots of prog rock (The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway better be on this list), but I often feel a lot of this scene was too full of itself and too difficult to digest for the average dumb guy like me.

Best Tracks: Tarkus (ii. Stones of Years, vii. Aquatarkus), Jeremy Bender insanely funny to emphatically rhyme "lose" with "six million Jews" in a line about God allowing the Holocaust and then roll into a fucking insane keyboard solo. that one's off a b-side track (the only way - a hymn) but that and the armourdillo are what I'm walking away from remembering. Title track is an occasionally interesting seven-part song but the verb "plunking" came up too many times while I was thinking about it - i.e. "he's really plunking on the keys here." Not a good sign. Jeremy Bender is a really good after-dinner mint though.

I’ve seen a lot of people say Tarkus (the song) is one of the greatest prog songs ever but I honestly did not feel anything while listening to it. I’m not saying it’s bad at all but it just doesn’t make me feel anything really. The rest of the songs are fine. Nothing much to say about them though. Favourite song: Bitches Crystal

A lot of times this just felt like noise. Maybe too progressive and not enough rock for my taste.

why is the first song 20 minutes long. 4/10

okayish.

It’s never a good sign when the first track is 20mins long! The trouble with progressive rock is that it purs too much emphasis on novelty rather than listenability, so PR albums inevitably become like this one; small islands of good music interspersed amongst a sea of bad music that used to be at least interestingly bad before the novelty wore off.

I don't really think this is for me. I didn't hate it, but I wasn't overly thrilled by it. Better than their other efforts The cover art for the album is probably the best part .

The first self-indulgent half? "No sir, I don't like it." The second half? Meh, it's fine. The last track sounds like a Beatles knockoff.

On taas hyvin erikoista ⭐️⭐️

Proge on kiva juttu mut piipittelyproge ei oikeen uppoa.

Better then the last one we had...but now I wish I had given the other a 1.

Of its time. Not great enough.

Love the cover. I'm not a ELP or Prog fan but I see the listener counts and have to give it respect. It's really just rock jazz with solo's, rambling, meet in the middle, piano noodling, everyone goes separate ways, then rock hard, then go downtempo, then crash together at the end. The vocals seem forced across every track. This may be one of the great Prog albums of all time, I have no idea, but it doesn't float my boat. I know a few ELP songs from the radio, none of which are on this album. I found this utterly boring and bordering on annoying. 2 stars as I'm sure they're badass musicians and I can see people appreciate this album. Just not my jam, on any level.

One of the great realizations I have come to over the last couple months is that the experimental prog stuff is just not my cup of tea. Some alright bits in here though, and I do love the album cover. Just too much nonsense. Best Track: A Time and a Place

Not for me.

I just don't like them.

Just like the other Emmerson, Lake And Palmer album in this list, this comes across to me as a soulless project that only shows how fast and great they can play and feels devoid of any interesting ideas. Having said that, I don't think it is despicable and there are even very few interesting moments. Still very boring though.

Interesting, but not great.

Nja, musiker-musik, kanske. Lite för svårt för mig.

An uneven, mostly interesting effort.

Cool but a lot.

Too conceptual for me, bet they had fun making it tho

Heel funky

This is not the prog I like. So bizarre. And what’s with that album cover.

I reviewed this in Feb, nothing really changed I'm afraid: "Certainly an experience, not great prog rock IMO (are some songs even considered prog rock?). Couldn’t really get into it. Maybe with the right mood, maybe when I’m older? I don’t know. Just not for me, sorry."

my hatred for these guys grows everyday

Very experimental and psychedelic, not for me.

Unbelievable how this could be boring zzzzzz 1,5 maximum

Prog is just not my thing.

Just trying to be psychedelic for the sake of it. Not really good or enjoyable. 2/5

Technically very impressive but prog rock just really isn’t my thing. I also truly believe no artist is talented enough to warrant a 20 minute song sorry.

some songs are nice, some are annoying, 2

Just felt weird.

A little too prog for me.

Too much wankery. Liked the proto Showaddywaddy bit at the end

Oh my. This record is really hard to listen to, or at least the bit I got through was really tough to listen to. Normally, when I come across a record that I’m just not enjoying, I give it a solid 3 tracks before I turn it off. My reasoning is that life’s really too short to try to endure painful listening experiences, and maybe, for whatever reason, the band frontloaded the record with their weaker material. But the first track on this record is 20 minutes long. I just can’t do it. Maybe it gets better, but I’ll never know. 2/5

This one surprised me. Unfortunately, it surprised me by how much I didn't care for it. I've heard so many people rave about it, but I found it rather annoying. There were some sections of the title track that I kind of liked, and I really enjoyed "A Time and A Place", but other than that it just wasn't for me. And on a completely different note - wtf is up with that cover art?

A good looking, bad sounding album.

Can't say this did much for me. It was kinda like that Rush album where I can respect their musical prowess without really enjoying it very much. I liked this album less than that one, though. There were parts that had a more rock sound that I would've preferred the whole way through (subjective, I know). It was almost like Cream decided to make a keyboard-focused prog album, and it didn't go very well. Even if none were awful, there really just weren't any songs I liked here. Some were OK, but didn't really do anything for me to say I thought they more than that. Overall: 2.3/5

Not the ideal album to come back to after a holiday. Pretty dated, the 20min intro song just comes across as pretentious but prog rock is in general. 2/5.

Not my jam, that's for sure

At least it's short. I like the Bach part.

Not my favourite prog rock band, but it was ok.

Who doesn't love and armed-a-dilllo? On Spotify the turret turrets and the red eye blinks. Brilliant

Prog rock can be ether really good or annoying. This was annoying

Boring

Don't care for prog-rock all that much

It very much feels like low-level prog. It's not grabbing me. It's just a bit mediocre.

Some good bits in there but again surrounded by a sea of 'fine I suppose'

The title track of this album is a 21 minute organ heavy prog rock suite depicting the birth and battles of a mythical armadillo-tank hybrid. If an idea that ridiculous doesn't pull you in and make you curious, I'm not sure what else will. Unfortunately, the execution does not completely live up to the imaginativeness of this idea. While the title track undeniably showcases the band's musicianship, especially Keith Emerson's virtuosic command of keyboards, and there are some really interesting ideas to be found here, the epic occasionally feels like an exercise in music, where complexity exists for its own sake. However, I still really enjoyed some sections. Side B is a collection of shorter, unrelated songs, where a few were downright annoying. A prime example is "Are Your Ready Eddy?" which sounds like a parody of Rock & Roll and really has no place on this album. On the other hand, "Bitches Crystal" is a fun, ragtime inspired track and "A Time and a Place" once again shows the band's chops. On this track, the whole band truly shines - Carl Palmer's drumming is as tight as ever, Greg Lake is singing his heart out, while all that is accompanied with hard hitting organs. All in all, while technically impressive, this album did not resonate with me. Except for a few sections of the title track, and the aforementioned two songs on Side B, the rest ranged from average to bad, so I doubt I'll be coming back to this one that much. 2.5/5

Honestly, leading with a 20!!! minute song followed by 6 shorter songs is hilarious to me. I didnt like it.

Tarkus

I failed to see the significance - I mean I get it but I guess I don't agree..

Like a random record in the sale bin, a wild ride that you didn’t really choose. Frenetic and could’ve done without the all the organ. Album was all over the place, only liked the last song really.

It was hard to listen to the first time and there won’t be a second time. The first song being 20 minutes long was like a roller coaster that I couldn’t get off of. Maybe if I were super high it would have been more enjoyable?

"Of it's time"....!!! Been a long while since I heard this, & hopefully it'll be a long while before I hear it again.

Are You Ready Eddy is cool. No thanks on the rest!

Not for me. The 20 minute, organ-led title track is absolutely tedious, while the 2nd half is a little better but still bounces around between prog rock and honky tonk.

Disjointed, awkward keys. This one did not resonate with me at all.

Maybe if I listen a couple more times I might enjoy it more? Maybe but doubtful

4.5/10

dident like it

Random and overstimulating. A lot of conflicting sounds. This was a unique experience but I didn’t really enjoy it much.

I don't really like prog rock, and this is the prog-rockiest of them all. Some good runs in here, particularly the title track, but it doesn't do it for me.

Not for me. 2/10 - SC Interesting prog rock album that is very keyboard focused. First song could have been split up into multiple songs as it has distinct sections that don't really tie in well with each other. The rest of the songs aren't very remarkable, but overall has some fun arrangements. -mitona This is the first album I just had to hard pass on. After the first minute of the first song I just know it's not something for me. -germ

It's kind of a relief when the Title track ends. So long, so repetitive. For Why. I got so tired of the album so fast.

Definitely music, but very “busy” and so many notes don’t a great song make. Melodies are really a strong suit here either, likewise too much dissonance at times for my taste.

Felt like I heard this before, but I feel that often when I listen to prog rock.

Holy prog rock, Batman

Some of this prog music from the 70s is a little over my head

Got some interesting things, some piano segments go crazy, lyrics suck but I will not be listening to this again

I like Emerson Lake and Palmer, but this was not their finest hour. Not something I would necessarily turn off if it came up on Spotify, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to it.

The further I progress through this project, the more I am convinced that the author and other contributors to this list, were not qualified for such a task.

So, so prog that it basically becomes jazz. The musicianship is staggering, particularly the keyboard playing. I respect this deeply and do not plan to revisit. This kind of experience is just not really what I'm looking for in my music listening. If you like prog, you'll like this. If you do not, this will not help.

Not cool (or fair) that I had to listen to a 20+minute song to get to a song with my name in it which was over in less than 2 minutes.

Was looking forward to this but honestly didn’t love it. Yeah it may have been new for a rock setting. But, I find the electric jazz of that era holds up better b

sounds very dated 2/5 #musicsky #albumsky #musicchallenge

A high 2. I like prog and this had elements of Oldfield/Yes on the first track but a lot less coherent. The rest was a bit of a mess.

A 20 minute experimental opening track was a choice and a chore. Every now and then there would be a track I really enjoyed. Mostly I was confused and overwhelmed by all the sounds. Listening in tk maxx on a hot day was by far not the best environment. But hey, I'm glad I gave it a go and now I don't have to listen again

she emersons on my lake til i palmer just three guy fucking around with the worst 70s synths ever for like 40 minutes ts so ass. i enjoyed the other elp album (Pictures at an Exhibition) but it was mostly ironically i didn't need more of this

Oh I struggled with this, non a prog rock fan

Great to see ELP's obsession with the organ isn't lost on this record either. In fact they don't even build up to it this time, they just ram you straight into LISTEN TO MY ORGAN CUNTTTT mode. Anyways, this sounds exactly like Pictures At an Exhibition. Not sure why both of these are on here. This was certainly better and more interesting than Pictures At an Exhibition. Tarkus is really the only thing we're listening to here, and with a whopping 20 minute runtime, you better hope you enjoy it. Similar to how 2112 by Rush operates, but at least (unlike 2112), this is enjoyable and not trash. Everything after Tarkus is honestly pretty lame. Just some English guy barking over church organ music. Then a bunch of random shit thereafter, just horrible filler. The last song pissed me off so much, I'm dropping this from what would be a 4, to what would be a 3, until the last song, you get a fucking 2. bro FUCK YOU

wow, what an album to come back to. i have a bit of a history with ELP, when i first became a wanker at roughly 15, i got really into mathrock and prog. i was playing guitar at the time and man i thought i was the shit, my taste in music was so experimental and more intelligent than yours, i listened to music for real thinkers. i still listen to a lot of prog now but i certainly do not listen to ELP. they are easily one of the most pretentious prog bands ever, too up their own ass to spend time actually writing a good song and too focused on writing noodly 'epics' instead of making an actually interesting track that is trying something original, or creating something interesting. crimson is better at doing experimental, genesis and rush are better at songwriting. tarkus is just wankery and every time i go back to ELP i don't want to listen to them compared to their peers and contemporaries. i suppose at the end of the day, prog is a genre about trying new, interesting and challenging musical techniques. and in a sea of brilliant prog artists, ELP feels derivative of them all, without doing forging any unique identity. not a 1 because i really like organs. also the vocalist is pretty good i guess. highlights: 20:43 in Tarkus weakest points: 00:00 to 20:42 in Tarkus

I do like prog but progressive implies some sort of progress in the composition of the track. Until you get to about “a time and a place” this is an incredibly samey album that made 38 minutes feel like a lifetime. This was going to be the lightest 3 of all time until are you ready eddy came on, which was just kinda retarded. I really like the album cover.

ELP bros its so over... I really enjoyed pictures at an exhibition and Trilogy but didn't enjoy a single track off this. I didn't hate any either. Unfortunately after 3 albums in a row that are totally MID we have truly entered the Mid realm of the list. I sure hope more mid doesn't follow... (Spoilers it does, im writing this review late) 5/10

The first song is pretty cool but I’ll never listen to this album again and I’ll pretend it never existed.

Never judge an album by the album art. Album was chaotic, but not in a good way. The Ready Eddy song was annoying as fuck. Enjoyed segments of songs (around 3:20 in the 1st song).

This was close to a 1 for me. The music structure is awkward and made me have the feeling that I was at an uncomfortable social event that I desperately wanted to leave.

Sometimes I can get into progressive rock. This is not one of them.

Uhhhh this was all fine and good until Jeremy Bender came on. WTF kind of song was that?

The piano playing was fantastic. The songwriting itself though? Left a lot to be desired. 2 Stars

This album just sounded so pretentious. They are talented musicians but a little too much guys

What are we doing here? I get the jazz influence, but it’s wayyyyyy too busy. I guess the boys never heard that less is more in some cases. Some of these songs would be much better if they could just breathe.

Это нормальный альбом, просто не очень интересный в контексте всяких Кинг Кримзонов, ЙЕС, и так далее. Заглавный эпик - это всё круто, конечно, и в целом звучит приятно, но сама песня в целом и даже структура альбома, треклиста, во всём этом чувствуется какая-то разрозненность идей. Лучшая песня - The Only Way (Hymn).

Prog is a weird genre to me, in that the best stuff is truly fantastic and worth listening to, but anything below that is just self indulgent at best. This is not the best the genre has to offer. That's the kindest I can be.

Ok, een progrock album? Begint meteen op zn progrocks met maar liefst een nummer van 20 minuten! En daar zitten absoluut hele vette minuten tussen, maar er zitten ook heel wat mindere minuten tussen... Dus hoe beoordeel je een nummer dat 20 minuten duurt? Op de beste stukken? op de slechtste? Ik beoordeel het nu maar gewoon op het gemiddelde; dat was best ok, niet fantastisch, niet verschrikkelijk. Dat is ook een beetje hoe dit album voelt; ze hebben ontzettend veel ideeën en hebben besloten om ALLES uit te werken. Ja cheffies, dat gaat niet werken he? Er zit echt wel wat leuke probeersels in dit album, maar ik had vooral zoiets van hadden jullie dit niet meer kunnen uitwerken? Gewoon 1 of 2 nummers extra? of misschien zelfs een heel extra album; het voelt niet alsof ze niet genoeg inspiratie hadden. Nou, uiteindelijk is dit wel een album wat ook duidelijk maakt wat het nadeel kan zijn van progrock: 1001 ideeën die allemaal niet echt goed worden uitgewerkt. Een soort all you can eat restaurant met een sushi hoek, wok hoek, pizza tent en waar je ook nog een shoarma kan halen. FAVO: Are you ready eddy?

I quite like some prog rock (early King Crimson, PFM etc.) but totally understand why some people hate it. Sadly, I find ELP one of the bands that give credence to that hatred. They are everything that is bad about the genre -pompous, overblown, self-satisfied smugness which really doesn't gel well with my tastes. This one's not for me. One extra star for the cover artwork.

I bought this album when it was first released - didn't like it much then and it's pretty much grandiose and annoying now.

These guys go on tour with this kind of music? Geez. I am curious and afraid to see the people who attend.

Jazzy and orchestral. Gets a bit carried away and lost in its ambition.

Nothing here is as interesting or impressive as they think it is.

Prog jazz? Not terrible but definitely not my thing.

Meh not my thing

Proof that good musicians don’t necessarily make good music. Never got into ELP even though I like prog. The album cover looks like a rejected Transformer idea.

Mostly enjoyed the first song. Rest of album was meh Standout song: Tarkus

2 Hey kids, do ya like prog rock? No? What about extended electric organ solos? No?? What about a giant f*cking weaponized armadillo? Honestly, I’m not really sure what to make of this album. The cover is just about the most ridiculous thing I’ve seen, and the seven-part song associated with it is flat-out egregious - and about six parts longer than it needed to be. If there was any hint of self-awareness surrounding this whole concept, I feel like it could almost work, but the fact that the band really seems to unironically be touting the half-tank, half-armadillo abomination that is Tarkus as as a serious and profound metaphor for war almost makes this laughable to me. Or, at least it would, if my ears weren’t constantly being barraged by piercing electric organ and keys. While I don’t hate the genre, I’ve mentioned before that I’m not the biggest fan of prog rock, and this seems to encapsulate what oftentimes turns me away from it - self-indulgent overcomplication just for the sake of it. Like, it’s cool and all you have a seven-part concept piece to your name, but is it really any good? Tarkus is not in my personal opinion - it’s an annoying slog. The rest of this album is just kind of whatever and mostly forgettable - at least these guys knew to keep things mostly short after subjecting you to that 20-minute opener. I can’t say I really have any complaints with what they offer, though the random reference to the Holocaust in the middle was a little jarring. However, we live in a day and age where reminders of the atrocities feel sadly necessary, so I can’t say I have a problem with it. Not the worst thing I’ve heard, but not really up my alley at all.

I consider myself. Prog Rock fans and do like the talent of ELP, but... this does nothing for me. Let alone the version I listen to was doubly dull with extra versions of the songs. Best thing about album is the awesome cover art!

Sounds like a worse version of the Mario Kart soundtrack. I respect the experimentalism but didn’t enjoy it

the first song is 20 MINUTES??? i appreciate this era for their experimentation and developments with sound...... that being said! not all experiments are W's :) - my notes from while listening

Looking at the album cover was the most interesting part

I love prog...but not like this.

- 1. Song 20 Minuten.. junge. Habe mich zwischendurch gefühlt, als wäre ich in Mario Kart gelandet. Aber habs durchgezogen und zum Ende fand ich es nochmal ganz cool. Wieder mal etwas, was sehr nach einem coolen Soundtrack geklungen hat. Wobei es am Ende dann irgendwie wieder Richtung Mario Kart abgedriftet ist. - der Rest war weird bis ok - hat mich also insgesamt eher kalt gelassen 1,75/5

It's kind of ass, sorry. Feels like sitting through a coworker's show to be nice to them. Thank god for The Stooges and The Velvet Underground because god damn this dragged on

It’s well played. But I don’t care

English 70s prog rock. Chaotic electric organ, synths. Abstract like jazz. Pretty much all I dislike about the genre. Hardly any melody and I dislike those electric 70s organs.

interesting, not my kind of sound, but didnt hate it

Boring trippy sixties music.

Ugh, this is weird. *checks phone after 17mims “Yes, still track 1”

Su mejor disco y aún así es duro y difícil.

Some of the ambitious compositions work, other times it's not so successful. For that I'd give it a 3 but there's a couple tracks that are trying to be funny that have aged terribly. Too bad it didn't all sound like video game music

Weird

Goofy looking armadillo tank on the cover here. I like it. When people talk about progressive rock wankery this is the kind of stuff they mean. How the hell am I supposed to understand that there is a story/concept here without having it explained to me? The title track does some neat things sometimes when it’s not keyboard nonsense for the sake of it. The rest of the album is a mixed bag ranging from plain bad to just ok.

I was expecting something quite different and instead I got all sorts of prog rock mediocrity and a ballad.

Certainly an experience, not great prog rock IMO (are some songs even considered prog rock?). Couldn’t really get into it. Maybe with the right mood, maybe when I’m older? I don’t know. Right just not for me, sorry.

Pas mon style. 2,5 arrondi en dessous.

Ngl I missed half the album by accident but I'm not going back to listen to it

Not this one.

Tarkus is what happens when unchecked virtuosity meets a glaring lack of self-awareness. Keith Emerson dominates the album with his manic keyboard solos, scampering across the synths like a cat being chased, though you can’t help but think those keys should’ve been a guitar. The 22-minute title track is less a cohesive epic and more a disjointed showcase of Emerson’s ability to play really fast. It’s impressive in the way a juggling act is impressive—technically astounding but ultimately empty. For all their technical skill, Emerson, Lake & Palmer seem more interested in showing off than crafting something worth returning to. The album is overly polished but soulless, full of ideas that never gel. Despite its ambition, Tarkus feels half-baked—an experiment that thinks it’s revolutionary but ends up sounding both weird and generic at the same time. Listening to Tarkus is like attending a three-ring circus where the performers are undeniably talented, but the acts don’t flow, and you’re left wondering why you even came. It’s not bad enough to be offensive, but it’s not good enough to warrant a second listen. A few flashes of brilliance can’t save it from its own overblown pretensions.

Slowly realising I don't like prog rock. This is almost drivel. I want to get all the people who rate this album highly in to a room and just question them on various aspects of life.

What in the Yes-Rush-King Crimson was this? I'm so tired of these "let's record a twenty minute epic song and have it be one entire side of our album" bands. It feels like they think they've pulled off a masterpiece of a track, one that should stand the test of time and be revered for ages. But to me, having heard a handful of similar albums to this point, it just feels played out. These long songs feel more like a series of ideas that they couldn't figure out how to extend into one song and instead combined those fledgling ideas into one song. Sometimes that can breed great results, but more often than not it seems to just produce a track that feels a little scattered and whose ideas are shoved together for convenience and not necessarily because they connect thematically. It's a shame. I don't have much else to say about this, honestly. The title track is a monster and is alright. The second side is a bunch of inferior ideas that sound like they're doing their best imitation of a handful of other styles and groups. Two stars. Standout Track: Are You Ready Eddy?

Everything a person hates in one album, a super slow build and it takes 20 seconds to hear anything and I check the volume and output like 5 times before it finally gets going. Then you have a 20 minute song that sounds like you are having a panic attack during the Mainstreet Electrical Parade at the Magic Kingdom. Lastly, an intentional omittance of the oxford comma. The only think I like about this Album is the super cool cover art. A tank Armadillo? Yes please! Bonus Star as a "Tank you" for that.

Not for me. To many keyboard gymnastics for me. Unnecessary notes and overplayed. That's just my opinion though.

Very little of this works. A lot of intricate twiddling and sweeping nut coherent songs are not the result. Even the toe taping final tracks suffers from some discordant tinkering. Couldn't get into the band at the time and now sounds insufferably indulgent.

prog rock is cool and all, but putting half an album on one song is crazy, especially when its just alright

They were jamming alright, and I'm sure they had a good time. Not an unpleasant listen, but not something I'd seek out either. The first track that hit for me was after spotify had autoselected a Jethro Tull song after the end of the album.

It’s prog Jim but not as we know it

My first concert was seeing ELP at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus. I was infatuated with them at the time. That said, this album was never a favorite and hasn't aged well in the interim.

Sounds like people trying to work out what to do with a synthesiser but not quite getting there.

How do you appropriately rate old experimental music? There are a lot of big moments here but a lot of failed experiments. When dialed in it's truly impressive, yet I find myself mostly waiting for what I know they can do. 2/5

Y'know, prog rock? All fine and dandy but this album is some messy nonsense. I really cringed my way through it but found very little to even catch my interest, let alone maintain it. All laboured and try-hard. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Also. An armadillo, as its name suggests, is already quite a tank. This dumbly on the nose cover may be a metaphor. Not sure about my rating yet, it won't be good. [...] in the meantime, I put on Genesis' "Foxtrot". "Tarkus" is really juuuust scratching the 2.

sorry i don't get it

Poeh, het toetsenwerk werkt wel behoorlijk op de zenuwen zeg. Je bent toch blij als de zanger even in de spotlight mag staan. Ev3n rust... Dit album draait om één nummer. De hele b-kant is of herhaling of opvulling. Maar dat ene nummer, zogenaamd opgebouwd, duurt 20 minuten. Dat je het durft uit te brengen joh. Het lijkt mij een gevalletje zelfoverschatting van de toetsenist...

Very psychedelic and strange but I like it. Its easy to bob along to the songs and its easy listening for the most part.

Too much insufferably pretentious meandering progginess for me today.

Posting here because I hit submit on the last Dr Dre review too soon, but what is it with hip hop albums and sex in between tracks? Like what does it add to the album? 'How gangsta, this dude fucks' -- maybe it was a function of the 90s. Ok, back to this album: someone else described it as budget Pink Floyd, and that's all I can think of now.

In a nutshell: a clumsy prog-rock symphony Emerson Lake and Palmer should have committed to the bit. You either go full on, multiple suite concept album like on Side A or “traditional format” from Side B. There are interesting sounds on Side A. Doing things by halves, so to speak, wrecked a potentially good prog rock album. Overall: 4/10

An album to make prog fans dislike prog.

1.86

Felt a little Pink Floyd ish

Experimental / not my fav

Good group. Talented musicians. Not their best album.

It's funny, I like some prog rock. I didn't really like this.

Probably the first prog rock album on this list I didn't like, it just seemed to go on and on. Low 2.

didn't really like it

I was like fifteen minutes in and thinking the album must be almost over and then realized I was still on the first Mt. Everest of a first song. This album has clear influence ties with Yes and similar bands. A sort of has been or maybe never was been kind of album chock full of old tricks that don't work anymore.

1 extra star for the cover art which is clearly the best part of this album.

Mostly aimless drivel until the last song, Are You Ready Eddy? That’s what most prog rock is.

Ugh. Another weird album. It's getting tough to listen to these.

Yeah, it’s ELP alright- Hammond Organ and Mood Synthesizer and it’s iconic - but honestly as concept pieces go it palls in comparison to say Tull’s Thick as a Brick (which probably isn’t on this list). The B side is a weird collection of cast offs, only 1 of which has any merit. Of all the ELP albums to put on this list why this one is beyond me.

Ei-lainkaan-progejantteri meikäläisen syntymäpäivälevyksi sattui ELP:n Tarkus, jonka rapsakka nimikappale on 20+ minuuttinen tilulilukilkuttelu. Oke :D Vasten kaikkia odotuksiani ehkä jopa vähän tykkäsin tästä. Laulu ja sanoitukset lässähti, instrumentaalilevynä olisin nauttinut enempi. Etenkin Tarkus toi mieleen Uematsun progevaikutteita napanneen vanhemman FF-tuotannon. Kannelle 5/5, musiikille kakspuol.

Artsy fartsy with no substance.

Outside a few scattered moments, this fails to engage, and more often threatens to overwhelm. The gratuitous virtuosity is more downside (tedium, vanity, show-offiness) than upside (a sense of awe at the playing). One can vaguely sense the appeal to a certain class of '70s sorta cool-nerd (who would get cooler over time) but doesn't really translate across the decades and now that we have a clearer sense of what prog was all about. The cover art alone requires downgrading by a full point. 2.5 > 2

- I respect the technique, but that is about it. I have admittedly never heard of ELP, but I am not shocked either. This feels pretentious and dated. - The first track is a 20-minute jam session focused way too much in the keyboard. Yeesh. - The other side of the record had some interesting moments (like "The Only Way"), but I really wish it was all more like the final "Are You Ready Eddy?" which was a completely different vibe.

jesus christ prog rock and the dudes who worship are so exhausting and boring

Not bad but not great Psycadelic rock LOT of synth, not all of it is good

Uh... I guess some people get into this? But for the rest of us? It's technically proficient musicians noodling around on their instruments. Boring.

Crikey. This puts the pompous into pomp

Listening to this felt way longer than 38 minutes. I didn't like the first half (song) and it was hard to get past that. Second half had a totally different vibe and was OK. I appreciated some of the jazzy piano parts. Playing the first song on touchtunes would be a good way to clear out a crowded bar. I could also picture really enjoying it if I was tripping in a smoky basement surrounded by tapestry. Favorite song was: 7. Are You Ready Eddy 3/10

Rock experimental. Un poco rollo, la verdad.

I can see everyone's uncle smoking weed to Tarkus and being annoying about this album 50 years later.

# Playlist track - Jeremy Bender # Notes - Too overwhelming. Too much, all the time. - I know and enjoy some other tracks from ELP (C'est La Vie, Lucky Man) but "Tarkus" is just too relentless and neverending. Feels like a wierd mismatch and I couldn't really get it.

2/5

Way too experimental for me. The only times they really shined was when they were covering other music styles.

You know, I had heard of Emerson, Lake & Palmer but I don't think I had ever heard a song from them. If you had asked me to guess what to expect from them, it would not have been this. Even with the progressive aspect, I just found this to be messy and dull. I did NOT like this.

I don't know what I expected when I saw the armadillo tank album cover, but it wasn't this. 2/5

this album was an experience, but was not an experience i enjoyed.

There's nothing about this that hasn't been done better elsewhere, IMO.

If I wanted to listen to a bunch of nerds on keyboards run up and down scales in weird time signatures, well, I'd listen to this. But I don't, so I won't. The cover rules though.

I actually didn't hate this. 20min song on a 37min album is a helluva choice tho

uuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhh idk what that was, dude

Rock, Jazzrock, 1971 -> 2

"Tarkus," the sophomore album from Emerson, Lake & Palmer, is an ambitious but ultimately flawed project. While the trio's technical skills and willingness to experiment are evident, the album suffers from a lack of coherence and accessibility. The sprawling 20-minute title track feels disjointed and overindulgent, with abrupt transitions and a confusing narrative. The second half of the album fails to match the ambition of the title track, and Keith Emerson's keyboard dominance often overshadows the contributions of Greg Lake and Carl Palmer. Despite moments of brilliance, "Tarkus" is a challenging and often frustrating listen, earning it a modest rating of 1.5 out of 5 stars.

Conceptual experimental.

Great album sleeve. Not so great music...

it was just all over the place, didn’t feel like an album

Already on board with the armadillo tank art 1. Ok, jazzy and pretty wild first track. Very hyper-active and overstimulating. Holy shit this thing is 20 minutes long!? Oh nice, when the vocals come in, a bit of a chill vibe. Groovy guitar riffs 8:00 in... This is a long-ass song. Marching drums now. Ok. At this point, I think I can safely say I'm not a prog-rock die hard. Jeremy Bender is like an ice-cream truck diddy. Dig it.

Ja ook niet voor mij helaas, the six million jews line took me by surprise

It's ok.

Rock experimental. Un poco rollo, la verdad.

Some of the worst sounds I have heard in album on this list. But, it is interesting and has a great album cover, and that’s all that really matters. Anyone can make good music, not everyone can make interesting music.

Inspirationsloses Geklimper auf die Instrument der 70er. Ein nicht endend wollender Titelsong. Ein bisschen Jazz, ein bisschen Experimentieren und etwas Jive führen eben nicht zwingend zu interessanten Songs. Das schönste am Album ist das Cover - der Inhalt ist schlichtweg mies.

The music of Tarkus is great, the singing is awful. Pretty sure they made up the lyrics as they went. If ELP left this album as an instrumental it would have been a 4 or 5. Sadly it’s pushing 2’s luck.

Correcto.

This is another band on this project that I'd heard of, but not had any actual experience listening to, so I was going into this album with no frame of reference. To be honest, I was expecting a yacht-rock type of album, which this was not. Much more of a prog-rock/jam band style coming from this trio, which is not inherently a bad thing, just not my cup of tea. While I thoroughly enjoy some adjacent bands like Rush, this was too far on the side of Phish to me to want to revisit. The instrumentation was on point, but it was too sporadic and experimental-jazz like for my taste. 4/10

Dull. Great musicians but sprawling and unstructured and self righteous.

Would be cool with guitar

Has several moments when it becomes tolerable....and as soon as you have that thought, it devolves back into hyper prog unlistenable garbage....

Mediocre album. This one is strange. It's prog-y and pretentious in many ways and just generally kind of goofy (and not in a good way in my opinion). It's got some nice moments, and the band is clearly "sophisticated" musically, but it's just not for me. Only the 20-minute long (1) title suite is really very good at all. Back half of the album is forgettable. I think I'm in-or-out on most prog stuff. I'm definitely out on this. **

I had a little excitement getting a chance to dive into some of ELP’s work. unfortunately I didn’t come away feeling excited.

Not my favourite ELP album.

Not great. Too much organ

Rock experimental. Un poco rollo, la verdad.

Pretty terrible, it's like Pink Floyd at their most artsy but they don't really know how to play instruments or sing. Really not a fan

I’m not a big prog rock guy so stuff like this usually has to be amazing to change my mind. This isn’t it

Prog rock bombast that to me sounds like a bunch of jamming for the 20-plus minute title track. There is some pretty good bluesy electric guitar soloing near the end of the title track I enjoyed. I would never have gotten the concept for this song had I not read about it, though. The other tracks are fine. Are You Ready, Eddy? ends things with some old-fashioned rock and roll melodies but isn't enough to raise my rating. 2 stars: I get it, but not for me. Interesting Factoids from Wikipedia: *Side one features the 20-minute conceptual title track written by keyboardist Keith Emerson, the opening of which created friction between Lake and himself that almost split the group, but Lake agreed to pursue it and contributed musical ideas for it and wrote the lyrics. Side two features a collection of unrelated tracks of different styles. *The album was packaged in a gatefold sleeve and features artwork by Scottish artist William Neal, whose armadillo has since became an iconic image in progressive rock. Interesting Factoids from SongFacts.com: *Keith Emerson poured through Greek mythology looking for a name for ("Tarkus"), but came up empty. Inspiration struck when the word "Tarkus" popped into his head when the band was driving back from a gig. It conjured up visions of a tank, so the idea developed to make the new mythological creature an armadillo (because of its armor) with tank treads. Emerson says that the word is completely original, and the only thing he's heard close to it is "tukhus" - a Yiddish word for the rear end. *Always a very theatrical band, Emerson, Lake & Palmer at one point shared the stage with a model of the Tarkus creature, which would blast a foamy substance at key moments. This provided a Spinal Tap moment when during a show that Carl Palmer recalls being in Brighton, the creature was aimed in the wrong direction, and the foam went into Emerson's grand piano. "We had to stop the show and on came the roadies with the dustpans and the Hoover to clear it out," Palmer said. Standout Tracks: Tarkus

I honestly have no idea what I can say about this album. It's just....weird. Like really weird. But also somehow manages to sound kinda normal? But the fact that it sounds so weird and normal at the same time makes it even weirder. Either way, I know that I didn't like it that much. And that's all that really matters for deciding how many stars I'll give it.

So, I played it while drinking last night, and got through the whole thing, I even think I kind of enjoyed the opening 20 minute song a bit. But playing it again this morning, I’m really not sure. It doesn’t bring out the burning passionate hatred I have for other Prog bands, but I’m sure I’m never going to listen to this again, because I don’t like it. Although I’m listening to Infinite Space at the moment and getting quite irritated at the constant plinky plonky piano. I’d have been more interested if it really was so bad I could hate it. But I’m mostly disappointed because I’m just unmoved

This left little impression on me

Quite dull. Was a bit all over the place and kind of sounded like less good versions of other things from the same time. Dare I say landfill prog rock?

Tarkus I liked the pomposity of the Tarkus suite, even if musically I wasn’t as keen on it. The organ jumping around constantly is a bit irritating after a while. I did like the last part, Aquatrakus for its children’s tv show silliness, more so as it clearly was all meant in earnest. The thing that keeps repeating with a lot of these prog rock concepts is that the stories and concepts really aren’t good at all, often incredibly naive and simplistic but dressed up with some pseudo fantastical nonsense to try and impart a sense of artistic heft. In this case an armadillo/tank called Tarkus. Jeremy Bender is quite fun in a baroque pop kind of way. Bitches Crystal is a good title but quite a boring song. Too much church organ vibes. I like the harpsichord like piano on The Only Way, but not so much the melody or lyrics. Are You Ready Eddie is a bit of an unconvincing rock n roll song marred even more by the silly piano flourishes. Strangely I found although most of the songs on the 2nd side are around 3 minutes they felt longer than the Tarkus Suite. I think how I feel about a lot of these prog albums depends on my mood on the day, sometimes they’re fun and silly and then sometimes they’re a drag. This fell into the latter camp for me, despite liking some parts and the ridiculousness of the Tarkus suite. The organ/keys/piano also got on my tits by side two. Way too much like improvised parping jazz trumpet for my taste. I get the skill but when demonstrating the skill seems to be the entire point it gets dull pretty quickly. I definitely preferred Yes and Jethro Tull. I’ll stick to I believe in Father Christmas. ⭐️⭐️

I usually like prog rock, but this was simply not worth listening to.

Really tested my “won’t give anything a 1 star rating” resolve.

Too much man, too much.

Musically it was very technically precise and interesting but listening-wise just missed the mark. I'm sure it was a blast to play though! Fell flat for me otherwise.

Ging für mich in die Richtung Supertramp, aber nicht so gut.

There are some beautiful moments scattered throughout this album. The problem is that there aren't enough of them to make it worth my time.

I mean, the last track was pretty cool? Creating a mostly forgettable 20 minute long album opener is quite an accomplishment. Favorite track: Are You Ready Eddy?

I’m realising that I’m not an ELP fan and I never will be. Just too much. Feels too self absorbed and just arrogant. I feel like this is an album that would be played by your alpha Romeo driving yuppy uncle at a family do, who’s marriage is falling apart for obvious reasons and is just too keen to appear ‘cool’ and thinks this music is relevant. Having said that. It was better than the appalling live album I had the other week 2.1

a little disjointed and unfinished feeling. amidst all the chaos it still didn't sound very original to me. better than a lot of music, but i probably will not return to this.

Some bright spots, mostly turgid. I bet Phish fans would find a lot to love here. That was a slog

This is the type of prog rock music that wants to be really good and ground breaking yet it is just weird and falls flat. A 16 minute song on a 39 minute album is hilarious. A song that sounds like it came out of the 50s however is not. This album is what happens when sometimes you try to be more prog than rock. 5.5/10

The first song was good, the rest jot so great. I don't feel like listening to it again.

20 fucking minutes??????? why tf do all these bands think that's cool. youre not edgy you suck. just separate the song into 5 songs and repent to Jesus.

I have to admit that this album is the victim of my general disinterest in prog rock. Starting an album with a 20 minute song makes this generally not to my taste. It was an ok listen, but this just isn't for me. 2/5.

I feel like this could have been so much better

I'd never heard of this group before, but reading a brief description and seeing that great art work, I thought I was in for a good time. I was wrong. I think I was bored most of the time, while the sounds weren't repulsive they've apparently run through my auditory system like water in a sieve. My brain is damp with the memory that it was there, but that's it. Straight-up 2. Not bad, but I have zero intent to return to it unless someone convinces me otherwise.

Weird prog-rock. Not for me, but I appreciate the level of talent involved.

this was quite an experience but not one i expect to repeat