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Tracklist
- A1Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie (1st and 2nd Movements, Adapted From "Trois Gymnopedies")2:30
- A2Smiling Phases5:11
- A3Sometimes in Winter3:09
- A4More and More3:04
- A5And When I Die4:06
- A6God Bless the Child5:56
- B1Spinning Wheel4:08
- B2You've Made Me So Very Happy4:19
- B3Blues, Part II11:43
- B4Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie (1st Movement, Adapted From "Trois Gymnopedies")1:40
Reviews
Rated 4/10
This is odd. Not "bad odd", but odd. At times very strong flower-power vibes with harmonies and strumming and other times veers into freewheeling jazz territory.
Conclusion : I didn't hate it.
Rated 4/10
Part of that late 60s/early 70s rock turn towards Americana, BS&T looks to Jazz and Big Band as well as the more expected folk and blues, bringing plenty of horns and (unfortunately) flute and strings into a rock band template. The album is all over the place in terms of genre, but the horns sound good and the bass really does a lot of the heavy lifting giving these songs a bit of energy and momentum lost when the main songwriting instrument is the piano. The extended organ noodling is very boring, but the deeper groove jazzy jams with a trumpet/sax lead did draw me in. It doesn't always work, and when it does it isn't really that good - I'd rather listen to folk rock or jazz rather than both at once.
Rated 6/10
A strange album that can't quite make up its mind of what it wants to be, but gets really good when it goes full jazz.
Rated 6/10
All over the place but kinda engaging jazz rock (I guess?)
Rated 4/10
It's an odd album, starts off one way, then goes in the complete opposite direction... it's all over the place! Were there parts that I liked? Yup, some good tunes in there. But as an album, it feels like a mess. 2.5
Rated 4/10
Very few albums can mix jazz and rock well, this isn’t one of them just a bit all over the place
Rated 8/10
August 31, 2023
HL: "Spinning Wheel", "...Happy", "Sometimes in Winter", "God Bless the Child"
Rated 6/10
Decent classic rock album.
Rated 6/10
This sounds like the soundtrack to a musical that was written for Tom Jones to star in.
Rated 8/10
The time in the late 60's where the jazz audience, the cool soul frogs, the blues birds and the hippies all came together and listened to a very stoned David Clayton-Thomas.
Because there are so many styles on this album and it jumps from compact jumpy songs to long experimental instrumentals, the album does have a somewhat ambivalent character. But there's something for everyone to be found on this album.
Rated 4/10
Det svänger egentligen rätt bra om några låtar men har sjukt svårt för sån här jazz-rock-fusion. Chicago-vibbar.