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Re: Soundtrack to our lives: 12th March

Mar 17, 2005, 03:59

I've never really appreciated the album but plenty of people I respect rate it as the best rock album ever recorded, or at the least right up there at the top. I thought taking it one side at a time and giving each side several days and listens to soak in would help. Now that I've gone through side four this week, I can say that it has to some degree, but I still don't quite get it.

Plenty of the tracks are amazing or at least bloody good, but there are others that seem like throwaway comments or have flaws. For example, just how much depth is there to "China Pig"? What exactly is the stunning achievement of the seemingly aimless horn soloing in "Hair Pie: Bake 1"? (The second bake of "Hair Pie" is great, without all the extra blather laid on top.) To me, it seems like the best album ever should be damn near flawless.

P.S. I only listened to sides 3 and 4 of Soft Machine's "Third" because that was the second side of the tape I had started in the car the week before (when I listened to sides 1 and 2). I don't do that much driving.

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