Fitter Stoke wrote: but I've long underrated the later fusion-based albums of which the Ratledge-dominated 'Seven' is my current fave;
Good call Mr.Stoke, I often blast that album.
Who can resist the track "Nettle Bed"?...and that liquid synth solo that nearly goes into serious orbit with self-destruction and then plunges back to earth just when you catch your breath....or....the magnificent "Day's Eye" with Jenkin's smooth Baritone Sax wafting into the air, giving way to Ratledge's 'sellotape unwinding/nest of rats' Organ sound, it really makes me laugh the way it comes in and cuts through everything else.
Every track a gem, almost like 'testcard muzak' in places, but with a real otherwordly feel.
The ambient tracks are great too.
;-)
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