Track Listing

1. Travelling Lady
2. Snakeskin Garter
3. Konekuf
4. Sometimes
5. Devil Woman
6. Time
7. One Way Glass
8. Mister, You're a Better Man Than I
9. Ain't It Sad
10. Study in Inaccuracy
11. Where Am I Going

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #76716 in Music
• Released on: 2005-03-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Forget the Pop band, One of the most original albums ever
Recorded in 1969 this album drips with menance.Mike Hugg sounds like he has never slept in his life as he sings his way through the doom laden tracks backed by organ, bass, drums and assorted brass. The songs are simple but it is the BIG brass sound that makes the music exceptional especially when the structure completely falls apart, in the middle of a tune, into a sprawling avant garde of honks, & squeals, which, after dying down the tune slowly grinds it's way back to the fore again. Totally bizzare and when played loud is better than a work out at the gym and more refreshing than a good cup of Earl Grey.

Forget the Pop band, One of the most original albums ever
Recorded in 1969 this album drips with menance.Mike Hugg sounds like he has never slept in his life as he sings his way through the doom laden tracks backed by organ, bass, drums and assorted brass. The songs are simple but it is the BIG brass sound that makes the music exceptional especially when the structure completely falls apart, in the middle of a tune, into a sprawling avant garde of honks, & squeals, which, after dying down the tune slowly grinds it's way back to the fore again. Totally bizzare and when played loud is better than a work out at the gym and more refreshing than a good cup of Earl Grey.

a Good Chapter for the Mann
This album is a good effort that features ex members of the group Manfred Mann who issued such an eclectic mix of music styles from Jazz,RnB,Pop and yes sike,so when their time had run along came Chapter Three with an album that will certainly appeal to the prog fan and maybe at a push some psych fans(though there probably isn't a psych track on this)),this album starts of with a Track titled"Travelling Lady" which is an extension from a Manfred Mann instrumental track titled A b Side,which featured some good fuzzed up guitar,on this it's no longer an instrumental and has been turned into a stoned sounding number awash with bursts of brass and a heavy fuzzed up organ with vocals that are fairly quiet and breathy,this starts this album off very nicely as there's more of the same to follow!Other tracks that stand out to me are "Sometimes" which is a lovely mellow number with those breathy vocals at the fore and a track that may appeal to the sike crowd,this has bursts of brass but not too obtrusive,certainly one of the better songs on this album!"One Way Glass"with it's thumping bass line and neat brass arrangements,this is a fairly left of field poppy number again with a sikey feel that maybe due to those gentle vocals but this has a jazzy feel in parts with brass which raises it's head throughout this album.
There's 2 tracks that didn't do anything for me,and they were"A Study In Accuracy and Konekuff"as both are the most jazz sounding tracks on this album with the time changes that go along with it,but this album has a lot to commend it,and features some well good fuzzed up organ,Good brass(when it's not too jazzy)and good breathy flute which adds to the stoned feel of this curiosity!!To end up this review,if you don't like brass in your music and with a jazzy vibe,approach with caution but if you enjoy imaganitive proggy sounds with a definite late 60s/early 70s vibe(and a funky one at times) you could do worse than to give this a shot!