my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Lots of good tracks, including my favorite Caravan song, "The Dog...", which has great lyrics, a great melody, great harmonies, and one of my favorite synth solos of all time.
Hmm, I always thought it was just a case of muddiness from having so many tracks playing at once. Could be...
Glad to see all the love here for Sunset Wading - that one really snuck up on me, but I absolutely love it now. Some of the best integration of nature recordings as well, which are quite subtle but a great choice. A real journey of a record.
For some reason I've never gotten around to Fairfield, but it seems I should. Can anyone confirm if that is from the same concert as the live LP from 1980? I'd go for the vinyl first, and it seems to have a few more tracks.
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Precisely - that's what it is. A kind of mindset narrative sans much lyrics, but eventually leading to a song and some words about wading. One of the greatest endings I know on a "prog" record. And the choice to not have that voice overexposed is a trick of brilliance, I think, as it makes the appearance all the more effective when the voice DOES come forth.
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