TARKUS

A very difficult album to review, although I know it inside out. The first side, the title track is fantastic. Well, I have always believe track 1-7 is one song called Tarkus. Maybe I am wrong. No, it is actually named Tarkus at the live albums so I am right. Anyway, this is one piece of fantastic music. One of the best pieces of music ever written in progressive rock.

My problems starts with Jeremy Bender. It is an OK music hall song, although the opposite from the opening title track. It is like light vs darkness. It is not a bad song, but I question the inclusion of this song on this album. Bitches Crystal too is nothing special. It is another music hall number. The rest of the album is also throwaway material. Which makes this album difficult to review. This is most definate an Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde album. It is frustrating because the title track is a 5 star and the other stuff is 2 stars. Frustrating !!! But the bad stuff is only ten minutes long and the brilliant stuff well over twenty minutes long so I push it up to four stars.

4 stars