IN THE ELECTRIC UNIVERSE

This is studio album number seven from Canada's own MAHOGANY FROG and I feel fortunate to own six of those. I don't have the debut but of the six that follow "In The Electric Universe" is my least favourite. And while that may seem ironic given the band spent more time creating this album than any other, sometimes we can over-think things. This is the most difficult one for me mainly because the melody has been given the back seat. MAHOGANY FROG are so good at creating these memorable melodies which contrast well with the experimental stuff plus they cross many styles like it was nothing. I love this band but they lost me with this one. Probably their most uniform album but even in this I feel ripped off.

Why? Well the track listing on the back cover of this Moonjune release I bought has it like this... Theme From P.D., Psychic Police Force, Floral Flotilla, Cube, Octavio, Sundog. So six tracks but linking 2&3 along with 4&5 on the back cover. On the actual cd this is how it goes... Theme From P.D., Cube, Sundog, Psychic Police Force, Floral Flotilla , Octavio. So one of the linked tracks is broken but other than the opener it's all messed up. So I'm disappointed and actually had a good laugh because right from the time I got this cd I felt the cover art was upside down, it looks so much better and more natural the other way around. Maybe...