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Aphrodite's Child

 

Symphonic Prog

3.95 | 519 ratings

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ofurglassi
2 stars Reviewing this kind of album is a real hassle, it's probably among the most chaotic albums ever made. If a larger portion of the songs were memorable then it wouldn't be such a problem and if the band didn't constantly jump between different styles of music it would also be a lot easier, oh and there are also a million songs on this double album. All this obviously results in a sea of chaos that some seem to love but I can't quite handle, although I can see potential for this album if I can be bothered to listen to it 20 or 30 times all the way through. But there are clearly a lot of numbers here that are total bullshit and nobody can deny it. That infinity symbol track for instance, utterly horrible, it's amusing to hear once but you never want to hear that track again because it's incredibly painful to listen to. 'All the Seats Were Occupied' is really annoying, reprising tons of the previous tracks not just once but repeatedly, over the span of 19 minutes. Why???? Oh and it's a shame too because the track would be a seriously cool jam if you just threw out all the damn reprising of earlier stuff. Anyway these two tracks are the main abominations on this album since the other shitty tracks are all so short.

Alright then what is good on this album? 'The Four Horsemen' is the only real classic here and it totally blows away the rest of the album and thankfully it's 6 minutes long. Oh yeah and there are also some nice and pleasant tracks here and there on the album, like 'Loud, Loud, Loud' and 'Break'. But am I really going to listen to anything here except for 'The Four Horsemen'? I don't think so.

This is no masterpiece and I don't see why anyone really needs this album, you might like it though if you really adore Frank Zappa's 200 Motels since it's similar in many ways.

| 2/5 |

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