ANTHOLOGY III (2003 - 2014)

This is the 3rd of the 5 album anthology series and takes us through to what I thought at the time would be the last Mutiny in Jonestown studio album, "14". In the 11 years between 2003 and 2014, the band released 9 albums. Four of their highly rated albums are included in this date range, 2003's, "Eat the Bugs" and "Providence", 2004's, "For Those Who Stand Alone" and 2005's, "No China Doll For You". The lower rated albums during this time didn't really contribute much to this anthology. This is partly due to the fact that 2 of the albums were made up primarily of cover tunes.

This compilation is also interesting in that for every song firmly based in the world of prog there appears to be a matching song firmly based in the rock genre. The album both begins and ends with rock heavy songs like "All's I Want", "Dog Food" and one of the very first Mutiny in Jonestown songs, "1000 Below". This one was one of the bands' very first songs, written in 1987 and a staple of the shows which produced the first two live albums. Never before recorded for a studio album, it was made available for the first time over 25 years after it was written on the album, "14".

Many of the rockiest songs on this anthology are from albums out of print due to various reasons which makes this worth acquiring from BandCamp if you enjoy Mutiny in Jonestowns' style of rock mixed with prog. The prog songs here are some of the band's best, but are cherry picked from albums already available on BandCamp. Due to the nearly equal rating of rock to prog songs, this compilation would definitely be most enjoyed by current fans looking to complete their collection or those curious to hear an overview of the some of the best rock songs in the bands discography. For that reason, I'm giving this album 3 stars.