EGG

Egg

Canterbury Scene

3.80 | 345 ratings

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Beautiful Scarlet

I can see why Egg was compared to The Nice (or was it ELP?).

I like Egg a lot and never thought they sounded alike until I stopped cherry picking this albums highlights. Yeah, the music here sounds pretty much like The Nice. Mont Campbell actually sounds like a much less gruff version of the aforementioned bands lead singer. One thing I would like to say is that the music is definitely alot more Avant Garde due to the strong influence from Stravinsky on Eggs main composer, Mont Campbell.

Alright enough comparisons. Since I don't take originality into consideration for my reviews this album earns three stars based on its merits/faults. I think some of the short songs are pretty ugly 60s/70s psych and the suite is disjointed/dull/uninspired. I also think some of the ideas are neat like the bands lack of guitar, I Will Be Absorbed is an amazing song and lyrically Egg is quite lovely.

Overall I think this is a pretty meh debut that like the band's different name earlier album, Arzachel represents a point in time before these artists found their own sound. Fortunately, Egg released two follow up albums both of which are amazing works of art full of Eggs own identity.

Beautiful Scarlet | 3/5 | 2021-4-19

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