LAND OF COCKAYNE

A combo of soft-pop jazzy rock music? Or muzak?probably.

By no means does this album represent the "Soft Machine" feel. Whether you liked it or not (you can easily determine my position in this respect).

When I was listening to the long and repetitive opening song, the only feeling that prevailed is pure boredom. "Over 'N' Above" is a total disaster as far as I am concerned. I am quite perplexed with this sort of album. None of the music in here can really belong to the Canterbury Style. Jazz-rock, probably. By no means of interest in my books.

I have reviewed all of their studio albums as a tribute to Febus's memory. We were really close from time to time (Floyd - but no Ummagumma - Tull, Yes), but really far during others (mainly "Genesis"). For sure, most of the "Soft Machine" works wouldn't have been a shared passion; Still, I have been lsitening quite patiently to each of their albums.

This one belongs the lower end of my rating for "Soft Machine". Two stars, no more.

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