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STARSAILOR

Tim Buckley

 

Prog Folk

4.15 | 101 ratings

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Marty McFly
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3 stars Album that's not for enjoying, but for appreciating. Like a perfect clean, dust-free museum, where you can admire exhibitions, "Starsailor" shows what can be done when you experiment with Folk (and mixture of other, uncommon genre-connections). But you have to love the guy for trying, for creating something that weird. It's certainly mark in history of music, even it's very small mark (because this album won't win you as much fans as mainstream music would). Can you enjoy mainstream album more ? I think so, but is it better ? Well, that's the tricky question. I don't know.

I just listen to this "effort", sometimes in horror (obviously), sometimes trying to survive through its painful dissonant twists, sometimes appreciating its harmonies (in a dark sense of this word) and trying to understand its hidden message. Will I be successful ? I don't think so.

OK, you may think that there goes barbarian Marty and stomps on all "higher" culture. Or I don't ? Think of this as sober man's thinking, not hardcore weirdo music lover, but average Prog listener point of view, opinion of not music expert, but just someone, who likes to try a lot of different music (and let it make an effect on me).

3(+), why not give lesser rating ? Because of its quality, because of how it feels. Weird, but also like something out of this world. Unique. Why not more ? Well, because weirdness doesn't equal quality. I'm giving average rating, because that's how I feel about it, torn between need to enjoy something in order to like it, but also torn from opposite side - wanting more, something daring and unbound - THIS.

This is a masterpiece, for lovers of this genre. I'm afraid others will be disappointed. But if you aren't, count yourself lucky that you can enjoy this. I can, but only partially. And how else should I rate, when I feel about this album that way. I gave it second chance (after initial TOTAL disappointment) and this time, I listened with ears wide ... open ?

Music just for special occasions.

Marty McFly | 3/5 |

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