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MAGIC IS A CHILDNektarPsychedelic/Space Rock2.98 | 165 ratings |
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THE MAGIC HAS LEFTBut this is not new of course. "Nektar" made its entry into the "Psyche / Space" rock category thanks to their first two albums which were very good and truely belonged to this genre. After these, it was a long suite of average studio albums and sub-par live ones which had nothing to do with their great debut ones. It is also the first time in their history that they will wait for two years to release an ablum; but this might of course be due to the fact that one of their founding members has left the band (Roye Albrighton). Music here is rather dull. The worse being the ridiculous "Eerie Lackawanna". Another funky / pop tune like they have already produced on "Remember The Future". Absolutely dispensible. Just press next to avoid total boredom. After an infect intro, "Midnite Lite" turns out as a good pop song, somewhat Supertrampish. Not too bad. This album is not really good. A bit of a childish rock ballad ("Love To Share"), another funky and uninspired one ("Train From Nowhere". In this ocean of indifference, a song like "Listen" is of course welcome. But let's not get too gorgeous about it. It is just a relief when you compare it to the rest of this album. "On The Run" also has its good rocking passages. But these popsish "It's been so long..." chorus are really awful. They ruin this song, unfortunately. This album sounds more "American". It is defintely not a milestone in "Nektar" 's career; but there won't be a lot IMO (two of them, in their earliest days and that's it). Two stars.
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