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1. The Advent of Panurge soaring vocals for the soft intro, it's cool it's sweet; direct break with aggressive piano and guitar, we come back to borderline angelic voices, a bit of Crimsonian improvisation on the future 'Discipline'; the piano detunes the tune; it is no longer complex, we start on a jazzy drift that must be tamed, not easy and not to be put in all hands 2. Troubadour Raconteur... well, everything is said in the title; intoxicating violin which hangs up because the voice and the keyboards flood with notes voluntarily tuned to the limit of the listenable; it's playable for those who liked it from the start, otherwise the sound can be off-putting; a zappaesque search with the piano racing... phew a solemn low violin and the organ which arrives and puts a bit of norm in the wine; the trumpets go well here, for the detuned sound, I had Haken talked to me but they pumped on GG... ah well yes but no it's not the same register 3. A Cry for Everyone ... this cry to tell everyone that this is the song I listened to first ... yes good punchy heavy rock, you know a musical melting pot of the time when there was no there weren't too many groups; the Kansass got a lot of ideas in there; the archaic metal riff gives intensity, the organs seem to go faster than this leap of time which catches up with us and ages us even more. The MiniMoog rocks to the max and amplifies the musical complexity, the breaks really seem to arrive without preparation, as if the tip of the sapphire jumps from the LP 4. Knots ouh là un a capella.. ouh là notes released in bulk; chi chicane, that's it I take it in the face; the violin irritates, attacks, scratches the scalp; the vibraphone doesn't do any better, you need the sudden rise to get into this controlled cacophony, you have to be a fan to know what's going to happen, well, that reminds me of the choirs of the Who on 'Tommy' that, in short for fans...who really love...I couldn't help it!!! 5. The Boys in the Band yes that makes me laugh too, we had to toss a coin to find out who would get up to change the record... we're on a hard drive with the remote control, stupid we are; good what to say? It's only halfway through that I settle down, finally my hairs... hitherto bristling; the sax doesn't help either; a landmark title of the group for its dithyrambic flights, its disjointed breaks, this distinctive UK sound and this singular and incredible verve, it goes away, it gets carried away, it comes back and this sax in the distance which sends me back to Manu Dibango, he too pushing out my hair 6. Dog's Life arpeggio and voice Charisma Label, yes the nursery rhyme with castrato voice, hold the violin on a future XTC they too masters of these Anglican sounds half folk, half pop, half mad; title that puts the instrument in the spotlight whatever it is, even if we come closer to the chamber orchestra here; smooth finish phew 7. Think of Me with Kindness That's a recognizable title from the start, yet it's simple, piano, soft voice, jazzy drums, well that's ok; this octopus becomes edible it is time; magnificent air between divinity, bombast and bucolism... can it be written? short when it's good it must be said, a real gem 8. River and its almost 6 mn, yes to note that the titles are very short, and that one does not need titles with extension to be stamped prog; good there it starts again on full of sounds which seem to seek to compose the musical framework; after a dozen listens it can become bewitching, but not catchy; it can become hypnotic but not restful; it can become progressive if you take the mixture of sounds put together; yes I tickle a little but hey we can't say that everything is good... ah if the guitar solo rise with the percussions and the various final keyboard organs make it like an explosion and leave the following silence like a soft musical extension.

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