WHAT'S RATTLIN' ON THE MOON ?

This review will be brief, because 1)I realized that not much more than Raff (thank you very much for so much info) already wrote is needed, so short review will illustrate my point well 2)I've just lost long review and realizing that I'll have to remember it back again is painful. So say we all.

This is certainly one of the weird albums and certainly not "your usual" kind of Crossover you would expect. I've never listened The Soft Machine, so I'll have to evaluate this music based on what I hear only, not on what I know. It's weird and it's very tempting to simply sabotage effort of this album and drown it by low rating. Especially given that I'm someone with extremely short attention span. Something in me however tells me to pay attention, to stick with this music and listen to it. Closely.

It's mellotron heaven + combined with dark moods implicates some King Crimson atmospheric tracks of 70s, so this is quite good. What's not good is that this music is so damn alienated from the rest of music I listen that it actually gives it great deal of originality in my mind. And that counts for something. This is daring attempt to pay a tribute (again, thanks for info), but it would be unfair to give it 1 star rating only because I would be following literal meaning of "for fans only". Nah, I'm not fan and I can enjoy it. To some extent of course.

3(+) is fair I suppose. Even I'm trying to be daring explorer of uncharted lands of inaccessible Prog (only as a part time job), this music doesn't strike me. But I can enjoy it a little bit.