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MIND EXPLODING

Lucifer's Friend

 

Heavy Prog

3.26 | 68 ratings

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frittef
3 stars "Mind Exploding" sees Lucifer's Friend return to shorter and more conventional song structures. That is not to say, however, that they have abandoned prog rock all together. There are still moog solos and interesting instruments like the citarr (or something that sounds like a citarr) John Lawton's vocals are still fantastic (as ever) and the songs are generally good.

This is the last album Lawton made with Lucifer's Friend before he left to join Uriah Heep. And "Mind Exploding" actually sounds quite much like Uriah Heep's "Firefly" (the first albums Lawton made with Uriah Heep) If you like the John Lawton era Uriah Heep albums you will probably like "Mind Exploding" too. But if you like more proggressive "Banquet" album from '74 you will perhaps find "Mind Exploding" a bit too straightforward rock'n'roll album. If you want to get into Lucifer's Friend you should either start with the more progressive "Banquet" or the more heavy "Where the Groupies Killed the Blues" from '72 or their self-titled debut from '70.

| 3/5 |

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