UMMAGUMMA

Upon finding this alum at a garage sale and taking it home to listening to it, I was disappointed to find out that there such negative reviews towards it. However, upon listening to it, I was anything but disappointed. I had never heard of this album before, and surprised to find that it competed with their better-known albums in terms of musical originality and ideas. The studio part of the album is decent, and has some truly innovative moments (Several Small Species...) but the true treasure lies in the live tracks. All four six-minute-plus live songs are incredible musical masterpieces, from the mellow, desert- sounding "Set The Controls To The Heart Of The Sun" to the insane, progressing, surprising view into the mind of a killer of "Careful With That Axe Eugene". While just shy of Dark Side Of The Moon and Wish You Were Here in terms of fantastic albums as a whole, Ummagumma is definitly worth obtaining, even if your not necessarily a prog music fan, or even a Pink Floyd fan.