JURASSIC SHIFT

One of the Ozrics' crowning achievement, Jurassic Shift doesn't do a whole lot different from most of their other early 1990s albums - it just does it better. The performances are top-notch, the production is perfectly judged, the compositions are good and the album is varied enough in its sound so that it's constantly surprising the listener and never becomes repetitive or tiring to listen to. With all the usual range of musical styles you expect from the Ozrics - trippy Gong- inspired space rock, mellow Middle Eastern-derived tunes, and all the rest - Jurassic Shift is perhaps the best starting point for any exploration of their discography. If you only own one Ozrics album, make it this one.