MORE (OST)

I have very warm personal memories from this album, though I agree it is slightly unbalanced. From the post-Barrett releases, I think this album though carries yet the trippy innovation's flame, and the diversity on compositions dramatic orientation allowing the risks with album's integrity seems like double-edged blade, granting profits with a danger of losing focus. The A-side of the album is to me most dearest; The opening natural soundscape echoing from experimentations of "Ummagumma" on this album was a wonderful realization, which we rejoiced with my friends and the nocturnal summer pastures, where the record seemed to keep playing though we had left the parties already. Sadly this starting solution grew as really annoying cliché heard from over thousand other psychedelic groups. I don't doubt the aesthetic beautifulness or universality of the simple but striking intro, but hearing some things too many times causes inflation. I have also thought psych bands using this method possibly try to strengthen their relations to this band and movement they iconize? The guitar chord progressions of "Cirrus Minor" descend to hazy depths of dreams borne from this intro is still very delicately. From the striking Pink Floyd idioms conclude on its coda to Richard Wright's celestial organ revelations. "Nile song" pours out from this vision with vigorous guitar fuzz tones and cries, smashing striking contrasts to the album's stylistic palette with tones resembling Jimi Hendrix and Cream. "Crying Song" returns to the acoustic calmness, soothing the aural travelling before chaotic abstractions of "Up The Khyber", blasted with freeform style as their earlier "Interstellar Overdrive". Two followers "Green is The Colour" and "Cymbaline" are then more structured compositions. The latter was a classic song they used to keep long in their concert repertoire, and even Hawkwind recorded it during their early career. After this I think the album suffers a small inflation when the vinyl side is turned, as the following numbers weren't that interesting as the other. But they are not terrible or such, being a trademark of this band's unclear releasing quality, and also possibly fillers from a too hasty recording schedules. I did not like so much the "More" movie, but would recommend another Schroeder film "La Vallée" with Floyd's soundtrack as a film instead.