воскресенье, 30 сентября 2007 г.

TROUBLE – PLASTIC GREEN HEAD + 1 bonus – 1995 (US) hard rock/stoner rock

Trouble's sixth album, Plastic Green Head, continues the progression of their multi-layered, complex breakthrough record, Manic Frustration. As the band blends in elements of progressive rock and psychedelia to their heavy, monolithic riffs, they don't dilute it -- instead the experimentations make it more popular. Plastic Green Head suffers a little from inconsistent material -- Trouble shouldn't be covering the Monkees' "Porpoise Song" and the Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows," no matter how wonderful the songs are -- but that doesn't prevent the record from ranking as one of their best.

Eric Wagner (vocals)
Bruce Franklin (guitar)
Rick Wartell (guitar)
Chuck Robinson (bass)
Jeff Olson (drums)
1 Plastic Green Head 3:35
2 The Eye 4:20
3 Flowers 4:20
4 The Porpoise Song 4:42
5 Opium-Eater 4:25
6 Hear the Earth 3:59
7 Another Day 4:53
8 Requiem 4:53
9 Below Me 2:44
10 Long Shadows Fall 3:38
11 Tomorrow Never Knows 5:23
12 Till the End of Time 4:09

Extremely cool Sabbath-esque psychedelic dooooom, these cats came crawling out of Chicago back in the 80s, and along with Candlemass and Saint Vitus, carrying the torch for the heaviest of all things crushing... All that said, Trouble by this point was running out of ideas, and while this one is enjoyable, it's nothing compared to what came before it. Some great riffs, and Wagner's voice is always appreciated, but for the most part, I'd wager only the most die-hard of Troublers would consider this anything more than an average effort from a band who could do better... Interesting covers of the Monkees and the Beatles

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
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1 комментарий:

Danny комментирует...

You are right. This is a disappointing record of a band that did a lot better on all the previous albums. Their new one is in the same category. Enjoyable, but unfortunately nothing much more, it also sounds too familiar, I think.

Geetings,
Danny