All Night Drinker/I Don't Mind/Bright New Way/Petrol Pump Assistant/Mr Moonshine/Magic Forest/She Came In The Morning/Everything's Blue/Walking Through A Garden/How Can I Live
Debut album from Fat Mattress, a relatively short lived British rock band formed by Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding. Despite performing at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1969 their popular appeal was fairly limited. (US:134)
"This is pure pop, maybe folk pop but certainly not psychedelic anything. Honestly this is nothing but fluff. There is not one memorable tune or what passes for a guitar riff on this entire release."
"This album answers the question of what happened to Noel Redding after he left the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The album is not that bad, the sound of the group has a folk style to it, although not what you might expect from somebody who just left the JHE. Still, there are some nice harmonies, exotic instruments (at least for rock & roll) and some decent songwriting. Overall, a pretty good album."
"This is a psychedelic rock album with some clear folk influences. The sound of this band doesn't resemble the Experience's sound at all. Most of the material is high quality and entertaining, It's a pretty balanced totality and none of these songs feels like filler."
"A good, if uneventful, psychedelic album. Far too much stock has been placed on Noel Redding's role in the album, and I certainly didn't see it as a vehicle for him. Highlights are more than sporadic and the whole record has an air of transcendental grooviness about it."
"First album by British prog band Fat Mattress founded by Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding. The band included skilled musicians and managed to write excellent material, but didn't achieve any commercial success. Although seldom considered as a classic, it is definitely as good as any other stuff recorded at the time and firmly belongs to the proto-prog legacy. Definitely worth investigating."
"I'm pleasantly surprised. Quality psych influence gets trippy with only a few forgettable songs."
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