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Self titled sole album release from the British progressive rock trio Quatermass, whose music featured the Hammond organ prominently. Named after the fictional scientist Prof. Quatermass whose discoveries in ‘The Pit’ gripped late 1950s TV viewers.
“Quatermass is one of the top five keyboard driven albums in progressive rock history, and an amazing heavy-prog classic. A true mark of the awesomeness of this album is the fact that there is no guitar whatsoever and you neither notice nor care, it's that astounding.”
“It is of immense quality, both in ideas, execution and musicality. There are moments of great subtlety alongside the more powerful passages. If you love the Hammond organ this should more than satisfy, as this album revolves around it.”
“A convincingly dark prog hard rock album which manages to beat its way out of this overpopulated niche with some stunningly brooding keyboards.”
“Quatermass epitomise the raw, dirty roots of progressive rock, where the linkages to the underground psychedelic scene are still visible.”
“Quatermass were a good band, the musicianship of all members is of a high standard. The real weakness though, lies in the lack of strength of the songs and a lack of originality in general. The instruments seem to mimic their peers, often ending up sounding like a mish-mash of Yes and The Nice.”
“A curious phenomenon from the glorious early years of prog-rock, with enough personality to deserve an attentive listen from those interested in the genre.”
“One of those albums that nobody seems to have heard of and which you love to turn people on to. A little of everything here; psychedelia, thoughtful balladry and some flat out rockers.”
“I think they should have taken an advertisement out for a guitarist, because the keyboard predominance is too sludgy and restrictive during certain moments, when a guitar solo could have taken some of their songs much further in a direction that they didn't go.”
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