Time & Illusion/I'd Be Delighted/Fighting Cock/Pear On An Apple Tree/Future Recollections/Traveller Man/ Destruction Of America
First of two releases from the British progressive band Raw Material, noted for their use of wind instruments. Fans of the genre were not all pleased with the poetic recitation with strings which ended the album.
“Raw Material's debut album is a mixed bag because it includes some very enjoyable material but also some quite mediocre prog moments.”
“Good but not great prog rock that just doesn't quite get it done. Some fine musicians but the material is not always up to standard.”
“A couple of really nice songs here, but as a whole this record lacks cohesion. It simply remains insufficient.”
“This is not bad by any standard. Raw Material use some progressive elements here flute, sax, jazzy vibraphone that works nice solos. Some of this music is based on hard rock/blues structures, not quite prog, but the soloing and the ambition make this proto-prog if not the genuine article.”
“The problem I find is that there are a lot of different song ideas here; they are all good but very disparate, and the album does not seem to head in any one direction. There is no centre of gravity.”
“They offered an exiting mix of late sixties/early seventies adventurous rock with traces of psych, blues, folk and jazz elements, and lengthy instrumental jamming passages woven around strong melodic tunes”
“Although hardly essential, Raw Material’s debut is a charming and undemanding rock listen that quickly reveals consistently strong instrumental and compositional skills on repeated plays.”
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