Romain/Country Girl/Would The Christians Wait Five Minutes/Daughter Of The Fireplace/Alchemist
Self titled third album from the Welsh progressive band Man. After many personnel changes they would achieve some limited British commercial success in the mid 1970s.
“The highlights of this record are the two longest songs which are both quite OK and enjoyable. Romain and Country Girl are pretty lame and weak songs. Daughter Of The Fireplace is a fast rocker which is pretty mediocre. This is definitely one of their weakest albums. A poor mix of blues rock, psychedelia and prog rock.”
“I guess Man are an acquired taste. I like most of their recordings and this is no exception. Bluesy psych rock with a touch of prog seems to be the best way to label this. Some real cool dual guitars.”
“A combination of semi-commercial, and non-commercial, prog rock, with psych influences. They were rather experimental on this one, with mixed results.”
“Country Girl (in a country style) and Daughter Of The Fireplace (hard rocking boogie woogie) stand out so much from the remaining psych prog that they tarnish the album. Neither song is bad in itself but they don't belong here. Everything is excellent, if a little simplistic compared to their later work.”
“The first side of this album is filled with sub par boogie hard rock, and is easily forgotten. Side two (with the suite Alchemist) is much more experimental and interesting. Almost kraut-like sometimes.”
"Romain has a nice forward blues rock feel to it, Country Girl is a country laced pop oriented song and Would The Christians Wait Five Minutes is a thirteen-minute breath taking psychedelic jamming instrumental. I also dug the straight ahead rocker Daughter Of The Fireplace and Alchemist, a superb twenty-one minute epic of' psychedelic experimentation.”
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