Dust - DUST***

Stone Woman/Chasin' Ladies/Goin' Easy/Love Me Hard/From A Dry Camel/Often Shadows Felt/Loose Goose

Eponymous debut album from the American heavy rock group Dust whose music has been described as bluesy hard rock with a slight progressive edge. They split after the next album without any real commercial success.

“This is a pretty decent early 70s hard rock album. The drums are probably the weakest part of the affair being often overly busy with rushed fills. The vocals aren't great but they work. I find the guitar and bass playing to be pretty good and the songwriting, while not the greatest, is pretty good as well.”

“One of the bands that really put the power into power trio, Dust have mostly faded into the corners of metal’s hung over and misplaced past glories. Their first outing is a fun romp down the path previously trodden by Blue Cheer, albeit with slightly more finesse.”

“This is Dust's debut album which I would describe as bluesy hard-rock with a slight progressive edge. For the most part it's good and the musicians are decent. The vocalist's voice is nothing special but bearable, if lacking uniqueness. Although I like this album, there is nothing original or inventive going on.”

“They played ambitious self-penned material written by the guitarist, who displays some amazing guitar licks throughout the album. The band had a heavy sound and the compositions are dramatic and well developed.”

“Some pretty good hard rock with progressive leanings. Stone Woman has some fantastic slide guitar. Goin' Easy has a slower more bluesy vibe while Love Me Hard comes back with some hard-hitting guitar. From A Dry Camel is a long, but rather effective jam. The last two songs are average, but suffer due to excessive meandering jams.”

“This is one of the great, early hard rock LPs. They really rip on this first one, with some fantastic, hard rockin' material featuring some bottle-neck guitar.”

“Dust is an awesome album which features some high energized tracks, such as From A Dry Camel and the instrumental Loose Goose. Some great bass playing with quite fast drumming.”

“This isn't nearly as heavy as some people would have you believe. The heaviness that this band does possess is minimised by their ultra-polished sound.”