Be Good To Yourself - MAN***

C'mon/Keep On Crinting/Bananas/Life On The Road

The Welsh rock band Man underwent innumerable changes in personnel with members regularly leaving and then rejoining. Given the circumstances it was creditable that Be Good To Yourself attracted favourable reviews on release.

“If you enjoy jam band music it's easy to recommend this LP. This one isn't anything mind-blowing but it's a pretty solid package of psychedelia and prog rock played in a jamming style.”

“Man are at their West Coast, psychedelic, progressive Kraut-rock, acid Welsh best. At once derivative and utterly unique.”

“A good, solid album of semi-commercial prog rock, with well-crafted songs that are very pleasant to listen to. It features both guitar and keyboard driven passages, and contains some mild symphonic and Canterbury style moves.”

“Magnificent instrumental prog with occasional moments of lyrical genius. More composed than jammed, I suspect.”

“Characteristic traits of all four compositions are long, improvisational sounding jams, with psychedelic licks from the guitars going back and forth, as well as some nice underscoring by the keyboards, and vice versa. The long instrumental parts are tight and always evolving; adding elements or slight changes to the textures, keeping the song interesting.”

“Magnificent live recording by the best Welsh band of their time. Patchy at times, but always rewarding due to the high standards that these fellows demanded. Guitars and more guitars.”

“The mood is mellow, laid back and irreverent. The music always seems to be on the way somewhere progressing rather than repeating. Throughout the album, the guitar works well with the keyboards as they trade lead melodies.”