October 3rd: Close to the Edge - Yes
This album wasn't like something I'd heard before. Honestly, some parts reminded me of Led Zeppelin on (more) shrooms. I was a little disappointed when I found out there were only 3 tracks, but one of them, the title track, was 18 minutes long.
Honestly, I was a little disappointed by the album, I guess I just had really high expectations. It was about as long as some EPs I've listened to. The vocalist(s) was/were very hard to understand with a lot of "Ahhhhhhhh"s and "Bah boop bahhhhhhhh"s. I couldn't really what they were saying, but I could understand what they were trying to convey if that makes sense. The guitar was very skillful and really intriguing. The drums were fantastic and I particularly enjoyed how the toms sounded. The synth was absolutely incredible and I wish I knew how to replicate it. It sounded like a mix of a sine wave and a square wave.
In my opinion, some of the album was very boring in general. Honestly, some guitar sections were in the "uncanny valley" of sorts, where it sort of sounded like something that was repeated and just random notes at the same time and was very hard to follow. Then again, some parts were very groovy and representative of the era to say the least.
My favorite song was the last one, Siberian Khatru. It was very filled with activity and didn't have an 8-12 minute buildup/interlude section.
Overall, I give this album a 2.5/5. It had its ups and downs and for the most part, was very entertaining, but overall it was kind of a meh.
Tomorrow I'll check out "My Arms, Your Hearse" by Opeth, which Lopyt suggested to me a while ago.
This album wasn't like something I'd heard before. Honestly, some parts reminded me of Led Zeppelin on (more) shrooms. I was a little disappointed when I found out there were only 3 tracks, but one of them, the title track, was 18 minutes long.
Honestly, I was a little disappointed by the album, I guess I just had really high expectations. It was about as long as some EPs I've listened to. The vocalist(s) was/were very hard to understand with a lot of "Ahhhhhhhh"s and "Bah boop bahhhhhhhh"s. I couldn't really what they were saying, but I could understand what they were trying to convey if that makes sense. The guitar was very skillful and really intriguing. The drums were fantastic and I particularly enjoyed how the toms sounded. The synth was absolutely incredible and I wish I knew how to replicate it. It sounded like a mix of a sine wave and a square wave.
In my opinion, some of the album was very boring in general. Honestly, some guitar sections were in the "uncanny valley" of sorts, where it sort of sounded like something that was repeated and just random notes at the same time and was very hard to follow. Then again, some parts were very groovy and representative of the era to say the least.
My favorite song was the last one, Siberian Khatru. It was very filled with activity and didn't have an 8-12 minute buildup/interlude section.
Overall, I give this album a 2.5/5. It had its ups and downs and for the most part, was very entertaining, but overall it was kind of a meh.
Tomorrow I'll check out "My Arms, Your Hearse" by Opeth, which Lopyt suggested to me a while ago.
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