I personally like Henry Cow but strangely enough I don't love them as much as the group of bands they helped accumulate together for RIO. With that said, Unrest is a masterpiece of fusion rock. Leg End is ok for an occasional listen, and think they tend to overbloat when the fused with Slapp Happy. Which hurt the band because what they were developing instrumentally kind of had to compete with their will to push forward Krause's vocals.
However, Art Bears I feel sort of remedies this big time by cutting down the numbers, and such. I can't help to feel though if they would have continued the evolution going from Leg End to Unrest(best album of the two groups) without fusing with Slapp Happy than they could have done something even more amazing.
Still though, Amazing group, and Cutler's dedication to the development of experimental prog through the 70s and 80s is by far one of the most admirable in music.
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