One notable track on this album is
Shaving Is Boring: there is a deliciously warm tone to the instruments (as already mentioned) and a complex, extended jam that is suddenly interrupted with the not-very-innovative device of footsteps, doors opening, etc. For me that track is representative of the album as a whole; pieces of exquisite musicianship are spoiled by touches of whimsy or tracks like
Fol De Rol, which, for me, are interesting, clever, but somehow inconsequential.
tore sums up my attitude to the album very well :
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For me, at first it came across as a bit of a chaotic album. They have a lot of strange ideas pulling the songs in different directions. Still, the album is very comfortable on the ears. As the album becomes just a little more familiar and some order is structured from the initial chaos, it becomes a magnificent record, a true Canterbury classic.
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As he says, the ideas here often pull in different directions, but nonetheless the musical ideas are always aimed at the head - there is nothing on this album that really gets me in the heart or the gut, so I`m just going for a vote of Good - at least until I follow
tore`s advice and play it enough times to join the ranks of the true admirers like
anteater.
Finally, I just wanted to ask a question about the beautiful, delicate opening to the track
Lobster: does anyone else feel that Eno must`ve listened to it very carefully and used it as a basis for a few similar-sounding songs of his own ?
Guybrush 
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