Unknown Soldier

I was trying to think if I ever heard anything by the band before and I think the answer might have been no and when I heard that the album was an instrumental I was less than thrilled. The Soft Machine album I know very well so went with this one. Firstly the album was far more intense and bombastic than I was thinking it would be and this went down a treat with the jazz-fusion style on the album as well. In fact its this jazz-fusion style blended with a Jimi Hendrix style of hard rock that is the key to the album for me. Musically parts of the album reminded me of the type of intensity that King Crimson would later put down on Red and its this intensity with precision that really impressed me with MO and on the first listen I liked the album, but on the second listen I really liked it and found it very impressive. Finally I never knew that Jan Hammer (Miami Vice) was involved with this band and as a footnote this sounds just like the kind of band that should've appeared on Woodstock (even though) that well known concert was a few years before this release.

4.5/5

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