Third Ear Band (studio album) by Third Ear Band

From Jboy56 08/28/2022 12:27

Simply too dissonant and alienating music, not for me, sorry guys

This is an intriguing and unique listen with a fresh concept I have never heard before. They attempt to craft a musical recreation of the four elements and for the most part it works very well. It creates strong images and ideas in the listeners head and the way they use tempo to create the elements is fantastic. The harsher elements are a lot more frantic and wild and the softer ones are more delicate. The performances on the instruments are great and they bring a lot of life to the music. However, the instrumentation can feel a bit repetitive at times and by the end you do want them to mix it up a bit more. Also, I do think the songs are a little bit too elongated and most of what needs to be said has been done by the 5 minute mark. Overall, there are some fantastic ideas on here that are executed very well but they don't hold that for the full run time.

This is the band that adapted and introduced world music to western rock music, and this is their masterpiece: a 40 minutes dip into the deep psychedelic atmosphere of this four brilliant compositions.

Too long? It's not even 37 minutes.

From SuedeSwede 02/01/2014 23:31

Really just isn't my cup of tea. I gave it a 60/100 because there were bits that had me intrigued, but quite a lot just made me distance myself from it and concentrate on something else.

The main thing that I liked about this is the portrayal of the four elements. Each song crafted each element very creatively, and for instrumentals had very strong imagery, which means this gets a 60 and not a 50.

A great world album. It gives me a clear vision of each "element". The album is a little too long, but I feel it's justified.