Label: Columbia Records (Europe), 493341 2
Style: Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock, Canterbury Scene
Country: Canterbury, England
Time: 75:50
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 510 Mb
The subtle electro-acoustic blend of Fourth has an understated coolness in which their augmented horn section is harnessed to a thoughtful score. Deployed to incisive effect on the angular “Teeth” (written by keyboardist Mike Ratledge), it’s equal to anything from Third. The four-part “Virtually” introduces muted sinuous layers of cascading lines over Hugh Hopper’s sepulchral fuzz bass; proto-ambient jazz-rock, anyone?
Bleak and ambiguous, Fifth is a game of two halves thanks largely to the use of two diametrically-opposed drummers - evidence of the creative crisis of these now post-Wyatt times. The shifting squalls of Phil Howard’s cymbals says free jazz as favoured by sax player Elton Dean, whilst John Marshall’s crisp precision pulls it nearer Hopper and Ratledge’s camp.
(bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dw8c/)
Fourth (1971):
01. Teeth (09:13)
02. Kings and Queens (05:01)
03. Fletcher's Blemish (04:36)
04. Virtuality Part 1 (05:15)
05. Virtuality Part 2 (07:05)
06. Virtuality Part 3 (04:37)
07. Virtuality Part 4 (03:23)
Fifth (1972):
08. All White (06:07)
09. Drop (07:42)
10. M C (04:55)
11. As If (08:23)
12. LBO (01:31)
13. Pigling Bland (04:21)
14. Bone (03:35)
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