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Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Journey to the Centre of the Eye is an album which I ordered from the local record shop in New Malden as an import while I was at school. For the previous reviewer to describe the musicianship as 'ropey' is completely idiotic. Have they listened to the disc properly? Have they Bloody Hell! The musicianship of Nektar is and always was exemplary, the only thing that lets the album down is the production which is somewhat tinny on the original vinyl, but ropey guitar playing? Do me a favour! Perhaps they should listen to the awesome later album Remember the Future or Psychedelic Progressive Metal Meisterwerk A Tab in the Ocean, then they may change their opinion. Journey to the Centre of the Eye comes highly recommended.
If this cd was recorded by Genesis or Hawkwind it would probably be considered a classic.As it is it is good and a good concept But the excecution of the music can be pretty amatuerish in a lot of places.The problem with these lesser known prog rock bands is that they simply are not as good or as gifted as the well known bands.In the hands of better musicians this would have been a great album but the lead guitar and keyboards are a bit ropey a lot of the time and ruin it for me. Unfortunately I do not have an SACD player so I can not play the surround sound mix which I'm sure is very good. Buy this cd if you want something a bit different but don't expect the expertise of Yes or Genesis...