(1974)

Mournful, heavy, and full of life where other folkies might force their sounds to be mournful, lean, and desolate. And that's admirable, I think- it's much easier to be affected by the latter. Maybe side 1's too good. Maybe 2's not good enough. But it's the way Fair Play sounds, it's Who Was That Masked Man's falsetto, and it's the inclusion of Linden Arden Stole the Highlights.

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Penguin Cafe Orchestra - Penguin Cafe Orchestra (1981)

Escapist minimalism residing deep in the listener’s warmest thoughts and memories. All this thanks to Jeffes’ willingness to at times seemingly sidestep ideology for the sake of aesthetic: his instruments acoustic and his melodies changing when he thinks it’ll sound good. And it does! Hypnotic throughout as good minimalism should be, at its best every note also just hits right.

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Roy Harper - Flat Baroque and Berserk (1970)

Stoned hippie spoken ramblings make their way into Flat Baroque and Berserk and upset the otherwise appealing flow of stoned hippie song ramblings

Hands too numb, next sentence later

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