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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I've recently purchased this album and its absolutely fantastic. Even though the typical Peter Green lover would except Blues and his incredible vocals just like he did in Fleetwood Mac, this is something that is completely different. It would take a genius to produce this, and its worth buying just for the track 'Bottom's Up' which sounds a lot like Hendrix only with a more jazzy feel, especially coming from the rhythm section which is brilliant.
I heard somewhere that Peter Green despised Jazz fusion, but it obviously not a Jazz fusion record, but it does mix alot of genres into one. The best way to describe it is Hendrix mixed with LSD, a lot of Wah Wah stuff and exceptional melodies coming from his guitar in this extended jam album. There are no vocals, but there doesn't need to be, as the guitar playing is out of this world. Its very psychedelic blues rock with a jazzy rhythm section to sum it up.
I agree with the review above, it does kind of take an acquired taste, and definitely an open mind to Peter Green's huge change in direction the Fleetwood Mac stuff but its better to reinvent yourself than repeat yourself as they say. As long as you take the music for Peter Green as a solo act and not Fleetwood Mac, then you'll hopefully love this CD as I do.
I heard somewhere that Peter Green despised Jazz fusion, but it obviously not a Jazz fusion record, but it does mix alot of genres into one. The best way to describe it is Hendrix mixed with LSD, a lot of Wah Wah stuff and exceptional melodies coming from his guitar in this extended jam album. There are no vocals, but there doesn't need to be, as the guitar playing is out of this world. Its very psychedelic blues rock with a jazzy rhythm section to sum it up.
I agree with the review above, it does kind of take an acquired taste, and definitely an open mind to Peter Green's huge change in direction the Fleetwood Mac stuff but its better to reinvent yourself than repeat yourself as they say. As long as you take the music for Peter Green as a solo act and not Fleetwood Mac, then you'll hopefully love this CD as I do.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having been an early Fleetwood Mac fan (and seeing them in the 1969 Bath Festival), I bought this vinyl album when first issued without hearing any tracks. For those expecting an English blues-rock album - forget it. It's like nothing Peter Green did before or since. The album represents that split second when acid-taking results in artistic/musical genius before descending into utter madness. Green seems to be having his nervous breakdown whilst playing his guitar. But the music is sublime. His playing exhibits his usual knack of obtaining maximum feeling from minimum notes - every emotion from frantic excitement to yearning melancholy is displayed. Although the album supposedly represents the life of a tiger or other big cat (which track represents the tiger procreating, I wonder? I have my own views on that), I'm not sure I buy this theory, especially when the whole album was supposedly recorded as one gigantic take subsequently expertly edited. But I concede it could be true as the title track "End of the Game" does sound as if it could be a tiger being hunted and then killed in a climax of Peter Green's screaming guitar (incredible sounds or what?), only to be followed by the dying breaths of a magnificent animal again interpreted through Green's wonderfully sad guitar playing (I may be auditioning for Pseud's Corner, here). The "End of the Game" is definately one of my Desert Island Discs tracks. But if anyone is thinking of buying this who isn't prepared to hear something completely bonkers - forget it. Stick to Brotherhood of Man (sorry about the pomposity there).
47 of 55 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This extraordinary concept album presents a guitar genius, Peter Green, at the height of his powers. His composition is flawlessly realised by a band comprising himself on guitar, Zoot Money on grand piano, Godfrey MacLean on percussion, Nick Buck on electric keyboards, and Alex Dmochowski on bass guitar.
I first heard a tiny part of the last track on this album as the closing of a radio news programme every day when I was a 17-year old student in Washington DC in the spring of 1970. I searched for three years to discover, in great surprise, that it was the work of one of my already favourite guitarists, Peter Green, founder of Fleetwood Mac.
The album present a big cat, probably a cheetah, in the jungle and veldt of Africa during a day in his life. The cat runs, chases prey, contemplates a still pool of water, a hunter's camp, and settles down to the end of the day, and the end of his life.
If you've never heard this album before, prepare yourself for a transcendent experience.
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Definitely the worst CD I have ever heard
End of the Game
This is not what I expected from such a talented guitarist from the early FM days. Read more
This is not what I expected from such a talented guitarist from the early FM days. Read more
Published 13 days ago by Scubacat
Descending scale
A once great guitarist lauded as one of England's finest records an album after leaving his main band (Fleetwood Mac), a guitarist know for his feel and touch someone who wrote... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Fletch-a-sketch
highly original and entertaining.
i wasn't very sure to be begin with, as to whether i would enjoy listening to this album. after listening to a few clips on youtube, i was convinced that i should take a chance and... Read more
Published 8 months ago by jeremiah harbottle
The Heart Of Darkness Of Rock Music
Blues, Rock, Fusion... The End of The Game is a trip to the Heart Of Darkness, a jump into the wildests forests, a pulsing magma flowing between the 60s and 70s. Read more
Published 14 months ago by AlexCap
the kings new clothes ?
I had to hear this because I love the greens fleetwood mac,even though I know this is not, nor is it a blues album. It has no tunes to speak of,just patterns of music. Read more
Published 15 months ago by matt black
It is not a rock-blues work...
When he released the album, Peter Green had already played with "Bluesbreakers" by John Mayall and was a founding member of "Fleetwood Mac ", group from which was leaked on the... Read more
Published 18 months ago by harrisong
way ahead of its time
peter green you were an ultra talented man this album was so far ahead of its time.it's a tragedy not just for you but for the music world it all ended so sadly . Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mr. Frank Keefe
Last blast from Greeny.
LSD fuelled session soon after Peter Green had left Fleetwood Mac.The End of the Game indeed.
Disjointed at times, never dull, sustain to die for, a one off,like the man... Read more
Disjointed at times, never dull, sustain to die for, a one off,like the man... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Madcaplaughs
Innovative blues / jazz fusion / prog concept album, or extended jam...
To be honest, it's difficult to tell which with this album. What is there is Green's sometimes powerful, sometimes ethereal guitar playing. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mark Poles
An acquired taste...
I would have to disagree with some of the negative comments left previously about this album. I think the music is overall very powerful and Peter's guitar playing is absolutely... Read more
Published on 23 May 2010 by R. Campbell
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