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The new studio album from UK underground legends Paper Monkeys is the new studio album from UK underground legends, Ozric Tentacles. It is the band's follow-up to 2009's The Yum Yum Tree. That album proved that despite being over 25 years into their career the band were still a force to be reckoned with, Classic Rock Prog stating: 'there are enough moments of brilliance here to make this the best thing the band have committed to tape since Jurassic Shift in 1993.' During this long career, the band has flourished through a number of line-up changes, spawned several side projects (including Eat Static and Nodens Ictus), created their own record label (Dovetail & Stretchy), put out close to 25 albums, scored a hit record and sold over a million albums world-wide. One of the most influential bands to emerge from the UK’s festival scene, the Ozrics layer ambient and ethereal landscapes with freeform dub trips, incredible rave grooves and psychedelic progressive rock. It’s an open exploration of music and the soul. www.madfishmusic.com/ozrictentacles
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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i have been a fan of the ozric family for over 20 yrs now and i prefer the harder edged stuff.... live ethereal cereal. pungent. strangeitude. erpland. become the other. underslunky. curious corn. hidden step. these are all classic albums with a real psych edge. however the latest effort is dull.... too new agey chill out type stuff. hence boring. funnily enuff the real weak link is the synths on this later album too programmed not enuff mad spontaneous swooshing. hawkwind have made the same mistake recently.... psych for middle class people.... still regardless of band personel and bitching if an albums weak then it's weak. cheers
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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While I can't say I loved every song on previous albums, I certain liked at least 1/2 the album. Usually as is the case with Ozric Tentacles, there is one or two stand out songs that really make the album. That is the problem with Paper Monkeys, there is not 1 good song on the album! I felt the same with the 'Yum Yum Tree'. What is becoming clear is that the Ozrics appear to have lost their magic. Reading through the other reviews, it does all seem to point up to 'The floor is too far away' which was the start of the failed trilogy of Ozric albums. Although I didn't like Spirals much, there were a couple of good songs on it.
Having seen them live twice last year, I also don't think that the current Ozric line up is that good. I remember seeing them 2 nights in a row back in the mid 90s and being blown away by how different they were. The current line up just don't improvise much and everything seems far too rehearsed. I want the 2nd show to sound different and yet the only person who really improvises is the guitarist. That never used to be the case. They also are relying far too much on the old 'hits', yet they don't play those hits anywhere near as good as they used to. Will the magic every return? Time will tell, though I fear not with the current line up.
Having seen them live twice last year, I also don't think that the current Ozric line up is that good. I remember seeing them 2 nights in a row back in the mid 90s and being blown away by how different they were. The current line up just don't improvise much and everything seems far too rehearsed. I want the 2nd show to sound different and yet the only person who really improvises is the guitarist. That never used to be the case. They also are relying far too much on the old 'hits', yet they don't play those hits anywhere near as good as they used to. Will the magic every return? Time will tell, though I fear not with the current line up.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I consider myself to be an Ozrics fan and have purchased every CD they have made, icluding all the classics mentioned. I have just bought this one and cannot understand the negativity, it is an excellent album and the Ozrics have again produced sounds that are well ahead of the game in electronic music. It is well produced and grows on you as the others have. I am surprised so many purchasers are living in the past. This is good current music that even a 59 year old [me!] can listen to and be transported. Buy and enjoy!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
sounding more accessible stripped down
I've just listened through this album for the first time after buying it and found it an enjoyable listen. Read more
Published 2 months ago by SmitDogg
Ed Wynne still has it, shame about the rest of the band
Paper Monkeys follows the truely awful Yum Yum tree as being the worst 2 albums by far that the Ozrics produced. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Javier
Ed Wynne, time to dump the band and use your exceptional talent!
While the sycophantic die hard fans (or friends perhaps?) will give 5 stars to every Ozric album, regardless of quality. I just can't. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Aarti
One of their worst albums
Sadly the revamped 'Ozric Tentacles' consists of 1 person who can play, the guitarist, and the rest who are inferior in every aspect. Read more
Published 3 months ago by King Crimson
So much scorn, so much ire. Unnecessary, this is a fun release.
I'm astonished at the knee-jerk, and somewhat personally insulting (towards the band), comments I've seen some people make about the newer Ozric albums. Read more
Published 3 months ago by C. Wigman
Don't waste money on this, buy early 1990s Ozrics (when they had a...
After listening to the 1st lame track on the album "attack of the vapours" it is apparent that this isn't really a proper 'Ozric Tentacles' album. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Darina
Khan for the 21st century
This is a superb instrumental album, heavily reminiscent of an updated Space Shanty (Khan) and Gong's Radio Gnome Trilogy. Read more
Published 4 months ago by malcolm stewart
Ozrics now falling like a lead balloon!
I have finally given up on Ed Wynne's Ozric Tentacles project. Over the years the Ozrics created some amazing albums, Pungent Effulgent, Erpland, Strangeitude, Jurassic Shift,... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Martin
Ozrics get even worse, thanks Brandi!
As has been said, the Ozrics sold out as a band a while back when Ed Wynne hired his talentless wife (Brandi) to 'play'. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Ikuru
Plowm away
I suppose I discovered Ozric Tentacles fairly late, around the Jurassic Shift and Become the Other era, but since then I've tried to buy up as much of their back catalogue as... Read more
Published 6 months ago by N. Walters
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