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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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This album (along with Led Zeppelin vol 1) made me buy a drum kit - not that I ever reached the dizzy heights of excellence that Phil Collins reaches on this great album. This is jazz-rock fusion drum and bass that eclipses all in its wake. The tightest most expressive illustration of the gnre ever produced. The burbling basslines are mesmeric, and the guitar playing from the very top drawer - but its Collins, still ten years from becoming the housewives' favourite who shows that he is primarily a top notch musician - buy it and marvel
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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DSR mentions Derek Jewell's review on the radio. I remember it well, as my brother and I recorded it and I can never hear this album without thinking of his reference to the 'crisp drumming of Phil Collins'. This was, for me and a lot of others, the pinnacle of Collins' career and I still tap the odd drum figure from this album with a teaspoon on the cocoa tin on a winter night. Chris Welch wrote of Percy Jones' 'squirting basslines' and it's the mixture of those, Collins' imaginative drums and Goodsall and Lumley's inventive and non-egotistic playing that makes this album a landmark.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Recorded way back in 1975 this was the first Brand X release. It is certainly (with perhaps the exception of parts of Livestock) the loosest and most unstructured of their recordings. Highlights include the live favourite "Nuclear Burn" with its jagged raw beat, and my own favourite "Smacks Of Euphoric Hysteria" featuring Jones' rubbery Fender fretless bass. One criticism here is the mix which puts Collins' drums and Jones' bass very much at the front. This gives it a rather muddy feel. In fact all the Brand X Charisma recordings are long overdue for re-mastering. This record certainly set the tone for that Brand X weirdness that infected all subsequent releases, but this showcases them at the peak of their humour and "innocence".
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jazz rock extravaganza
I had this album on vinyl when it was released in the seventies, and loved it then mainly for the high speed guitar and synth riffs and solos. Read more
Published 19 days ago by Colin B
Progressive Jazz Rock at its best!
If anyone wants to know what 70/80 progress jazz rock was all about listen to this album! Every track is a winner and features great musicans including Phil Collins before he... Read more
Published 18 months ago by J. S. Tayler
A must have for Collins' drumming lovers
Innovative, even after so many years...
Great pieces with the mastery of Phil Collins on drums and the exquisit ideas of Percy Jones on bass.
Great pieces with the mastery of Phil Collins on drums and the exquisit ideas of Percy Jones on bass.
Published 21 months ago by Fotis D. Tirokomos
Loved by those that know it...
Regarded by us "fans" as Phil Collins' part time band (even if this wasn't strictly true), I first heard of Brand X on Derek Jewell's show on Radio 3 at that time. Read more
Published on 25 April 2007 by DSR
Makes prog sound simple
They were always going to be known as Phil Collins's other band, but Brand X were, on this form, strictly a unit of equal elements. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2007 by D. J. H. Thorn
Phil Collins Makes Decent Album Shock Horror
Phil Collins was obviously a bit bored with Genesis by the mid 1970's (lots of other people were also arriving at the same conclusion) and he had a sideline as a session drummer... Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2004 by Mr. Jeremy Carter
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