Atomic Rooster - Nice & Greasy [Akarma]

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The original artwork for this album featured a joint stubbed out in a fried egg. We do not know what VC would have made of the laser-emitting flying penises devised by Akarma. Certainly the band seems to have lost focus, after the experiments of Made in England and there's a hint of weariness in Vincent's ironic sleeve notes. "This track is best heard in the family crypt at midnight while a full moon chases shadows through the tombstones - or a service station on the motorway which comes to much the same thing..." The space-funk instrumental work is still strong and Johnny Mandala (aka Goodsall) plays high-velocity licks, as Farlowe struts through a blues about the problems of distributing cannabis, as well as a loose Ray Charles pastiche. There's a moody cover of the Johnny Jenkins/Jackie Avery swamp rock classic Voodoo in You but the album as a whole doesn't have the distinctive presence of the earlier work. The band were approaching the end of their deal with Dawn - perhaps there's a feeling of duty, rather than pleasure in this session, which even the radiant cocks can't disguise.

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Tracklist:
1 All Across the Country Crane 5:13
2 Save Me Crane 3:14
3 Voodoo in You Avery 7:05
4 Goodbye Planet Earth Mandella 4:10
5 Take One Toke Crane 5:00
6 Can't Find a Reason Crane 4:30
7 Ear in the Snow Crane 6:12
8 Satan's Wheel Crane 6:32

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