Label: Columbia Records (Europe), 493341 2
Style: Jazz Rock, Progressive Rock, Canterbury Scene
Country: Canterbury, England
Time: 75:50
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 510 Mb
The
subtle electro-acoustic blend of Fourth has an understated coolness in
which their augmented horn section is harnessed to a thoughtful score.
Deployed to incisive effect on the angular “Teeth” (written by
keyboardist Mike Ratledge), it’s equal to anything from Third. The
four-part “Virtually” introduces muted sinuous layers of cascading lines
over Hugh Hopper’s sepulchral fuzz bass; proto-ambient jazz-rock,
anyone?
Bleak and ambiguous, Fifth is a game of two halves thanks
largely to the use of two diametrically-opposed drummers - evidence of
the creative crisis of these now post-Wyatt times. The shifting squalls
of Phil Howard’s cymbals says free jazz as favoured by sax player Elton
Dean, whilst John Marshall’s crisp precision pulls it nearer Hopper and
Ratledge’s camp.
(bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dw8c/)
Fourth (1971):
01. Teeth (09:13)
02. Kings and Queens (05:01)
03. Fletcher's Blemish (04:36)
04. Virtuality Part 1 (05:15)
05. Virtuality Part 2 (07:05)
06. Virtuality Part 3 (04:37)
07. Virtuality Part 4 (03:23)
Fifth (1972):
08. All White (06:07)
09. Drop (07:42)
10. M C (04:55)
11. As If (08:23)
12. LBO (01:31)
13. Pigling Bland (04:21)
14. Bone (03:35)
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