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Album: Crooked Timber
Artist: Therapy?
Track List:
"The Head That Tried To Strangle Itself"
"Enjoy The Struggle"
"Clowns Galore"
"Exiles"
"Crooked Timber"
"I Told You I Was Ill"
"Somnambulist"
"Blacken The Page"
"Magic Mountain"
"Bad Excuse For Daylight"
Therapy? are a band who, through constant changing of style, lineup, and record labels, have lost all but their most dedicated fans.
Truly a shame, because with this, Therapy? may have made their best album yet. A heavy title to bestow on a band with 12 albums under their belt, many of them classic.
Therapy? stay true to their frequent switching of styles, and here it truly pays off, for in an era of lookalike, soundalike bands, they have made a work of true originality. There is little to compare this album to; the riffs bear a mild resemblance to Helmet at their heaviest, but never more than a similarity. And speaking of riffs, they are of high standard, which is saying something as the guitars are probably the
least impressive element of Therapy?. This might sound like an insult, until you take into account that Mike McKeegan and Neil Cooper are gods of Bass and Drums respectively. Whilst these instruments play minor roles in some music, here they are the driving force behind this band. On this album, Neil Cooper practically steals the crown held by original drummer Fyfe Ewing as he pummels his way through the storming "Clowns Galore", as McKeegan assumes perhaps his finest moment in "Enjoy The Struggle".
The album itself is an oddity, recieving mixed reviews ranging everywhere from terrible to masterpeice. This is justifiable... the album can be confusing, as much new ground can be. Perhaps the oddest thing here is "Magic Mountain", a 10 minute instrumental that is probably best listenened to on acid (I wouldn't know, but it seems the type...). But give the entire record several spins, and it all truly begins to gel together to form one of the finest records of the decade.
Final statement: Sheer brilliance, though not for everyone.
Track favorites:
Clowns Galore
Crooked Timber
The Head That Tried To Strangle Itself