44. Echo -- A.R. & Machines

Mojo Says: "German guitar guru's crazed journey to the centre of the instrument."

Album: Echo
Artist: A.R. & Machines
Year: 1972
Length: 81'55"

Track Listing:

1. Invitations
2. The Echo of the Present
3. The Echo of Time
4. The Echo of the Future
5. The Echo of the Past

Favorite Tracks:

1. None, really.

Worst Tracks:
There's nothing interesting enough about any particular track for me to point out a particularly flawed one.

Is it weird?
Eh, parts of it. But this album is too long for me to care about them. Plus, despite what Mojo would have you believe, none of the weird parts involve any guitar.

Review:

Rather than a normal review, I'm just going to make a top 10 list of the thoughts I had while listening to this album that best describe and encapsulate my listening experience:

TOP 10 LIST OF THE THOUGHTS I HAD WHILE LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM THAT BEST DESCRIBE AND ENCAPSULATE MY LISTENING EXPERIENCE

10.       "This is still going?"
9.         "There. It could've been stopped right there."
8.         "This is nice. I wonder when it's going to change."
7.         "Oh, it's just going to stay the same throughout? No key change, nothing? Wow. Ok."
6.         "DO SOMETHING ELSE."
5.         "No, no, no, not random mouth noises! Music!"
4.         "what could i possibly gain by listening to this"
3.         "This. Did. Not. Need. To. Be. 80. Minutes. Long."
2.         "Who is listening to this and says to themself, 'This is a masterpiece. Everyone must hear this'?"

and #1 is...

1.         "I hope this A.R. guy crawls out from his own ass and makes something interesting soon."

But he never did.

I normally would give a 6 if an album is boring but still musically competent, but this gets knocked down a peg below that because every track is about twice as long as it needs to be.

Grade:

5/10

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