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Best place to start with magma

J. Maynard | tempe, AZ | 08/06/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this 2-cd set contains the Udu Wudu and Attahk albums in their entirety (although why it is not marketed as such i can't imagine), as well as an excellent 20 minute live track from 1988. the sound is great, and the music is genius (of course). the only minor complaints i would have are first that the liner notes don't have any of the basic info such as the personnel on each track, and secondly that the tracks are mixed around for no apparent reason. they should have just made Udu Wudu the first disc, and Attahk the second with the bonus track. kind of doesn't make sense to screw around with the sequencing on a magma album, which is so much an "album" and not just a bunch of tracks thrown together, and thus relies on the intended track sequence to make it's impact. it's kind of like having a 2cd beach boys set with tracks from "pet sounds" and "smiley smile" all mixed together in no order. still, it's great music, and is the best place to start for those with an interest in this great band."

Nice segway into Magma

N. Dole | 07/18/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A reshuffled compilation of the last two 70's studio works by Magma (Udu Wudu and Attahk) no doubt created to offset the inferior bootleg "Spiritual" and this pays off, while hardly serving as a "best of".



The classic tracks like Ghost Dance, De Futura, Zombies are here and the results are out of this world, a fusion of the wordly and the outwordly.



Unfortunately, sorely missing are the Magma's more jazzy, deeply contemplative works that can be found on albums like Kohntarkosz and Wurdah Itah. Consider this a side dish.



I encourage sophisticated music lovers to get into Magma if you enjoy trippy stuff like Amon Duul II and Mr. Bungle, dark and foreboding works of Univers Zero and the latter King Crimson, as well as John Coltrane's masterpieces.

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Fantastic work.

Michael K. Warren | Louisville, KY United States | 06/21/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As the other reviews have mentioned, this contains ÜDÜ WÜDÜ and ATTAHK in their entirety, but they're randomly jumbled onto two discs along with the track MEKANIK ZAIN (which is an awesome tune) from their 1975 live album.



It's unfortunate that this wasn't released as a double dose of the two albums on their respective discs, but it's the most affordable way to get them both. I myself made copies with the proper tracklistings.



This is a very good place to start for anyone interested in Magma. ÜDÜ WÜDÜ and ATTAHK are varied enough to give the listener an idea of what this band has to offer. The title track of ÜDÜ WÜDÜ is one of the most joyous things I've ever heard. It was the first Magma song I'd listened to and I actually didn't like it at first. Where was all of the jazz and operatic and progressive elements that I'd heard about? After I got over the initial shock I listened to it more and it became this wonderful living breathing piece of music.



Magma isn't a band for everyone but their music will be rewarding to the adventurous listener."