Search - Nektar :: Recycled

This long concept is an ever-green..ok for the remastered CD

Lethe | Milan, Italy | 04/09/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Wow!!This long suite is an ever-green...even though honestly the second half is a bit uneven, in comparison to the first harmonic solutions of this kind of space rock /progressive music.I have always been appreciating their strange blend of space rock music,combined with some experimental solutions within a sort of progressive jazz, for many years!! Then you can add their clever use of power chords at the guitar and a good taste at the piano as well (listen to track #2 for instance), which complete this great debut album...of course the second half-as already explained to you above- is a bit uneven, but the final output is an unforgettable concept album, based upon 2 long songs and for me that's enough!!



Check this remastered version out!!"

Roye's Last Hurrah

Chromefreak | 08/25/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Recycled turned out to be Roye Albrighton's final 70s album with Nektar--and what a good one it is, too. Apparently, a concept album about the biological and ecological consequences of mass consumerism, Recycled features some excellent synthesizer work by Larry Fast and additional touches such as an appearance by the English Chorale. The first half of the CD (especially "Automation Horrorscope" and "Cybernetic Consumption") is simply amazing, with both Fast and Albrighton taking center stage: swirling synthesizers and lots of crashing guitar create a virtual blitzkrieg of sound that only softens a bit with "Sao Paulo Sunrise," a beautiful, slinky piece that recalls the group's similar forays into funk on Remember the Future. And like that album, Recycled is imminently futuristic and psychedelic, sort of like a more melodic Hawkwind. Fans of Pink Floyd should also really dig this record. It's a record I rarely ever get tired of listening to."