Hypnotic Underworld
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Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings
- Summary: The experimental/psychedelic Japanese collective returns with their first album in five years, with co-founder Taishi Takizawa re-joining the group as a member (in addition to continuing to serve as the band's producer).
- Record Label: Drag City
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock, Experimental
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Positive: 11 out of 14
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Mixed: 3 out of 14
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MojoTheir masterpiece--the re-interpretation of Western rock history as some consenual power-prog dream narrative where Led Zeppelin and Soft Machine are more important than The Beatles. [May 2004, p.105]
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Hypnotic Underworld is a new high-water mark from one of rock's most interesting bands.
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The WireIt's simultaneously the group's most successful integration of the various strands they've chased over the years and their most ambitious and expansive work to date. [#241, p.50]
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UncutFlutter[s] between commune jazz, zen folk and straightforward hippy rock. [Apr 2004, p.106]
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The music is fantastic, but the sinking suspicion that there's something else going on that you can't possibly fathom becomes pervasive by album's end.
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Q MagazineAll told, one weird trip. [May 2004, p.102]
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It’s all very strange yet thoroughly intriguing, but it does leave you pondering the question of what direction Ghost are planning to move in next.
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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MatiasMDec 17, 2006
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AmirNFeb 25, 2004
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JeremiahCMay 5, 2005Psychedelic Rock at its best. The structure of this album forces to listen to it as a whole. Very impressive and mindcapturing.
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