Caravan - Caravan CD (album) cover     Canterbury Scene  3.67 |
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rock music website  Prog Reviewer 3 stars The year 1968
unknowingly ushered in a new style of British psych-pop later to
be dubbed ''Cantebury''. The Soft Machine and Caravan both
emerged from the demise of the obscure Wilde Flowers to have
critical acclaim in the progressive rock world. Neither got off
to the greatest of starts, but thankfully for both bands, they
still had the best left in them.  If you are discovering the
album CARAVAN as I am, you have likely heard other Caravan
albums before this one, so the review has a more retroactive
approach. Those of us that have are quick to point out that the
production isn't as stellar as what the future has to offer.
It's often fuzzy and thin, usually resulting in unintelligible
vocals. That's disappointing considering that Caravan often
employs whimsical English humour, particularly on the tracks in
which bassist Richard Sinclair sings l