science science fifth studio album british musician produced originally released december guest musicians united_kingdom germany helped album including members cluster tracks written making album final cut musical styles album range energetic pastoral album marks foray rock music 1970s solo artist remaining albums decade showcasing avant garde ambient music hinted second half science album second chart united_states song king lead hat title remixed released single didn chart united_kingdom critical response album remained positive critics calling best works production unlike previous albums recorded short time science years making year period busy working solo ambient music albums positive critical reception accorded previous rock music oriented album green world afraid repeating wanted release high quality product previous rock based recordings science worked guest musicians artists german british groups era contributed album collaborating time guitarist caught attention excited possibilities discovering album asked record resulted playing guitar album german group played drums german ambient music group cluster contributed songwriting instrumentation track river previously worked cluster album released additional session musicians included british folk band convention contributed drums kurt comes british blues rock band free played drums king lead hat musicians worked previous solo albums return brand brand genesis previous rock albums played bass drums respectively contributors included king crimson went pseudonym credited album time brush hollow lands kurt respectively working extensively musicians cards oblique strategies years working album wrote songs style author turn mind decades described overall sound science clinical pop efforts online music database allmusic wrote despite album pop format sound unique far mainstream according david_bowie biographer album split tempo art rock pastoral material categorized art pop record album opening tracks receiving start album upbeat bouncy songs king new wave group met concert england touring later produce second fourth albums including remain light songs album described having occasional pastoral quality atmospheric opposed green world music described sky music referred music science ocean music references water lyrics appear songs river author noted themes bliss album citing comes boy trying floating sky different time spider boy watching sky dreaming carried away ship examples songwriting style described sound sense approach influenced poet consciously songwriting lyrics main focus music rolling_stone noted style stating lyrics music album commented lyrical style stating lyrics themes murderer simply lovers retreat years old influence shown song kurt samples poem heard release science released december united_kingdom island united_states album included offset prints cover says fourteen pictures album title referencing songs prints prints included road crater look september look october house years album chart united_kingdom album come warm jets chart united_states peaked chart king remixed released single january featuring credited single failed chart united_kingdom united_states science issued compact disc january began albums remastered release science released united_kingdom june north_america note black white album cover art singapore government anti heroin campaign late 1970s image briefly posters quickly changed probably legal reasons reception album initial release album received positive reviews rock critics writing called science perfect album wrote positive review stating couldn remember time record took hold gave extreme case beat wrote science typically awesome stunning brian album record set collective mind rolling_stone noted album immediately taking tiger mountain come warm jets execution close flawless despite disparate styles employs connect brilliantly critic robert_christgau gave album rating stating didn like quiet largely instrumental reflections didn find oblique charming tour popular rhythms day science voted 12th best album year village_voice critics poll modern reviews science positive allmusic awarded album highest rating stars stating ranks alongside come warm jets green world essential material music awarded album highest rating stating best albums catalog 1970s pitchfork_media gave science positive enthusiastic review calling album star search fuel king pop world pure jazz energy rock contingent days later pitchfork placed science number list albums 1970s referring lovely charming album going state formally groundbreaking frequently overlooked discussing great albums era placing progression innovation particularly context career album included albums hear die track listing songs written composed noted personnel musicians production chart performance
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