In This Life

Artist: Thinking Plague
Label: Recommended Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 752725001021
EAN: 0752725001021
ASIN: B00000I0WS

Release Date: 1995-03-29

In This Life

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Tracks:

Lycanthrope
Run Amok
Malaise
Organism (Version II)
Love
The Guardian
Fountain Of All Tears
Moonsongs
Possessed

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Customer Reviews:

this is noise not prog.......2005-04-19

i can't believe people call this prog this is worse than king crimson and pain of salvation its just noise it sounds awful and they don't shred how can it be porg if the7 don't shred i gave it 3 stars though because the girl i'm stalking loves them and she's going to by my wife even though she doesn't know my name.

What the fu...........??.......2004-07-06

This is the first album of its kind that I've ever heard. I'd heard about Thinking Plague and avant-garde in general, but until this album I'd never heard it. What awaited me was something I couldn't believe. Chaotic and atonal, this music is not for the faint of heart. Its edgy - hard to listen to yet hard to ignore. But despite the complex arrangements and bizarre melodies, there is a catchiness to the music. This isn't simply wierd and complex for the sake of being wierd and complex - Thinking Plague have still put songs first. These pieces are still constructed as songs, the music still designed to be listened to.

Describing their sound is hard because I honestly can't think of anything I can compare it to. Others might, but their CD collections are different to mine. Take any instrument and play two notes next to each other together (F and F# will do). Sounds pretty hedious, doesn't it? Now, take this mismatching of notes and spread it throughout an album and you sort of have what this album sounds like. Edgy, atonal and a couple of other adjectives I've probably used already. That's the best I can do.

But that doesn't mean there is no feeling. The music does sound somewhat raw, which adds an aggressive and energetic feeling to the music. Susanne Lewis' vocals are simply perfect - unlike everything else here they sound somewhat conventional, which is probably a good thing since they bring something easier to identify with. That said, they do have child-like feel to them, which certainly adds to the frequently eerie atmosphere the album holds.

I wouldn't recommend In This Life to just anyone. I expect (and probably the band expect as well) that many people will have no use for this whatsoever. But those who are looking for something bizarre, original, unique and dark and have a lot of patience (although I found this grew on me quicker than I expected) should definately look into getting this album.

Better balance.......2003-07-08

This album has perhaps a better blending than any other American avant/RIO band of all the elements that make the style what it is.

Avant-prog for you........2003-03-10

There is not much one can add to the *EXCELLENT* review below. It describes the music perfectly. I would just like to add this is an excellent introduction for those interested in the world of avant-prog. Thinking Plague is a brilliant art-rock band influenced by the Rock-in-Opposition movement. Just as prog is a genre most people won't ever "get" (as in understand), RIO is something most prog fans won't even appreciate. Thinking Plague is basically a diverse rock band with a wealth of modern classical elements. Major convolution, hypnotizing time changes, and plenty of atonality are some characteristics of this album. However, I find it very catchy and approachable despite its complexity. Melodically, harmonically, and rhythmically it is utterly sublime.

People throw around the word "prog" which is fine, but it should be mentioned that this doesn't sound at all like Yes or ELP. This carries on the RIO ethic rather than re-exploring past progressive accomplishments.

Definitely check it out if you want something different. If by chance you already enjoy this kind of thing, you absolutely MUST pick this up. _In This Life_ is a work of pure brilliance and the best album in my collection of anything that might be called "avant-prog". Some other good modern avant-prog artists to check out are the 5uu's (the album _Hunger's Teeth_), the Motor Totemist Guild (_City of Mirrors_), and U Totem (s/t release). For something *really* challenging, try Henry Cow's _Western Culture_.

3stars is rigther:but it's a sloppy version of Don Caballero.......2003-02-07

Well they are usually labeled like a weird art rock band, that is more similar to a modern "rebelled" and uncoventional band, almost "punk" in their proposal and often with the same proposal by experimental artists like Henry Cow, in comparison to a classic prog band... nevertheless you find also clear references to the classic mexican romantic prog genre in this album, such as ICONOCLASTA, from the modern side of their style (in the vein of "The lamb" by Genesis ),even though the approach is much more raw and sloppy.

Moonsongs" and "Possessed" are the best tracks, by means also of 2 different female singers,but their Gentle Giant oriented tracks-in an acid version of their own- are difficult to take (listen also to their new album "In extremis"...)

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