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Great album
This album is Nektar's 1st album from 1971. Its a very psychedelic album and its by far Nektar's best album. None of their other albums compare to this one and sound like this one. Nektar should have kept their style the way it is on this album on their later releases. But they became much more commercial sounding. I highly reccommend this album to any fan of psychedelic or progressive rock.

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A fine first effort
I have had this CD for about five years now. It is very psychadelic in places--somewhat similar to Syd Barrett era Pink Floyd. However, as that era of Pink Floyd was somewhat geared towards being a singles band, there was none of that here. All of the tracks segue into the next. My only complaints are that it is so trebly and lacking of bass. Also, why did Bellaphon follow the album version to the letter by leaving "The Dream Nebula" separated into two halves? That destroys the song in my estimation. I remember the initial CD release of ELP's "Brain Salad Surgery" did that on the "Karn Evil 9" suite. But when they remastered it, they fixed it--no fading out. Surely, if Bellaphon ever sees fit to remaster this again, they could cut the treble down, add more bass, and especially, let "Dream Nebula" play through uninterrupted.
If you can look past these flaws, it's still a great album. I started here with Nektar, but anyone new to them may want to begin with "Remember the Future".

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A Good First Effort
I could not resist contributing a review of this album, if only to contradict the two previous reviewers who opine that this is Nektar's best album. Let's put it this way: there are probably 1,000 less talented art/prog/space-rock bands for whom this album would be a masterpiece. For Nektar, it is literally and figuratively just getting started. Think of this in relation to Remember the Future as something like Yes's first album as compared with Close to the Edge. The songs have some punch, the melodies are well wrought, the vocals are fine, the guitar work is excellent - but for all that, it is not even as good as Nektar's second effort, A Tab in the Ocean. Also, though the sound is pretty good for the time, it is deinitely the muddiest of any Nektar album (I'm juding by the vinyl - I have not heard the CD version, but it has not been remastered yet). My advice is, if you are already a Nektar fan, buy the album for sure; if not, start with Remember the Future (make sure you get the 2002 remaster, not the previous icky one) and then get their other two classic albums, Down to Earth and Recycled. With all of Albrighton's brilliant guitar work, including Journey, I think his best work is on the live album Sundy Night at the London Roundhouse. (This is available on CD, but according to the Nektar web site it is going to be released as two separate expanded albums, including the entire Roundhouse concert and an expanded album of the studio jam). By the time you have digested all those you should be ready to fork over money for Journey, Tab, and Man in the Moon (a great comeback album, reminiscent of Asia's best work.) One of the most underrated bands of the 1970's, Nektar has been in my pantheon of rock greats for almost 30 years.