This album (and the one that came after, Wired) are my two favourite Beck albums. We are in the prime mid-seventies fusion experimentation era, and Jeff lapped this up. A switch was flicked and away he went with some of the most inventive playing of his career. Jeff is one of those players where as soon as you hear him you know it’s Jeff, he has such an original style and tone to his playing. A big bonus to this record was that it was produced by George Martin and it sounds awesome, the separation and placing of the instruments is perfect.
There are some of Jeff’s most popular pieces on this album, namely Scatterbrain and Freeway Jam, both incredible fusion showcase pieces where Jeff and the band really let fly. As well as these two tracks, I love the funk groove of Air Flow which has seventies cop movie written all over it – superb track, and Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers which is amazing and dedicated to Roy Buchanan.
9/10 from The Grooveman.
