Shooting at the Moon is a double-minded record, where silly pop songs co-exist with extended avant-garde improvisations in perfect harmony. "Lunatic's Lament" starts out as a puerile psychedelic tune only to end up in screams and free-form freakout before we know it, poppy "The Oyster and the Flying Fish" fades seamlessly into musique concrete of "Underwater" and "Rheinhardt & Geraldine"'s completely crazy, cut-up middle section is followed by the most beautiful melody Ayers has ever commited to tape. A truly singular album.
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