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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | October 20th 21 |
John Coltrane himself was apparently ashamed of this record (which is from a session from right after Live at Seattle, and during which he was reportedly on LSD but we don't seem to be sure) and didn't want it released (it was only released after his death as a cash grab). Why? To me thiis is extremely good free jazz and an album I'd want to rejam. It is weird, transcendental, and has some beautiful sections. It feels like it builds a specific atmosphere beyond lets wank our instruments best we can. It is hard for me to delineate things because Spotify doesn't split into parts 1 and 2 like the original LP release and instead lumps it all into one single track like some of the CD releases, but I think the only slightly weaker part was the start of part 2. The vocals in the intro and outro are quite fine and htey add some personality to the album. One I'll revisit I think. 4.1
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| 3.0 good | commonist | May 15th 18 |
65/100. Raw and visceral, yet lacking in a real sense of direction. I definitely enjoyed this listen, but feel as though Om pales in comparison to Coltrane's other late work.
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| 1.0 awful | danielschauer | October 29th 17 |
Not even Coltrane wanted the recordings from this drug-fueled mess of a session to see the light of day. Making screeching noises with your sax gets old after a few minutes. After over half an hour, it's just painful.
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| 4.0 excellent | calmrose | November 22nd 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shwany | January 13th 23 |
| 3.5 great | ZIG | February 19th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Onater | April 26th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Link | April 14th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Sam C. | November 1st 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | W1NG00 | May 15th 18 |
| 3.5 great | BoJean | March 23rd 17 |
| 2.5 average | scheim | June 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | SaneTBP | January 8th 15 |
| 3.0 good | mukesh | August 12th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Rail | May 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Lought | April 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | SgtPepper EMERITUS | March 14th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | cuki92 | January 25th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oblomov | December 13th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Treska | November 27th 11 |
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