Nektar: Down To Earth
Richard Cromelin, Phonograph Record, February 1975
NEKTAR'S SMOOTH move from cosmic progressivism (though it was more genuinely rocky than that of past practitioners of the style) to a more straightforward rock 'n' roll sound is both a surprise and a pleasure. After all, you can only take so much of bluebirds from outer space, whereas you can never get enough of the real stuff. Down to earth indeed.
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