Nektar - Journey To The Centre Of The Eye (1971) [Reissue 2004]
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Journey to the Centre of the Eye is the debut album from English progressive rock band Nektar that came out in late 1971. Because of its narrative nature, it has been called a rock opera and/or dense concept album. The music of the album is commonplace in early 70's progressive rock. It uses a range of musical effects. The guitar used psychedelic distortion and the wah-wah, as well as screeching distortion. It has psychedelic influences, as well.
Nektar's debut album was one of their finest releases, saturated with abstract psychedelia and a wonderful science-fiction motif that is magnified through the rigorous but dazzling Mellotron of Allan Freeman and Roye Albrighton's nomadic guitar playing. Throughout Journey's 13 cuts, Nektar introduced their own sort of instrumental surrealism that radiated from both the vocals and from the intermingling of the haphazard drum and string work. With the synthesizer churning and boiling in front of Howden's percussive attack and Mick Brockett's "liquid lights," tracks like "Astronaut's Nightmare," "It's All in the Mind," and both "Dream Nebula" cuts teeter back and forth from mind-numbing, laid-back melodies to excitable, open-ended excursions of fantastical progressive rock. Just as Hawkwind was exploring the depths of outer space with their progressive tendencies on most of their albums, Journey to the Centre of the Eye musically probed the inner universe of the mind and body with its very own conceptual field trip. "Burn Out My Eyes" and "Warp Oversight" are let loose with buzz-saw vocals and hazy, undefined guitar chords which converge and fade into background rhythms, while the 54 seconds of "Look Inside Yourself" is a short, illusory voyage that ends too soon. Nektar's freewheeling sound is best felt on Journey and on their next three releases, as by the end of the decade, their progressive moods and ambient-like suites started to get harder and take on more of a mainstream feel.
Tracklist:
01. Prelude
02. Astronaut's Nightmare
03. Countenance
04. The Nine Lifeless Daughters of the Sun
05. Warp Oversight
06. The Dream Nebula I
07. The Dream Nebula II
08. It's All in the Mind
09. Burn Out My Eyes
10. Void of Vision
11. Pupil of the Eye
12. Look Inside Yourself
13. Death of the Mind
14. 1-2-3-4 [STEREO LAYER ONLY]
15. Do You Believe in Magic? [STEREO LAYER ONLY]
foobar2000 2.1 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: NEKTAR / JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EYE
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -5.88 dB -22.47 dB 1:37 01-PRELUDE
DR12 -5.64 dB -22.80 dB 6:32 02-ASTRONAUT'S NIGHTMARE
DR12 -6.64 dB -24.85 dB 3:37 03-COUNTENANCE
DR12 -7.45 dB -25.52 dB 2:58 04-THE NINE LIFELESS DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN
DR13 -7.73 dB -29.94 dB 4:14 05-WARP OVERSIGHT
DR13 -6.15 dB -24.86 dB 4:46 06-THE DREAM NEBULA - PART ONE
DR11 -5.80 dB -24.03 dB 3:27 07-THE DREAM NEBULA - PART TWO
DR12 -5.74 dB -24.59 dB 6:45 08-IT'S ALL IN THE MIND
DR13 -5.94 dB -24.88 dB 1:58 09-BURN OUT MY EYES
DR12 -5.98 dB -23.48 dB 2:11 10-VOID OF VISION
DR10 -7.04 dB -23.07 dB 0:47 11-PUPIL OF THE EYE
DR12 -5.88 dB -22.05 dB 4:02 12-LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 6
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 16934 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: NEKTAR / JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EYE
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -7.27 dB -21.10 dB 1:25 01-PRELUDE
DR7 -5.69 dB -15.66 dB 6:27 02-ASTRONAUT'S NIGHTMARE
DR6 -5.64 dB -15.49 dB 3:35 03-COUNTENANCE
DR6 -5.71 dB -14.57 dB 2:55 04-THE NINE LIFELESS DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN
DR7 -5.71 dB -17.97 dB 4:10 05-WARP OVERSIGHT
DR6 -5.67 dB -13.69 dB 2:16 06-THE DREAM NEBULA - PART ONE
DR9 -5.78 dB -17.97 dB 2:26 07-THE DREAM NEBULA - PART TWO
DR8 -5.78 dB -16.33 dB 3:22 08-IT'S ALL IN THE MIND
DR7 -5.68 dB -16.20 dB 6:36 09-BURN OUT MY EYES
DR9 -5.76 dB -17.26 dB 1:55 10-VOID OF VISION
DR8 -5.83 dB -16.17 dB 2:07 11-PUPIL OF THE EYE
DR7 -5.80 dB -14.96 dB 0:45 12-LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF
DR8 -5.71 dB -15.61 dB 4:04 13-DEATH OF THE MIND
DR11 -5.91 dB -18.97 dB 3:00 14-BONUS: 1-2-3-4
DR10 -5.92 dB -18.97 dB 3:52 15-BONUS: DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: NEKTAR / JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EYE
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR11 -5.88 dB -22.47 dB 1:37 01-PRELUDE
DR12 -5.64 dB -22.80 dB 6:32 02-ASTRONAUT'S NIGHTMARE
DR12 -6.64 dB -24.85 dB 3:37 03-COUNTENANCE
DR12 -7.45 dB -25.52 dB 2:58 04-THE NINE LIFELESS DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN
DR13 -7.73 dB -29.94 dB 4:14 05-WARP OVERSIGHT
DR13 -6.15 dB -24.86 dB 4:46 06-THE DREAM NEBULA - PART ONE
DR11 -5.80 dB -24.03 dB 3:27 07-THE DREAM NEBULA - PART TWO
DR12 -5.74 dB -24.59 dB 6:45 08-IT'S ALL IN THE MIND
DR13 -5.94 dB -24.88 dB 1:58 09-BURN OUT MY EYES
DR12 -5.98 dB -23.48 dB 2:11 10-VOID OF VISION
DR10 -7.04 dB -23.07 dB 0:47 11-PUPIL OF THE EYE
DR12 -5.88 dB -22.05 dB 4:02 12-LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR12
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 6
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 16934 kbps
Codec: DST64
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Analyzed: NEKTAR / JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EYE
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR9 -7.27 dB -21.10 dB 1:25 01-PRELUDE
DR7 -5.69 dB -15.66 dB 6:27 02-ASTRONAUT'S NIGHTMARE
DR6 -5.64 dB -15.49 dB 3:35 03-COUNTENANCE
DR6 -5.71 dB -14.57 dB 2:55 04-THE NINE LIFELESS DAUGHTERS OF THE SUN
DR7 -5.71 dB -17.97 dB 4:10 05-WARP OVERSIGHT
DR6 -5.67 dB -13.69 dB 2:16 06-THE DREAM NEBULA - PART ONE
DR9 -5.78 dB -17.97 dB 2:26 07-THE DREAM NEBULA - PART TWO
DR8 -5.78 dB -16.33 dB 3:22 08-IT'S ALL IN THE MIND
DR7 -5.68 dB -16.20 dB 6:36 09-BURN OUT MY EYES
DR9 -5.76 dB -17.26 dB 1:55 10-VOID OF VISION
DR8 -5.83 dB -16.17 dB 2:07 11-PUPIL OF THE EYE
DR7 -5.80 dB -14.96 dB 0:45 12-LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF
DR8 -5.71 dB -15.61 dB 4:04 13-DEATH OF THE MIND
DR11 -5.91 dB -18.97 dB 3:00 14-BONUS: 1-2-3-4
DR10 -5.92 dB -18.97 dB 3:52 15-BONUS: DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?
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Number of tracks: 15
Official DR value: DR8
Samplerate: 2822400 Hz / PCM Samplerate: 176400 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 1
Bitrate: 5645 kbps
Codec: DST64
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