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This album is THE greatest "best kept secret" in contemporary music history. Make no mistake, Bert is the true genius here but his best bud, Ernie is there to back him up all the way. Even though the hard-hitting rocker "Doin The Pigeon" was the only track that received any radio airplay, high points on this album for me are the poignant and heartbreaking "Bert Is Sick", the social chaos outlined in "The R Machine", and of course, the politically-controversial masterpiece, "The National Association of "W" Lovers". "The Bath Story" is an epic concept prog-rock suite that rivals anything by King Crimson, Yes or Gabriel's Genesis. Also not to be missed is the fabled "Sonic Trilogy", made up of "Loud and Soft", "Clink-Clank" and "High, Middle, Low", ground-breaking stuff. Just looking at the cover and seeing the lonely desperation in Bert's eyes as he sings "La La La" should be a big hint that you have picked up something truly special. "Pink Moon", "Highway 61 Revisited", "Revolver", "Velvet Underground & Nico", they are all great albums, but Jesus man, this comes from a whole other place. Jealous artists through the years have stolen ideas and copied styles from this innovative, striped-sweater wearing song-machine since the late fifties. Even though "I Want To Hold Your Ear" wasn't released until '74, it's obvious that Bert had been holding it back since the sixties, when The Beatles stole it to write "I Want To Hold Your Hand". Roger Waters shamelessly stole "Stop" for Pink Floyd's 1979 masterpiece "The Wall". There is no doubt to the rumor that Bert wrote the inspired bridge on "If Moon Was Cookie" by his longtime friend and collaborator, Cookie Monster on the 1974 smash "C is for Cookie", but it was left off of the final pressing. An inferior version later resurfaced on the 1995 release "C is for Cookie: Cookie's Favorite Songs"
This release finally puts an end to all the rumors and confirms the godlike-talent possessed by this brilliant, soulful poet and virtuoso. Seriously if you own ONE album, own this one!