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A nice album, but not the best; in fact, I think they are quite declining compared to the albums with Damo Suzuki. Anyway, it's an album to listen to and have, at least if you exceed 500 records in the furniture where you keep them. If you haven't reached 500 yet, I would recommend others before this one... like "Soundtracks" up to "Future Days"... and yet I don't know why this one continues to fascinate me. Go figure...

Mom, what a record! I bought it, listened to it, and sold it. Luckily, I recorded it on cassette, then it reappeared and I slipped it into the car tape player where I worked. I realized I had sold one of the most beautiful records I had, so I bought it back to keep it forever, placing the Can in the pantheon alongside King Crimson, Soft Machine, Fabrizio de André, John Martyn, Velvet Underground, Beatles, and Talking Heads, the bands that changed my life (in a positive way). Thanks for the review, but for those who want to start listening to the Can, I recommend beginning with "Soundtracks" and "Ege Bamyasi," then moving on to "Future Days" and the double "Tago Mago," which I consider to be all more or less on the same level. Future Days even gets the title right, because personally, I only appreciated it in future days after buying it (and unfortunately I had already sold it back, argh), and it's truly a record that even today is ahead of its time, both in terms of sounds and ideas.

Finally, someone who says things as they are! For me, after the albums with Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd just can't get it right anymore, but it's the industry that turns them into masterpieces. King Crimson with "Red" wanted to give a push to the system, but since in '77 someone is recording heartless albums like "Animals," maybe it means they didn’t completely succeed. Then the punk and new wave waves tried, but the Floyd are still there, in the terrible '80s recording useless and ambitious albums (ambitious??? Are you perhaps talking about "The Final Cut"???). "Mah" is my comment on the post-Barrett albums of Pink Floyd, and as an emblem, I choose "The Pros and Cons" by Roger Waters, which is nothing.

What a great album, which I personally discovered only a few months ago, but since then it has remained in my CD player for a long time. I also looked for the others, but I didn't like them as much as this one. It has a unique atmosphere that I can't find in other albums. It's true, as others have said after I played this album for them, that it's too easy to be sad about records, but for me it’s truly beautiful and original.

Given that both "Before & After Science" and "Another Green World" are masterpieces, and I won't dwell on why, I would like to connect to the initial discussion by antoniodeste, who mentioned underestimating it back then. I remember buying it in the mid-eighties when I was still quite "small," around 15 or 16 years old, because they were selling it off at a public library that also had cassette tapes. I saw the cover, picked it up, and it cost me less than a thousand lire. When I got home, I listened to it and thought, what is this? The first track was unbearable, and the same for the rest. Years later, however, I was crazy about this record; I tried to get my friends to listen to it, and I wondered what they were hearing at that moment because I definitely heard something completely different the first time. I wonder how the listening experience of such albums evolves? How do you share them with others who might be at the starting point? (without thinking of being more capable, please). To conclude, even though I’m not sure where I wanted to go with this, compliments egebamyasi (apart from the name,... the can), I think our tastes are quite similar.

For me, it's a great album; it reminds me... of summer. It might be a paradox since it's called "Colour of SPRING" and not SUMMER... but I got it in summer, and I listened to it for months and months, and even today, twenty years later, I find it captivating. The three "single" songs are very beautiful, especially "Life is what you make it." And to think that the bassist from Pentangle plays on the first track—no small feat; he also played on the best albums of John Martyn.

I largely agree with everything that has been said, but I would like to emphasize that "The Colour of Spring" was already a great album, then with "Spirit of Eden" they reached their peak, and finally they closed beautifully with "Laughing Stock." I remember the first time I listened to "Spirit of Eden," I picked up the cover to check that it was indeed Talk Talk... and I didn't like it very much at first, but over the years, and by listening to more and more experimental music, I understood its value and its courage. Think about what they gave up, even in economic terms, moving from albums that were still beautiful like the first three to the last two (Spirit-Laughing)... I can't find another band from the eighties that took such a path, almost the opposite of any other group, which usually evolves towards easier and more commercial things after a great start. Thank you, Talk Talk!

I gave it three because it's not that bad, actually. It was the album that made me discover Jethro Tull back in '87/'88, and I also saw a beautiful concert that year. I still enjoy "Budapest," but we're certainly not on the level of "Stand Up" and "Aqualung." It is also true that only King Crimson have managed to make excellent albums after 20 years…

And to think I had it there for years. Then I listened to it closely, perhaps I was disappointed by the first one, which I didn't like much, and I thought the second couldn't be much better... as Troisi used to say, now I make a mistake with the second and move to the third... but instead I was astounded by the beauty and intensity, but also by the sweetness and improvisation I felt in these grooves. One of the twenty records you absolutely must have. Phil Miller's guitar is fabulous, just as it was fabulous in the Matching Mole albums. It's a shame he stopped after that record.

"Extraordinary" album, the absolute best record along with "Volume 2" by Soft Machine. And to think they were officially already disbanded...
I will never tire of listening to it, Fallen Angel, Red, Starless!
An album played with sandpaper...
PS: the album by Comus is beautiful, but I want to remind prog lovers of Hatfield and the North with "Rotters Club", fabulous, but it has nothing to do with the comment on Red.