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The essence of Motorpsycho

Tore Skogseth | Greenville, MI USA | 02/26/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Norwegian trio Motorpsycho captured where they earned their reputation for excellence - on stage. The album is largely centered around A K9 suite, an extended, spaced out version of Un Chien D'Espace from the album Angels and Daemons at Play (as if it wasn't spaced out before), and features other epic numbers (The Wheel & Vortex Surfer), truly showing their excursions into infinity on stage that either make them or break them. On Roadwork I it definately makes them. However, not all songs are long, improvisational, and trance-inducing. The album's opener is the driving, Hendrix-influenced The Other Other Fool, not available on any studio recordings. The crowdpleaser You Lied segues into the MC5 cover Black to Comm with furious power and drive, and the rocker Superstooge mutates slowly into the trance-like aforementioned The Wheel.All in all, Roadwork I is a great showcase for one of rock's best livebands over the past decade, and although it is not for people who are used to 3-minute radio hits, it paints a decent picture of what the live-band Motorpsycho is all about, and I'd rank it as one of the best live-albums ever released (although they surpassed themselves with Roadwork II, but that is another story altogether)."