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- That Sound
- Hide Your Love Away
- The Martians Are Coming
- Giving Up The Ghost
- Roundabout
- Take Me Flying
- Circus Town
- Theme To An Imaginary Song
- This Is Real
- Hold On
- Reprise To An Imaginary Song
Jack in the Box - "Do You Believe in Beetles?"
Jack in the Box is a new project by Tim Jones known for example from the band Census of Hallucination. Apart from Tim (vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboards and sound effects) also featured is for example drummer Sekrit Steve, his old pal from the Somebody Famous times. For some reason Tim is presented on the album as Jim Tones…
This 37-minute album has 11 tracks of pretty psychedelic, pleasant and mainly pop-like rock. First up is “That Sound” that starts off with a beautiful picked guitar thing and then follows some psychedelic sound effects, keyboards and narration. This is a rather mind-expanding, peaceful sound collage. They go through The Beatles song “Hide Your Love Away” with a pretty psychedelic touch and the short ”The Martians Are Coming” is experimental, minimalistic effect ambient. “Giving Up the Ghost” is a nice, mid-tempo pop piece that also has some tasty solo guitar. Also “Roundabout” continues in similar, quite relaxed moods.
The song ”Take Me Flying” has an early 80’s styled disco beat and then we’re in for some magical moments with the tranquil and wonderful ”Circus Town” that has some female vocals too as well as bird-song, possibly the best piece on the album. The short instrumental ”Theme to an Imaginary Song” is a bit groovier stuff including great solo guitar work and ”This Is Real ” a funky track with percussion also including some tender female vocals.
The most up-beat number on the disc is the rather 80’s styled “Hold On” that is great stuff. The album is finished with the two-minute-long ”Reprise to an Imaginary Song” and we’re once again treated with a nice guitar solo by Tim. All in all, Do You Believe in Beetles? is a very nice, enjoyable whole that will go down well with all the Tim Jones fans out there.
- Review by DJ Astro, Psychotropic Zone
Jack In The Box – Do You Believe In Beetles – Falling A Records
Yes, Beetles, not Beatles. But the latter also come to the fore quite quickly, as a cover of "Hide Your Love Away" lurks in second place, which originally came from the Lennon/McCartney forge. But that doesn't help when categorizing Jack In The Box's music - it's more of an indication that it's a new addition to the Stone Premonitions family with its close personal connections.
The band's head is Jim Tones, who is otherwise known as Tim Jones from bands like Census Of Hallucinations and who of course also gives the monkey plenty of sugar in the ten original compositions. Half of the six-minute opener "That Sound" is made up of various sound collages.
The reviewer is unable to compare "Hide Your Love Away" with the original because he doesn't have the latter in the collection, but compared to the opener, the track that appears to be straight-forward is created here, although it is made more difficult by the female backing (which... in some places evoke acoustic memories of Hubert von Goisern's girls), the psychedelically wafting background sounds and the sampled background noises (especially the laughter, which replaces the main solo) get their very own touch. With this four and a half minute length, two of the three longest songs have already faded away, five of the remaining nine don't make it past the three minute mark, and some of them are actually just a kind of sound wallpaper as an interlude.
In "The Martians Are Coming" the Martians have exactly 2:07 minutes to do just that, and they come flying in, bubbling and hissing, with a classic space soundscape. "Giving Up The Ghost", on the other hand, despite being only two and a half minutes long, is a real rock song with short but gripping guitar leads from Groovy Paul. Does something like psychedelic pop already exist? If so, put Jack In The Box there. Some themes and choruses cannot hide a certain accessibility factor, such as the "I need your love" mantras in "Roundabout", which of course is no more a Yes cover than "Hold On" is one by Kansas.
But even the rather brisk "Take Me Flying" (very ultra-early UFO sends its regards, albeit with a dash of the kind of keyboards that John Paul Jones brought to Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Under Foot") could actually be played on the radio without any problems, and "Circus Town", with its solemn atmosphere and glittering keyboards, would have fit into the repertoire of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which was extremely successful in the USA, while the muted piano runs would also have taken over Anathema, in all its phases. With "Theme From An Imaginary Song" it's a shame that Jones and his co-composers didn't turn it into a complete song - in contrast to the title, it's not Mountain that sends greetings, but rather the guitarists Vai/Satriani, albeit without any superficial technical display Can. "This Is Real", on the other hand, is a little reminiscent of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" in the intro and maintains a similar basic beat throughout its entire 3:51 minutes, with probably the most important appearance of the female vocals alongside "Circus In Town" which form a breathy, yearning counterpoint to Jones' lead vocals, which you can easily recognize from Jack In The Box once you're familiar with his voice.
"Hold On" incorporates classic old rock in the guitar intro, which is also inherent in the guitar work as it progresses, while the dabbed keyboards set a completely different accent, and the drums, when they come in after a long time, pick up as much tempo as usual on the album. "Reprise To An Imaginary Song", where the introductory guitar lead, which also turns out to be a key element of the almost two minutes, is repeated again and leans towards Led Zeppelin, this time towards "Nobody's Fault But Mine", concludes the total of 38 minutes, which, after a rather odd start, become more and more accessible towards the end. Friends of Census Of Hallucinations & Co. can pick this album up here without hesitation.
- Review by von rls, from Crossover Magazine, Germany.
Jack in the Box is a new project by Tim Jones known for example from the band Census of Hallucination. Apart from Tim (vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, bass, keyboards and sound effects) also featured is for example drummer Sekrit Steve, his old pal from the Somebody Famous times. For some reason Tim is presented on the album as Jim Tones…
This 37-minute album has 11 tracks of pretty psychedelic, pleasant and mainly pop-like rock. First up is “That Sound” that starts off with a beautiful picked guitar thing and then follows some psychedelic sound effects, keyboards and narration. This is a rather mind-expanding, peaceful sound collage. They go through The Beatles song “Hide Your Love Away” with a pretty psychedelic touch and the short ”The Martians Are Coming” is experimental, minimalistic effect ambient. “Giving Up the Ghost” is a nice, mid-tempo pop piece that also has some tasty solo guitar. Also “Roundabout” continues in similar, quite relaxed moods.
The song ”Take Me Flying” has an early 80’s styled disco beat and then we’re in for some magical moments with the tranquil and wonderful ”Circus Town” that has some female vocals too as well as bird-song, possibly the best piece on the album. The short instrumental ”Theme to an Imaginary Song” is a bit groovier stuff including great solo guitar work and ”This Is Real ” a funky track with percussion also including some tender female vocals.
The most up-beat number on the disc is the rather 80’s styled “Hold On” that is great stuff. The album is finished with the two-minute-long ”Reprise to an Imaginary Song” and we’re once again treated with a nice guitar solo by Tim. All in all, Do You Believe in Beetles? is a very nice, enjoyable whole that will go down well with all the Tim Jones fans out there.
- Review by DJ Astro, Psychotropic Zone
Jack In The Box – Do You Believe In Beetles – Falling A Records
Yes, Beetles, not Beatles. But the latter also come to the fore quite quickly, as a cover of "Hide Your Love Away" lurks in second place, which originally came from the Lennon/McCartney forge. But that doesn't help when categorizing Jack In The Box's music - it's more of an indication that it's a new addition to the Stone Premonitions family with its close personal connections.
The band's head is Jim Tones, who is otherwise known as Tim Jones from bands like Census Of Hallucinations and who of course also gives the monkey plenty of sugar in the ten original compositions. Half of the six-minute opener "That Sound" is made up of various sound collages.
The reviewer is unable to compare "Hide Your Love Away" with the original because he doesn't have the latter in the collection, but compared to the opener, the track that appears to be straight-forward is created here, although it is made more difficult by the female backing (which... in some places evoke acoustic memories of Hubert von Goisern's girls), the psychedelically wafting background sounds and the sampled background noises (especially the laughter, which replaces the main solo) get their very own touch. With this four and a half minute length, two of the three longest songs have already faded away, five of the remaining nine don't make it past the three minute mark, and some of them are actually just a kind of sound wallpaper as an interlude.
In "The Martians Are Coming" the Martians have exactly 2:07 minutes to do just that, and they come flying in, bubbling and hissing, with a classic space soundscape. "Giving Up The Ghost", on the other hand, despite being only two and a half minutes long, is a real rock song with short but gripping guitar leads from Groovy Paul. Does something like psychedelic pop already exist? If so, put Jack In The Box there. Some themes and choruses cannot hide a certain accessibility factor, such as the "I need your love" mantras in "Roundabout", which of course is no more a Yes cover than "Hold On" is one by Kansas.
But even the rather brisk "Take Me Flying" (very ultra-early UFO sends its regards, albeit with a dash of the kind of keyboards that John Paul Jones brought to Led Zeppelin's "Trampled Under Foot") could actually be played on the radio without any problems, and "Circus Town", with its solemn atmosphere and glittering keyboards, would have fit into the repertoire of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, which was extremely successful in the USA, while the muted piano runs would also have taken over Anathema, in all its phases. With "Theme From An Imaginary Song" it's a shame that Jones and his co-composers didn't turn it into a complete song - in contrast to the title, it's not Mountain that sends greetings, but rather the guitarists Vai/Satriani, albeit without any superficial technical display Can. "This Is Real", on the other hand, is a little reminiscent of Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" in the intro and maintains a similar basic beat throughout its entire 3:51 minutes, with probably the most important appearance of the female vocals alongside "Circus In Town" which form a breathy, yearning counterpoint to Jones' lead vocals, which you can easily recognize from Jack In The Box once you're familiar with his voice.
"Hold On" incorporates classic old rock in the guitar intro, which is also inherent in the guitar work as it progresses, while the dabbed keyboards set a completely different accent, and the drums, when they come in after a long time, pick up as much tempo as usual on the album. "Reprise To An Imaginary Song", where the introductory guitar lead, which also turns out to be a key element of the almost two minutes, is repeated again and leans towards Led Zeppelin, this time towards "Nobody's Fault But Mine", concludes the total of 38 minutes, which, after a rather odd start, become more and more accessible towards the end. Friends of Census Of Hallucinations & Co. can pick this album up here without hesitation.
- Review by von rls, from Crossover Magazine, Germany.