THE YARDBIRDS - Roger the Engineer
1966 / UK / Rock・Psychedelic Rock
SCORE - 87 / 100
TASTE / 好み:20 / 20
ACCLAIM / 世評 : 12 / 15
INNOVATION / 革新性 : 18 /20
QUALITY / 完成度: 14 / 20
TIMELESSNESS / 普遍性 : 10 /10
INFLUENCE / 影響力 : 13 / 15
NOTES ON SOUND.
狂気と自由のガレージ・サイケデリア
ガレージ・ロックの荒々しさにブルース、サイケデリア、ノイズが入り乱れ、ジェフ・ベックのギターはガラの悪い凶暴さを持って、時に壊れかけた機械のような異音を撒き散らす。まだサイケデリック・ロックが形を決める前の自由さはむしろ奇跡。汚く、歪で、何が飛び出すかわからない危うさこそが『Roger the Engineer』の魅力だ。そして、その延長線上にあるベックとジミー・ペイジが共演した「※Psycho Daisies」はさらに凶暴。あの執拗で攻撃的なギター・リフには、60年代半ばとは思えない暴力性がある。
※ボーナストラックとして収録
English Ver:
Madness and Freedom in Garage Psychedelia
Raw garage rock collides with blues, psychedelia, and noise, while Jeff Beck’s guitar unleashes a vicious, unruly energy, at times spewing out strange sounds like a machine on the verge of breaking down. The sheer freedom of an era before psychedelic rock had found its definitive form feels almost miraculous. Dirty, distorted, and gloriously unpredictable, that sense of danger is precisely what makes Roger the Engineer so compelling. Taking that chaos even further is “Psycho Daisies,” featuring both Beck and Jimmy Page. Its relentless, aggressive guitar riff carries a ferocity that seems almost unimaginable for the mid-1960s.
“Psycho Daisies” is included as a bonus track.

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