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Title: Pretentious Horse Manure
Review: I found the author to be obsessed with his own visions of the album, taking page after page to outline his personal theories, leaving little of this thin book to describe the actual album. The best quotes in the book were lifted from the excellent Waiting On the Sun book on the LA music scene of the '60s. While the author's takes on the lyrics and Arthur's mindset when writing the album have some validity, it comes off more as a late night dormitory bull session between people trying to show off their intellect. So if you want to connect Marat/Sade and Gnosticism to Forever Changes, have a read.
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