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Title: Classic
Review: Splitmay be the best known album by the Groundhogs; an unknown early 1970s British Blues rock combo more people should be aware of.But Thank Christ For The Bomb is definately the better of the two. The Hogs use the same mutated blusey stuctures, but the songs here are tighter. Where on Split the band exceeded their grasp, just a little bit, by trying to make a more "progressive" album, they make a better conceptual statement here using taunt numbers and sharper playing. They actually are more progressive when not trying to beAll of this band's work is interesting and I encourge fans of 1960s rock to collect the who distography, the same way they might collect Nick Drake, Savoy Brown, Denny-Thomson Fairport Convention, or any underexposed band that a serious music efficinato should have in the library.But if you are just starting out with the Groundhogs or if you just want one of their albums, this is it.
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