3rd Perspective

United Future Organization | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 24, 1997)
• Original Release Date: June 24, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001ERK
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #94,480 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Weirdly effective..., January 5, 2002

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nicjaytee (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3rd Perspective (Audio CD)

Nothing if not adventurous, UFO's "3rd Perspective" takes a much harder edge than their previous outing - the ingeniously laid-back "No Sound is too Taboo" - to produce something very strange. Lying outside of any simple categorisation the album combines arrangements from late 60's film & TV music with Hollywood style voice-overs and acid-jazz in another weirdly distinctive set that somehow succeeds - often only just - in avoiding falling into some kind of horrible pastiche. Examples: "Fools Paradise", a Mission Impossible derivative that is equally exciting and much more funky; "Nica's Dream", a straight lift from your favourite TV spy series c.1966 with a marvellous alto sax running through it; and, "Cosmic Gypsy", a wonderfully rolling latin-jazz workout that sounds, well like nothing you've quite heard before. Definitely not for the faint hearted but sufficiently different and, in the end, sufficiently effective to justify the entry price into a distinctly odd world.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique in Quality, January 8, 2000

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Armed Sauzier (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3rd Perspective (Audio CD)

Although criticised for sounding like a soundtrack to a 70's movie (aka Lalo Schifrin) - it's meant to be. UFO manage to keep the same groove throughout the entire album allowing it to roll from track 1 and back without you noticing. This is managed despite them pulling in a wide range of musical influences making each track extremely unique as they take you into an unpredictable direction (I'm sure I heard Tom Waits'Swordfishtrombone in there somewhere) - note the superb rendition of Horace Silver's 'Nica's Dream'.

The bass has that deep and fat sound that allows tracks like 'His Name Is...', 'The Planet Plan' and 'Fool's Paradise' to realign your heart beat. The keyboard, guitar and drum sound is just phenomenal - holding their own in a way JTQ and Corduroy would be proud of. More importantly though, are the instruments that take a couple of listens to to realise what they are. Guest vocalists on a few tracks ('Friends - We'll Be', 'Waltz (Le Serpent Rouge)', etc) bring another dimension to the music without making it sound like a bunch of musicians who can't write vocal music (believe me, I'm not a fan of vocal asid jass/funk music - and this impresses).

Only one weak track on there for me (I won't say which, find your own) but on a 60min album of solid tunes that pushes the boundaries of contemporary Asid Jass and Funk - who cares?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for modern living., December 18, 2001

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shardul shah (Birmingham, AL, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3rd Perspective (Audio CD)

Acid jazz does not get any better than this. I was extreamly surprised to see all those bad reviews...but people are entitled to their own oppinion and this is mine...this CD is a rare jem and needs to be discovered soon. From the very first track which is a brilliant remix of the main theam form Enter the dragon the Bruce Lee cult classic the CD flows like a smooth river. Even though these gouys are japnese their music is uniquely international. Styles range from tight DJ sets like "His name is..." to loose 40's style glamour ballads like "Friends will be..". Over all their sound is extreamly contemporary and very very interesting. I highly recoment this masterpiece to any new jazz fanatic.