LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT — Spontaneous Combustion (as Liquid Trio Experiment)

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Album · 2007

Tracklist

1. Chris & Kevin's Bogus Journey (7:53)
2. Hot Rod (6:21)
3. Rpp (3:06)
4. Hawaiian Funk (4:38)
5. Cappucino (3:26)
6. Jazz Odyssey (8:49)
7. Fire Dance (8:22)
8. The Rubberband Man (6:51)
9. Holes (4:39)
10. Tony's Nightmare (2:48)
11. Boom Boom (6:34)
12. Return Of The Rubberband Man (9:43)
13. Disneyland Symphony (4:46)

Total Time 77:56

Line-up/Musicians

- Mike Portnoy / drums, percussion
- Jordan Rudess / keyboards, effects
- Tony Levin / bass, Chapman stick

About this release

Released under the name Liquid Trio Experiment by Magna Carta.

Thanks to m@x for the addition and Lynx33, adg211288 for the updates

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martindavey87
Damn, is this a tough listening experience or what?!

Now, I love Dream Theater, and of course I enjoyed their Liquid Tension Experiment side-project, so it'd make sense that when this album was released, marketed as "Liquid Trio Experiment" due to the absence of guitarist John Petrucci, it was something I had to have in my collection.

And there it shall remain until my dying days, though sadly not by choice, but more due to my obsessive collecting disorder (is this a real thing?).

'Spontaneous Combustion' is nothing more than improvised jazz fusion jams and rehearsals. It's so musically self-indulgent I struggle to see what made them think it was something worth releasing that people would want to hear. I struggle even more to comprehend the fact that there is probably someone out there that genuinely listens to this and enjoys it.

But nope. Not me.

I can appreciate the amazing chemistry and versatility of all the musicians involved, and while there's maybe a few cool "moments" dotted around, it's not something I'll ever come back to or make an effort to find among the midst of mindless self-indulgence. As a whole, the album is just boring, and features nothing of any real substance.

Plus, it irks me that these guys can release and sell an album featuring nothing more than a staggering 78 minutes of mindless noodling, and it's still better than anything I could come up with.

Sometimes it sucks being a collector.

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