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Well Oiled (Hash Jar Tempo album)

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Well Oiled
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 17, 1997 (1997-03-17)
StudioFirenze Tavern[1]
(Philadelphia, PA)
Length78:21
LabelDrunken Fish
Hash Jar Tempo chronology
Well Oiled
(1997)
Under Glass
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Well Oiled is the first recorded collaboration between Bardo Pond and Roy Montgomery, released under the name Hash Jar Tempo on March 17, 1997 by Drunken Fish Records.

Reception

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Ned Raggett of AllMusic praised the album, writing that "it very much is what is promised, a collaboration between Roy Montgomery and Bardo Pond that lives up to the experimental and exploratory heights both are easily capable of. [...] Unlike the group's semi-namesake, Hash Jar Tempo doesn't punish and haunt so much as it does engagingly trip out, with the right head-nodding pace and echoing chimes that will attract both older stoners and younger shoegaze freaks. There are certainly some pretty intense moments, though -- the fourth track is one of the best, a subtly relentless freakout that feels like slow magma crushing everything before it, with some wild guitar work deep in the mix."[3] Italian magazine OndaRock named it one of their "milestone" albums, with Francesco Nunziata calling the album a "masterpiece" & comparing the music to acts as diverse as Popol Vuh, Klaus Schulze, Chrome & early Pink Floyd.[4] The magazine's editors would go on to rank it the 17th best psychedelic album of all time.[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."[Untitled]"13:33
2."[Untitled]"1:58
3."[Untitled]"13:05
4."[Untitled]"11:09
5."[Untitled]"13:51
6."[Untitled]"18:44
7."[Untitled]"6:01
Total length:78:21

Personnel

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Adapted from the Well Oiled liner notes.[6]

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1997 Drunken Fish CD DFR-24

References

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  1. ^ Dale, Tony. Bardo Pond, 2001. Bardo Pond Interview & Biography. Retrieved on July 27, 2015.
  2. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Hash Jar Tempo: Well Oiled > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. ^ Well Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 3 January 2021
  4. ^ "Hash Jar Tempo - Well Oiled :: Le Pietre Miliari di OndaRock". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Classifiche dei migliori album della Psichedelia :: Onda Rock". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. ^ Well Oiled (booklet). Hash Jar Tempo. San Francisco, California: Drunken Fish Records. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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