Anthology

Released in 1972, provides a 16-track summary of the 's first five albums, distilling their uneven space blues into a tight, effective collection of highlights. These songs are hardly as tuneful or effortlessly catchy as the songs on 1978's -- apart from and there's nothing particularly immediate here -- but they're first-rate period pieces, capturing 's space blues at its most effectively spacey. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine