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.
| Well Oiled | ||||
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| Released | March 17, 1997 | |||
| Studio | Firenze Tavern[1] (Philadelphia, PA) | |||
| Length | 78:21 | |||
| Label | Drunken Fish | |||
| Hash Jar Tempo chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
Reception
editNed 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
edit| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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
editAdapted from the Well Oiled liner notes.[6]
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Release history
edit| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1997 | Drunken Fish | CD | DFR-24 |
References
edit- ^ Dale, Tony. Bardo Pond, 2001. Bardo Pond Interview & Biography. Retrieved on July 27, 2015.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Hash Jar Tempo: Well Oiled > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
- ^ Well Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 3 January 2021
- ^ "Hash Jar Tempo - Well Oiled :: Le Pietre Miliari di OndaRock". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Classifiche dei migliori album della Psichedelia :: Onda Rock". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Well Oiled (booklet). Hash Jar Tempo. San Francisco, California: Drunken Fish Records. 1997.
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External links
edit- Well Oiled at Discogs (list of releases)