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Of Queues and Cures

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Of Queues and Cures
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1978
RecordedJuly 1978 at Ridge Farm Studio
GenreJazz fusion, progressive rock, avant-garde jazz, psychedelic rock, art rock
Length52:02
LabelCharly Records, Esoteric Recordings (reissue)
ProducerMike Dunne
National Health chronology
National Health
(1978)
Of Queues and Cures
(1978)
D.S. Al Coda
(1982)

Of Queues and Cures (also identified as Of Queues & Cures) is the second album recorded by the progressive rock and jazz fusion group National Health, one of the last representatives of the artistically prolific Canterbury scene.

Reception

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Professional ratings
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AllMusic[1]

The editors of AllMusic awarded the album 412 stars, and reviewer Dave Lynch praised the album's "complexity and quirkiness," writing: "Of Queues and Cures is one of the last and finest examples of the instrumental Canterbury sound on record during the 1970s."[1]

John Kelman of All About Jazz stated that "there's a strength about the new line-up that makes its short-lived duration all the more unfortunate," and praised "The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 1," noting: "Episodic in construction, with more things going for its nine minutes than most entire albums have, it's brighter, more committed and more powerfully played than... anything on the group's first effort."[2]

In his book 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die, Tom Moon listed the album as a suggested follow-up to Robert Wyatt's Rock Bottom.[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 1"Dave Stewart8:54
2."The Collapso"Stewart6:19
3."Squarer for Maud"John Greaves11:51
4."Dreams Wide Awake"Phil Miller8:50
5."Binoculars"Pip Pyle11:45
6."Phlâkatön"Pyle0:09
7."The Bryden Two-Step (For Amphibians), Pt. 2"Stewart5:31
8."Paracelsus (Excerpt)" (Bonus Track)  
9."The Apocalypso" (Bonus Track)  

Personnel

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Also:

References

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  1. ^ a b Dave Lynch AllMusic review.
  2. ^ Kelman, John (30 July 2009). "National Health: National Health / Of Queues and Cures". All About Jazz. Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  3. ^ Moon, Tom (2008). 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die. Workman. p. 875.