Jack Bruce

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This beautiful album by bassist / composer Jack Bruce, one of the most eclectic and exceptional figures in music history has been a hidden jewel for most music lovers until the recent reissue. Recorded in the early 1980s, when Jack's career reached a crossroad as far as his future musical direction was concerned, he chose a brave approach of taking some time to reflect and recorded this, perhaps his most personal album ever. Recently introduced to the new computer-aided music making technology Bruce decided to record a solo project on which he would play all the instruments himself and put the music together using the computer. The resulting album, released initially on LP only on the German market, includes some of the most wonderful songs Bruce has written during his long career, which are similar to the stuff recorded on his early solo albums. His unique and always astounding voice is heard here more vividly and up front that on many other recordings, which, of course, allows the listener to enjoy it in full. The instrumental work (bass, keyboards, harmonica, etc.) is also exceptional, as always in his case.


Here it is, the lost and forgotten 1983 album from Jack Bruce. Lost and forgotten, that is, to Mr. Bruce's fans in the U.S., who never saw a domestic release. It continued a string of wonderful musics from Mr. Bruce, although "Encore" seems to be a blatant re-titling of "The Best Is Still To Come," which had been recorded in 1978 for the then-unreleased album Jet Set Jewel.

The instrumentation and playing heard on Bruce's albums has always been exemplary. No less should be expected from Automatic, even though it was his "electronic," computer-aided album. Nor should it be a surprise that the songwriting is immaculate, perhaps a bit better or more consistent than on Mr. Bruce's previous effort I've Always Wanted To Do This.