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73

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  • Summary: The 15th full-length release for the San Francisco psychedelic rock band led by Anton Newcombe was recorded in Berlin and features a guest appearance from Serena-Maneesh's Emil Nikolaisen.
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  1. Magnet
    Dec 15, 2016
    80
    Third World Pyramid, like its recent predecessors, is yet another gorgeous, quasi-psychedelic slice of the band's kaleidoscope-eyes popcraft. [No. 138, p.53]
  2. Mojo
    Oct 28, 2016
    80
    In their hands, [a cover of Nina Simone's Assignment Song is] a hypnotic wonderwall of sound. [Dec 2016, p.89]
  3. Oct 31, 2016
    80
    In the end, Third World Pyramid is another rewarding listen for Brian Jonestown Massacre fans. It sums up various eras into a cohesive unit, but it also optimistically looks forward.
  4. Oct 28, 2016
    70
    The moody astral tones of opener "Good Mourning" get the album off to a slow start, but in general there are plenty of standouts scattered throughout Third World Pyramid that could stand up to BJM's best work.
  5. 70
    The result is the band’s most concise effort since Strung Out In Heaven.
  6. Q Magazine
    Oct 28, 2016
    60
    A variable trip. [Dec 2016, p.105]
  7. Dec 2, 2016
    60
    Nine-minute meanders and sub-standard I Am The Walrus clones aside, Third World Pyramid furthers and spreads out the BJM sound.

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