Think - 1976 - We'll Give You A Buzz (2008) FLAC

Light Title/Look What I've Done/Rippoff/Stringless Provider/Big Ladies/Our Children (Think About)



Think’s We’ll Give You A Buzz, released on Atlantic in 1976, with cover painting by Neil Vesey.

In 1976 Auckland-based Think released their only album, We’ll Give You A Buzz, featuring six long tracks with great instrumental virtuosity. Highlights include the guitar wizardry of the late Phil Whitehead and strong Hammond organ and synth by Don Mills. Recorded in a week at Stebbings by Julian Lee and Phil Yule for WEA, the album was released on the prestigious Atlantic label. We’ll Give You A Buzz featured a striking album cover design by Neil Vesey. Unheralded at the time of release, but extensively bootlegged on CD since, the album was finally officially released on digital channels in 2014. The average price for an original of this one from online re-sellers is north of $600, a sign of both its poor original sales and the current high regard for its musical content.

  What you'll find here is a mix of mid to late 1970s British pomp / prog similar to England, Kestrel, and Nostradamus, combined with some obvious pop moves and the required boogie rock number ('Rippoff') that all Australasian bands felt obligated to include back then. Of course Think were not alone in releasing music such as this from the region, as you will find other examples in Dragon (first 2 albums), Sebastian Hardie, Aleph, and Ragnarok. There's excellent songwriting and instrumental breaks throughout. Other than the one trip up as mentioned above, all the rest is excellent in my estimation.