Well Oiled (Hash Jar Tempo album)

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
Studio album by
Hash Jar Tempo
ReleasedMarch 17, 1997 (1997-03-17)
StudioFirenze Tavern[1]
(Philadelphia, PA)
Length78:21
LabelDrunken Fish
Hash Jar Tempo chronology
Well Oiled
(1997)		 Under Glass
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Reception

Ned 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
No.TitleLength
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

Adapted from the Well Oiled liner notes.[6]

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1997 Drunken Fish CD DFR-24

References
  1. Dale, Tony. Bardo Pond, 2001. Bardo Pond Interview & Biography. Retrieved on July 27, 2015.
  2. Raggett, Ned. "Hash Jar Tempo: Well Oiled > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  3. Well Oiled - Hash Jar Tempo | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 3 January 2021
  4. "Hash Jar Tempo - Well Oiled :: Le Pietre Miliari di OndaRock". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. "Classifiche dei migliori album della Psichedelia :: Onda Rock". OndaRock (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. Well Oiled (booklet). Hash Jar Tempo. San Francisco, California: Drunken Fish Records. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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