Category: Barclay James Harvest

Barclay James Harvest, funny kind of name. The band originally seemed destined for great things, releasing two albums of psychedelic/progressive rock under the…

The measure of a man is what he does beyond the eyes of preening populace, where no one sees except the eyes of…

The good thing about not having any recognizable hits is the freedom it affords you come compilation time. That and the magic of…

Kronomyth 19.0: IF MUSIC BE THE FOOD OF LOVE, PLAY ON. At this stage in their career, BJH was releasing a new record…

Turn of the Tide was a turn for the worse, as BJH ditched their guitars in favor of synthesizers and the soul-selling that…

BJH’s 11th album is basically XII minus the musical contributions of Woolly, which still adds up to a pretty solid record. With sequencers…

This actually does a better job of distilling the band’s best early material than the first volume, although neither was trying too hard….

XII marks the 12th anniversary of Barclay James Harvest. Sadly, it also marks the end of an era, as Woolly (he of the…

After years of musical chairs, BJH finally found a sympathetic producer in themselves. Gone To Earth continued Octoberon’s winning ways with its unique…

This is opportunism, plain and simple. As BJH began to sell more records, Harvest (the label) decided to get in on the delayed…

As others have pointed out, the album’s title is a clever amalgam of Oberon (the fairy king from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream),…

BJH Live sums up their most prolific progressive period with a double-album, double exclamation point. If you were ever going to make the…

If my affections for BJH are marked by an arid inconstancy, it’s because of albums like this. I thought EIEE was a terrific…

For years, I was ambivalent about this record, but it seems I may have thrown the moonwater out with the baffling baby theme….