Comets On FireBest Comets On Fire Albums Ranked
8.2
Avg Score
6
Opinions
4
Albums
2
Reviewers
Summary from 6 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Comets On Fire’s catalog across 4 albums from 6 opinions, with an overall average of 8.2/10. The top-rated Comets On Fire album is Blue Cathedral (2004) with a 8.4/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Avatar and Field Recordings from the Sun. The discography on Rate.fm spans 2000 to 2006.
Blue Cathedral
“Sub Pop debut from these chaotic Santa Cruz psych-feeders beefs up their production values to touch down as their hardest-hitting record to date. Drawing influence from Zeppelin, Hendrix, and Hawkwind, Blue Cathedral scales back the wanton experimentation of their previous albums to fire off post-Vietnam rounds of knotted feedback, monolithic riffs and outer-space jams. And perhaps its most impressive feat? At 53 minutes, it almost feels short.”
Comets On Fire
“When a band's name fits its sound almost perfectly, further critical unpacking seems painfully superfluous. Perhaps comparable to an early '90s Blackjack cut-out, a gas-huffing Acid Mothers Temple, Monoshock-- especially the 1996 opus *Walk To The Fire*-- or an amphetamine-dosed Blue Cheer, the Santa Cruz quartet Comets on Fire creates sonic defibrillation through burning patch cords, distended Ec”
Field Recordings from the Sun
“*Field Recordings from the Sun* starts off like the next drum circle over from the No-Neck Blues Band-- congas, singing bowl, "heaven bells", "camel bells", and other contraptions rattle over the horizon like a VW bus full of chandeliers. But that's just the intro: it suddenly drops off and you're hit by a screeching, high-end rock assault. A pounding rhythm section bursts in, followed by bare-che”