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Reissued with two bonus cuts (both sides of the single "Can't Get Off the Planet" and "Broken Magic"), this album was remembered as much for its cover as anything else -- a picture of a model Titanic and a model Concorde sinking in a puddle, as rafts of toast ferry thousands of baked beans to the shore. Musically it was some good jazz-rock, with the emphasis not always on Brown's vocals and elliptical lyrics, as Jim Mullen's "Highland Song" offered an inventive, lengthy instrumental as the disc's centerpiece. The title cut has a Pink Floyd edge, surprising given Brown's predilection for jazz and blues, but it works well in the context. Guitarist Mullen is co-writer throughout, while the rhythm section of Rob Tait and Steve Glover swing rather than plod. "Station Song Platform Two" employs Mellotron to full prog rock effect, while "Got a Letter from a Computer" seems eerily ahead of its time for the early '70s. This was the last gasp of this incarnation of Piblokto!, but there's no doubt they went out on a high note. ~ Chris Nickson
Import reissue of 1970 album includes two bonus tracks, 'Can't Get Off The Planet' & 'Broken Magic'. Repertoire. Thousands On A Raft Music Pete Brown Thousands On A Raft Songs | 1. | Aeroplane Head Woman | |
| 2. | Station Song Platform Two | |
| 3. | Highland Song | |
| 4. | If They Could Only See Me | |
| 5. | Got a Letter From a Compu | |
| 6. | Thousands on a Raft | $0.99 | |
| 7. | Can't Get Off the Planet | |
| 8. | Broken Magic | |
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