1991年专辑Marine Menagerie是将他们第一张专辑 Ride on a Camel的部分曲目重新录音,另加入一部分新作品而成并于06年再版。
For Marine Menagerie, the group's third release, Ain Soph steered a few degrees closer to new age waters, sweetening their brand of progressive jazz-rock with a large dose of dreamy, insubstantial developments. The album still has something to offer, if you can stomach the occasional trite solo and generic keyboard patches. In fact, this album arches back to the group's origins, with revised renditions of songs from Ride on a Camel, recorded by the pre-Ain Soph band Tenchi-Sozo in 1978 and reissued the same year as this one. So all the usual reference points are there: "Ride on a Camel" and its Andy Latimer-esque solo, "Variations on a Theme by Brian Smith," based on a tune by Nucleus, and the "Metronome 7/8" suite, which includes a cover of Caravan's "Introduction." In addition to these obvious references and allusions, there is the strong mid-period Caravan/Soft Machine feel of "Marine Menagerie" and the Steve Hackett-like melody in "Flooded by Sub Light." Originality never was Ain Soph's forte, but this quartet is capable of fine songwriting. Sadly, even the stronger pieces fall a bit short on this cold, passion-lacking record — just listen to the sloppy first section of "Metronome 7/8," which should have been snappy and hard-punching, and yet is anything but. "Flooded by Sun Light" and "Ride on a Camel" are good tracks nevertheless, but you might want to start with the other albums. At least the next one, Five Evolved from Nine, has a warmer sound.
专辑曲目:
01. Wind And Water 02. Flooded By Sun Light 03. Marine Menagerie 04. Little Pieces - Part Three 05. Variations On A Theme By Brian Smith - Original Version 06. Ride On A Camel 07. (I. Metronome 7-8/II. Peacock's Father - The Peacock Spread Its Wings/III. Metronome 7-8 - Reprise)