Look what I've done (Think) (LP 4636)

Think  We'll Give You A Buzz (Vinyl, Think Records, 1976, reissue 2025) ****  

Genre: NZ music, Prog rock 

Places I remember: JB Hi Fi

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Stringless Provider 

Gear costume: Look What I've Done

They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7

Active compensatory factors: Think were a rarity in the NZ music scene in the seventies. Basically, I can only think of Ragnarok as being another progressive rock outfit.  

The band was made up of five long-haired guys: Alan Badger (bass, vocals), Phil Whitehead (guitar), Neville Jess (drums), Don Mills (keyboards), Ritchie Pickett (vocals). Phil Whitehead is maybe the best known - he was also associated with Human Instinct before Think.

Think play a mix of driving rock songs (Rippoff) and long form prog (Look What I've Done, Stringless Provider) on We'll Give You A Buzz, their only album. It's those longer songs where they excel in my opinion. There they can stretch out their ideas and all are excellent musicians so the longer pieces work well.

The only weak song is the hippy-soaked social awareness of the final song - Our Children (Think About). Apart from that it's a brilliant debut.

Where do they all belong? Special mention to the awesome cover painting by Neil Vesey - perfect for prog rock NZ style.