01	Plastic People						09:23
	02	Rockin' Rollin' Roller						05:43
	03	My Mind						06:46
	04	Tiny Flashlights						07:37
	05	Trial Trip						06:42
	06	This Song Is Just For You						07:25

Birth Control - "Plastic People" (1975)

Birth Control explored their most progressive sides with the impressive and ambitious "Plastic People" that remains my personal favourite by the band. They had hired guest-musicians on such instruments as flute, viola and cello, making the sound more complex and progressive than before. The album opens with the superb title-track, full of breath-taking instrumental parts and some wonderful and relaxed vocal-parts and an overall delightful 70's atmosphere and sound to it all. "Tiny Flashlight" is much in the same vein and sound, but now with a very symphonic and almost eastern-influenced part in the middle. The incredible complex "My Mind" sounds somewhat influenced by Gentle Giant without sounding like Gentle Giant at all. Side 2 sounds a bit rockier and reveals more of their hard-rock roots, but still with a great degree of complexity and excellent, progressive arrangements. "Rockin' Rollin' Roller" is based in a rather simple theme, but it's built around lots of unexpected twist and turns with cool moog-work from Held. "Trial Trip" starts as a riff-based hard-rocker, but turns in the second part into a beautiful and symphonic part with Frenzel's guitar-work driven forward by the Mellotron. The closing number "This Song is Just for You" is a little bit slicker with a slight soul-influence, horns and flute. This track is probably an acquired taste for some of you, but the 70's sound and atmosphere is undeniable delightful on this track as on the whole rest of the album. "Plastic People" was one of the very best progressive rock albums released in 1975.
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