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Don't Try This at Home

Spock's Beard · 2000

49 min · 6 tracks · progressive metal

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

67 /100
Treeline
Higher than 46% of albums we've rated

The extended prog arrangements and sharp shift from “Gibberish” to “June” give the set character, though its live-selection format limits album-level cohesion.

What we noticed

  • The six-track sequence moves from the title-era material into two longer pieces, with the suite-like “The Healing Colors of Sound” closing the set.
  • “Gibberish” is a rapid, densely layered instrumental passage; “June” then strips the pace back to a ballad before the finale.
  • The tracklist pairs songs from Day for Night and V, so its shape is a live-set selection rather than a single-album narrative.
Composition 25% of the score
7/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
7/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
6/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
6/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
6/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 3/10

Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

  • 1 Day for Night 8:00
  • 2 Mouth of Madness 5:07
  • 3 Skin 3:56
  • 4 Gibberish 4:41
  • 5 June 7:11
  • 6 The Healing Colors of Sound 20:59

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