| Artist: | Jane |
| Title: | III |
| Label: | Repertoire PMS 7045-WP |
| Length(s): | 42 minutes |
| Year(s) of release: | 1974/1997 |
| Month of review: | 06/1997 |
| 1) | Comin' Again | 9.40 |
| 2) | Mother, Don't You Know | 5.52 |
| 3) | I Need You | 4.52 |
| 4) | Way To Paradise | 3.28 |
| 5) | Early In The Morning | 5.24 |
| 6) | Jane-session | 4.20 |
| 7) | Rock 'n' Roll Star | 4.48 |
| 8) | King Of Thule | 0.39 |
| 9) | Baby, What You're Doin' | 3.08 |
Comin' Again starts out bouncily with a repetitive, hypnotizing guitar and it can be heard directly that the keyboard player has left the band and we have two guitarists now. Still it is striking that the sound of the band is still so much the same, although I do think the keyboards diminish the variety of sound of the previous album. Panka has relinquished the vocals and they are now in the hands of newcomer Maucher. His voice is a little more accented than Panka's but because Panka is drummer, it is obvious that if possible, someone else should sing the lead. A long track guitar track with various moods and riffs and comparable to Redskin on the previous album.
Mother You Don't Know is a simpler track with more or less steady riffing throughout and although it's not bad, it's a bid too monotonous for me. A bluesy psychedelic jam more or less with singing.
I Need You is a ballad with more subtle guitar playing and a recognizable chorus. The backing vocals could have been better. The build up is slow, but it is getting there.
Even more subtle is Way To Paradise played mostly on acoustic guitar. The song sounds very familiar but I can't seem to place it. Maybe I know the song, because of course I do also have the vinyl version of this album.
Early in the Morning is a tune that seems like a children's song in the beginning. After this intro we get a raunchy part with space rock guitars and lots of feedback.
Not surprisingly Jane-session is a psychedelic jam session with twin guitars.
Rock 'n' Roll star is a distorted track, but it's still not a very compliated one. The shortest Jane track is King of Thule, but it's actually quite a nice instrumental.
Baby, What You're Doin' is a very straighforward rock track close to say Status Quo, although a little rawer. The bass sound is a little disturbing on this one, but for the rest the sound is quite good.
By the way, the CD has great artwork like the album (the same).