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4.5
"A band from Berlin that made one of the best `rock albums' on the legendary green Brain 1,000-series. The members reputedly lived as a commune. Tears Are Going Home was recorded in Berlin, but mixed at Windrose Studios, Hamburg, by the hard-working Konrad Plank, assisted by Hans Lampe. The seven tracks on the album are extremely varied, covering the important styles of progressive rock of the day: the heavy space style of Hawkwind (on the title track), strange folk-rock ("All My Love To You", "Would Be Better You Run") and West Coast rock ("I'm Just A Mad Dog"). Sadly, no more was ever heard from the band. For many years their album could be acquired quite cheaply, but recently the band seems to have been discovered by collectors and the price has risen." - Dag Erik Asbjornsen, Cosmic Dreams At Play (A Guide To German Progressive & Electronic Rock)"A fabulous and wholly underrated krautrock treasure, Lava's low-down, gritty and acidic musical thrust actually owes a great deal more to a dusted sounding dimension of UK psych that extends between the first Hawkwind album and, say, Sam Gopal than any of what their German contemporaries were getting up to at the time. The heavy wrung out vibes on this one'll really creep up and bite you on the ass if you give it a chance." - Mutant Sounds
