Oh the confusion of this masterpiece! It's like listening to a description of a Dali painting, I still don't understand "Cocktail Bar." But it was wonderful. Is it the ideal Python album? I don't know it's hard finding them. I buy used but never over the internet I don't trust the liability how do I know if it's really in suitable condition? Anyway, it was my first impression of "The Architect Sketch" "The Spanish Inquisition" "Cheese Shop" and "The Argument Clinic" and they killed me! The visual deficiency is a lost on tracks like "Cherry Orchid" but most the time you get the point. This could be a better buy than And Now For Something Completely Different or Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl if Eric Idle was your favorite Python, which he was for me after listening to this album. The hilarity of "I Like Chinese" "I Bet They Won't Play This Song On The Radio" but no "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" but then again it has "Bruces" with the Philosophical Song and "Travel Agent" prime Eric Idle sketches along with "Nudge Nudge" also included. A few good Holy Grail moments are part of it too, no Castle Anthrax wise choice as it was too visual but it does have "French Taunter" "Swamp Castle" and a personal favorite "Constitutional Peasant." It is a more practical starter for Python fans over And Now For Something Completely Different as The Final Rip Off has some album only routines and ANFSCD is all re-enacted television sketches. But what you get on their albums and more precisely on The Final Rip Off is "Bells" featuring Chapman and Jones and "String" featuring Cleese and Idle and a cult classic song by Michael Palin "Finland" which are of a stronger Python taste than most of their more mainstream humor. Sorry Gilliamites but as you would expect Terry G. is virtually none existent on this album.
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