(Review from progarchives.com)

Dr. Z was an early 70s English trio, lead by North Wales university professor Keith Keyes.

Their only album, “Three Parts to My Soul”, flirts with the occult in a rock setting. Here Keyes has the idea that in the afterlife, your soul is divided in to three parts, with a Latin term to each, Spiritus, Manes and Umbra. Spiritus was the soul that goes to heaven, Manes is the soul that’s damned to Hell, and Umbra being the soul that stays on Earth to eternally haunt.

The dominant mood of the album (“Three Parts to my Soul”) is set by a percussive harpsichord that is alternately majestic and militaristic – imagine the sound of a Keith Emerson harpsichord concerto if Carl Palmer matched him note for note on a kettle drum.

“Evil Woman’s Manly Child” is said to be a reverse of the Ten Commandments. Here you get two voices, a whispered voice and a sung voice. This is truly one of the album’s many high points. “Spiritus, Manes et Umbra” is such a catchy little song, it could have been a single if edited accordingly. “Summer For the Rose” shows some psychedelic elements, showing how the 1960s hadn’t totally vanished at the time. “Burn in Anger” is a piano-dominated ballad that truly screams 1971, while “Too Well Satisfied” is a cheesy song with lots of appeal. “In a Token of Despair” is the closing ballad, regarding the spirit that haunts the Earth. The entire album has that theatrical quality.

At its most inventive and textured, the album is a fine example of early 70s progressive at its darkest. It has simple rhythms and the music is peculiarly obsessive, with very long piano and organ solos and baroque melodies.

Line-up:
- Keith Keyes / piano, harpsichord, organ and vocals
- Bob Watkins / drums & percussion
- Rob Watson / bass guitar

Track List:
01. Evil Woman’s Man Child – 4:44
02. Spiritus Manes Et Umbra – 11:53
03. Summer For The Rose – 4:29
04. Burn In Anger – 3:25
05. Too Well Satisfied – 6:13
06. In A Token Of Despair – 10:06
07. Lady Ladybird (Bonus Single) – 2:46
08. People In The Street (Bonus Single) – 3:07

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