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Writing in The Times, Henry Raynor struggled to characterise their music: " It is not a pop group, not a folk group and not a jazz group, but what it attempts is music which is a synthesis of all these and other styles as well as interesting experiments in each of them individually.

" Even Pentangle's earliest work is characterised by that synthesis of styles.

Songs such as " Bruton Town " and " Let No Man Steal Your Thyme " from 1968's The Pentangle include elements of folk, jazz, blues, and early music.

Pete Townshend described their sound as " fresh and innovative.

" By the release of their fourth album, Cruel Sister, in 1970, Pentangle had moved closer to traditional folk music and begun using electric guitars.

By this time, folk music had itself moved towards rock and the use of electrified instruments, so Cruel Sister invited comparison with such works as Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief and Steeleye Span's Hark!

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Pentangle is thus often described as one of the progenitors of electric folk.