![]() This might just be one of the most impressive private release albums ever in terms of production. This Northeast England Geordie group had just one self-released album, which had become very sought-after by collectors. Posted Wednesday, | Review this album | Report (Review #79167) The very distinctive sound of the early Seventies British Progressive Rock Movement. My conclusion: don't expect progrock at the level ofīeggar's Opera, Spring or Gracious, just enjoy this fine music if you want to be pleased by Waves of the unsurpassed Mellotron and the climates sound warm but I miss a spark, onlyĪt some moments I got a bit excited. To me this album sounds as pleasant variant on the abovementionedīands but less compelling and less interesting. Reason why in general the expectations towards this album are a bit high, also with me In that time it was a kind of 'cult album', in my opinion that's the This album so I bought the original LP many years ago (so I have not heard the bonus Gracious, Rare Bird, Julian's Treatment, Spring and Beggar's Opera), I was very curious to As a huge fan of the Early British Progressive Rock Movement (bands like In my opinion it does harm to this album if I categorize it as 2 stars but giving itģ stars could mislead progheads while reading the review. Rating alternates between a 2 star possibility ("for fans only") and 3 stars ("good but notĮssential"). This album showcases the problems with the current rating on Prog Archives because my Posted Wednesday, | Review this album | Report (Review #79164) The bonus tracks didn't impress me if I remember right. Your imagination can continue the story even into a psychotic kidnapping thriller if Woman who wants to become friends with a kid in the playground cos she can't have ownĬhildren. The former has a spiritual feeling and the latter tells of a 'Seasons' and 'Song for Tavish' I remember liking, and the Mindblowing or 'progressive' in the strict sense. Sound and arty arrangements than the composition structure, which isn't exactly My thought of this being recognizably prog (lesser but anyway) is based more on the That was beginning to be passé, sadly) but so what. The band's sound is pleasant yes, it is dated for the year '73 (it even has some Mellotron Paul Robson is quite OK if you don't mind a bit naive emotional character in his singing, and SPRING and CRESSIDA had done, but I liked it generally. Quite rewarding too - although I wouldn't risk my own money with it. And that obscure field is always very interesting to visit and sometimes League and as a good example of the big amount of mostly one-album arty British groups The band, but as soon as I had listened to it I categorized it as prog/art rock of the minor I borrowed it 2 years ago without ANY knowledge about (2,5 *) Dieter's review is not clearly 'wrong' anyhow, but I'd like to give a little more Posted Wednesday, | Review this album | Report (Review #79158) Only interesting for the general collector of 60s/70s music! (Thus an undoubtful caseįor a 2-star rating, at least on this place here!) The bonus tracks on the CD are by the way ![]() Make the album worth buying for a prog fan. But I doubt that just this song is sufficient to ![]() Progressive Rock) would be the one called "Title track" which is as well the longest Probably the only track eventuallyĭeserving the term ART ROCK (in the original meaning that was nothing else than ![]() Sounding too much dated for the year of 1973. Actually overall very nice to listen but definitely Sounding simple albeit nicely orchestrated songs to be compared let's say with some So what type of music we can listen to here? I would say rather 60s alike Was able to borrow the remastered CD (luckily I did not have to spend any preciousīucks). I've been heard already since a while that there was an English band with this nameĮxisting in the 70s and just for curiousity I was looking for them and now finally I Justified especially since it had been revaluated just recently by the addition of With the Swiss band CIRCUS who did the great album "Movin' On" four years later.Īctually for me it looks rather odd to have both in the same category supporting onceĪgain the idea to consider ART ROCK as a kinda "grocer store" which is really not To do with that! Moreover the band's name (spelled with a 'k') should not be mixed up BEWARE!, folks interested in progressive rock! This rare record has not much
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