| This the second release from Porcupine Tree's Steve Wilson and Aviv Geffen picking up right where they left off 2 years earlier with their sensational debut album. While still maintaining their slight psych-symphonia sound, Blackfield have recorded an album with a higher degree of art-pop sensitivities. Again the album is full of great song writing and performances with guest appearances by Richard Barbieri and Gavin Harrison of Porcupine Tree. Geffen and Wilson are a great combo and I love the music these 2 guys make together. Another essential album kids! | |||
| Here is a simply mind numbing awesome live album capturing classic Agitation Free in concert. This one had been on my essential swing list for a long time and I finally snagged copy and yes the waiting was worth it. This live set has been remastered and no longer carries the bootleg sound quality! (for those who had the boot version). For me the entire show is totally thrilling and I always wanted to hear them live. "Through The Moods" is a 14 minute epic track which opens the set and simply steals the show...wow what a track.....Space and German krautrock progressive rock in full....what else could you ask for? | |||
| "Close your eyes.....put on your headphones.....Get ready for a Bedtime Story" opens this stunning album from the band known as Bedtime Story! This album will WOW you ! Heavy prog and space vibes, excellent vocals and lyrics, great guitar, bass and drumming and some pretty trippy effects tossed in here as well! I hear many musical influences on this album with hints of vintage and modern prog, some psychedelic leanings and even some World music vibes. Overall this is a "warm" sounding album that has been very well and obviously painstakingly carefully recorded and produced. I am a big fan of the clearly progressive tracks Pearl Chapter 1 and Pearl Chapter 2. This is clearly one of the best albums I have heard this year and you must go out and but a copy of this gem kids!! You can contact them at "www.bedtimestoryband.com" and am sure you can snag a copy from them as well. | |||
| Man this is a great live recording ! Man were a very much underrated Welsh progressive rock outfit who wrote and recorded a number of excellent album with perhaps “Be Good to yourself” representing one of their finest hours on stage. This album is essentially 4 solid progressive rock epic tracks that just totally will blow you mind……Fans of Man absolutely MUST have this album and those who don’t know much about them will have to start here….. | |||
| For many years now I have been a big fan and sort of followed musically England’s Nick Soloman and his far out band oddly named The Bevis Frond. I have always found a real edge to his music and a real wholesome honest quality to what he done. Hit Squad is another very cool chapter in the Bevis Frond book of uniqueness. For those unfamiliar with Soloman’s work let me try to give some idea…generally Frond’s music is guitar based with heightened and often poignant lyrics blending in with ebbs and flows progressive rock and psychedelic influences. This time out with Hit Squad Soloman and company have delivered a varied album full of great punch and distinct character. | |||
| Here is where it all began...the debut hard hitting album by the band known as CRACK THE SKY. This explosive art rock album is a true stonker housing many of the most fan loved tunes "ICE", "Hold On" and "Surf City". Musically this band play a slice of pure original progressive rock creating for themselves definitely their own unique sound and approach. On the Lifesong remaster they have included 4 extra bonus tracks offering some rare and unreleased bits for their past. The album even has a little bit of mellotron. An awesome album and deserves a lot for attention then they got. | |||
| As far as progressive rock albums go Future Legends would have to be up for consideration as a desert island potential choice. Fruupp mixed it up on this album and IMHO achieved their greatest album blending psych, jazz, world and progressive rock elements throughout the album. Their songs on this album are given space to really fill out and “progress” with some simply stunning results. | |||
| Seven Secrets might be the most aligned to the classic progressive rock categorization and sound as Fruupp ever got! . For instance one can clearly hear strong traces of Genesis and Gentle Giant in their musical disposition and approach (ie. Wise as Wisdom and the Gentle Giant organ syncopation). Again this album musically really covers a lot of ground and is fantastic from start to finish. Musically Fruupp were a classic prog band that mixed symphonic with rich and an original flavoured Baroque era vibe to their music. | |||
| Long before “Even In The Quietest Of Moments” or “Crisis What Crisis” a very young band by the name of Supertramp released a stunningly beautiful progressive debut album. I love both of the 2 early albums (second one being Indelibly Stamped) with the debut hitting more of a classic Progressive vein and thus in review here. Of course one can still very much hear the Davies and Hodgson connection at work, but the learnings here are less melodic and lyrical and more emphasis on the creative songwriting and musical content. Highlight for me is the 12 min epic “Try Again” which stretches out and give early Supertamp some space to play in. An excellent album and I thank my musical pal Jeff Ferguson for bringing this album closer to my attention. | |||
| In the golden “Yes years” Relayer is often over shadowed by “Fragile” and “Close To The Edge” but upon close examination this album is no slough! I guess “Relayer” was a bit of a transition album with Wakeman exiting the scene and the talented Patrick Moraz taking over the important keyboard duties. The “Gates Of Delerium” is an epic masterpiece with some fantastic moments and very much in a classic YES vein. “Sound Chaser” and “To Be Over” are also superbly melodic and classic tracks. | |||
| The music of Kevin Ayers is I suppose is an acquired taste, but deep within his music emerges for me a real sense of genius and creativity! “Joy Of A Toy” is where it all started and musically portrays a complex yet child-like vision that only Ayers could pull off. Canterbury fans will be interested in the fact that Soft Machine’s Robert Wyatt, Mike Rattledge and Hugh Hopper are key musician contributors. David Bedford and Floyd’s Syd Barrett also contribute to this masterpiece. “Joy” is a delicate album really with a nice melancholy feeling and temporal aspects few albums in history have captured. Musically Kevin Ayers is a mix of Nick Drake, early Pink Floyd and throw in some psych and folk leanings and you pretty much have it. | |||
| “Shooting At The Moon” was musical British maverick Kevin Ayers’ second outing delivering another equally poignant yet introverted recording as he achieved on his debut recording “Joy Of A Toy”. In contract to his debut album, Ayers formed here a full time band with David Bedford (Keyboards) and a very young Mike Oldfield (Bass and guitars) as 2 key and well known contributors. This album in character is very different than his debut masterpiece taking on a more eclectic tone and definitely more psychedelically infused elements. | |||
| Beggars Opera came onto the music scene as Progressive Rock was starting and had taken grasp worldwide. "Waters Of Change" was the second album they released and featured the intorduction of the mellotron into this bands music (and Virginia Scott for that matter). Beggars Opera were from Scotland and musically took their leads from some of the classic bands Led Zep, Jethro Tull and Deep Purple. Musically this album sounds like a cross of Ireland's FRUUPP (aka Martin Griffiths lead vocals) and Collesseum. Originally this album was released on Vertigo records so this should give you some insight into the character if the band and their music alone ! An excellent album from head to tail..... | |||
| Touton Macoute were a short lived 4 piece band from Bershire area that released this killer progressive rock album brushing both Canterbury and classic prog rock styles. Imagine electric organ sweeps brushed against spacey flute, vibe, piano and sax coupled with a tight bass drum and guitar ensemble and you have the Touton Macoute experience. At times this sounds more jazzy than progressive really with some super fantastic instrumental interplay (check out “Don’t Make Me Cry”). | |||
| After their debut album "Horizons" I did not think much could better that release and for some reason I think they just may have done this with "The Going's Easy". Another superbly fashioned album full of excellent and complex progressive elements. This albums best track is "Magic Woman Touch" and for those who are also Hollies fans will recognize this from their "Romany" album (If anyone out there honestly owns both alnums please contact me ! ). This album is simply killer from the opening number to the last track. The Greatest Show On Earth's two albums are both stunning and need to be in your growing Prog rock collection. Essentially this album is a a full bodied cup of java that never really sleeps! | |||
| In 1970 Vangelis started working on his 3rd album under the name of Aphrodite's Child and for this he visioned a grand concept album. To help Vangelis create this epic album he borrow the talents of Demis Roussos, drummer Lukas Sideras and guitarist Argyris "Silver" Koulouris. Due to the scale of this album the entire writing and recording took just over a year to complete and when it was finally released the band has already split up!. Musically this epic and continuous suite is a brilliant mix of Psychedelic and Progressive rock. This band and this recording are both definitely way under appreciated! Instrumentally "666" blends Vangelis' vast array of vintage keyboards and sound effects with Roussos' Vocals and bass, Sideras drumming and Koulouris amazing guitar playing. Musically this album paints the story of the New Testament and utilizes a vast array of sonic, musical and cultural inspirations to convery this epic story. If you do not have this recording then go out and pick it up....you will be amazed ! | |||
| Here is Frank Marino's second album and one the finest pieces of work he ever recorded ! So pretty much as you might expect from the same cloth as Jimi Hendrix with tons of loud roaring guitar from the deep psychedelia forest. I love the soaring apsects of this album and think the songs are just amazing.....heavy for sure with tons of explosive parts.....best to hear this music slightly louder than most. "Makin' My Wave" is one of my fav's from this album with its heavy rock and psychedelic cross over parts. A very cool album and one that will appeal to all fans of 70's guitar rock. | |||
| Steve Reich is one of America’s true lost geniuses. I have snagged over the years some of Steve’s albums but without a question "Variations" would have to rank as my personal favourite. Deutsche Grammophon have done a wonderful job in re-mastering this gem. Essentially this is 3 long epic tracks. This album is a major study into sound and texture and might be thought of as minimalism in nature. This is not studio trickery and I am not sure back in 1970 there was a whole lot of trickery anyway possible. Riech’s style is exemplified here with layer after layer and wave after wave of repetition with variation and a total play on what we might interpret as music. This music is not for the feint at heart and unless you are into minimalism or crazy ass fusion then you might have trouble getting into this album. First track is Reich’s classical infused “Variations for Wind, Strings and Keyboards” followed by his “Music for Mallet instruments, voice and organ” followed by his arcane “Six Piano’s” where he literally bring a recording stuio into a poiano store as the sit down and record 6 pianists on 6 pianos all playing at the same time. This album will fry your brain for sure and IMHO is a pure magical album. | |||
| The wait is over!.....The good readership out there will know that I have discussed this up and coming band from Toronto that have verbosely titled themselves “The Last Placid Days Of Plenty” and finally we are treated to their debut album fittingly called “Headphone Gallery”……and yes it was well worth the wait! This four piece band blend classic 70’s progressive rock with AOR styles and create a unique soundscape to transport you into. Musically “Plenty” draw influences from Saga, Marillion and even Camel but manage still to create their own unique sound. Al Webster’s vocals are excellent and he has a great strong voice and sound great when the rest of the band join in harmonically. Highlights for me include the raging female singer known as “Juice” on “Sand In Rain”, the epic 20 Mins “The End Of An Era” and the instrumental spacey “Invisible Man”. Instrumentally this band are solid with excellent drumming and percussion (Eric Domander) and wild guitar playing via (Doug Stevens). Highly recommend album…… Further inquiries and merchandise can be acquired thru www.plentyonline.com | |||
| California based 70’s psych prog rockers STARFIRE released this one and highly sought after recording in 1974. There is not much info about this band that I can find but I will tell you that the fine folks at Radioactive Records have re-released this fantastic album. Kind of a cross of the softer early 70’s King Crimson, Deep Purple (organ) and guitar frenziness of Toe Fat. Musically this 5 piece band blend heavy organ grinds with great acid like guitar and high emotive vocals (Chris Muis). I love the jamming aspects of this album when they get going and almost borders on psychedelic genre to be honest. Check out "Birth Of The Sun" for a great and heavy example. A heavy album for sure and one that I would recommend to everyone! | |||
| Here is a real discovery! Unopened Box just blew me away from the first time I heard it. With a slight flavour of Kate Bush, Hunter Eves takes us on a lyrically and vocal rich journey into some pretty interesting places....from her local pond where we collect amoebas in her Tic Tac Box to the little Cubby hole under her stairs. Hunter's voice is simply rivetting and offers quite a contrast to her semi-electronica tendencies. Pure art in music form and one of the great discoveries for this music lover. | |||
| If this is the sound of my future world then bring it on baby ! Wow! A fantastic follow up, totally spaced out album from Canada’s Miles MacMillan. I really grooved to his first album “Alienated” and on his second album Miles continues our exploration into the depths of space. Musically again MacMillan draws on the pops, beats and synth sounds of the likes of Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream while juxtaposes and creating his own intoxicating space vibes. This album is full of ethereal outworldy tunes which clearly requires a space capsule to really enjoy. I would say this music is a cross of "Kraftwerk" with "The Postal Service" to give you my best approximation. I like the primate keyboard sounds and rhythms Miles creates here and really sounds like a throw back to the early 80's synth space days. I would highly recommend this album to all fans of Space Music and by the way this one makes for a great headphone listen! | |||
| Of the many modern prog band that around without a question White Willow are amongst my personal favs. This band never cease to amaze me from album to album and "Signal To Noise" is another step in a different direction for this band. Dont worry no the progressive roots have not left but this time out they stretch into a bit of a dark goth zone and pull a bit out of the progressive rock vein. The end result is some pretty interesting and dark chamber rock music with a real bite! As you would expect there are tons of vintage keyboards and heavy duty mellotron work with the hauntingly beautiful vocals of Trude Eidtang. Other band members include Lars Fredrik Frøislie (keyboards, electronics), Jacob Holm-Lupo (guitars), Ketil Vestrum Einarsen (woodwinds), Marthe Berger Walthinsen (bass guitar) and Aage Moltke Schou (drums, percussion). I love this album and another great White Willow album for me !!! | |||
| The late great Geoff Mann's dark album Second's Chants is a pure study in itself and not for the young at heart. This album has some serious issues and although a tad on the bizarre still has an overall vibe of greatness. There is a fiar chunk of "talking" on this album so it may not appeal to all prog heads. The hlf of the album that is music is awesome.....and without a question "Apathetic and here I" is one of my personal favourite prog songs of all time. On this album he sings with IQ's Peter Nicholls. If you can find this gem get it ! | |||
| City Boy's second album "Dinner At The Ritz" is another fantastic album into the world of creative art rock. Led by the creative and excellent vocals of Lol Mason, this album seats us down to a dark dinner at the phantom hotel Ritz. This album continues City Boy's progressive songwriting and is a wonderful album from start to finish. Not a bad song on the album and it contains all the originality and slightly "off kilter" vibe that City Boy were known for. | |||
| I want to thank Alec at Alec's Record Shop in Whitby for getting me so close to the music of City Boy. Following "Dinner At The Ritz", this album once again delivers a create album full of interesting music and that certain unique City Boy quality and charm. For those not familiar with City Boy are really missing out...imagine the creativity of 10CC with the craftmanship of the finest progressive rock bands of the 70's. Musically City Boy blend funk, rock and prog elements to create their signature sound with expressive vocals and clever lyrics. This album offers a nice mix of ballads and rockers and is an excellent listen. I also am a big fan of the title track "Young Men Gone West" which is my personal pick from this album. | |||
| Book Early was the final City Boy album released on Mercury and was another excellent album. Book Early was probably best known for their radio friendly hit "5.7.0.5." but the rest of the album is solid too. This album is pretty similar in style to "young men gone west" with a nice mix of ballads and rock numbers. What is incredible is that this band were not really all that well known and are still not oft mentioned!! This is ciminal as these early City Boy albums are just so good. | |||
| I picked up this old vinyl album for the cover and thought that for one dollar it was worth it. A while later I played it and realized that the album was excellent too. I guess Trillion were somewhere in the Kansas/Boston/Journey/Styx school of 70's rock with closest ties to Kansas musically. Lead vocalist Dennis Frederiksen has a great high voice and the power rhythem section mixes to give a great vibe. Lots of great guitar work and organ/keyboard work as well. Trillion was a great find in a pile of vinyl I found one day. Check it out you wont be dissapointed | |||
| Black Box Recovered was a solo album released by Barclay James Harvest's keyboard wizard Woolly Wolstenholme. Musically it is not too far off the vibe of BJH with perhaps a slighly less symphonic prog feel and more of a Steve Hackett solo-like vibe to it. The opening song "Deceivers All" is a grand symphonic classic piece of prog rock and is the highlight of the album but the rest of the songs are also very strong and in fact this is raelly a great album from head to toe. I own the Eclectic Disc remaster which also contains a few demos of Maestro and a couple of live numbers by Woolly making this a nice little package. | |||
| This is music to blow your mind with! Everyone should own a CD or two by The Subarachnoid Spacemen. Fans of The Ozric Tentacles, Ash Ra Temple, Agitation Free and my fav Amon Düül II will simply love this album. Almost Invisible is my second album that i picked up by these outer wordly musicians and the album still has me out in some far reaching nebula in search of Earth. The Subarachnoid Space blend heavy space keyboard vibes with intoxicating space guitars and wild bass lines over a flood of drums. The end result is a pure cosmological exploration to which there is no finale. Not sure I would play this at your next dinner party but might make a perfect wedding album !!! As Sun Ra once said "Space is the Place". Need sum space...go gettun. | |||
| Without a question CTS were one of the most under appreciated prog art rock bands of the 70's (right up there with City Boy) and this their second album is nothing short of genius. In contrast to their debut album, Animal Notes explored a slightly softer and more acoustic side of sound while not straying too far from their signature sound. Highlights for me are the standout vocal harmonies and the guitar work of Rick Witkowski. For those who are not familiar with CTS you will find a high energy band with art rock written all over them......exceptional song writing, top notch musicianship, multi - genre challenging music....a mix of pop, rock and progressive rock at their core. Their sound is not that polished sound you hate but rather true raw sound and high energy playing. genuine graet music and a band I heartly endorse. | |||
| The frist four albums of Kevin Ayers are prized possessions in my personal collection and "whatevershebringswesing" is perhaps the most complete of all the four! Complete with orchestra this genius hooked up again with some pretty awesome talent to record one fantastic album (Mike Oldfield, David Bedford, Didier Malherbe and Robert Wyatt). Ayers created a psychedelically-English-styled progressive rock (sound to me like a mix of Pink Floyd, Caravan and Nick Drake). Ayers was just one of those musicians who could write and whose records are just so darn perfect. His albums are ones that you can listen to a hundred times and get something different out of each time. I am blown away that so few people have discovered this artist and IMHO this was the best work he ever did and I dramatically prefer over GONG and his later contributions. The Ayers albums have been amazingly remastered by EMI and the cast a whole new perspective on this albums. Go treat yourslef and go get this album! | |||
| "Something Magic" has been a long slagged album and totally unnecessary IMHO. Ok sure it is not the genius granted of "Salty Dog" and "Conquistidor" but this album deserves more light than it has received and I would like to set the record straight. First off....I really like this album and think that the band really tried something here that deserves the listeners full attention. Imagine releasing an album side long spoken poem in the height of the punk disco era and you have a sense of what these guys were up to. This album is known for the epic track "The Worm and The Tree" which spans the entire second side and is poetry put to music. | |||
| Something/Anything? was Rundgren's most ambitious work spanning 2 LPS on which we plays almost all the instruments on. The sprawling album hits many highs and lows and ranges from the pop smash hit "Hello It's Me" to the cliched "SLUT". Rundgren music ebbs and flows thru catchy pop, R&B/Soul, hard rock, psychedelia, humor, and other styles/genres yet still maintains an accessible and highly listenable album. This is a definite album you need to sit and listen to and makes a great headphone experience album. | |||
| "Safety In Numbers" was my introduction into the music of CTS and today remains a fan favourite in my household. This album has it all...great powerful music and a perfect mix of both progressive and rock elements. On the recording of this album John Palumbo left leaving John D'Amico in charge of lead vocals. Considering still a vast majority of the music was written with Palumbo the music holds up as amongst their best. "Nuclear Apathy" and "Safety In Numbers" are 2 of my favourite tracks off this album. This is a great album to start with if you would like to hear what these guys are all about. Enjoy ! | |||
| "Bananamour" was the fourth and final Harvest album by ex Soft Machine and Jimi Hendrix Experience alumni Kevin Ayers. Mike Oldfield did not appear on this album (he was recording on Kevin's borrowed tape loop machine at the time demos for what would become Tubular Bells!!)...in replacement was Steve Hillage. Too bad that more people have not really given these albums a chance as I think they are genius in creativity. Check out the 8 mins allusion to NICO "Decadence" or the strangely witty "Oh! Wot A Dream" a tribute to his musical friend Syd Barrett. Musically Ayers blends emotive vocals and deep lyrics over his expressive music. Really hard to classify his music as it hits so many different genres...folks, rock, prog and psychedelic. Oh yeah and the Banana theme throughout the album. | |||
| I really dont have much information on this US based band but can tell you this is an excellent album. Big thanks to my fellow music affectionado Jeff Ferguson for making me aware of the long lost gem from the vinyl vaults. The Masters Of The Airwaves are a mix of equal parts Uriah Heep, City Boy and Be Bop Deluxe. Sometime art pop prog, sometimes 70's rock, sometimes glam rock-like making this little album a real nice listen. MOTA's lead guitarist Jimmy Berick is solid with some pretty nifty fret work. Lead vocalist Jon Flak has a great high rock voice and adds some fantatsic harmonies over which Randy Rand's bass and David Rada's drums keep the music ever moving. "I Believe In God" is my personal favourite from this LP which is now sadly out fo print and definitely in the vinyl vaults. | |||
| Eulenspygel deserve their own chapter in the "Best Of Krautrock" handbook! After the success of their first album (titled 2), the recording for their follow up Ausschuss (Trash) would take place inside Abbey Road Studios in London. If you are a fan of Krautrock then you need to own this album! Imagine opening up with a 22 mins epic progressive rock track which ebbs and flows with some of the finest prog I have heard in a long long time. The instrumentation on this album are vast as well with some sitar, lots of mellotron, violin, flute and hand percussison. According to the liner notes during this recording they borrowed Rod Argents keyboards (who was in Abbey Road Studios at the same time)....also explains the heavy and wonderful keyboard work on this album. This is clever ever-changing 70's vintage krautrock which I guarantee will make you smile! This might be just simply one of the best Krautrock albums I have ever heard. | |||
| "Somewhere Else" is Marillion 14th studio album and represents another excellent album in their full discography. This time around Marillion have written a fairly introspective album with softer deep themes and melodies opting for a more serene soundscape throughout. Having said that though after a few listens I found it easy to get right into this album and really like it!. Musically "Somewhere Else" is primarliy focussed on the keyboard work of Mark Kelly and the lyrics/ vocalizations of Steve Hogarth with Bass, Guitar and Drumming patching together the entire album. No question this is a very moody album and if you are needing a slower less energetic album with deep conviction and memorable melodies then this is your album! | |||
| As you all know I have followed Porcupine Tree from the very beginning back when PT was just Steve Wilson. And yet again another fresh sounding album with some simply killer song writing and musicanship. "Fear Of A Blank Planet" has a bit of the heavy side of PT and a bit of the space prog side and fans of their past 2 albums will be right at home with this one. Guest appearances by King Crimson's Robert Fripp and Rush's Alex Lifeson who add a nice twist to the sound on the album. On this album Steve Wilson wrote a lovely epic album which really runs like one entire song made up of pieces. The grand epic 18 Mins track "Anesthetize" has simply put me on another planet to which I have not come down from yet.......This is an essential album in every way ......essential | |||
| Here is one of my all time favourite progressive rock albums...an album I played to death as a kiddy boo boo and still play today. This was Parson's follow up to 1976's "Tales of Mystery And Imagination Of Edgar Allan Poe" and in many ways continues in the same character. This time around Parsons creates a musical futureistic concept album marked by the rise of machine and the decline of man. Musically this album has it all with some fantastic songs, voices, and musicianship. "Dont Let It Show" is still one of my favourite songs of all time and still makes the hair stand up on my arms. The old adage that "Good music never goes out of fashion" is just so true.....they dont make music like this today guys........I am assuming everyone has this album but if there is anyone who does not please go out and pick it up...... | |||
| Caught live in the act of a performace at New York's B.B. Kings Blues Club in an ode to the early classic King Crimson albums. Line up includes sir Mel Collins (sax, flutes), Ian Wallace (drums), Jakko Jakszyk (lead vocals, guitar), Ian McDonald (Keys, flute) and Peter Giles (bass). This is a very enjoyable 2 CD trek into the world of King Crimson told by a few ex-men and some new faces. | |||
| found this one in the ol delete bin and thought I'd give it a whirl. Wow these guys were amazing and this is quite an album kids! Some early Santana all out jams and some clever guitar, bass and drum interplay. This music never sits still and just gets better and better and it plays along. Some excellent keyboard work too along the way as well as percussive play. The Music on Pirana II is a pure mix of calypso, prog, fusion and 70's Latino fusion all scrambled into one unique album. | |||
| Opeth are not exactly a progressive rock band by default, although on 2003 release "Damnation" something happened. With the production, engineering and keyboard support of Porcupine Tree's Steve Wilson, Opeth have recorded a real stunning album. If you are not familiar with Opeth they are usually known as a prog metal band which have a tendency to tastefully growl vocally and deliver some pretty heavy paced music. But on this release I suppose the softer and more psychedelic pieces emerged. There are some incredible vocal harmonies here (No growling) and remarkable guitar bass and drum interludes. Lots of surreal sounding passages and acoustic guitar work. I love the keyboard work too (Thanks Steve) and at times get a real PT feel to the music! Without a question "Damnation" is a masterpiece IMHO and a necessary addition to your album collection. | |||
| Poseidon unfortunatly only lived a short life but managed to record one brilliant album before falling out. "Found My Way" is not typical underground 70's Krautrock and actaully has more English prog feel about it. Poseidon blend vintage 70's deep synths with great guitar, bass and drum work and create a very unique and accessible sound. This band were very melodic and harmonic and at times reminds me of crosses of Fruupp, early Kansas, Procol Harum, Sweet and a bit of Floyd too. The vocals are excellent as are the harmonies used throuhout the album and sung in English. Considering the age of this recording the sound has been well preserved and this one sounds great on the ol' stereo. "Found My Way' is the kind of album that Prog hunters will be pleased to have found and for me is an album that gets still lots of airtime. My only criticism is the short length of the main album. The fine folks at Garden Of Delights have filled in another 40 mins with rare live tracks from a gig in Karlsruhe. | |||
