The debut album from this band from Norway.
The band was a sextet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars, organ, flute, saxophone and vocals.
A guest added a guitar solo on one of the songs.
This and (far too) many other Norwegian bands were totally unknown to me until I learnt about the excellent Norske Albumklassikere series of CDs. This is obscure Norwegian LPs and cassettes (analogue albums) re-released on CDs. An excellent series and I have bought some of the CDs.
I have bought the two Sage Malone albums and a review of the second album will follow later on.
The music here is a mix of art rock, pop, funk and symphonic prog.
The mix of genres is a bit strange, to say at least. Take a lot of Madness influences and add good old Genesis and standard rock to that again. Add a lot from the British band Gnidrolog as a reference too.
The result is 50 % progressive rock and 50 % art pop/rock.
The music is........ quirky.
The vocals, all in English, is good and the music is eclectic. This album and this band deserves a second chance although neither this band or this album is among the better Norwegian progressive rock around.
Quality wise...... good, although I am in doubt. Very much in doubt.
Check out this album if you can.
3 points
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