Saturday, October 21, 2023

Führs & Fröhling - Diary (1981)

The third and final album from this duo from Germany.

The band was actually a trio with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, guitars and keyboards.

Detlef Wiedecke was the drummer on this album, taking over from Eduard Schicke.

The Schicke & Fuhrs & Frohling released altogether seven albums. Four as Schicke & Fuhrs & Frohling and three as Fuhrs & Frohling. The last one was released in 2011. All of them in the krautrock, neo-classical and symphonic prog genres.

The forty minutes long Diary sees the band in a landscape somewhere between neo-classical music and symphonic prog. 

There are a lot of Eloy influences here. But most of all does the Mike Oldfield influences shines through on this album. Tubular Bells is an album which must have inspired this album a lot.

The result is a decent enough album and perhaps their weakest album. 

This trio, even as a duo, called Schicke & Fuhrs & Frohling is still well worth checking out. Start with their first two albums, their two best albums. 

2 points

 

 

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