The second and final album from this band from Norway.
The band was a quartet with a lineup of drums, percussion, bass, banjo, mandolin, guitars, piano, keyboards, harmonica and vocals.
Some guests added synths, woodwinds and backing vocals.
Their debut album En Lek I Forhold was a good album. It should have been a platform for the band as their music was pretty eclectic.
European Rainbow sees the band changing to English lyrics. The band also changes to some far more eclectic vaudeville rock. There is a lot of tango and Eastern European folk and rock in their music. Ditto for some German rock... although not krautrock. Add some weird Edith Piaff chansons too and you get the picture.
Easy listening and commercial, it is not.
Anne Grethe Preus vocals is good. The songs are very eclectic and dissonant at times.
The result is still a decent enough album, saved by a handful of songs. The band split up after losing their guitarist and bassist.
This album is a weird album but also mostly a failure. Check it out if eclectic rock is your thing.
2 points
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