Thursday, January 18, 2024

Cid. José - Vozes Do Além (2021)

The 21st album from this artist from Portugal.

Jose Cid did the vocals and keyboards here.

He got some help from some guests who provided drums, bass, cello and guitars.

This album is his fourth progressive rock album, he and this record label has claimed.

This album comes as a double CD and clocks in at over ninety minutes.

The music is...... a mix of pop, rock and psych rock. Mostly pop and rock. This with a pretty decent vocals in his mother-tongue. It is clear that the vocalist is old and that the his voice is pretty much shot and about to cease to be. There is lots of lots of vocals here as this album is totally dominated by vocals. It is impressive that he has managed to get one and an half hour out of his diminishing voice.

There is one thing you will not find on this album and that is progressive rock. A couple of psych rock songs, yes. But that is not progressive rock.

The quality of the songs are very poor and this album is a borderline turkey. A handful of half decent songs saves it from that destiny. Nevertheless, those into progressive rock should give this album a wide berth. 

1.5 points



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