Sunday, May 26, 2024

Ruphus - Ranshart (1974)

The second album from this band from Norway.

The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, flute and vocals on this album.

Their 1973 debut album New Born Day, see review, was a very good blend of heavy prog, symphonic prog, eclectic prog and heavy prog. It also had a mix of female and male vocals.

The band scaled back on Ranshart. Both with retaining only the male vocals and in their music.

The music on this thirty-five minutes long album sounds like the first Yes albums. 

The music is medium complex symphonic prog with some folk rock influences.

The music here is melodic. It is not particular epic or bold. It is still symphonic prog and pretty similar to what Yes once did. The use of flute is the main difference here between Yes and Ruphus.

The vocals are really good and the band too does a good job. 

The music is really good too and this is another Norwegian album from the 1970s that really has aged well and is worthy a purchase.

3 points



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