Progressive rock
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Another band from the great late 80s and early 90s period that has unexpectedly reformed. It's been close to 25 years since we last heard from them.
Part One (1988)
One of the early groups coming from the French renaissance of progressive rock. I bought the LP not long after it came out. Like many such bands, one had to have tolerance for modern production values and a high level of amateurism. By that time I was such a huge fan of the genre, I was willing to overlook all of the flaws. Clearly the band were trying to emulate on some level the great Pulsar, but fell well short. They were to improve greatly after this. In any case, I was pretty much ready to dump this CD after all these years until the last 2 tracks, where the band finally hits their stride. And that's 15 minutes worth of high quality material. The CD is the way to go here, because the two live bonus tracks ditch the poor production while the quality of the musicianship and compositions come to life. My grade remains the same, but it moves into the solid keeper category.
---4/17/23
Other albums heard: Laz (1990); Merlin (1994); Le Festin (2001)
11/24/24 (new entry)
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