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Kayak – Royal Red Bouncer (1975) (@256)
20 Aug 2008
(Review from vintageprog.com)
Their third album also proved to be their most popular one.
The band moved into a more Supertramp-influenced pop-progressive style but better, tighter, more progressive and energetic. The songwriting and playing is of a very high class and the production is as good as it can get for an album from 1975. Catchy up-tempo tracks like “Chance for a Lifetime” and the title-track features complex arrangements and breaks, despite their obvious pop-leanings. There’s also some excellent woodwind-work on several of the songs. “Bury the World” and “Said No Word” are the most progressive and complex tracks of the bunch. There are also some truly wonderful ballads here, like “Life of Gold” and “Patricia Anglaia”. The latter is an instrumental-number with some word-less female vocals. “(You’re So) Bizarre” is pure pop, but not without the progressive quirkiness in the arrangement. “If this is Your Welcome” is a very tight and wonderfully constructed song that perfectly demonstrates Kayak’s talent for writing catchy, pop-progressive music.
This album is a tad less progressive and more pop orientated than their previous albums but it’s just as good in terms of musical quality.
Line-up:
- Ton Scherpenzeel / keyboards, vocal
- Johan Slager / guitars, vocals
- Bert Veldkamp / bass, vocal
- Max Werneer / lead vocals, mellotron
- Pim Koopman / drums, vocals
Track List:
01. Royal Bed Bouncer – 4:00
02. Life Of Gold – 3:25
03. You’re So Bizarre – 3:48
04. Bury The World – 4:21
05. Chance For A Lifetime – 4:14
06. If This Is Your Welcome – 4:55
07. Moments Of Joy – 3:59
08. Patricia Anglaia – 2:14
09. Said No Word – 5:15
10. My Heart Never Changed – 2:32
11. Alibi – 3:39
12. Mountain Too Rough – 3:56
13. Woe And Alas – 3:00
14. Mouldy Wood – 5:14
15. Lovely Luna – 8:19
16. Forever Is A Lonely Thought – 5:26
17. Still Try To Write A Book – 2:01
18. Give It A Name – 2:43
19. Bulldozer (demo) – 2:22
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about 5 years ago
If you haven’t already, grab Kayak’s next album, “Last Encore” from the archives.
OGG!
Filesonic 1 -> http://tinyurl.com/3k2kres
Filesonic 2 -> http://tinyurl.com/3qxucoj
Rapidshare 1 -> http://tinyurl.com/6awyhk
Rapidshare 2 -> http://tinyurl.com/5uncb5
Password -> sakalli
about 3 years ago
tinyurl is bust…
about 3 years ago
> tinyurl is bust…
Perhaps it was a temporary problem, it’s working as of now?