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Kayak – Starlight Dancer (1977) (@256)
21 Aug 2008
(Review from connollyco.com, progarchives.com)
“Starlight Dancer” is a charmer, chocked full of clever arrangements and interesting musical themes. Elements of Genesis, Queen, Alan Parsons Project and Camel appear throughout without being derivative of those bands, and yet the most similar band is late 70s era Renaissance. Both bands fell to the left or right of progressive’s front echelon but will be remembered for carrying the standard when the front-rank fellers were fallen (or fiddling around). And both had a facility for incorporating orchestral arrangements into appealing melodies and making use of classical themes without sounding overly pretentious.
There is certainly a diversity of styles here, including The Beatles / Paul McCartney (“Daughter or Son”, “Golddust”), 10CC (“Let down”), and City Boy (“Turn the tide”). Ballads such as “Where do we go from here” and “ May” work well, often sounding similar to those of the Alan Parsons Project. The occasional instrumental interlude or even entire track (the beautiful, cascading “Irene” featuring some fine sax) show the band to be competent in that field, although they never appear to push themselves into anything which might be described as adventurous.
Line-up:
- Ton Scherpenzeel / pianos, synthesizer, organ, harpsichord, vocals
- Charles Louis Schouten / drums, percussion, marimba, vocals
- Johan Slager / guitars, vocals
- Max Werner / Mellotrons, percussion, vocals
- Theo de Jong / bass guitar
with
- Fred Leeflang / soprano saxophone (5)
- Rick van der Linden / Yamaha GX1 synthesizer (6)
Track List:
01. Daughter or Son – 3:36
02. Starlight Dancer – 4:59
03. Want You To Be Mine – 3:37
04. Letdown – 2:48
05. Irene – 4:24
06. Golddust – 2:38
07. May – 4:21
08. Turn The Tide – 3:36
09. Dead Bird Flies Forever – 4:18
10. Sweet Revenge – 3:33
11. Where Do We Go From Here – 4:39
12. I Want You To Be Mine (Bonus) – 5:13
13. Irene (Bonus USA version) – 4:22
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about 6 years ago
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about 4 years ago
If you haven’t already, grab Kayak’s previous album, “Last Encore” from the archives.
about 4 years ago
Do you have any Man albums. Thanks, Mike
about 4 years ago
> Do you have any Man albums.
Nope, sorry.