SENTIMENTS

While I write reviews for Iceberg records, the review editor keeps warning me that "not all albums are masterpieces". Boy, do I know it! But there is a reason that so many people have voted 5 stars for "Sentiments": it's just that it really is an essential masterpiece.

My favourite tracks are "Joguines", a brief interplay of Catalan and jazz melodies, and "Alegries Del Mediterrani": an epic song without words that takes over your mind for a while after it ends. But "Sentiments + Andalusia, Andalusia", "A Sevilla" and "Ball De Les Fulles" are completely up to the task; their complex melodies and wonderful interplay of guitar and piano solos have nothing to envy among jazz fusion bands of the time (Return to Forever, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Al di Meola and the like); arguably they are more interesting and less worn by time. "Magic" is a piece in a lighter vein, and as such might leave something to desire with some folks (like Steve above).

All in all, an excellent record that take you back to the days of fusion and will make you enjoy music as much as these guys did back then.