THE HOUSE ON THE HILL

The album begins with a real in-you-face sound of Jackdaw which pretty much summarizes everything that you have to know about this band in order to appreciate the rest of the performance. Soon the music turns to the softer side with You're Not Smiling, I Had a Dream and the wonderful acoustic instrumental called Raviole! After that the material comes back to the album opener territory with Nancy and the weird but nevertheless enjoyable performance on Eye To Eye. The last three tunes are here to guide the listener towards the album conclusion which consists of a Folk-cover of I Put A Spell On You, which fortunately enough isn't expanded into a 20+ minute jam-session, followed by the great album title-track and the sweet Indian Summer.

I really recommend this album to fans of Prog Folk à la Jethro Tull...Whoops! Audience is now considered to be Eclectic Prog although I personally don't see the connection since The House On The Hill is in my opinion highly representative of the Prog Folk-movement of the '70s. Did I mentioned that there is a flute player here? But I guess that there is only one way for all of you to find that out!

***** star songs: You're Not Smiling (5:12) Raviole (3:38)

**** star songs: Jackdaw (7:28) I Had A Dream (4:17) Nancy (4:14) Eye To Eye (2:30) I Put A Spell On You (4:08) The House On The Hill (7:27) Indian Summer (3:16)

Total Rating: 4,21

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