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PAWN HEARTSVan Der Graaf GeneratorEclectic Prog4.43 | 2528 ratings |
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Confronted with a piece of artistic perfection, I bow my head...
The 23 minutes long A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers must be one of the finest pieces of music written in the 1970s. The song starts like a mournful hymn and continues into space rock. Never dull, never simplistic. Just utter fascinating. This song takes up half of the album. The two other tracks, Lemmings and Man-Erg is both ten minutes long opuses. Both of them are prog rock classics too. The music can best be described as dark symphonic prog, very much dominated on the vocalist Peter Hammil's voice, piano, saxophone and moog. It is almost church music, with the same feeling as being inside a churh with the congregation who are waiting for God. No joy, just God. Throughout the forty five minutes, there is no letup of good ideas and fantastic music. This album is rated among one of the best prog rock albums ever. I can only agree. I rarely give out 5 stars, but this is one of them.
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