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ANGEL STATION

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

 

Eclectic Prog

3.52 | 189 ratings

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alainPP
5 stars MMEB and 1979 or how the sound of MMEBs will change again, before being forced to!

1 Don′T Kill It Carol this vocoder, this riff, this drums, this organ which seems to sing alongside, the catchy air and fresh rock but not only; a break ah that smells prog, a bit of piano on the right, on the left, yes we loved the stereo before, the carabineer synth solo which comes at length; timeless zik which certainly begins to date but whose rhythm remains engraved fresh, twirling; playful, toned, rock with a drawer in it, nothing better until the final aggressive guitar 2 You Angel You... shh, I put the intro back... perfection is there; a title to listen to, don't watch the clip, too dated! a perfect rhythm, we feel the break that will come with the display of all the instruments, yes, yes, well yes I have already listened to it, hold the keyboard, the piano, the second synth, the other piano, the battery, in short the perfection this title even if Bob Dylan was the creator. 3 Hollywood Town where we have the voice of Steve who will take place, good beard and tuft of hair too; when the sound changes we are in 1979 and the disco, the punk hurt; we need shorter titles with twirling breaks to give more space to daydreaming, that's it 4 "Belle" Of The Earth and an interlude one; dark and gripping, fast-paced nursery rhyme talk that doesn't lack for pep; the flowing synth, the heavy riff that I like, in short, pure happiness in less than 3 minutes; a title that could have been much longer...ah those crystalline keyboard keys on that riff, ah! 5 Platform End for the second interlude, it scratches, it squirts, often with MMEB, the musicos are very good and don't hesitate to release a little title that could be a break from another song, in short, I love it 6 Angels At My Gate side B, did you get up, did you flip the LP, the K7? Well what can I say, I'm a fan and find everything good? Yes! But hey it's worth it, the title that gets going, the vocoder that refills, the strong riff, the tortured solo, the spatial break, heavy, fat, gripping, bewitched and bewitching, it's simple my legs move all alone, it's... stamped Prog de prog and it's not Manfred's final solo that will make me change my mind 7 You Are - I Am for the dreamlike second track, the one where you don't throw anything away: the spatial intro, the choirs, the rise, the synth-keyboard solo of Mr Manfred, the heavy rhythm with this drums that get you into the head; you are, dark break, a cello, or a note from Manfred, the voice of a lost and frightened extraterrestrial, Ann in real life but I believed in the extraterrestrial; the organ that starts... divine; we put the cover back I Am, you are... 8 Waiting For The Rain and Graham's intro on the violin that gives you chills, yes MMEB is also the intro first, the moment when you don't know where you're going... you want a 1st or a 2nd, nan the 1st with no return is too good! One of the most beautiful airs with the pompous, grandiloquent and divine side, all that at the same time, a proof? I had to go back to it three times to write on it, remaining paralyzed with happiness just at this melody of Falcon coming down from the sky... Falcon-sky quite a bit in the middle of the Paris Air Show right now, yes a marker temporal will not hurt; well the violin returns, declines, fights on this divine air... I have already said it, I leave the end, speechless 9 Resurrection or how to walk perky in the clouds for those who don't want to come back down after this perfect musical moment; the ideal bucolic nursery rhyme to end up there... back down... to earth

MMEB has taken the step of the 70s by offering an avant-garde album of the 80s, rock with drawers so as not to get lost, to make fun of the dinos who did not accept this offspring who wanted to make a hit, ah not well ! So what wouldn't we do without music these days? The war? Ah yes the music does not have all the exclusivity, too bad.

alainPP | 5/5 |

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