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EVERYONE IS EVERYBODY ELSE

Barclay James Harvest

 

Crossover Prog

3.90 | 278 ratings

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alainPP
5 stars 1 Child Of The Universe with the nostalgic start, clean Serero drums, keyboards, a piano, a tune, a rhythm, oh yes, dive back into it with headphones or in 7 points, before the atmosphere drives you crazy; here it vibrates, it's soft, rhythmic, ah that I already wrote it, it's moving and these piano notes which could come out of a SUPERTRAMP title and this final guitar solo by John which floods the room, gorgeous 2 Negative Earth vibration of the air by a... frenzied, metronomic tune, it's Les on vocals, I have more trouble; it smells of nostalgia, sticky spleen, the style of the group too; the guitar that arrives, does it scream, does it cry? The genre, rock but crossover, yes when you're lost that's what we put on; the solo is very serious, here I am starting to speak like a young person... that I am still well-heard to see my progue friends who are declining; Well I'm not going to make any friends tonight; the solo returns, latent, BJH often puts their trump card at the end not to furnish for crossover precisely, this one is very Gilmourian 3 Paper Wings with the drums saturating the speakers, ah that memory where you feel like your ears are closing up; ah this direct solo I wrote that it was at the end; ah this languorous organ on the verge of slow; ah this acoustic guitar, a used sound but how well done it was with this rise during the chorus, with these ageless choirs... it would make a good whiskey without moderation; Mel's hit resembles that of Bruford from KING CRIMSON, the solo is clearly stamped BJH; this well-focused solo on the left, the drums on the right, that was also the prog rock of the 70s 4 The Great 1974 Mining Disaster slow intro to 'Amicalement votre' with an airy and crystalline piano; I'm often told to stop writing with two adjectives, you're going too much/very quickly, take your time... like prog, but I actually take the time... I've been listening to this album for almost 50 years , it is part of my musical memory; a title which shows that prog could live in 5 minutes flat too; the anthemic title before the eponymous one, majestic, symphonic which imposes and Mel still ahead with John who splits a stereo solo, brilliant

5 Crazy City and the heavy riff on a soft organ, sublime oxymoron; the tune in the chorus that still surprises you today; a rhythmic softness, a guitar arpeggio, two voices in chorus and off we go; ah the riff becomes nervous accentuated by the percussion, a little treasure this title with the final organ here 6 See Me See You for the title neither too much nor not enough; always between consensual rhythm and symphonic air, with its share of progressive sound, letting here and there the atmosphere bathe, take me, take you... what you say, in short it flows by itself; very soft this title and very moving with the Mellotron 7 Poor Boy Blues for the country ditty that goes great, folk rock surfing on FLEETWOOD MAC or Chet ATKINS it's up to you 8 Mill Boys finally continues I always told myself that this was the case; Mel officiates and rhythms, always on a bluesy western track and 9 For No One drives the point home with the 3rd track, yes it's 11 minutes, you counted correctly; John on the guitar which tears the air, an anthem before its time, that too was one of the characteristics of BJH, tearing with the voice and the guitar, strafing from the bass part and abusing the Hammond organs and others to melt; a title which seemed simple at first glance, which was criticized for its soft rock rather than prog aspect but which influenced a parabolic opening like this stratospheric final solo which made you climb even higher; yes listen to this solo which never ends and... this organ; of the program I am writing to you.

alainPP | 5/5 |

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