CRESSIDA

Although this album is not as brilliant as the follow-up, Asylum, this is a very good album. The tracks are short (well, for a progressive band anyway) but that doesn't mean the music isn't adventurous or progressive. The music is like a transition between the sixties and the seventies. The tracks are all very melodic and sweat (which I don't mean in a negative way). There are influences by The Beatles and by the Canterbury sound. What really stand out in the music of Cressida are the beautiful voice of singer Angus Cullen and the warm sound of the organ (played by Peter Jennings) and at times there are some good fuzzy guitar solos. All in all a versatile album, with pop, folk and rock.