IN TIME (WITH COCO ROUSSEL)

Kit Watkins' first solo album, "Labyrinth" was performed by himself and Coco Roussel, a drummer he had worked with while in Happy The Man. This album is more of a true collaboration, with both musicians sharing compositional duties.

The music, while considerably lighter than in "Labyrinth", still has ties back to the HTM albums. There is plenty of work in odd time signatures, and the song structures are mostly progressive for their time.

There are a few songs where Watkins begins to stray toward the new agey style that he would venture into on later albums, but at least these tracks are few, and reasonably short, and Roussel's percussion tends to keep them from becoming too bland.

While I wouldn't call this a great album, it has plenty of nice points, enough to make it worthwhile.

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Posted Tuesday, November 29, 2011 | Review this album | Report (Review #577880)

This Kit Watkins (everything else) and Coco Roussel (mainly drums and percussions) album is great. One of the best in Kit Watkins huge discography. But many are. They both played in the "Happy The Man" (HTM) band. (Kit Watkins was one of the original members and is in the lineup of the first 3 al ... (read more)

Report this review (#2169497) | Posted by MovingMazes | Saturday, March 30, 2019 | Review Permanlink

I bought this CD direct from Kit Watkins, obtaining the original with the black & white cover, not long after it was released. For Happy the Man fans, mostly this music is a treat, very much in the vein that HTM mined with such enthusiasm. Forte was for years my very favorite song, rich an ... (read more)

Report this review (#1502415) | Posted by Dreamer of Pictures | Tuesday, December 22, 2015 | Review Permanlink

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