Yesesis´s & Mortte`s Album Thread

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 Mortte wrote:

Today:
Nazareth: Loud `N` Proud
"Not Faking It" came from the radio, so I decided to listen this album already bought in the begin of nineties. I have never been the biggest hard rock fan, but always loved dirty R´n`R of Nazareth, Bon Scott´s Ac/Dc, the Faces and the Stones. And this album really has it! Most known piece is of course their great version of Joni Mitchell´s "This Flight Tonight". It´s those rare songs, that I think cover is better than the original (also I think Fairports´s version of Joni´s "I Don´t Know Where I Stand" is better than original, so maybe Joni hasn´t succeeded in her own songs). But this album has also other than dirty R´n`R: "Child In the Sun" is good southern rock style piece and album end really great with over nine minutes version of Dylan´s "The Ballad Of Hollis Brown". That sad & cruel story has very impressive background with very distorted & effected bass & really haunting guitars. It´s protodoom-piece, something prog also in it!

Kansas: Vinyl Confessions
Really big difference between this and earlier album! Well, this is still sounding Kansas, I quite a like for example songs "Play On" & "Crossfire", but on the other hand this album sounds much more commercial, also they really recycle their old ideas. It was in the eighties when I heard first time Kansas, when there came a concert from them in television. This album had just released. I really remember that I din´t fully like John Elefante although I haven´t then heard Steve Walsh. Elefante´s voice is quite close to Steve´s, but he really isn´t Steve. It´s almost same as in Gabriel and Collins, although I prefer Collins to Elefante. I like this more than Moodies Other Side and it´s very possible you Yesesis will like this album, but I am not sure will I listen this again. I think I continue listening Kansas-albums, just because Steve came back to Power-album and I remember it be ok, although much more AOR than their old albums.

Kari Peitsamo ja Ankkuli: s/t
Kari Peitsamo may not be the most eccentric person in Finland, but I believe he´s on the top of that list. This album is really his fourth album, Ankkuli is the name of his band that played on his first album, but in next three albums there is just Kari playing guitar and singing (and doing piano in few pieces). Although he´s style is really naive, you can hear he´s a great musician and lyricist. But have to say this double album is too much even me, two earlier with their shorter lengths are much better. Also I don´t believe non-Finnish listener got much from his music.

Family: a Song For Me
The greatest album was the last of this day! We already talked about this in that "Other Side"-thread, so I just say I noticed why those five first Family albums sound so great: band just has so great chemistry and musicianship, although they line-up changes three times! In the last album I think line-up just didn´t work as great. But of course this album has just so great songs, really it´s hard to me say which of the albums "Family Entertainment" - "Fearless" is the best!