Any Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come Fans Here?

Oh yeah! Big fan over here. I love that band and Arthur himself is one of the best vocalists I ever heard.

I agree the self titled album is not as good as the other two but I still like it very much. About the genre psychedelic is their main direction but of course they are a bit more than that, a lot of avant-garde and jazz is thrown in.

If you're already a fan of their weird stuff I can suggest going for the album Strangelands which includes a different line up (some members of The Arthur Brown Band appear here) but the music is very similar to Kingdom Come, it was released in the 80's but recorded in the 70's.

Sounds great Marco, I didn't know he had an album, I love his work on Journey. I'll try and look for this one.

Yes, I'm a fan of Arthur Brown's Kingdom Come. I can't even say which of their 3 albums I like best because I think they're all great! They are different from each other. I'm also a fan of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown.

I don't recommend "Strangelands". It has some good parts, but most of it is a mess of noise in my opinion. A couple of the good parts appear on "Galactic Zoo Dossier".

I think Arthur Brown is a great and underrated singer/songwriter. I recommend his "Tantric Lover" album. It might not be as wild as his Crazy World and Kingdom Come material, but it really showcases his wonderful voice.

Will have to check out that Victor Peraino album!

Hell yeah !!!! I only have the S/T (with the star and moon cover) and 'Journey'. *Very* special albums to me. Still looking out for 'Galactic Zoo Dossier'. Pure Prog madness

Love this band, especially Journey and Galactic Zoo.

Oh and btw this has got to be the first time I have had to move a thread back into the prog part of the forum

Hi,

I only have the third album, Journey, sadly. Still, it's a blast. I really need to get the two albums before that. I like the "Brains" songs they did on the first album. "We want your brains to pay for further education..." 

Edited by KingCrInuYasha - February 18 2014 at 01:21

Arthur's output has scaled the peaks of giddy brilliance and at other times plumbed those depths where the bottom of the barrel would have represented the ceiling.

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown (S/t debut) - one of my favorite albums of all time
Strangelands - hippies jamming while stoned off their tits: even a pot noodle is more appetizing
Jam - see Strangelands
Dance with Arthur Brown/Chisholm in My Bosom - mostly pedestrian rock albeit with a very talented band who became a sizable portion of Ian Dury's Blockheads. Both are worth checking out but neither are remotely progressive
Tantric Lover 1 - New Age healing s.h.i.t.e.
Vampire Suite - brilliant, a real return to form where the songwriting for once matches the miraculous Brown tonsils. Buy this today.
Order From Chaos (Live) - good fun but the band employed are not up to the Crazy World material where the crucial organ sound is a pathetic digital jessie who can't fill her bra
Galactic Zoo Dossier - excellent in the main albeit sullied by a few weird for weird's sake moments. One of the most truly bizarre concept albums ever made
Kingdom Come - very good but seems to lurch violently between being irretrievably out there and parodied borderline kitsch
Journey - very strong material but let down by the Bentley Rhythm Ace drum machine (a highly collectible beastie now but it just sounds irritating after 40 minutes)
Speak No Tech - if dung was music this would be the Berlin Philharmonic. Wretched 80's stringy digital cheese
Requiem - Much, much better than Speak No Tech but still a turd, albeit a floating one. The best songs are ruined by the production and textures employed. The medium destroys the message etc

Also check out Vincent Crane & Arthur Brown's collaboration on Faster Than the Speed of Light (excellent orchestral arrangements of some very ambitious music)

Guldbamsen wrote: ^Nice breakdown Ian, although I don't entirely agree with everything you said. For some inexplicable reason I've always loved the drum machine on Journey. Name any other album where it features, and I'll happily scorn it with the fury of a thousand mothers. On Journey though it works wonders for me and gives to the proceedings a dangerous yet kitschy feel.

Right on!

ExittheLemming wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: For some inexplicable reason I've always loved the drum machine on Journey. Name any other album where it features, and I'll happily scorn it with the fury of a thousand mothers. On Journey though it works wonders for me and gives to the proceedings a dangerous yet kitschy feel. Fair comment as I still like the album despite that little niggle. I knew a guy who once owned an original Bentley Rhythm Ace who claims he sold it to some gear fetishist in the EDM community for several hundred (British) pounds.