PEACE

My first impressions of this album are that this Israeli band are quite naive hoping for peace back in 1977 the year this was released. Then I read their bio and how some of the band members actually fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur war and lost relatives and friends. "Peace" is the theme here and it certainly comes from their hearts. A large 9 piece band with two synth players and a keyboardist. There's a violin/mandolin player and the violin is quite dominant on here much more than the guitar. Two male singers and one plays harmonica the other acoustic guitar. An inconsistent album in my opinion especially that run of songs from track 5 to 7. That includes "7 Flowers Street" which is pretty much acoustic guitar and violin with a child speaking. "One Minute Prayer" stutters along I just don't like the sound but it's less than a minute while "Lonely Violin Crying For Peace" doesn't need a comment based on that title.

Highlights though are "Love Song" for that beautiful moving melody, my favourite track. "Carnival" is a 6 minute proggy tune that is all over the place and quite well done. If I had to pick a third tune it would probably be "Stampede" and it constantly changes at least as far as the soloing instrument goes. And it's uptempo but that shifts as well. This just didn't sell well in Israel or around the World causing the band to eventually pack it in returning some 30 years later for an encore of sorts. I much prefer that SHESHET album from the same year and country.