GREEN MAN

While I wasn't blown away by any means with ACHE's debut "De Homine Urbano" from 1970 it is a definite step up from this 1971 followup "Green Man". This is a low 3 stars for me with them going into a far less adventerous direction with shorter tracks and more vocals, also going more into a commercial direction like THE BEATLES cover plus sounding like a few of the popular bands back then like PROCOL HARUM and DEEP PURPLE before they went heavy. But for me the vocals are the biggest turn off here.

Some ELP bombast on that poppy "Sweet Jolly Jane" as the organ dominates along with the vocals. The vocals are spoken much of the time here. They sure sound like PROCOL HARUM on "Shadow Of A Gypsy" a song that was a hit for them and that title track is poppy alright. I probably like "Acheron" the best for that jazz style contrasted with the organ, piano, beats and bass. Some vocal melodies as well. They cover "We Can work It Out" by THE BEATLES and it's okay but I'm not a fan of the vocals.