SPIRAL

Imposing and bombastic church organ during the title track which is opening this work is setting the pace. We will be again confronted with some fine electronic prog. Some key lines are not far away from the great TD (but it is not the first time) and ELP fans should be attracted as well. It is an excellent opening number by all means.

"Ballad" is a soft and quite number which holds a recurring theme (some sort of vocalizing effects) constructed around melodic and ambient key lines. It is fully atmospheric. Not surprising, "Dervish D" is quite repetitive (these guys are repeatedly dancing around themselves).

The pièce de résistance of this album is of course the magical "To The Unknown Man". It is maybe some sort of a tribute to mankind (?) and this well known song is one of the best of the whole of Vangelis career. At least I feel so. It is not untrue that the theme reminds of the "Bolero". This song was aired quite a bit at the time of release (although 77 was not really the best year for electronic prog artists). It can be compared to some of JMJ best moments as well. This is THE highlight from "Spiral".

The sequencing machine is on-line for the closing and longest song "3+3". Grandiose and bombastic finale is the best of this track. It is of course difficult to follow such great a piece of music as "Unknown Man".

This album is pretty enjoyable and consists of very good tracks. Four stars.

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