FELONA E SORONA

This whole album is a bit of a non-event to my over-critical ears. It's very surprising to see this ranked so highly in the Archives. Aldo Tagliapietra's vocals sound sterile and emasculated.

On the plus side - the instrumentation is pretty good with plenty of space between players. They also sound far larger than a three piece band. The tunes themselves are pretty standard fare for the early 70's and are nothing to get excited about. In fact, it's really all quite forgettable by the time you reach the end of this album.

There are one or two adventurous passages in "Felona E Sorona" in the form of Toni Pagliuca's keyboards - but you'll forget what they sounded like as soon as the record ends. It really is one of those albums you've heard so much about, want to like, but basically goes in one ear and out the other.

A dull listen but a well recorded album that understandably has an army of followers. It just doesn't cut the mustard for me at all. I find it really dull...