(1974, UK, PYE, 43.57)
01 Star Bright Star Light
02 Bringing Me Back To My Life
03 Never Wanted You
04th Staircase To The Day
05th Going For A Quick One
06th The Last Day
07. Evening Of My Life
08th had Busted In Shenectady
GRAVY TRAIN with their 1970 debut of one of my favorite albums delivered early that day, a dramatic mix of hard rock, progressive, folky flutes, bubbling psychedelia and a dash of blues. Now we had then just 1970 and the progressive rock music was just about to break out of its infancy. 1974, the progressive rock boom was and I was the only child of my parents on a warm summer night on the world, GRAVY TRAIN were seen miles away from progressive sounds. More rock-hard mainstream sound with spacy from time to strike was offered. The opener "Star Bright Star Light" was a straight grooving rocker with catchy melody and a moderately fast start-end rhythmic beat of organ riffs, pumping bass, acoustic guitar and hard whipped limbed drumming. Toward the end, spherical chirping synth runs over it, what should make it clear to the affinity to the space rock. A good party number, sure, but you realize already that compositionally the air was getting thin. Thinned it was then equal to the second song, "Bringing life back to me," a schmaltzy Schmachtballade with some drama in the chorus, but also inflated to quickly change the gospel choirs. Smooth, radio-ready, flat, but still nice to hear. That would have done it any NAZARETH languishing. Sigh! Actually, something is already really, if you look at the debut keeps this in mind, but I like to be the textured and charismatic voice of the singer and I also belong to the people, the good mainstream rock of the 70 tolerate, such as the '73 'Get your dog off me "album of the ex Progger Beggar's Opera, or those same lard pot. Fits already fit, already. Rich and famous are not so become. But fortunately the Geschmachte is quickly over, and driving rock begins. Boogey, blues, played very fast. The guitar could be somewhat more fry and what is there bubbling in the background? An e Piano? An organ? I do not know. The song has properly Schmackes, despite the harmonica and the lack of hard rock guitar. "Never Wanted You" has a slightly playful middle section, which increases more slowly and then ends up reveling in Mellotronpomp. But nicely done! Screams of the singer and cool but some energy-rich, but not directly "heavy" to be named passages. The title track brings the debut of her beloved melancholy with clean guitars and seductive flute runs that later run unison with the guitar back. Dreamy psychedelic, melancholic pop of the late 60s, a little folksy atmosphere with roots in Victorian England, a beautiful rain numbers, catchy but with substance and a lot of feeling, very catchy too. While not innovative, but simply beautiful. The haunting lead guitar refers to the big brothers PINK FLOYD, while more pop but with a whole in itself. Compared with the current chart music, even plastic dem80er Mainstream Rock hits of the 70s and this is great cinema and to use even without bad music now to leave you this album better, this song is really something. Analog synths embellish the atmosphere even more rapidly, the Mellotron and "Aaaah" - choirs are emerging. Of course, the abundant bombastic and somehow lost in megalomania, but so long as such it get out of rich songs I agree with the composer.
Medium Fast then strolling Hard Rock, very relaxed and cool, is provided with a "Going for a quick one." All right, a Ficksong as it appears in the book. Also not outstanding, but gripping enough to convince me. Some choral interludes and a little pomp are also not out of place, although it can approach the band really earthy. Suddenly all the instruments except the drums are gone, then sets the basic theme again and solos over an analog Moogsynthesizer. GRAVY TRAIN had probably been laid with the previous album a miserable failure, and were compositionally well again rising on the road. Now I know "Second birth" and somehow I do not want to not have to. The two progressive early work on the Vertigo label and this second album on PYE rich completely. "The last day" is a multi-part, straighter, more relaxed rock with folky, spacey, epic and very peacigen melodies in the beginning of partners, where acoustic guitars over laid-back bass - provide and percussion runs a lush foundation for the pained, rough vocals. Then a guitar transition and you are already hovering over a pounding beat to where voice and flute come along a little freaky, weird. Clear, you end up back in the entrance passage. This piece is definitely a very nice Space anthem without heavy guitars. And even more melancholy. A piano Theme was "Evening of My Life", an e piano gets in, the basic running plays a beautiful tune. Then revel in bombastic beauty of sound, an absolute super ballad that does not ELTON JOHN mighty have succeeded in serving but with less substance would. Even if that's all too much like fluffy sound muscle game sounds, it's not bad, but very short.
Rocky, it is again at the end, medium speed, beat her from strolling, surface cool and despite the manner of composition probably familiar stirring and memorable. A nice power rock to the end with wailing guitar, distorted Slideklampfe for the solos. Boogeykracher with a bombastic choir in the chorus. That thing will not Progger go in, I think it's amazing. In the central part of the song then goes away by itself in a swirling hard rock part that is hypnotic - monotone hinsteigert a real inferno. The time was very trendy, hehehe, but hey, be it 1969 or 1974, it does not miss its effect. Mellotronleads are also no stranger to this song, which absolutely rocks. Yes, damn it. "Busted in Schenectady" rocks completely. Then the song breaks off suddenly and, if it is already at the end of the disc, but no one believes a Wahwahgitarre the contrary, a relaxed groove occurs. Funky Hard Rock? Please fits already, if they ever made so cool is like here. Absolute anthem at the end of the LP with insane screaming. Actually it should have
GRAVY TRAIN create with this album, the white oppressors, why do not they succeeded. NAZARETH worse than on the best albums they were not. Rather less superficial. Shame. If the disc out ebay or second hand store to look and feel like 70's prog / pomp / hard rock, tuck in immediately.
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