Progarchives, the progressive rock ultimate discography
Aardvark - Aardvark (Aka: Put It in Your Pipe and Smoke It) CD (album) cover

AARDVARK (AKA: PUT IT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT)

Aardvark

 

Crossover Prog

3.43 | 103 ratings

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

toroddfuglesteg
3 stars A nice English band who unfortunate was drowned out by the success of other bands.

Aardvark originally consisted of Kirk and Kossoff before they formed Free. That means Aardvark is a rhythm'n'blues band, then........ ? Not quite. Their sound is based in rhythm'n'blues, yes. There is also strong elements of hard rock here. Early Deep Purple is a good reference and so is Captain Beyond and Uriah Heep. But there is also strong elements of The Nice and ELP here. Very strong elements. And the same goes for some strong elements of Pink Floyd. In short, the sound is a great vintage sound which really warms the hearts of those of us into this sound.

The quality of the tracks is good too. Not everything here is good, but songs like the opener Copper Sunset would make anyone happy. The first part of this album is generally great with a lot of ELP references. Unfortunate, the quality drops a bit at the end.

To cut a long review short; this is a good album from a band who time forgot.

3.5 stars

toroddfuglesteg | 3/5 |

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).

Forum user
Forum password

Share this AARDVARK review

Social review comments () BETA







Review related links

Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved. | Legal Notice | Privacy Policy | Advertise | RSS + syndications

Other sites in the MAC network: JazzMusicArchives.com — jazz music reviews and archives | MetalMusicArchives.com — metal music reviews and archives

Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.