YOU AND I

"You And I" 's debut CD is mostly light progressive rock mixing commercial influences. My only complaint here is with the use of a drum-machine rather than a real drummer. The female vocals, both in English and Hungarian, are excellent. Their guitarist is also quite good. This album would be enjoyed by those who also enjoy Trevor Rabin-led YES and late-70s GENESIS.

Nice combo from Hungary. The music is an interesting mix of simple tunes with some more intricate, guitar driven prog pieces. Most of the music is soft and dreamy, but very well done. The guitarist is very good, obviously influenced by Steve Howe (almost no effects, all comes from his technique). The instrumental parts are more subtle than flashy, not symphonic but very effective, and definitely progressive. Singer Fanni Völgyessy Szomor has a good voice, that gives the group a misleading pop flavour. I did not like the inclusion of the english traditional folk song She Moves Through The Fair (here titled Wedding Day), but it is just a matter of taste, since I never liked any version of this tune. The remaining tracks, though, are quite good.

If you´re looking for something soothing, melodic, and yet not simplistic, with some very good arrangements, this record is recommended.

I remember reading about this band in a heavy metal magazine... a few paragraph, but I got curious and ordered the cassette right away. This was 27 years ago. Later I went to see them performing YES music and that was an amazing experience. Yes music in Hungary!

I have fond memories of this band and I had to listen to this debut album again. Such a lovely album filled with YES inspired light progressive rock and also some beautiful pop songs.

The lyrics are both in Hungarian and English.

Völgyessy Szomor Fanni's voice takes the listener to Celtic fields, Dorogi Károly's Rickenbacker bass gives tasty CHRIS SQUIRE energy to the music. Kosztyu Zsolt's playing is also very YES inspired and the keyboard parts are like from the late seventies. Interesting fact that the album was recorded with programmed drums which surprisingly sound good despite the early technical stages of drum sampling at that time.

All in all this is a very pleasant album, a nice one in the car when there are non prog-loving passengers near you...

Favorite track: Child of a Guiding Eye.

Recommended for fans of melodic, light symphonic prog. 3.5 shiny stars!