CRESSIDA

By the first listen the thing to be mentioned here is that Cressida's debut is deeply rooted in 60's rock and classic rock and thus it should be categorized rather as a proto-prog album than a symphonic prog one...Hints of bluesy rock of the 60's ,THE BEATLES as well as classic rock elements are obvious during the listening of the disc...But along with these rather unprog stuff you are in front of some fine art rock like the great organ work and also some symphonic arrangements...I would also notice as a minus that the whole album is very much vocal-oriented without allowing the music to delevop during the songs,although I can't overlook that Angus Cullen's voice is stunning and suitable to the band's music...Best tracks in my opinion are ''To play your little game'' and ''Tomorrow is a whole new day'' which are closest to the symphonic sound of the band...All in all just a good proto-prog album worth listening to but I have heard that their second one is much better so try that one instead...3 stars for me...