JET LAG

This is going to be my debut for this famous Italian symfo band so that means I have no comparative material where they are concerned. And after listening to this release which is obviously not representative for the peak of their career (early seventies) I think I will leave it at this one even though they probably made better albums. But somehow I stayed away from the band all these years and also to other Italian symfo bands and that was because I always knew this subgenre has never been there for me. I listened to several stream songs quite a few times but heard never really something that quite lived up to my taste.

Now about this album. It is characterized by a mix of compositions and styles but besides the fact I have no problem with that the whole thing is diminished for me by an annoying vocal performance. Every time I hear a vocal contribution the song is ruined for me. But besides that I can't say the compositions or the instrumental contribution are compensating it all. They are both sufficient for my taste but nothing brilliant there either.

I could do a song by song rating to see where it ends up with but I concluded they are all somewhere between 1,5 and 3 stars for me and actually on average right in the middle of those numbers but also if I rate it in 3 categories: compositions (2,75 *), vocals (1,5*) and instrumental performance (3*) it will not change anything to the final score I had in mind for this album and this is 2 stars (2,3). Like I said: I will procure no more of this band or style, I think that is fair to both myself and the subgenre (and PFM).