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Eclectic Prog

4.11 | 718 ratings

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The debut album from this prog rock supergroup.

It contains well known members like John Wetton and Bill Bruford. Compared to that other supergroup from that era, ASIA, U.K did symphonic prog rock.

This album is a blend of very technical Canterbury Scene, fusion and symphonic prog. The music is pretty playful and fluent, with some good melody lines. The instruments is the classic guitar/moog/bass/drums setup. The first track is a more prog rock track than the more jazzy style the album evolves into on the rest of the tracks. At times, this album feels like a Canterbury scene album. OK, it is more serious than the normally flimsy and tongue-in-cheek Canterbury albums, but it is still in that ballpark. The musicianship is also really superb.

U.K is covering the most important bases with this album and it is the last great prog rock album from the 1970s. I can only agree with the other reviewers here and recommend it warmly.

4 stars.

toroddfuglesteg | 4/5 | 2008-11-10

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