GUET-APENS

Next to the debut, Guet-Apens might be the other overlooked item in the excellent series of albums that Ange released in the 70's. Even though it has had some kind of re-release in 2006, it is pretty hard to come by again. So luckily I had just the right age to buy stashes of second-hand albums when people started to get rid of their vinyl at the end of the 80's.

Well I hope that whoever sold this album to the store for 80 BEF (3.00$) replaced it by a CD because this is a very strong symphonic rock album. It has excellent compositions, a great sound, excellent musicianship and passion all over the place.

The good man who owned this vinyl before me had even been friendly enough to put a small interview in the sleeve from a 1978 magazine. In it the band says they wanted to return to a more energetic and rocking sound after the more gentle albums that preceded it. Well you shouldn't expect a Rolling Stones rocking sound but nevertheless this is sure their most intense and dynamic album since the debut.

All songs are excellent examples of symphonic prog, a style and sound that has been rehashed by many neo-progressive bands in the 80's and 90's, but rarely with the amount of creativity and intensity that is going on here (Marillion excepted of course). 20 years ago I used to play this album a lot and the previous occasion must have been 5 years ago already. Well, even to this day, it hasn't aged a bit. So I sure must find out a way to connect my laptop to my old record player and rip this thing to a more manageable modern format!

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