BOOGIE JUNGLE

Kalevala

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What a dissapointment after the first lp! 3 yeras after the first one is being released on this album is nothing in common with prog. There are only two good tracks here. Jungle (the only number that is related to prog) and If we find the time (a nice ballad). I haven't found anything else good on this record. Sorry, but only two stars.

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Posted Wednesday, December 20, 2006 | Review Permalink

progressive

Disappointment for me, too. "If We Found The Time" is nice blues rock / folk ballad, but I think there's only three 2-star-songs; "Boogie", "Snow Bill" and "Capseller", all being brisk rock 'n' roll, prog related. Jungle could get 3 stars, though it is also irritating occasionally with its melodies. It has still nice psychedelic instrumental parts, for example some reminding Man. This album is more western (usa) folk oriented, which I don't like. Maybe for festival audience.

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Posted Friday, January 19, 2007 | Review Permalink

nikow

Boogie Jungle was released three years after the very proggy debut People No Names, and like the title says, is funky boogie rock. The band saw some big changes in the three years between the albums: Lido Salonen changed from bass to guitar, Ari Vaahtera took the bass duties, Zape Lepp�nen & Beaver Aitto-Oja came in (vocals and drums, respectively). Only the lead guitarist Matti Kurkinen kept his role.

In fact, there are only traces of prog left, but the music is in general of very high quality. It's a pleasant and very enjoyable album if you are into the funkier side of rock. Matti Kurkinen was a very capable guitarist, and it's tragic that he passed away soon after this album was made. Salonen on second guitar fulfills his duties and brings some beef to the sound. The rhythm section is tight, and even if Lepp�nen is a bit generic in the vocals, he has a pleasant voice. The star of the album is really Matti Kurkinen, this is a guitar album.

3 stars, it is a very good album, but in no way essential. Better than the debut, and one that will stay on my playlist for a long time.

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Posted Saturday, August 20, 2011 | Review Permalink

maryes

While I give for the first album from the Finnish band KALEVALA 4 stars ( review (#1536009 posted in Saturday, March 05, 2016) !!!, lamentably "Boogie Jungle" is so far of be classified like a really progressive rock album. In fact, the music on this second release as more close from the hard-psych rock from bands as for instance Mountain... or country/blues/folk from Allman Brothers Band, only in the breath initial and final theme of track 2 "Attack at nineteenhunderd" and in the last track "Jungle" the band "draft" something of prog music. So, this way, my rate is only 2 stars !!!

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Posted Saturday, May 7, 2016 | Review Permalink

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