FOOL'S JOURNEY
The New Grove Project
•Symphonic Prog
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Studio Album, released in 1997 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Prelude (4:45) - Ingemar Hjertqvist / vocals NGMCD-9601 Thanks to ProgLucky for the additionEdit this entry |
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(19%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(19%)
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"Prelude" opens with atmosphere before vocals and strummed guitar arrive. Not a fan of the vocals here. Piano and bass join in too. It kicks in with guitar at 2 minutes. It stays pretty mellow and the vocals return around 3 1/2 minutes. "My Uncle" is more uptempo and there's lots of mellotron from Par. Nice chunky bass here too. It does settle when the vocals arrive. Again they are weak. Contrasts between mellow and the more powerful sections continue. Great sound 4 1/2 minutes in but it's brief. "Where Am I Going From Here" has some nice bass early as the almost spoken vocals join in. Mellotron as it gets fuller. Man this really comes off as poor Neo- Prog sadly.
"Decision" is atmospheric and spacey for the first 1 1/2 minutes. Then a beat arrives with guitar and other sounds. Vocals after 2 minutes as it settles with organ. The tempo picks up some. An instrumental section late to end it isn't bad. "Fool's Journey" is an instrumental and a pretty good one. Laid back guitar and fat bass early on. It gets fuller 2 minutes in as the guitar makes some noise and the organ joins in. "Anguish" is darker with mellotron and organ to start. It picks up with guitar and drums fairly quickly though. Bass too. Vocals a minute in. I like the guitar and bass but again the vocals aren't the best. "The Ladder" opens with atmosphere as the spacey winds blow. It changes and the vocals arrive after 1 1/2 minutes. It stays at a mid-paced tempo the rest of the way. The focus is on the vocals.
For collectors only in my opinion.
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The sound of the past Swedish duo was quite daring for mid-80's, as the album has a typical Symphonic Rock flavor, deriving influences from the sound of KAIPA, GENESIS or AUTUMN BREEZE along with artists like PAR LINDH (not a surprise of course) or BO HANSSON.Grandiose at moments, softer and more melodic at the opening and closing parts of the arrangements, ''Fool's journey'' has this evident vintage sense to guarantee a nice old-school listening.The keyboard work of Lindh is excellent with plenty of Mellotron throughout along with strong organ parts and bombastic synths.The guitars of Stolt are lovely and easily recognizable with all these bluesy riffing and melodic hooks, not unlike what he was playing with THE FLOWER KINGS or recent KAIPA around the time.There is some fine balance between instrumental blow-outs and mellow vocal parts, with Hjertqvist having a sensitive yet far from outstanding voice, and even a greater one between delicate symphonic flourishes and more complicated passages.However the album is not that original, hence there is a bit of deja-vu feeling by the end of the listening, as if you have heard every track in a previous album before.
Some very decent Symphonic Rock moments can be heard in ''Fool's journey'', a nice work of retro-sounding Progressive Rock with a couple of great guest stars.Do not expect monumental arrangements, but everything in here is certainly well-played with a few instrumental highlights here and there.Overall recommended.
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The New Grove Project is a band that consists of Par Lindh and other members, including
ones from The Flower Kings. However, the music doesn't sound like TFK. It sounds totally
different, even though it has a singer which is a bit irritating, but not so irritating as the
one of TFK. Therefore,
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