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URBAN EXPRESS

Michal Urbaniak

Jazz Rock/Fusion


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1.95 | 3 ratings | 1 reviews | 0% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1979

Songs / Tracks Listing


1 Y Note ( Fox, Urbaniak)
2 Moonlight (Urbaniak)
3 Kookoo's Nest (Urbaniak)
4 I Want to Know Your Name ( Urbaniak)
5 Urban Express (Urbaniak)
6 Code Blue (White)
7 Frantic Lover (Urbaniak)
8 Song of Space People (Firestone, Fox)
9 I Just Love You (Urbaniak)
10 Blues for Pinky (Urbaniak)

Line-up / Musicians


Baldwin Keyboards, Programming, Drum Programming
Stephen Fox Guitar
Billy Patterson Guitar
Matthews Radziejewski Guitar
Nicki Richards Vocals
Joachim "Joggi" Schmidt Keyboards, Assistant Engineer
Michal Urbaniak Synthesizer, Violin, Keyboards, Producer, Violone, MIDI Violin, Talking Violin
Lenny White Percussion, Drums, Keyboards, Producer
Bernard Wright Synthesizer, Drums, Keyboards, Vocals, Producer

Releases information

CD EastWest 90992-2

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MICHAL URBANIAK Urban Express ratings distribution


1.95
(3 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(0%)
0%
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(0%)
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Good, but non-essential (0%)
0%
Collectors/fans only (67%)
67%
Poor. Only for completionists (33%)
33%

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Review by Evolver
SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Crossover & JR/F/Canterbury Teams
2 stars I was a fan of Michal Urbaniak back in the seventies, partly because of his excellent violin playing, but moreso because of the vocals of his then wife, Urszula Dudziak. Her unique style of treated scat vocals and four octave range was unlike any other vocalist I've heard before or since. Alas, Urszula is not on this album.

Originally released in 1979 on LP, and reissued in 1990 with a bonus track, this album claims to be a full digital recording. That may be, as the sound is quite good. i wish I could say the same for the music. While Urbaniak plays some good violin solos, the tracks are mostly sequenced sounding synths loops, and awful drum patches. Particularly awful is I Want To Know Your Name, a smooth jazz radio friendly piece of drivel with lame, repetitious lyrics. Kookoo's Nest pales in comparison to the version recorded for Dudziak's "Midnight Rain" album.

The only bright spots are Frantic Lover which alternates between a cool upbeat arrangement (the frantic part, I suppose) and some more mundane verses, and the bonus, Blues For Pinky, obviously a blues piece, that has the best violin solo on the album.

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