FANTASY

But it is all a mistake. Pay attention to the instrumental arrangements of the songs. They are very, very intrincate, with many changes of rhythm, style, tempo, etc. The keyboards and the guitar, coupled with heavy distortion, phasing, feedback, echo, provide a mixture of sounds that is hard to achieve, and the drummer has a hard time to follow the tempo and rhythm changes, but he does it perfectly. You will get stunned if you try to follow how many times they switch from blues to rock and to jazz and back to rock again.

In the first song, Happy, they play with classical music, include short operatic passages, mixed with hard psychedelic rock, while in Come, they go jazzy in an extended instrumental section, with an acid guitar solo over the jazzy piano and drums, but they blend well. Wages of Sin is harder and somber, with many changes in tempo. Then, Circus of Invisible Man starts emulating circus music, but with a weird tempo that make the intro sounds broken. When the song picks up, it is a slow and somber psychedelic song, with superb organ and so many changes that your mind get lost while listening to it, but when you regain control of it you realize that you passed through a superb musical experience. Stoned Cowboy was their hit song at the time, but, of course, in a shorter version. The intro is very upbeat, with a very dirty guitar solo over a catchy organ melody. The song picks up the pace toward the end, with good organ and guitar solos, but it is still conventional compared to the other numbers. Understand shows the teenager Lydia Miller singing like Janis Joplin, and brings back all those changes in rhythm and tempo. The highlight is the guitar in this song.

But the real gem of the album is the lengthy What's Next. The intro is dark, with a somber piano riff and a good acid guitar solo. The rhythm and tempo changes are all around. Besides the great guitar and organ interplay, drumming is superb, with many variations. There is a upbeat excerpt in the middle of the song that is a total contrast with the dense mood of the song.

Overall is a surprisingly good album, with so creative instrumental arrangements that it will make any prog fan very pleased. Unfortunately the band never achieved the deserved success and disbanded very soon after this album.