Caravan - First Impressions...

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Richard Sinclair is great!

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Prog Geo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: November 09 2010 Location: Athens (Greece) Status: Offline Points: 2555	Posted: February 03 2011 at 17:08
	Richard Sinclair is great!
	Sonorous Meal show every Sunday at 20:00 (greek time) on http://www.justincaseradio.com

The Quiet One Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: January 16 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 15745	Posted: February 03 2011 at 17:05
	Thoughts? You should get more Canterbury albums: Hatfield & the North's both albums, Khan's Space Shanty, Picchio dal Pozzo's debut and Caravan's Waterloo Lily, if you like some jazzy/jams in your music.

Vompatti Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: October 22 2005 Location: elsewhere Status: Offline Points: 67382	Posted: February 03 2011 at 16:50
	I haven't heard If I Could . . . but I prefer For Girls . . . to In the Land . . .

WatcherOfTheSkies88 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Groupie Joined: February 22 2010 Location: Hawaii Status: Offline Points: 79	Posted: February 03 2011 at 16:45
	Just started listening to Caravan for the first time. Bought and listened to "If I could do it all over again, I'd do it all over you" and "In the Land of Grey and Pink", and wanted to give my first impressions of what I've heard... I have to say that I think that "If I Could..." is a much better album than "In The Land...". "If I could..." just seems to have consistently better songs throughout, especially the "For Richard" suite, which is excellent. That song brilliantly weaves between sections with great melodies. Also, the title track is great, along with "And I Wish I Were Stoned", "As I Feel I Die" and the "With an Ear to the Ground" suite. As far as "In The Land..." goes... I'm not really a fan of "Golf Girl". Also, "Nine Feet Underground" is not one of the best 20+ epics that I've ever heard. The whole suite just seems to not have much flow to it, and a lot of the melodies are not particularly memorable. The 6 minute intro section in particular is kind of boring... it just keeps on going, and doesn't really go anywhere. I did really enjoy the very last section of the song though and I also did really like "Winter Wine". However, overall, I'm surprised that so many people consider "In The Land..." to be their best album. Thoughts?