TODDLER wrote:
After Infinity Machine...I was curious to check out their
later releases. I was informed by Progheads to not waste my time. They
claimed most of what the band wrote/recorded after Infinity Machine was
like "lounge music" for dancing. I still haven't looked into it. Is it
that way? |
I've heard the same thing said in essence, and it is a
rather extreme,harsh and unfair thing to say about the band. The album
Iguacu, the one after Infinity Machine, experiments with "world music",
but still has the dynamics and sense of style that I find appealing. The
resultant Sky Blue and Garden Of Eden records (1978 and 1979 respectively) are a bit more laid back
than early Passport, but cannot be dismissed as "lounge music". There is
a great live boot out there from New York in '79 featuring music from
these three records, and it is simply electrifying! Passport still had
the chops.
1980's Ocean Liner is the most laid
back approach I've come across (admittedly the closest to "lounge
music"), and I have never heard '81's Blue Tattoo, but Earthborn and Man
In The Mirror, 1982 and 1983 respectively, are quite engaging and
involving records, not to be dismissed either-both exhibit some very
tasteful playing.
There is little after these recordings that I have heard, so cannot venture a real opinion on them.
Edited by presdoug - October 06 2014 at 12:09