...SOUNDS LIKE THIS

From great psychedelia in their first release, "Nektar" goes in all the directions on this one : hard-rock with "Good Day", Beatles- oriented with "New Day Dawning" (coevering partially a Beatles song), blues / boogie with "What Ya Gonna Do", a bit of Hendrix / Purple during "1-2-3-4" of which the organ part seriously reminds me of Jon Lord of course. The long guitar solo is brilliant and fully representative of this era.

A song like "Do You Believe In Magic" virtually goes nowhere and is globally pretty boring. "Cast After This" almost sounds good after such a P.I.T.A.

"A Day in the Life of a Preacher" almost sounds as country-rock in its initial phase. It turns out again to be a heavy one. Little inspiration, really. All these jams sound alike. Of course, I have never been into jam oriented music (even Purple could hardly enjoy me on these territories). Pooooooooor. There are tons of bands who could play this sort of music. Less known and more performant. Thirteen minutes of this treatment is a bad experience, believe me !

One of fave of this album is "Wings" : a short rock ballad, full of emotion and with a very nice melody. But it lasts for less than four minutes...

The long and final number "Odyssee" start jazzy, turns bluesy then hard-rock. It features a good drum solo (just over one minute). Not a great programme, I'm afraid...Some funky mood during the second part won't raise my level of interest.

This album has nothing in particular that could be of interest to a prog fan. And even a hard-rock one like I am can't find lots of positive points in here. Two stars is the maximum rating I can think of for this release.