TALES OF POWER

This is sadly the only album from this American band, not to be confused with an Austrian metal band with the same name. The music comes across as a blend of Genesis, Yes, Cathedral, Strawbs and King Crimson. There is even some hints of ELP and the Canterbury scene here. The latter (ie Caravan) comes across on the instrumental bits of the most commercial catchy song on this album; The Farmer Song. A great song which breaks up the symphonic melancholy which ferments the rest of this album.

Although this album is pretty instant pleasing to the ear, I think this probably ages as fine wine. In other words; enjoy it over several decades and never ever let it fade away in the record collection. I have only been listening to it for a couple of months and I am not so sure if I am getting it. The music, as the blend of the great prog masters it is, is very good. I think most symphonic prog rock fans will find it very pleasing and a lost treasure. But maybe not a diamond. The music is very epic, but it does not take me the places I want to go. The music is also very intense and a bit fractioned, this being a compilation album.

Besides of this, this is a good album for those into the above mentioned bands. It really should be a treasure in the same vein as the Cathedral album from the same decade. I think this album is like a bottle of fine wine and it should be stored and listened to carefully over the next decades. I believe both myself and those who heed my advice will get a lot of pleasure from it in the future.

3.75 stars

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