FUTURE LEGENDS

Fruupp plays some Peter Gabriel era Genesis inspired symphonic prog here on their debut album Future Legends. It´s very well composed and performed. All songs are good but nothing really stands out.

The sound quality isn´t really good, but for the time it´s ok.

The album starts with the classical intro Future Legends and then continues with Decision which is a good symphonic prog rock song. All songs have quiet and more rocking passages and the singing ranges from melodic to more rock sounding moments. There are even a jazzy vers in the song Decision. So there is nothing wrong with the diversity in the music. I´m entertained throughout the whole album. The influences are very clear though and at the end of the song: As Day Breaks With Dawn it´s almost a ripp-off of Gentle Giant´s vocal harmonies. It has to be mentioned though that this is the only place they sound like Gentle Giant. Fruupp´s overall sound is more in the vein of Peter Gabriel era Genesis.

The musicians are good without being outstanding.

This is a pretty average symphonic prog rock album from the early seventies and I´ll rate it 3 stars with the hope that Fruupp will get better on later albums.