SECOND WIND (AS OBLIVION EXPRESS)

Brian Auger was always a capable Hammond organ player and you can recognize his style quite fast. He is one of the grooviest jazz-rock Hammond players. I have a problem that I can't discern his albums much and while they sound like a pleasant flow of music, I would prefer them being full instrumental and showing more ambitions, variety and compositional quality.

Second Wind is better than its predecessor because if features more instruments than singing but it can hardly classify as fusion or progressive album. The highlight is Auger's Hammond organ playing, other players are quite average or forgettable with rockin' rhythm, an occassional guitar solo and vocals.

After hearing albums like this, I don't remember much and wish that musicians had been more creative and challenged themselves harder.