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THE BOOK OF INVASIONS - A CELTIC SYMPHONY

Horslips

 

Prog Folk

3.94 | 95 ratings

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friso
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2 stars Horslips is an Irish band that combined rock, folkrock and light progressive rock. On 'The Book of Invasions' the band clearly sets out tot create an ambitious progressive rock album, but yet it lacks any layered depths. To me it sounds like the're just summing up undeveloped instrumental bits, unfinished songs and overly happy unauthentic feeling folk(rock) passages. To me it sounds like a big game of pretending. From the progressive point of view, the music is way to simple and lacks any originality in both the compositions of performance style. This is rather a dressed-up folk-pop album. Must be quite a fun album if you don't expect any of that Fairport Convention soul or Jethro Tul finesse.
friso | 2/5 |

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