RESTLESS NIGHT

Unfortunately I fail to agree to loserboy's opinion about this record being a definite essential one and masterpiece in prog. Honestly listening to it was quite a big disappointment for me especially after reading the praising reviews. Certainly the influence by the "fav four" cannot be denied at all, but is this what it makes it a masterpiece? For sure no, rather would I say OCTOPUS was just another one of myriads of bands from that era riding on the waves of THE BEATLES but never did it really in fact and vanished in the haze. The songs presented here are though being quite nice overall very simply structured and highly accessible pop tunes. I cannot not detect any relevance for prog here, "Restless Night" is for me just an ordinary pop album from that era like thousands of others. Can't rate it higher than a collector's item which means 2 stars. I'm quite sure that I won't be seduced to spin it once again the next couple of years.