CELELALTE CUVINTE II

There's more of a rock orientation to Celelalte Cuvinte's second album than there was to their debut. The array of acoustic instruments that gave a folky feel to some of the tracks on their first CD are not so much in evidence and the band is expanded to include a keyboard player this time around with the overall sound consequently becoming somewhat denser and hinting more towards symphonic rather than folk. The playing is as punchy and energetic as on their first outing, Marcel Breazu and Leontin Iovan remain a formidable rhythm section. Well worth investigating.

Celelalte Cuvinte meaning The other words is one of the living legends from my country with 30 years career and some excellent albums released across the years. The were loved by anybody intrested in more then mainstream music from that period being influenced by bands as Rush or even Led Zeppelin but with a typical romanian feel to it added. Those were really hard for bands here in Romania included them, but with all that they manage to release some great albums. The second album from them named simply II from 1989 is a great sincere album with clear direction towards Rush music. Very good is the voice of Calin Pop, very meaningful and with heart and soul. The guitar parts are aswell great, the druming is consstent and very busy and here and there some sporadicaly keyboards added in the mix to give a certain elaborated atmosphere. All pieces stands as good, not a weak moment here like forte onesNu-mi da tot într-o zi, Piriul or Iarna from bonus track make from this album a worthy affair. 3.5 stars, solid yet unoticed outside my country.