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EXTREMES

North Star

 

Neo-Prog

3.82 | 42 ratings

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proghaven
4 stars In fact, this is the DEBUT studio album from North Star. Yes it was first released in 2005, I didn't forget about that. But more than 10 years ago I was in email contact with Kevin and Glenn (I bought old North Star vinyls from them for my collection, including the test press of Feel The Cold). And when I expressed my delight about Extremes (I had just bought a copy of the Mals official CD version in Gorbushka), Kevin wrote in response that the album was recorded back in 1980 and remained unreleased until 2005. That's why - as many reviewers note - Extremes sounds much closer to 1970s prog than Triskelion or Power, that's why its sound quality and production is not top... and that's why (here I start to talk about subjective matters) personally I feel the lack of North Star when I listen to this album. Yes it's more complex, more 1970s-like etc than their next releases, but genuine North Star began with Feel The Cold. That's why 4 stars only, though the album is brilliant.
proghaven | 4/5 |

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