Curved Air
" Phantasmagoria "
album
1972
( 3rd studio album )
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Το εξώφυλλο του δίσκου (εμπροσθότυπος)
Το οπισθόφυλλο του δίσκου
(οπισθότυπος)
Side
A:
/ 1. - Marie Antoinette
/
2. - Melinda
(More or Less)
/
3. - Not Quite the Same
/
4. - Cheetah
/
5. - Ultra-Vivaldi
Side
B:
/
1. - Phantasmagoria
/
2. - Whose Shoulder Are You Looking Over Anyway?
/
3. - Over and Above
/
4. - Once a Ghost, Always a Ghost
Το βινύλιο Side 2
Τα μέλη των Curved Air:
/
- Sonja Kristina: lead vocals, acoustic guitar
/
- Darryl Way: violin, Keyboards,
/
- Francis Monkman: keyboards, electric guitar
/
- Mike Wedgewood: bass, backing vocals
/
- Florian Pilkington-Miksa: drums
extra
personnel:
/
- Annie Stewart: flute
/
- Crispian Steele-Perkins: trumpet
/
- Paul Cosh: trumpet
/
- James Watson: trumpet
/
- George Parnaby: trumpet
/
- Chris Pyne: trombone
/
- Alan Gout: trombone
/
- David Purser: trombone
/
- Steve Saunders: trombone
/
- Frank Ricotti: xylophone, vibes
/
- Mal Linwood-Ross: percussion
/
- Colin Caldwell: percussion
/
- Jean Akers: percussion
Melinda
(More or Less)
Lovely
lady failing laughing down the glory of the rainbow
Lovely
lady reaching crying for the comfort of the day-glow
Melinda
more or less, Melinda more or less,
Melinda
more or less in dreams.
Phantasmagoria
I
bet you sometimes wonder
What
is standing right behind you
Keep
looking over your shoulder to see if it’s there
μουσική
πρόταση: Άγγελος Κωτσάκης
δισκοκριτική στο Sounds 15
Απριλίου 1972.
Sounds, April 15, 1972, [section:
Album Reviews], p. 29.
CURVED
AIR:
"PHANTASMAGORIA"
(WARNER
BROTHERS K46158)
Certainly the
first side is surprisingly gentle, with a heavy emphasis on both melodic content
and lyrics, and I personally found it much easier to listen to than the second.
It opens with
"Marie Antoinette", a very delicate number with Sonja sounding micely
ethereal and soft. The atmosphere continues right through "Melinda", "Not
Quite The Same" and "Cheetah", until it reaches "Ultra Vivaldi"
– an instrumental based very much on that composer's structure as indeed the title
would suggest.
The second side
– apart from the rather haunting broken up patterns of "Phantasmagoria"
which was the B side of the single is more attacking and experimental, running
through with only one track break and with Sonja's voice used more as an extra instrument
than pure vocal.
Hence I found
it more indigestible, though no doubt the cleverer amonst us will enjoy it much
more simply because of all the intricate work going on.
On reflection
I think the split in atmosphere is a direct result of a split in the album's composition
– side one being devoted to the writing of Darryl Way, side two to the more explosive
Francis Monkman.
- P.V. (Penny Valentine)
Sounds, April 15, 1972, p. 29.
Αφίσσα γνωστοποίησης
κυκλοφορίας του album
“Phantasmagoria” των Curved Air.
Sounds, April 15, 1972.
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Curved Air
“ Phantasmagoria ”
album 1972
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