+ covers (really good quality of back front and
inside booklets). It isn't my rip but ripped using
EAC (with good settings).
See log inside and use cue to burn it. There is
"Melinda (More or Less)" on this album and one big
plz... Can someone tell me what about is that
song, what is the main thought of lyric? Many thnx
for that. If someone could translate it into
polish.... PLZ!
And many thnxx..
Track listing
1. Marie Antoinette (6:20)
2. Melinda (More or Less) (3:25)
3. Not quite the Same (3:44)
4. Cheetah (3:33)
5. Ultra-Vivaldi (2:22)
6. Phantasmagoria (3:15)
7. Whose Shoulder are You Looking Over Anyway?
(3:24)
8. Over and Above (8:36)
9. One a Ghost, Alway a Ghost (4:25)
Total Time: 39:04
Line-up
- Sonja Kristina / vocals, acoustic guitar
- Francis Monkman / guitars, keyboards, Tubular
Bells, Gong, percussion
- Florian Pilkington-Miksa / drums, percussion
- Darryl Way / violin, keyboards, vocals, Tubular
Bells, Mellotron on "Marie Antoinette"
- Mike Wedgwood / bass, acoustic guitar,
vocals
Guest Musicians:
- Annie Stewart / flute on "Melinda (More or
Less)"
- Crispian Steele-Perkins / trumpet
- Paul Cosh / trumpet
- Jim 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 and featuring
- Doris the Cheetah / Grand Finale on Cheetah
Some mixed reviews from progarchives:
>>> If the rest of this album was up to the
standard of the first two tracks, this would be a
four or five star review, unfortunately it isn?t.
?Marie Antoinette?, a well written tribute to the
French heroine, is a beautiful haunting piece,
with Somja?s voice slightly echoed over a soft
atmospheric backing. ?Melinda, more or less? is a
very melodic softer piece, simple in its
structure, but wonderfully effective.
The remaining tracks on side one are pleasant, if
uninspired, including another reworking of
?Vivaldi? (from ?Air conditioning?), this time
speeded up, and played on keyboards. Side 2 is
disappointing and indulgent. For example, ?Whose
shoulder..? consists entirely of Sonja Kristina?s
voice processed into what is quite simply a
mess.
Worth picking up for the first two tracks, but
disappointing thereafter.> Well, nobody here gave
this wonderful album the grade that it deserves,
so here I am. Despite some mistakes (Whose
Shoulder...), the record is perfect: Over And
Above it´s probably Curved Air´s best
track, sounding a little like Gentle Giant,
basically because of the vibraphone. Not Quite The
Same it´s a good 6/8 time signature, but
nobody gives the credit... Cheetah it´s
Darril Way´s best moment ever, even better
than the acclaimed Vivaldi, from the first album.
Marie Antoinette it´s another classic of the
band, really great.Plus, you can hear
Sonja´s beautiful voice on Melinda (More Or
Less) and Francis´s neurotic sinths on Ultra
Vivaldi. Probably the first Curved Air album to
spend your god money on. Believe-me!> Again
another pleasant album from a pleasant band ,
isn't it pleasant? This is one of their better
effort but don't approach the master of the times.
Curved Air was always seen as second line of prog
bands and this their finer album gets only three
stars, so I think that ev eruthing has been said.
Worth a spin and if you like Camel or B J H with
female vocals (quite fine , really ), you should
enjoy this.> Amazing followup to "Second Album",
the final album with (more or less) the original
lineup (the band had trouble keeping bassists),
the difference here, of course, the band was on to
their third bassist, Mike Wedgwood (later of
CARAVAN, for the albums "Cunning Stunts" and
"Blind Dog at St. Dunstans"). A more elaborate
album than before thanks to the inclusion of
strings and horns, not to mention a jazzier album.