UK based Polish multi-instrumentalist is back with a series
of three classic albums that he does his own renditions of the albums. The
albums are: Atomic Rooster- Debut, The Crazy world of Arthur Brown and the
first album by EGG (which I reviewed last month). These are all instrumental versions with the
vocals left out and in fact on the Atomic Rooster, all the instruments except
the drums are left out.. Bizzare…. I really like the first Atomic Rooster album
and this instrumental version focuses mostly on the keyboards. I felt the
drumming was the weakest part, just lacking that attack of Carl Palmer.
Overall, you can just feel it is not played by a full band and one instrument
at a time. The keyboard and organ playing is great but with out the vocals a
lot of it is starts to sound the same and there is not a lot of guitar played
either.
As for the Arthur Brown, musically it is pretty close to the
classic record and very keyboard driven with not nearly as much guitar as the
album. The vocals are all stripped away. I had a lot of problem playing this CD
as well. Anyway, I can’t really give a strong recommendation for this set,
although the EGG record is cool. I still would rather hear the original records
than these instrumental renditions. Kris
is a talented guy but he needs to find a great band to put his talents into,
rather than remaking others music.
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