Swedish vocals, English vocals
International relevance: **
On the surface, this is a pretty
surprising entry, much like Claes af Geijerstam's ”Out of My Hair”.
As it happens, Geijerstam produced this album by commercially minded
Nils-Åke Runeson, released through Polar – yes, ABBA's label. But
like Tobias Petterson points in his progg encyclopedia, it sports
more progressive moves than expected, and features contributions from
several progg and progg related performers, including Wlodek Gulgowski, Janne Schaffer and Blond
guitarist Björn Linder. High energy track ”Fredag kväll” and
”Her Seventh Floor” (probably more daring in the time signature
department than any other Polar album, for what it's worth) have the
best progg credentials. Schaffer also goes guitar wild on ”I'm Not a
Poet”.
Not essential by any stretch and not
even half the semi-rarity some want you to believe it is, it's still
a fairly entertaining reminder that progg(ish) music can appear in
the least expected places.
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