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Baker Gurvitz Army - Baker Gurvitz Army [CD]
AU $30.23
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Style
- Classic Rock
- UPC
- 5013929734722
- Artist
- Baker Gurvitz Army
- Format
- CD
- Release Year
- 1974
- Record Label
- Esoteric Recordings
- Release Title
- The Baker Gurvitz Army
- Genre
- Rock
About this product
Product Identifiers
Record Label
Esoteric Recordings
UPC
5013929734722
eBay Product ID (ePID)
27050134998
Product Key Features
Release Year
1974
Format
CD
Genre
Rock
Artist
Baker Gurvitz Army
Release Title
The Baker Gurvitz Army
Additional Product Features
Distribution
Dark Peak
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Number of Discs
1
Reviews
Record Collector (magazine) (p.87) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The] album's renegade synths, Wagnerian chord sequences and fidgety time signatures, make for a rich and lumpy stew..."
Additional information
Ginger Baker's mid-'70s profile took another unexpected turn following Cream's blues-rock blood and thunder and his Afro-beat matchups with Fela Kuti. He formed this straight-ahead power trio with the guitar- and bass-playing brother team of Adrian and Paul Gurvitz, who'd briefly lit up the '60s U.K. charts as Gun (of "Race With the Devil" fame). Such a step might have seemed subversively normal for Baker, but he and the brothers had an undeniable chemistry; not surprisingly, their debut album is a self-assured, aggressive affair. "Help Me" and "I Wanna Live Again" are punchy and succinct; so are the hard-driving instrumentals "Love Is" and its funkier cousin, "Phil 4." The band leavens their hard-hitting delivery with subtle orchestration and piano; the latter instrument works to haunting effect on the introspective "Memory Lane." There's some engaging humor, too; "Mad Jack"'s lyrics about a reckless outback race are silly, but kitschy fun. The only real clinker is "Since Beginning," which is bogged down from self-consciously "meaningful" lyrics and meandering delivery; its eight minutes could have benefited from judicious pruning. Naturally, no Ginger Baker album could pass without some drum solos, but they're tastefully done. He's very much a team player here, in contrast to infamous stick-bashing marathons like "Toad." That said, this album's a strong, decisive statement, and if hard rock's what you crave, you won't be disappointed. ~ Ralph Heibutzki
Number of Audio Channels
Stereo
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