POPOL VUH - QUICHE MAYA - 1973 (NOR) Progressive rock

Decent progressive rock / art rock group from Norway that leans toward the contemporary end of the spectrum on this album but overall is a worthy effort.
Track Listings

Side 1
1. Queen of all queens
2. Dark nights
3. Mrs. Randalie
4. Music box

Side 2
1. Yesterday
2. Milk-white satin-dressed departure
3. Between you and me
4. Get up
Line-up/Musicians

- Arne Schulze / guitar
- Pete Knutsen / guitar, keyboards
- Thor Andreassen / drums
- Terje Methi / bass
- Jahn Teigen / vocals

Track 1, "Queen of All Queens": A bluesy rocking number that is almost laughable because of the really cheesy English lyrics sung by a gent that sounds like AC/DC's Brian Johnson (with a line like "she thinks she looks good in her see-through underwear, and maybe she does but in the morning who cares", what can you say?) Seems strangely out of place with the rest of the album.

Track 2, "Dark Nights": Improves on things a bit with some nice flute floating around in the background

Track 3, "Mrs. Randalie": We really begin to get a hint of this group's potential with this mellotron-tinged 8-minute number, somewhat reminiscent to me of the UK group Spring.

Track 4, "Music Box": Begins mellow with acoustic guitar and vocals, and has some nice harpsichord-style organ and closes with soaring electric guitar.

Track 5, "Yesterday": Begins with a subdued, almost baroque acoustic guitar intro and then moves into a nice mellotron backed vocal sequence. Again highly evocative of Spring and similar albums of that early 70's golden era.

Track 6, "Milk-White Satin-Dressed Departure": Another rockin' boppin' number that has some funky electric piano and synthesizer, and for some reason seems to remind me a bit of Nektar.

Track 7, "Between You and Me": A mellow piano ballad.

Track 8, "Get Up": A fusion-ey number that closes the album and sounds a lot like Wired-era Jeff Beck with vocals.

Rip from CD 256@ (full artwork included)

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