Marks / Mountain Queen - Alquin

Description: Artist: Alquin / Import / Audio CD released at Polydor / Track Listings: 1. The Dance / 2. Soft-Eyed Woman / 3. ... more

Marks / Mountain Queen - Alquin ... Convicts Of The Air / 4. Mouintain Queen / 5. Mr. Barnum's Jr.'s Magnificent And Fabulous City / 6. Don And Dewey

Newest Review: ... relevant when the flute comes into play as in the penultimate song, but the core sound is rooted firmly in loud, guitar and ... more

... organ-led rock. The album stakes its reputation on the two songs that consume the vast majority of its playing time, 'The Dance' and 'Mountain Queen' that open each side of the original vinyl and are followed by much shorter pieces for those listeners in a hurry. Neither of these long songs could accurately be described as epics, opting as they do for upbeat, catchy jam sessions with occasional sung verses, but when the anticipated changes come they succeed in adding a certain extra element to the sound that k...more

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Marks / Mountain Queen - Alquin: You Can Dance, You Can Jive, but you probably won't, to be h ... (707 words)
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Influenced by various styles of early progressive rock, Holland's Alquin contributed their own disputed classic with 'Mountain Queen' in 1973. Mostly comprised of lengthy instrumental jams, the album is at its best when combining the seemingly irreconcilable elements of loose jazz improvisation and catchy rock melodies in a manner that surprisingly works, and the song lengths reflect this theme of extremes in their wildly varying lengths: two are around fifteen minutes long, and the rest lie somewhere between fifty-five seconds and eight minutes. Although its contradictorily ambitious and tedious natures undermine its acceptance as one of the legends of prog, ... Read the complete review

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