Midnight sun shines brightley
Brian F. Sassaman | phila p.a. | 03/24/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This album is excllent prog rock and really kicks ass.i found a copy on vinyl and got it because the cover was a roger dean painting. and was blown away as soon as it started spining.A great album. Highley reconmened."
ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL.
M. Harris | BRIGHTON, EAST SUSSEX United Kingdom | 02/26/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Along with the excellant Burnin' red Ivanhoe and Pan, Midnight Sun were one of the earliest jazz/rock bands from Denmark to be given (fairly) mainstream release (try to find an original gatefold vinyl version of the first Pan-impossible!) and on the whole they are the best. The rhythm section is one of the best if not the best i've ever heard. The drummer in paticular is forever busy and intresting, pushing the solo's along in the best jazz tradition. His playing on 'living on the hill' is mouth dropping brilliant. Well, 'living on the hill' i can't praise it enough. The whole thing is exemplary. The singer, the flute solo and that guitar solo! constitently inventive, stunningly original and constantly breathtaking. It's a long track (almost a whole side) but it feels like it is too short (if you see what i mean?) and even when he goes into a classic heavy rock riff it doesn't deter from it's originality. The shorter tracks on the first side 'talking' has a blistering lead breaks and 'king of the sun' is almost commercial. They made two other albums but the follow up 'walkin' circles' (with another stunning sleeve) was a let down with very few stretched out solo's. This really is an essential purchase if you're in early seventies scandinavian jazz/rock. Even after all these years it is still as brilliant as when i first heard it. Wish they had stayed together."
Track Listings (8) - Disc #1