Anyone's Daughter - Anyone's Daughter 1980 (2012)

Artist: Anyone's Daughter
Title Of Album: Anyone's Daughter
Year Of Release: 1980 (Remastered 2012)
Label: SPV/Tempus Fugit (SPV 80512 CD)
Country: Germany (Stuttgart)
Genre: Progressive Rock
Quality: WavPack (image+.cue+log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 51:57
Total Size: 425 MB (Scans)

Progarchives:
For their second album, Anyone's Daughter eschewed the side long suite idea in favour of shorter more accessible prog songs. This isn't really neo - it came too soon for that anyway - and it isn't really symphonic, since the material does not stretch out a whole lot temporally. But it is an ultramelodic disc with excellent songwriting and playing all around. A variety of moods and tempos are struck, and the balance between guitars, keys, and Harald Bareth's warm tones is spot on.
Each of the 8 full length tracks is at least good, although it must be said that at 2 of the tracks are re-worked better on subsequent live recordings, those being the hits "Sundance of the Haute Provence" and "Moria". "Thursday" features sparkling themes on lead guitar courtesy of Uwe Karpa. "Superman" is a dazzling critique on self dependence in which Karpa's leads sound even more like Andy Latimer than usual. The definitive version of "Another Day Like Superman" comes closest to what AD were doing during the Adonis epic, and alternates between ballad and blazing, particularly Matthias Ulmer's synthesizers. "Enlightenment" is a monster ballad, while "Between the Rooms" plies a jazzy furrow for which the group became known over time.
While this album might disappoint some who were hoping for another "Adonis", it provides plenty of tasty licks and is if anything more consistent than the debut. Given the time period, AD was arguably one of the few relatively long lived prog bands keeping the seats warm during the progressive ice age.

Tracklist:

01. Swedish Nights
02. Thursday
03. Sundance Of The Haute Provence
04. Moria
05. Enlightment
06. Superman
07. Another Day Like Superman
08. Azimuth
09. Between The Rooms
10. Another Day Like Superman (Live in Frankenbach 1980, Bonus track)
11. Between The Rooms (Live in Baden Baden 1980, Bonus track)
12. Sundance Of The Haute Provence (Live in Baden Baden 1980, Bonus track)