The Floating Opera - The Floating Opera (1971) (2018)

Artist: The Floating Opera
Title Of Album: The Floating Opera
Year Of Release: 1971/2018
Label (Catalog#) Big Pink [Big Pink 590]
Country: USA
Genre: Psych Rock, Prog Rock
Bitrate: Lossless
Quality: FLAC (image + cue,log)
Time: 00:43:56
Full Size: 323mb(+3%)(covers)

The first two songs here are absolutely killer, making the rest of the album pretty disappointing by comparison. “Song of The Suicides” is a pained masterpiece with a stunning guitar solo and a melodic sound that feels like Zerfas. “The Vision” is a hot powerful rocker with some relentless organ playing by Carol Lees (many reviews of this album mistakenly claim that she’s a singer.

Apparently some people review the album by just looking at the cover and not by listening to it, as all of the album’s vocalists are male.) The other songs are lesser variations on these two styles, without all that much inspiration, though the playing is strong throughout. Contains a song called “Age of Onan,” for those of you who collect odes to masturbation.

Tracks:
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01. Song Of The Suicides - 4:54
02. The Vision - 6:09
03. Midnight - 3:25
04. Buckwheat Gal - 3:56
05. Fever Day (Carol Lees, John Nemerovski, Steve Welkom) - 4:32
06. Age Of Onan - 4:33
07. Crack On The Wall - 2:46
08. Back On The Street Again - 4:06
09. Angelfood Cake Song (Gary Munce, John Nemerovski, Steve Welkom) - 4:21
10. Soulful Feeling - 5:14

Personnel
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John Nemerovski - Piano
Steve Welkom - Vocals, Guitar
Artie Alinikoff - Drums, Vocals
Carol Lees - Keyboards, Vocals
Gary Munce - Bass