Skaldowie - Ty (1971)

Artista: Skaldowie
Álbum: Ty
Año: 1971
Género: Rock psicodélico / Rock progresivo
Duración: 40:09
Nacionalidad: Polonia

Lista de Temas:
1. Zwariowane koło
2. Dwa - jeden - zero - start
3. Póki ludzie się kochają
4. Coraz większe oczekiwanie
5. Hymn kolejarzy wąskotorowych
6. Narodził się człowiek
7. Ty
8. Na wszystkich dworcach świata
9. Ostatnia scena
10. Epilog

Alineación:
- Jacek Zieliński / vocal, violín
- Andrzej Zieliński / Hammond, piono, órgano, vocal
- Jerzy Tarsiński  / guitarra
- Konrad Ratyński / bajo, vocal
- Jan Budziaszek / batería


Otra gran muestra de progresivo polaco setentero traída de la mano del gran Bob. Y parece que a Bob esta banda Skaldowie le gusta mucho mucho y nos quiere traer gran parte de su discografía. Señoras y señores, en este blog tendremos Skaldowie para todos, no se desesperen por favor...

My favourite Skaldowie album. Just as Cała Jesteś w Skowronkach presented Skaldowie at their most Beatlesque, this album is very much Moody Blues-like. Some of the songs pretend to be rocking, but it is always the melody and harmony which are foregrounded, as the music is devoid of any violent or raw elements. Perhaps only Dwa - jeden - zero - start (2-1-0-Start), with the jazzyish piano and trumpet solos, defies this pattern. The melodies are almost always first-rate, though, and the inadequate pomposity wins over only in the case of Narodził się człowiek (A Man Is Born). And Hymn Kolejarzy Wąskotorowych (The Narrow Gauge Railmen's Anthem) is too poppy to exactly match the overall proceedings. But when it's good, it's reeaallllyy good: a study of a budding love in Coraz Większe Oczekiwanie (The Ever Growing Awaiting) is beautiful beyond words, with pleasant and not banal melody and the male choir adding this time only to the beauty not pretentiousness. Na Wszystkich Dworcach Świata (At Any World's Railway Station) is another excellent excersise in harmony set to a rhythm resembling a train moving on and adorned with a splendid Hammond solo by Andrzej Zieliński. The closing Epilog reprises Zwariowane Koło's (Vicious Cirle) tune thus providing a neat art-rock frame for all the album, but also Ostatnia Scena (The Final Scene), whose lyrics depict the death of famous Polish cinema icon Zbigniew Cybulski, draws from the former's rhythmic base. The album sure has its flaws, but overall seems somewhat of a melodic feast, cannot understand why it is so much underrated.

(by thelarch - Rateyourmusic)