Label: Universal Music (Netherlands), 371 914-9
Style: Progressive Rock
Country: Haarlem, Netherlands
Time: 32:31
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 203 Mb
What
I do know is the band wasn't known for a steady lineup, and most people
lost interest in the band after keyboardist Rick van der Linden left in
1973 to form TRACE. It seems no matter who was in the band, bassist Cor
Dekker was the one constant. This was their first album, which
consisted of covers of classical (which they were best known for), one
original, and more. They do a cover of Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony",
entitled "The 5th", which actually became a hit. This is basically a
rock version of the famous Beethoven composition, with organ, guitar,
bass, drums, and horns. The song starts off with the famous symphony
version (sounds like a recording sampled from a real symphony
orchestra), but then quickly changes to a rock version. They do a cover
of JETHRO TULL's "Dharma For One", which is quite a bit tamer than the
original, not so aggressive. They even include the proper, Ian
Anderson-like flute where needed (just like the original). "Little
X-Plus" is a band original, and a nice piece with some jazz influence
and nice use of flute. "Ritual Fire Dance" is a nice number complete
with horns, some '60s sounding guitar. They also cover George Gershwin's
"Rhapsody in Blue", which is truly the album's high point. There's also
Bach's "Air on G String", which is the song that PROCOL HARUM borrowed
for their hit "A Whiter Shade of Pale". This of course, is the Bach
composition done EKSEPTION style, with harspichord from Rick van der
Linden, and horns, and you won't mistake this for Procol Harum.
EKSEPTION
is one of those bands that don't have much middle ground, you either
dig the band or you don't. It all depends how much you like the idea of a
band "rocking the classics". I still think this is much better than
what Apollo 100 done (Apollo 100 was a British group who gave us the hit
"Joy", which was a pop take on Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring",
and most of the rest of the stuff they did was rock versions of
classical songs, and in my opinion, not as good as what EKSEPTION did).
If you do enjoy the music of EKSEPTION, this is a nice album to own.
(progarchives.com/album.asp?id=6480) Review by Proghead. March 20, 2005
01. The 5th (03:25)
02. Dharma For One (03:28)
03. Little X Plus (03:31)
04. Sabre Dance (03:47)
05. Air (02:53)
06. Ritual Fire Dance (02:15)
07. Rhapsody In Blue (04:02)
08. This Here (04:12)
09. Dance Macabre Opus 40 (02:23)
10. Canvas (02:30)
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