Games Stargazer progressive synth pop beauty fem vocals
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Games "Stargazer" (77, Cascade Court dat-lp 211) cover is Ex bit of wrinkling to spine, vinyl is Ex to Near Mint. gorgeous progressive love songs I don't hear it as disco so much as updated torch songs with stacked synthesizers and complex arranging. Fans of mid-70s Italian romantic prog like Le Orme should love it. Actually, I like it even more than Aaron and this lp once made Walter Geertsen's 'horrific hundred' list! [ Take this review with a grain of salt, because there may be nobody who likes this album as much as I do, and it’s possible that this album could send a pure psych fan off of a bridge. But...for what it is, this is an amazingly accomplished record. It’s possibly fair to describe it as the world’s only disco/prog merger, as it has dance beats, keyboard textures and high female vocals that could only have come from 1976/1977, but also long complex songs with elaborate structures and clever synth playing. Fans of Abba (or early Cardigans, for that matter) will love the vocals and the melodies. The unusual jazzy chords and sweet vocals definitely have the same feel as the first few Cardigans albums, but the long songs, keyboard-heavy arrangements (there are no guitars on this album) and occasional rhythms straight out of Broadway put this somewhere else entirely. Disco that you can do a chorus line dance to? What makes this great is that every song here has an infectious melody, yet at the same time the songs are complicated and unusual enough to grow on you over multiple listens. The vocals are lovely (even the cheesy backing vocals), but show real strength when necessary, and this is one album where it’s clear that tons and tons of time was put into perfecting these songs. Lead singer Colleen Fitzpatrick is very, very talented. Every nuance here is exactly what the song needs. For a private press, this is very well produced, too. Your friends will make fun of you for playing this, but that’s what headphones are for. It’s great. -- Aaron Milenski, Acid Archives of Underground Sounds ]
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