Kayak

Kayak
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 8712488004259
ASIN: B000007U6G


Release Date: 1997-01-17

Kayak


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Tracks:

  1. Alibi
  2. Wintertime
  3. Mountain Too Rough
  4. They Get To Know Me
  5. Serenades
  6. Woe And Alas
  7. Mireille
  8. Trust In The Machine
  9. His Matter's Noise
  10. We Are Not Amused

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  1. The Last Encore
  2. See See the Sun
  3. 3 Originals

Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of the Dutch prog rock legends' 1974 & second album with 'We Are Not Amused' added as a bonus track, for a total of 10 selections. 1995 release.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars still wonderful after all these years.......2006-10-10

Several months ago I was browsing Amazon's music department,when I happened upon a review of "Three Classics",the compilation of Kayak's work from 1977-1980.I was ecstatic to discover they had re-formed in 2000(though in a somewhat different form).I decided to order one of their 4! newer cd's,settled on "Close to the Fire"-and became hooked again.I then decided to get caught up on their back catalogue,and was shocked to discover 8 stidio and a,somewhat,live album!In 1978,as a bit of Dutch-American music history,Kayak's only recordings available in the U.S. were a "bastardized" version of Starlight Dancer(with songs ,also, from "Last Encore"-tho incredibly some of the finer songs from both were omitted?),"SeeSee the Sun",and of course,the brilliant "Royal Bed Bouncer".After "Starlight" made some noise here,"Phantom of the Night" and "Periscope Life" were also released. Incredibly,the original "Merlin" was never released here until just recently.Also,the self-titled "Kayak" was never released.It's a long journey to get to a review,I know,but maybe this helps to understand why kayak is not a household name.Song by song,I'd have to admit,"Bed Bouncer" is probably better,but for sheer brazen originality,my choice for fave Kayak cd is this one.Opening with a rather typical rocker,"Alibi",the album really takes off on the next track,"Wintertime",which displays what will become a Kayak trademark for the next several years,a vaguely Beatlesque keyboard riff,haunting Sherpenzeel melody, with a typically quirky Max Werner vocal.Add some Brian-Dennis Wilson-like background vocals,and you have their special formula.Other highlights include-almost everything--"Woe and Alas" is a really beautiful number,and then there are the 2 progressive epics,the 9 minute "They Get To Know Me" and 6 min."Trust in the Machine".The extra track(and 1974 single)"We Are Not Amused" is a pounding glam rocker Bowie would've been proud to claim!

5 out of 5 stars

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