Label: Warner Music (Japan), WPCR 16299
Style: Progressive Rock, New Age
Country: London, England
Time: 45:19
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 290 Mb
Air Conditioning, the debut album from Gloucestershire band Curved Air, is widely considered to be one of the pioneering albums of the progressive rock genre. Recorded in July 1970 and released to an unsuspecting public just four months later, this was unlike much of what had been heard previously. Many of the bands that are remembered today as some of the greatest prog bands of all time were yet to unleash something quite as different and out there as Air Conditioning. Genesis' debut had been firmly routed in the 60's pop genre, Pink Floyd were yet to release anything truly incredible and Rush were many years away from releasing their debut. Of all the classic prog albums, only King Crimson had released one yet, in the form of In The Court Of The Crimson King, which would go on to influence Air Conditioning. However, this was a different form of prog rock. Whereas bands like King Crimson focused on shifting their sound up every thirty seconds, Curved Air were more geared towards showing off the significant talent of vocalist Sonja Kristina and were also one of the first rock bands to use a violin which makes for one interesting listen.
(full version: sputnikmusic.com/review/53985/Curved-Air-Air-Conditioning/)
01. It Happened Today (05:02)
02. Stretch (04:06)
03. Screw (04:02)
04. Blind Man (03:35)
05. Vivaldi (07:33)
06. Hide And Seek (06:19)
07. Propositions (03:09)
08. Rob One (03:27)
09. Situations (06:24)
10. Vivaldi With Cannons (01:37)
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