Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Penguin Cafe Orchestra. The - Music From The Penguin Cafe (1976)

 

The debut album from this band from Great Britain.

The band was a sextet with a lineup of percussion, bass, guitars, ukulele, cello, violin, viola, electric piano, spinet, electronics and vocals.

Welcome to one of the weirdest acts the progressive rock world has ever spawned.... 

This band released five albums on a label firstly ran by Brian Eno. The mainman in this band was Simon Jeffes. I have their five albums up for reviews this summer. 

The music on this three quarters of an hour long album is a blend of jazz, gypsy folk music, avant-garde/rock in opposition, chamber music and neo-classical music.

The music here reminds me a lot about what Aranis from Belgium did on their albums.  

The music is mid-tempo and is being driven by strings and guitars. The vocals here is some few voices and not traditional vocals.

The music is pretty nice. It is still eclectic, a bit avant-garde and quirky. This is an album somewhere between decent and good. It is also an album far removed from the beaten track too. An album best described as an experience.

2.5 points

 

 

 

 

 

 

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