Sensations' Fix - Boxes Paradise (1977) LP

Artist: Sensations' Fix
Album: Boxes Paradise
Release: 1977
Genre: Prog Rock, Krautrock
Country: Italy
Quality: FLAC | lossless
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

The fourth album (and first of two in 1977) by this underrated Italian band completed a transition from the spacier music of their earlier LPs toward a more accessible, song- based format. But don't expect anything approaching mainstream Mediterranean Prog Rock: guitarist Franco Falsini continued marching to the rhythm of his own private muse, influenced (in philosophy more than actual practice) by Robert Fripp, and the books of Kurt Vonnegut.
This time around there isn't a single cut on the album without lyrics, all sung (as always, in somewhat fractured English) by Falsini himself, whose voice is suggestive, at least in its upper octaves, of an earthier Jon Anderson, sounding not unpleasantly like the Yes vocalist with a slight chest cold. The words themselves are nothing special, and invariably take a back seat to the music, with plenty of room allowed between verses for long instrumental breaks in unpredictable time signatures, highlighting the dynamic interplay between Falsini's interstellar guitar work and synthesizers.

Tracklist:
A1. The Flu 4:20
A2. Faux Batard 3:25
A3. Boxes Paradise (Including Short Flights) 6:15
A4. Voices 4:54
B1. Mother's Day 7:24
B2. Luna Slain 4:50
B3. Visions Fugitives 6:44

Personnel:
Franco Falsini - guitars, synthesizer, vocals
Steve Head - keyboards, electronic drums
Richard Ursillo - bass
Keith Edwards - drums