Monday, February 4, 2019

COLOSSEUM-THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU

A great album that is, somehow, lacking something.

After reading the obituary for saxophonist John Hiseman, I downloaded this album from YouTube.

Though Hiseman's saxophone playing is second to no one else in the rock world and I can appreciate how innovative and inventive the music was for it's time, I can't help but feel a certain sense of this album being derivative. For example, though "Backwater Blues" sounds good, it evokes a sense of the band floundering, not really sure what they want to be or achieve.

Overall, something well worth listening to but just a tad short of worth buying.

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