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Day: April 19, 2022

SUPERTRAMP – Crime Of The Century

April 19, 2022 /

This was the band’s third album. They were already an established Prog rock band in the UK, but the release of this album (especially the single, Dreamer and the Wurlitzer piano sound) redefined the band’s future sound.

This is a schoolboy memory for me as everyone was talking about them because of Dreamer. Definitely a perfect record. I love the sound and groove of the whole album – especially the way they added pop elements into the songs and kept the groovy extended instrumental pieces. The production is fantastic and is one of the greatest sounding 70’s records.

There is not one bad moment on the whole album, in fact, School, Bloody Well Right, Dreamer, Rudy, and the title track, are all some of the best pieces the band ever composed. I still get so much joy from listening to it after all these years. A truly stunning record.

10/10 from The Grooveman.

KILLER DWARFS – Big Deal

April 19, 2022 /

Hailing from Oshawa (a burb around the metropolis of Toronto), the band had moderate success in Canada in the eighties – although not much anywhere else.

This is the band’s third album which came out in ’88, and although the band were known as a metal band, this album is much more of a melodic rock album (even I would say power pop), especially on tracks like We Stand Alone which is very Cheap Trick sounding. Startin’ To Shine is one of the best tracks on the album, as it has a great groove and hook and some really nice guitar. To keep their metal credentials intact, the deliciously heavy and fast Burn It Down is my favourite on the album. This album does sound a bit flat, as when they these songs Live they are a lot more alive and popping.

I think Killer Dwarfs sit alongside the Tragically Hip in that they are peculiarly Canadian, in that they don’t mean a whole bunch anywhere else.

7/10 from The Grooveman.

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