Somewhat of a supergroup at the time with the coming together of members of Iron Butterfly and Deep Purple. Rod Evans was the vocalist for Purple before Gillan arrived on the scene, who has a much more clean style to his vocals.
There is a bit of a misprint on the cover. My copy has Bright Blue Tango as the opening track when in fact it’s the title track Sufficiently Breathless, that gets things under way with an acoustic trippy romp. That trippy vibe continues with Bright Blue Tango. Their first album was a lot heavier than this, as the record company wanted them to be a lot more commercial sounding with this one and the result is a bit of a mish mash. The third track is a Santana latin style groover. Evil Man has an almost southern vibe to the tune, which I guess makes sense as Phil Walden’s Capricorn label released the album. Starglow Energy is a rather slow blues-based ballad. Following that is Distant Sun, a rambling tune that goes through varying styles and phases but the overall vibe is back to the psychedelic grooves. Voyages Of Past Travel is just noise and is utter garbage. Everything’s A Circle closes out the album and it’s back to the Santana vibe and is my favourite track on the album. I would suggest buying the first album as it is their best.
6.5/10 from The Grooveman.
