Tuesday, July 31, 2018

VARGEN – I original (YTF, 1975)

Swedish vocals
International relevance: *

Ex-Contact member Lorne de Wolfe struck gold in the late 70's and 80's with successful soft rock band Hansson de Wolfe United (their music was once appropriately described as ”office rock”). Vargen was their precursor – they were actually the same band, except that mastering technician Olle Ramm on bass and guitar, and MNW engineer Bo Anders Larsson of Scorpion on vocals completing the Vargen line-up were gone by the time Hansson de Wolfe United started out.

”I original” is lowly regarded by many, and it's understandable. Opening track ”Monte Bello” is decent compared to the rest of the album, and ”Vodka och whisky” sounds like Contact leftover, but the rest of the album is uninspiring (and uninspired).

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