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Finn Sjöberg was a member of Örebro's
Squareheads Blues Band in the late 60's before founding Kvartetten Som Sprängde in 1972. They released their monolithic classic
”Kattvals” the following year and they backed singer/songwriter
Bernt Staf on his ”Valhall” album, also in 1973. Kvartetten Som
Sprängde disbanded in 1975 and Finn Sjöberg turned to session work
for a large number of Swedish acts including ABBA.
”Finn” is his only solo album to
date and is disappointing to anyone hoping for a 'lost' Kvartetten
Som Sprängde album. Only album highlights ”Gånglåt från
Barrstigen” (clearly alluding to Kvartetten's "Gånglåt från Valhallavägen") and ”I Fatimas hand” have some strains suggesting
Sjöberg's acclaimed past – the lion's share of ”Finn”
is in a softer unimpressive jazz rock vein.
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Clearly, considering your amount of freetime you havent been able to wash your ears clean properly. Of course this will not be another Kattvals but its a great listen in its own right but who wants every new album to sound just like the previous? Does King crimson from 1969 sound the same in 1977? But I understand this is not progressiv enough for your not so well traveled ears.
ReplyDeleteYou obviously haven't read much of the blog saying my ears are not "well travelled". I dare say I've heard more music of extremely different kinds than most people. And my ears are perfectly clean, thank you. But I still don't think this is a very good album. Opinions differ, and you have to live with that fact, whether you like it or not.
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