Sunday, July 29, 2018

LOTUS – Vera O'Flera (SMA, 1976)

Instrumental, Swedish vocals
International relevance: *** 

Second album from this technically driven outfit, housed in a striking cover. During the two years that passed since their debut they changed their rhythm section, with Lerker Allgulander taking bassist Stefan Berggrenssons place, and Henning Öfverbeck handing over his drum stool to Håkan Nyberg (who later teamed up with Mikael Wiehe). It didn't change things for the better Lotus' debut was a pretty boring effort, but this one is even worse. It's tight and complex enough to get prog rock and fusion fans going, but it bores me to death. It's all about show-off and minutious precision. Their humour extends to an idiotic rock version of Swedish children's song ”Bä bä vita lamm” (the only vocal track on the album). Too bad it's not funny in the least. To make matters worse, the album was reissued on CD in 2004 with two previously unreleased tracks.

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