Dimmornas Bro (Silence, 1977)
Swedish vocals, instrumental
Swedish vocals, instrumental
International relevance: **
Before Staffan Hellstrand became a
domestic hit maker, he was in the semi-symphonic
Dimmornas Bro.
Despite being OK musicians, Dimmornas Bro never reached the higher levels of symph prog they probably aimed for, simply because their songs weren't very good. They try hard to earn credibility points with tracks ”Romeo” and ”Fängelset, skolan alltså” but end up like some faux Genesis. Dimmornas Bro was really a pop rock band and that shines through no matter what time signatures and how many synth washes they used. If it matters to anyone, this is their best album.
Mål (Silence, 1979)
Swedish vocals, instrumental
Swedish vocals, instrumental
International relevance: **
Really terrible album made even worse
by then-fashionable disco influences. ”Tilt” suggests Staffan
Hellstrand might have heard one Samla Mammas Manna album and two by
The Beatles, but the end result is disheartening to say the least.
Some symph moves seemingly left over from their first album turned up
in ”Mål's” instrumental final track, but they couldn't save
their debut and they certainly can't save this dud either.
Jabbi Dabbi (RCA Victor, 1981)
Swedish vocals
Swedish vocals
International relevance: *
Leaving Silence for multinational label
RCA Victor gave Dimmornas Bro a more 'glamorous' production touch,
but just like Hellstrand sings in ”Moln”, the one track here with
very distant prog touches: ”all the warning signs go flashing red”.
”Jabbi Dabbi” is very bad early 80's mainstream pop rock.
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