Swedish vocals
International relevance: ***
Unlike most jazz rock bands, Fusion had vocals to go along with their semi-funky grooves (with lyrics written by Klas Östergren, now ex-member of
the Swedish Academy). I don't know if ”Hybris” would have been
better or worse without the vocals, but they're not very impressive, despite Bengt Skogsholt having a pretty good voice slightly reminiscent of Nebulosa's Roger Johansson/Pontare.
The music isn't either, at best mediocre with unspiring production
courtesy of the band. They sound more like a
more-competent-than-usual local band, but still a local band. The
album's neither very good nor very bad, it's just uninteresting.
Drummer Olle Romö also played with
Mikael Ramel, Pugh Rogefeldt and Ulf Bejerstrand before embarking on
an international career with Eurythmics, Brian Setzer, Feargal
Sharkey and more recently Shania Twain.
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