English vocals, Swedish vocals,
instrumental
International relevance: ***
Björn Isfält had already composed
soundtrack music for ”En kärlekshistoria” (”A Swedish Love
Story”) in 1970, but his true movie score career was still a few
years away when he recorded this album with another future soundtrack
writer, Lasse Dahlberg.
Given the high demand for distantly related Atlantic Ocean's ”Tranquillity Bay”, it's surprising that the peculiarly
entitled ”Oh! 10-15” isn't better known than it is. (Although the album cover hardly does much to attract.) It should
appeal to the same audience – it's melodic in a similar late 60's
vein, only more sparsely arranged with piano and/or acoustic guitar,
a string section, tablas and flute to make enough space for the
otherworldy, sometimes Leslie treated melodies. The feel is that of
baroque pop psych. Both Jason Fleece, and ”Odessey & Oracle” period Zombies occasionally leap to
mind. The album's full of promise, but it's
not quite there. The perfomances could
have done with a little more punch, a little push to the melodies
here and there. The translucent arrangements are sometimes too
transparent, as if they're high budget demos waiting for something
more to help the songs gel. It's pleasant and enjoyable if you don't expect too much of it.
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