English vocals
International relevance: -
This is a massive turd, served on a
mouldy plate. It doesn't actually belong here, wasn't it for ”Give
Me Your Hand” and to some degree ”Got My Soul All Open” for
their studio musician fringe progg shadings. ”Give Me Your Hand” isn't
good but still the obvious standout track in this dubious collection,
with its time signature changes and proggish guitar sound. ”Parachute
Man” is mainly a pop album with some funk moves typical of its
time. The pseudo funk is unfortunately so stiff and sexless that they
make fucking Level 42 look like James Brown at his hard working
sweatiest. Björn J:son Lindh appears on some tracks, as does Lasse Wellander on one. Have mercy on their souls.
In 1978, the same
year that saw the release of this provocatively disgusting clunker,
Thomas Munck – a singer as terrible as he is a songwriter –
appeared in the Swedish Eurovision Song Contest with ”Nå't som gör
dig glad”, meaning ”something that makes you happy”. The voting
jury was less than happy though, with each jury member rewarding the
song with the lowest possible points. But that's more than I give
”Parachute Man”.
(Please note that I never once called the album "Parashite Man" in this review.)
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Chris Rae is not Chris Rea. I actually like this album. Maybe the Swedish album thar is closest to Stevie Wonder ever.
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