English vocals
International relevance: *
Stylistically speaking, this is a
somewhat parenthetical inclusion, but seven of the songs on "The Most Remarkable Nailband" were written
by Lasse Tennander, either on his own or together with Nailband main
man Peter Lundblad. (Lundblad also appears on Tennander's 1972 debut
album ”Lars Vegas”.) The album – the only one released under
the Nailband banner – is far from as remarkable as the title suggest, but it's an OK effort if you're into early 70's
West Coast stuff and singer/songwriter
pop. Parts of it are somewhat similar to the very first few and unjustly and pettily slagged albums by Tomas Ledin. Two songs in
particular are fine, album opener ”Lady of Lore” with a not too
overt strain of turn-of-the-decade Moody Blues, and ”Dreamer”
that wears its David Crosby influence on its sleeve and features some
nice dreamy guitar. (Not a far-fetched reference as the album also includes a cover of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's "Ohio", however not particularly memorable.)
As a sidenote, the rumour (supported by a Discogs entry) that there's a monochrome variation of the album cover seems entirely erroneous, originating from a cover scan posted on the Swedish Musikon/Progg.se website that had the bad habit of publishing brown & white pictures of record covers.
