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Aphrodite’s Child
666
(Vertigo, 1972)
Freak-out epic from the first dawn of conceptual rock, and one of The Verve’s favourite albums.
Amid a crescendo of chants comes the hurrying guitar and parping brass of Babylon – the fiery gateway into the funfair of sound and speech that is Aphrodite's Child's 666. It's obvious from the outset that this double-disc marathon of visionary Greco-prog madness isn't a particularly straightforward beast, but with the Book of Revelations as inspiration and the mighty Vangelis “Chariots Of Fire” Papathanassiou at the helm, this shouldn't come as much of a surprise. The keening counter-tenor and rumbling bass of Demis “Forever And Ever” Roussos ride the swirling waves between droning, kaleidoscopic rock (The Four Horsemen), snaking synth instrumentals (The Marching Beast, The Lamb) and magisterial Floyd-ian soundscapes (Hip And Nunc, Break). This 80-minute, 24-track bonanza stands tall as a tenet of late psychedelia at its most inventive. It then earned Vangelis an invitation to join Yes.
Ross Bennett
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 10/12/2007
Further Listening
The Mars Volta – De-Loused In The Comatorium (Universal, 2003)
Pink Floyd – A Saucerful Of Secrets (EMI, 1968)
The Verve – A Northern Soul (Virgin, 1995)
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A little beauty indeed. I will admit though that knowing that this is one of the Verve's favourite albums detracts from my listening experience. Does it reaaly help sell albums?
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