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Artist | Ruphus
Title | Inner Voice
Genre | Progressive Rock Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 50:22
Label | Pan Records Store | 2007
Catalog | PACD 029 Rip | 2015
Bitrate | 246 kbps Size | 93.50 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Inner Voice 4:11
02. Come Into View 6:41
03. No Deal 7:14
04. Too Late 5:17
05. Within The Walls 6:27
06. Left Behind 6:14
07. Second Corner (Live) (Bonus Track) 6:36
08. No Deal (Live) (Bonus Track) 7:42
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Ruphus is probably one of the most important 70's Norwegian hard rock band
with progressive tendencies (there were a few of those back then: Aunt
Mary, Titanic, Popol Vuh, etc) but their music evolution would differ
greatly from those groups. Their 1973 debut "New Born Day" is certainly one
of the best Norwegian albums with a very exciting sound and its
extraordinarily communicative enthusiasm, even if a bit dated. But three
members left after the album release and a new singer was found for their
second album "Ranshart", a more progressive record looking towards Yes and
Focus, but it was not quite as exciting as the debut. Future jazz-rock
legend Terje Rypdal produced their third album "Let Your Light Shine", a
jazz-rock album that had much success in Germany, but again, personnel
change struck at the worst of times, but their fourth album "Inner Voice"
continued the formula, but further changes undermined the group, eventually
folding at the end of the decade to general indifference. All in all,
Ruphus' discography is interesting to a few types of progheads from the
more symphonic ones to the more fusional ones.
New keyboardist and new lead singer Sylvi Lillegard replaced Gudny Aspaas
on vocals for Ruphus on their fourth album "Inner Voice" from 1977 but the
music is quite similar to the fusion sound of their third record "Let Your
Love Shine". The songs on this one are all mature and developed as opposed
to the prior record which included a couple of brief transitional snippets
of instrumental music as interludes between longer tracks. The more
rhythmic and poppish sounds of the latter seventies start to emerge here
with songs like "No Deal" and "Left Behind", as they would with just about
every other progressive rock band by the time the decade winded to a close.
But the light jazzy vibe is present throughout, particularly on the final
two tracks which feature lengthy piano/guitar passages as well as stilted
electronic keyboards.
2007 reissue, remastered for CD by Pan Records, including two bonus tracks
recorded live.
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