Captain Beyond - Captain Beyond
Artist.....: Captain Beyond
Title......: Captain Beyond
Label......: Capricorn Records / Fontana Island
Store Date.: Aug-19-1997
Genre......: Progressive Rock
Encoder....: Lame 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new
Size.......: 49,1 MB
Track Listing:
01 - Dancing Madly Backwards (On A Sea Of Air) 04:02
02 - Armworth 01:49
03 - Myopic Void 03:31
04 - Mesmerization Eclipse 03:49
05 - Raging River Of Fear 03:51
06 - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays (Intro) 01:19
07 - Frozen Over 03:46
08 - Thousand Days Of Yesterdays 03:57
(Time Since Come And Gone)
09 - I Can't Feel Nothin', Pt. 1 03:07
10 - As The Moon Speaks (To The Waves Of The Sea) 02:26
11 - Astral Lady 00:16
12 - As The Moon Speaks (Return) 02:14
13 - I Can't Feel Nothin', Pt. 2 01:14
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35:21 min
Release Notes:
www.amazon.com/Captain-Beyond/dp/B000003CMR/
Captain Beyond is a one-of-a-kind progressive album with rock,
heavy metal, and jazz influences with a "space rock" lyrical bend.
Formed by former members of Deep Purple (Rod Evans, vocals), Iron
Butterfly (Rhino, lead guitar, and Lee Dorman, bass), and Johnny
Winter (Bobby Caldwell, drums) Captain Beyond is an album that
flows from riff to riff, drumbeat to drumbeat, often with various
time signatures within the same song. Taking a tip from the Moody
Blues, songs flow directly into each other without benefit of any
lag time between selections. Taken as a whole, the album is kind
of a rush, as quick, riff-laden guitar lines predominate for a few
songs before slowing down temporarily into a lull until the next
takeoff. Lyrically, the album differentiates itself by exploring
themes of the outer world and meanings of existence, often with
references to the moon, sea, sun, and so on. Listeners may get the
feeling of taking a journey to space in a rocket ship headed for
destination unknown. Musically, the album is superior in all
aspects. Rod Evans has a strong rock voice, Rhino plays an
enormous amount of hook-laden guitar lines, and Lee Dorman plays
complex basslines (for example, at the end of "As the Moon Speaks
-Return") that lead to typically rhythmic, nimble Bobby Caldwell
drumming. The tightness between musicians is enormous, never lets
up for long, and leaves the listener feeling like the ride should
continue for the indefinite future.