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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 05/01/2007
Run Time: 32:44
The third mid-'70s album from Italy's
progresssive rock forerunners
Area originally appeared on the
experimental Cramps label and is reissued here for the first time. Favoring incredibly complex rhythms à la
King Crimson, the group's fusion of
folk and
ethnic music, leftist political diatribe, and
free jazz and
hard rock coalesces into a distinctive sound further accented by the abstractions of vocalist
Demitrio Stratos. His inimitable
avant-garde vocal techniques are something to be heard to be believed, and the agility with which the ensemble cuts between genres and motifs is astonishing, deploying techniques way ahead of their time. Laced with high energy and abundant humor,
Crac! is a standout concept album in
avant-garde and
progressive rock scenes, yet somehow neither genre would appropriately house this music. Further evidence of their groundbreaking
fusion can be heard on their
Maledetti and
Arbeit Macht Frei albums.
~Skip Jansen, All Music Guide
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