Captain Beyond's second album must have confused the diehards. Where their self-titled debut had upheld the basic progressive heavy rock blueprint of lengthy instrumental explorations, constant tempo changes, and opaque, yet cinematic lyrics, Sufficiently Breathless downplays them for a subtler, song-oriented production. The predominant mood is snappy and businesslike; no track runs over five and a half minutes. This newfound conciseness certainly benefited such heavy-rocking efforts as "Distant Sun," even as the band stuck to their diverse guns on the moody, acoustic title track and the sleek Latin funk rock of "Bright Blue Eyes" and "Everything's a Circle." The results were intelligent and self-assured, yet the band's never-ending bad luck again intervened when vocalist Rod Evans quit in late 1973, leaving the album adrift. The band would proffer a markedly different style on their return four years later, but anyone dismissing progressive heavy rock as an oxymoron should definitely check out this album first Review by Ralph Heibutzki(allmusic.com)
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01 Sufficiently Breathless 02 Bright Blue Tango 03 Drifting In Space 04 Evil Men 05 Starglow Energy 06 Distant Sun 07 Voyages Of Past Travellers 08 Everything's A Circle
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Captain Beyond "Sufficiently Breathless"
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Signed on the back of their frantic celeb-drawing R&B-fuelled live shows, teenage foursome The Strypes have progressed beyond their cover-filled sets to produce an album of (mostly) their own material.
Indebted to their three-chord influences, the Irish act’s short, sharp songs are frenetic and faithfully redolent of the staunch ’60s UK R&B boom that bore The Yardbirds and the Stones.
‘She’s So Fine’ is flagrant teenage lusting, ‘Angel Eyes’ a biting blues shuffle, whilst the thick punky guitars of ‘What A Shame’ (video below) are incited by Pistols producer Chris Thomas.
With such infectious energy, and lyrics capturing the timeless topics of youth, really: what’s not to like? Harmonica sales will soar. (Mojo)
Watching The Strypes perform, you’re struck by a worrying thought that these four Irish teens have been body-snatched by a band of hoary old pub rockers. On record, happily, they sound their age. Debut album ‘Snapshot’ sees the band stomp through a dozen tunes in 35 minutes, guitars squealing impressively and harmonicas wailing throughout. It’s bread and butter blues-rock, packed with lyrical anachronisms and clichés, but it’s done well and – importantly – is not as shamelessly retro as those covers-packed live shows. The downside of this is, occasionally, they sound a little bit like McFly. The upside is that The Strypes have begun to carve out a personality of their own. (NME)
I've always thought that Sufficiently Breathless was a pretty remarkable album. A great prog rock crossover.
Thanks for the Monday morning flashback!
Having partied with Captain Beyond for a week at the Whisky, this cd was way better live. It didn't grasp what the live performance was about. Still a good one for the collection. All was lost when Rod left. Truly sad. I also saw them at the Hollywood bowl with Black Sabbath. Truly a that had something. Ego's got in the way.
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