Search - Aphrodite's Child :: 666: Apocalypse of St John

Brilliant!! Way ahead of it's time.

Mark Newingham | Mid West | 11/20/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a great concept album. I had no idea that Vangelis was the composer of this work before I purchased it. The track "The Four Horsemen" is one of my favorite songs ever. The whole CD is played with so much feeling. A true masterpeice. The fact that it was released in 1971 baffles me from the sound quality to the ambient tracks and the techno rock guitar riffs.Truly you could play some of these tracks to someone not familiar with Aphrodite's Child and tell them it was from the 1990's and they would believe you. 666 is a two disc set. I like disc one better than two, probably because of the track "infinity" on disc two actually labeled with the infinity symbol. I could do without it, it goes on forever on purpose I'm sure. I get it. I just don't like the track at all. Other than that it is a brilliant start to finish."

One of the biggest LPs ever...

Ralph | Lyon, France | 03/30/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Something unique... Totally amazing... As a "concept-album", way ahead Dark side of the moon. Why ? Because you'll find GREAT compositions, not the same old harmonic and melodic patterns used by... Almost everybody in this industry (I don't call all that Rock Bizness s... MUSIC anymore, though I'm a musician). And please, don't figure it has something to do with satanic rituals and that kind of stuff you can find in Death Metal and all that s... It's a VERY GREAT piece of art. I listen to it since my childhood (I'm 49 !!!) and remain amazed. A BIG JOURNEY, like Carla Bley's Escalator over the hill or Mozart's Requiem, in another style, indeed. Lay down on your bed, close your eyes, put your headphones. Have a nice trip ! See ya :-)"

Classic

Bill Your 'Free Form FM Handi Cyber | Mahwah, NJ USA | 04/14/2010

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In the early 1970s, double albums meant a lot of great songs, a lot of filler, or a lot of fertile avant sprawl. For awhile, two black platters and a gatefold became almost standard practice



Aphrodite's Child's 666 is the last, and it is clear why this came out on Vertigo Records-- the rock ABC Impulse! to Daram's Blue Note.



There are not a lot of songs on 666; in fact you could argue none: little piano figures sail into acid guitar solos, a formal fragment, running water--stream of consciousness through all four sides.



For a lot of bands, this lacked credibility, but here, the experimentation rings true. Forget attempts at hits--666 is so earnestly on the outer reaches, the debate is if this even enters into the realm of rock and roll.

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Yes or no, who the hell cares! This band is so merrily on the astral plane, so far into the Vertigo grooves at just the right time, genre is the last concern of an acid washed masterstroke like 666.



What is important is how sincere the effort is. There is tons of invention here, and all the invention works: the album holds together well enough for any of us, or the big pitchfork Luci himself.



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