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Good

William R. Nicholas | Mahwah, NJ USA | 06/26/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"There were two related bands, Colossuem and Colosseum II, one started as a blues/rock unit, and the other was a fusion band. In between you had this album.



Daughter of Time is where Colosseum's music really began to change. They got a new singer, Chris Farlow, who had been in Atomic Rooster. The music became much heavier--perhaps to sustain Farlow's mammouth voice, and more influenced by classical and chamber jazz than the blues of the first two albums.



This album is very good if you like very heavy art rock. It is at times overwhelming just because of the massivness of the sound, but the music is inventive.



I like the blusier incarnation of this band, but that is a matter of taste. This is a good album for hard-core progressive rock fans."

Good? Brilliant!

Noel A. Hodda | Sydney, Australia | 08/13/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is more than 'good', the epithet given to it by the above reviewer - this is brilliant. Chris Farlowe's voice was a galvanising force in Colosseum - a powerful blueswailing instrument to match the rest of the band. And the band? Original, powerful and captivating. Buy this, play it loud and then play it again - louder! You can't go wrong. The version of 'Theme for an Imaginary Western' is up there with Jack Bruce's original and in some ways even betters it. This is a seriously good album."