Birth Control - 1971 - Operation

Artist....: Birth Control

Title.....: Operation

Rel. Date.: 1971

Type/Genre: prog rock

Size......: 99mb

Format....: mp3

Bitrate...: 320



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Tracks:





1. Stop Little Lady (7:16)

2. Just Before the Sun Will Rise (7:35)

3. The Work Is Done (5:56)

4. Flesh and Blood (3:27)

5. Pandemonium (6:34)

6. Let Us Do It Now (11:09)



Birth Control's second album, Operation, stands as one of the band's finest recordings, getting the vote as the second best album of 1971 by one of Germany's leading music magazines. Operation has Birth Control employing a nine-piece string section as well as a smaller brass entourage in order to produce a larger sound, and while their progressive air is just beginning to flourish, a rather large difference in musical strength and instrumental craft is noted right away. Not fully abstract or left-of-center just yet, the powerful crunch of Bruno Frenzel's guitar surely leads the way, dominating the rhythms of every track while complimenting the aeronautics of the keyboard passages. With the tempos quicker because of the stern synthesizer work, the entire album moves along at a brisk pace.



With the band maturing and slowly working back toward a more progressive rock route, Operation makes for a truly consistent studio album that offers a firm cross section of their sound.