| Writing On The Wall / Power Of The Picts, The |
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| Album: | Power Of The Picts, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Writing On The Wall | Added: | Aug 2007 | |
| Label: | Ork Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2007-11-11 | Pull Date: | 2008-01-13 |
| Week Ending: | Dec 16 | Dec 9 | Nov 25 | Nov 18 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Oct 11, 2008: | Bloodstains Across Atherton - Sports by Schwartz Mix Child On A Crossing | 4. | Dec 08, 2007: | Bloodstains Across Atherton Child On A Crossing | |
| 2. | Dec 15, 2007: | Bloodstains Across Atherton Lucifer Corpus | 5. | Dec 04, 2007: | A2Z Aries | |
| 3. | Dec 11, 2007: | A2Z Child On A Crossing | 6. | Nov 18, 2007: | Transmission Overload Aries |
| Album Review |
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| Ragnar of Ravensfjord Reviewed 2007-11-04 | ||
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AWESOME thunderous, late-60’s-early 70’s hard rock/proto-metal with tons of organ & guitar riffs. These Scottish dudes kick out the jams as much as Deep Purple (who they played with back in the day), Arthur Brown and Uriah Heep. However, the second disc/album, “Buffalo” is a COMPLETE disappointment. It’s chock full of bad blues rock and half-baked jams. Another hippie-era band that flamed out too quick. ((((1)))) Fairly heavy late 60’s rawk with some nice organ and guitar riffage. (((((2))))) Good vocals & chorus with some serious rockin’ tempos & drumming. ((((3)))) Typical hippie-era “laaaady” song but some tight organ/drum/guitar interplay. ((((((4)))))) Occult-ish/mystical stuff: total Arthur Brown vocalisms/spoken word sections, insane amounts of organ and doomed out riffage! AWESOME! ((((5))))) WTF? A drunken sea shantey with accordian then funky organ and “ohhaahhh” vocals. Craz-ee! ((((6)))) Swiriling organ and fast/bombastic tempos ‘ala prime Arthur Brown/Deep Purple. ((((7)))) Swinging tempo with a few strides to pop melodies via proto-metal histronics. (((8))) Ballad-like, typical for the era but not bad. (((9))) Lame vocals but pretty solid playing. ((((((10)))))) Killer, hard edged rocker with a lotta attitude, raw guitar tone, ripping breakdowns. ((((11)))) More mystical/occultish (albeit silly) stuff but the riffs and organ sound is incredible, so dig it. AVOID – DISC II – it’s on the wrong drugs! | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | It Came On A Sunday | 12. | Felicity Jane | |||
| 2. | Mrs. Cooper's Pie | 13. | Nobody Knows | |||
| 3. | Ladybird | 14. | Buffalo | |||
| 4. | Aries | 15. | Henry Dawson | |||
| 5. | Bogeyman | 16. | Diane's Big Daddy | |||
| 6. | Shadow Of Man | 17. | Live And Learn | |||
| 7. | Tasker's Successor | 18. | Dream Yourself A Hero | |||
| 8. | Hill Of Dreams | 19. | Fishers Of Men | |||
| 9. | Virginia Waters | 20. | Tripsy Lady | |||
| 10. | Child On A Crossing | 21. | Bellyful Of Rock | |||
| 11. | Lucifer Corpus | 22. | Man Of Renown |