EU Import
Note: this release was originally purchased as an LP, later replaced by this CD.
The wiki sez "Lava (established 1977 in Årdal, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz-rock band, known from a series of recordings in the 1980s." This is pop music - a mix of yacht rock, smooth jazz, and lite disco. And if anybody has a better description, I'm certainly open to suggestions. Whatever you call, it certainly goes down easy. There's a couple of instrumental tracks, but apart from those all lyrics are sung in English.
Peak on the US Billboard Top 200 chart: Not released in US; peaked at #7 in the band's native Norway.
Tracks:
I'm not saying they're all derivative, but certain tracks remind me of certain other artists from around the same time. And I mean these as compliments. It's probably just me making such needless comparisons, but here ya go:
- Take Your Time - Maxus
- Give It Up - Angela Bofill
- Sunday Morning - George Benson
- Hideaway - Marilyn Scott
- The Ratter - Sadao Watanabe
- Cruisin - Peter Allen
- Easy Come, Easy Go - Patrice Rushen
- Sky Rocket - Lee Ritenour
- Tears In Your Eyes - Tom Scott
Personal Memory Associated with this CD: Had this on vinyl, then paid way too much for a limited edition CD run from Preservation Records.
I had the album for quite some time before I noticed the firearm on the cover, which completely changed the message of the artwork. I wished I had never seen it, but too late now [shrug].
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