Avanti!

by Miriodor

Avanti! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 5 May 2009
  • Label: Cuneiform
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 33:24
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Jeremy Spencer

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The long-running Quebecois progressive rock ensemble delivers a staggeringly complex, entirely instrumental album that seamlessly merges angular avant-prog with fluid jazz fusion. The dizzying, highly structured compositions rely heavily on intricate keyboard work and incredibly precise, shifting time signatures. It stands as a pinnacle of technical execution within the modern Rock in Opposition movement.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, progressive, avant-garde, instrumental, parody, vocal, traditional, melodic, rhythmic, diverse

Tracklist

  1. Linda (2:19)
  2. The Shape I'm In (4:10)
  3. Mean Blues (Sic) (2:20)
  4. String-A-Long (2:46)
  5. Here Comes Charlie (With His Dancing Shoes On) (2:58)
  6. Teenage Love Affair (2:00)
  7. Jenny Lee (2:00)
  8. Don't Go, Please Stay (2:38)
  9. You Made A Hit (2:10)
  10. Take A Look Around Mrs. Brown (Sic) (4:30)
  11. Surfin' Girl (2:03)
  12. If I Could Swim The Mountain (3:30)

Credits

  • Jeremy Spencer - primary artist, written-by
  • Lee Cathy - written-by
  • Otis Blackwell - written-by
  • Bobby Doyle - written-by
  • Jimmy Duncan - written-by
  • Walter P. Maynard, Jr. - written-by

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