ONCE UPON A TIME.....Parlez-Vous English?

 

BROUGHTONS  Parlez-Vous English?  (Laser,1979) - Psychedelic rock


     One of the last things The Edgar Broughton Band did in their heyday wasn't done by The Edgar Broughton Band. Re-formed in 1979 as simply The Broughtons, that incarnation of the band lasted just long enough to make this album.
     Parlez-Vous English was originally recorded in 1979 and has a late '60s / early '70s vibe to it - so it probably missed its market by half a decade. And The Edgar Broughton Band was well known for its anti-everything activism and its political positions, which probably added to this record's lack of commercial success. So the fact that Parlez-Vous English isn't on the shelves of every collector of early Brit / Cantebury progressive music is a pity - it's very nicely put together, there's some good musicianship, every song is different from the next, and the whole package is a lot of fun. The humor and the some of the lyrics will be better appreciated in England than anywhere else (how many Americans know what a lorry is, and how many can make out that rather heavy accent in "Little One"?) "April in England" is a folksy piece, made particularly pretty by a childrens' choir. "All I Want To Be" is the simplest and most melodic song on the album, and the chorus could have been a Beatles piece.

TRACKLIST : Little One
                   Waiting For You
                   Drivin' To Nowhere
                   Meglamaster
                   Didecoi
                   April In England
                   Revelations One
                   Anthem
                   Down In The Jungle
                   Rentasong
                   Young Boys
                   All I Want To Be

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