Family - Music in a Doll's House
SKU
15-PUC701
SBM remastered edition of the first album (1968) by Family. I'm a pretty big fan, but this Dave Mason-produced debut is one of my very favorites by them, as it has that psychedelic, avant-pop sound that basically had dissapeared from all music by 1969, as everyone became a little less innocent. How to explain Family 35 years later? Take a idiosyncratic vocalist, who, like Peter Hammill or Don Van Vliet you either grow to love or hate (Roger Chapman) combine his talents with a rock band who sometimes add in some unusual instrumentation (especially for the times). Stir this wild and creative mix of hard rock and psychedelia and folk and shake it all up with a lot of thought and experimentation, while still keeping it a 'song format' based album with almost all of the songs being well under 5 minutes, and you have this great album! Over the last few years I've gotten extremely fond of this band and of Chapman, but it's an acquired taste for sure, so this is conditionally highly recommended!