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Czar
Czar
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Tready Softly on My Dreams
2. Cecelia
3. Follow Me
4. Dawning of a New Day
5. Beyond the Moon
6. Today
7. A Day in September - Czar, Ware, Mick

CD Details

All Artists: Czar
Title: Czar
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Akarma Italy
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 2/28/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: Blues Rock, Progressive, Progressive Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 8026575342125

Synopsis

Album Description

Czar's self-titled album is a perfect example of ''made in the UK'' prog with blues/psych leanings. The opening track is the magnificent 'Tread Softly On My Dreams', featuring a mellotron and smoldering guitar. 'Cecelia', another of the album's gems, puts one vaguely in mind of Blossom Toes, while 'Follow Me' is a psychedelic tour de force. Czar were among prog's pioneers, putting to work lessons learned by the Beatles, King Crimson, Moody Blues and the more underground Arzachel. This extreme rarity is always at the top of collector's must have-lists. 2006.

CD Reviews

Incredible British progrock from 1970

Jörg Ausfelt | Perstorp, Sweden | 09/19/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I just spent a couple of days in a hot summer Berlin (I'm from Sweden), and of course I went to a record store ('Cover', just by the Kaiser Wilhelm Gedächtniskirche). I went straight to the "Progressive rock" department, and bought some 25 albums, mostly by artists I've never heard of before.

One of the very best albums was 'Czar', the eponymously titled record of the British prog/psych act, whose only release from 1970 reminds me of today's Bigelf - heavy psych rock with lots of mellotron. My Australian 2002 Progressive Line release has two extra songs, 'Oh Lord I'm getting heavy' and 'Why don't we be a rock'n'roll band', both sounding more like straightforward, heavy 70s rock.

'Czar' is higly recommended for fans of keyboard/guitar based, heavy psych/rock!"