Pfm - Per Un Amico

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Music Review: Not as good as Storia di un Minuto
Rating: 5 Stars

I don't think this is as good as their first album, Storia di un Minuto. It is a little bit more bombastic and pretenious. Overblown excesses by groups like Yes and Emerson, Lake and Palmer are what killed off progressive rock. This ablum suffers a tiny bit from that on songs like Generale and Il Banchetto. Some of these songs can get tedious on repeated listenings. But, it is a minor complaint and this album comes close to 5 stars.

The lyrics to this album are in Italian. There is a reworked version of this album with English lyrics called Photos of Ghosts. Pete Sinfield (who wrote much of the early King Crimson lyrics) supplied the lyrics. No one in PFM had much English speaking ability and the English lyrics are sung phonetically. The lyrics are meaningless and take away from beauty of the album. It is better to get this Italian version. Photos Of Ghosts does have one extra track, Celebration, which is an English verion of E'Festa from the first album.

PFM was a completely different band in concert. Instead of playing mellow, progressive rock, they were a hard core, jamming band. Many of thier live albums are excellent. I would reccmmend the 4 CD set, Gil Anni Live 1970 to 1981. If you can't find that, get Live in USA (also called Cook).

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