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Wingspread |
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05:48 |
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The Way Of Things |
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03:35 |
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Typhoons Decide |
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05:20 |
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A Little More Like Me |
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05:19 |
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Solitary Man |
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08:12 |
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Life Has Just Begun |
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03:35 |
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Dependence Day |
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04:44 |
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Seasong For The Moominpappa |
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07:36 |
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You Can Never Tell |
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04:48 |
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Big Black Secret |
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06:56 |
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Power Place |
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Jewel Case |
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DDD |
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Ritual - Superb Birth
Released: 1999/2004
Label: Ritual AB / Tempus Fugit/InsideOut
Cat. No.: - / TF VO 15/SPV 085-60832
Total Time: 49:26
Reviewed by: Davide Guidone, July 2004
Tempus Fugit finally releases the second album from Ritual and gives it a wider distribution, because when it came out, Superb Birth was published only in Sweden.
The first thing you notice is that this sophomore release is very close to the previous one, and has so few differences that you could get confused trying distinguishing the two. The trademarks of the band are the same than before: a guitar oriented sound, some influences by Yes (more so than on the previous album), and a folk addiction.
Maybe this time the songs are more direct and easy to listen to, the quality of the songwriting is still high, but it represents a sort of review of the first eponymous opus.
One thing I noticed in a second is that the tracklisting is different from the original print. How come? I don't really know. Instead there aren't any previously unreleased tracks.
However, whomever liked the first Ritual, surely will appreciate this one. I give you my word.
Rating 3.75/5
[See also Bobo's review of the 2000 version -ed.]
More about Superb Birth:
Track Listing: Do You Wanna See The Sun (4:01) / Lobby (4:49) / Sadly Unspoken (3:55) / Did I Go Wrong (5:38) / 6/8 (2:44) / Coming Home (4:09) / Into The Heat (4:59) / Really Something (3:49) / Mothersong (3:52) / Golden Angel (4:27) / Dinosaur Spaceship (6:09) / A Voice Of Divinity (3:34)
Musicians:
Johan Nordgren - drums, percussion, and backing vocals
Patrik Lundstrom - electric and acoustic guitars, lead vocals, and percussion
Fredrik Lindqvist - bass, acoustic guitar, bouzouki, hammered dulcimer, percussion, and backing vocals
Jon Gamble - Hammond organ, Fender Rhodes, Bosendorfer grand piano, samplers, synthesizers, percussion, and backing vocals
Contact:
Website: www.ritual.se
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Discography
Ritual (1995/2004)
Ritual (1996)
Japanese version
Did I Go Wrong (1999) (EP)
Superb Birth (1999/2000/2004)
Think Like A Mountain (2003)
Interview: Fredrik Lindqvist
