Passport - Cross Collateral

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Hit: 5 Stars

Bandleader Klaus Doldinger had a sensitive ear for musical styles which he would pick up and apply to his song-writing. Often this strategy worked, but you could get the occasional duff track -- e.g. some of the Latin numbers on 'Iguacu'. But on 'Cross-Collateral', it's all under control, and the band seems highly focussed. There's no Latin influence, and no synthesizer whimsy. It's straightahead jazz-rock, with perhaps a stronger infuence on the rock element, in terms of the beat and drum style. Perhaps the only artist who is now soing anything remotely similar is Norway's Jan Garbarek: 'I Took Up the Runes' comes highly recommended to anyone who doesn't know it.

To me the greatest song on this is the the odd one out: the final track 'Damals', a plaintive tune of regret. It reminds me of girlfriends lost and of opportunities not taken. It is a beautiful, sad song!

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