Madden And Harris - Fool's Paradise 1975 (Reissue 2003)

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Artist: Madden And Harris
Title: Fool's Paradise
Year Of Release: 2003
Label: M2U Records
Genre: Progressive Rock, Folk, World & Country
Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks.cue.log)
Total Time: 48:45
Total Size: 112 / 252 Mb

Tracklist:
01. Wishes
02. Fools Paradise Part 2
03. The Wind At Eve
04. Margaret O'Grady
05. I Heard A Man Say
06. O Weary Brain
07. Cool September
Fools Paradise
08. Children Of Ice
09. Will You Be There
10. Eieio
11. End Game
Bonus Tracks
12. Remember Me
13. A Simple Song

In common with many private pressings, the only album by Madden & Harris is both imitative of some famous artists and not nearly as good as the best releases by their inspirations. Yet on the other hand, like many private pressings, Fool's Paradise is interesting in that it has an unpredictability and homespun (though not lo-fi) idiosyncrasy of the sort that almost every major-label big-budget release ironed out, particularly in the mid-'70s, when this came out. It's placid, pleasant early-'70s-style folk-rock with a dash of progressive rock influence, sounding fairly British in its appropriation of both approaches, although the duo was based in Sydney. In some senses it's fairly standard stuff of its ilk, with a haunting though not outstandingly innovative melodic air that recalls olden pre-industrial British times. There's also a song cycle feel in which the concept remains elusive, despite the four-part "Fool's Paradise" suite that serves as the closing track. But it's not just the usual rural hippie-folkie trip, with some imaginative use of synthesizers and strings embellishing the arrangements, as well as disciplined interplay between the vocal harmonies that has a slight classical/choral grandeur. At some moments (like "The Wind at Eve"), it can recall the folkiest aspects of the very early King Crimson, when Ian McDonald was still in the lineup; "Margaret O'Grady" is a low-key Kinks-like character sketch, with the obligatory vaudevillian bounce; and some of the more reflective passages (especially in the "Will You Be There" section of the "Fool's Paradise" suite) are a little similar to the gentlest, most acoustic moods of 1970s Pink Floyd.
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