BRIAN AUGER — A Better Land (as Brian Auger's Oblivion Express) (review)

BRIAN AUGER — A Better Land (as Brian Auger's Oblivion Express) album cover Album · 1971 · Pop/Art Song/Folk Buy this album from MMA partners
1/5 ·
js
If you are looking for Brian Auger at his best I would stay far away from this album. I'm not sure what went wrong here, but what we have on this album is a collection of terribly bland and unmemorable laid back 70s Southern California soft rock swill. The whole thing sounds suspiciously like an attempt by some record label big-wig to turn Auger and crew into some kind of gravy train.

Each song is full of weak attempts at CSN&Y harmonies that don't work because these guys voices fall flat over and over again. Most of the solos are handled by Jim Mullen, whose guitar playing is mediocre at best, and often as out of tune as the vocals. Brian gets in a couple of solos, but he never really takes off because I am sure the supposed record company leech told him to "keep it mellow". Brian Auger has put out some great jazz/rock albums, but this isn't one of them.
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