Nurse With Wound List alert!
I’ve been lusting after this since I first heard it on progressive/experimental blog. A dealer was selling a nice near-mint example at WFMU in October for $75, but lo-and-behold I found one (VG+/VG+) tucked away here in Los Angeles for $15, and that’s good enough for me. And now you too shall know the wonders of We Never Lost Control.
“Days In Bright Lights” opens the record sounding a bit on the glammy side, but the bass/synth melody is pure prog-rock. When the motorik drumming and swirling keyboards take over, it transform from a decent rock tune to a full-on awesome kraut jam. And then on “Fisherman’s Dream” you suddenly realize that the band sounds like a bunch of David Bowie wannabes. That’s not without merit, of course. Walter Seyffer of Nine Days Wonder has admitted that the this, the band’s second LP, was “very much in the style of David Bowie and Mott the Hoople. On the album cover we put on a lot of make up and we were dressed in flash clothes.” This was done in an attempt to gain attention from the British music press.
The remainder of the album is a mixture of progressive and art rock, sounding slick and at times quite space-y. It’s ties to the krautrock movement as personified by bands like Can or Neu! are loose at best. But it is still an important album recorded at an important time in German rock history. Whether you think it’s a brilliant work or simply derivative of Bowie is up to you. For what it’s worth, I think it’s great. The band’s first album sounds quite different than this (and fetches quite the pretty penny), and though I haven’t heard the third album I’ve heard good things about it, too.
Nine Days Wonder
We Never Lost Control
Becillius, 1973
MediaFire DL Link
01. Days In Bright Lights
02. Fisherman’s Dream
03. Andromeda Nomads
04. The Great Game
05. Angels Due To Arrive
06. We Grasp The Naked Meat
07. Armaranda
