Songs: Remember Me, Bright Fire, Dissatisfied, (I´m a) Road Runner, The Derelict, Revelation, Did You Ever Love Me, Night Watch, Caught in the Rain.
Type of
Music: Early
Seventies Pop-Rock, sometimes served with a Prog-Rock Sauce courtesy Bob Welch.
Comments:
Danny Kirwan
had left The Mac and was replaced by two vocalists what seemed unnecessary with
Bob Welch and Christine McVie already on board. Dave Walker contributes with the country
song The Derelict while Bob Weston gives us a superfluous version of the
famous Road Runner that seems out of place here. He also wrote the
instrumental filler Caught in the Rain. Neither Walker nor Weston would
stay long in the band and that seems just fine to me.
After a few
listens however the rest of the Album
grows on you. Christine´s Remember Me, Did You Ever Love Me (with Steve Nye on Steel-Drums) and Dissatisfied that sounds like an
earlier version of Don't Stop are generic - but well written pop songs. And I´ve
come to like some of the Bob Welch songs on this album, especially Revelation
driven by the famous Fleetwood/McVie rhythm section and Night Watch
that would have fitted well on any of the earlier Crosby/Stills/Nash albums.
This album
really sounds close to Rumours and it now becomes clear why Stevie Nicks and
Lindsay Buckingham would fit in so well in Fleetwood Mac. To sum it up, Penguin is simply a pleasant pop-rock album vastly underrated by both fans and critics alike.
Who
should buy this Record:
If you like Rumours, give this one a try. It might be a bit difficult to
find.
Rating: *******1/2 (7.5 out of 10)
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