Tropic Of Capricorn/Czechoslovakia/Take Me To The Water/A Word About Colour/Light My Fire/Indian Rope Man/When I Was Young/Let The Sun Shine In/Ellis Island/In Search Of The Sun/Finally Found You Out/Looking In The Eye Of The World/Vauxhall To Lambeth Bridge/All Blues/I’ve Got Life/Save The Country
Streetnoise is a double LP in which vocalist Julie Driscoll performs her distinctive interpretations of the works of several well known contemporary songwriters backed up by Brian Auger on the Hammond organ. (US:41)
“This album is an epic, an adventure, stirring, moving, enlightening, thoughtprovoking and much more. Julie Driscoll sings like a beautiful and demented angel revolutionary, Brian Auger is right on the point, and it simply baffles me that this mind-blowing album isn't much better known. It's rock, it's jazz, it's gospel, the vocal and instrumental work is top-notch, and the whole thing hangs together beautifully."
“She's got that perfect posh bird voice, with crystal clear enunciation that makes good use of its bell-like tones, and three octave range on When I Was Young, drawing out the vowels. Another stellar track is Indian Rope Man; whose artful vocal arrangement boasts clever circular breathing and pauses between words that function as a percussive instrument of their own. The upbeat composition has a funkily rocking beat that cranks like nobody's business.”
“One of the finest fusions of rock, jazz and blues I've ever heard. Driscoll vocals are crystal-clear singing from heaven, and the instrumental laid back by the guys is at once steaming and very complex. The arrangements are fantastic, and all the execution is top-notch musicianship.”
"Streetnoise is a mix of female vocal prog, some with Driscoll's trademark lounge flavour, and organ driven instrumentals. Overall, quite inconsistent, but I still prefer the instrumentals to the vocal tracks.”
“A very good album, but from style a bit dark and depressing with varying folk, rock, soul and jazz influences. There's a variety of songs. Most are composed by Auger or Driscoll but there are a number of covers. Originally released as a double LP, the third side is the weakest due to the fact that Julie Driscoll and her amazing voice is missing completely.”
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