Daughter Of Time - COLOSSEUM***

Three Score & Ten Amen/Time Lament/Take Me Back To Doomsday/The Daughter Of Time/Theme For An Imaginary Western/Bring Out Your Dead/Downhill & Shadows/The Time Machine

Daughter Of Time was the final studio album from British jazz-rock group Colosseum before they split. Here they were joined on vocals by the blues vocalist Chris Farlowe. (UK:23)

"Though not as outstanding as its predecessor, it's still a good album, though perhaps leaning a little more in a traditional prog rock direction, and featuring some heavier material, being quite consistent as well."

"Excellent album let down by an eight minute drum solo on the last track. Drums, guitar, keyboards, sax and horns are all super in what man for man as instrumentalists was possibly the finest rock band of all time."

"This band's output was first rate and this one is one of their best. Recommended to blues/rock fans, and also to progressive listeners of course."

"Daughter Of Time is where Colosseum's music really began to change. They recruited a new singer, Chris Farlowe, who had been in Atomic Rooster. The music became much heavier - perhaps to sustain Farlowe's mammoth voice, and more influenced by classical and chamber jazz than the blues of the first two albums. This album is very good if you like very heavy art rock. It is at times overwhelming just because of the massiveness of the sound, but the music is inventive. I like the bluesier incarnation of this band, but that is a matter of taste. This is a good album for hard-core progressive rock fans."

"Chris Farlowe's voice was a galvanising force in Colosseum - a powerful blues wailing instrument to match the rest of the band. And the band? Original, powerful and captivating. Buy this, play it loud and then play it again - louder. You can't go wrong. The version of Theme For An Imaginary Western is up there with Jack Bruce's original and in some ways even betters it. This is a seriously good album."

"A purist might prefer the first two recordings with James Litherland as singer. This disc has a slightly more fusion feel to it, in that the drums have loosened up, there is more progressive keyboard work, the writing is not so blues based and the horns aren't as arranged. However, the writing and arranging are strong, Greenslade and Clempson really shine and Chris Farlowe's singing does reflect the slow change in direction the band was taking."