Captured Angel – DAN FOGELBERG***

Aspen-These Days/Comes & Goes/Captured Angel/Old Tennessee/Next Time/Man In The Mirror-Below The Surface/Crow/The Last Nail

Captured Angel was the third album from singer songwriter Dan Fogelberg who would enjoy increasing commercial popularity in the USA as the seventies progressed. (US:23)

“Far and away, Fogelberg's finest album, with no theatrics or over produced schlock, and lyrics that are really quite good. Crow is the best cut with excellent lyrics, and a guitar driven beat. When Fogelberg pulls back the reins on his high tenor voice, the results can be very good, and for the most part he does so here. The idea of melding the songs Man In The Mirror and Below The Surface works very well.”

“I especially like this album because of the song The Last Nail. Dan puts so much emotion and personality into all his songs. You can identify his real life experiences in many of the songs.”

“This incredible album helped to propel Dan Fogelberg's popularity in the late 1970s, and provides terrific testimony to his talents, and proof positive that he was one of folk-rock's most under-appreciated artists. From the stirring and dreamy opening instrumental of Aspen to the segue into the complex and quite accomplished lyrics of These Days this album showcases Dan's wide range of songwriting, musical, and arrangement skills. He tends to favour a very full wall of sound approach to his music, with sometimes overproduced arrangements. In this case, however, the songs are clear, crisp, and simply terrific.”

“Dan's crystal-clear angelic voice, acoustic guitars coupled with orchestral arrangements, and haunting songs make for a great album by a terrific songwriter.”

“What a pleasant surprise to discover that these songs are not only as good as Dan's later and more famous material, they might even be better. Tremendous guitar playing, soulful vocals, lyrics that actually have something to say, this is the sound of an artist truly coming into his own. The songs are absolutely wonderful, a great mix of ballads and rockers.”

“A true 70s classic, with beautiful melodies, profound lyrics, and not at all sappy like much of his later work.”