Lake Lake II (Vinyl, Columbia Records, 1978) ***
Genre: Pop
Places I remember: Real Groovy Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Sorry To Say (not available on Spotify)
Gear costume: Between The Lines (also from Lake and also not on Spotify), Red Lake (Lake II) (again not on Spotify but with Carl Wilson as guest).
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Sorry To Say (not available on Spotify)
Gear costume: Between The Lines (also from Lake and also not on Spotify), Red Lake (Lake II) (again not on Spotify but with Carl Wilson as guest).
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4
Active compensatory factors: Lake are a German/British pop rock band. I was hunting through the sale bins at Real Groovy and came across the album - the cover is what drew me in to take a punt. It indicated a vague prog rock vibe which turned out to be accurate in a Barclay James Harvest kind of way.
It was $10 well spent as it turned out. They are just enough the prog rock side of things to be interesting. I'm not a huge fan of the poppy single - Time Bomb, but the rest of their debut album is pretty cool. I'm always a sucker for good harmonies and the lead vocals of James Hopkins-Harrison are on the money in a kind of Steve Perry/ Jon Anderson way.
Their second album isn't as strong overall but it's still a great find from an under-valued seventies band. It aims to be a bit more commercial and is therefore a bit too slick in places. The bands harmonies are still spot on though - sounding at times like CSNY, or later day Beach Boys or even Chicago.
Where do they all belong? I think the band is still going but with different members - at least they were in 2012 but these first two are considered their best, as far as I can tell.
Where do they all belong? I think the band is still going but with different members - at least they were in 2012 but these first two are considered their best, as far as I can tell.
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