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Strawbs
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.9221
Strawbs Album Rankings
1
The group's ballsiest album to date, a surging, hard-rocking follow-up toBursting at the Seams, which debuted a new lineup,Richard Hudson,John Ford, andBlue Weaverhaving left to form their own group.
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2
Fulfillment! Singer/songwriterDave Cousinfinds a space somewhere betweenBob DylanandJohn Bunyan,HudsonandFordcome up with some superb hooks, and the electric sound is powerful and majestic.
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3
In the course of nine years, the Strawbs evolved from an obscure, quirky British bluegrass group into one of the most beloved progressive rock bands in the world.
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4
This album was originally the weak link in the transition of the Strawbs from an acoustic folk-rock outfit to a progressive-folk band, being neither fish nor fowl and suffering from an anemic mix.
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5
Track listing: 1) Martin Luther King's Dream ; 2) The Antique Suite ; 3) Temperament Of Mind; 4) Fingertips; 5) Song Of A Sad Little Girl; 6) Where Is This Dream Of Your Youth; 7) The Vision Of The La
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6
Ghostswas the last album by the Strawbs to appear while the band was on its upward curve of commercial success; a more lyrical follow-up toHero and Heroine, it was the group's last thrust at wide-audi
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7
The 1998 remastering of the Strawbs' best album (A&M 540-936-2 is the new catalog number) sports the finest sound of any of their CDs, which, by itself, would make this purchase worthwhile -- the deta
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8
This chameleon of an album sounds more like ten different bands on a compilation than a unified Strawbs effort; fortunately, those ten bands are very good indeed.
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9
Track listing: 1) The Weary Song; 2) Dragonfly; 3) I Turned My Face Into The Wind; 4) Josephine For Better Or For Worse; 5) Another Day; 6) 'Til The Sun Comes Shining Through; 7) Young Again; 8) The V
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