Review Summary: For being one of the best progressive records ever done (top 100 best progressive rock albums by billboard),for the criticism done to human kind and for the excellency of the musicians that accompany Cid in this voyage this record deserves our attention.
Jose Cid is a portuguese singer and composer.
Despite is enormous fame has a pop singer in his home country, in the begging of his career he founded one of the first pop rock portuguese bands named Quarteto 1111. They acchieved some early fame with an hit song called El Rei D. Sebastião, who was a Portuguese young king that supposedly died in the fields of Morocco during the battle of Alcazarquivr which turned into the lost of Portugal independence to Spain.José Cid was the band leader, composer, keyboard player and lead singer. The rest of the band had a classic formation influenced by the usual Beatles line-up, but with a sound and song structure reminiscent of The Moody Blues. The following album continued in the same vein, combining melodic songs with new "progressive" instruments, namely the Mellotron.
10,000 Anos Depois Entre Venus E Marte is a progressive concept album. Most of the songs, influenced by a sort of mix combining The Moody Blues and Pink Floyd psychedelia, were composed by Cid, some of them with the help of bass player Mike Sergeant and drummer Ramon Galarza.
This whole album is a vintage keyboard lover's dream come true. The gatefold features Mr. Cid standing next to his assortment of keyboards, which includes a piano, two Mellotron, Hohner clavinet, Mini Moog, and several other keyboards.
"O Ultimo Dia Terra" opens with a blast of mellotron.It takes a minute to really get going as mellotron,drums and synths start off quietly and build.Vocals are reserved almost ELOY-like,while the mellotron is so heavenly.It's all over this song which to me was a great start.
"O Caos" is an uptempo track with a good rhythm.Vocals with floods of mellotron.A tasteful guitar solo before two and an half minutes.A calm then a minute later a spacey synths and vocals lead the way.The full sound returns with a more aggressive guitar solo.
"Fuga Para O Espaco" it's my favourite song; opens with piano,light drums and synths.Waves of synths continue as a beautiful lazy guitar solo follows.Then you have a sweet iberian voice and in the end the best solo of the whole album..Vocal melodies go on and on with the guitar.
