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Reviewed by: Mike Reiss (mjreiss@voicenet.com) 1/24/00

Artist: Lift
Album: Caverns of your Brain (1974)

****1/2

Comments:

Lift were an American progressive rock band from New Orleans LA from the early 70´s.Much of the music on here is very energetic and fast paced.They played with such raw energy and enthusiasm yet also injected a strong sense of warmth and passion in their music in a way that is kind of rare these days.I have always thought of this cd as sort of a cross between Genesis´ foxtrot(especially supper´s ready) and Camel´s Mirage. There´s lots of hammond organ, ssynthesizer, mellotron and Latimer style guitar. From what I understand however these guys´ main influence was Yes. There is an obvious Yes influence as well but this group definitely has their own sound and do not sound like they are copying any specific band. The first track on here is called "simplicity" and has a great long instrumental introduction.This cd only has four tracks on it. The longest and best track on here(imho)is the 12 minute "trippin over the rainbow." This track reminds me a bit of supper´s ready but I wouldn´t say it´s a deliberate ripoff of that classic but the ending parts to both are very similar.This was released on symphonic a while ago and is probably out of print.If you like early Genesis, symphonic prog or Collect American prog this one is worth looking for.

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