Cool Sound
2004
A Song For Me
About This Album
Twenty-seven years after the fact, this might well be the best of the early Family recordings. A combination of hard rock (bordering on metal) and wistful folk-rock (it sounds as if Roger Chapman and John "Charlie" Whitney were listening to a lot of Incredible String Band), A Song for Me veers toward early prog rock, but isn't as nakedly indulgent as some early prog rock recordings (e.g., they didn't try to sound like a jazz band; they wanted to sound like a rock band screwing around with jazz). Perhaps their most experimental record, it seems as though the credo in making A Song for Me was that anything went. And on tracks like "Drowned in Wine," it works quite well. Again, Chapman offers more proof of his vocal greatness, and again the record sells large quantities in England and nearly nothing in America. [This version of the album includes bonus material.] ~ John Dougan, All Music Guide
Track List (try tracks 5,6,11,12 and 13)

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