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Track Listings
| 1. Sun In The Night |
| 2. Why Should I Lend You Mine (When You've Broken You |
| 3. Maybe I'll Lend You Mine After All |
| 4. Hate Zone |
| 5. Collapsar |
| 6. Disco Suicide |
| 7. Orbits |
| 8. Malaga Virgen |
| 9. Macrocosm |
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Start here for Brand X. Moroccan Roll is the best example of the wonderful warm but quirky texture of early Brand X, esp. the Robin Lumley keyboards. They create a collage of sound where no one player can be identified as the lead, and the drums are as important as the guitar. Genuine fusion rock/Jazz. I bought this when I was 16 and I still love - 24 years on.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
By 1977 the band that started as Phil Collins' time out jazz excursion from Genesis had begun to develop its own distinctive rock-jazz style. On this recording the group display the range of abilities which were to lead to many individual plaudits for Percy Jones and John Goodsall. "Why Should I Lend You Mine" (recorded live with no over-dubs) is a moody, evocative track that builds to a frightening crescendo before reverting to its rippling Fender piano based intro. On "Hate Zone" the band employ a full range of overdubs and effects to create a truly massive sound which will have you scurrying to your volume control, but on the Robin Lumley penned "Disco Suicide" they again create a melody so distinctive and tuneful that they were to employ it to open their live shows 20 years later. A marvellous "must have recording" for all fans of fusion based music.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
'Morrocan Roll' (sic) sees Brand X moving toward a slightly more accessible sound than on earlier recordings. There is less emphasis on manic fusion and a little more on melody and colour, yet you don't tire of hearing it. The exotic 'Sun In The Night' reveals where the album's title comes from, brighter and more vivid than anything they've done before. 'Why Should I Lend You Mine..., etc' is an epic, mesmeric masterpiece which belies its jokey title. 'Hate Zone' and 'Collapsar' are twinkling mood pieces; 'Disco Suicide' has a misleading title and features an insistent, dramatic bass motif. The final three tracks conform more to what the band do on earlier albums. Phil Collins's drumming on these is awesome, though it's worth pointing out that the band added percussionist Morris Pert to their line-up, which helps. John Goodsall's fiery guitar work, especially on 'Macrocosm', is also impressive. Jazz-rock? Rock fans should grow to love this.
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The best jazz rock album ever?
In 1977 England could boast the two greatest jazz rock drummers in the world - Phil Collins and Bill Bruford. Read more
Published 3 months ago by goodband
Moroccan Roll
It was either Allan Holdsworth's Metal Fatigue, Bruford's Gradually Going Tornado or this record that got me started seriously looking at fusion. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Replican't
Huge fun - and well worth a listen...
Brand X were a large part of my listening thirty years ago and this album shows why. mad as anything but musically cohesive there's a humour here and much love of good music. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2008 by DSR
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