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Grand Hotel [Import]

~ Procol Harum
4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (28 Sep 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Friday
  • ASIN: B0002VEW3I
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 138,904 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Grand Hotel
2. Toujours l'Amour
3. Rum Tale
4. T.V. Caesar
5. Souvenir of London
6. Bringing Home the Bacon
7. For Liquorice John
8. Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)
9. Robert's Box
10. Grand Hotel/Over the Rainbow [Live][*]

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Big Music For A Small Planet ( nevertoolate #14 ), 18 Jan 2009
By The Wolf (uk) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)      
October 13th 1970. The Royal Albert Hall, London.

Jethro Tull, Tir Na Nog and "special guests" Procol Harum in concert.

Now there was a gig for a young Wolf to get steamed up about.

The anthemic quality of Procol Harum's music and Mr Brooker's
unshowy yet affecting voice were captivating from the beginning.
'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' and 'Homburg' (1967); 'A Salty Dog' (1969);
'Conquistador' (1972) were all part of the dizzy soundtrack to my
largely misspent teenage years.

The classy, complex, classically oriented arrangements set
the band apart from their peers. This was BIG music.
Life-enhancing, enduring and loaded with irresistible pathos.

1973 saw the release of perhaps their most opulent
and engaging project. 'Grand Hotel' is, indeed, music of
grand design and epic ambition.

The evenly paced piano and organ entry to the opening
title track is quickly catapulted by B. J. Wilson's thundering
percussion into an uproariously lavish big-boned, wide-screen,
production number.
Orchestra, choir and a complete fin de siecle Viennese ballroom
are all thrown headlong into the mix.
Gloriously excessive but by some strange internal magic it all holds together.
Magnificently.

'For Liquorice John' allows Mr Brooker's plaintive vocals to soar.
Keith Reid's impressionistic lyrics compliment the elusive melody perfectly.

Likewise 'TV Caesar' with it's fine central guitar solo from Mr Grabham.

'Toujours l'Amour' and 'Bringing Home The Bacon' prove that the band
was no slouch when it came down to rocking-out either.

'A Souvenir Of London' creates a kind of whimsical one-man-band ambience.

'A Rum Tale' and 'Robert's Box' are more than worthy makeweights.

Final song 'Fires (Which Burnt Brightly)' brings the album to a
magisterial conclusion. Christine Legrand's charming Swinglish
vocal contribution is an absolute stroke of genius. I smile with joy
every time I hear it.

Beg, borrow or steal to get this album into your life.

After thirty five years my vinyl copy is wearing a little thin but I'm
hoping that it will last for as long as I'm able to watch the sun rise.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Procol Harum at Its Most Procol Harum, 30 Mar 2008
By Juan Mobili (Valley Cottage, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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Along with their wonderful live album with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Harum would return to its trademark, exquisitely melodramatic essence once again with Grand Hotel--if you had any doubts of what I said, just ponder on this title.

Gone, long gone, is Matthew Fisher and after Broken Barricades--harder set, fiercely led by his guitar--Robin Trower has departed. Yet, Chris Coping on organ and Mick Grabham on guitar more than make do in replacing such essential colors in Procol Harum's music.

Whether it was that "Barricades" did not please their constituency or that Keith Reid--their full-time lyricist--was ready for a more grandiose backdrop to his ambitious scenes, Grand Hotel faithfully returned to what had made the Procol Harum's great from A Whiter Shade of Pale onwards. From it's very opening, with Grand Hotel and Toujours L'amour--To Everyone Love--the stately arrangements and Brooker's circumspect voice take over the proceedings.

The whole album moves confidently forward from there. Robert's Box, Souvenir of London, Fires--and even Bringing Home the Bacon--are tracks that may or may not become your all-time favorites but will remind you why these guys were capable of, and how far from finished they still were then.
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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One from the past, 2 Dec 2004
By John Power "upper87" - See all my reviews
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Orchestral rock.
Sounds horrid?
This HUGELY atmospheric concept work is highly memorable for tasteful guitarwork and the vocalists warmth and range.
It is like all favourite music evocative ~Where are you know H.W.?.
Benefitting from some nifty artwork( get the album if you can) . Once heard never forgotten.
A hidden classic.
A light that burns brightly.
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