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| View Larger Image | Jet Lag | Audio CDby PFM
| List Price: | $28.99 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | Audio CD | | Format: | Import, Original recording remastered | | Studio: | Bmg Int'l | | Release Date: | July 22, 2002 | | Sales Rank: | 67,523th |
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TRACK LISTING |
Disc: 1
- Track 1: Peninsula
- Track 2: Jet Lag
- Track 3: Storia in L.A.
- Track 4: Breakin' In
- Track 5: Cerco la Lingua
- Track 6: Meridiani
- Track 7: Left-Handed Theory
- Track 8: Traveler
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Album Description
Limited edition 24 karat gold reissue of the 1977 release. 24-bit remastered Italian prog rock packaged in a digipak. 2002. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 7 reviews)
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PFM - Moves In A Fusion Direction by Steven Sly (Kalamazoo, MI United States)  3 Stars
January 19, 2008
The "Jet Lag" album is a real departure for PFM. For this one the band moved away from bombastic progressive rock and created an album focused on more fusion oriented jazz rock. How much you like this album will depend on how much you like this style. Being a fan of PFM's more heavy rock approach on their earlier stuff I am not as thrilled with this album as some people are. Still the instrumental sections are stellar and the more jamming aspect of the album does hit significant high points. The vocals of Bernardo Lanzetti leave a bit to be desired as he sings in a kind of weird vibrato style that only half works. Overall this is a weaker PFM album, but if you like more fusion oriented progressive rock you may really enjoy this one.
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Some will love it, some should leave it alone by GJ (Philadelphia area)  5 Stars
May 27, 2007
PFM was like a chameleon. Listen to "Photos of Ghosts" and then this album and you'd be surprised it was same band. It wasn't just due to changes in the musicians; these guys were pioneers of progressive rock and then of their own music. Anyway, it's understandable that even some who like "Chocolate Kings" may not like this album.
But I love it. While it doesn't have the rich, thematic treatments found in much of their other stuff, the writing and musicianship are still awesome. There's more of an improvisational feel, and while it's not "jazz" per se, there's certainly a strong jazz influence in "Jet Lag" and "Left-Handed Theory."
And sure, Lanzetti's voice is not for everyone, I guess, but I think that he sings with great passion and capability. It's a key element in PFM's unique sound while he was with them.
Anyone who compares his voice to a goat's ought to spend a little time at a petting zoo and get a reality check. (Would a goat sound like Lanzetti? Gee, it would scare away the kids!)
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More fully in the jazz rock realm with proggy undertones by Jeffrey J.Park (Massachusetts, USA)  4 Stars
February 09, 2006
Released in 1977, Jet Lag marked the full blown adoption of a more jazz rock sound, suggestions of which can be heard on the excellent Chocolate Kings (1976). Although there are proggier PFM-like aspects to the music on Jet Lag, the balance was shifted somewhat to favor the jazz-rock side of the equation. The pieces range from the 2'10" Peninsula to the 9'10" title track and each boasts the awesome group ensemble work and individual virtuosity that is characteristic of PFM. Although the performances by all of the musicians are superb, poor Bernardo Lanzetti had a hard time working with the jazzier keys (lots of flats and sharps) in addition to the unusual time signatures and his vocal performance (in English) is correspondingly strained. A lot of folks are turned off by his vocal style and attempts to sing over this complex, jazzy material did not help him much at all - in fact this album might have been better if it was all instrumental. Keyboardist Flavio Premoli generates wonderfully atmospheric sounds on the micro-moog synthesizer along with overwhelmingly virtuosic organ/electric piano playing; Franco Mussida is an absolute master on the electric/acoustic guitar (his acoustic guitar solo piece Peninsula is incredible); and I also enjoyed Patrick Djivas fretless bass playing on this album - he was obviously influenced by Weather Report bassist extraordinaire Jaco Pastorius. Violinist Gregory Bloch also turned in a great performance here and really adds quite a lot to each piece. The remastered, digipak CD does not do much for me - although the sound quality is excellent, there are no lyrics or photos. Overall, I would say that this is a decent release by PFM although I suspect it would disappoint hardcore fans of the more classically oriented Storia di un Minuto (1972) - The World became the World (1974) period of PFM. As a huge, raving fan of PFM, prog and jazz rock, this album works for me on a number of levels and is certainly their last highly virtuosic proggy release before diving headlong into pop territory starting with Passpartu (1978). Recommended to folks that like jazz rock as much as prog rock.
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Jet Lag for the fans by Gerardo Perez Monter (Mexico City) 3 Stars
August 21, 2005
This CD is a recompilation from their discs previously recorded at Italy (Europe in general), so they try to made a disc to create a good expectation in America, that's why the title. For the Fans who knows the musical stream of this group, may be it's a reverse, however, not as good as the original discs previous to this. But for somebody who tries to know the origin of PFM and don't want to dig a lot, it's perfect.
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Is there a sheep on the loose??? by drumsprogjazz  2 Stars
October 15, 2004
I bought this album based on a review I read here...boy am I sorry! First, I am a big fan of PFM. I have been a fan since Cook came out and even had the opportunity to see them perform live. They have always been outstanding musicians HOWEVER vocally they have always been a bit weak. The addition of Lanzetti did not help that problem. We actually call him "goat boy" as he bleets out in sharp vibrato. This album is weak compared to Chocolate Kings where Lanzetti's style is at least tolerable. This sounds like a bunch of jams put together. I bought this because a review said it was PFM playing jazz...trust me, it's not. It sounds like the jam sessions we used to have in the garage!
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| Chocolate Kings
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| Photos of Ghosts
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| Live in U.S.A.
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| Felona e Sorona
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| World Became the World
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CD debut for the English version of this 1974 album previously released only in England & featuring a bonus track not on the Italian edition, 'Have Your Cake And Beat It' (Instrumental)!. Six tracks total. 1997 BMG Ricordi release. The original album was released on BMG Ricordi/ Numero Uno.
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