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Concept album a lOcc alum By KEVIN GREEN Gamecock Staff Writer Lol Creme and Kevin Godley who left lOcc two years ago have come out with a super concept album entitled 'Consequences,' that will leave behind all the other so-called concept albums behind like rats being led to the river by the Pied Piper. lOcc has always been able to produce a thin compromising line between commercial and interesting progressive music in rock. Creme and Godley make that line much more dense and experimental and succeed in producing a unique sound of their own in instrumentation and composition. Ironically, the initial spark of creativity for this project was only to produce a 45 rpm single to demonstrate the amazing effects of the Gizmo, but was later expanded into a three record boxed set, concept album. The Gizmo is a device invented by Creme and Godley with seven typewriter keys which effect the sound of an electric guitar. It sounds similar to a cello, violin, synthesizer and even a saxophone.SIDE ONE of 'Consequences' contains all multi-tracked Gizmo with the exception of occasional percussion and grand piano. This side illustrates Creme and Godley at their most inventive in instrumentals. Side two has one multi-tracked vocal piece and two other instrumental. Side three consists of alternating narrative, written by Peter Cook, and short standard songs that depict each of five characters in Cook's narrative. This format continues through the end of side five. An obvious single has already been released from WBOflHBV7 F Re< Dis (off Froztii 771-4098 Iramatic, haunting ni have uni side three, called, "Five O'clock in the Morning." "Lost Weekend," which ends side three, features the super vocalist Sarah Vaughan. Side four contains "It's Cool, Cool, Cool in the Morning," which could be a nice sincle relpasp in tho future. Creme and Godley's vocals are faultless throughout the six sides. Side five has a humorous instrumental describing the armed forces fighting against nature. Side six. is an excellent composition which should have been longer than its original fifteen minutes. It displays brilliant studio talents which coincide with the painstaking efforts on side one. The engineering is excellent as on all lOcc albums. The major theme of the album deals with man's conflict with the irate forces of nature which in turn brings the world to a end. Side one musically illustrates the sea, wind and fire acting against certain areas around the globe. For instance, a newscaster is interrupted by a knock op the door and is literally attacked by the wind thrusting in saying, "Let me in." Side three introduces five characters from somewhere in England - Mr. Hayes, who drinks a lot, and Mr. Pepperman, who is Our tth Year i Beaver College j 12 Graduate MONTESSORI Summer Academic Program from June nine month internship. 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It is simultaneously dramatic, humorous and profoundly serious. When listened to several times through (approximately two hours), it is quite haunting in a worldly sense. The only problem the consumer might suffer from this well produced album is that it is a $21.98 list album (about $14.00 at most shops) and one has to listen to it very closely several times through to understand what it is trying to say. 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