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Line-up:
Vangelis Papathanasiou -
Orgue, Keyboards
Demis Roussos - Vocals, Bass, Guitar
Lucas Sideras - Drums
Tracklist:
1. It’s Five
O’Clock
2. Wake Up
3. Take Your Time
4. Annabella
5. Let Me Love, Let Me Live
6. Funky Mary
7. Good Time So Fine
8. Marie Jolie
9. Such A Funny Night
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I said some time ago (when I wrote the
review of Aphrodite’s Child’s debut) that I would be back, reviewing also their other
two albums. So, now it seems that the time to present the second album of the band has come
at last. Leaving behind all the historical references about the band and how it was formed (you can read those things in the “The End Of The World” review), I will only focus in the music part of this album.
In the year 1969 Aphrodite’s Child released their second album and that was only one year after the release of their debut “The End Of The World”. The unbelievable success of their debut album “forced” the band to get back in the studio as soon as possible. Thus the
three friends, Vangelis, Demis, and Lucas, traveled to London to record their next album entitled “It’s Five
O’clock” in the Trident Studios.
The first single that was released in October of 1969 from that album was “Let Me Love, Let Me Live” and became number one in the French charts right away. The b-side track of that single was “Marie Jolie”, which became most popular in the rest of Europe. Also the homonymous song “It’s Five O’clock” released on December 1969, as the second single and as well it reached at the top of many European charts. To tell the truth, beside all those songs that rise on the top of the charts, I must say that “It’s Five O’clock” is a fantastic album that has the quality that only Aphrodite’s Child could offer us. No, I’m not exaggerating, but I’m only challenging you to listen to songs like the incredible atmospheric opener “It’s Five
O’clock”, the unique, lyrical “Annabella”, the hit “Let Me Love, Let Me Live”, the poetic “Wake Up” (which has a great lyrical concept), the memorable “Good Time, So Fine”, the catchy “Such A Funny Night” and the astonishing, romantic hymn “Marie Jolie”.
Well, here we are not talking about a very good album but for an album that marked (in the same way that all the three albums of the band did) a whole generation and it will be loved from the fans of the art-prog-rock-pop-atmospheric-or what ever you
call it music! If you love music and you do not choose to listen to an album because of its heavy guitars or its fast drumming then you’ve just discovered a whole new world! Aphrodite’s Child is more than a good band, and their albums are far away as it concerns the inspiration and the feeling from all the good albums that you have listened to! If you haven’t been convinced of what Aphrodite’s Child had offered to music and if those things that I said above have not grab your attention and your lust for truly good, inspired and qualitative music, then surely you are loosing a great part of the music history. Those who know have already understood for what I’m talking about… It may not be “Five
O’Clock”, but for sure it’s time to discover Aphrodite’s Child!
by
Thanos Aggelakis
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