Ars Nova - Ars
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Ars Nova Review by Richie Unterberger.
Ars Nova's first release was intermittently intriguing eclectic psychedelic rock with a slight classical influence, as well as some unusual instrumentation in the bass trombone of lead singer Jon Pierson and the trumpet and string bass of Bill Folwell. The songs -- often linked by brief interludes -- are a mixed bag, though, that seem to indicate a confusion over direction, or a bit of a psychedelic throw-in-everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach. There are haunting tunes with a folk-rock base and a faint Renaissance ballad melodic influence, jaunty narratives with a vaudevillian air that bear the mark of then-recent albums such as Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and harder-rocking period psychedelic tracks with a bent for unpredictable bittersweet progressions and vocal harmonies. It's unusual, and in some senses attractive. But to be less charitable, there's a sense of listening to a generic psychedelic band that sounds better than many such acts mostly by virtue of benefiting from Elektra's high-class production, here handled by Paul Rothchild of Doors fame. Put another way, the songs themselves aren't as good as their arrangements. "Fields of People," about the best of those songs, might be the most famous one here due to getting covered in an elongated treatment by the Move, who did a better job with it than Ars Nova. [The 2004 CD reissue on Sundazed adds historical liner notes by Jon Pierson.]
Tracklist:
1. Ars Nova - Pavan for My Lady (Fall, Winter, Summer and Spring)
2. Ars Nova -
General Clover Ends a War
3. Ars Nova - And
How Am I to Know
4. Ars Nova -
Album in Your Mind
5. Ars Nova -
Zarathustra
6. Ars Nova -
Fields of People
7. Ars Nova -
Automatic Love
8. Ars Nova - I
Wrapped Her in Ribbons (After Ibiza)
9. Ars Nova -
Song to the City
10. Ars Nova -
March of the Mad Duke’s Circus
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