Tomas Bodin - Sonic Boulevard
	Released: 2003 Label: InsideOut Music America / InsideOut / SPV Cat. No.: IOMCD 138 / SPV 085-65972 CD Total Time:
	Reviewed by: Keith "Muzikman" Hannaleck, September 2003 Sonic Boulevard is Tomas Bodin’s follow up to his successful second solo album Pinup Guru. The trademark progressive-rock keyboards are evident once again but this time out jazz fusion makes a much stronger presence. At times, I felt I could have been listening to Return to Forever or a similar group, the music is that polished and perfected. I found this CD to be very tasteful and eclectic while maintaining a strong production value throughout. His band mates from The Flower Kings, Jonas Reingold (bass) Zoltan Csörsz (drums), help his cause as well. They manage to keep the TFK references to a minimum and allow Bodin to leave his own imprint on the sound, thereby making it a true solo album, not something for fans to compare to his full time gig. The more I hear the band members of TFK play on their own and together, the more I realize how each one of them is a star in their own right. This CD is more proof of that fact. Rating: 4.5/5 [See also Bobo's and Davide's reviews -ed.] More about Sonic Boulevard: Track Listing: The Prayer / The Hero From Cloud City / Back To The African Garden / Picture Walkabout / The Horses From Zaad / A Beautiful Mind / The Happy Frog / Morning Will Come / The Night Will Fall Musicians: Tomas Bodin – Keyboards Jonas Reingold – Bass Zoltan Csörsz – Drums Anders Jansson - lead vocals Jocke JJ Marsh – guitars Hasse Bruniusson –percussion Ulf Wallander – sax Jonas Knutsson – sax Roine Stolt – guitar N´Nogo Bjurhall - African scat Contact: Website: www.tomasbodin.com Note: will open new browser window Discography An Ordinary Night In My Ordinary Life (1996) Pinup Guru (2002) Sonic Boulevard (2003) I Am (2005)
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