Tomas Bodin - Sonic Boulevard
	Released: 2003 Label: InsideOut Music America / InsideOut / SPV Cat. No.: IOMCD 138 / SPV 085-65972 CD Total Time: 64:24
	Reviewed by: Davide Guidone, October 2003 After Pinup Guru, Tomas Bodin returns with his third release, Sonic Boulevard. And one more time he tries to give to the fans something new and experimental. While his previous album featured a trio instruments - organ, bass and drums - in the vein of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, this time Bodin introduces a different sound on this new CD, the guitar very much in evidence, well performed by JJ Marsh and Roine Stolt (who appears only on two tracks), and some wonderful sax parts by Ulf Wallander, as usual. Maybe this work is too hard to listen to sometimes, but Bodin has the necessary ability to let you enjoy his music. The disc is almost all instrumental, except some parts where there are some vocalizations. The album is full of influences from many genres, but handles each them well, and there are some references to "Garden Of Dreams." Very good; for TFK fans Rating: 4/5 [See also Keith's and Bobo'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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