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Echolyn: Cowboy Poems Free (CD, 59:14); Velveteen Records, VR2006-2, 2000
E-mail: echolyn2000@aol.com 
Cyberhome: http://www.echolyn2000.com 

10 words or less: 6th and perhaps best album from this American ProgRock 
outfit.

Elaboration: I have always been impressed by Echolyn's technical proficiency 
with their instruments. Underneath the layers of vocals on each of their 
albums there are musical passages of a Fusionesque skill level. When 
listening to any Echolyn album, one is immediately reminded of Yes and Gentle 
Giant in the vocal counterpoint and the overall preponderance of vocals in 
general. It is only for this reason that I would not recommend Echolyn to 
someone who prefers instrumental music. Echolyn's most widely distributed 
album was 1995's As the World on Sony records. Cowboy Poems Free show them as 
a much more mature band with a more textured and varied sound, interwoven by 
4 instrumental segues referred to as Poems 1, 2, 3 and 4; these serve to give 
the album a thematic quality. Overall, Cowboy Poems Free is a strong effort 
and I highly recommend it to all fans of Yes and Gentle Giant. ~ L Perez



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