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variations : nador & 12 bonus tracks

  • variations

  • nador & 12 bonus tracks (CD)

  • sku: ECL1023_
  • Condition: Brand New Forthcoming Release
  • 9.90€
  • $10.40
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Information

  • Format: CD
  • Label: GreenTree,Walhalla etc
  • Genre: Rock / Pop

Label: Eclipse Records

Les Variations brought a raw, international edge to French rock at the turn of the 1970s. Nador is built on hard guitar riffs, blues-rock drive and the kind of restless energy that connects late-60s psychedelia with the heavier rock sound that was just beginning to emerge across Europe. The band’s North African background gives the album an added identity, most clearly felt in the title track, where acoustic textures and rhythmic colour widen the record beyond straight Anglo-American hard rock.

What makes Nador so exciting is its urgency. The songs are compact but explosive, full of sharp guitar breaks, forceful vocals and a rhythm section that keeps everything moving with real attack. Rather than sounding like a French imitation of British or American bands, Variations created something fiery and distinct, with enough swagger and personality to stand on its own. This Eclipse Records edition expands the original album with twelve bonus tracks, gathering non-LP singles, B-sides and archival material from the same period.

Track listing
  1. What A Mess Again – 3:15
  2. Waiting For The Pope – 3:35
  3. Nador – 2:45
  4. We Gonna Find The Way – 4:50
  5. Generations – 3:15
  6. Free Me – 3:45
  7. Completely Free – 5:40
  8. Mississipi Woman – 3:15
  9. But It's Allright – 4:40
  10. Bonus Track: Come Along (Alternate Version, 1970) – 3:54
  11. Bonus Track: Spicks And Specks (A-side, 1967) – 2:45
  12. Bonus Track: Mustang Sally (B-side, 1967) – 3:24
  13. Bonus Track: Come Along (A-side, 1969) – 3:29
  14. Bonus Track: Promises (B-side, 1969) – 2:42
  15. Bonus Track: What's Happening (A-side, 1969) – 3:23
  16. Bonus Track: Magda (B-side, 1969) – 3:19
  17. Bonus Track: Down The Road (A-side, 1971) – 2:57
  18. Bonus Track: Love Me (B-side, 1971) – 2:42
  19. Bonus Track: Only You Know (And I Know) (A-side, 1972) – 3:24
  20. Bonus Track: I Was Down (B-side, 1972) – 3:25
  21. Bonus Track: I Was Down (Live In Saint Gratien, 1971) – 4:58