The Crusaders – Free As The Wind
Released on Klaus Schulze’s Innovative Communication, Quiet Force’s Smile is a late ’80s balearic fusion album featuring glistening digital production, electronic percussion, fretless bass, and smooth jazz solos. As the cover suggests, the album has a blissful beachside atmosphere with soft jazz meeting tropical rhythms and wavelike synth patches. Vocals appear on a few tracks and they mostly sound a bit dated, but the album manages to strike a good balance between cheesy and good. “Dark Moments” is a great ambient fusion track that is just so ’80s that you can’t help but smile, and I think that’s the whole point of this record anyway? Plus, it might be worth purchasing for that album cover alone…
Recommended – A2 Dark Moments, B2 Pieces Of Time
Tags: Balearic / Smooth Jazz
Tracklist:
A1 Voice Of Music
A2 Dark Moments
A3 Unhappily Married
High Noon
A4.1 Western Intro
A4.2 Main Theme
A5 Flying High
B1 Sometimes
B2 Pieces Of Time
B3 Child’s Play
B4 Please Don’t Dance
B5 Man At The Bus Stop
Credits:
Cover, Design – Michael Weisser
Executive-Producer – Mark Sakautzky
Mixed By – Jens Krause, Steven Toeteberg
Photography By [Back Cover] – Orlowski Foto Design
Photography By [Front Cover] – Michael Ehrhardt
Producer – Quiet Force
