There is a mythical exciting some records of the early Seventies, an addiction maccartnianos delirious sounds of the latest albums of the Beatles , especially Abbey Road (1969) cooked with powerful guitars lit drink from Harrison of that time. Badfinger , for example, relied almost all their sound in these parts as concrete (of course, coupled with the incomparable talent of Pete Ham ), but they were not alone. The Flame , ultradesconocido group for sure, but from South Africa managed to record an album in 1970 in Los Angeles by the grace of Carl Wilson of the Beach Boys , who was dazzled by them. There was over, but left to remember a collection of glorious songs, pure pop with dynamite in his veins and the occasional aroma of melody and soul camouflage melody. 
The Flame disc moves with a real force, torn, sometimes brutal, but never forgetting the classic structures of the song and the sweeping hook. Surprisingly similar to Badfinger, perhaps this way of understanding the way McCartney Beatles 69, your songs are very worked, while retaining a clean sound and a taste for pop choirs direct heirs of the British. The first song, "See The Light" is lovely energetic, no doubt these guys listened to the Abbey Road to pierce the eardrums first and then hallucinate, because this type of McCartney shines so omnipresent. In a disc like this is inevitable rock, and continue the parallels with Badfinger, but is "Make It Easy" is the twin sister of "Love Me Do" in No Dice (curiously released the same year). Finally, has it all, conviction, charisma, several voices on a few chords run trot with the precision of a hook. The soul is already a bit with "Hey Lord", but the guitars, the kind of song, drink a lot of American rock also become fashionable for Stephen Stills and the like. Well, "Lady" is made to indulge without guilt, a nostalgic tune that suddenly ends in a kind of melodic explosion was one of the chapters of the book, McCartney style (including humming, also became obsessed with the record of cherries). When his teacher, no doubt, and a classic. 
But Lennon also has its place, of course, and this is "Do not Worry Bill "the best Lennon's Abbey Road (sorry to repeat both this album, but speaking of The Flame, also of Badfinger, is inevitable). An undisputed darling, pure, authentic and incorruptible spirit achieved through unknown Beatle magic formulas with the addition of a change of pace in various parts of someone absorbed from the missing rows of the suite of face B. This follows, "Get Your Mind Made Up" is left so many subtleties and goes straight to the point, sounds resentful and is full of spite, but also traps with a vengeance. The Flame let us breathe "Highs And Lows", the first full-fledged ballad of the album, and of course, is better than good. To get an idea: imagine being as good as "Sun King" of "Again, sorry, Abbey Road, the same guitar sound diving in the ocean, but developed to form a complete song. Then comes "I'm So Happy" to compensate, pure soul and warm toast, a song to life which seeks more hit than drunk. "Dove" is a pop opera of two and a half minutes seems sung by McCartney himself, sad, hopeless sometimes opens in a heavenly choir of angels, and the same line is "Another Day Like Heaven" (in serious, very difficult to differentiate from Badfinger), with the facility to the Baroque and sensitive melody that falls under the weight of its own beauty. The album closes with a clear reminiscence Beatle, a reprise of the first song, "See The Light", with more African accent and rhythmic. Ignored
children of their time and vassals of the melody, The Flame composed one of the most beautiful albums of the seventies, an indisputable masterpiece, round and immune to the passage of time, as always with all the classics.
The Flame (1970)
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