Colosseum
Daughter of Time
back in stock a concept album loosely based on man's fascination and allure for war throughout the ages daughter of time contains all the elements required to create a pure progressive rock album joining david greenslade and chris farlowe is louis cennamo from renaissance who plucks away at the bass guitar with a heavy hand a multitude of instruments combine to create a brilliant melange of music on every one of the eight songs vibrant spurts of trombone trumpet and flute are driven to the height of each song which gives way to some implements of jazz fusion rich organ and vibraphone can be heard in behind 'three score and ten amen' and 'take me back to doomsday' adding to the melancholy theme countering this are beautiful string arrangements made up of violin viola and cello used effectively to conjure up mood and doing an excellent job even a flgelhorn is blared from time to time on top of the accentuated drums a spoken word passage from dick heckstallsmith creates an eerie aura as his voice echoes on about the coming of the apocalypse colosseum's music works extremely well in that it builds suspense and reels the listener into the songs as far as the lyrics go they're stark and foreboding and have a mediaeval taste to them coinciding with the music perfectly each song all around six minutes in length should have been longer to let the instruments play out with their illustriousness except for the fact that it is a short album daughter of time is a sturdy example of progressive rock
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