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Band Name: Hugo Gryn

Album Name: Rambo Amadeus

Tracks:
1. USS Plymouth (1867)
2. Rajszew
3. List of International Lease Finance Corporation customers
4. Nonte Phonte
5. Elyria, Nebraska
6. Stelągi
7. Starquest II
8. Ngong language
9. Luis Tascón
10. Growth hormone 2
11. KZFR
12. Dilipa
13. Palmyra
14. Slim (112)
15. Chiciura River

An eclectic mix of boyish minor-chord folk-rock, "Rambo Amadeus" marks a departure for the band "Hugo Gryn" from the traditional well-structured rock/pop of their debut album "Mabuiag Island Airport" which sold more than 2 million units. Written while on their first world tour, "Rambo Amadeus"; their second full-length studio album, reflects the exotic locals often seen from their speeding tour bus.

The record starts off with the bold "USS Plymouth (1867)" which really pulls you in with it's infectious baseline and competent mandolin work. The album does lose some steam with tracks 6 through 9 which are basically just reworked versions of bassist Ruslan Gasymov's bombastic rock opera, but really picks up again with "Growth hormone 2". I'm not sure if I have ever heard a more well-paced Hungarian cimbalon solo.

"Palmyra" is a bit of an odd choice as the album starts winding down. This is predominantly a spoken word track exploring such issues as the funerary art and Greco-Roman and Persian periods associated with this ancient city cited in the song title. The fact that this track has a rather laborious run-time of 14:21 and that it's well, spoken word, re-playability is not one of its strong suits.

This rather epic album does end beautifully with the haunting "Chiciura River". A wonderfully ambient song capturing the best that a pan flute has to offer. Due to it's very unconventional use however, Zamfir must really be rolling around in his grave.

It seems the future looks very bright for this ambitious 8-piece. Very bright indeed.