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Lester Bangs 1971:

'The first sign of this nascent scene was the American release in 1969 of a Savage Rose album called In The Plain. Savage Rose sounded a little bit like the Jefferson Airplane, and their arrangements showed a cross-idiomatic musical sophistication that many States and British bands should envy, including a bit of Hungarian gypsy influence in 'Evening's Child'. Their songs were mostly dark-emotioned, with a sense of Gothic gloom that would seemingly wear better on a German than a cheery clog-clopping Tulip Child Dane. They were and are brilliant, and their subsequent albums, Your Daily Gift and Refugee, are among the finest examples of musical art and sheer rock 'n' roll our era has to offer.'

Excerpted from Lester Bangs sleeve notes for the Amon Duul 2 LP Dance of the Lemmings, 1971
Copyright 1971 Lester Bangs
Posted here by kind permission from Eurock.

...If only The Savage Rose makes it at last, we can truly say that the shout will be heard around the world once more...
(Rolling Stone, Lester Bangs)

...The range of Annisette's voice, both in terms of octaves and emotions, is incredible in any way, and The Savage Rose`s assimilation of seemingly all the major developments of R&B for the past ten years, combined with the classical element, is astonishing, and the integration of all these elements is, quite simply, beyond belief. Those are a lot of superlatives, but they are, believe me, well deserved...
(Rolling Stone, Ed Ward)

...Annisette remains to this day one of "pop" music's most unique and powerful vocalists. Overall the exquisitely spatial production, and Annisette's heartfelt vocal delivery, makes this a truly transcendent album.
(Eurock 1999, Archie Patterson on Tameless)

...Incredible!!! What a voice. I get chill bumps listening to this Musically, I love the languid feel of the track, the many keyboard textures,
The concise arrangement....
This is brilliant! Annisette could probably sing the phone book and make it seem good............
(rating 5.0 out of 5.0)
(TAXI A&R, 2000 on Vanished)

Perfect!...Amazing! (Rating 5.0 out of 5.0)
(TAXI A&R, 2000 on 3 songs from Tameless)


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