I love the music. Mr. Hicks did a fantastic presentation of the 60's. A very tal
author: One of your greatest fans
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way ahead of it's time
author: clark hagins
the four songs i was able to listen to here don't sound at all like 1967...to think this thing sat around in vaults for 30 years is just plain sad,....i don't know what happened to unicorn..that day in 1967 when they drifted apart..but this album shows they had a future..perhaps they got on the wrong record label ..low on funds or something..because this thing is great...two of the songs i listened to were straight out of the 80's ..and no i don't think it was from the remastered production..it was simply because unicorn were one killer band..way ahead of their time,..too bad they split..we'll never know ,,,what songs were to come --clark hagins 4 - 25 - 2005
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Lost artifact of the psychedelic era? Pseudo-Spinal Tap put on? Modernist pop/ps
author: Matthew Greenwald
Lost artifact of the psychedelic era? Pseudo-Spinal Tap put on? Modernist pop/psychedelia? The Cosmic Storyteller is all of these things. The brainchild of singer/producer/singer Hilary Clay Hicks, these tracks attributed to Unicorn make up a "lost" 1960s album that embraces several different musical genres, and does so with a classy sense of spirit and style. From the gothic, powerful album title-track opener to a funk-inspired workout ("Love Star") to the album's epic, philosophical closer, "The Final Run," the music herein is a virtual tour of musical styles of the 1960s with a heavy underline in the psychedelic style. The vocal arrangements in particular are quite well-crafted and fit the songs perfectly with a fine sense of ambience and passion. Although some of the instrumentation actually tends to sound a bit '80s-ish (particularly with some of the synth-heavy arrangements), this hangs together quite well as an album. If you don't take it too seriously, it's an enjoyable listen, and a well-crafted and ambitious project.
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