Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra CD


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Per Wiberg (harmonica, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, Mellotron, background vocals); Ludwig Witt (drums, cymbals, tambourine).

More colorful and evolved songs like "Sedated" typify the dynamic but still quite heavy sound of Spiritual Beggars' third release, Ad Astra. The band had previously stuck to a contemporary stoner palette somewhere between the thundering Kyuss and chaotic Corrosion of Conformity, but everything from the Doors ("Per Aspera Ad Astra") to Deep Purple ("Wonderful World" and others) gets folded into the retro metal mix on this release. Christian "Spice" Sjöstrand's more aggressive vocal work clears up any confusion about the group's modernity, but relevance really isn't an issue with music this crushing (yet listenable). Just like the first two Spiritual Beggars records, Ad Astra's opener, "Left Brain Ambassadors," is a hard rock juggernaut, and its only fault is the setting of a musical standard that is practically impossible to maintain through the following 13 tracks. The band almost pulls it off with cunning takes on '70s elders like Kiss on the Love Gun-influenced "Save Your Soul" and during more traditional Kyuss references like "On Dark Rivers." If it weren't for the out of place ballad "It's Over," Ad Astra would bake like a sun dancer in the heat of stoner rock perfection. ~ Vincent Jeffries

Recorded at Studio Fredman, Gothenberg, Sweden in 1999.

Spiritual Beggars include: Spice (vocals, bass); Michael Amott (guitar)

Ad Astra Music

Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock
Label	Koch
Orig Year	2000
All Time Product Rank	82,029
CD Universe Part number	1285634
Discs	1
Release Date	Jan 23, 2001
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Fredrik Nordstrom
Engineer	Sven Jansson; Fredrik Nordstrom

Spiritual Beggars - Ad Astra Songs

Trk	Song	Time	Price
1	Left Brain Ambassadors	3:18	$0.99
2	Wonderful World	4:02	$0.99
3	Sedated	4:18	$0.99
4	Angel Of Betrayal	3:41	$0.99
5	Blessed	3:32	$0.99
6	Per Aspera Ad Astra	4:09	$0.99
7	Save Your Soul	3:56	$0.99
8	Until The Morning	6:03	$0.99
9	Escaping The Fools	5:23	$0.99
10	On Dark Rivers	5:34	$0.99
11	Goddess	3:16	$0.99
12	Mantra	6:50	$0.99

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Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars) 4.5 stars

5 stars Awesome !!!
These guys are an amazing example of stoner rock. Great riffs and awesome compositions.
Submitted by monquegijoe (San Antonio, Tx, USA)
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5 stars flwr pwr !!
Great great album, bringing back the flower power and mixing it with the doom metal style, awesome, in the line of Cathedral... Special line for the keyboards: long live to Hammond !
Submitted by derkabronen (Esquel, Argentina)
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4 stars Good Rockin
These guys are total old school hard rock. Turn it on and turn it up. And the mini LP design is cool too.
Submitted by Rochound47 (Stanfordville, NY, US)
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3 stars Wonderful
This CD is simply delicious. For some reason that I just don't understand, they insist on calling this band "Stoner Metal". I think it's just great rock music. Raw and wide open, played by talented musicians
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