[.ca] Pinup Guru

An excellent addition to any progressive rock collection:
Tomas BODIN gets instant recognition for his talented keyboard adventures with the legendary prog-rock masters from Sweden The FLOWER KINGS. There is much more to his talents than working with that group. I consider this symphonic progressive rock album a delight for those of you who are prepared for an extreme and multihued musical journey that will require a lot of reflection and afterthought. I highly recommend this CD to all prog rock funs.

Terrific second effort.:
Tomas Bodin's Pinup Guru is a terrific follow up to the equally outstanding Ordinary Night... Unlike his first recording this is a trio recording with Jonas Reingold on bass and Zoltan Csorsz on drums. These three Flower Kings bandmates play brilliantly together. As with the FK's recent release, Unfold the Future, there are jazzy flavorings throughout but it is still clearly a prog effort. The interplay between these three musicians is just incredible. Bodin's compositional skills are clever, creative and imaginative. This is an instrumental recording with nothing but keyboards, bass and drums to hold one's interest. It does so admirably. Tomas Bodin is well in the ranks of Wakeman, Emerson and Banks. His ability to explore new sounds and directions is reminiscent of his forebearers but he is certainly a unique keyboardist within his own right. I look forward to what is to come in the future. This one is well worth purchasing...Simon

Hi-Quality Guru!:
This is a fantastic CD! One of the best keyboard dominant CDs I have ever heard. He really works some magic here. Somewhat a continuation of the Flower Kings instrumentals - but has a life and style of it's own! Excellent playing and writing Tomas! I will be listening to this alot - along with "Unfold the Future" and "Karmakanics".

Good stuff for keys:
This keyboard oriented cd is really the flower kings without thier lead singer guitar player. All the other players are here. It is nice to listen to. Some songs however, just go nowhere. But others are just wonderful. I would get all the flower king releases first, then branch to this one.

A must for Progressive Rock fans:
Rick Wakeman, Tony Banks and Keith Emerson should be paying attention to the kind of music that Tomas Bodin is producing and performing, not just as a member of The Flower Kings but, specially, as a trio with Zoltan Csorz (drums) and Jonas Reingold (bass). This is a great instrumental cd. "Me and Liz",alone,is worth the price of this cd. Th interplay between these three guys is awesome. Great keyboard, bass and drums performance. I have not hear his previous effort, "An ordinary night", but after hearing "Pinup Guru",I will be getting it as soon as I finish to write this review. This is the kind of music that the formentioned "gurus" of keyboards should be doing today. The music is original, with a lot of variations, changing of rythms and good melodies (something that is missing in many progressive groups). To all keyboard oriented fans this is a record you must have. Hihgly recommend !

• Sodium Regale
• What's Going On
• Me And Liz
• Harlem Heat
• My Beautiful Neighbor
• New In The 'Hood
• Blood
• The Ballerina Is Not Getting Closer
• The Last Eagle
• The Final Swig