Eela Craig - Missa Universalis album flac

Eela Craig was an Austrian rock band of the 1970s and 1980s, that combined progressive rock with jazz and classical music influences as well as Christian lyrics. The band's name is without known meaning. The band was founded in Linz in 1970, and recorded its first album entitled Eela Craig in 1971 with a circulation of 1,500. Critics compared this album with established bands such as Emerson, Lake & Palmer, King Crimson, Gentle Giant and Colosseum

But EELA CRAIG did such an album in 1978. Missa Universalis", their fourth album takes a Roman Catholic Mass to a prog rock context. Luckily they didn't have to water down their prog rock sound to have a religious theme. At this point, they were playing a rather lush style of prog rock heavy on the string synths, not unlike what ELOY was doing at the same time, only more polished, and surprisingly (given EELA CRAIG were Austrians), no ridiculously accented vocals like you do Frank Bornemann. The closing song, "Amen" reminds me a little of VANGELIS circa "Heaven & Hell". But I also have a big complaint of this album: since I'm not Christian, every time I listen to this album, I really feel like I'm being preached at, like on "Credo (Part 1)" where the lyrics go: "And I believe, in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God".

Producer – Eela Craig, Ulli A. Rützel. Vocals, Backing Vocals – Wil Orfhofer. Missa Universalis ‎(LP, Album, Club).

Album · 1977 · 6 Songs. Missa Universalis Eela Craig. See All. Symphonic Rock.