Album: Visitors
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I saw this album mentioned frequently while looking up French prog, and how could you not want to hear a "heavy" 1974 space rock prog album called Visitors, with that cover?! Well, the LP didn't quite match my expectations, but don't let my opinion put you off checking it out, as many people like this record, and good condition Decca originals sell for hefty prices. It does indeed have plenty of theatrical, ominous space rock pomp, and some heavy parts, but for me it never quite manages to reach escape velocity. I still elected to include a cut from this for the fun of it, and this mainly instrumental track makes a fitting segue in a collection of '70s rock.

Visitors was the creation of prolific musician and producer Jean-Pierre Massiera, who masterminded countless one-off albums ranging from symphonic prog to electronica & disco funk. He has been called "the French Joe Meek". The Guardian news paper called his work "a fetid miasma of sick humour, sound effects and unexpectedly first-rate musicianship", and reviewer William Rauscher described him as "a freewheeling auteur whose outrageous forays in trashy pop culture mix low-brow sensuality with oddball experimentation".