Björgvin Gíslason's second album Glettur from 1981

I have no idea why I didn't post this one too with the other one back in 2014, which had the amazing hit song Doll in a Dream.  You can find it back here.   Must've been an oversight. I was just thinking about that track and what happened to the follow up album which was, of course, more commercialese compared to the brilliant first then I tried to find it on here where I've kept kind of a repository of my favourite 'discoveries' of the last 7 years since the blog started because that's really what this is.  But no luck.

Anyways the artist discography is here.  Note that he made a third album shortly thereafter which is pure new wave/pop junk (to us, not to those who love those genres!).  I haven't heard the later ones, that came in the new millenium, and maybe someone could suggest if they're worth seeking out. The situation reminds me a lot of the discography of Swedes Dimmornas Bro who came roaring out of the gate in the late seventies with their highly inventive progressive debut chock full of interesting compositions, just screamingly wild and tasty, but seriously deteriorated by the time the follow up Mal came out, and then became utterly uninteresting by the third.  And with us of course three strikes and you're out.

Anyways, this is about comparable to the second Dimmornas Bro, so, it will inevitably disappoint those who loved the first Bjorgvin album as much as I did with the bedside doll.  I guess it's also similar to the Ginga Rale situation.

Track 2 gives you a great idea of the kind of commercialized funky fusion we're dealing with here for the most part, like the recent Wellander:

Title track with its over-dramatic intro chords:

Anyways, still enjoyable for those fusion lovers out there.

A huge one coming up next for all y'all to look forward to.