Monday 25 November 2019

Estonian VA's Noorte Laulud (1978) and Esti Pop III, IV (1984)







The first of three Estonian VA albums is from 1978 and the highlight is Ruja's track:





Admittedly, the singing can be a little annoying.  A group that should be well-known to all of you reading this from long ago.  Hopefully.  Their brief  bio:

Ruja was one of the foremost Estonian rock bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Band's name comes from a neologism "ruja", for fantasy, though there are people who believe that "ruja" is actually made up of the first letters of the band's important members (R - Rein Rannap, U - Urmas Alender, J - Jaanus Nõgisto and A - Andrus Vaht) The band released their first and self-titled album in 1979. Many of the original melodies of Ruja were composed by Rein Rannap.

Ultimately the remainder of this record is not very impressive.

Moving on the third Eesti pop from 1984 (?) the lineup is shockingly good, with progressive masters In Spe and Kaseke (again, everyone reading this should know those 2), and lesser light-fusion band Radar.  Unfortunately, the tracks from the masters all appear on their full releases and are not new to this compilation, and the filler material from the unknown bands is disappointing.  And the same goes for the fourth Eesti pop, so perhaps we should stay away, or rather, have stayed away...
Though, looking at the series on the database, it seems the second one is missing, possibly the first.



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