Eight Day Clock - Clockwork. 1975 Australia

Eight Day Clock were a large scale horn rock band, right out of the 1970 playbook. So 1975 is way past the glory days of this scene. It almost seems like the Jackson 5ive TV show had just arrived in Sydney, and Blood Sweat and Tears were getting regular airplay on the local radio stations.

When evaluating horn rock bands, there are two types to consider: Vocal and Instrumental. This one definitely falls in the Vocal category. From there, is it soul based, or more pop sounding? Mainly the former. So that leaves the actual quality of the songwriting. Here I'd give them a C+. There are no monster tracks to call out like on The Gas Mask album for example. But it avoids the downer blues aspect of bands like Brut, Little John, or Chelsea Beige. Eight Day Clock are no Rodan or Brainchild that's for certain. The cover of The Doobie Brothers 'Listen to the Music' is for sure a low point here. And the album as a whole peters out on the second side.

Overall, a pretty harmless 11 track run. There's some good horn charts here, and a few good sax/flute/brass/guitar solos to toe tap with. Reminds me quite a bit of the two Puzzle LPs (1973/1974 Motown). A pleasant album, but not extraordinary.