TERJE RYPDAL – The Singles Collection

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Be aware, in same cases pictures display here isn’t the same as the actually product. May be is a promo.

The Singles Collection title is a bit of a joke. Unless, I’m very much mistaken, Terje Rypdal has never had any singles. True the tracks are shorter in length than the typical Terje Rypdal track. I do think the material offered here is his most “accessible” material, both in terms of a typical progressive fan and even a wider audience in general. It may have a bit too much of that ’80’s sound, which will probably put off fans of his earlier stuff. Not me, I picked it up around the time of it’s release in 1988, having already been a fan of Terje Rypdal and really liked it. It’s really nice blend of many of his influences, a bit of a departure from his previous material, but still distinctively Terje Rypdal. Even though this is listed as a Terje Rypdal release, he actually had formed a guitar, bass, and drum trio in 1984 called The Chasers which had toured some before the keyboardist was added in 1987.