Music Research
Oh Jung Sun/Oh Jeong Sun : Heart (KO,1978,re.2010)**°°/*°°°
airplayed : Tr.2, 4 min, Tr.4, 6 min, Tr.7, 4 min 14
Track 2 shows a strange but convincing mix of a certain almost pathetic song emotionality with progressive or psych band elements. Some very good songs and prog/psych "rock" arrangements here. Track 7 is also with some great backing vocals.
I didn't expect an album from 1987 (as it was listed) to be very good, but the cover and look in the photograph of this album made me try this album anyhow. It is of course a nearly all song based pop/rock album with a good singing voice. Afterwards, when I looked up more details about this artist, it seemed that this album was from 1978, not 1987.
There are some lush orchestrations in the first track but also a dominant 'rock' band with clear drumming and percussion and touches of electric guitars with even some wahwah, effects some sax playing completely in a 70s way was something I did not expect. And all following tracks except the last one fit that way. The second track has a psych melancholic organ (and a few electronic effects) with electric bass/drums playing along on a slower song. The third mellow-melancholic waltz is accompanied by lush orchestration, electric bass and drums, electric piano, acoustic guitar arrangements and some sax. The (in a convincing way) pathetic sad fourth track has background rain, some Gilmourish electric guitar effects and bluesy guitar, some far background keyboard orchestration and theremin. Also the 5th track is sad, and is accompanied by electric piano, drums, bass and similar electric guitar, some hand waving backing vocals. The 6th track is lighter more up tempo pop with some keyboards too. The 7th track has a psych beginning and ending with electric guitar and organ and backing male vocals, still a pop/rock song, with a convincing beautiful Americanised accompaniment. The more up tempo 8th track returns to some orchestrations with the full rock band (including electric piano). The 10th track is an acoustic track. Then suddenly, the concluding 11th track starting with a brass orchestration, seems to be or sound like a communist marching folk music song with disciplined male and female choir singers singing full breast together. It has the effect of a filmic joke, but probably was a serious addition, not sure in which context or with what association.
