Opus-5 - Serieux Ou Pas (Reissue) (1976/1989)

As the progressive movement was making more and more adept in La Belle Province, more and more groups got contracts and as Celebration record lost Harmonium to CBS, they offered a contract to OPUS-5.

This band can be seen as a good cross in between HARMONIUM and MANEIGE or SLOCHE. Some GENTLE GIANT and JETHRO TULL influences are also evident. Their first album is full of delicious melodies with soft yet incisive vocals and great flute passages all on 5 superb compositions by five superb musicians. Unfortunately, their record label went bankrupt just as the recording of their second album was finished. That album will have to wait until 89 to see the light of day. Part of the band will form CONCERT that will release one album in 60 as the disco tsunami had swept everything in that part of Canada.

OPUS-5 can be highly recommended to fans of the above-mentioned bands but also everyone who enjoy calm folkish fusion.