Captain Beyond-Sufficiently Breathless (1973)

After their stunning debut, the band led by Rod Evans fully embraced the sounds of avant-garde rock with "Sufficiently Breathless", a departure from the powerful hard rock of their first album. In this new release, progressive elements appear throughout, showcasing greater compositional maturity, more imaginative work, and even enhanced instrumental technique. All these changes are foreshadowed from the start with the progressive title track, which nevertheless retains the signature effective riffs, splendid vocals, and refined instrumentation. But they soon shift into high gear, revealing their energetic side with the surprising rock of "Starglow Energy", the addictive mainstream hit "Bright Blue Tango", the rock fusion of "Drifting In Space", and the powerful "Everything's A Circle". In short, with their second release, the band formed by the aforementioned Rod Evans (vocals), Larry Reinhardt (guitars), Guille Garcia (percussion), Marty Rodriguez (drums), Lee Dorman (bass) and Reese Wynans (keyboards), wanted to expand their style by producing an album that, although initially rejected by their most purist fans, is also true to be one of the most meritorious cult works of the early 70s.