Pink Fairies – Kings of Oblivion (UK import with bonus tracks)

Kings of Oblivion is the third album by the UK underground group Pink Fairies, released in 1973. In a 1975 retrospective for NME, Mick Farren said that Kings of Oblivion “solved the Fairies’ problem of original songs”, adding that although Wallis was heavily influenced by Alice Cooper‘s work with Bob Ezrin, the resultant album was tight and tuneful. In a 1980 review, Ira Robbins of Trouser Press described the album to be an “amazing powerhouse”, comprising “good heavy rock’n’roll” songs with careful structures, smart lyrics and “hot jamming”. He felt that the band “could have been an English Cheap Trick if only the world had been ready.”. In a later publication for the same magazine, Robbins highlighted the album for its “monumental melodies and bizarre sideways lyrics”. He concluded that “Kings is a widely unknown masterpiece that stands on its own but also set the stage for Motörhead, which Wallis and Hawkwind refugee Lemmy initially formed in 1975.”.

Mint condition.