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There's something for all sorts of progressive rock fans on Seven Wonders—the 2017 CD by Georgia-based musical conceptualist, Arthur Offen. An astute and intuitive singer / songwriter who gained fame in 1980 for the Air Raid album, produced by noted music producer / engineer Eddie Kramer, as well as for three albums made with the band Flag—Arthur's strong point is his unique vocal style, that mixes a driving Gary Brooker / Procol Harum sound meets an early '70s Elton John approach.Rooted in hard rock, heavy metal and progressive rock, the Seven Wonders CD is wonderfully packaged and the lyrics come in a CD booklet complete with lyrics and some wildly colorful looking artwork. Describing his mission on Seven Wonders, Arthur explains, "I knew that number one, Seven Wonders was going to be a rocker from the way things started going as I started fleshing out the tunes. What was emerging to my ears was a progressive rock set that was heavy on the rock end of the spectrum."Seven Wonders works best as a total listening experience, although track five "Twas Meant To Be" would clearly make a great radio single track. A range of early to mid 1970s influences come to mind on Seven Wonders, including heavy, electric guitar-centric rock bands such as Deep Purple, Procol Harum and also Gentle Giant. A number of musicians backup Arthur and his core team on Seven Wonders, including multi-instrumentalists and co-producers Rick Hinkle and Tom Waltz.By combining a range of rock influences with an intensely lyrical approach, singer-songwriter Arthur Offen delivers the goods on an album that is absorbing and, at times, positively astonishing. In a fitting gesture, Seven Wonders is dedicated to much-missed rock icons Chris Squire and Paul Kantner, as well as to every fallen soldier. (Review by Robert Silverstein)