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• Released in 1973, From Books and Dreams is the second album by Message, a German-based British band blending progressive rock, hard rock, and elements of jazz fusion. Its a darker, heavier, and more focused record than their debut, featuring lengthy compositions filled with shifting moods and literary, dream-inspired themes. The band delivers a sound somewhere between the sharp riffing of early Uriah Heep and the exploratory depth of Van der Graaf Generatorbrooding, intellectual, and musically adventurous.

  Led by guitarist Allan Murdoch and vocalist/saxophonist Tommy McGuigan, Message build long, dramatic tracks that combine muscular guitar lines with atmospheric keyboards and expressive wind instrumentation. The albums complex arrangements and often dystopian lyrics reflect a deep eng