De Homine Urbano was the debut album by the Danish band Ache. It's a fine working mix of early progressive rock and psychedelia. The A side is more progressive while the psychedelic elements are more present on the B side track "Little Things." Neither o the sides are true masterpiece but they do their job pretty well.
Somehow I've never contemplated the potential association between progressive rock and dancing young women in tights, though i would've met it with cynicism at first, Ache have managed to make it work to their benefit. ; De Homine Urbano is a fine piece of early symphonic prog that gracefully adopts the delicate finesse of a ballet into it's stylistic mainframe. It's perhaps a tad unpolished whn compared to later works of symphonic prog, but Ache's debut is nonetheless an impressive work, worthy of attention in retrospect.
Green Man Ache's second album, is a collection of heavy prog tunes with a wealth of psychedelic rock, classical, and jazz rock overtones, not only bringing Uriah Heep to mind on occasion, but also other Hammond-rich groups like Beggars Opera, Procal Harem, Black Widow, and early Deep Purple, although with a darker, almost Gothic atmosphere. On this release, the band includes a reworking of the Beatles' "We Can Work it Out," which alone was worth the album price.
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