Sex – End of My Life (1972)

Prior to their second album, Pierre Ouellette was added to the line-up, making the band a quartet and lending a little more variety to the music. 1971 saw the release of a second album entitled “End of My Life”, aptly this was to be their last album.

Their obsession with the group’s name returned with a vengeance, this time producing tracks like “Syphilissia” and an overall concept concerning a young man whose sexual “coming of age” involves heartbreak followed by promiscuity, then terminal infection, and ultimately imminent death.

The album opener, “Born to Love”, starts off as psych-blues for the first minute, embarking suddenly on a jazz-rock penchant for the next, and bringing in a prog twist for its conclusion. “I’m Starting My Life Today” is an interesting blues-rock venture that was chosen as album single. “Emotions” borders on progressive-rock with a frantic sax-and-xylophone intro that recalls Zappa, morphing into a basic blues.

Some tracks can find a distant comparison to post-psychedelic group “Blue Oyster Cult”. Only the 8-minute title track that closes off the album succeeds in completely breaking past the psychedelic/blues barrier into the realm of the progressive, with enjoyable stylings resembling early “Jethro Tull”.

Line-up:
- Serge Gratton / drums, congas, xylophone, percussion
- Yves Rousseau / guitar, vocals
- Robert Trepanier / bass, harmonica, lead vocals
- Pierre (Pedro) Ouellette / electric sax, flute

Track List:


01. Born to Love – 0:00

02. I’m Starting My Life Today – 6:54

03. Emotions – 13:03

04. Pleasure – 15:08

05. See – 21:20

06. Syphilissia – 24:45

07. The End of My Life – 28:01