RHAPSODIES

This was really the beginning of Wakeman's slide into releasing albums simply to fund his lifestyle. It consists of a double LP of keyboard instrumentals, and while Wakeman's immense talent is apparent throughout, it is awfully dull. Many of the tracks are enjoyable in isolation, "Seahorses" probably being the best, but you get the impression Wakeman isn't really trying.

It's not just that the vocals are missing either, "Six wives.." at least found Wakeman using a multitude of different instruments on the same tracks. Here, each track is played from start to end on the same instrument, with no variation in the tune or pace within the track. I guess at least on this album the tracks sound different to each other, on some subsequent albums even that hope would be dashed.

Wakeman has produced many fine works, both as a solo artist and as a band member. Unfortunately, he has also released a lot of mediocre and substandard albums, which do him no credit at all. "Rhapsodies" falls some way between the two, but more towards the latter than the former.

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