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Renaissance - Widdecombe Fair

A rare song from the transitional line-up, but who's the mystery lady on vocals? Ermm

Lewian wrote:

Saperlipopette! wrote:

10. Camera, Camera - Faeries (Living at the Bottom of the Garden)

I might add that it's not really a song I consider to particularly great or even good. But that goes for the rest of Camera, Camera as well. Annie's voice is too shouty and "girlie" on most of this album for me to genuinely enjoy any of it. And the production generally sucks as well. Cheap sounding synths, thin and treble heavy. But the ABBA-like chorus here is drop dead gorgeous. It deserved a better song and sound surroundig it. I also like that it's a song about fairies.

I actually like a lot that she tried out some nonstandard things with her voice on that album. It is fresh and full of ideas, although admittedly not all of them work well. The sound is not optimal but I like the playing a lot, guitars, keyboards, bass, some of it also nonstandard for Renaissance and full of ideas.

I appreciate the attempt, but I can't say I consider the end result a success. A shame as I can hear that they had a greater album in them. Glad you like it but Camera, Camera ends up a "close, but no cigar" for me.

08.

1979: Renaissance - Azure d'Or - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nEYEFeCF0FKzAov9wq3XwAV7sUfChdGbo

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2014: Renaissance - Symphony of Light - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_luDpArUd5yXPax6W3TZWxWy2BDOL-faJM

Saperlipopette! wrote:

10. Camera, Camera - Faeries (Living at the Bottom of the Garden)

I might add that it's not really a song I consider to particularly great or even good. But that goes for the rest of Camera, Camera as well. Annie's voice is too shouty and "girlie" on most of this album for me to genuinely enjoy any of it. And the production generally sucks as well. Cheap sounding synths, thin and treble heavy. But the ABBA-like chorus here is drop dead gorgeous. It deserved a better song and sound surroundig it. I also like that it's a song about fairies.

Illusion - Love Goes on

Prologue - Spare some Love

Ashes are Burning - Can You Understand, On the Frontier, or at the Harbour

Turn of the Cards - Black Flame or Mother Russia

Scheherazade - Trip to the Fair

Live at Carnegie Hall - Ashes are Burning (though for Annie's performance in the final part nothing beats the version on Live in Chicago 1983)

Novella - Midas Man

Song for all Seasons - Opening Out, Day of the Dreamer, Kindness at the End, Northern Lights, or Song for all Seasons

Camera Camera - Okichi San

Symphony of Light - Mystic and the MUse or Grandine Il Vento

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1972: Renaissance - Prologue - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nsKGwkJQV8nk_f5Xi353Il9e1A-tspJHg

I already mentioned Mother Russia, so it's only fair to give the capital of the Ukraine a mention too.

1. Turn of the Cards - Mother Russia

2. Ashes Are Burning - Can You Understand?

3. Novella - Touching Once (Is So Hard To Keep)

4. Prologue - Prologue

5. Renaissance - Wanderer

6. Scheherazade and other Stories - The Vultures Fly High

7. A Song For All Seasons - The Day Of The Dreamer

8. Illusion - Past Orbits Of Dust

9. Azure D'Or - The Winter Tree

10. Camera, Camera - Faeries (Living at the Bottom of the Garden)

can I do a 9X9 list? Evil Smile

Album / Rating / Best Song

1. Ashes Are Burning ***** the title song

2. Turn of the Cards ***** Things I Don't Understand

3. Live at Carnegie Hall ***** Song of Scheherazade

4. Renaissance ***** Island

5. Prologue **** Bound For Infinity

6. Novella **** The Captive Heart

7. A Song For All Seasons *** the title song

8. Illusion *** Golden Thread

9. Azure d'Or ** Forever Changing

10. Camera Camera ** Ukraine Ways

After relistening the albums It's amazing how the debut album (by band's first incarnation) from 1969 still kicks ass.

I have left out Scheherazade album because you get the best songs on Live at Carnegie Hall (plus some goodies from their best albums). It's also nice to hear the live feel.

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