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    Posted: December 03 2005 at 17:59

Anyone out there familiar with this album? I get the feeling it's something of a lost classic in Wakeman's career. The more I play it, the more I think it's my favourite Wakeman album.

'After The Ball' and 'The Loser' in particular are two of his most gorgeous songs- totally ham free, emotional piano pieces with subtle use of synths or mellotrons. The title track is a real rocker too, with some stunning synth virtuosity. However, all the tracks are atmopsheric and often haunting.

I wonder if more are aware of this lost gem...

 
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Points: 545 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2005 at 21:43
White Rock is... not his best but I agree that it is quite good.
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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 03 2005 at 22:23

Weak if we compare it with his previous works, but not bad either, I would rate it with 2,5 stars.

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"Ice Run" is excellent!
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WHITE ROCK is WAKEMAN's last interesting album.
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1984 is very good, some great stuff on there.
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Points: 19535 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2005 at 13:17

Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

WHITE ROCK is WAKEMAN's last interesting album.

No way, I find Softsword (King John and the Magna Carta) or Return to the Centre of the Earth far more interesting than White Rock.

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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2005 at 13:21
He uses a bit of tales From Topographic Oceans on it. I didn't like the film much at the time either.
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I remember going to see the film, which attracted a bizarre mix of winter sports fans and prog heads. Wakeman's soundtrack worked pretty well, from what I recall, although the film itself was almost completely unmemorable. The album, like a lot of soundtracks, didn't work brilliantly without the accompanying visuals.

A big bonus was the b feature - a film of Genesis on the TOTT or WAW tour which featured a lot of the Seconds Out material, some good concert footage and some random clips of old films accompanying the longer instrumental passages.

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to the already rich among us...'

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