’White Rock’- Rick Wakeman
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Topic: ’White Rock’- Rick Wakeman
Posted By: salmacis
Subject: ’White Rock’- Rick Wakeman
Date Posted: December 03 2005 at 17:59
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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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Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: December 03 2005 at 21:43
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White Rock is... not his best but I agree that it is quite good. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 03 2005 at 22:23
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Weak if we compare it with his previous works, but not bad either, I would rate it with 2,5 stars. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 03:38
| "Ice Run" is excellent! |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 10:16
| WHITE ROCK is WAKEMAN's last interesting album. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 12:02
| 1984 is very good, some great stuff on there. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 13:17
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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. Iván -------------
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ANDREW wrote:Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 13:21
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He uses a bit of tales From Topographic Oceans on it. I didn't like the film much at the time either. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 15:23
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Posted By: Syzygy
Date Posted: December 04 2005 at 16:10
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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. ------------- 'Like so many of you I've got my doubts about how much to contribute to the already rich among us...' Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom |