WILD ORCHIDS

Steve Hackett

Eclectic Prog

3.74 | 354 ratings

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Windhawk
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Oh my.

13 tracks on this release, and almost as many musical styles explored. How to give an accurate description of an album like this beats me, really.

But an ecclectic taste is a prerquisite for enjoying this one, wandering from prog rock to something that sounds like a 50's film score, with all sorts of different styles visited along the way.

Something for everyone here, but an album to take a good listen to before purchasing, due to the extreme variety of the songs here.

Highlights: "A Dark Night In Toytown", a progrock tune quite typical of Hackett's solo work - well performed and with strong presence. "Waters Of The Wild", a synth based tune with strong arabian/middle east flavouring. "Down Street", starting off as a kind of film noir tune with talkover, before ending in a blues/jazz exploration theme.

Windhawk | 4/5 | 2007-2-22

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