SLIDING

For what originally was going to be a solo project by Lands End keyboard player Fred Hunter, there is a lot of outside involvement. All of the three other members of that band are integral to this one, so much so that Fred hasn't even written all of the songs on the album. Lands End vocalist Jeff McFarland provides the focal point for much of the material, which is dreamy and contemplative. There are some wonderful parts on the album, and the fact that the musicians know each other so intimately is obvious.

This is not music to rock you back on your heels, and it is important to be in the right frame of mind otherwise this will wash right over you. Very much a mood album, in the sense that one has to be in the right mood to listen to it, but get it just right then you will be richly rewarded. One to listen to prior to purchase

Feedback #59, July 2000