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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMSteve HackettEclectic Prog3.57 | 216 ratings |
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Another very much debated album from Steve.He is a brilliant guitar player and a solo man for a long time by then (1997). Since he is managing his own career, he has investigated many genres he likes. From great symphonic albums (my favourite ones of course) to fully acoustic or even bluesy oriented ones. Steve was already collaborating with a symphonic orchestra for the recording of his revisited "Watcher Of The Skies" work (Firth). I can't say that he got all my votes for this. This album explores the classical repertoire and it is absolutely not my cup of tea. I guess I'm missing something, but this genre has never appealed to me. Most of this album features Steve alone on the guitar. Few tracks with the orchestra to be honest. If I could cope with "Bay Of Kings", I thought that "Momentum" was just a pale copy and my feelings are quite mixed when I listen to "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The virtuosity of the man is of course not the problem. This album sweats it. But it is just that this type of work is not mine. I am rating this album with two stars, but as far as prog is concerned you won't find anything close to it, I'm afraid. Pleasant maybe while you go to bed and want some relaxing music to fall into Morpheus' arms. But I prefer some great spacey and psychedelic music to do so.
ZowieZiggy |
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