THE WINDOW OF LIFE

The first of PENDRAGON's fabulous triptych is this one! 1. The Walls of Babylon.. well that's what symphonic prog is; soaring, soft, slow and long intro, a guitar solo from Nick on a volley of synth notes from Clive and that's it; it's simple but very well done; the synth goes on the GENESIS organ, yes 'Get'em' good just the reminiscence; Nick sings, a little, the goal is to have orchestration... and there we are well served; variation already to settle down, to leave for Carollian countries; 7 minutes to get the chorus it shows the style of said group; doubtful break before Nick's flight, yes a prog group must have its guitar otherwise something is missing, and it's not UK who will contradict me; brief validated passing exam 2. Ghosts as rest with this piano introducing a ballad; the drift reminds me of SUPERTRAMP for this latent, superb side; yes it's PENDRAGON but I'm talking to you about 'it may resemble' on a few notes; well it starts, there the guitar wants to be Barrettian, he who adores HACKETT the hints can be felt; calibrated neo-prog without waste; the symphonic drift and this piano arpeggio again on GENESIS, memory of finding a sound from yesteryear some 20 years later, but reworked to have a little more emphatic rather than intimate sound; a final thunderous solo that I would have preferred without Nick's voice 3. Breaking the Spell electric piano in symphonic opening; the spleen guitar sets the mood, between dark and Olympian notes, the organ amplifies the atmosphere; the passage on the tune is often done in slide with this vibrant sound leading to yet another guitar solo, yes PENDRAGON is above all the dream of marshmallow notes, the ones that make you melt with pleasure; he who loves the solo guitar must listen to it again, yes he can only necessarily know, the high guitar which would erase Nick who tries to place one

4. The Last Man on Earth well don't bother to return the LP, I'm on CD here!; The window of life ah he said it the title; calm vocal which does not try to do too much, Nick seems in the background waiting to release his solo... that's it, it's done, hold an IQ percussion all at once and there a cascade of keyboard notes , Clive yes it's him; it flows by itself; a bucolic break drawer passes with the Floydian synth in the distance, soaring and emotional; another dynamic break with percussion and angry bass for Fudge's drum solo making the air explode; a banjo and harmonica from Simon lends to the festive western story before accelerating even further; a composition more in drawers than in pure evolution which gives importance to the instruments before the finale where Nick takes up the voice to finish his story... the slap 5. Nostradamus (Stargazing) ... shh... by thinking about what I'm going to write, I end up polluting the sound; so we listen to this inaugural solo; oh choirs and the central flight halfway through the title; yes it was a nice intro; the rhythm is intended to be pronounced, inviting for another musical adventure, one in which we are transported for free; its bold, grandiloquent sound, it warms and fills the room 6. Am I Really Losing You? in radio edit? solemn air to settle down after so many musical deluges on this album... yes I was waiting for this hypnotic riff which becomes the entrance to the solo, soft, delicate, sensitive, here is a bit of BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST on the plaintive guitar, not from PENDRAGON in fact!