WORKS VOL. 2

"Outtakes, oatcakes and fruitcakes". What a nice and appropriate way of describing this album Mr. ExithelLeming chose !

This is an easy album to assess, no difficulty for me in scoring it at two stars, for fans only. As I am not exactly a Emerson,Lake&Palmer fan; listening to it won´t be a very common practice here at home. On the other side of this position, I do perform A LOT of visits for the Rick Wakeman´s 2 stars album, because in this case I am a big fan of his work.

What we have here in "Works Vol 2" ? First of all, take a look in other reviews (Mr Lemming for example), in order to understand the origins of this album. Having done this, you will have no problem in understanding why there is not a lot to expect here (leftovers from other albuns, etc?). Now, let me point out what are my thoughts about it First of all, this album called my attention because of a song named "Tiger In a Spotlight", which is the opener. The problem is that I heard a live version on "In Concert", and I have to agree again with Mr. Lemming that version is MUCH better, it has an energy that does not appear in "Works Vol 2". Even so, for me this is the best song in the album.

What about other songs ? First of all, it is good to see the band visiting lots of different and old styles. If this is a good initiative, where does this album exactly fails ? Well, it happens because there are lots of uninspired compositions here put all together. Many songs are even appreciable, "Watching Over You", for instance. But you EXPECT the next one to be better, and it does not happen. That´s what exists in YES´s "Heaven&Earth", some very good numbers makes the reason for your returning to that album. In the end there is nothing that really hooks you here, no reason to justify a wish you turning to it.

That´s it, folks. If you like "Tiger In A Spotlight", I recommend you go to "In Concert". This one is for fans only.

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