WHITE ROCK

White rock - The original motion picture soundtrack of the Innsbruck winter games

Rick Wakeman needs no introduction, he is one of the most if not the most prolific and influential keybord player from entire progressive rock music and not only. He has as solo musician many many albums, almost 100 releases until today, that something realy, but only fiew worth to be discoverd , the rest are from disco to pop to instrumental noodlings on keybords and only rare intristing moments, at least is my opinion. One of the album I've enjoyed since I know his solo career is White rock. An instrumental album made specialy for winter games from Innsbruck. The arrangements here are well balanced, well performes, some parts are slower some with more vein, but in the end an enjoyble record for me. The album was released in same year with his return in Yes family and recording Going for the one, but the diffrences between these two albums are major. Here the progressive elements are obvious shown , Rick is a very talented and manage to came with some good arrangements, not spectacular of course but plesent most of the time. He very versatile musician, I mean he can go from more upbeat tempos to slower moments, from almost disco beats to jazzy elements in only few seconds, very strong and talented keybord player. His trademarks can be easy recognize on many of his albums, not to mention his job in Yes. Best pieces are all, maybe little to mellow in some parts but overall a good album that desearve from me 3 stars. Nothing special for sure but ok in the end.