WIND & WUTHERING

A great followup to "Trick". Not quite as good, but what more can you possibly want? This is as said, a much darker album. All the songs go great with each other too. Nice one to listen to all the way through. It's got a distinct sound to it. I noticed when I first heard the album. I came to eventually realize that this "sound" had a little name called Steve Hackett. His influence is all over this album. He was getting "disgruntled" and his bandmates were quick to try to appease him. It wasn't quite enough though (but that's another story (and that's not an insult either)). This is a definate masterpiece. BTW, I noticed whenever I listened to this alnum, it starts to get cloudy/rainy. Hmmm

"Eleventh Earl of Mar" showed me first that they could still do it exceptionally well without Peter for I heard this before "Trick". Great opener. Beatiful piano in the middle. Hmm, Phil's really starting to come into his own too.

"One for the Vine" is the real gem of the album. Another mindblowing Tony comp that supposedly took over a year to write. Love it.

"Your Own Special Way"- If you don;t like this song for the fact that it's a love song, you're not a real fan. Sorry, but you think you're above everyone else. This song is great. Mike wrote this too. Would've thought it was Phil (again not a shot)

"Wot Gorilla"- Nice little instrumental- perfect representation of the feel of the album.

"All in a Mouse's Night"- Another Tony composition. Again, has the same feel, must be the keyboards. Very good, and very underrated.

"Blood on the Rooftops"- Man, I think I listened to Hackett's guitar intro like ten times in a row. I love it. Just another showing of what a great musician he is.

"Unquiet Slumbers for the Sleepers/In that quiet Earth"- I have the album where they're one track. Great song(s). A classic, simple as that. Steve has used this track in his solo reportiore many times.I love the change too. The shift at the end to like a reprise of the beginnign reminds me of "Cinema Show"

"Afterglow"-Phil is amazing, don;t ever take crap Phil, you're the man too along with em all. His vocals make me wanna cry, it's so heart-wrenching.

Listen to this album, for it truly was the end of an era of brilliance.