HOMEBREW 7

Steve Howe

Crossover Prog

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A curious album for every fan of Howe's work. What we have here is a mixed bag of compositions dating from 1979 to 2016, but that can be grouped into two pools: those recorded between 1978 and 1983, maybe inspired from the Paris sessions with Yes and the the sessions from the first album with Asia; and those recorded between 2013 and 2015, probably coming from the sessions from Heaven and Earth. It is interesting to compare both styles here, I think that Tender Hooks and Two sided could have served as very good intros to some Heaven and Earth sogs.

Best tracks are Half way, a a version of "While Rome's Burning" from Turbulence but with lyrics, which would have benefited from the energy and solos of the original, A lady she is and Cold winds, the best piece here.

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Posted Friday, July 30, 2021 | Review Permalink

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This album was just not for me so I quickly parted company with it in a second hand record shop. (I had bought it second hand in another shop not long before). I found it was slow, incoherent, bitty and totally uninteresting. I completely understand that Steve Howe has released material that he finds engaging. After all, he did compose it himself. However, may I please respectfully suggest that Mr. Howe works best within a full band environment. And in my attempt to reach the one hundred word limit that is required for a review to be published here on Prog Archives I've had to resort to this final sentence to make up my word count. That fact in itself should convey that there's really little (in fact, nothing) else to say about this album.

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