CHRONICLES - THE VERY BEST OF RICK WAKEMAN

Rick Wakeman

•

Symphonic Prog

From Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website

Rick Wakeman Chronicles - The Very Best Of Rick Wakeman album cover

1.12 | 6 ratings | 2 reviews | 0% 5 stars

Write a review

Buy RICK WAKEMAN Music
from Progarchives.com partners

Boxset/Compilation, released in 1992

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. The Journey Overture (2:02)
2. The Journey (4:02)
3. The Hansbach (4:13)
4. Lost In Time (3:51)
5. The Recollection (2:59)
6. Stream of Voices (1:56)
7. The Battle (4:31)
8. Liddenbrook (4:18)
9. The Forest (2:51)
10. Mount Etna (3:52)
11. Journey's End (3:41)
12. Sea Horses (6:57)
13. Catherine of Aragon (4:05)
14. Gone But Not Forgotten (5:53)
15. Merlin The Magician (6:36)

Total Time: 62:17

Line-up / Musicians

- Rick Wakeman / keyboards
- Dave Winter / guitar
- Alan Thompson / bass
- Tony Fernandez / drums

Releases information

CD: ICOMCD 005 Icon UK

Thanks to ProgLucky for the addition
Edit this entry

Buy RICK WAKEMAN Chronicles - The Very Best Of Rick Wakeman Music

DOUG LARSON IMPORTS — Buy prog rock music and rarities (Free shipping on orders over 10 CD's)
AMAZON.COM — Best-selling prog vinyls

RICK WAKEMAN Chronicles - The Very Best Of Rick Wakeman ratings distribution

1.12
(6 ratings)

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(0%)
Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(0%)
Good, but non-essential (17%)
Collectors/fans only (33%)
Poor. Only for completionists (50%)

RICK WAKEMAN Chronicles - The Very Best Of Rick Wakeman reviews

Showing all collaborators reviews and last reviews preview | Show all reviews/ratings

Collaborators/Experts Reviews

Review by Marcelo
PROG REVIEWER

I guess most of prog fans knows the first WAKEMAN's wonderful albums. Looking at this one cuts, anybody could think that this is another compilation, but here we have new versions of famous and beautiful previous stuff (most of 1974's masterpiece "Journey To The Centre Of The Earth").

Loyal to his own '80s and '90s style, Rick performed a sort of light-new age instrumental album with plastic and, sometimes, funny sounds. Melodies are great (nothing new seeing the track-list), but magic and energy are absent here. The usual Rick's pyrotechnics are not enough; to try to compare these with the original tracks would be almost a sacrilege. For completists only.

Latest members reviews

1 stars Well,....classic Rick Wakeman this ain't. This seems to be a rerecorded and watered-down set of well- know numbers such as a lot of tracks from JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, and stuff like "Catherine of Aragon" and "Merlin". Sometimes good things should be just left alone and not mellowiz ... (read more)

Report this review (#927299) | Posted by mohaveman | Saturday, March 9, 2013 | Review Permanlink

Post a review of RICK WAKEMAN "Chronicles - The Very Best Of Rick Wakeman"

You must be a forum member to post a review, please register here if you are not.

MEMBERS LOGIN ZONE

As a registered member (register here if not), you can post rating/reviews (& edit later), comments reviews and submit new albums.

You are not logged, please complete authentication before continuing (use forum credentials).