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2.17 | 7 ratings | 2 reviews | 14% 5 stars Write a review Buy ALAN DAVEY Music from Progarchives.com partners

Studio Album, released in 2020 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Oh Holy Night (4:57) 2. We Three Kings (2:42) 3. It's a Wonderful (Funny Old) Life (2:15) 4. Silent Night (4:19) 5. Seasons (4:18) 6. Little Drummer Boy (4:32) 7. Für Kirsty (2:56) 8. Ein Weihnachliches Lustobjekt (4:18) 9. O Come All Ye Faithful (4:50) 10. Jingle Bells (2:37) 11. Hallelujah (4:55) 12. Twelve Daze of Drinxmas (4:15) Total Time 46:54 Line-up / Musicians - Includes performances by former Deep Purple vocalist Glenn Hughes, keyboard wizard Rick Wakeman, The Doors' Robby Krieger plus Hawkwind alums Huw Lloyd-Langton, Nik Turner, and lots more! - Instrumentation could not be verified at this time. If you have information, please contact the site. Releases information Released by Purple Pyramid Thanks to kev rowland for the addition and to projeKct for the last updates Edit this entry

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ALAN DAVEY Hawkestrel: spaceXmas ratings distribution

Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(14%)

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Review by kev rowland
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Here is another which arrived too late for me to write about before Christmas and is the latest in a host of recordings which have been released by ex-Hawkwind bassist Alan Davey over the last couple of years. I have no real idea of the line-up, but apparently includes performances by Glenn Hughes, Rick Wakeman, Robby Krieger as well as Hawkwind alums Huw Lloyd-Langton, Nik Turner and others. There are a couple of issues with this, the first being that this sounds far more like a project than an album and is musically all over the place, and secondly while this may have seemed a good idea when everyone was drunk, they should have just walked away when they were sober. They take themselves way too seriously, and the result is something which falls between the camps of fun and missing the point altogether.

By far the best song is the last, and if they had performed the whole album like this, then it would have been a different story altogether. "Twelve Daze of Drinxmas" may be completely tongue in cheek and seen as a humorous ending, but at least here they are performing in traditional space rock style and it comes over incredibly well indeed! If they had bitten the bullet and performed "Hallelujah" like this as opposed to the manner in which they attempted it, I am sure I would have enjoyed it far more. This really is for fans only.

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