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miamiscot

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Posted: October 25 2017 at 14:25

The first four slay. After that it's a rather hit or miss affair.

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Posted: October 25 2017 at 11:44

I've always been a huge Hackett solo fan and I love his quirky songs like Sentimental Institution/Ballad of the Decomposing Man/etc. While I hated to see him leave Genesis and trigger their slide into awfulness, he created a great body of work that never would have happened with control freak Banks constantly looking over his shoulder LOL

Perfect: Voyage of the Acolyte, Spectral Mornings, Defector, Sketches of Satie, Out of the Tunnel's Mouth
Very Good: Please Don't Touch, Bay of Kings
Good: Genesis Revisited, Wolflight, Beyond the Shrouded Horizon

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Posted: October 25 2017 at 10:16

My first Hackett purchase was Guitar Noir and it's still a favorite.

Great, fun listen.

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Posted: October 25 2017 at 09:45

I agree that I don't think he has ever made a truly great album. think "Spectral Mornings" overall is best, but I have enjoyed lots of many other albums, including <cough> "Cured". His discography is so extensive there are still albums of his I haven't heard. I'm not really interested in the Genesis revisited stuff though enjoyed hearing it live back in about 2010

Edited by kenethlevine - October 25 2017 at 09:46

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Posted: October 25 2017 at 08:18

Tom Ozric wrote:

Voyage Of The Acolyte =. Perfection
Then Spectral Mornings and Defector, though both have ‘stupid’ tracks.
Take Tigermoth, what’s with the goofy vocal section ?? And Sentimental Institution is just daft. Why, Steve ??

Hackett has never gotten close to the perfect album (not even Mornings), because he always had either a clunker or a stinker.

I only kept Mornings (his best by a margin), and put on a CDr compilation whatever I wanted from Voyage, Please and Defector

I don't care for anything that came after (even the Genesis revisitations)

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Posted: October 25 2017 at 03:13

Voyage Of The Acolyte =. Perfection
Then Spectral Mornings and Defector, though both have ‘stupid’ tracks.
Take Tigermoth, what’s with the goofy vocal section ?? And Sentimental Institution is just daft. Why, Steve ??

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Posted: October 25 2017 at 03:05

I'd like to hear the esteemed views of progarchivers on their favourite Steve Hackett albums (assuming they are fans of the great man) - leaving the live releases and Genesis Revisited stuff to one side, perhaps.

Spectral Mornings remains my favourite, followed by Voyage of the Acolyte and even Please Don't Touch - but as they are from my relative youth and are his first three solo offerings - they are not a particularly illuminating selection when looking at the wealth of material he has released since then, from 1980 onwards.

I still find his albums to be like curate's eggs - with superb tracks nestled between lesser tracks, or quite quirky ones - and while his eclectic variety is to be admired, it is tough to recommend whole albums to others at times. I thought Wolflight was a strong and more consistent effort, but then again the two before it had their moments too.

Any views or insights?

Edited by Squonk19 - October 25 2017 at 03:06

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