Your favourite Hackett songs
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Topic: Your favourite Hackett songs
Posted By: Rick Robson
Subject: Your favourite Hackett songs
Date Posted: March 09 2014 at 14:53
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I was wondering about what PA forum members would have to suggest from Steve Hackett solo career, from which i still have quite a few to check out, if already there was a thread about it i apologize. Anyway, i made a little selection of 20 from my favourites of Hackett's compositions: Between The Cold Moon And The Earth (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Celebration (A Midsummer Night's Dream) Lyra (Metamorpheus) Hammer In The Sand (Defector) Mountains Turned Into Clouds (A Midsummer Night's Dream) She Moves In Memories (Wild Orchids) Starlight (A Midsummer Night's Dream) The Dancing Ground (Metamorpheus) The Red Flowers of Tachai Blooms Everywhere (Spectral Mornings) Cerberus At Peace (Metamorpheus) Concert For Munich Part 1 (Momentum) Concert For Munich Part 2 (Momentum) Wind Sand And Stars (To Watch The Storms) That Vast Life (Metamorpheus) Under The World Orpheus Looks Back (Metamorpheus) Elegy (Metamorpheus) Kim (Please Don't Touch) Second Chance (Bay Of Kings) Variation On A Theme By Chopin (Momentum) As you can see, i selected a little list of his Classical style songs that i actually love and for me of timeless spirit, besides it'is my favourite Hackett style. But i enjoy as well his other styles, Steve Hackett is an eclectic artist. I would like to know the others diverse perceptions you surely have about his compositions. -------------  "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 09 2014 at 15:16
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I've only heard a handful of Hackett albums, mostly the early ones. My favorite track, hands down, is "How Can I" from the Please Don't Touch album. Richie Havens rules on that one.
I'll be checking the thread for subsequent responses, as my Hackett solo knowledge is one I wouldn't mind expanding. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: March 09 2014 at 16:13
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I love pretty well everything Steve has ever done (and that's a fair amount, it must be said!)...This real oldie off his first album always brings me out in goosebumps though: The short instrumental 'Hammer In The Sand' that you mention above off 'Defector' is another hauntingly beautiful piece: And this is just pure genius:  |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: March 09 2014 at 16:25
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You should have put this in 'Top 10 & Lists'. Anyway, here's my faves (in chronological order)... Ace Of Wands A Tower Struck Down Please Don't Touch Clocks (The Angel Of Mons) Spectral Mornings Jacuzzi Camino Royale ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 09 2014 at 17:25
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I have been buying a lot of Hackett albums recently including Beyond The Shrouded Horizon , Please Don't Touch and Guitar Noir to add to the obvious ones. At the moment it would be difficult to make a balanced or interesting selection beyond the obvious.Anyway: Clocks Spectral Mornings Slogans The Shadow Of The Heirophant Rebecca Please Don't Touch The Steppes Wind,Sand and Stars The Air Conditioned Nightmare ..i remember him playing several of those at The Reading Festival in the late seventies (broadcast on the BBC , I wasn't there unfortunately). Always impressive.
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: March 09 2014 at 18:07
Yeah right on, indeed that's a fair amount to check out from him, and nice reminding of the superb Voyage of The Acolyte, it was the first LP i bought (Please Don't Touch ! was the second one, at that time there weren't CDs yet), Shadow of The Hierophant is really deligthful!, and another song also worth mentioning is the stunning Hands Of The Priestess (parts 1 & 2). ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
yam yam wrote:Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: March 09 2014 at 18:08
No doubt, that would be quite interesting if someone could make available the recordings from that show, unfortunately the only Hackett shows that i've found out are his recent ones, thanks for that data Richardh. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 09 2014 at 22:02
| I don't know so many Hackett songs, except for their debut and one of his last live albums. But Shadow of the Hierophant is a monster of a song, as good as anything Genesis could have unleashed. |
Posted By: ghost_of_morphy
Date Posted: March 09 2014 at 23:23
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Racing in A is probably my favorite song. Spectral Mornings is obvious for favorite instrumental. ------------- 
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 01:04
I listed a few of my favorites from albums weren't contained in your list Sierra Quemada (Guitar Noir) Take These Pearls (Guitar Noir) Like an Arrow (Guitar Noir) Dark as the Grave (Guitar Noir) Tubehead (Out of the Tunnel's Mouth) Last Train to Istanbul (Out of the Tunnel's Mouth) Ace of Wands (Voyage of the Acolyte) I have to really recommend Beyond the Shrouded Horizon (Disc 2 is especially exquisite. He even does a cover of a portion of Focus' Eruption that's as least as fabulous as the original) Blues with a Feeling is a must have. It's Louisiana style blues from start to finish. Sketches of Satie is really nice. This has really grown on me over the years. Some of the albums you have are among my favorites - To Watch the Storms, Spectral Mornings, and Momentum in particular Sketches of Satie has also grown on me over the years. I enjoy his vocals too, such as India Rubber Man (Highly Strung). I think he really hits his stride on vocals with Guitar Noir. Don't overlook his live videos either. |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 01:11
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Tower Struck Down
Every Day Clocks - Angel Of Mons Tiger moth The Steppes Slogans Leaving Jacuzzi The Air Conditioned Nightmare Take These Pearls Between The Sunset And The Coconut Palms Emerald And Ash |
Posted By: Stardust
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 01:16
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The Shadow Of The Hierophant All of Spectral Mornings
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 02:49
BBC recordings are always the best so it would be nice indeed.
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 21:09
Nice to know about his other sources of inspiration you mentioned here, and it seems everywhere he goes he translates its spirit into music, as we can see also in the beautiful Last Train to Istanbul's arabian atmosphere, and i think the flutes in the final part of Sierra Quemada have resembles of that from the andean folk music. Also enjoyed especially Disc 2 of Beyond the Shrouded Horizon, which opens with that brief but brilliant guitar music solo (Four Winds North), followed by a beautiful "duo" of piano-accoustic guitar (Four Winds South.) But now i reminded that Disc 1 have one of my favourites - A Place Called Freedom, and The Phoenix Flown has an interesting exotic atmosphere. You just reminded me of another classical influenced album: Sketches of Satie - Erik Satie's Gymnopèdies and Gnossiennes are so well performed here with flutes an acoustic guitar ! But beautiful the whole album indeed! Right on, his vocals are also good, we can also feel his good performance in the nice Serpentine Song (To Watch The Storms), indeed interesting points you remarked here HackettFan, thanks ! ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 21:21
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Absolute genius. Off the album Darktown........yeah it is dark
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Posted By: Vellevold
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 21:58
| Spectral Mornings. The atmosphere of that track send shivers down my spine. |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 22:46
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Everything from Voyage is excellent.....the rest is just ok imo. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: March 10 2014 at 23:01
Thank you too. Agree agree agree with everything. The Serpentine Song - sweet. Here are the Live DVDs I have of him: a. Spectral Mornings (Distributed and marketed by Gonzo Media Group. I found mine on Amazon) b. Live Legends c. The Tokyo Tapes, Live in Japan d. Somewhere in South America...Live at Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires e. Once Above a Time (Live in Budapest) f. Fire and Ice g. Genesis Revisited: Live at Hammersmith |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: March 12 2014 at 19:54
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Also worth checking Steve Hackett's fascination for the middle-orient atmosphere clearly evident in Waters Of The Wild and Cedars of Lebanon (both tracks from the album Wild Orchids), just to name a few. And i think that it's evident also in this another really beautiful composition: ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: March 12 2014 at 19:56
Yes indeed, Shadow of the Hierophant was for me a clear example of a step further that Steve Hackett was beginning to take on his new musical journey, in which he gradually gave way to a more eclectic and also erudite style of composition, different from that when with Genesis. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: March 15 2014 at 13:46
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Good news for the Hackett fans who have not yet taken notice of: Bay of Kings was re-released in January 28 2014, Momentum re-released in February 24 2014, Sketches of Satie and Metamorpheus about to be too soonly. More information on hackettsongs.com webstore or @HackettOfficial official twitter. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: March 15 2014 at 14:04
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^Steve Hackett has become the first signing of a new record label, Edifying Records. Interesting remarks in the interview at the 2013 Gramophone Awards: ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: April 26 2014 at 17:22
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A brand new interview for Morow.com in the Cruise To The Edge. Quite interesting to check out, Hackett also talks about the world music and its aspects as an influence... https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dVSfJIWdvRE" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dVSfJIWdvRE ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: August 04 2014 at 19:17
Listening to Steve Hackett's so beautiful album Beyond The Shrouded Horizon (Limited Edition), I fully realize that there is nothing better to follow A Place Called Freedom than such a nice and especially spirituous piece of music that is Between The Sunset And The Coconut Palms, which I could have never forgotten to mention here. Well I must admit that this music style is one of my Hackett's favourites. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 04 2014 at 19:51
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Favorite Hackett songs? Let's shoot for ten. Oh boy, here goes nothing. In no particular order - 1. In Memoriam (Darktown) 2. The Virgin and the Gypsy (Spectral Mornings) 3. Clocks -The Angel of Mons (Spectral Mornings) 4. The Hermit (Voyage of the Acolyte) 5. The Steppes (Defector) 6. Wind, Sand and Stars (To Watch the Storms) 7. Turn This Island Earth (Beyond the Shrouded Horizon) 8. Ace Of Winds (Voyage of the Acolyte) 9. Icarus Ascending (Please Don't Touch) 10. Twice Around the Sun (Darktown)
------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: August 05 2014 at 07:16
^ An eclectic list (as usual when it comes to Steve Hackett music). ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: musitron
Date Posted: August 05 2014 at 13:59
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Loch Lomond. ------------- “One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain.” Dark Side Radio - Best new Prog 2015 mixed with good old stuff. - www.live365.com/stations/young_gun |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: August 05 2014 at 15:47
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Narnia Racing in A Icarus Ascending The Virgin And The Gypsy The Red Flower Of Tachai Blooms Everywhere Tiger Moth Spectral Mornings The Steppes Hammer In The Sand Tristesse
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: August 05 2014 at 18:36
Now there is also Genesis Revisited: Live at the Royal Albert Hall There are so many song titles to praise. I already gave a partial list. If I may add a couple that come to mind, I'm thinking of The Serpentine Song, which Rick Robson already mentioned. The arrangement of it, the maturity of it, and the soprano sax at the end are all so magnificent. Often overlooked is the Ballad of the Decomposing Man. A short little song, but it's an absolute hoot! Who else brings ragtime to a rock context. I crack up just thinking about it. Hackett plays some nice harmonica too. I'd like to hear him get back to that. |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: August 05 2014 at 22:58
Absolutely. He's a man of well...eclectic tastes.  ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |
Posted By: Genital Giant
Date Posted: August 06 2014 at 19:48
| Too many great Hackett tunes to mention that I love, but my all time fav is Spectral Mornings, that piece to me is pure magic and says what Hackett is all about on the electric guitar. |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: August 06 2014 at 21:20
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Posted By: Genital Giant
Date Posted: August 06 2014 at 21:33
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: August 09 2014 at 20:26
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKpENtYybg0&feature=player_detailpage" rel="nofollow - My goodness!! What a wonderful piece of music! It's hard to believe there will be another prog artist composing songs that make me love them in such an intense way like Steve Hackett - Lyra, I would be the happiest man if that happens one day... ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 06 2014 at 20:04
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If you love to listen to genuine music compositions please take these pearls, just two 'teeny-weeny little' examples of Hackett's music that nevertheless you won't find in any Genesis album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08YHCJqoIL0&feature=player_detailpage" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08YHCJqoIL0&feature=player_detailpage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoRndNjoiMY&feature=player_detailpage" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoRndNjoiMY&feature=player_detailpage ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 16 2014 at 20:19
Kind of interesting that in 'Two Faces Of Cairo' (album Beyond The Shrouded Horizon), from the min. 2:00 to min. 2:10 Steve Hackett guitar plays the same "refrain" played by the synthesizers in 'Riding The Scree' (album The Lamb) from the min. 1:17 to min. 1:24, two great songs with a little refrain in common.  ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: October 18 2014 at 00:38
Then, please Holy Moly, do not deprive yourself of Hackett's solo albums (especially late 70's to mid 80's) as they rank as some of the best prog (if not the best music) I have ever listened to... |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: October 19 2014 at 15:23
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Thank you so much Steve Hackett for your such a languid, delicate and so heartfelt classical guitar melodies, they make me feel in heaven... ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Brainiac76
Date Posted: October 22 2014 at 13:11
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In Memoriam (Darktown) Circus Of Becoming (To Watch Storms) Little America (Guitar Noir) Time to get Out (Defector) Blue Child (Wild Orchids) |
Posted By: Rednight
Date Posted: October 23 2014 at 10:12
| The first two albums hold my top 10. |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: April 11 2015 at 17:36
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Listening to Petropolis (Bay Of Kings) I got the surprising impression that a little refrain (played just at the minute one and repeated for the following 10 seconds) were composed inspired in the main refrain of Beethoven's 7th Symphony's second movement - they have exactly the same notes, an interesting coincidence that I think Steve Hackett must already be aware of it, perhaps he is a big fan of Beethoven's too ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: justin4950834-2
Date Posted: April 11 2015 at 17:56
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Horizons- Bay Of Kings The Voice Of Necam- Please Don't Touch Ace Of Wands- Voyage Of The Acoylte Hands Of The Priestess Pt.2- Voyage Of The Acoylte A Tower Struck Down- Voyage Of The Acoylte The Hermit- Voyage Of The Acoylte Shadow Of The Hierophant- Voyage Of The Acoylte |
Posted By: fudgenuts64
Date Posted: April 12 2015 at 00:27
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Every Day - Spectral Mornings Lost Time in Cordoba - Spectral Mornings Spectral Mornings - title track The Steppes - Defector Slogans - Defector Jacuzzi - Defector Two Vamps as Guests - Defector Leaving - Defector Bay of Kings - title track Hands of the Priestess - Voyage of The Acolyte The Hermit - Voyage of the Acolyte Shadow of the Hierophant - Voyage of the Acolyte Narnia - Please Don't Touch Carry On Up The Vicarage - Please Don't Touch A Cradle of Swans - Cured I'm mostly familiar with the early work, but am slowly listening to the new stuff too. Wolflight is quite good. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: April 17 2015 at 22:32
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The stunning song Kim (off the album Please Don't Touch) shows so cristal clearly for me how big of a Satie's fan Hackett was, I guess nothing wrong to say that he composed this such a beautiful track strongly inspired in Erik Satie's music. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: June 06 2015 at 00:49
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Some love for the great blues track Let Me Count The Ways. In no particular order: Spectral Mornings Kim Group Therapy The Steppes Darktown Every Day A Cradle of Swans Shadow of the Hierophant Cavalcanti
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: June 06 2015 at 11:15
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From 78, Hackett virtually cornered the UK live prog circuit and I went to his gigs on a regular basis, until around 83 (similarly with the other Steve - Hillage, but he packed it in at the end of 79). I recall Dick Cadbury trying to tackle the lead vocal of 'Shadow'... I keep going back to that first album but surprised only one mention here of 'Virgin and the Gypsy' - one of his finest. Hackett's material was so strong at that time that the only nod to the past came with an encore of 'I know what I like'. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: June 08 2015 at 07:46
I've read this entire thread with great interest. I only have Acolyte and Spectral Mornings (both great albums) but have never delved further. Thanks for the comments all, noted accordingly  . |
Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: June 09 2015 at 18:51
Ditto on this, HackettFan. And I find interesting how this track adds a delightful fresh air to the unique atmosphere of the whole album with a beautiful 'caribbean-like' (or hawaiian?) tune, veering away from the intense beat of 'The Angel Of Mons' and clearing the path to another unique and captivating trip that is 'Lost Time in Cordoba' for sure. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |
Posted By: prog4evr
Date Posted: June 12 2015 at 18:26
I guess I like the older compositions ('Bay of Kings' is "newest" in 1984). Also, from Defector is 'The Steppes' which is a simple yet marvelous piece... |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: June 12 2015 at 19:56
| I love everything from Voyage Of The Acolyte, the rest I don't know at all. |
Posted By: Romano
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 06:28
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My top 3 is: 1. Firth of Fifth 2. Water of the Wild 3. Twice Around The Sun |
Posted By: barnimup
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 01:47
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Aside from Spectral and Shadow, which are my favourites I'd like to throw in Hoping Love Will Last |
Posted By: ProgressiveHypocrite
Date Posted: June 15 2015 at 09:51
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First six albums Voyage of the Acolyte: Everything except "Hermit" and "The Lovers" cuz they are boring! Please Don't Touch!: It's all really good! Spectral Mornings: "Clocks", "The Ballad of the Decomposing Man" (cracks me up!), and "Spectral Mornings". Defector: "The Steppes", "Time To Get Out", "Slogans", "Jacuzzi", "Hammer in the Sand", "The Toast", and "Sentimental Institution". Cured: "Air-Conditioned Nightmare", "Funny Feeling", and "A Cradle of Swans". Highly Strung: "Camino Royale", "Walking Through Walls", "Group Therapy", and "Hackett to Pieces" (is this related to "Hackett to Bits" off the GTR album?). GREAT MUSIC!
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: June 27 2015 at 09:36
Hey Doug, if you take some time and patience to listen to the whole 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' you won't regret it. Well, obviously if you don't take issue with the heavy use of acoustic guitar through the whole album, but yeah I know this is not detrimental at all for making beautiful music. I love the atmosphere it creates together with that orchestra, and always gets me wondering that if there were a Concert for Classical Guitar then this album would be one of Hackett's variations on this kind of Classical Music - it is not structured in three or four movements but captures so well that atmosphere of a concert, besides striking me with a spirit pretty much like in some works of the Romantic era. Metamorpheus is also another album that I recommend, these two I personally put them in a separate league from the rest of his discography, my alltime favourites. ------------- "Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy." LvB |