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For those of you who only know Steve Hackett during his tenure with Genesis, this compilation serves well to introduce you the music of Steve Hackett. Actually, it's not recommended to buy a compilation CD for Steve Hackett music because most of them are very invaluable collection even those with "mundane" composition. Making compilation is really a tough job especially if you find an album with all excellent tracks where you get the whole thing if you listen to the whole set of the album in its entirety. A good example is "Spectral Mornings" album - how could you select only some songs if you find every single one is an excellent one. Even if it's not, it all forms one cohesive whole. "Please Don't Touch", "Defector" and "Voyage of The Acolyte" are also albums that should be listened to entirely.

But then it's okay for newbie to start with this compilation CD as an entry point. Some songs I do not think the best representative of the respective albums. For example, I'd rather put "Please Don't Touch" title track than "Narnia" for the compilation. But this does not mean that this is bad compilation - nope ! Not at all. In fact, I do enjoy listening to it even though my chief reason to purchase this CD at that was "previously unreleased" tracks "Don't Fall Away From Me" (co-written with Brian May of Queen) and "Prayers and Dreams"

One thing interesting to notice about this CD is the liner notes for each song by Steve Hackett. It tells everything about the story behind the making of each song. This is another value I gain having this CD because I cannot find it on each individual album. This compilation spans across Steve Hackett's seventeen years career (1975 - 1992) as solo artist. One album was released in 1975 "Voyage of The Acolyte" when was still key member of Genesis. In this album his Genesis mates helped it out in the studio: Phil on drums and Mike on bass.

Stand Out Tracks

As far as my personal taste, these are stand-out tracks: "Hackett To Pieces" (with "Camino Royale" in it), "Spectral Mornings", "The Steppes", "Ace of Wands", and "Hoping Love Will Last". These do not mean that other tracks are bad ones. Keep on proggin' ..!

Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW

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