What Are You Listening To?

[Ruby]

Going back in the Wakeman annals, came across Rick’s 1984 which I have not heard in decades. 



I must have liked it because all the words came back! Well – not all of them, but enough to surprise me. A mix of instrumental and vocal, and a bit of a hodgepodge of styles, it came out in 1981 and he took inspiration from George Orwell’s novel, of course. Chaka Khan lends her vocal prowess to this release, as do Steve Harley, Jon Anderson, Tim Rice and Kenny Lynch. Quite outside the regular Wakeman oeuvre and a lot more commercial than his classic early albums. Some tracks I really don’t care for much at all, while others are immensely pleasing, even if they do have a disco vibe, lol! ...