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[Ruby]

^Never heard that one. Will put it on the listen list!

Steve Hackett - Beyond the Shrouded Horizon

 

I really enjoy this album - it seems to flow very well, IMHO, in fact so much so that you get swept along and the thought of not listening all the way through doesn't even occur. There are many different elements including some quite hard rock and a slightly surprising blues rock number, ballads, instrumental sections - they all work together to make a pleasing whole. I hear something different with every listen. Steve's brother John appears here, as do Chris Squire and Simon Phillips along with the Hackett regulars, Amanda Lehman, Roger King, Nick Beggs and Gary O'Toole, whose drumming and vocals make a substantial contribution.

From Hackett's website - (the album is from 2011) - http://www.hackettsongs.com/news/newsAlbum4.html

"My new album Beyond the Shrouded Horizon breaks free from its moorings in early autumn and sets sail through choppy riffs and sudden electric storms to the odd romantic isle...

From Sinbad seas to Startrek oceans of deep sky, it's an odyssey. Invisible cords link pop to pomp, blues to baroque, embracing all genres discovered along the way. Let ethnic guitar forces and power of song take you to where waves crash through de-tuned orchestras over the edge of charted territories." 

The beautiful, hymnal "Til These Eyes" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKVZu51pPmk

And "Two Faces of Cairo" (for a change - I have previously posted several tracks - never this one   - spectacular drumming, and equally spectacular guitar - has Egypt and the Valley of the Kings all over it ... )