What Are You Listening To?

[Jerome]

from my library (vinyl)



....then back over to the vinyl box till the weekend.
Annie Haslam has to be one of the best female vocalists of the time for me. Chamber rock is what they called it. A
perfect blend of classical and rock music is what I call it. Renaissance never had much of a following. A little
Bigger in the UK I guess, but even there the best chart showing for an album was a #35 with A Song For All Seasons.
Not sure where I picked up on them. This is their seventh album which didn't even chart in the UK and a weak #46
here. Only five tracks on the whole album with a 13 minute opener being my favorite. Annie makes it work. Showing
two different covers for US and UK releases. I like mine better. The group had constant lineup changes but is still
active with Annie and Michael Dunford the only original members. The is the bands lowest rated album on allmusic,
but I still like it.

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - The Captive Heart

Best Track - Can You Hear Me?

1) Can You Hear Me? *** - excellent BBC concert
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_lMIUmbkME
2) The Sisters **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgx9UiP1-SE
3) Midas Man **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORsduKShmv4
4) The Captive Heart **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmG941pusIU
5) Touching Once **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCx_f4XUNww

3's - 1
2's - 4
1's - 0

Grade - 2.1
allmusic - 1.6

Completely underrated outfit. They are quite unique.