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Disco de Al Stewart: “Modern Times [Bonus Tracks]”
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Modern Times [Bonus Tracks] |
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Fecha de Publicación:2000-11-06
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Tipo:Desconocido
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Género:Folk, Big Hits Of The '70s
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Sello Discográfico:Beat Goes On
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Letras Explícitas:Si
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UPC:5017261201560
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{$Al Stewart}'s sixth album, {^Modern Times} was also his breakthrough album in America, the wedge that he used to move through the breach in the transatlantic wall opened by {^Past, Present and Future}'s {&"Roads to Moscow"} and {&"Nostradamus"} on FM radio. This remastered and expanded edition not only offers incredibly close, crisp sound but 12 and a half minutes of extra music. This was never a favorite album of this reviewer, but hearing the singing and playing (by {$Stewart}, {$Simon Nicol}, {$Tim Renwick}, {$Gerry Conway}, et al.) and the entire production by {$Alan Parsons}, it does have a subtle appeal that had remained elusive in years past, with a rich array of melodies, inventive playing, and an excellent balance between music and lyrics. Even {$Stewart}'s voice, with its narrow range, seems warmer here than it ever had in previous incarnations of the album. From the opening number, {&"Carol,"} the CD is a finely crafted {\pop/rock} sound tapestry with more than half the songs standing out as compositions as well. And {&"Apple Cider Re-constitution,"} with its multi-layered electric {\rock} and string orchestra sound, now seems like it deserved to be a single, resplendent in a string of lyrical and musical hooks. The rest of the record is never more than inches behind that high point. Sadly, the bonus tracks aren't really of a piece -- in terms of content or quality -- with the album to which they've been appended: {&"News from Spain"} is a remixed version of a personal song that just isn't in the same league melodically or as a production with the pieces ahead of it; {&"Elvaston Place"} could have gone on the finished album, though the lead guitar is a lot busier here than it is on songs from the original LP; and {&"Swallow Wind"} is a bit too dissonant, with much too much emphasis on the lead guitar, at the expense of {$Stewart}'s singing and whatever merit the song might have had. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
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