This is Tony Banks best solo album after his debut A Curious Feeling. Actually I did not expect much from this album since I never really like Wang Chung, and the colaboration between their lead singer and Banks seemed quite unlike to succeed. But it worked! After the hideous The Fugitive, the only average Bankstatement and the good, but uneven Still, it looks like Genesis keyboards player finally found a good balance between his hability to deliver great melodies and his ambition to write simpler, catchy tunes. All songs are good. Of course I don't have to praise his best latter day composition, Island In The Darkness. All the other reviewers have done that. It's a masterpiece, end of the story.
C'est le meilleur album solo de Tony Banks après son premier album A Curious Feeling. Après le hideux The Fugitive, le seul Bankstatement moyen et le bon, mais inégal Still, on dirait que le joueur de claviers de Genesis a finalement trouvé un bon équilibre entre sa capacité à délivrer de grandes mélodies et son ambition d'écrire des airs plus simples et accrocheurs. Toutes les chansons sont bonnes. Bien sûr, je n'ai pas à faire l'éloge de sa meilleure composition des derniers jours, Island In The Darkness. Tous les autres critiques l'ont fait. C'est un chef-d'œuvre, fin de l'histoire.
Tracks :
1. Don't Turn Your Back On Me (3:59)
2. Walls Of Sound (5:07)
3. Only Seventeen (4:57)
4. The Serpent Said (5:28)
5. Never Let Me Know (6:20)
6. Charity Balls (4:38)
7. Something To Live For (5:17)
8. A Piece Of You (4:47)
9. Strictly Incognito (5:05)
10. An Island In The Darkness (17:21)
Line-Up :
Tony Banks : keyboards (synth guitar, bass, percussion)
Jack Hues : vocals, guitar
Daryl Stuermer : guitar, guitar solo
Nathan East : bass
John Robinson : drums
Enjoy Music :
1995
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