Steve Hackett - Please Don't Touch!

STEVE HACKETT - Please don't Touch!
Жанр: Art Rock, Prog Rock
Год выпуска: 1978
Лейбл: Charisma Records
Страна-производитель: UK
Аудио кодек: (MP3 + FLAC)
Тип рипа: tracks+.cue
Формат записи: 24/96
Формат : 24/96
Продолжительность: около 38 минут
Треклист:
A1. Narnia (Steve Walsh vocal) 04:06
A2. Carry on Up the Vicarage (Steve Hackett vocal) 03:08
A3. Racing in A (Steve Walsh vocal) 05:04
A4. Kim 02:13
A5. How Can I? (Richie Havens vocal) 04:36
B1. Hoping Love Will Last (Randy Crawford vocal) 04:11
B2. Land of a Thousand Autumns 01:50
B3. Please Don't Touch 03:41
B4. The Voice of Necam 03:09
B5. Icarus Ascending (Richie Havens vocal) 06:17

Personnel

Steve Hackett - electric. acoustic guitars, and Roland GR-500 Guitar Synthesizer. vocals, keyboards, percussion
John Hackett - flute, piccolo, bass pedals, keyboards
John Acock - keyboards, engineer
Maria Bonvino - guest female soprano on Hoping Love Will Last
James Bradley - percussion
Randy Crawford - vocals on Hoping Love Will Last
Phil Ehart - drums, percussion
Feydor - vocals on The Voice of Necam
Tom Fowler - bass
Richie Havens - vocals, percussion
Dave Lebolt - keyboards
Hugh Malloy - cello
Dale Newman - guest vocals on Icarus Ascending
Dan Owen - guest vocals on Icarus Ascending
Graham Smith - violin
Chester Thompson - drums, percussion
Steve Walsh - vocals on Narnia and Racing in A

Review

1978's Please Don't Touch is Steve Hackett's 2nd solo album, and the first one the guitarist recorded after he left Genesis.
Steve gets a lot of big names help on this collection, such as singers Richie Havens, Steve Walsh of Kansas, and Randy Crawford,
as well as his brother John Hackett on flute and Genesis touring drummer Chester Thompson.
This is an excellent album with shades of progressive rock here there, but also some pop straightforward guitar rock as well.
The music is awesome, Steve's guitarwork throughout fantastic. Steve also takes musical inspiration from classic fictional books
for some of the songs: Narnia (sung by Walsh) is a fun, lighthearted number based on C.S. Lewis' childrens' classic
The Lion The Witch The Wardrobe, the strange little tune Carry On Up The Vicarage is a musical tribute to mystery writer Agatha Christie
and the breathtaking finale Icarus Ascending (sung by Havens) is inspired by the classic Greek tale of the doomed flight of Icarus.
With the exception of Vicarage, Steve mostly sings backup or harmony vocals, leaving most of the singing duties to Havens, Walsh
and Crawford, who all give great performances. Other standout tracks include the catchy rock of Racing In A, the wonderful acoustic
number How Can I? (sung by Havens), the beautiful instrumental Kim (dedicated to Hackett's wife, Kim Poor,
who also paints his album covers), the excellent ballad Hoping Love Will Last (sung by Crawford), and, of course, the monstrous title track,
a menacing rock instrumental featuring some of Steve's most scorching guitar licks ever recorded.
Steve submitted Please Don't Touch to be recorded by Genesis, but for some reason, the band turned it down. Thank goodness
then that he kept it for himself!). The only misstep Steve makes on the album are the lyrics to Carry On Up The Vicarage.
Musically, the song is fine (I also like the circus sound effects at the beginning), but the words to the song are pretty awkward.
Stuff about pharmaceuticals, missing floorboards, and screaming from the belfry...they don't quite gel together.
Also, Steve's vocals on this track are mostly distorted through a vocoder, which doesn't help. But other than that, there's nothing else
to criticize on this very impressive album.
With Please Don't Touch, Steve Hackett stepped out from the shadow of Genesis, and established himself as a solo artist in his own right.
Please Don't Touch is a great album. By all means, DO touch it! Alan Caylow -

Tech info

Источник оцифровки: Авакс, автор - Arend
Устройство воспроизведения: Linn Lingo LP12 with Ittok LV II arm + Ortofon MC 20 Super II Cartridge
Предварительный усилитель: Accuphase C11 MC phono-pre
АЦП: Tascam US 144 ADC
Программа-оцифровщик: Adobe Audition 1.5

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