This is the best CD I've listened to all year! I've been listening to it over and
over while driving and at home/work. A pleasant surprise from an artist that I've admired and
followed over the years (King Crimson, McDonald And Giles, Foreigner,
Steve Hackett). A very accessible, listenable, relaxing musical journey through the eyes
of an extremely talented, gifted artist. The 45 minutes of music is made up of 3 mid-tempo
rockers ("In Your Hands", "Saturday Night In Tokyo" and
"Straight Back To You"), 4 power ballads ("You Are A Part Of
Me", "Forever And Ever", "If I Was" and
"Let There Be Light"), and 4 jazzy, new age-type instrumentals
("Overture", "Sax Fifth Avenue",
"Hawaii" and "Demimonde"). My favorites were the power
ballads. It was nice to hear again the voices of John Waite (The Babies),
John Wetton (King Crimson, UK, Asia) and Gary
Brooker (Procol Harum). The singers/players/songwriters on this album read like a
"Who's Who" from the 60's - 80's rock scene: Messrs Waite,
Wetton and Brooker; Lou Gramm (Foreigner); Peter
Frampton; Steve Hackett (Genesis); Ian Lloyd (Stories);
Michael Giles (King Crimson); G.E. Smith (Hall & Oates,
SNL Band); Peter Sinfield (King Crimson); Hugh McCracken
(session man with Gary Wright and Foreigner). My only quibble with this CD?
There wasn't enough of it! Highly recommended! Ian, what took you so long?
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