Rick Wakeman - The Word and Music

Title: The Word and Music Artist: Rick Wakeman Release Date: 1996 Re-Released On: 1/13/2008 Label: Hope Entertainment, Blueprint, Castle Communications UPCs: 604388479627, 825947103429, 766488726626, 766488971026 Genre: Rock Styles: Prog-Rock, Art Rock Moods: Cerebral, Theatrical, Atmospheric, Elaborate, Indulgent, Complex, Dramatic, Literate, Ambitious, Campy, Eerie, Nocturnal, Ominous, Raucous, Sensual, Whimsical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. The Story of Noah
2. The Birth of Moses
3. The Fiery Furnace
4. The Lion's Den
5. Nature
6. Praise
7. Salvation
8. Gideon's Army
9. Debora

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Hope Entertainment 104 2003 CD Castle Communications NEMCD-444 2003 CD Hope Entertainment HOPEVP-104CD 2001 CD Blueprint 4796

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Given Rick Wakeman's fondness for the Big Subjects in his music, it's unsurprising that eventually he would turn to the Bible. 1996's The Word and Music, however, is unsatisfyingly literal in its interpretation of Biblical stories. Indeed, there's no interpretation at all: the nine pieces are simply recitations by Nina Wakeman, Rick's wife, of Old Testament parables, with musical backings that sound like Wakeman has fallen asleep at a bank of synthesizers set to "foreboding rumble." Nina Wakeman has a perfectly lovely reading voice, and the stories are, of course, one of the bedrocks of Western Civilization, but there is very little reason for this album to exist. The Word and Music should not be confused with In the Beginning, a very similar 1989 release that features a different set of Biblical settings. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Name Credits Nina Wakeman Narrator Rick Wakeman Producer Stan Lee Design Stuart Sawney Engineer