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The Tangent
Not As Good As The Book
Genres: Pop, Rock

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. A Crisis In Mid Life
2. Lost In London (25 Years Later)
3. The Ethernet
4. Celebrity Purée
5. (The Future Was) Not As Good as The Book
6. A Sale Of Two Souls
7. Bat Out Of Basildon
Track Listings (13) - Disc #2
1. Ours
2. Theirs
3. His
4. Mine
5. The D599
6. Goteborg
7. Last Tango
8. Studio Tan
9. Not A Drill
10. Southend
11. The A1 North Of Paris
12. Four Last Days
13. The D599 And The A 61

CD Details

All Artists: The Tangent
Title: Not As Good As The Book
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Inside Out Music
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 3/4/2008
Genres: Pop, Rock
Style:
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 0693723797120, 885417029482, 693723797120

Synopsis

Product Description

"Not As Good As The Book", The Tangent s fourth studio album, is the band's most ambitious project to date, with the Special Edition including a full short novel by band leader and keyboard player Andy Tillison Diskdrive. The album itself is a double CD package featuring shorter songs on the first disc and two epic tracks on the second. Although most of the Tangent's usual hallmarks are existent, there are some deviations into new areas, including the main theme of the problems facing many of us in midlife. Not As good As The Book also seeks to redress the imbalance created by the fact that most rock songs are about young peoples ideals and problems; the future that we dreamed of when we were young is here... and it's Not as Good as the Book!

CD Reviews

Haven't read the book, but this is good

WillieB | 06/17/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This double disc is a worthy addition to any prog collection. Not original, they sound like a cross between The Flower Kings and Glass Hammer, but satisfying. It takes a great rhythm section and killer musicians to change time signatures, tempos, and moods without blinking an eye, and make it work so it doesn't sound cheesy. No problem for The Tangent and I especially like the jazzy passages. The new electric guitarist is tasty and his solo on "A Crisis in Mid-Life" burns. However, the weak link of this band, as it is for many prog bands, is the vocals. They are on key and in time, but I don't care for his tone. Disc one is 51 minutes in length and the songs average about 7 minutes. Disc two is 44 minutes and has two epics, both over 20 minutes long. Overall, everything is solid but the last two songs on disc one."