Search - Various Artists :: Progressive Rock Epics

Daniel T. (djtal)
Reviewed on 4/11/2018...

Track list with bands:

1. Roundabout - Rick Wakeman
2. The Memory of Water - Marillion
3. Your Own Special Way - John Wetton
4. I Talk to the Wind - Anastasia
5. A Tab in the Ocean - Nektar
6. Long Distance Runaround - Rick Wakeman
7. Carpet Crawlers - John Ford
8. Red - Brand X

I have not heard this album, so my rating of 3 stars is neutral.

1 of 3 member(s) found this review helpful.

One star added for the Nektar cut

Michael Heminger | Pardeeville, WI | 02/20/2004

(2 out of 5 stars)

"I don't know how musicians get away with such shenanigans, but the Rick Wakeman versions of Yes songs on here leave much to be desired. Ths singer (Chrissie Hammond - whoever that is) has a fine voice, but sounds like Ann Wilson from Heart. The musicians are competent, but these are pale afterthoughts compared to the real deal, and the bass sounds so helplessly THIN!The saving grace would probably be the 16-minute Nektar cut "Tab In The Ocean" (off their second lp of the same name) which is the real deal. Nektar is truly an amazing 'prog' band if you haven't heard them before. The John Ford (of Strawbs fame) cover of a Genesis song ('Carpet Crawlers') is quite good, and the Brand X version of King Crimson's "Red" is fairly authentic until the (unnamed) guitarist tries to play a Robert Fripp solo, and then in the middle section keyboards replace guitars for the rhythmic part. Yeah, right!!No liner notes on this thingy (issued in 2001), so who knows what was recorded when? The production is very glossy, with that 90's loud snare sound on the newer cuts. Not horrible, but it could have been a lot better."