petak, 02.01.2009.
Jethro Tull - Crest Of A Knave (1987) (Remaster Edit 2005)
Perhaps my favourite Tull album after Thick as a Brick, this marked a great return to form. The 'rural' albums were the last to really grab the attention, the poor "A" and patchy Stormwatch had meant that new albums by Tull were much less the automatic purchases they once were. Much of the quality resides in Martin Barre’s guitar work, and its interplay with the flute. The production is superb (recorded ‘at home’!), and allows the instruments to shine through. There is just a nod to the mid-80’s electronic past on Steel Monkey, shot through with shafts of glacialmore… guitar, before Farm on the Freeway demonstrates the resurgence of Anderson’s gift for the haunting melody. The extended track – Budapest – and Said She was a Dancer invite surprising but unavoidable comparisons with Dire Straits. Mountain Men, after a somewhat tacked-on intro, settles into a fine piece with some lovely guitar and flute interjections. The extra track – Part of the Machine – was originally released on the 20th anniversary box set, but finds a home here with this set of contemporaneous songs, and closes things out nicely...Robert Hoffnung
'Part of the Machine'. Crest of Wave won the Grammy for Best Hard Rock/Metal although not a metal album! This album originally went gold in the UK after having two videos on heavy rotation on MTV. Steel Monkey, with its nod to the great ZZ Top, opened the album with its rapid-fire sequenced piano intro, while the best Classic Tull song ever - Budapest - provided both brain and brawn on record and subsequent live performance alike. The first Tull record to be mastered on digital mediamore…, Crest combined the best of Martin's guitar and Ian Anderson's flute in the harmony and unison phrasing evident in songs like Farm On The Freeway and Jumpstart. Doane Perry made his drumming debut on a couple of tracks - while Gerry Conway returned briefly for some drum additions elsewhere. The keyboards were kept simple and atmospheric. Apart from two tracks the record was recorded and mixed in Anderson's home studio with Martin Barre playing most of the guitar parts and searing solos through a 15-Watt single 12-inch speaker Marshall mini combo amp...Bob Hope
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size ca.: 127 MB
Genre : Progressive Rock
2000mustangs
Tracklist:
Tracks
01. Steel Monkey (3:37)
02. Farm On The Freeway (6:31)
03. Jump Start (4:55)
04. She Said She Was A Dancer (3:41)
05. Dogs In The Midwinter (4:30)
06. Budapest (10:05)
07. Mountain Men (6:21)
08. The Waking Edge (4:47)
09. Raising Steam (4:13)
10. Part Of The Machine (Bonus Track) (6:54)
