Spectral mornings
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| Steve Hackett's studio album | ||||
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Publication |
1979 |
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| Label (s) | Charisma Records | |||
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Title (number) |
8th |
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running time |
39:03 |
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John Acock and Steve Hackett |
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Studio (s) |
Phonogram Studios, Hilversum |
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Spectral Mornings is Steve Hackett's third solo album . It was released on Charisma Records in 1979 .
Creation and publication
After his first two solo albums, Hackett wanted to put together a band to perform live. He hired Pete Hicks as singer, Dik Cadbury as singer and bassist, Nick Magnus as keyboardist and John Shearer as drummer. Hackett's brother John, who was already involved in the previous albums, was also part of the cast again as a flutist. This was eventually recorded by Spectral Mornings . The album was recorded in Hilversum . Hackett produced it with his former keyboardist John Acock. In 2005 a remastered version with bonus titles was released.
Track list
page 1
- Every Day - 6:14 am
- The Virgin and the Gypsy - 4:29
- The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere - 2:07
- Clocks - The Angel of Mons - 4:15
- The Ballad of the Decomposing Man (Featuring The Office Party ) - 3:50
Page 2
- Lost Time in Cordoba - 4:06
- Tiger Moth - 7:35
- Spectral Mornings - 6:37
Bonus title
- Every Day (Alternate Mix) - 7:09
- The Virgin and the Gypsy (Alternate Mix) - 4:27
- Tigermoth (Alternate Mix) - 3:20
- The Ballad of the Decomposing Man (Alternate Mix) - 4:24
- Clocks - The Angel of Mons (Single Version) - 3:38
- Live Acoustic Set (Medley: Etude in A Minor / Blood on the Rooftops / Horizons / Kim ) - 5:40
- Tigermoth (Live) - 3:59
- (untitled) - 1:41
style
Spectral Mornings is a varied progressive rock album with influences from pop music . There are many catchy melodies, both humorous and dark pieces, experimental or folkloric and acoustic passages. Hackett's distinctive and virtuoso guitar playing is usually in the foreground.
reception
On the Babyblauen Seiten the album is criticized as torn, unsatisfactory and sometimes kitschy, and the Musikexpress judged in 1979: “The record is very successful again, just like its predecessor 'Please Don't Touch', but neither better nor worse. What was compositionally more appealing and substantial about one of them is now made up for by increased playing technique and a more densely woven atmosphere. The weaknesses of the present LP lie in the elegiac, lengthy second side ”. Allmusic's Dave Connolly , however, praises Hackett's versatility and demonstrating all of his strengths. The music magazine eclipsed took Spectral Mornings in its list of the 150 most important prog albums.
Web links
- Spectral Mornings at Allmusic (English)
- Reviews of Spectral Mornings on the baby blue pages
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Baby Blue Prog Reviews: Steve Hackett: Spectral Mornings , Baby Blue Pages , accessed January 11, 2013.
- ↑ a b Dave Connolly: Spectral Mornings at Allmusic , accessed on January 11, 2013.
- ↑ wepp: Steve Hackett - Spectral Mornings , Musikexpress 06/1979, accessed on January 11, 2013.
- ↑ eclipsed No. 144, p. 32.