LORD OF THE AGES

This is their finest moment. Both from an accoustic laid back sound to the more melodramatic and gritty " Lord Of The Ages" Magna Carta achieved an excellent album, well balanced with not a single dull moment. Side one starts with the beautiful ' Wish It Was' a light catchy song but the guitar breaks are very clever.' Two Old Friends Of Mine' is a slow laid back folk number but nicely delivered and then we have the epic sounding title track ' Lord Of The Ages'. Great narration from Chris Simpson and the magnum opus if you like. Ten minutes of progressive moods, great guitars, screaming at times and soft soothing ebbs and flows. Highly recommended for this track alone. Side two is a more mellow set of tracks and starts with the quirky " Isn't It Funny..." but the highlights for the second half of the album has to be the the sad and brooding ' Father John' and ' Song Of The Evening'. Great album cover from Roger Dean and 1973 was quite possibly Magna Carta's best year ever.