THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD

"Seven wonders of the world" is another of Rick's new age style albums where he dispenses with the band and plays all the music himself. The music is generally rather more inspired than on many such albums by him, although it is highly questionable how much inspiration was actually gleaned from the wonders themselves.

Each piece is prefaced by around a minute of introductory narrative spoken by Garfield Morgan. This gives the album an element of authenticity, but there is little or nothing about the actual tracks to bring to mind a specific wonder. "Pyramids of Egypt" for example does not sound remotely Egyptian, and I failed to spot anything botanical about "Hanging gardens of Babylon".

If we forget the supposed concept though, and simply focus on the music, then this is by and large pleasant and relaxing. There is no dextrous keyboards wizardry, soaring synth solos, or plunging bass lines. All we have is gently unassuming melodies which drift along, offering what largely amounts to background music for a suitably undemanding activity.

If this is prog at all, it is lounge prog. If the sound of that that appeals to you, this is good quality lounge prog!

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