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GUY MANNING: TALL STORIES FOR SMALL CHILDREN

Manning

 

Eclectic Prog

3.54 | 39 ratings

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5 stars Tall Stories For Small Children...was the first Guy Manning album. It has a number of varied and intricate pieces on it. From the 3 lengthy 'epics' The Last Psalm , The Fall & Rise of Abel Mann and Holy Ireland to the more introspective The Candyman and the Gabrielesque White Waters, this is a album full of twists and turns which leave the listener with a plate full of memorable lyrics and music! If you cannot recall any of these tunes then you must have an attention deficit disorder of some sort.

I can somewhat agree with reviewer UMARs point about sound quality...I have noticed that this has improved dramatically from this first album through to the later albums, presumably as better recording equipment was obtained (as it is well documented that Mr. Manning records everything himself in his own small home studio)

The compostions and lyrics here are where this album wins. This truely is album of stories (as the title implies) covering the then current political climate (Holy Ireland) through to the post-apocalyptic vision of 'Last Psalm'. This album also sows the seeds (in ...Abel Mann) for the later A Matter Of Life & Death album, where this storyline is explored further

The arwork was provided by Mannings children...interesting to observe that on his latest album Songs From The Bilston House, the artwork is again provided by Guys daughter, this time grown up into a professional graphic designer!

Working backwards from the new Bilston album, subjectively, there may be more 'popular' Manning albums in the collection, but this is still a wonderful CD!

Topograph | 5/5 |

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