THE ART OF LEVITATION

Long time friend Mick Fleetwood returns to the fold to contribute to Peter Barden's last studio album The Art Of Levitation in 2002. This same year Peter Bardens sadly lost his fight against cancer. The album is not his strongest by any means and sounds mostly ' diluted ' in the prog/electronic arena. There is some fusion/funk elements to the album also. Plenty of loops too which may indicate an unfinished work in progress at the time. It still makes pleasant listening though and highlights would have to include the atypical dreamy Camel type vocal of She Takes Me There, ' Spirit Of The Water with his daughter Tallulah Bardens supplying a beautiful vocal rendidtion of the Moonmadness song and the upbeat Take Back Your Power. Whilst enjoyable music I would have to give this a 2.5 star rating and recommend it for Collector die hards only.