LOOSE HEART

This one consists of songs which appear on Riverside's first studio album, "Out of Myself". The only thing you will find here which is not in their debut album is the radio edition of the song loose heart. The songs are completely identical until the time the second guitar solo ends. In the radio edit it slowly fades out after it while on the origial version there is another part morwhich is a bit heavier than the rest of the song with Mariusz Duda keeps saying "raise me up, raise me up don't let me fall" starting from whispering and ending up shouting and screaming.

As a result, it won't offer you anything more than their studio album so it's not really worth buying (even if you find it). Now, if you are a fan of the group and would like to have it, why not?

RIVERSIDE and the Hidden Chronicle, revisited 20 years later, for those who dared to put a 1/5 on it; or why it is much better, unfortunately for them!

1. 'The Same River' radio, EAGLES, a bit of pop with ah it goes fast, the bass, yes it's Mariusz, ah that intro that I no longer imagined, that solo by Piotr, that wave noise against the rowboat, PINK FLOYD in the distance what; it's going up and it gives a taste of the prog revival of the new millennium; just perfect; Mariusz arrives very late on this phenomenon title, his voice sticks to the sound; a sound that looks like RIVERSIDE, reminiscences yes but it's them, the PINK FLOYD, MARILLION or COLLAGE for the atmosphere otherwise it's dreamlike a bit of vocoder à la 'Animals' and this vintage keyboard of Jacek yes the first keyboardist who melts; the most is Piotr's spleen guitar, hi Piotr you remember at the bastille scene when I greeted you in the room and you turned around he's talking to me in Polish him, short RIP; fundamental title for curmudgeons who are weary 2. 'Out of Myself' eponymous title which keeps the sound, the atmosphere; dark prog metal before its time with this metronomic bass and this abortive metal riff which only asks to roar a little more; ah Marius has understood, his voice rises, surfs on the metal profile, on the verge of belching, a moment of sharing the musical waters where metal shows its adherence to the progressive movement, phew! 3. 'I Believe' I can't believe it, we are transposed into the open bar, after the concert; the intro, the spatial moment when you no longer know where you are; depressive primary acoustic-vocal to keep a good mood in itself; the crescendic ballad that rocks you; I find there the melancholy madness of the ANATHEMA, the ballad of the happy days of the fans sad forever to see where the world is going 4. 'Reality Dream' with this title in declination, yes you are thinking of ARENA and its I, II, III; you think of SAGA and its chapters, in short, prog there in front of you; the intro I come back to the intro straight out of a S-F game soundtrack; the instrumental piece with the anthology of instruments that speak to each other, Mariusz remaining in voiceover halfway through, more on a siren sound; souvenir piece of my first listening, wow they do an orchestral in addition, the catchy melody of the guitar, the keyboard which helps it behind, the riff which is loose, the foot; quickly answer it sounds. 5. 'Loose Heart' follows on another beautiful depressive melody, where the musical oxymoron invites itself to the table; the more this vibration of Piotr which hooks the most reluctant and brings them before their contradictions... ah it was better before.... ah but we don't ask you to choose, to compare, just to listen.... the melody that I will call syrupy to rinse the ears a little where Jacek signed the melancholic bases; prog digression on the last minute with the nascent, striking, almost surreal, enjoyable growl. 6. 'Reality II' ... and the second interlude, a declination, an aside, a dreamlike journey of catching up for the nostalgic who would have the laziness to get up ... hop on we go back to the instrument to move a little because yes that's it RIVERSIDE it's captivating and catchy, Piotr that you play so easily; it cascades, echoes...prog, stereo, dreamlike. 7.'In Two Minds' second acoustic-voice with the piece church, I'm kidding but good YES made it vibrate well on flights worthy of a cathedral; ANATHEMA and TANGERINE DREAM played well in it and it was not a sacrilege, not an abuse of power, not a publicity effect to make the buzz... I won't say more about it; well the zik is the least addictive for me, yes I concede it but those who like what is melodic, ethereal are likely to like this passage. 8. 'The Curtain Falls' for the second title master; the soft title, one that blends in with the crowd, with a solo by Piotr that tears you off anyway; yes but since it's stamped prog pure juice, you are entitled to the declination at mid-term, like a wave that gets stronger after the slack; it rises, it increases, we wait to see the musical tidal bore, we seethe; ah that's the riff.. you see the wave rising, growing, sweeping everything in its path; the vibratory spleen of Piotr's guitar notes dries up our tears of joy; final planing like a TANGERINE DREAM precisely. 9. 'OK' I remembered more, I check it was indeed on my CD; like what to listen, to listen such is my motto becomes a necessity; well surely this one hasn't passed, too bad, it will serve me to finish my column slowly... oh yes the outro I had really forgotten the hidden end.

It's up to you to make your choice, personally I have been listening for 20 years. 5 for the album 'Out' of course!