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    Posted: January 25 2006 at 13:41

Can anybody give me any insight into the large discography of our caped crusader? Recently I found "The Six Wives of King Henry VIII" and I love every minute of it, pure class

Unfortunately this is the only album i've got from the bugger  so what else would you recommend? What's the good and the bad? Anyone else like the record i've mentioned?

I may as well add that I also got "Olias of Sunhillow" which I also think is fantastic, but I know that Anderson never had as big a solo career, but any more recommendations on him would be cool too, Thank You

PS. I mentioned Wakeman's cape for no real reason

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RICK WAKEMAN:

  • 1973 - SIX WAVES... - 5 stars
  • 1974 - JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH - 4stars
  • 1975 - THE MYTHS AND LEGENDS OF KING ARTHUR - 3,5 stars
  • 1975 - LISZTOMANIA - 2,5 stars
  • 1976 - NO EARTHLY CONNECTION - 3,5 stars
  • 1977 - WHITE ROCK - 3,5 stars
  • 1977 - CRIMINAL RECORD - 4,5 stars
  • 1979 - RHAPSODIES - 3 stars
  • 1983 - COST OF LIVING - 4 stars
  • 1986 - CRIMES OF PASSIONS - 4 stars
  • 1991 - SOFTSWORD - 4,5 stars
  • 1999 - RETURN TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH - 4 stars
  • 2001 - OUT OF THE BLUE - 3,5 stars
  • 2002 - SONGS OF MIDDLE EARTH - 3 stars
  • 2003 - OUT THERE - 4 stars

JON ANDERSON:

  • 1976 - OLIAS OF SUNHILLOW - 4,5 stars
  • 1980 - SONG OF SEVEN - 3 stars
  • 1983 - ANIMATION - 3 stars
  • 1985 - THREE SHIPS - 2,5 stars
  • 1988 - IN THE CITY OF ANGELS - 3,5 stars
  • 1994 - CHANGE WE MUST - 4 stars
  • 1994 - DESEO - 3 stars
  • 1996 - TOLTEC - 3 stars
  • 1997 - EARTH MOTHER EARTH - 3 stars
  • 1997 - THE PROMISE RING - 3 stars
  • 1998 - THE MORE YOU KNOW - 2,5 stars
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Thank you very much Andrew
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I'd recommend 'Criminal Record' after 'Six Wives...' as it follows a similar format as 'Six Wives...'.

The other albums are quite different, but you really can't go wrong until you get to the (imo) terrible 'Rhapsodies'; all are classic albums for keyboard fans like myself.
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Points: 7659 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2006 at 15:48
Buy the Journey .. DVD, it contains many great compositions and you will be stunned by Rick's skills and huge pile of vintage keyboards  !
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Six Wives stands alone for me.Thats a great keyboard rock album...maybe the best there is.His other albums are lacking any real excitement or inspiration.He choose to go down the cheesey entertainer route as evidenced by performing King Arthur on ice ... mad as a hatter and bedeviled by alcholol.Great 'character' but his solo career is by and large a massive waste of his massive talent.
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Points: 463 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 25 2006 at 19:02
NO EARTHLY CONNECTION  is (not only for me but also for many other fans) Rick´s best and most progressive album. It´s not so cheesy and grandiose like the previous ones (with the exception of 6 Wives, which is of course great) and has a very progresssive nature.
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Originally posted by salmacis salmacis wrote:

I'd recommend 'Criminal Record' after 'Six Wives...' as it follows a similar format as 'Six Wives...'.

The other albums are quite different, but you really can't go wrong until you get to the (imo) terrible 'Rhapsodies'; all are classic albums for keyboard fans like myself.

 

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Six Wives stands alone for me.Thats a great keyboard rock album...maybe the best there is.

His other albums are lacking any real excitement or inspiration.He choose to go down the cheesey entertainer route as evidenced by performing King Arthur on ice ... mad as a hatter and bedeviled by alcholol.Great 'character' but his solo career is by and large a massive waste of his massive talent.

Wow, Richard it looks like we can agree on something!

Wakeman and his stardust-sprinkled cape!!!

Responsible for roughly one third of the bad press of prog!!

 
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I have Return to the Center of the Earth, I haven't listened to the whole thing yet though.  I do like "Is Anybody There?" though.
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Points: 1881 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 26 2006 at 11:23
I agree with those that suggest you limit - or at least start - your search to his early stuff, from "Six Wives" through to "Criminal Record".

One favourite of mine is "No Earthly Connection" though Rick himself says that fans' opinions on this tend to be polarised more than any other album of his!
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his best work... was with yes!

JTTCOTE (possibly the longest abriviatins ever after GO:IBS4V1:FFTTEOM! coheed and cambria... chec um out) is his best solo work in my opinion. i LOVE the narated parts. they make me laugh. 
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