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    Posted: December 11 2020 at 13:33
Originally posted by essexboyinwales essexboyinwales wrote:

Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Out There is an amazing album and Damien Wilson can flat out SING!!!

But who buys a Rick Wakeman album for the vocals? Asking for a friend.


LOVE Me. Wilson so might have to check this one out...


Well, I love Wakeman's music for the songs, for the music, whether it has vocals or not.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

^That's the version I got, too.

The pop up is fantastic to say the least :)Tongue
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^That's the version I got, too.
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Yeah, why ? I'm just listening to it right now and ol Rick hasn't lost it one single bit actually. Ascraeus Mons is simply delightful to listen to.
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Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Out There is an amazing album and Damien Wilson can flat out SING!!!

But who buys a Rick Wakeman album for the vocals? Asking for a friend.


LOVE Me. Wilson so might have to check this one out...
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Unfortunately still in my bottom 3 albums of the year along with Neal Morse - Sola Gratia and the Lonely Robot album. However it has been an exceptional year so that doesn't make it bad.
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Originally posted by Zeph Zeph wrote:

Red Planet has a lot of great music, but I miss vocals and more variation in the songs. I know it's an RW album, but it's too much keys. :P

Exactly how I feel when I listen to Van Halen, i.e. too much guitar...

...not! LOL
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Out There is an amazing album and Damien Wilson can flat out SING!!!

But who buys a Rick Wakeman album for the vocals? Asking for a friend.
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Originally posted by Zeph Zeph wrote:

Red Planet has a lot of great music, but I miss vocals and more variation in the songs. I know it's an RW album, but it's too much keys. :P


The keys are the key to what makes his new album so wonderful 😎😎😎
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Red Planet has a lot of great music, but I miss vocals and more variation in the songs. I know it's an RW album, but it's too much keys. :P
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Hi,

Good thing that RW is not on my list of things to get ... I have at least 1,000 CD's to get before I even consider RW!

For my tastes he makes a much better interviewer (fine shows with several folks!), than he does musician.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Overall, I liked Out There better than Return to the Centre of the Earth, and I liked the Retro albums almost as much.

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For a brief moment there, I thought Roger Waters had a new album out, when I saw the initials in the thread title. Smile
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Overall, I liked Out There better than Return to the Centre of the Earth, and I liked the Retro albums almost as much.
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People are talking about it because it's the best thing Rick's done since Return to the Centre of the Earth.

And I say this as someone who has gotten rid of more mediocre Wakeman albums than most people buy!

The Red Planet is one for the ages!
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It's consistent enough. Maybe for Rick that's a big thing Wink
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Pretty uninspired but exceptionally well produced. Out There was a much better album but of course that one had vocals. As a purely instrumental effort it does have some appeal , the bass player is great and Rick is okay but it's nothing to get excited about. I've only played it once though although not in any great hurry to play it again. 
It reminds me a bit of Oldfeld's 'Return To Ommadawn' which was also an average uninspired album. Inspiration has long gone. The seventies has long gone but respect to one of the great legends of prog.


With all due respect, after just one listen it is way to soon to have an opinion about an album. I listened to it every day for two weeks before I wrote my review of it, and that for me is less time than I usually give.



Christ I would never force myself to listen to anything that much if I wasn't convinced. Nearly everything I've bought this year is clearly better. I have a lot of time for Rick and he is a great personality but this is not getting anywhere near the best thing's he's done.


I haven't been able to get The Red Planet yet, however, I did love Oldfield's Return to Ommadawn, and I thought it came back to Oldfield's 70's sound very nicely and with a convincing quality... so I guess I still have hope for Wakeman's latest.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Pretty uninspired but exceptionally well produced. Out There was a much better album but of course that one had vocals. As a purely instrumental effort it does have some appeal , the bass player is great and Rick is okay but it's nothing to get excited about. I've only played it once though although not in any great hurry to play it again. 
It reminds me a bit of Oldfeld's 'Return To Ommadawn' which was also an average uninspired album. Inspiration has long gone. The seventies has long gone but respect to one of the great legends of prog.


With all due respect, after just one listen it is way to soon to have an opinion about an album. I listened to it every day for two weeks before I wrote my review of it, and that for me is less time than I usually give.


Christ I would never force myself to listen to anything that much if I wasn't convinced. Nearly everything I've bought this year is clearly better. I have a lot of time for Rick and he is a great personality but this is not getting anywhere near the best thing's he's done.


Personally, I think The Red Planet is his best! But I'm not trying to impose my view on anyone else, I'm merely saying give it another chance.

I too like Out There, but that was Rick trying hard to appeal the Neo-Prog/Prog Metal crowd. The Red Planet is more of a return to his classic period of the 70's.

I predict we will see more positive ratings/reviews rolling in Smile



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Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Pretty uninspired but exceptionally well produced. Out There was a much better album but of course that one had vocals. As a purely instrumental effort it does have some appeal , the bass player is great and Rick is okay but it's nothing to get excited about. I've only played it once though although not in any great hurry to play it again. 
It reminds me a bit of Oldfeld's 'Return To Ommadawn' which was also an average uninspired album. Inspiration has long gone. The seventies has long gone but respect to one of the great legends of prog.


With all due respect, after just one listen it is way to soon to have an opinion about an album. I listened to it every day for two weeks before I wrote my review of it, and that for me is less time than I usually give.


Christ I would never force myself to listen to anything that much if I wasn't convinced. Nearly everything I've bought this year is clearly better. I have a lot of time for Rick and he is a great personality but this is not getting anywhere near the best thing's he's done.
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Originally posted by iluvmarillion iluvmarillion wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Pretty uninspired but exceptionally well produced. Out There was a much better album but of course that one had vocals. As a purely instrumental effort it does have some appeal , the bass player is great and Rick is okay but it's nothing to get excited about. I've only played it once though although not in any great hurry to play it again. 
It reminds me a bit of Oldfeld's 'Return To Ommadawn' which was also an average uninspired album. Inspiration has long gone. The seventies has long gone but respect to one of the great legends of prog.
That's disappointing to hear.

More so because I thought Richard would like it. LOL

But it's best to have a listen for yourself. I like it a lot. Best thing Rick's done since the Retro's.
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