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Flight123
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Topic: Not a random Steve Hackett selection Posted: July 12 2017 at 02:11 |
This is a quite deliberate selection (no, its not the sequence of releases) - something I was surprised by.
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Barbu
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Posted: July 12 2017 at 02:21 |
Defector is the superior one.
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miamiscot
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Posted: July 12 2017 at 08:11 |
Almost voted for Cured. Not a bad record but Defector is better.
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twosteves
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Posted: July 12 2017 at 08:13 |
miamiscot wrote:
Almost voted for Cured. Not a bad record but Defector is better. |
I almost voted for it too----the thing with the record is the vocals are bad---lot's of Steve's vocals were bad back then and if he had found a proper singer they would have sold better----late in his career he found his voice.
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Mormegil
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Posted: July 12 2017 at 08:29 |
Defector, just ahead of Highly Strung.
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Manuel
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Posted: July 12 2017 at 08:42 |
I honestly like all three, and I'm finding very hard to make a choice. I'll have to wait.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: July 12 2017 at 10:11 |
Easily Defector
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verslibre
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Posted: July 12 2017 at 12:04 |
No contest. Defector.
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maryes
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Posted: July 12 2017 at 17:05 |
Defector > Highly Strungly
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Progosopher
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Posted: July 12 2017 at 18:41 |
1. Defector 2. Highly Strung 3. Cured
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Flight123
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Posted: July 13 2017 at 02:43 |
OK - interesting - I will reveal why I selected these albums. In rank order (believe it or not) these are the highest performing Hackett albums on the UK chart. What is surprising is that Cured seemed to strike a chord with the wider record buying public and that his more esteemed albums; Spectral Mornings and Voyage of the Acolyte are ranked 4th and 5th respectively. Defector is Mr. Hackett's only top 10 album.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: July 13 2017 at 11:48 |
Defector by a mile as it completes the brilliant Acolyte/Please/Spectral/Defector set. Things went downhill from there fast for awhile...
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Cosmiclawnmower
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Posted: July 13 2017 at 15:40 |
Defector by a fairly wide margin.. then Highly strung (I like a lots of the songs but the production lets it down) and then Cured is a bit of a mish mash with the odd good track..
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: July 14 2017 at 04:30 |
Defector is a damn fine album (5 star without Time To Get Out and Sentimental Institution - why oh why does Steve do this goofball sh*t for ??). Cured has its moments (wish he had a drummer for this one) and Highly Strung leaves me exactly that - highly strung, even Mosley didn't make this one a keeper for me more than 20 years ago.
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Rednight
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Posted: July 14 2017 at 10:17 |
Had to go with Highly Strung, a triumphant return to that full band sound after the distressing Cured. Defector could have been much more than it was if not for those sugary bits that eventually weakened it.
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