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Poll Question: Which of Steve's first three very different solo albums do you prefer?
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    Posted: April 18 2020 at 12:17
Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Voyage! It was the first and best.
 


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I'm with you, 'Freak. 'Touch remains as fresh for me today as when it was released.

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Voyage of the Acolyte followed by Spectral Mornings followed by Please don't touch. But there is very little in it between all of them 

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote SteveG Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 15 2018 at 13:17
Voyage! It was the first and best.
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Voyage by a longshot.
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Voyage makes me sleepy, but I did like Twin Towers. PDT seemed to scatterbrained but maybe I haven't digested it enuf. Spectral hit the spot as flowing great music!

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Spectral Voyage
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Voyage was ok, wish it were more really (until I heard the bonus material and wished the opposite).

Now whatever is said about the first issue production wise on Spectral does not apply on the remaster. Touch is fine but the title track of Spectral Mornings hits the spot... most effective solo Genesis moment for me I think.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote stewe Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2018 at 03:19
Defector is missing here, IMO peak of his early career. Out of these Spectral Mornings, followed by PDT. Debut sound uneven to me, Hackett seems he's still searching himself as a songwriter there. Would be also interesting to compare his latter albums, since Guitar Noir/Darktown until the recent one.


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^Wow! You hit the nail on the head! "filler specialist!" Awesome comments!

Edited by BrufordFreak - October 10 2018 at 17:28
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote flyingveepixie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2018 at 23:51
Please don’t Touch for me. I was never overly keen on Voyage of the acolyte although it’s ok. Spectral mornings had some dodgy sound production, particularly on the title track. There were also too many filler tracks on that album although I’ve also always found that Hackett in general has always been something of a filler track specialist. At times quite a superb artist and at other times just a bit dodgy, contributions to Genesis notwithstanding
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote M27Barney Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2018 at 22:50
Acolyte...a continuation of the Genesis works of the early seventies and far better than anything genesis did after 1977.
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Spectral Mornings
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2018 at 12:33
Voyage......the other Hackett albums aren't even close imo.
One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2018 at 11:06
I'm not as familiar with the second and third so I won't vote but I think voyage is the best Genesis sounding album that Genesis never made(with G&G a close second).
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mormegil Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2018 at 10:14
Spectral Mornings will always be my favorite Hackett album.
VOTA and PDT are very close behind, however. All are very special, IMHO.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote miamiscot Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 08 2018 at 08:03
Love all three but Please Don't Touch is my favorite.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote TCat Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2018 at 14:34
I'm a proud owner of all three of these on vinyl....and Spectral Mornings is my favorite.

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Lewian Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2018 at 13:37
Originally posted by progmatic progmatic wrote:

Originally posted by Squonk19 Squonk19 wrote:

Spectral Mornings just edges out Voyage of the Acolyte for me, although Please Don't Touch has many highlights too. 3 fine solo albums.
I could have written this post.

Same here.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote verslibre Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 07 2018 at 11:09
VOTA, by far. "Ace of Wands" (with Phil Collins drumming!) is sublime.
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