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RENAISSANCE

Renaissance

 

Symphonic Prog

3.77 | 433 ratings

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Tarcisio Moura
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2 stars Renaissnce MK I was founded by ex Yardbirds members Keith Relf and Jim McCarthy plus Keithīs sister Jane and classical trained musicians Louis Cennamo and John Hawken. The resulting album is far from being a masterpiece. In fact it sounds today silly and tedious most of the time. It was clear they did not know where to go. Still some hints of their future music are here, notably on Island. The problem is they did not write consistent songs to go with the incredible musicanship they had. And vocalist Keith Relf did not have enough guitar skills to match his colleagues (the lead guitar runs are pathetic, when he tries to do so).

All in all I still see this album is a tentative, not always succeed, to make a new sound. I see it as a blurry blueprint of what was to come. Today itīs really hard to believe that anyone but hardcore Renaissance fans enjoying it. It dated badly and it is more a curio then anything else. Or if you are a fan of pointless jams (Bullet is the obvious exemple), maybe youīll like it. I donīt, so Iīll stick to their albums from Prologue onwards.

Tarcisio Moura | 2/5 |

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