MAN ON THE ROCKS

At times it sounds very lame like a motivational ad for a Democratic Convention gathering (Liberty ... Liberty )but still it has that MO magic underpinning it all so that you will listen to it time and again thinking this sounds like an ad for a Democratic Convention gathering ... and then you will listen to it again ... and ...

The themes here seem to be more in line with the interests and appetites of a rockstar exile ; i'll take the schooner across to Florida from the Bahamas; than it has to do with anything else but whichever way one sees flaws in the project it still has that MO magic the way Earthmoving all those years ago [1989 i think] although the tunes were more catchy then .... so YES ... BUT

PS1: Could that voice [Luke Spiller ]be more MOR? More banal? MO used a similar singer on his other "song" album [Earthmoving] There are 3 reasons I can think of for using such a bland vocal : 1. Catch the "market" especially US MOR 2. MO likes that voice :] and he sure is entitled to that ... 3. It is the voice he thinks he would have if he himself sang. Carlos Santana does exactly the same on his albums: bland MOR voice. Would love to ask MO why? I would surmise 1. was the answer ...

PS2: Explaining the MO magic : Mike Oldfield seems to carry/embody/incarnate the Spirit of Summer Albion; his music somehow resonates best in England in the summer months; as if he has a direct line to the Spirit of the Land ; and this he imbues in all his tracks including the ones here; although they are geographically more on the Nassau-Florida axis on this album