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PLEASE DON'T TOUCH!

Steve Hackett

 

Eclectic Prog

3.61 | 664 ratings

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Seyo
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3 stars Hackett's first solo album after he left GENESIS still shows the elements of his previous band. Indeed, on "Please Don't Touch" GENESIS traces spill all over the place, from the cover art work to the sound of Richie Havens' vocals which remind me of Peter Gabriel's, to the silly gnomic vocals of "Carry On...". And despite some really beautiful guitars and melody arrangements - the best being "Land of Thousand Autumns", "Icarus Ascending" and the title track - this is a watered-down sound of the Trick/Wind phase of GENESIS. As if this is not bad enough, here we have some particularly nasty moments ("Hoping Love Will Last", "Narnia") sounding like the most mediocre AOR targeting the American mainstream market, which I cannot tolerate. The album is quite listenable but this is a lite prog bordering on pop crossover. We all know that Hackett is better than this.

PERSONAL RATING: 2,75/5

Seyo | 3/5 |

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