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Dave Sinclair

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3.20 | 6 ratings | 1 reviews | 50% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 2011

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Sad Eyes (6:09)
2. Man Is the Child (3:51)
3. Always There (4:33)
4. Where I Long to Be (Sarasa) (5:39)
5. The Only Thing We Need to Know (6:05)
6. Springwater (4:19)
7. So Beautiful (Yatsugatake) (4:09)
8. Island (3:52)
9. Distant Star (3:58)
10. Between Us (7:39)
11. Stream (4:30)

Total Time 54:44

Line-up / Musicians

- David Sinclair / piano, synth, organ, electric piano, vocals (1,4,10,11), percussion (4,7), choral & orchestral arrangements, composer, producer

With:
- Roxane Clayton-Scott / vocals (1,10)
- Robert Wyatt / vocals (1,11), cornet & whistling (11)
- Annie Haslam / vocals (2)
- Martin Bacon / vocals (3,5)
- Chizuko Ura / vocals (3)
- Martine Waltier / vocals (4,5,9,10), strings (9)
- Barbara Gaskin / vocals (8)
- Doug Boyle / acoustic (2,7,8) & electric (1,2,4,7) guitars
- Andy Latimer / guitar (1)
- Dave Stewart / synth & programming & arrangements (8)
- Morgan Fisher / EWI (4)
- Nigel Blow / organ (1)
- Jimmy Hastings / flutes (2,3,5,7-11), clarinets (2,4,5,9), soprano saxophone (1,5,10)
- Gareth Balch / flugelhorn (1), trumpet (5,9)
- Martin Hoj / clarinet (2,5,9)
- Fred Baker / bass (1,9)
- John Murphy / bass (2,10)
- Yoshitaka Enomoto / drums, cymbal, percussion
- Marcus Bishop / drums (7,10)
- Billy Bottle / drum programming (1-3,5,7,9), body percussion (1), bass (3,5,7), vocals (4,7,10), 12-string guitar (4,5,7,9,10), mandolin (10)
- James Turner / shaker, tambourine, cabasa, congas, vibraslap, chimes
- David Rees Williams / vibes (2,10)
- Nick Sinclair / rainstick (10)
- Derby Cathedral Choir / chorus vocals (3)
- Tom Corfield / choir conductor
- Neil Saunders / choral & orchestral arrangements

Releases information

Recorded between 2006 - 2010

Artwork: Jim Morton

CD Crescent Label ‎- CRSCNT 002 (2011, Japan)
CD Crescent Label ‎- CRSCNT 002 (2015, Europe)

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DAVE SINCLAIR Stream ratings distribution


3.20
(6 ratings)
Essential: a masterpiece of rock music (50%)
50%
Excellent addition to any rock music collection (0%)
0%
Good, but non-essential (33%)
33%
Collectors/fans only (17%)
17%
Poor. Only for completionists (0%)
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Review by Tarcisio Moura
PROG REVIEWER
3 stars I stumble upon this album by pure chance. But I had liked the song Sad Eyes when a friend post it for me on my Facebook page, so I was curious about Dave Sinclair´s solo album. I´m not very big fan of the so called "Canterbury Sound" and I´m no expert on this kind of music. All I knew is that Sinclair was the keyboards player of the classic line up of Caravan. And I was stunned by the big list of major players and singers that give a hand on this CD: Robert Wyatt (vocals & cornet, ex Soft Machine and Matching Mole), Jimmy Hastings (flute, clarinet and sax, from Caravan), Andy Latimer (Camel), Annie Haslam (Renaissance), Barbara Gaskin and Dave Stewart (Stewart & Gaskin) and so on, even Morgan Fisher from Mott The Hoople is credit here. So I guess I was expecting a very strong prog album.

But really what you get is a very laid back, soft sound with celtic and even pop overtones. Almost all songs are very short (only Between Us and Sad Eyes break the 4 minute mark) and there are very few solos. Needless to say, everything is very well done and produced, but I guess some people will not like the lack of bolder. jazzier and longer instrumental parts. Of my part I liked Stream very much: it is a peaceful and pleasant sounding piece of music, if not too original. The choice of singers was a fine move, as the performances are also spotless. I enjoyed it form beginning to end. there are no weak tracks. Highlights are the opener Sad Eyes and the 7 minute Between Us, the only one where the instrumental parts have a little more freedom to fly.

Rating: 3.5 stars. Not really essential, but a fine record anyway. For the ones like me, who can appreciate subtle and very melodic music.

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