PLEASE DON'T TOUCH!

Steve is now alone.No more Genesis friends here but a myriad of known artists of which two Kansas members (Steve Walsh and Phil Ehart), an almost Genesis friend (Chester Thompson) and his young brother John (no reference to The Lamb.).

I can't really be too enthusiastic about Randy Crawford vocal parts but the instrumental Please don't Touch is my favourite track of this album. A bit similar to Even In That Quiet Earth from Wind & Wuthering but more melodic.

Such moments are really scarce on this album. Walsh impulses his typical vocal style into Narnia and Racing In A; but these are just average songs. And it's another instrumental that is my second choice as well. The ambient The Voice Of Necam, is so peaceful, so delicate even if the intro sounds a bit weird. There is a wonderful acoustic guitar passage. A pity that there are too few of these.

To tell that Icarus Ascending is a great number is probably exaggerated, it sounds flat. But Ritchie Havens is not really a prog singer as far as I know. With such a title, I would have expected Walsh maybe.Same feeling about How Can I.

This album wasi a MAJOR disappointment. When I pre-reviewed it some eighteen months ago, my rating was OK-, which means two stars. And I will stick to this. Just an average album.