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ROBERT FRIPP & TOYAH WILLCOX: THE LADY OR THE TIGER ?

Robert Fripp

 

Eclectic Prog

2.13 | 26 ratings

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Tarcisio Moura
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2 stars I must say I was taken by surprise by the content of this CD. The first collaboration Fripp recorded with his wife Toyah Willcox should be an interesting item: Toyah Willcox was a new wave artist who had always an experimental, edgy side. And Robert Fripp was an avant guard experimentalist who always had a melodic touch on most of his works. I was expecting a good mix of both worlds and thatīs not exactly what you got here: in fact, it nothing like that. Itīs just Toyah reading two stories accompanied by Frippertonics on the title track and by the The League of Crafty Guitarists on The Discourager of Hesitancy. Thereīs no music per se: what you got here is just background ambient sounds that do not interfere with the storytelling.

So, I was quite frustrated by what I heard: her reading is too monotonous for my liking. And the background noise (this is no music as far as Iīm concerned) is just that: it did not help things get any better. Iīm not saying that is bad, just that is not for my taste. And to listen to it for almost half an hour (The Lady Or The Tiger?) or for twenty minutes (The Discourager of Hesitancy) was just too much. I should have read Evolverīs review before I get this CD. Well, Iīm warning you. Thereīs a second CD where it seems the couple makes a more "traditional" music, if you will. Iīm still planning to give it a try. But, boy, am I disappointed with this one! Specially if you think about the talent of the people involved. As for the rating I can only give it 1.5 stars: not exactly poor, but certainly for special tastes. And completionists.

Tarcisio Moura | 2/5 |

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