THE STEVE HOWE ALBUM

This was a slight step up from Beginnings and has some excellent pieces. SH plays an array of different guitars showing what a cunning versatile guitarist he is. Let's face it he must be one of the top ten guitarists of all time? Nice debate that would be. The album opens with ' Pennants' a great song to kick start the album with. It builds up nicely and has a good rock feel to it.Next up is the catchy ' Cactus Boogie' ' All's a chord' the next songs is exquisite and for once he masters his voice very emotionally with lyrics like..' Don't bring yourself down here, my constitution will just disappear, you fill the atmosphere....' ' Look over your shoulder' is also a great song with Clair Hamill picking up the microphone.The second side is more of a jumbled affair with more of the same along the lines of ' Cactus Boogie' But the two end songs have some excellent orchestration showing Howe's affinity to classical music with ' Double Rondo' and ' Concertoe in D'.