THE WAKE

Had this site existed twenty years ago , I might have given this album maximum ratings but three or four years after I would have downgraded it of one star and now I can only give a three star. Why such severity, You ask? Well if at the early 80's , this was seen as a major album for the survival of prog (although , we never saw it that way back then for we did not know what lay ahead) it was the only prog available with Marillion's debut. So there was a serious drought for the thirsty proghead that I was , and was probably blinded by the fact that the album existed at all and did not realize the glaring weaknesses - especially in the inspiration/inventivity dept but also in the voice. I did enjoy this album back then , but I wonder if I would have given it a second listen had I been 40 back then (instead of those twenty tender springs on the counter at the time) or would my reaction be just acceptance. Mystère et boule de gomme........