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DEFECTOR

Steve Hackett

 

Eclectic Prog

3.66 | 539 ratings

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BrufordFreak
2 stars A very disappointing album that continued Steve's slide into obtuse and totally unique and idiosyncratic song crafting that had started with Please Don't Touch and Spectral Mornings (on which he had been successful). Defector just left us turned off and turned away. One great albiet brief song, "Hammer in the Sand" (3:11) (9/10), and two good songs, "Jacuzzi" (4:36) (8/10) and "The Steppes" (6:05) (9/10) cannot keep this one afloat. It sinks into ignominy where it belongs. The next album, Cured, brought him a little back toward the fold of accessibility, but then things fell apart again until his classical Bay of Kings. Don't be a defector, steer away from Defector. You'll thank me later.

P.S. Does anyone really like the art of Kim Poor?

BrufordFreak | 2/5 |

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