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SHORT STORIES

Jon & Vangelis

 

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3.15 | 114 ratings

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Chris S
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4 stars This is the quintessential meeting of new age and progressive music. Jon Anderson and Vangelis fashion an album that only ' So Long Ago, So Clear' from Vangelis's Heaven and Hell album could get close to in terms of excellent output.

' Curious Electric' is a superb opener mainly instrumental where finally Jon Anderson comes in to remind us he is inside a TV tube watching Match Of The Day! Curious electric indeed.The song tails off with excellent Vangelis sound effects which would do most sound systems some serious justice. There is a haunting quality to Short Stories, a purity, still heavily laden with the progressive feel, at the same time being totally novel in terms of delivery. The latter albums IMO by these two artists did not reach the same heights as on Short Stories.

' Each And Everyday' and ' I hear You Now' are beautiful love songs with such balance only Vangelis could provide such a platform for Jon Anderson. ' Love is ' and ' One More time' also deliver fine themes and vocals which helped create such a unique sounding combination of sounds. The highlight for me would have to be the epic ' Play Within A Play' which slowly builds to a mighty climax only to slowly dissolve like an ebbing tide into the sand as Vangelis's keyboards dissipate into the ether. Their finest hour together definitely just when progressive music was closing a chapter, so this lead on to new avenues in the eighties. 4 and 1/2 stars to be sure.

Chris S | 4/5 |

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