A SONG FOR ALL SEASONS

And its horrible when you love or like a band that you discovered , and realize that this was their last good album, after listened to the previous ones and love them, obviously some more than others i dont know, but then see that after this there`s no more to offer, it could have marked the point of decadence of the band.

As many other bandss which appeared in the 70`s and made some nice albums, then closer to the 80`s the quality, imagination and creativity of the music was falling down, then, after listen to beautiful albums such as Scherezade or Ashes are Burning , i found A Song for all Seasons which at first was an unknown name for me, i didn`t even know of it`s existence when i got it , so it was a toss, but after all im glad to own it because is a very nice albums, now i have read some reviews of lowe raitng which i am totally disagree, i wont debate of it, but only give you my opinion of this great album which at the same time was the begining of decadence, if you dont believe me, just listen to Camera Camera.

It starts with the classic symphonic sound of those 70`s times, and with the magnific , beautiful , outstanding voice of Annie Haslam, who gives Rennaissance an extra point besides it`s music, i can imagine or i think that Rennaissance music is happy music, despite sometimes or much times it turns to slower and melancholic moments and her angel`s voice could be relaxing, but i feel for example in the first song whuich is great and with a powerlful beggining, that is something like a happy trip.

So it`s only a personal feeling, anyway for example it changes completely in the second song which is a long 9 minute song and in the half sounds a bit deppresing, it has beautiful passages with a great acoustic guitar sound and also as you notice in the credits an orchestra performed in the album which is another excellent point and makes it yet more special. "Kindness" is the fourth song which is one of my favorites here because of it`s great symphonic - keyboard oriented beggining , and also because Annie doesn`t sings here, im not saying that i prefer songs without Annie, no way, but this is an special mention Jon Camp lends his voice to this song, is a soft but quite good voice, excellent and suitable for this theme, its a beautiful song.

"Northern Ligths" is a classic Rennaissance song, not my favorite but also quite good, it has it`s personal touch and i think its worth to mention it.

"A song for all Seasons" is the last one here, and maybe the best talking about prog and musical harmony, its great and also is the longest of them all, in the same level as Mother Russia or Ashes are Burning for instance, great song, nice guitars and keyboards, and again the beatiful voice of Annie here, besides the excellent work of the orchestra, not so many albums with orchestra sounds that good, this one does.

Maybe the songs that im not mentioning are weaker, but good anyway, but i do not consider this album as a masterpiece, also and despite i like it so much, im struggling of giving it 3 or 4 stars, i recommend it, and actually if it exists i would give it 3.5 stars, so give it a chance and enjoy it.

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