CDelight #9944 December 1999 |
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Stories For Small Children GUY MANNING - UK - P&C1999, Cyclops, CYCL 078 |
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The Last Psalm 14:07 i. The Preacher ii. Windows iii. A Beacon iv. Last Psalm 2. The Voyager 5:23 3. White Waters 5:46 4. The Candyman 7:08 The Fall And Rise Of Abel Mann? 5. Grand Fanfare 2:02 6. Waiting On A ledge 4:43 7. Grand Fanfare (revisited) 0:43 Post-Mortem 8. 3 Score Years And 10 2:19 9. In My Life 5:06 10. Castaways 4:26 Holy Ireland 11. The Land 2:40 12. A Soldier's Story 3:22 13. The Widow's Tale 4:42 14. Priest's Song 4:02 15. The Land (reprise) 2:58 Total Running Time: 69:30
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 Artwork by Manning's kids |
Music and lyrics written by Guy
Manning
except 3 by Manning/Barrett
Produced by Guy Manning & Andy Tillison-Diskdrive
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keyboards, percussion, mandolin Additional
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| clues & references: Songs for easy listening in which the lyrics are most important, with influences from folk, Eastern- & worldmusic, classic & ambient, coloured with some progressive touches every now and then. Manning playes his im-/expressive compositions with acoustic guitar and a beautiful mature voice (timbre near Tull's Anderson and Cat Stevens), instrumentally supported by his PO90-friends. "Wait for the drummers roll to begin" Manning states in In My Life, however, besides acoustic percussion only drummachines can be heard. By it's length and mostly laidback rhythms, the album tends to doze off a little. |
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