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manning - The VIEW FROM MY WINDOW
by TARKUS MAGAZINE
Manning
The View From My Window
Reviewer: Jon Christian Lie
On of the most ardent characters within the
contemporary British prog community is Guy Manning,
known from band projects such as Parallel Or
90 Degrees and The Tangent. The productive gentleman is
here with his fifth solo album and he plays keyboards, guitar, mandolin,
bass and drums. On this record he shows himself from a somewhat
schizophrenic
angle through a bunch of anonymous and unnaturally long
naivistic pop-rock tunes with a certain celtic touch - to the magnificent
sympho-rock escapade of "Suite: Dreams". This track contains
many well-executed instrumental passages as well as floating carpets of
Mellotron, and Manning's characteristic vocals at last
shows to advantage. How about reducing the pop phrases next time and
instead focus on more thoroughly composed material?
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