How does it compare to the artist's other releases
Outstanding
Value for Money
Excellent
Advantages:
The better sound
Disadvantages:
None
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
Being the follow-up to a critically acclaimed debut solo album was never going too be easy, not only did Mr Sylvain rise to the challenge he took a big risk and released a double album.
One disc of 7 vocal tracks, and the other disc a selection of 10 ambient instrumentals this was the form that the album took when originally released on cassette and vinyl in 1986.
But when this album was issued originally on C.D. only all the vocal tracks and some of the instrumental tracks were issued on the C.D. Up until now the only available way to get all the instrumental tracks was on the “Weather box” box set.
For me this is one of my favourite albums by Sylvain this is because of the superb guitar work of Robert Fripp, Bill Nelson and B.J. Cole who plays pedal steel guitar. These musicians really come to the fore on the second disc of this set adding texture, space and atmosphere to the pieces.
Now with this re-issue not only have all the tracks been restored the sound quality has been improved greatly by the excellent renovation work of Tony Cousins at “Metropolis” and bonus tracks have been added to the first disc of the set. A feature to notice on this disc is that there is a small gap of time before the bonus tracks start. I think this is to give the listener an impression of how the original album sounded before the addition of the extra tracks.
For my own personal taste I would have preferred the extra tracks not to be included but to be on a separate disc all together, but that’s a minor point.
The improvement in sound quality and presentation more than make up for any personal quibble I may have with this re-issue.
Another feature of note is the packaging, now the album is in an 8-panel digipak sleeve and the credits for the album now come on the back of a fold-out poster booklet.
David himself has supervised all the redesigning of the artwork, with the assistance of long-time Sylvain photographer Yuka Fujii.
This for me this was a must “have” in my music collection. At a later date I shall tell of the tracks, this is just to bring this collection to your attention.
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Outstanding
Cover / Inlay Design and Content
Outstanding
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