Hymn Of The Highlands, The - Yorkshire Building Society Band/David King

Advantages: See text.
Disadvantages: None.

...Graham Kendrick is a Christian singer/ songwriter who has been in the Christian public eye since the late 1970s, and has written over 600 songs as well as have a number of albums come. Originally trained as a teacher, he fell in to worship leading by mistake as a result of playing at a youth event whene one of the main acts pulled out at the last minute. What Grace is not his latest album, but shows his progression in to becoming a worship leader that can reach out to any generation. The band for this particular album, is as follows: Graham Kendrick: lead vocals and acoustic guitar. Phil Crabbe: drums. Matt Weeks: bass. Tim Oliver/ Mark Edwards: keyboards. Marc James/ Dan Boreham: electric guitars. Richard Durrant: acoustic guitars. Calum Rees: percussion. David Fitzgerald: soprano saxophone/ whistle/ piccolo/ flute... Read review

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Advantages: trashy,fast glam rock that is consistently awesome
Disadvantages: they've now split up

...electro sound effects are the backdrop to this skull crushing, all out rock song. 6.THE LAW a hymn to sex in the back of a police car and a live favourite.Short but sweet and supremely glam rock. 7.WHETHER a change in mood as King Adora get lovesick and mournful but the guitars still scream with sensuality 8.WE ARE HEROES supremely confidant, big rock tune, with a truly histerical vocal. 9.SUPERMUFFDIVER short, and to the point punky number. 10.ASTHMATIC roaring guitars, crashing drums, this is simplistic but thrilling 11.MUSIC TAKES YOU begins quietly, building up into an epic brooding song.Lengthy unlike most of their songs,but carried off well. 12.SUFFOCATE sounds a bit like the Smashing Pumpkins musically.One of the best songs on the album. bonus tracks 13.SCREAM AND SHOUT short and shop and punky 14.ACEFACE growling acoustic... Read review

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Advantages: Best album the band recorded. Still sounds fresh after 30 years.
Disadvantages: Short, but everything was in those days.

...I can't believe that no-one has picked this up to review. It's a classic piece of early seventies pop. I first heard this in about 1973. A close school friend borrowed it from a friend and lent it to me. That was the only way you could hear new music in those days apart from the radio. (there was no internet, i-pods etc). The CD has been repackaged. It now has a picture of the band on the front whereas the original packing was a pink cover with a cut out head of Hermes printed onto a piece of see-through polythene. But don't let this put you off. The content remains the same. Mott the Hoople were a pop/rock band of the early seventies. They were touring for years, managed to get a recording contract, but chart success was still elusive. They were on the point of breaking up when David Bowie wrote a song for them called "All... Read review

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