MANOEUVRES
Greg Lake
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Studio Album, released in 1983 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Manoeuvres (4:03) - Greg Lake / guitar, vocals, producer
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SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin
Greg's second solo album is very much a continuation of his eponymous debut. The band line up is unchanged, with Gary Moore continuing to pull the music in a firmly rock orientated direction. Once again, this is very much a band album, with Lake providing his distinctive vocals. At this time, his voice had not broken.
Tracks such as "Manoeuvres" (thank goodness for spell checkers!) and "I don't wanna lose your love tonight" are powerful driving songs, the latter having strong hints of Blackmore's RAINBOW. Side one features all the upbeat rock numbers on the album, this being emphasised by the fact that Gary Moore's song writing contributions can all be found on that side.
The second side is dominated by a succession of softer tracks. "It's you, you've gotta believe" is a power ballad with a strong melody and some excellent instrumentation. "Famous last words" is a soft reflective ballad which will appeal to those seeking Greg's ELP solo spots. Likewise, "Slave to love" is an appealing acoustic pop ballad, with AOR overtones. Gary Moore adds some tasteful "Empty rooms" like guitar to the song.
"Haunted" has a late night feel, the smoochy wind instrumental break complementing a fine vocal performance by Greg. The album closes with an orchestrated ballad "I don't know why I still love you" another atmospheric piece.
In all, I found this album to be just a little too like Greg's first one. There's no real progression or development here. The songs are of a consistently high quality, and the performances exemplary. Bearing in mind that this is essentially an AOR album from the Asia, GTR etc. school, there is plenty to enjoy.
Pity about the sleeve again though.
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SPECIAL COLLABORATOR Honorary Collaborator
All songs are just mere pop with some of them having rock elements. "Too Young To Love" is probably the only track that I can consider good as a rock track as I can see stunning guitar work by Gary Moore. For those wanting to know this album - it's OK if your reason is to complete everything about ELP. But if you want to have progressive music, forget it - nothing here. Keep on proggin' ...!
Peace on earth and mercy mild - GW
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In search of the lost hit..... Greg Lake's follow up to his rather pedestrian self titled debut solo album is even less proggy than that album if such a thing is possible.This album is so hopelessly mediocre I find it almost impossible to get through.Poor old Greg seemed to be floundering in a ... (read more)
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