Rating: 3/5
Review:
Disappointing
I have discovered many, many very fine albums through Mark
Barry's recommendations. For me, though,
this wasn't one of them.
Unusually, I wasn't quite as taken with this album as Mark
and some others have been. It's an
instrumental album which is fine by me; my reservations lie in that I don't
find Top Topham's playing very inspiring.
He's a good guitarist, there's no doubt about it, but much of the time
here I don't find much in the way of soul or inner fire in what he does. The style struck me as bit like Hank Marvin's
playing on the early Shadows records; I love those records and Hank's playing is
simply great in the context, but for me that same slightly pop-ish feel doesn't
quite fit with the bluesy material here.
As a result, I found this a bit of a disappointment. It's not a bad album by any means, but after
a while I start to miss any real guts in the music and I get that "do I
really want to hear another track of this?" feeling.
Plenty of good, thoughtful reviewers think this is a really
good album so don't let me put you off, but personally I'm not bonkers about
it.
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