The Universe Will Provide

Artist: Mike Keneally & the Metropole Orkest
Label: Favored Nations
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 690897240025
EAN: 0690897240025
ASIN: B00028F8DE

Release Date: 2004-09-07

The Universe Will Provide

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Tracks:

Blue 68
All Of Them Were Quiet
Room
Insert Here I
Archaic Peace Strategies
Four Slices Of Toast
Mwah 2
Worrywart Spoonguy
When Drums Dream
Insert Here II
Not Just Flutes
Quiet
Bullies

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Customer Reviews:

Astounding!.......2004-12-27

It started with me finding out that Mike Keneally played with Steve Vai and Frank Zappa. From there I went to his web site and "Radio Free Keneally" where you can hear Mike whenever you'd like. Then I ordered "Dog" and "The Universe Will Provide". I don't usually like to mix rock and classical. In fact, other attempts I've heard don't really mix at all. I don't really know how to describe this. It's classical music with electric guitar or jazz with a fifty piece orchestra jamming full bore. The Metropole Orkest proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that they can get down as much if not more than any rock and roll band. The whole album is just cool and unusual and a rewarding listen every time through. 5 big stars for the best thing I've heard this year.

Not your father's (or anyone else's) "Symphonic Rock".......2004-11-16

This is not Symphonic Rock. This is not a typical "Guitar + Orchestra" thing. This is not a String Quartet Tribute to Keneally. This is a roughly 60 minute composition commisioned by and featuring Holland's Metropole Orkest. I find it tough to describe this album, other than to say that it is simultaneously quite surprising and just what you'd expect if you're a Keneally fan. That is, as you're listening, you'll be astounded, and when you're done, you'll say, "Of COURSE it sounds like that!"

There is variety in emotional tones, in timbre and in texture, yet the composition maintains its feel as a whole work. Rock audiences may find more to love here than classical audiences, as the orchestra features a top-notch rock/jazz rhythm section that is exploited in many pieces; that alone may alienate classical fans by virtue of contextual unfamiliarity. With that said, there are guitar solos, but guitar is not necessarily "the featured instrument" of the piece. Indeed, there are several solos by a variety of instruments throughout, and the melodies are likewise carried by a variety of instruments throughout, not just guitar.

Overall, do not expect the "a few minutes of symphony followed by guitar cadenzas or bands jamming out" format you may have heard in other genre-crossing albums of this nature. This is a fully realized, impeccably recorded composition shining proudly in the Keneally canon.

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