Keats

Artist: Keats
Label: Renaissance
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 724381899229
EAN: 0724381899229
ASIN: B000005NMZ

Release Date: 1996-11-19

Keats

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Tracks:

Heaven Knows
Tragedy
Fight To Win
Walking On Ice
How Can You Walk Away
Turn Your Heart Around
Avalanche
Give It Up
Ask No Questions
Night Full Of Voices
Hollywood Heart
Interview With Alan Parsons And Ian Bairnson

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Customer Reviews:

Good 1980's pop.......2006-06-12

I've been an Alan Parsons fan since high school in the mid-1980's and have continued following his independent works up through the new century. Two albums that I recently picked up that, though not labeled a "Parsons Project," had strong ties with him: Eric Woolfson's "Freudiana" and "Keats."

Keats was the name of a band that, with Alan Parsons support and production, spun off of the project. Basically, it was Parson's studio musicians - Ian Bairnson: guitars, David Paton: bass, Stuart Elliott: drums - with Colin Blunstone on vocals and Pete Bardens on keys. The self-titled album is not anything exciting, but not something I'd part with either. It really sounds like the Project's "Ammonia Avenue" without the orchestration and instrumentals. There are a few solid tracks, but nothing that really catches the ear and says "Listen to me again."

Probably the most interesting track is the sixteen minute interview with Alan Parsons and Ian Bairnson in making the album.
If you're a collector, this is one you'll not want to live without; otherwise, stick with "Turn of a Friendly Card" "Eye in the Sky" - those are the most difinitive of Parson's output.

A must-have for any Alan Parsons Project fan, especially if you never heard of Keats before (like me)........2006-05-11

As the title might suggest, Ive been an APP fan for quite a while now, almost 15 years, though for whatever reason Keats had escaped my attention until just a few months ago. This APP spin-off band produced I believe only this album, bearing the same name as the group, but it was a memorable effort to say the least. AP-Project stalwarts Ian Bairnson, Colin Blunstone, David Paton and Stuart Elliott teamed up for a collection of 80s pop-style tunes very reminiscent of the sound on APP albums Ammonia Avenue and Vulture Culture. Eric Woolfson had, as I understand it, little to no creative input on the album, and Andrew Powell wasnt anywhere near it, so the symphonic orchestral sections APP fans are used to are also absent. Most of the songs have the distinctive synths/guitars sound so often associated with 1980s pop (APP fans: think "Prime Time", "Dont Answer Me", "The Traveller"), and as a child of the decade, I loved this album immediately =). The album is chock full of clever, catchy melodies that make you feel like you just turned back the clock 20 years, with songs like "Heaven Knows", "Walking on Ice", and clear-cut triumphs "Turn Your Heart Around" and "Fight To Win". Just TRY listening to either song and not have it stick in your head for hours!

This album would have certainly had more chart-busters had the band been more well-known. There were a few disappointments, "How Can You Walk Away" comes across as goofy and almost annoying, and I do miss the Woolfson/Powell orchestral element. Still this album comes in at a solid 4 stars and as a permanent addition to my collection. Fellow Projectologists - *definitely* worth a look-see!

Excellent album, but one song's been replaced!.......2005-11-21

I had the original Keats cassette back in the early 80s. After replacing the cassette with the CD, I notice that one song had been replaced with "Hollywood Heart." I can't remember the name right now of the song that was replaced, but this CD is definitely not the "original" lineup of songs with "Hollywood Heart" included. Gosh, I wish I could remember the name of the song that "Hollywood Heart" replaced. Anyway, if you never bought the original, you'll never know any differently. Anyway, I love anything that Alan Parsons produces, not to mention his own album. You might want to buy this album because it may go out of print soon!

Difficult to find it in Europe........2005-09-25

For me this is a standardwork what can't be missed in the collection of Symphonic & Melodic Rock lovers. I have the original vinyl version but this LP was becoming in a bad state so digital replacement was necessary.

Too commercialized.......2005-05-25

I like both Camel, Alan Parsons Project and some of Colin Blunstone's albums, but this sounds too much like guys trying to write a pop hit even if they are slightly out of touch with current music. The same thing happened to Camel when they tried to please the record company with The Single Factor (the title gives more than a hint).
If you like the slower, more textured or more adventurous stuff you'll find very little here. I hear a bunch of guys trying to sound like a band, but lacking real chemistry.

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