Out There

Artist: Rick Wakeman and the New English Rock Ensemble
Label: Music Fusion
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5060018706931
ASIN: B00008PZVC

Release Date: 2003-05-27

Out There

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Tracks:

Out There - T. Texas Tyler, Rick Wakeman
Mission
To Be with You
Universe of Sound
Music of Love
Cathedral of the Sky
To Be with You [Single Mix][*]
Mission [Single Mix][*]
Music of Love [Single Mix][*]

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Album Description

'Out There' from Rick Wakeman & the New English Rock Ensemble is the first true studio progressive rock band album from Rick since 1976 when 'No Earthly Connection' was released by A&M Records. Features six tracks with the first track containing a whopping seven parts to it. Sleeve contains song lyrics & credits. Album is dedicated to the 7 astronauts who flew Columia's last mission. Music Fusion. 2003.

Album Details

"out There" is the First True Studio Progressive Rock Album from Rick Wakeman Since 1976.

Customer Reviews:

To creative, only undesrtand it!.......2005-12-23

I saw here very awful critics "in spanish" of the same author, and others I have that cd in my collection I am musician also and I Want to describe it very well, first of all it is a new concept we can call it a little bit "retro", because have some futurisitc themes combined with some 1980 and 1990 thinks, by the way if you look inside you can notice there are some wonderful electrif drumms by the drummer Tony Fernandez, the strange vocals of damian wilson that i am very proud about his voice not a lot of persons can do that, mr ant glynn on guitar, and lee pomeroy on bass the english rock ensemble and of course the master rick wakeman, In the first piece of music you can look like a heavy metal first but is part of the prog rock if you know about music , then in the same song you can notice the changes of times and harmony prog rock harmony to be exactly and thats all is prog rock except 2 songs of this that are like pop-rock, the others are progressive, in a different way dont expect a six wives of henrry 8th album is prog rock but a very different one, and you can buy that disk only to hear Cathedral of The sky, in my opinion is the best of that disk, also the universe of sound have some interesting vocals and harmony if you know about music, but if you only want to critizice it without thought you are lost in the space, rick wakeman is not a simple composer is a little bit more complex and really to catch it you need to hear to the cd two or more times and with all the history finally is a kind of history a proces if you are a rick wakeman fan you can find it interesting because there is no parts, its a full creation that you need to listen full. well to much words I RECOMEND YOU!

One of the most underrated Rick's solo album.......2005-07-20

I'm surprised: too often people here give 5 stars, which means "masterpiece", to really weak albums, and here they gave this very solid album just 2 stars!?
If you are crazy about classic symphonic progressive rock, you probably will be a bit disappointed. Yes, it doesn't sound very similar to Rick's early solos, but hey, the 70th have gone!
The disk sounds "modern" and thick with some heavy guitars. However, there are plenty of Risk's signature keyboard's passages to please his old fans. Production and sound quality is also very good. Damian Wilson is resposible for the great vocal parts on the album.
Anyway, this is classic/progressive rock album of the year, and the forse is still with Rick, so don't hesitate to buy it! In my opinion, this album is Rick's most solid one sinse 1984!
It's pity this work wasn't promoted very well and was unavailable in US as for import only!

soft heavy.......2004-10-19

Movido por las excelentes críticas vertidas en la página web de Mr. Wakeman sobre este disco, decidí dar otra oportunidad a un músico que dejó de interesarme hace muchos, pero que muchos años. La primera escucha me dejó perplejo, tanto que decidí darle otorgarle una segunda. ¿Qué es esto?, me pregunté. Parece un disco de esos grupos de AOR tan comunes en los años 80 (Rainbow, Scorpions, Asia, etc.). Heavy metal blandito para las radios de FM. El sinfonismo no aparece por ningún lado, salvo por la longitud (excesiva) de un par de temas, aún menos el progresismo, ya que esta música es todo lo contrario, tiene la mirada puesta hacia atrás en lugar de hacia adelante. El cantante sería un excelente cantante para Iron Maiden. Una fastuosa y chillona voz capaz de dar ese tono épico, tan acorde con las trivialidades metaleras. En los años recientes, en los que he vuelto a tener un cierto "enganche" con Yes, he decidido dar tres oportunidades a Mr. Wakeman, con sus tres más celebrados discos del cambio de milenio "Preludes to a Century", "Return to the Centre of the Earth" y éste "Out There". El primero es un insulso disco de piano, que parece compuesto por la novia sifilítica de Chopin. Bonito pero trasnochado, el segundo guarda con el Journey... el único parecido del título. 6 horribles canciones que ya anticipan este Out There (pero aún peores) enmarcan una narración que se hace tediosísima. Menos mal que no ha decidido poner música al Quijote. Finalmente, este Out There que, ya digo, no vale tampoco nada. En la propia página web de Wakeman, sus acérrimos fans valoran sus discografía y, curiosamente, los mejores discos, con enorme diferencia, siguen siendo los que van hasta Criminal Record. ¿Por qué será?.

Wonderful... No Earthly Connection 2.......2003-10-15

I was very sceptical about this album. It was touted as a return to progressive rock, and a sequel to "No Earthly Connection".

I wasn't so impressed with the sequel to "Journey to the Center of the Earth" ("Return to the Center of the Earth"). I did like it but found it didn't add anything new to the original recording, just more of the 'same'.

But, happy with my recent purchase of "No Earthly Connection" on CD at long last (Japanese import), and listening to a few promising samples I decided to give it a try.

Fortunately, Rick avoids all the problems of "Return..." by delivering a fresh new album that stands on it's own. The sound is more modern prog rock than an attempt to recapture the past.

A couple of tracks wouldn't be out of place on a modern 'Yes' album, with the Chris Squire-like bass on 'Universe Of Sound' and the Anderson-like vocals on 'Music Of Love'.

But this is no Yes wannabee. I suspect this album would've got much more attention if it was by a new unknown band than a rock dinosaur.

The album ROCKS- this is Rick at his best, as a member of a real band. It's not heavy metal, or sappy modern pop-rock that. Nor is it ambient soundscapes. This is rock...

And we only had to wait 27 years...

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