Guitar Noir

Guitar Noir Artist: Steve Hackett
Label: Inside Out Germany
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5035043001221
ASIN: B000006X8S


Release Date: 2004-09-09

Guitar Noir


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Tracks:

  1. Sierra Quemada
  2. Take These Pearls
  3. There Are Many Sides to the Night
  4. In the Heart of the City
  5. Dark as the Grave
  6. Lost in Your Eyes
  7. Little America
  8. Like an Arrow
  9. Theatre of Sleep
  10. Walking Away from Rainbow
  11. Paint Your Picture
  12. Vampyre With a Healthy Appetite
  13. Tristesse
  14. Sierra Quemada
  15. Take These Pearls [Mix]
  16. In the Heart of the City
  17. Vampyre With a Healthy Appetite

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Album Details

Reissue of 1994 Release. Includes Five Bonus Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Nice album from 1992.......2005-12-31

FOR SOME REASON, ALL THE REVIEWS BELOW ARE FOR THE LIVE CD TIME LAPSE AND NOT FOR GUITAR NOIR.

This CD was originally released in 1992 and was 56 minutes long. It was later released as a budget double CD along with the acoustic live album, There Are Many Sides to the Night. Both of those are out of print and only available used. The current version of this CD includes for bonus tracks and is 75 minutes long.

The bonus tracks on this CD are worthless and actually make the CD worse. They are just demo versions of four of the songs already on the CD. They are inferior versions of the tracks.

Other than the bonus tracks, this is a very nice CD from Hackett. It starts out a little weak, with one of Hackett's typical instrumentals. It isn't bad, but it is basically the same thing he has done for 20 years. The rest of the album are some interesting songs with some great playing.

The middle part of the CD is especially good, with There Are Many Sides to the Night, Dark As A Grave and Lost in Your Eyes.

I think this CD is much better than many of Hackett's albums from the late seventies and early eighties.

5 out of 5 stars A Live Gem.......2002-10-12

Great live versions of some of Steve Hackett's best work, the best of which are "Camino Royale" and the instrumental "Jacuzzi." This album also introduces another classic Hackett instrumental, "Depth Charge." Longtime fans already have this album. New fans should join them soon.

4 out of 5 stars A live "greatest hits" look at Hackett's solo career.......2002-06-08

This live album would be a good introduction to ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett's solo career. Half was recorded in 1981 and half in 1990. Hackett's best solo work had sort of an uber-Genesis sound--he built a wall of sound from keyboards and then sliced through it with a wailing guitar. Most of Hackett's "greatest hits" are here: "Spectral Mornings", "Every Day", "The Steppes", and "Ace of Wands". The only missing track that really SHOULD be here is "Narnia". Only three of the 14 tracks include vocals, and one of those, "Hope I Don't Wake", is the weakest track here. These renditions don't vary much from the studio versions; one that does is a run through the first half of Genesis' "In That Quiet Earth", with extended guitar, synthesizer, and flute solos. There seem to be some overdubs (on "Ace of Wands", Hackett's brother John can't possibly switch from rhythm guitar to flute that quickly). Overall, this is a very listenable album.

4 out of 5 stars Delivering the Goods.......2000-11-02

A major question about any band is weather they can deliver the goods in concert. Listening to Hackett's albums, one is overwhelmed by his creative use of recording technology. But can the power of these recordings, made with all the advantages of a studio, be translated into a live environment? Time Lapse answers this question with an emphatic yes.

A document of two concerts seperated by ten years, Time Lapse presents a picture of Steve Hackett that is saturated with the energy and immediacy of a good performance. The live versions of these songs acutally succeed at improving on the studio material. All of Hackett's albums from 1975 to 1982 are represented here. Voyage of the Acolyte, Spectral Mornings and Defector are the ones most heavily drawn from. Anyone looking for materiel from Till We Have Faces, GTR or either of the acoustic albums (Bay of Kings and Momentum) will be dissapointed, as will fans of his '90s era albums. That being said, the songs that are included are some of his best. Camino Royale is the first number, an odd one to use as an opener, but then again no one ever accused Steve Hackett of being predictable. In That Quiet Earth is also included. This is part of three connected songs on the Genesis album Wind and Wuthering. I tend to think that these three songs should be listened to together. One of the many high points is Depth Charge, a short jam that does not exist on any other album. It sounds like something Hackett and his band came up with during sound checks. Hope I Don't Wake is wonderfully executed, while I happen to prefer the studio verson of Spectral Mornings. The feel of a concert hall is evident throughout these recordings. You can almost hear the sound expanding to fill the arena; and none of the subtlety of Hackett's music is lost. If there was some overdubbing added, you can hardly be dissapointed. After all, this isn't a bootleg recording and it all blends together seamlessly. The musicianship on this one is first rate, with the drums comming across better than they ever did on any studio release. The one disadvantage is that the continuity of his studio albums is missing. The songs on Hackett's albums tend to blend together and form a continuous whole. Oftentimes a kind of story is being told. This sort of feeling cannot be replicated when various songs from various albums are jumbled together.

I would recommend this album both to those looking for an introduction to Steve Hackett as well as fans who would like to check out his live sound. However I would advise against listening to it from beggining to end. All the heavyosity might get to be a little too much to handle. Time Lapse is like a large serving of very rich food. Small bites will do just fine.

4 out of 5 stars Delivering the Goods.......2000-11-02

A major question about any band is weather they can deliver the goods in concert. Listening to Hackett's albums, one is overwhelmed by his creative use of recording technology. But can the power of these recordings, made with all the advantages of a studio, be translated into a live environment? Time Lapse answers this question with an emphatic yes.

A document of two concerts seperated by ten years, Time Lapse presents a picture of Steve Hackett that is saturated with the energy and immediacy of a good performance. The live versions of these songs acutally succeed at improving on the studio material. All of Hackett's albums from 1975 to 1982 are represented here. Voyage of the Acolyte, Spectral Mornings and Defector are the ones most heavily drawn from. Anyone looking for materiel from Till We Have Faces, GTR or either of the acoustic albums (Bay of Kings and Momentum) will be dissapointed, as will fans of his '90s era albums. That being said, the songs that are included are some of his best. Camino Royale is the first number, an odd one to use as an opener, but then again no one ever accused Steve Hackett of being predictable. In That Quiet Earth is also included. This is part of three connected songs on the Genesis album Wind and Wuthering. I tend to think that these three songs should be listened to together. One of the many high points is Depth Charge, a short jam that does not exist on any other album. It sounds like something Hackett and his band came up with during sound checks. Hope I Don't Wake is wonderfully executed, while I happen to prefer the studio verson of Spectral Mornings. The feel of a concert hall is evident throughout these recordings. You can almost hear the sound expanding to fill the arena; and none of the subtlety of Hackett's music is lost. If there was some overdubbing added, you can hardly be dissapointed. After all, this isn't a bootleg recording and it all blends together seamlessly. The musicianship on this one is first rate, with the drums comming across better than they ever did on any studio release. The one disadvantage is that the continuity of his studio albums is missing. The songs on Hackett's albums tend to blend together and form a continuous whole. Oftentimes a kind of story is being told. This sort of feeling cannot be replicated when various songs from various albums are jumbled together.

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