Alaska

Artist: Alaska
Label: Orchard
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 765481526721
EAN: 0765481526721
ASIN: B00000I4G6

Release Date: 1998-02-01

Alaska

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Tracks:

IceSpirits
Museum Dreams
Two Shades of Grey
Anyman's Tomorrow
Bardanes
Reason To Wonder
Mesa Extrana
Tiananmen Square
Wells Bridge
Caring
Forests of Heaven

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Album Description

Progressive, symphonic rock performed with keyboards, drums and vocals without electric guitars, and with guest performers including a string quartet on 2 tracks. This is the band's 1998 debut album.

Customer Reviews:

Already listened within the symphonic prog genre ..........2002-12-16

Sorry for the low rate, but this work doesn't add any thing else in comparison to the greatest works of symphonic prog ... The timbre of the vocalist is a bit resembling that one of Jon Anderson by Yes; otherwise this recent US band, sounding in the middle rightly between Yes and ELP, hasn't composed an original debut album, nor They have showed any new fresh idea in the usual symphonic themes of the keyboards.Yet I trust this band, talking about their next productions... of course now there isn't any track which can be remarked by means of a special mention, nor this album stimulates an enthusiastic opinion: but if you look at other similar US bands(such as Cairo, Mastermind or the argentinian Nexus), at their debut They were criticized in the same manner, becoming more interesting afterwards ... for this reason also Alaska, in the prosecution of their career, perhaps will grow and produce something more original and personal.
We look forward to hearing something fresh by one modern symphonic band under the leading course of PROG MUSIC(listen for example to the fantastic ensemble of After Crying -for these latter such label being absolutely appropriate to describe their incredible style- or to another great band, Isildurs Bane, coming from another planet!!)

STAY ALERTED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE GROWTH OF THIS BAND IN THE FUTURE!!

Alaska ... OK but not great.......2001-07-09

Yes, Lewis sounds like Jon Anderson, but I have no problem with that. The playing (keyboard and drums) is excellent, and the songs are dense and moody. But it lacks intensity. It is mostly mid-tempo stuff that creates great soundscapes but little excitement. Just as I would not care for too much intensity, too little leaves me unsatisfied.

Great music.......2001-01-22

I bought this, based upon dropping in on the Alaska web page. The samples on the page drove me to buy this CD. I think John O'Hara is one hell of a keyboardist. Al Lewis is a great drummer. However, Al's vocals left me less than impressed. While he might sound like Jon Anderson, he does not have the timbre and tune carrying capability. I think his vocals do a dis-service to the music. The music is great. It is either Al is trying too hard, or that they should have gotten a good prog singer. Al Lewis is no John Wetton, or even close to a Jon Anderson. Alaska should get a new voice.

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