Chris De Burgh - Far Beyond These Castle Walls
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Artist: Chris De BurghEdition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1990-04-03
Music Label: Universal I.S.
Soundtracks:
- Hold On
- The Key
- Windy Night
- Sin City
- New Moon
- Watching The World
- Lonesome Cowboy
- Satin Green Shutters
- Turning Round
- Goodnight
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Music Review: The magic begins
Rating: 5 Stars
My introduction to Chris came about like this. A wet Sunday afternoon in Glasgow, to see Supertramp. Concert starts over an hour late, with the crowd kept waiting outside in the rain and cold. Remember this is a Glasgow audience, harsh critics at the best of times. Imagine it; we're finally in our seats, cold and wet through, when the 'support act' appears. It's only a guy with a guitar, dredged up from a bargain bin somewhere: you can sense the crowd lick its lips: he's dead meat already. He sings his first song, after which there's almost complete silence, broken only be a few ragged handclaps. Midway through his second number my pal and I exchange looks, then smiles: this guy is GOOD! By the third number in, the applause is ringing round the venue, as we recognise the quality and range in his voice, as he effortlessly spans octaves, and delivers beguiling tales about 'the key', 'satin green shutters' and a 'spanish train'. By the end, management insist he come off after three encores, and Chris apologises, telling us Supertramp have insisted. We boo Supertramp for their first few numbers. But what about the album I hear you say?
Just this: some glorious songs, overflowing with swooping melodies, and the big themes of love, loss and death, and romantic to the core: 'Hold on', an aching paen to lonliness, 'Windy Night' a universal tale of death and redemption, 'The Key' a ballad of love and loss, and 'Satin Green Shutters', the ultimate love song. Both 'Watching the World' and 'Turning Round' ask you to grab a more uptempo glass with the man. These alone are easily worth five stars, but for songs like 'Sin City' which sits awkwardly with these classics, and an album which feels over-produced compared to the stripped-down genius of the man, unadorned. A far better and more intense album than his later increasingly bland offerings, though you won't go wrong with the first few albums after this.
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