Dan Fogelberg - Full Circle

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Music Review: Let's Just Hope He Doesn't Stop Here ...
Rating: 5 Stars

Dan Fogelberg is music's master lyricist and tunesmith. Nobody comes close to matching his genius. I've seen the steady decline of music over the years as evidenced by the insensitivity of metal and grunge to the ugliness of rap and hip-hop to the silliness and shallowness of image-grabbing celebrity hounds like Madonna and Britney and Jennifer Lopez, et al.

Fortunately, Dan has remained true to his craft and has elevated it above the fray and idiocy of the MTV and VH1 crowd. This latest, and perhaps last, effort of his is an exclamation point from Fogelberg to his critics who have accused him of not being commercial enough. Each of the tunes on "Full Moon", save the two he did not pen, has mass appeal, but I like to pretend each was written especially for my listening pleasure and for no one else.

"Half Moon Bay" takes me back to the days of "Aspen" (Captured Angel) and underscores his limitless musical talents; "Reason To Run" and "Once In Love" would be a great country hits; "This Heart" beckons back to the days of Roy Orbison, and the song drives memorably hard, with a great melody and lyrics, without piercing the ears; "Whispers In The Wind" is poetry set to beautiful music - this is how a love song should be written; "Reach Haven Postcard" - classic Fogelberg - is another superb tune, the irony of which Fogelberg, with all his many gifts of expression, finds himself at a near loss for words describing his intense desire to be with his lover while he watches as the "stars lay like diamonds on the breast of the sea." All he can say, after it all boils away, is "But the only thing I wrote was 'I wish you were here.'" Those five simple words say it all.

"Icarus Ascending" is the most optimistic and encouraging song from Fogelberg I can recall. It drips with metaphors for staying the course, even if the sun is melting your wings, much in the vain of "Don't Lose Heart", and it would have been the perfect conclusion to the album.

While I am no fan of the song, "Earth Anthem", it is acceptable filler on an otherwise brilliant collection of songs.

Extraordinarily well-done effort, Dan, even by your lofty standards, and we hope there will be more to come from you!

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