Jack Bruce, Robin Trower - Seven Moons
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Artist: Jack Bruce, Robin TrowerEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2008-02-12
Music Label: Evangeline
Soundtracks:
- Seven Moons
- Lives of Clay
- Distant Places of the Heart
- She's Not the One
- So Far to Yesterday
- Just Another Day
- Perfect Place
- The Last Door
- Bad Case of Celebrity
- Come to Me
- I'm Home
Music reviews of Seven Moons
Music Review: Disappointing
Rating: 1 Stars
Just to be clear: I am a big Jack Bruce fan, he is probably my favourite musical artist, and his playing with Cream inspired me to take up the electric bass at a very young age. In my opinion "Harmony Row" was one of the best albums recorded by anybody.
I seem to be in the minority here, but of the Bruce/ Trower collaborations, this one sounds to me to be the weakest of the three, the BLT album being the best. I've listened to this CD several times, each time searching desperately for something to recommend it, but I'm still unable to come up with much of anything.
My main complaint is Jack's bass playing. I find myself constantly checking the CD cover to confirm that Jack is indeed playing bass on this CD because, in my opinion, the bass parts could have been played by any competent bassist. Where, I keep asking myself, is the distinctive phrasing and technique that separates Jack's playing from every other bass player's? It is certainly not in evidence here.
Secondly, the songs themselves leave much to be desired and they are delivered with a striking lethargy, especially when compared to the "BLT" album. That album has all the fire, funk, energy and distinctive playing (from Trower as well) that "Seven Moons" lacks.
Being the Bruce fan that I am I had to have this CD, but I'm sorry to say that it will probably sit on my shelf and gather dust from now on since there is nothing about it that compels me to give it another listen. Obviously there are others here who disagree, and I respect their opinions, but for me this CD was a great disappointment.
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Description of Seven Moons
Vinyl LP pressing of this 2008 album from this duo consisting of British Rock legends Jack Bruce (Cream) and Robin Trower (Procol Harum). The duo made two joint recordings in the early 1980's, and teamed up again for this record, this time with British drummer Gary Husband (Level 42). What makes Seven Moons such a success is that Bruce and Trower each play to their strengths, Bruce brings his distinctive croon/moan to bluesy, riff-oriented tunes dominated by Trower's playing. They conjure a power trio sound which touches on Cream and Hendrix yet draws from their own deep, dark wells of experience."Ain?t got time to waste / Keep thinking about the future," Jack Bruce wails in "Lives of Clay." On the second track of his forceful, album-length alliance with guitarist Robin Trower, Bruce?s signature bass lines chug beneath the blues-powered lead guitar. The duo sounds as if ready to break out, rather than the legendary veterans of more than four decades in the business. Long-time jazz and rock session drummer Gary Husband completes the trio for these live-in-studio sessions, which showcase the genius of Bruce and Trower equally and collaboratively. Trower?s Hendrix-style fingering leads the relentless title track, and his bluesy romps power the slower ballads, especially the shadowy "Distant Places of the Heart" and "Bad Case of Celebrity," a bluesy romp through the heart of pop idolism. As for Bruce, you wonder where 40 years have gone since Cream closed it down at the Royal Albert Hall. His familiar blues-based, bass-driven melodies chauffeur the album?s rockers, notably "Lives of Clay," "She?s Not the One," and the superlative "The Last Door." On this, he announces: "We came to search for what was lost." Clearly, they found what they were looking for. --Scott Holter
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