Label: V-12 Records (US), 501112
Style: Blues-Rock, Hard Rock, Pop Rock
Country: Scotland / England
Time: 47:58
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 333 Mb
If age has anything to do with decline in ability, someone forgot to
tell Jack Bruce and Robin Trower. Seven Moons, the duo’s third album
together (and first in over 25 years), captures both the 60-something
musicians at their absolute best. The original Procol Harum guitarist
and Cream bassist/vocalist, along with drummer Gary Husband, whose
backed everyone from Allan Holdsworth to John McLaughlin, wade through
the CD’s 11 tunes like a trio that’s been joined at the hip for decades;
an organic flow that diffuses preconceptions, giving hope to those who
forget what it’s like to craft and sweat over a truly magnificent
collection of songs — genuine songs that wrap themselves around your
ears like long-lost acquaintances in from the cold.
Vocally, Bruce
hasn’t sounded this assured since Songs For A Tailor. Health ailments
that plagued him from delivering the top-furnished goods during 2005’s
Cream reunion have fallen away and ceded defeat. Seemingly back to full
strength, the expedient title track, as the singer says, “feels so
right.” Like a man on a mission, Bruce is behind the lilting groove of
“Distant Places Of The Heart” — his voice gingerly weaving in and out of
Trower’s leathery guitar lines, his bass lines punctuating the cadence
and bracing for speed bumps. Then there’s “The Last Door,” a song with a
catchy turnaround that, had Trower not written it, would have made a
great comeback single for Cream. Yeah, it shines with that kind of
classic sheen.
Of course, Robin Trower, one of the last original
guitar heroes, is reliably on the mark, each note carefully pulled and
plied from his nimble fingers, executed and etched without pretense.
There’s little doubt Trower’s playing, writing and whole approach has
become more refined over the years. The nuances and layers are buttered
up with more color and less abrasion. But don’t think the man’s
Stratocaster doesn’t still breathe fire. When it comes to the bluesier
numbers— “Lives Of Clay,” “Perfect Place” and the lingering, yet timely
“Bad Case Of Celebrity” — Trower swings his ax and clears the forest,
never at a loss for giving the right response to service the overall
stickiness of the composition.
Seven Moons disregards the lunar
commercial landscape of today, presenting itself as a statement of what
happens when a couple of old geezers, with legendary pasts, stitch
together a cohesive, satisfying patch of tunes without any “assistance”
from the peanut gallery. Here’s an album that answers to no one, makes
no apologies, and, in the process, leaves its listeners utterly
speechless, craving for more. Some might say a real diamond in the
bluff, so savor every morsel.
(vintagerock.com/jack-bruce-robin-trower-seven-moons-cd-review/)
01. Seven Moons (04:40)
02. Lives of Clay (05:02)
03. Distant Places of the Heart (05:23)
04. She's Not the One (02:54)
05. So Far to Yesterday (03:33)
06. Just Another Day (05:29)
07. Perfect Place (03:46)
08. The Last Door (05:08)
09. Bad Case of Celebrity (04:04)
10. Come to Me (04:43)
11. I'm Home (03:11)
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