Label: Frontiers Records (Europe), FR CDVD 605
Style: Folk Rock, New Age
Country: UK, US
Time: 53:14
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 371 Mb
"We
find that the Dancer and the moon is visually and emotionally
representative of how we feel about our music. We have always had a very
strong pull to the mystery of the moon. Her magic, her power, her
legend…She affects us so deeply that we have named many CDs after her
and she is almost always represented in our songs. The dancer herself is
completely, unabashedly and whole heartedly moved by the intensity of
the music she feels within her soul. As the music, the moon and the
dance are what inspired us…we thought it to be a true relationship."
Well,
there you have it folks. The music and concept of Blackmore’s Night is
and apparently always has been largely inspired by the moon and all her
wondrous power. “Dancer and the moon” is a supposed culmination of
everything the band have done musically since their foundation in 1997,
but that doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily their best. And
unfortunately, it actually proves to be one of the band’s weakest
efforts so far. Now, before all of you devoted fans start slinging hate
mail my way for even considering a Blackmore’s night album to be less
than decent, there are enough reasons for my saying so.
Firstly, the
few positives of the album should be noted. It seems that since the
band’s last album, “Autumn sky”, Ritchie Blackmore has been taking on a
more prominent role within the band and apparently plays the majority of
the instruments, including those that contribute to a more
folk-inspired sound such as the mandola, nickelharpe and hurdy gurdy. In
fact, he pretty much wrote every song on “Dancer and the moon”, and
those that weren’t written by him were simply cover versions of Uriah
Heep, Randy Newman and his very own band who were in their prime three
and a half decades ago, Rainbow. His guitar performance on songs such as
the eccentric title track and ‘The last leaf’ is undoubtedly precise
and well-executed, and his usage of the folk instrumentation on songs
such as the melancholic ‘Troika’ and upbeat instrumental ‘Galliard’ are
rather decent, considering he hasn’t really used them before.
(full version: sputnikmusic.com/review/57534/Blackmores-Night-Dancer-And-The-Moon/)
01. I Think It's Going To Rain Today (03:54)
02. Troika (03:30)
03. The Last Leaf (04:05)
04. Lady In Black (05:48)
05. Minstrels In The Hall (02:38)
06. Temple Of The King (04:26)
07. Dancer And The Moon (04:55)
08. Galliard (02:00)
09. The Ashgrove (02:21)
10. Somewhere Over the Sea (The Moon is Shining) (04:07)
11. The Moon is Shining (Somewhere Over the Sea) (06:19)
12. The Spinner's Tale (03:30)
13. Carry On... Jon (05:37)
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