Darktown [Import]

darktown [import]

Track Listings

1. Omega Metallicus

2. Darktown

3. Man Overboard

4. The Golden Age Of Steam

5. Days Of Long Ago

6. Dreaming With Open Eyes

7. Twice Around The Sun

8. Rise Again

9. Jane Austen's Door

10. Darktown Riot

11. In Memoriam

12. The Well At The World's End

13. Comin' Home To The Blues

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Japanese edition of the 1999 solo album by Genesis' original guitarist with two bonus tracks added, including 'Comin' Home To The Blues' and 'The Well At The World's End'. 13 tracks total. Comes packaged in a standard jewel case within a colorful slipcase

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Darktown [Import]

Average customer rating:

Dark yet beautiful; technical masterpiece; one of his best!
Updated prog
A Mature Steve Hackett Produces His Best Work Yet
Brooding and enthralling
Steve Hackett again at his best!

Darktown
Steve Hackett
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000INYI
Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

Omega Metallicus
Darktown
Man Overboard
The Golden Age Of Steam
Days Of Long Ago
Dreaming With Open Eyes
Twice Around The Sun
Rise Again
Jane Austen's Door
Darktown Riot
In Mermoriam

Album Description

1999 solo album by Genesis' former guitarist. Guests include Ian MacDonald and Jim Diamond. 11 tracks.

Album Details

Ex-Genesis Guitarist. Features Ian Mcdonald and Jim Diamond.

Customer Reviews:

Dark yet beautiful; technical masterpiece; one of his best!.......2002-03-23

Don't let the first two songs throw you (though they are great guitar pieces, they're not typical of the rest of the recording). This is an incredible recent recording from Steve Hackett, showing maturity but still having power and creativity behind it. I have been a Genesis and Steve Hackett fan for over 25 years and this is the best discovery I've made in the last ten of those years. This guy knows how to use a guitar in more ways than I thought possible, yet it's not a "Guitar Album" because it's well balanced. Even Steve's singing has gotten better (never was great, either he's improved or fixed it with new mixing tools).
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for Genesis fans and other serious musicians.

Updated prog.......2001-02-18

This 1998 recording is a solid piece of work. Hackett has updated his sound so that it comes across as being quite relevant as the last millenium came to an end. It has, at times, a somewhat industrial sound particularly with the drums but is balanced by enough warmth to avoid a cold off-putting sound. This is a creative, reflective and yes, dark recording. Hackett has never sounded better as a vocalist. In fact, on the one cut where Jim Diamond sings it comes across as somewhat disappointing as his style just doesn't suit the music as well as Hackett's. His guitar work, as always, is terrific. Where Ian McDonald makes an enjoyable appearance on sax it is brief. Overall, this is a highly enjoyable disc one well worth buying...Simon

A Mature Steve Hackett Produces His Best Work Yet.......2000-02-06

Twenty-nine years of growth in his composition, technique and arrangements have produced this, Steve Hackett's best work to date. This artist is much more than a musician yet his musicianship is unmatched. Over the years, he has written some of the most captivating music of any genre. Steve's work carries the listener away, as music is meant to do. It is impossible to say "Darktown" is his best work, because his work is all good. But it is his newest, and certainly his most mature. It is his best. Thank you, Steve. Be happy.

Brooding and enthralling.......1999-11-30

Steve Hackett has defined the prog-rock genre without being in its spotlight. Ask most people on the street who Hackett is and they would probably answer "Steve who?" Yet, since the years after his departure from Genesis, Hackett has produced some of the most entertaining and captivating music caught on record. He shows that he has a tender side on albums like "Momentum" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream," but then turns the tables and offers up a good dose of rock n' roll ("The Tokyo Tapes," "Guitar Noir"). "Darktown" lies somewhere between the two. The album opens with an amazing bass guitar lick that throbs throughout the course of the song. This kind of guitar play is rampant through the album; Hackett is a true master of the instrument. Some of the songs may not be cohesive; a couple lack direction completely. Still, give this album a listen. It is worth the admission price.

Steve Hackett again at his best!.......1999-09-26

Having listened to the CD every day since it's release in the UK, I am still loving the different moods and sounds. I have every album of Steve's from Voyage Of The Acolyte, each time the new one is my favourite but Darktown I am sure is his best to date. If you are a fan of any one of his album's, this is a must for all of you!

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