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 Between The Wars - Al Stewart
 Between The Wars - Al Stewart ... Tracklisting1 Night Train To Munich 2 Age Of Rhythm 3 Sampan 4 Lindy Comes To Town 5 Three Mules 6 League Of Notions 7 Life Between The Wars 8 Betty Boop's Birthday 9 Marion The Chatelaine 10 Joe The Georgian 11 Always The Cause 12 Laughing Into 1939 13 Black Danube Newest Review: ... opens with a wonderful guitar solo setting the scene for the moody and claustrophobic "Night Train to Munich", a ... more ... story of espionage and spies. I like not just the way he rhymes 'Munich' with 'tunic', but also the way in which he stresses the syllables so that there is no hint of forcing the rhyme.
Stewart tailors the style to content masterfully. In 'Joe the Georgian', a song about the brutality of Stalin, the balalaika music seems only to highlight the meaninglessness of the show trials and mindless brutality. The optimism of the 1920s boom is captured by the lightness of 'Sampan' and 'Lindy Comes to Town'. In this latter son...more |
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Release Date: 2007 - 03 - 05, Audio CD, Collectors Choice Last Update 26.11.2009 05:50
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Between The Wars - Al Stewart: Between the Wars - a well-executed concept (994 words)
by - written on 13/12/07 (Very useful, 112 readings)
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Al Stewart is a British singer/songwriter, best known for the 1976 hit single 'The Year of the Cat'. He was born in Glasgow, grew up in Bournemouth and moved to the USA in the late 70s, where he has met with more success than in the UK, so much so that one track 'Time Passages' was used in an episode of the series The Sopranos. His career started in the mid-1960s and he is still going strong, having released over 20 albums in that time. He still tours, and I saw him live at the Ancienne Belgique in Brussels a few years back. ==== BETWEEN THE WARS, THE CONCEPT ==== I remember that there was a vogue to produce concept albums, which seemed to be a ... Read the complete review
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