Al Stewart Down In The Cellar CD

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 Al on the vine
Every Al Stewart fan will enjoy this walk through the wine country. Sit back with a glass of your favorite Burgundy and enjoy!
Submitted by Andy (Sherwood Park, AB, Canada)
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 Quiet, reflective songs about wine and life
This is an album of good, if rarely outstanding songs. Stewart is lyrically very good (as usual), ranging from the humorous "The Night That The Band Got The Wine" through a number of reflections on life, change, and the passage of time, presented via the metaphor of fine wine. Instrumentally, this is a well-played album, very skillfully arranged by producer and guitarist Laurnece Juber. "Waiting For Margaux" features Jim Cox playing jazz-styled piano, and Juber's electric guitar adds to "Under A Wine-Stained Moon." Neither song, however, is as melodically interesting as it is instrumentally well-crafted. The best songs, and they are very good, are stylistically closest to Stewart's folk roots: "House of Clocks," the charming title song, and a Bert Jansch tune, "SoHo" (not Stewart's 1973 song). I also enjoyed "Sergio" a lot. Four stars for long-time fans; others should listen to the album first.
Submitted by Ken (New Haven, CT)
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 Confussion, but a great CD
This CD has such a wonderful sound, but the words are a bit confussion on some songs ( If I knew more about wine it would sound even better ). "House of Clocks", "Waiting for Margaux" , "SoHo", and the song I like most is "Outes Les Etoiles" It has that polkia sound, makes you want to get up and dance. This cd is not for everyone but if your an Al Stewart fan this is a great one for your collection.
Submitted by Scott (St. Joseph Mo.)
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 A Bad Album. Just to fans.
Sorry about my english, I’m from Brasil. Al Stewart has 3 wonderful albums: YEAR OF THE CAT (1976) – the best work, BETWEEN THE WARS (1995) – the second best work and PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE (1974) – the third best work. So, is logical, DOWN IS THE CELLAR, 2000, is not like the great works of Al Stewart. The point is, the previous albums is wonderful in my opinion, the second best work of Stewart (BETWEEN THE WARS, 1995). So, whats happened with Al between 1995 and 2000????? DOWN IN THE CELLAR has just 2 wonderful songs: ‘Down In The Cellars’ and ‘House Of Clocks’. What a shame if you think in the wonderful previous work BETWEEN THE WARS. I think that DOWN IN THE CELLAR it seams like the album FAMOUS LAST WORDS,1993, a bad album too, with just 2 wonderful songs, ‘Angel Of Mercy’ and ‘Feel Like’. Well, I just can say that somethin wrong happened with Al between 1995 – 2000. There are 3 good songs too, but just ‘good’ songs: ‘Tasting History’, ‘SoHo’ and ‘Under A Wine-Stained Moon’. Well, but because the wonderful song ‘Down In The Cellars’ and the beautiful ‘House Of Clocks’, I put 3 stars to this album. I just hope that the next album (next june now, 2005) goin to be a great album .So, we need to wait now. Until the next review about the next album, ‘’A Beach Full Of Shells’’ (2005), girls and boys!!
Submitted by daktari (Sorocaba - SP)
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 What Happened?
A pale shadow of what Al used to be.His last decent album was 24 Carrots and that was almost 25 years ago.Since then it's been a slow downward spiral that has resulted in this easily forgotton cd.
Submitted by berman100 (Perth Amboy,New Jersey)
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