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Within the same year of re-joining Yes for 1977's Going for the One, Rick Wakeman released yet another solo instrumental concept album. Criminal Record, Wakeman's sixth album in five years, involves six tracks that instill Wakeman's keyboard wizardry to both fictional and historical accounts of punishment, villainy, and crime. With help from both Chris Squire and drummer Alan White, Wakeman managed to land the album within the U.K. Top 30 before the year's end, even though it fell well beyond the Top 100 on the U.S. album charts. Wakeman does a great job at sketching each theme with an appropriate dose of keyboard fire, with "Judas Iscariot" and "Crime of Passion" arising as two of the album's most potent tracks. Wakeman's employment of a Swiss Choir for "Judas" presents it with a wonderful pastoral feel, emphasizing the character's struggle between good and evil while toning different portions of the tracks with light and dark, as well as heavy and soft keyboard segments. Because there are only six cuts on the album, the concept in which Wakeman tackles never strays too far, and even in some of the less grandiose tracks like "Birdman of Alcatraz" or "Chamber of Horrors," there's a lingering sense of Wakeman's ideas hiding somewhere within his rock-infused keyboard styles. Although it may not be as musically dynamic or as instrumentally moving as his earlier concept pieces like Myths and Legends of King Arthur or Six Wives, he still manages to be both effective and entertaining throughout the length of the album, and, more importantly, his thematic intention is strongly held together without any vocal involvement. ~ Mike DeGagneRecord Collector (magazine) (p.102) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "There are oodles of cascading keyboards, of course, with Wakeman painting vivid musical portraits of dodgy places, events and characters." Rick Wakeman Criminal Record Songs | 1. | Statue Of Justice | $0.99 | |
| 2. | Crime Of Passion | $0.99 | |
| 3. | Chamber Of Horrors | $0.99 | |
| 4. | Birdman Of Alcatraz | |
| 5. | The Breathalyser | |
| 6. | Judas Iscariot | |
| Criminal Record Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   Criminal Record Definitely one of Rick's better albums! The first three tracks are absolutely prog-rockers. The fourth is classic Wakeman piano abilities being displayed. To me, the fifth/sixth tracks are weaker, however if you like Wakeman, you must own this CD!! Submitted by michelp (Grants Pass, OR)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful.
in the top 5 of Rick's cd's one of the best rick has ever done. sharp synth leads, haunting pipes, and a great choir sound to boot. a little short, but what is on it is just prog at its best, way back when Submitted by teuscheld (jcksonville, fl. usa)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No
one of the best prog at its finest. the pipes sound great. although its not Ricks favorite because he wanted more continuity in the cd, there is some excellent playing. In the top 5 of Wakemans recordings. Submitted by teuscheld (Jacksonville, Fl)  Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 0 of 1 found this helpful.
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Purchase Criminal Record CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Rick Wakeman Six Wives Of Henry VIII CD (1973)
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$8.09 Released in 2009, veteran pianist/arranger/progressive rock giant Rick Wakeman's The Six Wives of Henry VIII: Live at Hampton Court Palace represented the first time that his groundbreaking 1973 song cycle had ever been performed and recorded in its entirety. Staying true to the project's foundation of Mellotron, Moog, and Hammond C3 organ, Wakeman's performance was bookended by two new pieces ("Tudorture '1485'" and "Tudorock," respectively) and included the previously unreleased track "Defender of the Faith," which was originally omitted from the 1973 version due to space restrictions. The performance also features narration from veteran British actor Brian Blessed, as well as backing by the English Rock Ensemble, who are accompanied by the Orchestra Europa and the English Chamber Choir. ~ James Christopher Monger
Not only did this album help pave the way for progressive rock, but it also introduced the unbridled energy and overall ...
| | Rick Wakeman Myths And Legends Of King Arthur And The Knights Of The Round Table CD (1975)
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$8.25 Rick Wakeman's third solo album is among his best, as he employs his vast array of keyboards to their full extent, musically describing the characters pertaining to the days of King Arthur's reign. With orchestra and choir included, although a little less prevalent than on Journey, he musically addresses the importance and distinguishing characteristics of each figure through the use of multiple synthesizers and accompanying instruments. "Lady of the Lake" is given a mystical, enchanted feel, perpetrated by a more subtle use of piano and synthesizer, while the battle of "Sir Lancelot and the Black Knight" is made up of a barrage of feuding keyboard runs and staccato riffs, musically recounting the intensity of the duel. But it's on "Merlin the Magician" where Wakeman truly shines, as the whimsy and peculiarity ...
| | Kansas Leftoverture CD (1976)
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$6.75 From their inception, Kansas had been working on a combination of American heavy rock and UK prog rock. Their aesthetic and commercial peak in 1976-'77 found them achieving the perfect synthesis of these elements, first on LEFTOVERTURE and then on POINT OF KNOW RETURN. While the latter was somewhat more concise ...
| | Yes Relayer CD (1974) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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$9.89 Recorded in 1974. Originally released on Atlantic (18122). Includes liner notes by Doug Gottlieb, Glenn Gottlieb.
Carnivorous, alcohol-loving Rick Wakeman was always at odds with the health-food mindset of the other Yes members, though his brash pomp was at the heart of their sound. When he was replaced by Patrick Moraz (late of '70s prog obscurites Refugee and Mainhorse), it freed the band up to dive headlong into the ethereal, spiritually oriented themes that had always been Jon Anderson's stock in trade. Thus, RELAYER consists of three extended cuts (the 22-minute "Gates of Delirium" was once jokingly assessed as the reason punk became necessary). Even on the inside cover's band photo, the Yes boys look like they're in the middle of a prayer meeting. The elaborately structured arrangements take the band's loftier side to previously unreachable heights (even compared to TALES FROM TOPOGRAPHIC OCEANS). However, it's all done so skillfully (with much credit going to Moraz) that RELAYER draws you in to its ...
| | Electric Light Orchestra A New World Record - Expanded Edition CD (1976) Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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1976's A NEW WORLD RECORD is both a classic of commercial '70s pop and an archetypal ELO album. From the outer-space synths and rich orchestrations that open the album to Jeff Lynne's meticulous production and Beatlesque melodies, A NEW WORLD RECORD is magnificent ear candy. Both ambitious enough to appeal to "serious" rock fans and ultra-catchy enough to sound terrific on Top 40 radio (the plaintively gorgeous, McCartney-like "Telephone Line" and the anthemic ...
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