Tentative Reviews

by The Christopher Currie

(at their Largactil Café tentative home)

Collected below are reviews of assorted releases by progressive-rock (and related) artists. The reviews, all authored by The Christopher Currie, have been recently posted to alt.music.yes and rec.music.progressive newsgroups. Usenet being a temperamental and erratic beast, many of those interested in discussing the reviews missed them repeatedly. Here is an alternative, then: instead of posting my private sentimental blatherings re the greatest rock band this side of Big Bang, I offered to host the Tentative Reviews series, which speaks in more informed way then I could hope to about Yes and other prog(-ish) artists. Enjoy. And oh, BTW: should you like to comment, or happen to disagree with opinions contained herein (you will!), you may do so by replying to the author via email (see links at bottom) but it is probably a better idea to post your comments to alt.music.yes or rec.music.progressive. Take it away, Christopher!

Contents:

1. Introduction to the series
2. Mike Oldfield - Crises
3. Jon Anderson - Change We Must
4. Patrick Moraz - Timecode
5. Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge
6. Frank Zappa - Them Or Us
7. Frank Zappa - The Lost Episodes
8. Bootleg review 1: Yesoteric vol 3 (Solos and Related)
9. various artists - Guitar Speak 1
10. Steve Howe - Homebrew
11. Starcastle - Real to Reel
12. The Nice - Nice
13. Marillion - Fugazi
14. Midge Ure - The Gift
15. Giles, Giles & Fripp - The Cheerful Insanities Of Giles, Giles & Fripp
16. Renaissance - Song For All Seasons
17. Bootleg review 2: Yesoteric vol 2 (ABWH & Asia)
18. Mike Oldfield - QE2
19. Pink Floyd - Animals
20. Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti
21. Peter Hammill - Skin
22. King Crimson - Discipline
23. Ryuichi Sakamoto - 1996
24. ELP - Trilogy
25. Annie Haslam - Annie Haslam
26. Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica
27. Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
28. Synergy - Audion
29. Jon & Vangelis - Page of Life
30. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
31. Peter Hammill - Nadir's Big Chance
32. David Bowie - Never Let Me Down
33. Frank Zappa - Shut Up'n'Play Yer Guitar Some More
34. The Tear Garden - Last Man To Fly
35. Manzanera & Mackay - Up In Smoke
36. Split Enz - Waiata
37. Geinoth Yamashirogumi - Akira Soundtrack
38. Yes - Big Generator
39. David Gilmour - David Gilmour
40. John McLaughlin, Al Di Meola & Paco DeLucia - Friday Night In San Francisco
41. Tony Banks - Soundtracks
42. The Residents - Intermission (EP)
43. Peter Gabriel - I Don't Remember (EP)
44. Tears For Fears - Songs From The Big Chair
45. Tears For Fears - Sowing The Seeds Of Love
46. Kevin Ayers, Eno, Nico & John Cale - June 1, 1974
47. Toyah - Prostitute
48. Tim Finn - Tim Finn
49. Rush - Chronicles
50. ELP - Works, Volume Two
51. ELP - Works Live
52. Pink Floyd - The Wall
53. Robbie Robertson - Robbie Robertson
54. Frank Zappa - Shut Up'n'Play Yer Guitar
55. Tomorrow - Tomorrow
56. Yes - 9012Live - The Solos
57. Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports
58. various artists - Tales From Yesterday
59. Yes - Close To the Edge
60. Yes - Yessongs
61. Yes - Keys to Ascension
62. Yes - Keys to Ascension (video)
63. Anthony Phillips - Sides
64. Vangelis - The City
65. Miles Davis - Milestones
66. Steve Hackett - Guitar Noir
67. Tanita Tikaram - Ancient Heart
68. Peter Hammill - Sitting Targets
69. Yes - Keys to Ascension 2
70. Prince - Sign O'The Times
71. Pink Floyd - A Momentary Lapse of Reason
72. various artists - Plus From Us
73. Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
74. Ultravox - Ingenuity
75. Ultravox - Future Picture
76. Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out
77. Roger Eno - Between Tides
78. Rick Wakeman - Silent Nights
79. Bill Bruford - If Summer Had Its Ghosts
80. Mike + The Mechanics - Mike + The Mechanics
81. Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway
82. Al Di Meola - Splendido Hotel
83. Joni Mitchell - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
84. David Bowie - Starting Point
85. Alan White - Ramshackled
86. Peter Hammill - And Close As This
87. Artists United Against Apartheid - Sun City
88. Intergalactic Touring Band - Intergalactic Touring Band
89. David Sylvian - Gone To Earth
90. Patrick Moraz - Out In The Sun
91. Starcastle - Fountains Of Light
92. Justin Hayward - Moving Mountains
93. Autechre - Amber
94. Strawbs - Deep Cuts
95. Genesis - We Can't Dance
96. Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue
97. John McLaughlin - After The Rain
98. Jennifer Warnes - Famous Blue Raincoat
99. A Clockwork Orange (Soundtrack)
100. Jethro Tull - Living In The Past
101. Frank Zappa - Make A Jazz Noise Here
102. Midge Ure - Breathe
103. Klaatu - Klaatu
104. various artists - A Taste Of ... Vol. 3
105. Rick Wakeman - Myths And Legends Of King Arthur
     And The Knights Of The Round Table
106. Bootleg review 3: Yesoteric vol 11 (Yessolo 1)
107. Legendary Pink Dots - Nine Lives To Wonder
108. Van Der Graaf - The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome
109. David Baerwald - Bedtime Stories
110. Al Stewart - Modern Times
111. Midge Ure - Answers to Nothing
112. Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness And Eternity
113. Crowded House - Temple Of Low Men
114. Renaissance - Novella
115. Steve Vai - Passion And Warfare
116. various artists - Tower of Song
117. Anthony Phillips - The Living Room Concert
118. Moody Blues - The Present
119. various artists - Thunder Before Dawn
120. Split Enz - Time And Tide
121. The Residents - Stars And Hank Forever
122. The Residents - Fingerprince
123. Tom Waits - Big Time
124. Gowan - Great Dirty World
125. King's X - Ear Candy
126. various artists - Guitar Speak 3
127. Jethro Tull - Live: Bursting Out
128. Art Bears - Winter Songs
129. Marvin K. Mooney - Marvin K. Mooney
130. GTR - GTR
131. GTR - The Making of GTR (video)
132. various artists - Night Of The Guitar
133. Synergy - Cords
134. Peter Gabriel - Birdy
135. Peter Hammill - Room Temperature Live
136. Chick Corea - My Spanish Heart
137. Bootleg review 4: Yesoteric vol 17 (Andersonic Boom 2)
138. Brian Eno - Another Green World
139. Marillion - Clutching At Straws
140. FM - Black Noise
141. King Crimson - THRaKaTTaK
142. Synergy - Electronic Realizations For Rock Orchestra
143. Greg Lake - Manoeuvres
144. Peter Gabriel - So
145. Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
146. Moe Koffman - The Four Seasons
147. Jerry Harrison: Casual Gods - Walk On Water
148. Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt
149. Steve Howe - Quantum Guitar
150. Camel - Breathless
151. Anthony Phillips - The Geese And The Ghost
152. Boud Deun - Astronomy Made Easy
153. Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat
154. Frank Zappa - Ahead Of Their Time
155. Frank Zappa - Our Man In Nirvana
156. Steve Hackett - Momentum
157. Jethro Tull - Catfish Rising
158. King Crimson - Three Of A Perfect Pair
159. Ultravox - Vienna
160. Amon Duul II - Wolf City
161. Gong - Expresso II
162. Ike Willis - Should'a Gone Before I Left
163. Legendary Pink Dots - Faces In The Fire
164. Peter Hammill - Chameleon In The Shadow Of Night
165. Percy Jones - Cape Catastrophe
166. Future Sound Of London - ISDN
167. Bill Bruford - Gradually Going Tornado
168. Bill Laswell - Emerald Aether: Shape Shifting
169. Soft Machine - Third
170. Moody Blues - The Other Side Of Life

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