Michael Schenker's career has stretched from UFO and Scorpions, through to his own Michael Schenker Group, in the many manifestations it has morphed into. Unlike his other albums, this is a purely instrumental effort.
He has, of course, done instrumentals before (Into The Arena and Captain Nemo his best known). But an entire album of them – no.
And this one is quite good. Schenker has been one of the most highly regarded guitarists of the past 30 years. He has flirted with mainstream in the past, but is now apparently comfortable with his lot in life.
As I said, I enjoy most of the compositions on this album. There are two songs which both go for in excess of 13 minutes – and perhaps, without any lyrical content, this is just a tad too long to hold the interest of the listener. Overall, however, this is a good entry into the instrumental album school.
Rating : Better than I imagined it was going to be. Solid. 3/5
No comments:
Post a Comment