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Roger Hodgson - Rites Of Passage
| Artist: | Roger Hodgson |
| Title: | Rites Of Passage |
| Label: | Voiceprint |
| Length(s): | 62 minutes |
| Year(s) of release: | 1997 |
| Month of review: | 03/1997 |
Line up
Roger Hodgson - vocals
Andrew Hogdson - ..
Dunno 'bout the rest
Tracks
| 1) | Every Trick In The Book | 5.54
|
| 2) | In Jeopardy | 5.13
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| 3) | Showdown | 4.44
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| 4) | Don't Want To Get High | 4.06
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| 5) | Take The Long Way Home | 4.27
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| 6) | Red Lake | 5.13
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| 7) | Melancholic | 4.29
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| 8) | Time Waits For No One | 9.09
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| 9) | No Colours | 4.54
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| 10) | Logical Song | 3.47
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| 11) | Smelly Feet | 6.02
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| 12) | Give A Little Bit | 4.15
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Summary
A live album from a man that was gone from the stage for quite some time
now. Although he surfaced for a while when collaborating with Rabin on
Yes' Talk, nothing really new was heard from the this man since his rather
awful Hai Hai.
The music
The first track is remarkably like Dire Straits, both in the organ as in
the guitarsound, but of course Hodgson's voice stands out and isn't
different from what we are used to. The song is a mid-tempo rocker with
some jazzy intermezzo's. The song is rather nice with a good melody.
In the first part of this CD the music is rather similar to Supertramp,
but later on we find there's more to the band than that. The covers are
rather faithful to the originals so I won't tell anything about them (they
do sound a little more "American"). All other tracks are new and this is
not a live album featuring songs from Rogers first two studio albums.
Most songs seem to be by Roger, but three are not and additionally a number
of tracks is sung not by Roger but by another member of the band.
Except for the ratehr boring Red Lake and the funky Smelly Feet I have to
admit liking all the songs. Strangely enough I like the songs not sung
by Roger best. These are the long mysterious, world music related Time
Waits For No One and even better is the tragic Melancholic.
Conclusion
On the whole
a jumble of tracks with various roots in which the Supertramp angle is
still the most important, but on the whole the music is satisfying.
© Jurriaan Hage