Robin Trower - What Lies Beneath
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Artist: Robin TrowerEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-07-14
Music Label: V-12 Records
Soundtracks:
- wish you were mine
- what lies beneath
- as you watch each city fall (part one)
- as you watch each city fall (part two)
- freefall
- once the spell is broken
- sleeping on the moon
- time and emotion
- skin and bone
- buffalo blues
- find a place
Free Music Notes for What Lies Beneath
Free Music Review: WORTH THE WAIT
Hit: 5 Stars
If you are scrolling down these reviews, trying to figure out whether this album is a good gamble to purchase, go no further. Robin Trower's "What Lies Beneath" is not merely a good album, it is marvelous, superb, splendiferous. I look at it as the summation of Trower's long career.
Listening to the thirty second "samples" simply won't do these songs justice. It was Trower's intention to craft this effort as a cohesive bunch of songs, each bleeding into the next. As a result, it's the best structured, most "musical" album Trower has done in decades.
Don't listen to people knocking on Robin's vocals. The criticism is off the mark, because his voice sounds just fine. He planned the songs in a range he could sing well, and it works because the songs are the most personal of his career...who else could have sung them?
And then there is that persistent gripe about Hendrix's influence. If you look at Robin's catalogue, you'll find that he has never once covered a Hendrix tune. It is true that he has emulated Hendrix, and on this cd "As You Watch Each City Fall" carries a heavy, Hendrix vibe. But it quotes no Hendrix tune... only "Song From a Dreamer", Robin's 1971 tribute to Hendrix, written when he was with Procol Harum.
"As You Watch..", "Find a Place", and "Once the Spell Has Broken" form a trio of majestic ballads. But the real delights are the upbeat rockers, "Freefall", "Skin and Bone", and "What Lies Beneath", which fairly drip with some SERIOUS funk. Not so surprising, maybe, given that Trower's other musical hero (besides Hendrix) is James Brown. Even the instrumentals click--they aren't throwaways, they're great mood pieces.
Livingston Brown had heavy input into the making of this album--his bass playing really opens these tunes up, and he was also responsible for some little touches of genius in the arrangements, adding vibes, celeste and even strings to the mix.
Trower has had a lot of ups and downs, with his career reaching a low point in the mid-Eighties. Since then, he has made a long, slow climb upwards. I think that part of the problem was that he wouldn't give up on the power trio format. But this album opens up a lot of possibilities, and it could be Trower's "Blow by Blow".
I'd say it's worthy of a Grammy nomination....but it's enough to see Trower's face on the inner sleeve, looking very pleased with himself. He deserves to be.
P.S: PLAY IT LOUD
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Robin Trower has a guitar voice that is unique among today's players. In the 11 songs on the album, Robin explores his music using a more layered tonal vision. What Lies Beneath belongs in the collection of every guitar aficionado, and every lover of classic rock. Tracks include Wish You Were Mine; Freefall; Sleeping On The Moon and more!Miscellaneous Music CDs
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