«As good as portions of it were, Orange was essentially a transitional effort, the necessary bridge to Past, Present & Future, the record where Al Stewart truly begins to discover his voice. This is largely through his decision to indulge his fascination with history and construct a concept album that begins with "Old Admirals" and ends with "Nostradamus" and his predictions for the future. A concept like this undoubtedly will strike prog warning bells in the minds of most listeners but, ironically, he has stripped back most of the prog trappings from Orange, settling into a haunting folk bed for these long, winding tales. If anything, this results in an album that is a bit too subdued, but even so, it's apparent that Stewart has finally found his muse, focusing his songwriting and intent to a greater extent than ever before.» (amg)
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Radu: you've an interesting little blog here. Good work, thanks for this bit of Al Stewart. Going to look into some of the various other (multi-cultural) posts you've got here.
Good day to you,
-braden
nice one.. always looking for a bit of al stewart, and this is a goodie, way to work it radu!!................zenspacemonkey
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