Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The darkness between light is often painted as one of unescapable torture, of anguished emotions heightened by drama and ongoing threats against the soul. Black is a dichotomy, it is regal, it is the symbol of elegance, and it is the void we look in to when the absence of other colours starts to make our minds panic at that which it cannot fathom, that it feels compelled to be drawn to.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Richard Marx is more than just a Songwriter, he is one of those blessed individuals whose very name is synonymous with the art he has immersed himself within, a creator who stands alongside and shoulder to shoulder with many of the greats of the 20th Century, and who has, if it were indeed possibly, surpassed himself as in the following decades has become established in the minds of the modern music listener.
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“To be great”, as the American poet once insisted, “is to be misunderstood”. Seven words that perhaps on the face of it could be seen as demeaning the application and hard work it takes to be considered touched by genius, to be of the soil and the clay and see the stars clearly and without exaggeration: but Ralph Waldo Emerson showed that greatness is often cursed by those not willing to comprehend the sacrifice made, the sense of madness, the beauty in the mayhem as the art flows, as what is with the human soul comes alive and breathes in the nectar of the illustrious.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The stories that allow you to direct the narrative as the music sweeps you along are ones that appeal to a different, and perhaps more imaginative side of the brain. The mind sensing an opportunity to add its own colour to the art, its own tale to the endearing presence before it, will go with the flow and produce something unique, its own exclusive drama which at any time the mood changes will add more distinctive sentences and words to the already extraordinary setting encountered.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The reissue has become one of celebrity fashion, and for the lover, the admirer, the enthusiast, they are moments released once more in time that showcase the need to pay attention to what is being played out in front of you; for in the initial release you are listening to the statement put out by all concerned, studio, management, public relations, and the band, but it could be argued that the re-release, the box set, the first time on vinyl is done by the band only…others may find their input heeded, but the band, the group, if we avoid the notion of lucre playing its part, want you to hear their full and non-edited feelings…they want the unabridged sigh of contentment to be immersive, to be unshackled.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The Sick, The Dying…and the Dead, perhaps for the first time this century we are acutely aware of how we have let down those who need us most, those innocents to whom we have stepped over in the name of progress, in the name of war, of so-called liberation, in the name of many gods.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Nobody’s immortal, but some find themselves immersed in immortality, dressed in clothes and outfits that will be remembered for all time, and whilst at one time you had to be a king, a queen, an advisor of incalculable resource and affinity to the realm to even be considered noteworthy by history, now, thankfully, having talent and longevity is enough to create a splash for history’s sake, and have volumes written about long after the also rans have departed this extremely mortal and fragile coil.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
We are more than just players upon the stage, we also have the responsibility of selling the tickets to this mad show we call life, we are the agents taking the cash in the small wooden booth, we are the ushers, the refreshment sellers, and we are the audience; the hats we wear, the songs we must sing, we are the response to the belief that All The World Is A Stage.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
What is Footwork but the belief that every soul can dance.
The urge to see your feet moving in time to a rhythm is universal, and even those who profess to dislike the frivolity of dancing, still enjoy the toes tapping as they accompany the mind in appreciating what they are hearing, what they are experiencing being played out before them.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10
The subtly of Sheila K. Cameron’s performance hides a voice that the listener cannot help but look to when the surroundings call for enlightenment and passion, for when the regaling of beauty and atmosphere are in tandem, the reveal is all the more sweeter for having been in its company.
Life, like music, requires constant renewal as well as novel application of thought; you cannot live on new songs alone, the structure of the enjoyment requires a previous background upon which to work, to appreciate how far you and the performer have come, but also the same songs being presented in the same way time after time becomes dull, routine, and will eventually lose their appeal unless they are renewed, have fresh breath blown into them.