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Members: |
Roger Waters – Lead Vocals, Bass,
Guitar |
Jon Carin –Guitars, Keyboards |
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Snowy White –Guitars, Vocals |
Doyle Bramhall II –Guitars, Vocals
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Andy Brown –Organ |
Eric Clapton – Guitars |
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Dave Clempson – Guitars |
Ray Cooper – Percussion |
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Andy Fairweather-Low – Bass, Guitars
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Simon Chamberlain – Keyboards |
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Graham Broad – Drums |
P. P Arnold, Madeline Bell, Vicky
Brown, Katie Kissoon, Susannah MelovinDoreen Chanter – Vocals
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Mel Collins – Saxophone |
Patrick Leonard – Keyboards |
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Michael Kamen – Keyboards, Orchestral
Arrangements |
Steve Lukather – Guitars |
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Ian Ritche – Keyboards, Fairlight
synthesizer |
Geoff Whitehorn – Guitars |
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Luis Conte - percussion |
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| Track
Listing: |
1.)- Knockin’ On Heaven’s
Door 4:06 |
8.)- Each Small Candle
8:34 |
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2.)- Too Much Rope 5:12 |
9.)- Flickering Flame (New Demo)
6:45 |
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3.)- The Tide Is Turning
5:24 |
10.)-Towers of Faith
6:52 |
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4.)-Perfect Sense,
Parts 1 and 2 |
11.)- Radio Waves
4:31 |
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5.)- Three Wishes
6:49 |
12.)- Lost Boys Calling
(Original Demo) 4:06 |
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6.)- 5:06 AM (Every Stranger’s
eyes) 4:47 |
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7.)- Who Needs Information 5:55
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14.)- |
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| The
Review |
Re-released to coincide with Water’s solo tour of the
world, “Flickering Flame” proves that Waters hasn’t lost his
muse completely. The best tracks from three solo albums and
the live album “In the Flesh” comprise this set ( the soundtrack
album “The Body” and live “The Wall” are ignored). Including
two unreleased demos, a brand new song (the title track) and
a cover of Dylan’s “Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door” hardly comprises
a new album but for those Floyd fans starved for new product
this might suffice. The material ranges from brilliant to
incompetent. Like his compatriot David Gilmour’s recent solo
album the sum of the parts are greater than the whole. ***
Opening with a completely unnecessary and poorly thought
out cover of Dylan’s classic song from the“Pat Garrett and
Billy the Kid” soundtrack Waters stumbles again with “Too
Much Rope” from Waters’ “Amused To Death”. The concluding
track from “Radio KAOS” and that album’s best song “The Tide
Is Turning” (which Waters wisely added to the live album “The
Wall” a perfect fit if there ever was one) picks up the slack
with an involved, intelligent observation about the state
of the world. The title track “Flickering Flame” sounds like
a bad Dylan knock off. A demo for the soundtrack album “When
the Wind Blows” “Towers of Faith” regains the momentum of
“Tide” and the outstanding track “Radio Waves” from the uneven
“Radio KAOS” continue s to pick up the slack. It’s a sharply
written rock song with a great performance. The relatively
optimistic (for Waters) “Each Small Candle” drawn from “In
The Flesh” captures the grandeur of Waters’ Floyd work with
its stinging guitars courtesy of blues guitarist Doyle Bramhall
II and the former Thin Lizzy guitarist Snowy White (who can
create the sonic texture of David Gilmour quite well as evidence
from the “In The Flesh” CD and video) a stunning backing vocal
arrangement. ***
Overall cherry picking the strongest tracks from Waters’
post-Floyd career coupled with a sprinkling of rarities makes
for one of his strongest solo albums as well. With the recent
release of Waters’ “Ça Ira" a contemporary classical recording
written but not performed by Waters, it's unlikely that he'll
be releasing any new rock music in the immediate future. Either
way this new collection will be a tonic for the soul of the
starved Floyd and/or Waters fan. The only complaint is that
this disc can't be played on computers due to copy protection.
For those who love their iPods and/or MP3 players you'll be
out of luck. Overall a solid overview of Waters' post-Floyd
career.
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