marnold
April 19th, 2010, 11:23 AM
Back in high school I bought GTR's self-titled LP. You may (or not) remember that GTR was the short-lived supergroup formed by Steves Hackett and Howe. I lost/got rid of/did something with that tape a long time ago and wanted a new copy. It's been unavailable for a long time. This weekend I just happened to check Amazon's MP3 store. Low and behold there it was! (http://www.amazon.com/Gtr/dp/B003BMH7AU/ref=sr_shvl_album_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1271697423&sr=301-1) It was re-released after being remastered last month. I snagged it and am right now streaming it from my box to my PS3 and through my stereo.
"When the Heart Rules the Mind" has always been a favorite of mine. There's also a couple of instrumentals called "Hackett to Bits" and "Sketches in the Sun" that do the guitarists justice. I'd call the album 80's pop progressive. As I listen to it, I seem to like it more than I remember. I don't know if it's nostalgia or what. I'm listening to "Toe the Line" right now, which is the poppiest and weakest song on the album. "The Hunter" also got some airplay (although I preferred the Dokken song of the same name that was released about the same time).
So this may be a "guilty" pleasure, but it's a pleasure nonetheless.
"When the Heart Rules the Mind" has always been a favorite of mine. There's also a couple of instrumentals called "Hackett to Bits" and "Sketches in the Sun" that do the guitarists justice. I'd call the album 80's pop progressive. As I listen to it, I seem to like it more than I remember. I don't know if it's nostalgia or what. I'm listening to "Toe the Line" right now, which is the poppiest and weakest song on the album. "The Hunter" also got some airplay (although I preferred the Dokken song of the same name that was released about the same time).
So this may be a "guilty" pleasure, but it's a pleasure nonetheless.