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░ ██ ██ Artist: Clepsydra ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Alone █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2014 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2015-03-28 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Galileo Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Remastered ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ The first thing that comes to my mind when I heard █
█ this album is... What a pity. █
█ Yes... It's a pity this band ist so unknown, even █
█ in the prog scopes. Because they deserve a gold █
█ place like one of the better neo prog bands, in my █
█ opinion. But sometimes the music is unfair, and █
█ wonderful bands like this have no chance to █
█ approach to bigger audiences... And they remain █
█ like a hidden treasure, only for the few who had █
█ the luck to discover this treasure... And I'm one █
█ of these lucky persons. █
█ "Alone" is the fourth and last Clepsydra's album █
█ till now... And maybe their last ever, because █
█ this band appears to exist no more. Y hope this █
█ change, and one day we see another Clepsydra's █
█ record born... But it's difficult, I think. █
█ And what can we find in "Alone"? Just great █
█ progressive music... A very well structured █
█ concept album, with a cristal clear production and █
█ really well played. Every instrument here has its █
█ role. The Pietro Duca's drums are not too complex, █
█ but elegant, powerful and very effective. The █
█ Nicola de Vita's bass is just great, with a lot of █
█ memorable melodies and contrast, and even solos, █
█ like in Tuesday Night. Marco Cerulli sounds really █
█ fine in guitars. The variety of his work is really █
█ remarkable. Both electric and acoustic guitars █
█ sounds great. The electric solos are heart █
█ touching, a little in the way of the Lele █
█ Hoffman's solos, the previous guitarist of the █
█ band. And the acoustics... Just hear The Return. █
█ Just marvellous, and a mellow pleasure. █
█ And Phillip Hubert... His keyboards are so fine... █
█ The amount of ambients and feelings that this man █
█ provides the music of this album is really good. █
█ He sounds always in his place, but always there. █
█ And the sound of the solos, following the path of █
█ Mark Kelly, Martin Orford, Clive Nolan... Is that █
█ makes this album a real Neo Progressive work. █
█ Marvellous. █
█ Finally, I will talk about Aluisio Maggini, the █
█ singer... What a great voice! Not too diverse, █
█ this man has not a high range, its obvious. And he █
█ pronunces english not very well, its true... █
█ Sometimes is really hard to understand what he █
█ says. But the passion and feeling this man gives █
█ to his lyrics in "Alone"... Is awesome. This man █
█ really feels what he sings... And sometimes, a █
█ good singer needs nothing more. His voice is very █
█ personal, and like every voice like that, there █
█ will be people who hates it... But I love the way █
█ this man sings. █
█ And well... This people made a true neo prog █
█ masterpiece with "Alone". Taking the best of every █
█ band in the genre (maybe Marillion and IQ are the █
█ greater influences...), they made an own █
█ personality. This style develped more personal in █
█ every album... And "Alone" is the peak of their █
█ career, without a doubt. █
█ And like I said, in my opinion this is a neo prog █
█ masterpiece... Maybe not really original, and a █
█ little predictable. But with an outstanding █
█ quality... And sometiemes, this is the most █
█ important factor. So if you like this genre, even █
█ when it's only a little, you muss hear it. Because █
█ an album made with so much passion is hard to █
█ find... █
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░ 1. Tuesday Night 13:14 ░
░ 2. Travel of Dream 10:52 ░
░ 3. The Return 7:10 ░
░ 4. The Father 7:30 ░
░ 5. Alone 6:00 ░
░ 6. The Nest 6:58 ░
░ 7. God or Beggar 5:44 ░
░ 8. End of Tuesday 5:00 ░
░ 9. Old Dream (1993) (Bonus Track) 6:32 ░
░ 10. Eagles (Raw mix, Alternative Choir 5:57 ░
░ Track, 1997) (Bonus Track) ░
░ 74:57 ░
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