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░ ██ ██ Artist: Jane ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Sign No.9 █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 1997 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-07-04 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Repertoire Records / Brain ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ And then they were three. Manfred Wieczorke has █
█ now left the band and Klaus Hess is holding the █
█ keys on top of his guitar work. It is definitely a █
█ loss even if Manfred did not stay long with █
█ "Jane". █
█ The opener is still a good hard-rocking piece of █
█ music and "That's The Way" returns to their █
█ psychedelic themes of their debut and therefore █
█ sounds outdated in this 1979 release. It fully █
█ sounds as the very early "Floyd". A bit harder in █
█ the second part with a great guitar and heavy █
█ keys. It is my fave on this album. A highlight, █
█ frankly. █
█ Bizarrely, "Love Can't Wait" sounds as a song from █
█ the great "Lou Reed". Same type of vocals (really █
█ very close), heavy riff and strong guitar again █
█ (but Hess has been used us to this). A bit to much █
█ extended probably but quite decent. █
█ The time is not on the epic side any longer. Only █
█ one track over six minutes (the opener and title █
█ track). One of the shortest is "Henry Goes █
█ Married". It started as an uninspired instrumental █
█ and mellow piece of music but turned into a better █
█ category when the Floydian guitar enters the █
█ scene. Not great, but not bad by any means. █
█ The first weak track is "Say Hello". Vocals are █
█ pretty bad and the whole track falls pretty deep. █
█ Even Hess's guitar work won't save it. The type of █
█ "press next" song, if you see what I mean. █
█ I like pretty much "Moonstone". A harder version █
█ of "A Writer Shade Of Pale" in its initial phase █
█ (with the guitar replacing the organ). This song █
█ is frankly excellent even if the production is not █
█ top notch to say the least. I am just found of █
█ these guitar sounds. Another very good song. █
█ Fantastic riff, really and a must listen for each █
█ guitar fan. █
█ "Love On Earth" is not a great song, that's for █
█ sure. Vocals are pretty weird. It's the second low █
█ point of this album because the next "Letter To █
█ Mariann" is on a better edge. Again, a fantastic █
█ guitar play. This characteristic truely holds this █
█ album in a good territory. And even if the closing █
█ song has nothing to do with a highlight, the █
█ guitar and the instrumental parts are very good. █
█ I don't find this album so weak after all. Far █
█ much better than "Jane III" (their weakest so far █
█ IMO). Since I rated that one with two stars, this █
█ "Sign N░9" deserves three stars on my musical █
█ scale. █
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░ 1. No. 9 6:39 ░
░ 2. That's the Way 5:48 ░
░ 3. Love Can't Wait 5:59 ░
░ 4. Henry Goes Married 4:17 ░
░ 5. Say Hello 5:05 ░
░ 6. Moonstone 4:51 ░
░ 7. Love on Earth 4:39 ░
░ 8. Letter to Mariann 3:13 ░
░ 9. I Know One Day 3:27 ░
░ 43:58 ░
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