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Lifemask was an emotional if not musical rebirth for Roy Harper, who
nearly lost his life in 1972 due to a rare congenital circulatory
disorder. When the album was released in early 1973, it showed Harper
refining the acoustic music he had perfected on 1971's Stormcock. Some
of the songs on the album previously appeared in a motion picture
entitled Made, but the sound is nonetheless consistent throughout.
"Highway Blues" and "South Africa" are the best-known songs on this
set, and have remained concert mainstays for many years. The former is
a strong opener and added a touch of synthesizer to Harper's
instrumental stable, while the latter was a political comment on
apartheid in the guise of a touching love song. "Little Lady" and
"Bank of the Dead" (featuring Jimmy Page) are fairly similar in sound
and context, but remain pleasant, if not classic, cuts anyway. The
album-closing "The Lord's Prayer" is quite possibly the most
confounding piece in Harper's catalog. It has all the benchmarks of
one of his classics -- epic, album-side length, poetically obscure
lyrics, many musical movements, and, as usual, guitar help from Jimmy
Page. However, despite its potential, the song's a bit boring and
doesn't approach Harper's former or future epics in terms of
listenability. Despite that, Lifemask remains a strong album from
Harper's progressive folk period, even if it is a notch below its
predecessor, Stormcock.
http://www.royharper.co.uk
Tracks:
01. Highway Blues (6:34)
02. All Ireland (2:52)
03. Little Lady (4:19)
04. Bank Of The Dead (3:13)
05. South Africa (4:06)
06. The Lords Prayer (22:55)
a) Poem
b) Modal Song Parts I To IV
c) Front Song
d) Middle Song
e) End Song (Front Song Reprise)
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