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░ ██ ██ Artist: Ray Wilson ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Makes Me Think of Home █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-01-03 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Jaggy D ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Ray Wilson has been very busy this year. Earlier █
█ this year he released an all acoustic album called █
█ æSongs For a Friendö and just 6 months later, █
█ comes the rock album æMakes Me Think of HomeÆ. █
█ Over the years, his songwriting has continued to █
█ improve and with this album he really lets his █
█ incredible voice be heard in the best way it was █
█ intended. After years of creating albums with █
█ great music, Wilson might have finally written his █
█ best album, a collection of his most daring █
█ material with brilliant lyrics and melodies. █
█ Throughout the 10 songs on æHomeÆ, Wilson tells █
█ various stories of loss, redemption and just █
█ trying to live a fulfilling life. The opener is a █
█ song U2 wishes they could write these days, as █
█ Wilson asks ôHow much can you take, and how long █
█ can you wait, to be alive?ö The songs starts off █
█ mid-tempo, but explodes into a intense rock track. █
█ On ôTennessee Mountainö Wilson returns to his █
█ acoustic roots for a country vibe which suits his █
█ voice brilliantly. ôWorship the Sunö is a haunting █
█ ballad where Wilson promises ôForever and always, █
█ IÆll tryö. Much of the mix of the album done in a █
█ manner to allow WilsonÆs voice to fill the spaces █
█ and stand right up front and on tracks like ôSunö █
█ it works perfectly. █
█ The centerpiece of the album is the title track. █
█ Here Wilson comes closest to his Prog side. At █
█ near 8 minutes, it is the longest track he has █
█ recorded in a while. The somber tone and tempo █
█ recalls recent Marillion material, in fact, you █
█ can picture what Steve Hogarth would sound like █
█ covering this song. The great contrast to this █
█ song is the following track, the sarcastic ôAmen █
█ to Thatö. This is one of the album highlights and █
█ shows Wilson in a way he has never sounded before. █
█ In further contrast, ôDonÆt Wait For Meö sounds █
█ like a track that could have been left over from █
█ his sessions with Genesis. The album closes on two █
█ of the strongest tracks, the wonderful, melodic █
█ ballad ôCalvin and Hobbesö and the █
█ western-inspired ôThe Spiritö █
█ This is a varied and diverse collection of songs █
█ by one of the worldÆs great underrated songwriters █
█ and voices. Wilson has elevated his game this █
█ year, with 2 albums that showcase his immense █
█ talent. The stories told here are powerful and █
█ relatable, and the melodies undeniable. This is █
█ not loud, heavy or really all that Proggy, but █
█ simply for some great songs, this is absolutely an █
█ album worth checking out. █
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░ 1. Never Should Have Sent You Roses 6:10 ░
░ 2. The Next Life 3:41 ░
░ 3. Tennessee Mountain 4:18 ░
░ 4. Worship the Sun 5:02 ░
░ 5. Makes Me Think of Home 7:56 ░
░ 6. Amen to That 4:28 ░
░ 7. Anyone Out There 4:01 ░
░ 8. Don't Wait For 3:41 ░
░ 9. Calvin and Hobbes 4:03 ░
░ 10. The Spirit 3:43 ░
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