Manning > A Matter of Life and Death
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Italian Review...
... I am convinced that most prog rock fans will find more than enough to sink their teeth into....
... is the third album of Guy Manning I have had the chance to listen to. Both the previous albums...
Guy Manning is quickly climbing the ladder of progressive rock, and he is close to the edge of some...
Never one for predictability, the new album “A Matter Of Life & Death” is in fact a concept album based upon a character Guy created on his 1999 debut ‘solo’ album “Tall Stories For Small Children”.
This is an album of quite dark beauty that explores the twists and turns of fate that leads a man ultimately to his own death and rebirth. On this piece of work, we find Guy at his strongest both lyrically and melodically and also at his most direct.
Guy, as a multi-instrumentalist, plays most of the instruments himself, but once again, this album features the same core of talented musicians that have helped Guy both craft his music into complete albums and to perform them live (since 2000).
Laura Fowles (Sax, Vocals)
Gareth Harwood (Electric Gtr)
Rick Ashton (Bass)
Neil Harris (Keyboards).
Guests on this album include:
Fiddle player, Ian Fairbairn who has played with both Lindisfarne and Jack The Lad
Andy Tillison, one of the worlds best modern keyboards players around! (PO90/Tangent)
John Tipping, the up and coming young modern jazz drummer
The very talented artist Ed Unitsky has especially created artwork for this project. Ed’s work with both ‘The Flower Kings’ and also ‘The Tangent’ has gained him a great deal of respect in his field. (His artwork for the debut Tangent album as awarded ‘artwork of the year’)
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Album tracks
- 1 - 01. The Dream
- 2 - 02. Nobody's Fool
- 3 - 03. Omens
- 4 - 04. The River Of Time
- 5 - 05. Silent Man
- 6 - 06. Falling Down? Rising Up!
- 7 - 07. Life's Disguises
- 8 - 08. Out Of My Life
- 9 - 09. Midnight Sail