![]() ![]() HackettĪlso throws some metal riffs in showcasing his wide palette of interests. Watch out for interesting instrumentation including saxophone and a fairy tale like xylophone or bells. "Beasts in our time" has a spooky violin motive, mellow Hackett-sung part that could have been easily Blackmore's The album starts with a smoking short 2-minute instrumental dominated by his typical electric guitar hooks. Hackett finishes the prolific decade by issuing his 4th solo album of original material and his bar remains high. ![]() Stephen Richard Hackett - Born February 12th 1950 (Pimlico, London, UK) However I believe these are his bests - it could rightly be called "THE HISTORY OF MUSIC ACCORDING TO STEVE HACKETT." Get them ALL.and HAPPY LISTENING!!!ġ977 - Second. This, along with "Time Lapse", "The Unauthorised Biography", "Guitar Noir", "Darktown" and "To Watch The Storms", are the best for people curious about the HACKETT "feel". I would highly recommend "Voyage of the Acolyte" (missing GENESIS album), "Please Don't Touch" (powerful), his TRADEMARK "Spectral Mornings" (pure magic), "Defector" (another amazing album by Steve), and "Cured" (pop-oriented). For the most part, all of the compositions on HACKETT's first five solo albums are well-thought-out and impeccably well crafted. His tracks go from a symphonic Progressive style to a more energetic rock.įrom the first album "Voyage Of The Acolyte" while he was still with GENESIS to his most recent ones, all are MUSTS. From "Nursery Crime" in 1971 to the double-live "Seconds Out" in 1977, he created in his solo albums his own style, dominated by his guitars, sometimes very classical or at times furious. In a way, it is easy to see how HACKETT was "crowded out" of Genesis in 1977. I remember once reading that, if GENESIS lost their "brains" when Peter GABRIEL left, then they surely lost their "heart" when Steve left. He replaced Anthony PHILLIPS, and stayed with the band during their successful mid-70s progressive rock period. ![]() HACKETT joined GENESIS as guitarist in early 1971 and featured across ten albums of their history. His music has evolved over the years, and while some of it was not up to the standards that he set with other albums. Steve is a complex musician, drawing influence from a wide variety of styles and melding them into super compositions. Ex-GENESIS, he is now a major force in the domain of music composed for guitar, rock as well as classical. He is definitely one of the major guitarists of this century. (Blues, Classical, Folk, Jazz, New Age and Progressive Rock) ![]()
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