Robin Stevens - Whispers In The Wastelands

Tuesday 1st August 1995
Robin Stevens - Whispers In The Wastelands

STYLE: Ambient/Meditational
RATING 2 2
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 16606-CAS2569
LABEL: Independent
FORMAT: Cassette Album

Reviewed by Tony Cummings

Robin writes beautiful melodies, his words catch poetic moods of the spiritual journey and he plays some lovely piano. Unfortunately he aims way too high on this project and misses by a mile. The friends he gets around him to fill out this album are, on the evidence of this recording, not up to the job. The dear lady taking the lead vocal on the opening ballad "Let Me Be Your Friend" is so thin toned as to be unlistenable while "Encouragement", an effort to bring jazz chording guitar, a rambling melody and a cello playing jazz together, is a disaster. By track three the reviewer is squirming as he encounters another rambling melody and weak voice (Robyn's). This man has real talent (though some of his solo cello playing doesn't stand up) but on the evidence of this 63 minute tape he needs to completely re-evaluate if he's going to achieve his aim to make music that will truly be "deep and probing in character" rather than embarrassing and slightly pretentious. I love you Robin, I know this must hurt.

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