| Very talented Rock artist Al Stewart has released him | | | | Willie The King |
| latest CD titled Modern Times and Wow! It's really a | | | | My Bonus Pick, and the one that got Sore [...as in |
| good one. | | | | "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 1 - Carol. Great track! |
| It's a rare day indeed that I get a CD from an artist | | | | Modern Times Release Notes: |
| that I can truthfully say does not have a bad track in | | | | Al Stewart originally released Modern Times on June |
| the bunch. I'm more than happy to announce that's | | | | 22, 2007 on the Collectors Choice label. |
| exactly what I must say about this one. There simply | | | | CD Track List Follows: |
| isn't a bad one in the bunch. No fillers here at all. | | | | 1. Carol 2. Sirens Of Titan 3. What's Going On? 4. Not |
| Modern Times is a nicely varied, mix of 11 tracks that | | | | The One 5. Next Time 6. Apple Cider Reconstitution 7. |
| are very well written songs by this clearly superb artist. | | | | Dark And The Rolling Sea, The 8. Modern Times 9. |
| With many of the songs displaying a lot of the kind | | | | Swallow Wind - (Bonus Track) 10. Sense Of Deja Vu, |
| emotion that makes for a really great listen. Clearly | | | | A - (Bonus Track) 11. Willie The King - (Bonus Track) |
| drawing from what I can only imagine are him own real | | | | Personnel: Al Stewart (vocals, acoustic guitar); Simon |
| life experiences. At different points touching on the | | | | Nicol (acoustic guitar); Stuart Cowell (electric guitar, |
| most real emotions like love, and the pain of failed | | | | dobro); Tim Renwick (electric guitar); Isaac Guillory |
| relationships can certainly be heard. | | | | (guitar); Graham Smith (harmonica); Peter Wood |
| Listen to Modern Times and I believe you'll find there's | | | | (keyboards, accordion); Peter Wingfield (keyboards); |
| not much to dis-like about it. The songs are inspired, the | | | | George Ford, Peter Moss (bass); Barry DeSouza, |
| production is simply outstanding, and Al Stewart is | | | | Gerry Conway (drums); Tony Carr (percussion); Chas |
| clearly in top form. So much so that if you're even | | | | Mills, Brian Bennett, Neil Lancaster (background vocals). |
| mildly into Rock music you'll enjoy this CD. | | | | Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London. Originally |
| While the entire CD is really very good some of my | | | | released on Janus (7012). Includes liner notes by |
| favorites are track 6 - Apple Cider Reconstitution, | | | | Stephen K. Peeples. |
| track 7 - The Dark And The Rolling Sea, and track 11 - | | | | |