Angela Gordon appears as a guest musician, although she was subsequently to to join the band as a full-time member. By the time of latter Bob Faulds had left the band, but they had been joined by current bassist Andy Smith. These early albums had a strong folk-rock and celtic rock flavour, with instrumental jigs sitting alongside atmospheric epics influenced strongly by the likes of Pink Floyd.
The third album in particular remains a favourite with many fans, and recent live sets still drawn heavily from it. The band then signed to Classic Rock Legends. The first release for this label, the largely instrumental Music Inspired by Lord of the Rings was not generally considered to their proper fourth album, that honour falling to Passengers This album marked a change in direction, to a polished melodic rock sound with the celtic and folk-rock elements much reduced, a direction continued with the follow-up Storms Over Still Water.
They also released a number of live albums during this period, as well as the retrospective album Catch the Spirit, made up of re-recorded songs largely from from the three Cyclops albums. Their first self-released album Heart Full of Sky was an eclectic mix of musical styles, and received a mixed reception from some fans.
Conflicting commitments with other bands and a desire to work on a solo project which ultimately became Parade saw Chris Johnson leave at the end of At the beginning of Heather Findlay announced her departure from the band to pursue a solo career. Heather's replacement is Olivia Sparnenn, who had sung backing vocals with the band since as well as fronting Breathing Space, and the band made their first live appearance with Olivia singing lead in April Their ninth studio album titled "Go Well Diamond Heart" featuring Olivia on lead vocals, again funded by fan pre-order, was released in November In the band released another live album, Still Beautiful recorded on the spring tour.
The band's tenth studio album The Ghost Moon Orchestra, is due for release in summer Is there anybody in there? Out there in the cold Getting lonely, getting old,… Hollow I remember who you are If you take me back I'll… Journey's Thought The scattered days seen further in the comfort of… Julia Dream Sunlight bright upon my pillow Lighter than an eiderdown Wil… Last Climb Heavenly times, the world at your fingertips Light purple d… Lothlorien Golden hue, no cloud but for smoky whisper in… Mother Nature Time to look and see In colurs of time, we know… Never the Rainbow Cross the ocean deep Wake now from your sleep Kiss the past… Night Sky Weightlessly you leave the ground Hanging gently in the bre… Nowhere to Hide I don't want to close my eyes.
Gap Is Too Wide 8. Glass Shadows 9. Heroes Never Die Total Time To mark 10 years of Mostly Autumn the band have put together a 3 disc album which is a stunning representation of their work over this time. Re-mastered songs beautifully presented in a package which contains 3 discs for 3 moods. Bryan Josh lead and backing vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, keyboards, piano , Heather Findlay lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, piano, recorders, percussion , Iain Jennings keyboards, piano , Anne-Marie Helder flutes, keyboards, piano, acoustic guitars, backing vocals , Liam Davison rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, 12 string guitar, slide guitars, backing vocals , Andy Smith bass guitars , Gavin Griffiths drums and Olivia Sparnenn backing vocals, percussion make up the current Mostly Autumn lineup.
Mostly Autumn's sound is very atmospheric with a combination of keyboards, guitars, bass, various forms of percussion, flutes and dreamy vocals provided by Heather Findlay and David Gilmour like vocalizations from Bryan Josh.
Their overall sound has always reminded me of Pink Floyd, but much of what they do is very original and memorable. I discovered this band early in their career around or thereabouts and immediately was captivated with what they had to offer.
Since then I have reviewed a lot of their work including lavishly presented DVD sets and high end CDs for optimal sound. You can always count on a great quality presentation from this band. Pass The Clock seems like it could be overkill with 3 CDs and 35 tracks, however that is far from the case.
If you are a solid band like Mostly Autumn it's not hard to come up with select tracks over a ten year period, the difficulty lies in choosing which tracks to include in such a comprehensive set. It seemed like an insurmountable task for the band to choose the tracks, but it did come together and the final piece was remastering everything. The final results are jaw dropping sounds that even the most astute prog-rock enthusiast would find difficulty in criticizing.
The packing is top notch featuring a high quality cardboard three piece gatefold CD holder with liner notes and the necessary thanks to the important supporters of the band. I suppose packaging is the least important in most cases, however when you are talking about progressive rock listeners it happens to go hand in hand with the music.
Mostly Autumn has never been a band to feature futuristic or spacey designs on their album covers like Yes or Uriah Heep for instance, they are lower key and their artwork reflects a more subtle message while fitting the band's approach and name. This is an outstanding collection of tracks, not one dinger in the lot folks and a quintessential snapshot of one of the most excellent perhaps underrated prog-rock bands in the world. Fans should know as well that two volumes of Live are now available from the band.
I haven't known Mostly autumn until I got a recommendation from Amazon. I listened to some of the music here at prog archives and then I bought this extra ordinary compilation. The songs are all great, remastered and sound up to date. There are 3 Cd's and they are all mesmerizing. The music is You must be a forum member to post a review, please register here if you are not. Copyright Prog Archives, All rights reserved. Please consider supporting us by giving monthly PayPal donations and help keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
They also quickly became one of the best even though flying slightly under the radar initially did not position them ideally or fairly. Most deservingly that changed and now its over ten years later and we have Pass The Clock, a collection of 35 remastered tracks spanning that timeframe.
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