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By informal count, this is the 30th Roy Harper album to come out between the late '60s and the late '90s. His best work dates from the '70s, so it's more than a pleasure, and admittedly a little surprising, to listen to The Dream Society. It is an older and wiser record, but no less absorbing; the songs are simply more disciplined and better crafted. The tender charm of "I Want to Be in Love" and "Broken Wing" show a vulnerability that is a welcome counterpoint to the cocksure cleverness of much of Harper's poetry. But he hasn't gone soft on us. "Drugs for Everybody," a song open to wide interpreta
By informal count, this is the 30th Roy Harper album to come out between the late '60s and the late '90s. His best work dates from the '70s, so it's more than a pleasure, and admittedly a little surprising, to listen to The Dream Society. It is an older and wiser record, but no less absorbing; the songs are simply more disciplined and better crafted. The tender charm of "I Want to Be in Love" and "Broken Wing" show a vulnerability that is a welcome counterpoint to the cocksure cleverness of much of Harper's poetry. But he hasn't gone soft on us. "Drugs for Everybody," a song open to wide interpretation, suggests that the mischievous wit and the social provocateur is still alive in the onetime psychedelic troubadour. "Come the Revolution" is an eloquent, ironic look into the future, invoking Harper's eternal conflict between Utopian dream and Orwellian nightmare. "These Fifty Years," the cornerstone song of the album, is a lengthy, demanding, and exhilarating anthem of self-examination. For the first time in a long time, Harper seems sure of himself. After health, business, and personal setbacks, he is looking inward now as much as looking out. --John Sutton-Smith
Album Description
1998 & first new studio album in six years by this rock veteran. Over 72 minutes long, it contains 11 tracks with musical contributions from Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson & Fairport Convention's Ric Sanders.
Album Details
Over 70 Minutes of Music with Contributions by Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull and Ric Saunders of Fairport Convention, Packaged with a 32 Page Booklet. Inital Orders Will Include a Bonus CD of Roy Discussing Each Track.
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Manufacturer: Resurgence UK
Release date: 23 June 1998
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0604388430529 UPC: 604388430529
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