STEVE HACKETT

STEVE HACKETT
SPECTRAL MORNINGS (1979)
REMASTER
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This is the best best place to start for Steve Hackett's solo career. "Spectral Mornings" includes plenty of the soaring, melodic electric guitar playing for which he was famous in Genesis. It also has his wonderful nylon-string acoustic work and a pleasant mix of softer songs with vocal harmonies and heavier rock tunes. There is also some of the British whimsy that usually finds its way into his work. This long-awaited remastered edition greatly improves the sound quality on this album and includes some strong bonus tracks as well. The title track may be Hackett's best electric instrumental ever, and the melody will stick with the listener long after the album is over.

1. Every Day
2. The Virgin and the Gypsy
3. The Red Flower of Tachai Blooms Everywhere
4. Clocks (The Angel Of Mons)
5. The Ballad Of The Decomposing Man
6. Lost Time In Cordoba
7. Tigermoth
8. Spectral Mornings
Bonus tracks
9. Everyday (Alternate Mix)
10. The Virgin and the Gypsy (Alternate Mix)
11. Tigermoth (Alternate Mix)
12. The Ballad Of The Decomposing Man (Alternate Mix)
13. Clocks (12" Single Version)
14. Live Acoustic Set Medley
(Etude in A Minor/Blood On The Rooftops/Horizons/Kim)
15. Tigermoth (Live Version)
16. The Caretaker