Illusion (Renaissance album)
Occupation
- Guitar, Vocals: Keith Relf
- Drums, vocals Jim McCarty
- Keyboards: John Hawken
- Bass: Louis Cennamo
- Vocals, percussion: Jane Relf
Illusion is the second studio album by the British progressive rock group Renaissance. It was recorded in 1970 but not published until 1971.
Background
During the recordings for this album was the cast that had recorded their debut album last year, being apart. Jim McCarty left the band as the first, because he had no desire for a European tour. Keith Relf and Louis Cennamo then parted also from Renaissance, their paths crossed again later in the band Armageddon. McCarty was renaissance but still connected for some time as a songwriter, and he brought Michael Dunford to the band.
Michael Dunford, guitarist, recruiting new members: vocalist Terry Crowe, drummer Terry Slade, bassist Neil Korner. This new lineup took on Mr. Pine. Mr. Pine is the only (published) Renaissance piece in which founding members ( John Hawken & Jane Relf ) together with a member of the " classical" Cast ( Michael Dunford ) can be heard. It includes a theme, which again is used in the more familiar piece of hardware running from the album Turn of the Cards.
To complete the not yet complete album, once again came the Originalbesesetzung together (except John Hawken ) to accommodate Past Orbits of Dust. Don Shinn helped out on keyboards. For the Love Is All and Past Orbits of Dust Betty Thatcher wrote, a friend of Jane Relf, the lyrics. The cast Dunford, Hawken, Korner, Crowe, Slade and Jane Relf went to finish shooting on a European tour.
The first publication of illusion was in 1971 in Germany, in 1973 was followed by the release in France and Israel, until 1977 in the UK and Japan.
Title list
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Reviews
"Quite evil are the two " Love " song. Although the flower-power pop like Love Goes On sounds in his naive hippie bliss actually quite nice, but the constant "ba ba ba ba ba love goes on" in the long run rather annoying. Love Is All is finally simple Schmusepop, in which only the classically inspired piano playing of John Hawken can sit up. "
" " Past orbits of dust " is finally a long track, which not only " Rajah Kahn " from the " Prologue "album seems to anticipate, but which is also a worthy successor to" Bullet ": an exquisite composition ( sounds like chocolates advertising) is from harpsichord, bass and drums, which is getting towards the end of experimental and yet by no means a poor imitation of " Bullet". This is exactly the kind of music as it can be stretched endlessly on live performances and made with new improvisations to an evening filler, and solely because of this piece, I would like once an appearance of this band experienced ( especially since it hardly corresponding receptacles of Pink Floyd from the same time there ). Even despite the two weaker song, I can recommend this album without hesitation. "
" Definitely not as good as the debut, Illusion is a confused and patchy album, but surprisingly still good and a definitely a Renaissance -worthy album, That should not be overlooked, but Investigated in a second or third wave. "
"The moods Renaissance create on the album are really great, and with the exception of the two short and rather hippy songs like Love Goes On and Love is All, the album is a masterpiece in my ears. "