World Record
Download links and information about World Record by Van Der Graaf Generator. This album was released in 2006 and it belongs to Rock, Progressive Rock, Classical genres. It contains 7 tracks with total duration of 01:08:22 minutes.
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| Artist: | Van Der Graaf Generator |
| Release date: | 2006 |
| Genre: | Rock, Progressive Rock, Classical |
| Tracks: | 7 |
| Duration: | 01:08:22 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | When She Comes (2005 Digital Remaster) | 8:02 |
| 2. | A Place To Survive (2005 Digital Remaster) | 10:05 |
| 3. | Masks (2005 Digital Remaster) | 7:00 |
| 4. | Meurglys III (The Songwriters Guild) (2005 Digital Remaster) | 20:50 |
| 5. | Wondering (2005 Digital Remaster) | 6:49 |
| 6. | When She Comes (BBC Version) (2005 Digital Remaster) | 8:13 |
| 7. | Masks (BBC Version) | 7:23 |
Details
[Edit]Released in the latter half of 1976 as a half-hearted attempt at some sort of commercial focus in the U.K. and U.S., World Record suffers from several ailments: there was much tension in the band at this point, particularly between leader Peter Hammill and keyboardist Hugh Banton. In the end, the band would split apart, with Banton and wind player David Jackson leaving, while Hammill and drummer Guy Evans recruited replacements. World Record is very much a divided record, sounding beautifully clean, but lacking in both performance and focus. Evans plays as well as ever, but without the creative spark of earlier records; Hammill, meanwhile, was responsible for the rambling, scattered "Meurglys III (The Songwriter's Guild)," a lumbering piece named after one of his guitars. Of the cuts present, the best are the operatic "Masks," which mines one of Hammill's favorite themes, that of identity, and "Wondering," written in collaboration with Banton. "Wondering" is beautifully hymn-like until the very end, when it suddenly becomes querulous and uncertain, ending the album both with a note of hope and a desperate question.