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| A1 | Kings & Queens | | 10:56 | | A2 | Innocence | | 7:07 | | B1 | Island | | 5:58 | | B2 | Wanderer | | 4:02 | | B3 | Bullet | | 11:20 |
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tagomago
[Rating21332482]
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A rather nice progressive debut from the original Renaissance which featured both Keith Relf and Jim McCarty from the Yardbirds with Keith's sister Jane on occasional vocals, Louis Cennamo on bass and John Hawken on keyboards. The playing here is excellent and exciting while the writing is pretty good, although they do have a tendency to rely on the classics. While the cover is not quite as cool as the original (a horrible composite of a kitten's face on the Mona Lisa), I do recommend the version of this album titled "Innocence" as it does include some rather nice bonus tracks unavailable elsewhere. |
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Choutas
Shawna Lenee, NicoleGraves, MadisonScott
Digital
[Rating15957392]
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At last progressive guitar without wankery. |
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Tovan
CD
[Rating13113423]
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One of the very best folk/proto prog releases. A couple of dated numbers, like "Innocence" and "Wanderer", but "Kings & Queens" is a furious masterpiece, and "Bullet" is really cool as well. Recommended! |
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LoupSolitaire
[Rating11048388]
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Kings & Queens +++++
Innocence +++++
Island +++++
Wanderer +++++
Bullet +
4/5 |
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bnoring
Vinyl
[Rating10428196]
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Well this is certainly a different ball of wax then the Renaissance a few years down the road. Featuring former Yardbird's vocalist Keith Relf, and his sister (?) Jane Relf, you'll find a fairly enjoyable collection of early progressive psychers, with "Innocence" and "Island" being standouts. A little bland at times, this still has enough interesting moments to make it worth grabbing at the next garage sale. |
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BronDune
 To give to someone else
[Rating5740602]
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Cet album préfigure ce que ce très beau groupe va devenir bien qu'Annie Haslam n'en fasse pas encore partie (elle sera engagée par le groupe en janvier 1971). Le titre qui ouvre l'album, Lings & Queens et d'une beauté surprenante. Empreint de classique et habillé de rythmes hispanisant avec un chant assez typé psychédélique. On peut réservé la version CD Innocence - 1st album + six bonus tracks pour ses nombreux bonus(1). Mais la version originale, en vinyle ou en CD, bien que courte (mois de 45 minutes) reste la version de référence.
(1) Outre les 7 plages du premier album, celui-ci offre 4 bonus tracks supplémentaires, qui ne sont pas de Renaissance :
Jim McCarty & Keith Relf
(8) Prayer For Light (McCarty)
(9) Walking Away (McCarty)
(10) Shining Where the Sun Has Been (Relf/McCarty)
Keith Relf
(11) All the Falling Angels (Relf)
- Les plages (8) et (9) viennent de la musique du film "Schizom" : voir La suite de l'histoire.
- La plage (10) a été enregistrée par Keith Relf et Jim McCarty en 1968, avant qu'ils ne forment Together. Elle est également disponible sur l'album des Yardbirds Little Games Sessions and More.
- La plage (11) a été enregistrée par Keith Relf en 1976, peu de temps avant sa mort. Son vrai titre est "All the Fallen Angels". Elle est également disponible sur l'album d'Illusion Enchanted Caress.
source http://www.prologue.be/discographie/renaissance.htm
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JNens
Vinyl
[Rating2734731]
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I actually got this vinyl for free while buying a player from a garage sale. I must tell you, when I finally put this one in to have a listen it was near one of the greatest moments in my musical life. If you don't have this one on CD, Vinyl, or Tape, I HIGHLY recommend that you get this today. I can not say that this is anything short of a masterpiece. |
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hdfisch
Vinyl
[Rating2364456]
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I’ve got this classic since many decades in my vinyl collection and must say that I liked it a lot in my younger days (I’ve to add that I had a preference for somewhat softer music in my youth) but meanwhile it had grown already quite a lot of dust on my shelf. Admittedly I’ve never been a fan of the Haslam-version of Renaissance though I’ve listened once a few times to their supposedly best albums before I discarded them soon after as too mellow and extremely harmonic.(probably just not my “cup”). Thus this debut here remained my fav album by this band but honestly I couldn’t claim that I’m getting into ecstasy during listening to it. Certainly it had been quite unique at its time of release and some of its most memorable melodies are arousing warm nostalgic feelings in me. On the other hand I can’t find much exciting in the music presented here. The two longer tracks are for sure still the more interesting ones though I’ve to say as well that I find the classical quotations in “Kings & Queens” rather annoying than enjoyable. “Bullet” is clearly the better and more adventurous one of the two and actually the most experimental stuff ever heard by Renaissance. From the shorter tracks is “Wanderer” for me the nicest one providing a pleasant Baroque touch with its harpsichord sound. Overall this one had been a remarkable and for its era innovative debut which might sound a bit dated to some modern ears. |
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Sleeper
CD
[Rating1631439]
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To me, this is the only Renaissance album. Jane Relfs fragile voice, her brother Keith Relf's transparent rhythm guitar chordings, and the classically trained (?) John Hawken and Louis Cennamo on keyboards and bass. Listen to Cennamos intro on "Innocence"....
And not to be forgotten Jim McCarthy on drums, the 2nd ex-Yardbird in the line-up.
"Kings And Queens" is the main track here, with its thundering grand piano riff. But all of the album is equally strong material. After a while I have even started to like the extra track on this extended version, "The Sea" (not the Sandy Denny song), although it could have been a great version. "The Sea" is anyway not completely previously unreleased. It was released as a single, and was also included on the original cassette release, but not on the vinyl album. The other extra track is an edit of "Islands", the other track on the single. |
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greenback
Vinyl
[Rating213664]
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This is the really first Renaissance album: the singer is Jane Relf, not Annie Haslam. A completely different bunch of musicians, compared to the Renaissance of the 70's. Jane Relf's vocals are not really always in the foreground: other musicians also sing on this album. For those who expect an Annie Halsam performance, then forget about it. The lead & backing vocals are interesting though. This record is definitely piano oriented: when there are piano or harpsichord, this album sounds quite classical baroque. On the first side, it is a bit disappointing to hear an outstanding first baroque part, followed by a rythmic piano rock ballad containing harmonica a la Zappa, and finally finished with a minimalist psychedelic instrumental part. This record, like the next one, has some psychedelic influences. The best moment is definitely the progressive part on Innocence: very structured and delightful! For 1969, this record is really avant-garde. |
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