Pendragon -The Window Of Life-1994- 320k

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Pendragon - The Window Of Life

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Artist...............: Pendragon

Album................: The Window Of Life

Genre................: Progressive Rock

Source...............: CD

Year.................: 1993 / 1994

Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode)

Codec................: LAME 3.97

Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III

Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)

Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz

Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3

Ripped On............: 16/10/2008

Bonus ...............: Fallen dreams + Angels Mini CD

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Tracklisting

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1. (00:10:48) Pendragon - The Walls Of Babylon

2. (00:08:00) Pendragon - Ghosts

3. (00:09:17) Pendragon - Breaking The Spell

4. (00:14:45) Pendragon - The Last Man On Earth

5. (00:06:22) Pendragon - Nostradamus (Stargazing)

6. (00:04:47) Pendragon - Am I Really Losing You?

7. (00:07:15) Pendragon - The Third World In The UK (bonus)

8. (00:04:41) Pendragon - Dune (bonus)

9. (00:07:48) Pendragon - Sister Bluebird (bonus)

10. (00:05:23) Pendragon - Fallen Dreams & Angels (bonus)

Playing Time.........: 01:19:07

Total Size...........: 181.18 MB

NFO generated on.....: 16/10/2008 12:46:42
Window Of Life
On The Window Of Life Pendragon continued in the style of The World. Pendragon established with this album their name worldwide and because of that a world-wide tour followed.
The Walls Of Babylon starts with a very bombastic organ sound before the typical Nick Barrett guitar sound kicks in. A very nice intro and very unlike Pendragon to do it this way. After a mere four minutes the song finally 'begins' in the vein of the earlier Pendragon sound (The Jewel/KowTow). Ghosts is one of those songs which show what Pendragon stands for: very good compositions, emotional vocals and a very sing-along chorus.

Breaking The Spell is the ballad of the album and probably the best ballad Pendragon has ever written. The Last Man On Earth is the epic of this album; very good musicianship, very good lyrics and that for almost 15 minutes ! This song is still one of the live favourites of the band and not without reason ! Nostradamus (Stargazing) is the perfect concert opener; very touchy chorus, very rocky guitars although this song starts with a very ballad-ish intro. Am I Really Losing You? is another ballad which is not my cup of tea because I think Nick Barrett's voice is too "thin" to sing this sort of ballads.
Fallen Dreams And Angels
After their The Window Of Life tour Pendragon released this 4-song mini-CD. Three songs were written during and after their Window Of Life Tour while one song was recorded for the second SI compilation Disc.
The Third World In The UK is a very rocky song in which the band finds the right balance between progressive rock and power rock. A stunning keyboard solo by Clive Nolan makes this a great song. Dune is a great ballad. Sister Bluebird is a song in the vein of Genesis, very melodic with guitars that sound like Steve Hackett. Fallen Dreams And Angels is a song many of us know from the SI compilation Disc 2. Great vocals, a great composition and very nice keyboard sounds make this song one of the highlights in Pendragon's career.

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