#241
by Tom Mott
June 15 1980
Steve Hackett
Defector
Genre: Planetarium Music
Allen’s Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Tom’s Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Highlights:
Waiting for the song
Hercules Unchained. Because that title!
Hercules Unchained RATING: 2.5 This isn't Yes. More like Probably Not.
1. THE STEPPES: Lo, a flautist! Then BOOM big drums and some bombastic synthy-guitar stuff. And now oh for fuck's sake he's quoting Ravel's Bolero. Oh yes he did.
2. TIME TO GET OUT. Not bad. Sounds like a Yes deep cut, with vocals reminiscent of Jon Anderson.
3. SLOGANS. More bombast. Some really fast Eddy Van Halen-ish tapping maybe or just Main Street Electrical Parade on meth. Drugs were involved. Completely sexless.
4. LEAVING. Forgot I was listening.
5. TWO VAMPS AS GUESTS. Forgot I was listening.
6. JACUZZI. A bubbly frolic. Truth in advertising.
7. HAMMER IN SAND. Now that the jacuzzi's warm, let's put on some George Winston.
8. THE TOAST. Yes Lite
9. THE SHOW. Slap bass. Atmospheric stuff like Alan Parsons.
10. SENTIMENTAL INSTITUTION. A 1930s novelty. Near miss.
11. HERCULES UNCHAINED. What an ending! This sounds totally different than the rest of the album. Like a different band! Churning bass and a sludgy guitar stew. Somewhere between Jethro Tull and Killing Joke. I like it!
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