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Colin Bass - As Far As I Can See
| Artist: | Colin Bass |
| Title: | As Far As I Can See |
| Label: | Oskar 1002 CD |
| Length(s): | 22 minutes |
| Year(s) of release: | 1999 |
| Month of review: | 04/1999 |
Line up
Colin Bass - bass, vocals
Andrew Latimer - guitars
Dave Stewart - drums
Jacek Piskorz - piano, keyboards
Maciek Meller - acoustic guitar
and many more
Tracks
| 1) | As Far As I Can See | 6.20
|
| 2) | Poznan Pie | 3.30
|
| 3) | Sailing Home | 5.36
|
| 4) | Sailing Home (live) | 3.23
|
| 5) | Bandung (live) | 3.42
|
Summary
In Poland two singles were released from the Colin Bass album An Outcast Of
The Islands, one of which is under review right now.
The music
The single opens with the accessible As Far As I Can See (hardly surprising).
Quite a long track for a single. This is not prog, but singer songwriter music.
The next one is a left over from the album recordings. The band played this song
live as well and I can understand why it did not end up on the disc. The music
is plain zompy bluesrock. Not bad, not not fitting for the album.
Saling Home is an Sabah Habas Mustapha composition from the Jalan Kopo album.
The music is very moody and features some gamelan like sounds and some veyr nice
flute playing (is that the Kecapi?). Quite a nice track, very melodic.
Then we get an acoustic version of Sailing Home played live by Colin solo. This
version is quite a bit shorter. The last track is also a live track, called
Bandung. Possibly also a Sabah track since it does not appear on the outcast
album. Melodic singer songwriter music and like Sailing Home rather moody.
Conclusion
Not very prog this CD single, but Sailing Home is a nice track making me curious
for the rest of the Sabah Habas Mustapha album.
© Jurriaan Hage