From: "Chris Bollerer" <>
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I own all the Howe albums, some of which are not impressive at all. This
one, however, is quite good. Probably the most focused album he's made in a long
time. It's pretty straight forward rock/prog instrumental with Howe playing most
of the instruments himself - Dylan Howe takes care of the percussion. The music
is great but whoever put the packaging together needs to find another job - it
contains the most unflattering picture of Steve on the inside cover. He looks,
literally, like death. Bottom line - good album.
From: "Chris Bollerer"
cbollerer@mail.knowledgeway.org
> So it's along the lines of 'Turbulence'? I do like that particular disc.
You could say that. I think it might actually be a little better than
Turbulence, but that's my opinion.
From: Mark DiNapoli <>
No. It's more along the lines of 'Grand Scheme of Things' without any vocal
tracks. I love Steve's style and I very much enjoy most anything he's involved
with but 'Quantum Guitar' and 'Grand Scheme' leave me cold. Not that I can find
any fault with these albums, it's just that they seem to straddle the Country
Guitar/Rock Guitar fence without committing to either style of playing. I
thoroughly enjoy 'Turbulence' and I never tire of 'Beginnings' and 'The Steve
Howe Album.' The man Rocks with Style. I heartily recommend Steve's
collaborative CD with Paul Sutin, 'Seraphim.' It's a wonderful exploration into
Steve's Ambient/New Age possibilities. Their follow up, 'Voyagers In A Blue
Universe' though just slightly less, ahhh, how shall I say.... creative, is
still a nice venture into calmer waters. I enjoy both CD's when I need to slow
it all down.
From: "Casey Van Tieghem" <>
I'm a real big Steve Howe fan, and there are a couple of fantastic tracks on
Beginnings. I am one of the few that don't mind Howe's singing too much. I guess
it's an acquired taste. The title track for Beginnings is an excellent
orchestrated piece with a cool little synth solo by Moraz. I think Beginnings is
the most overlooked of all the Yes solo albums.
From: "Carlos Lima" <>
> Does anybody know Steve Howe's collaboration with Paul Sutin?
I have Seraphim and I think you should "run very fast" from this album,
unless you're looking for music to fall asleep... :-( And I don't think so,
since you're listening to DT, right now! It's New Age, afirmative! Perhaps
Steve's play will wake you up from your sleep in the rare passages where he
plays.
From: Brian Phraner <>
I got Seraphim (or whatever, it's collecting dust as we speak) and I had a hard
time wondering if this was just some other guy named Steve Howe. All I can say
is "How, Steve?"
From: Jeff Marx <>
Agreeing completely with Carlos here, as big a fan as I am of Steve Howe, I
bought Seraphim a while back, listened a few times, cursed my stupidity in
buying it in the first place....then sold it. Doesn't Steve have some recent
albums that are not coma-inducing?
From: "upnsm0ke" <>
The last solo of Steve's I bought was Turbulence, way back. Good one, IMHO.
From: "Rick Gutleber" <>
Ho ho ho! Are you guys in for a treat! After "Turbulence" came "In the Grand
Theme of Things" which I like better. It's a little more accessible (I find
Turbulence gets kinda boring around 2/3 of the way through), which some nice
songs with vocals reminiscent of "The Steve Howe Album". I realize Steve can't
sing lead well (he sounds fine behind Jon Anderson and Chris Squire through ;)
), but I enjoy the album. Then, IIRC, came "Not Necessarily Acoustic" which is a
superb live album, combining pieces from Steve's entire career (including a some
wonderful excerpts from "Tales from Topographic Oceans"!) and quite a few tracks
that don't appear elsewhere. After that Steve released "Quantum Guitar", which
is all instrumentals and very enjoyable. He does covers of a couple of standards
and lots of new, fresh original material. Again, more like his older stuff than
"Turbulence". Very polished, well-played, not particularly progressive, but an
excellent album. There are 3 more I don't have, but was just lamenting yesterday
to a friend I wish I could afford right now: "Homebrew" which is demos and other
unreleased stuff. "Pulling Strings", another live album and a tribute album to
Bob Dylan (!). Of course there's also Steve's recent work with Yes, particularly
the "Keys to Ascension" albums. He was a lot more subdued in "Open Your Eyes"
(which sounded like a lot of unreleased Trevor Rabin material (not that that's a
bad thing), but "The Ladder" was an improvement guitar-wise. Steve played a bit
on the Yes tribute by Magna Carta, "Tales from the South Side of the Sky" or
something like that. A great album, the best of MC's many tribute albums, IMO.
Steve is also supposedly working on a album with Annie Haslam, and those two (as
evidenced in the tribute album) were made for each other. That's been in the
works for a while, and I haven't heard anything recently. Anyhow, head to the
record store and enjoy!
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> Doesn't Steve have some recent albums that are not coma-inducing?
Regarding Steve Howe - "Turbulence" 1991 - Relativity: has Billy Currie on
keys & viola & Bill Bruford on drums. "The Grand Scheme Of Things" 1993 -
Relativity: has his son Dylan on drums & son Virgil on keys. "Homebrew" 1996 -
Herald/Caroline: mostly early demos of his material, as well as some yes & ABWH
material. He plays almost all instruments. "Quantum Guitar" 1998 - Resurgence:
has son Dylan on drums and Steve on everything else - he lists all 33 guitars
that he plays on the liner notes.