"Lost In The Ghost Light" is a concept album centred around a fictional rock musician whose career is in decline. My copy is one of 400 hand numbered gold coloured records which were sent out with a signed postcard.
Tim seems to have restricted himself to conventional 'rock' instruments and recorded them in a traditional band set up for this record. Whilst some of the songs are good, I'll admit that I find this album hard going. The nearest you get to a synthesiser is the occasional Mellotron or B3 organ. Electronic music this is not.
The opening song "Worlds of Yesterday" is wonderfully executed by people who are clearly highly skilled musicians. However, the intricate guitar arpeggios hint at what could have been if there had only been a scattering of synth and someone had pressed (hard just to make sure) the mute button on the awful electric guitar track. The nine minute opus "Moonshot Manchild" is archetypical 'prog rock' that doesn't really have enough ideas to warrant its nine minute run time. We're treated to more horrible wailing guitar on "Killing the Pain that's Killing You" and despite some early promise, "Nowhere Good to Go" ultimately lets side one whimper out. "You'll Be The Silence" is another 9 minute prog rock special that has tinges of ELO, Yes, Queen and The Beatles, but is ultimately a bit boring. "You Wanted to be Seen" and "Distant Summers" are good songs but by this stage I had grown tired of the Mellotron strings and the jazz flute that seem to rotate in and out of every track. In summary, I'd say there are some good songs here but they are let down by their execution. Not my favourite album. 2/5
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