Rick Wakeman - Softsword (91)

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01 Magna Charter
02 After Prayers
03 Battle Sonata
04 The Siege
05 Rochester Collage
06 The Story Of Love
07 March Of Time
08 Don't Fly Away
09 Isabella
10 Softsword
11 Hymn Of Hope


Based on music Wakeman wrote for the finale of a Dickens Festival in Rochester-upon-Medway, England, this is an unclassifiable melange of an album, stylistically similar to Phantom Power or Time Machine.

If the songs fit into a storyline, this is not explained in the liner notes.

There are songs based on historical topics (but with lyrics grounded in modern idiom), sad and pleading love songs, and several instrumentals, a couple of which feature some good keyboard playing.