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| Conspiracy - The Unknown |
 Released: 2003 Label: Inside Out / Suburban Cat. No.: IOMCD 128 / IOMA 2060-2 Total Time: 53:36 | |
Reviewed by: Davide Guidone, July 2003 I've never before now been so uncertain about giving a vote to a record as I am with this one that I have in my hands. Even though I listened to it many times, the situation didn’t become simpler. But I’ll explain why afterwards. This is the second release from Conspiracy, a project created by Chris Squire -- Mr Bass Guitar in the prog world -- and guitarist Billy Sherwood, both Yes-men, although Sherwood stayed for a couple of discs. Problems were borne by the fact that The Unknown is a well performed album with catchy melodies, interesting guitar arpeggios, and the great wizardry shown by Squire in playing his Rickenbacker. But this last consideration there isn’t anything new. A lot of bassists have been influenced by his way of playing, like Dave Meros from Spock’s Beard or Pete Trewavas of Marillion, just to mention a few. Some could say “It’s a great release!” It isn’t so. The Unknown needs a main characteristic: being original. In fact, it sounds perfectly like Open Your Eyes released in 1997 by Yes. This aspect gives importance to the influence of Squire and Sherwood in recording that album, but if Open Your Eyes is be called an original disc, we can’t declare the same for this one. So if you didn’t listen to Open Your Eyes before, all of you prog fans will like this CD, but only in this case. Rating: 2.5/5 [See also Bobo's, Keith's and Marcel's reviews - ed.] More about The Unknown: Track Listing: Conspiracy (5:05) / Confess (4:37) / New World (7:22) / ½ A World Away (5:48) / There Is No End (5:15) / The Wheel (5:27) / Premonitions (4:10) / The Unknown (11:21) / Bonus Track: I Could (4:22) Musicians: Contact: Website: conspiracymusic.net Discography
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