Pendragon - Believe
	Released: 2005 Label: InsideOut / Toff Records Cat. No.: PEND13CD/SPV 085-48462 CD Total Time: 51:45
	Reviewed by: Igor Italiani, October 2005 Believe. Yes, believe, but in what do you believe? The new work of cult progsters Pendragon opens up with this distressing yet very actual question, four years removed from the classy Not Of This World. It seems an eternity, right, but this long-lasting pause was forced by a lot of troubles that Nick Barrett unfortunately ran into. Only now that he was able to handle and put them all behind him, can he clearly resurface and please the music audience once again. In fact this new album is very well done, even if it's slightly different from the past. But Nick already underlined this aspect in the interview, and you can hear the changes, as the compositions inside Believe unravel themselves, looking almost always more linear than the tracks of the past. Once in a while they even recall new influences that the band always kept in the background. However, don't worry too much, the dreamy atmospheres that are a Pendragon trademark are still there, even if there's a certain acoustic flavour going on from song to song. This is an idea that I personally love, especially for tunes like "The Wisdom Of Salomon" or "We Talked," which is part of the beautiful suite "The Wishing Well." This is truly a record sung and played with the heart. You've gotta believe! More about Believe: Track Listing: Believe (2:57) / No Place For The Innocent (5:36') / The Wisdom Of Solomon (7:07) / The Wishing Well (21:07): 1. For Your Journey - 2. Sou' By Sou'west - 3. We Talked - 4. Two Roads / Learning Curve (6:38') / The Edge Of The World (8:20) Musicians: Nick Barrett - guitars, vocals Pete Gee - bass Clive Nolan - keyboards Fudge Smith - drums Contact: Website: www.pendragon.mu Note: will open new browser window Discography Fly High Fall Far ep (1984) OOP The Jewel (1985) 9:15 Live (1986) Kowtow (1989) The R(B)est Of Pendragon (1991) incl. Fly High... ep The World (1991) The Very, Very Bootleg - Live In Lille, France 1992 (1993) The Window Of Life (1993) Fallen Dreams and Angels ep (1994) Utrecht... The Final Frontier (1995) The Masquerade Overture (1996) As Good As Gold ep (1996) Live... At Last! (vid) (1997) Live In Kraków 96 (1997) The Masquerade Overture (1999) digi-pack w/bonus trk Once Upon A Time In England Vol 1 (1999) Once Upon A Time In England Vol 2 (1999) The Round Table (1985-1998) (1999) Sth Am. mkt The History: 1984-2000 (2000) Polish mkt Not Of This World (2001) Acoustically Challenged (2002) The Jewel (remastered) (2005) Believe (2005) Live...At Last And More (2002) Interview: Nick Barrett (May 2005) Interview: Nick Barrett (Oct 2005)
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