Chris Squire and Billy Sherwood - Conspiracy
	Released: 2000 Label: Eagle Cat. No.: CLP 0819-2 Total Time:
	Review courtesy John "Bo Bo" Bollenberg, March 2000 On Conspiracy longtime friends Chris Squire and Billy Sherwood continue fine-tuning the modern Yes-sound which has already been offered to us by means of the Open Your Eyes album. Squire and Sherwood are of two different generations and that can be heard on the entire album. Squire doesn't need to deliver "Fish Out Of Water - Volume 2" so he restricts his collaboration to delivering his know-how and technical skills. Sherwood wants to continue World Trade in a different way; he's young and has to support a family and thus needs as much in finances as he can put his hands on. Yet there's a proverb which says: "opposites attract." So the combination of both men works rather well, sort of an ennobled form of AOR. Buddy Jay Schellan helps out on drums whilst Yes-man Alan White is given room to improvise as well. "Days Of Wonder" is a nice song made immortal by that typical uncertain voice of Chris Squire who sings on no fewer than six of the ten songs on this album. The atmosphere of 90125 can be felt during "Violet Purple Rose," which sports the guitar of the legendary Steve Stevens (Billy Idol, Bozzio Levin Stevens). Probably unhappy with the way this song turned out on a Yes-album, we are once again treated to a version of "The More We Live," this time in a very slow tempo. "Watching The World" is one of my favourites probably due to the "catchy" chorus and the structure of the song. However I do think it's much wiser to invest your money in brand-new bands because this little album to me is more like an evening course in ruminating! More about Conspiracy: Track Listing: Days Of Wonder / Light In My Life / Violet Purple Rose / No Rhyme / Lonesome Trail / The More We Live / Love Conquers All / You're The Reason / Watching The World / Red Light Ahead Musicians: Billy Sherwood - guitars, vocals, keyboards, percussion, drums Chris Squire - bass, vocals, acoustic guitar Jay Schellan - drums Alan White - drums Steve Stevens - guitars Jimi Haun - guitar solo Michael Bland - drums Contact: Website: nfte.org/conspiracy/ Website: billysherwood.com Website: chrissquire.com Note: will open new browser window
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