3 Ages of Magick [Extra tracks, Import]

Oliver Wakeman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Resurgence UK
• ASIN: B00005LPTL
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #322,558 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Ages of Magick

2. Mind Over Matter

3. The Forgotten King

4. Storyteller

5. The Whales Last Dance

6. Time Between Times

7. Flight of the Condor

8. Lucey and the Mermaid

9. Standing Stones

10. The Enchanter

11. The Healer

12. Through the Eyes of a Child

13. NY Breasail

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant effort!, February 25, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: 3 Ages of Magick (Audio CD)

I must admit that I was drawn to this recording due to the presence of Steve Howe. Where Howe makes some wonderful contributions on a number of cuts this is clearly an Oliver Wakeman project. I am enormously impressed with this young Wakeman's talents. His sense of melody and composition are truly outstanding. Where he is clearly his father's son he has developed his own style and sound. This is a very romantic album that grows on you with each listen (to which I have had many). The music can best be described as being contemporary prog with the occassional subtle celtic influences, The backing musicians (Howe aside) may not be virtuosos but they back him ably. Violinist Jo Greenland is particurly appealing. I found myself wishing she had been given even more air-space as she compliments Wakeman's vision nicely. The rest of the band consists of drums and bass with a flautist who also plays Uillean Pipes. With the exception of the lone weak cut on the album (Through the Eyes of a Child) this is an instrumental album. The above mentioned cut, which is but two minutes long (the album is 59 minutes in length) contains the ramblings of a small child and comes across as a stark distraction from the overall mood and tone of the album.Still, this is an album of great promise and immediate result. I will anticipate future releases by this brilliant young keyboardist with much enthusiasm.... This recording is highly recommended...Simon

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars In The Wakeman Tradition of Excellence, October 13, 2001

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Roger P Day (Reynoldsburg, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3 Ages of Magick (Audio CD)

This is my first album by a junior member of the Wakeman family,and I'll confess that the prominent prescence of Steve Howe encouraged my purchase. But after hearing it, I kicked myself for not giving the mighty Rick Wakeman's sons a chance prior to this. Oliver Wakeman has all the talent and imagination of his father,and he seems to avoid the pitfalls that his father would sometimes step into. Oliver sticks to instrumental compositions which not only showcase him,but his talented special guest and his fellow musicians. This album sports several great tunes,that capture many moods--the pastoral 'Lucey and the Mermaid',the sweeping 'Ages of Magick',the bright 'The Storyteller',the melancholy 'The Forgotten King',and the rocking 'The Enchanter',which seems to combine the best elements of two of his father's tunes,'Jane Seymour'(6 Wives of King Henry VIII) and 'Merlin'(Myths and Legends of King Arthur). Oliver's talent is undisputed,and can don the rhinestone cape and carry the Wakeman magic well into the 21st Century;this is the kind of pyrotechnic,'too-many-notes' style of playing that I've missed hearing. Perhaps,if I hadn't been too busy lamenting my inability to find the Senior Wakeman albums 'Criminal Record' and 'Rhapsodies' on CD,I might have discovered Oliver sooner;as it is, I now have new Wakeman music to discover!
For those of you who loved the classic Wakeman albums of the '70s, Oliver's 'Magick' will meet,and perhaps surpass your expectations;get this one!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You must have this CD, October 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: 3 Ages of Magick (Audio CD)

Oliver Wakeman proves himself to be a true composer / musician with the release of The 3 Ages of Magick. If Heaven's Isle and Jabberwocky aren't enough evidence, then this recent release certainly provides proof that Oliver is the "real deal".

The 13 tracks offer such a wide variety of styles; progressive, classical, new age, celtic, jazz, funk etc, etc... The keyboards are augmented by Steve Howe's wonderful guitar work; Jo Greenland's fantastic violin - which has a special chemistry with Oliver's keyboards; Tony Dixon on pipes, flutes and whistles, which are quite timely and efffective; Tim Buchanan on bass and Dave Wagstaffe on drums providing exactly what's needed.P>You will not be disappointed with this CD!