Illuminations

Wishbone Ash | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 1996)
• Original Release Date: December 10, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Renaissance
• ASIN: B000005NNX
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #583,722 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mountainside

2. On Your Own

3. Top of the World

4. No Joke

5. Tales of the Wise

6. Another Time

7. A Thousand Years

8. The Ring

9. Comfort Zone

10. Mystery Man

11. Wait Out the Storm

12. The Crack of Dawn [*][Instrumental]

Editorial Reviews

UK budget-price reissue of the British hard-rock act's long awaited comeback album, originally released in 1996. 12 tracks including the bonus instrumental 'The Crack Of Dawn'. Talking Elephant. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars illuminations is " illuminating ", June 14, 2003

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Joan B. Montney (Glendale Az USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Illuminations (Audio CD)

This Wishbone Ash album only contains one original member in it's lineup,Andy Powell.After listening to illuminations several times and for several days in a row,it became apparent as to how important Andy Powell is to that classic wishbone sound. And you will hear plenty of it. There is lots of the bands unique trademark harmony guitar work along with superb performances by the bass and drums.Strong musical influences in the likes of Kansas and Yes can also be heard.Illuminations is a 1996 recording that features many songs reminiscent of the early Ash.Yet it is recorded using modern studio/sound techniques.Giving the listener a well balanced full sound.Great progressive Rock with 12 tracks totaling more than 65 minutes.A nice variety of music.Some to stomp your feet to,some to sing along to,some to feel blue to and a few to dance along to.Which is what music should do.My advice to the die hard skeptic is be courageous like the warrior on the Argus cover and " Give this one a try ".Fast fact: Wishbone Ash's first big break resulted from a gig they did with Deep Purple.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice, November 19, 2004

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Brendan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illuminations (Audio CD)

Going for that Argus feel which is nice. I'd been a fan since coming across Argus by chance in 1994 so I was interested in hearing some contempoary Ash when I bought this in 96 or 97. Fans of AOR would like Mountainside. Tales of the wise is a 10 minute epic (with some nice soloing from Andy), Another time is in the classic WA style of yore, the Ring is nice and Crack of dawn is a dreamy acoustic instrumental ( a bit like Throw down the sword). Very nice indeed. Another album which the line-up recorded is Live in Geneva, also recomended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Air guitar heaven, May 21, 2002

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don macvicar (here) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illuminations (Audio CD)

A great melodic rock album with excellant guitar playing through out, had it came out in the seventies at some point it would probaly have sold and been appreciated a hell of a lot more than it has been. standout tracks include 'on your own', 'top of the world' and the ten minite 'tales of the wise' that reminded me of classic richie blackmore in his hey day with rainbow. with over an hours worth of music there's definitly plenty to choose from and has had me pleasantly listening for the past five years.