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Phil Manzanera | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 14, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: E.G. Records
• ASIN: B000003S0Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,050 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Listen Now

2. Flight 19

3. Island

4. Law and Order

5. ¿Que?

6. City of Light

7. Initial Speed

8. Postcard Love

9. That Falling Feeling

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Listen now, later, or whenever---just listen, September 5, 2001

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loce_the_wizard "loce_the_wizard" (Lilburn, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Listen Now (Audio CD)

Any completist or progressive rock fan will want to investigate the "solo" recordings of Phil Manzanera, the sublime guitarist best known for his work with Roxy Music.

This recording, a bit dated now in some of its conventions, is still a good one either for focused listening via the headphones or for cranking up on solo trips. After his stunning solo debut "Diamond Head" snaked its way to the top of the British music charts, Manzanera assembled another all-star set of crack musicians to deliver this sometimes paranoid glimpse into a world gone mad.

"Listen Now," the title track, telegraphs the plotline of a sci-fi movie or novel against a sinister-sounding bass-drum line. "Flight 19" crackles with excitement as Manzanera proves again why he is one of the top ten rock guitarists. "Law and Order" recounts a world where freedom has been surrendered for safety, asking the same tough questions on many lips since September 11, 2001. "Island" and "Postcard Love" represent the more ethereal side of things.

Bill and Ian MacCormick provide solid support as both players and songwriters, Eno and his replacement in Roxy Music, Eddie Jobson, are both on-board, as are Tim Finn and Eddie Rayner from Spitz Enz, the great New Zealand band that later morphed into the superb Crowded House. Super session players like Simon Phillips and Dave Mattacks on drums, Frances Monkman on keyboards, and the ubiquitous Mel Collins on reeds plus Creme and Godley (former 10cc brain trust) and you have one stellar lineup.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Achingly beautiful, December 11, 1999

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This review is from: Listen Now (Audio CD)

After 801 Live, I wasn't expecting this at all. More subdued - different vocalist (who IS Simon Ainley, after all?) - and less...simple...in structure than the live record (how complex is "You Really Got Me" anyway?).

But, like all great records, this one becomes great after repeated listenings. Took a dozen or more runs through it and now it's become another of my favorite 10 records ever. There's not a bad cut on it. It's got Godley and Creme, Eno, Simon Phillips - what more do you want from a great record?

A Must Have. Seriously.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The other reviewers have it right, but ..., March 25, 2004

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Floyd Ian Slipp "Enthusiast" (Rochester, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Listen Now (Audio CD)

I just can't help but add my two cents' worth on how important this recording is. If for no other reason than the stellar, open production of this classic, you should hear how someone who's definitely NOT a musical household name puts together a brilliant set of tunes with a brilliant set of musicians in brilliant arrangments and then records it brilliantly. Is this enough? Sure. Buy the record and hear for yourself one of the reasons why Roxy Music influenced so much of today's younger talent. Manzanera's playing is, to me, at its best on this album. Like Dizzy Gillespie said about Miles Davis, "Man, it's not about the notes he play, it's about the notes he DON'T play."