Momentum [Extra tracks, Import]

Steve Hackett | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 13, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Camino UK
• ASIN: B000006X8T
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #511,154 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cavalcanti

2. The Sleeping Sea

3. Portrait of a Brazilian Lady

4. When the Bell Breaks

5. A Bed, a Chair and a Guitar

6. Concert for Munich

7. Last Rites of Innocence

8. Troubled Spirit

9. Variation on a Theme by Chopin

10. Pierrot

11. Momentum

12. Bouree

13. An Open Window

14. The Vigil

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Steve Hackett solo gem, May 2, 2003

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Mons "Mons" (Norrpan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Momentum (Audio CD)

Momentum is an absolute gem of a record â€" mostly classical solo guitar, but also a number of tracks with keyboard and flute. It’s mainly quiet music, perfect for Sunday mornings or as harmonious background music for when your parents come and visit. Genes is fans will delight in Steve's exquisite acoustic work, much of which is reminiscent of his Wind and Wuthering period (Blood on the Rooftops, Unquiet Slumber for the Sleepers). Great compositions (Concert for Munich is a stunner) beautifully played. Romantic stuff...

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Guitar since invention, January 14, 2000

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"itsacon" (Manassas VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Momentum (Audio CD)

Hackett has captured so many pictures, ideas, landscapes, emotions, and more in just the simple strumming of a classical acoustic guitar. Combined with his brother on flute in Calvacanti he expresses such deep sentiments that only composers such as himself can realize. A true master of the art, this CD brings him to another level altogether.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like Bay of Kings, you'll like this one, June 18, 2001

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R. Langdon "Scriptor" (Four Oaks, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Momentum (Audio CD)

A good follow up to Bay of Kings (in fact, this one and Bay of Kings makes a very good 2 CD set). Very mellow, original classical style music from a great guitarist. Hackett has such a feel for all styles of guitar and is successful in this effort in communicating his love for music and his instrument. Simple production ... just the guitar and a few complementary instruments ... only a master musician could pull it off. Hackett does.

I really like Hackett's progressive/electric side, but I am appreciating more his versatility of late. If you only like the harder/progressive side of Hackett or if you have no love for classical guitar, don't get this one.

If you like very good original classical style guitar, try this one for sure.