Ring of Changes [IMPORT]

Barclay James Harvest

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 30, 1998)
• Original Release Date: 1983
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Polygram Int'l
• ASIN: B000006SQ3
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #400,655 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Import exclusive mid-price reissue of 1983 album. Highlights include, 'Fifties Child', 'Looking From The Outside' & 'Teenage Heart'. Nine tracks.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Progressive music at the top of the art, November 3, 1999

By	saingery pascale (Montpellier (near the mediterranean sea), France) - See all my reviews

This album is my best earing from year 1983. "Paraiso dos cavalos" and "Waiting for the right time" are certainly great songs and the others are very high too... If you needs Supertramp (Hodgson period), Moody Blues, Genesis or Procol Harum, Barclay James Harvest is a kind of brillant synthesis of them all. With a full music emotion on every track. Like a fine bottle of French wine, they are better in ages. And I know it well, cause I'm living in France !... I realy hope to you a long enjoyment with the flying and beautiful sound of Barclay James Harvest, one of the finest band I ever know. Ring Of Changes is one of their best. Please, excuse my poor language. I'll do better in french. But indeed, I love this music !

3.0 out of 5 stars Not A Good Starting Point, October 23, 2008

By	Colin Logue "'Prog is not dead'" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews

BJH were a long established act in the UK and Europe prior to this release in 1983 and this is by no means representative of what went before. Their peak period, in the UK, was 1973 to around 1977 but in Germany they became a Stadium act and sold millions of albums. Little appreciation in their own backyard.

Ring Of Changes has 3 stand out tracks; FIFTIES CHILD, PARAISO DOS CAVALOS and RING OF CHANGES. The rest fell short of the high standard on previous BJH releases and lacked the proggy edge, which was diminishing since the 1978 departure of Woolly Woolstenholme. It's a pleasant listen throughout but a little reliant on synth instead of John Lees' soaring guitar.

If you are curious about BJH then try EVERYONE IS EVERYBODY ELSE, LIVE {Double 1974} or BJH AND OTHER SHORT STORIES from their early release or CAUGHT IN THE LIGHT or FACE TO FACE from their later period.

A very under-rated band and one unfairly tagged Moody Blues copyists, a fact they had fun with by sending themselves up on the song POOR MAN'S MOODY BLUES from GONE TO EARTH. A great compilation is COMPACT STORY.

Enjoy the BJH experience but don't start here.

5.0 out of 5 stars lovely album, March 5, 2007

By	D. Moses (London, London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A really melodic album, full of accessible tracks. They are all really pleasent and ear catching. I love all the tracks. 'waiting for the right time' is quite possibly my fave. I love the last track 'ring of changes', however, the 'turn the pages...' section, is just like 'all and all, your just another brick in the wall' and this slightly diminishes the value of this track. Furthermore, the ending of this song is a bit like 'let's sing the chorus for the sake of world peace', but apart from this, no complaints.