Trick of Memory [Import]

Martin Barre | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Zyx Records
• ASIN: B000006SQT
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Unknown Binding
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,642 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bug

2. Way Before Your Time

3. Bug Bee

4. Empty Cafe

5. Suspicion

6. I Be Thank You

7. All Blues for All Reasons

8. A Trick of Memory

9. Steal

10. Another View

11. Cold Heart

12. Bug C

13. Morris Minus

14. In the Shade of the Shadow

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ... and on the lead guitar - Martin Lancelot Barre, February 3, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Trick of Memory (Audio CD)

Martin Barre proves that he is truly one of the finest rock guitarists in the business. It's about time Martin steped out from the depths of Jethro Tull and provided us an offering of original music. Instrumentals like Bug and Morris Minus melodic and display a virtuosity that is matched by only a few. While Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson is the acknowledged ultimate rock and roll flautist, few probably know that Martin also plays the flute ... check out the instrumental, I Be Thank You. You'll find Martin's vocals on the title track and Suspicion, while not great, are more than passable. If you enjoy great guitar music ... this one is a keeper.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Barre. Martin Barre. On Guitar., September 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Trick of Memory (Audio CD)

A fine debut from Martin Barre. The guitar work is flawless...as expected. As a vocalist, he is a great guitarist...which is to say his voice is not great, but it's good enough. Lyrics are good, although Trick of Memory reminded me too much One Slip from Pink Floyd. The instrumentals are great, the strongest part of the disc. This disc is a better selection than his follow-up, 'The Meeting.' Tull fans will not be disappointed.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Blast of Sound and Style, June 13, 2002

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Carl H. Piraneo (Fayetteville/FT. Bragg, North Carolina, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trick of Memory (Audio CD)

It's certainly about time - but definitely worth the wait. An absolutely stunning and eclectic offering from Martin Barre that is dimensionally brilliant yet fun to listen to at the same time. The entire work is awash in a refreshing array of sounds and styles that is decisively polished into an ultra-pristine performance. His venerable grab bag of influence and ideas are ample and prevalent yet invariantly transfigured as each song opens up a new wave of sonic excitement. A masterpiece of production value, this recording glistens with every dynamic that the CD range and medium can muster!
I'm not sure to what extent that die-hard Jethro Tull fans will accept or appreciate this work, as it bears much less a resemblance to anything in the Tull catalog than it does to several of Martin's other British guitar/composer contemporaries, notably, Steve Hackett and Mike Oldfield, who have thrived within their own longevity of successful solo recording careers. (e.g., compare the opening track "Bug" on 'A Trick of Memory' to "Camino Royale" the opening track on Hackett's 'Highly Strung'). Similar enough in construction, however, it is the overall voice and tone of the guitar that both of these artists have revamped and brought out to the forefront as to see the instrument in a more expressive light rather than mimicking mere melody or truncated, sterile techniques.
This is not said to portray any limiting factors, as for the contrary, it should act to widen the appeal of Martin's work to those who enjoy a wider spectrum of progressive musical artists outside of the immediate Tull/ Fairport Convention ring. If you want something different and unpredictable, yet, appealing and consistent - then check out what Martin and friends are doing here.