Personnel: Steve Hackett (vocals, guitar, harmonica, rainstick); Brian May (guitar); Julian Colbeck (keyboards, background vocals); Aron Friedman (keyboards, programming); Dave "Taif" Ball (bass); Hugo Degenhardt (drums, percussion, background vocals); Billy Budis (background vocals). Engineers include: Aron Friedman, Billy Budis, Gerry O'Riordan. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Hackett has returned to the winning sounds of HIGHLY STRUNG and DEFECTOR to kick off his '90s "comeback." GUITAR NOIR resonates with some of his best playing in years and collects not only an able backing band but also a variety of different songs and styles. There are the synth-rockers "Lost in Your Eyes" and "Vampyre With a Healthy Appetite," the cascading "Take These Pearls," and even some darker, more adventurous numbers such as "Dark As the Grave" and "In the Heart of the City." The one common denominator is Hackett's chameleon-like ability to alter his guitarists' persona at will--from gentle, acoustic-inflected balladry to raw searing leads and dense electronic cavalcades. His status as a cult figure certainly isn't in danger of being tarnished; GUITAR NOIR bears both the fruit of his salad days with Genesis and the development of his solo career--an embodiment of styles he's refined by keeping a keen eye upon avenues yet unexplored.

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Personnel: Steve Hackett (vocals, guitar, harmonica, rainstick); Brian May (guitar); Julian Colbeck (keyboards, background vocals); Aron Friedman (keyboards, programming); Dave "Taif" Ball (bass); Hugo Degenhardt (drums, percussion, background vocals); Billy Budis (background vocals). Engineers include: Aron Friedman, Billy Budis, Gerry O'Riordan. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Hackett has returned to the winning sounds of HIGHLY STRUNG and DEFECTOR to kick off his '90s "comeback." GUITAR NOIR resonates with some of his best playing in years and collects not only an able backing band but also a variety of different songs and styles. There are the synth-rockers "Lost in Your Eyes" and "Vampyre With a Healthy Appetite," the cascading "Take These Pearls," and even some darker, more adventurous numbers such as "Dark As the Grave" and "In the Heart of the City." The one common denominator is Hackett's chameleon-like ability to alter his guitarists' persona at will--from gentle, acoustic-inflected balladry to raw searing leads and dense electronic cavalcades. His status as a cult figure certainly isn't in danger of being tarnished; GUITAR NOIR bears both the fruit of his salad days with Genesis and the development of his solo career--an embodiment of styles he's refined by keeping a keen eye upon avenues yet unexplored.