Classic Rock: Symphonic Rock – Various Artists
This is another compilation where the core idea works but the choices of tracks don’t.
Curiously, it appears that 70% of the artists featured on the album have previously featured on this project, so if you’ve missed those entries you’ll find that the links take you to those articles.
Anyway, Classic Rock: Symphonic Rock has a relatively good mix of tunes really but not ones I’d have chosen to highlight how rock can be symphonic. It’s a little too…. “twee”…for my liking. There are far better bands that could have featured on this compilation. There’s no Queensryche. No Meatloaf. The Yes option is pretty much mundane and the inclusion of Clannad, of all bands, confuses me no end. Clannad are not what I’d call rock for a start.
Tracklist
| 1-01 | –Vangelis | Pulsar | |
| 1-02 | –Sky | Toccata | |
| 1-03 | –Hawkwind | Urban Guerilla | |
| 1-04 | –Focus | P’s March | |
| 1-05 | –Electra | Scheidungstag | |
| 1-06 | –Gentle Giant | The Advent Of Panurge | |
| 1-07 | –Triumvirat | A Day In The Life | |
| 1-08 | –Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe | Brother Of Mine | |
| 1-09 | –Roger Waters | The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range | |
| 1-10 | –Procol Harum | A Salty Dog | |
| 1-11 | –Mike Batt | Losing Your Way In The Rain | |
| 1-12 | –Clannad | Sirius | |
| 1-13 | –Jon Lord | Aria | |
| 1-14 | –Barclay James Harvest | Child Of The Universe | |
| 1-15 | –Jon & Vangelis | So Long Ago, So Clear | |
| 2-01 | –Mike Oldfield | Sentinel | |
| 2-02 | –Moody Blues* | The Story In Your Eyes | |
| 2-03 | –Rick Wakeman | Catherine Howard | |
| 2-04 | –Electric Light Orchestra | Standin’ In The Rain | |
| 2-05 | –Alan Parsons Project, The | Damned If I Do | |
| 2-06 | –Herd | From The Underworld | |
| 2-07 | –Jethro Tull | Aqualung | |
| 2-08 | –Gong | Ard Na Greine | |
| 2-09 | –Vanilla Fudge | You Keep Me Hanging On | |
| 2-10 | –Ekseption | 5th Of Beethoven | |
| 2-11 | –Aphrodite’s Child | It’s Five O’Clock | |
| 2-12 | –Strawbs | Autumn | |
| 2-13 | –Camel | Tell Me | |
| 2-14 | –Genesis | The Silent Sun | |
| 2-15 | –Yes | Heart Of The Sunrise |
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