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Trower's masterpiece
Bridge Of Sighs (1974.) Robin Trower's second album. <
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>When the British progressive rock act Procol Harum disbanded, its members went their own ways. One of the members was guitarist Robin Trower, who began his solo career. Recruiting bassist/vocalist James Dewar and percussionist Reg Isidore, Trower recorded and released his first solo album in 1973. Unfortunately, his first solo effort, entitled Twice Removed From Yesterday, wasn't a big commercial success despite its being a very good album. Trower's second solo album, Bridge Of Sighs, was released the following year. The second album is widely known as Trower's highest quality, most popular, and best-selling work. Are these claims valid, or are Trower's fans mistaken? To find out, read on. <
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>Twice Removed From Yesterday was an awesome solo debut for Trower, but everything that album did good, Bridge Of Sighs does even better. Trower's guitar mastery is something that must be heard to be appreciated, and it's not surprising that so many fans have dubbed him the "Hendrix of the seventies." Credit is also due to Trower's band, bassist-vocalist James Dewar (who is one of the most underrated vocalist in classic rock, by the way), and drummer Reg Isidore. It's a shame these two musicians never get as much credit as Trower himself, because they do their jobs very well. The actual songs themselves flat-out rule, making this an undeniable five-star classic. Trower's "heavy blues rock" stylings never sounded this good. You've got four huge hits here - Day Of The Eagle, Too Rolling Stoned, the title track, and Lady Love - ALL OF WHICH RULE. And Trower doesn't stop at the hits. From slow, melodic numbers right up to the hard rockers that made him a classic rock legend, there isn't a single weak track on this album. Why do many of Trower's fans call this his best album? The answer's simple - BECAUSE IT IS. He never ceases to amaze me with his musical talents, and perhaps no LP demonstrated that as well as this one. <
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>You've got two choices when it comes to buying this album - an American remaster with bonus tracks, or a British twofer that combines this album with its predecessor. I shouldn't have to tell you that the twofer is the better deal, and I recommend you get it. The live bonus tracks are good, but nothing too great. The twofer is better because you're getting two masterpieces of albums, not just one. <
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>Is Bridge Of Sighs not a part of your classic rock CD library yet? If it isn't, you don't have a classic rock CD library. Trower never sounded this good before, and he'd never sound this good again. This, my friends, is REAL rock and roll - not that crap that's been flooding the mainstream. Buy this if you want to hear some real rock. <
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Robin Trower "Bridge of Sighs"
Many consider this to be Trowers finest hour. As for myself I might enjoy Trowers first, "Twice Removed from Yesterday's" spacey strecthed out Hendrix inspired "Bold as Love" peroid explorations a hair more, but "Bridge of Sighs" is Trowers most focused album. It is hard to argue with the sonic explosion that is "Day of the Eagle," that starts this album. Just killer heavy duty blues/rock guitar turned up to eleven, then followed by one of Trowers finest heavy riffed spacey songs, the title song "Bridge of Sighs." WOW! I remember hearing these two songs in tandem back in the 70's & I was hooked for good. Trower is truely a master of his instrument, his thick tone, shimmering sustain, sense of melody, & passion really come off as some of the heaviest most melodic guitar playing known to rock. Pigeoned holed as a Hendrix clone, Trower is much more than that. He is Hendrix's ace disciple easly rivaling his mentor's inspiration with this album, & maybe even surpassing it.

The passionate singing of bassist Rob Dewar is an overlooked treasure on many of Trowers albums. Here on "Lady Love" Trower & Dewar crescend in a seamless whole of sincere delicate axemenship & impassioned singing to make it a listeners delight. On "Too Rolling Stoned" Dewar shows us he is able to thump the bass to Trowers rollicking leads & riffs. Trower shows some of his funk on "The Fool & Me." Really there is not a clinker in this whole album, it's is a collection of flawless work from a master of his instrument. For lovers of killer Rock guitar!!!

***** Stars

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Like Hendrix on Downers (Not a Bad Thing)
This album was my first exposure to guitarist Robin Trower back in the 1970s. I was knocked out by it back then, and I still enjoy it today. Trower fronted a power rock trio with a very distinctive sound. He is often called a Hendrix clone, and there are superficial similarities. His harmonically sophisticated chord voicings, walking leads behind the vocals, and heavy use of sustain on his solos are all obviously influenced by Hendrix. But where Hendrix was always exuberant and sexual in his playing, Trower has a languid and introspective undertone. I think of him as Hendrix on downers, and I mean that in a positive way. Hendrix was a better and more versatile guitarist, but Trower has more emotional depth.

On slower songs like "Bridge of Sighs", "In This Place", and "About To Begin", Trower's guitar work is beautifully moody both in texture and melody. On the upbeat numbers, Trower proves he can rock, but there's still that little edge of emotion underneath. Trower is not super fast as a guitarist--I would put him in the same league as Eric "Slowhand" Clapton--but he is a master of the "sustain and bend" technique. He knows how to make the guitar sing like the human voice.