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| ARTIST: | Tony Banks |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Emi Int'l |
| FEATURES: | Import |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | This Is Love, Man of Spells, And the Wheels Keep Turning, Say You'll Never Leave Me, Thirty Three's, By You, At the Edge of Night, Charm, Moving Under, K2, Sometime Never |
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Customer Reviews of Fugitive
Pretty good short pop songs and instrumentals. Anyone is who is a devoted fan of Genesis is also most likely a big fan of Tony Banks. Many of my favorite Genesis moments are long keyboard solos (though Genesis is also a great band to listen to for drums, bass, guitars, and vocals), so I was hoping that Tony's solo albums would take that sort of thing even further. This album doesn't quite do that, but I do like it. I guess Tony thinks of himself more as a pop songwriter than as a keyboard virtuoso, but anyone who has heard most or all of Genesis' records knows that he's both. And though he's not Peter Garbriel or Phil Collins, he's really not a bad singer. I wouldn't mind hearing his voice more often be it on lead, harmony, or counterpoint. It's too bad that Tony and the record company don't market albums like this more agressively. I mean he ought to do solo tours and stuff like that. There's usually at least one song that would be very much suited to pop radio. "The Wheels Keep Turning" would have made a great radio hit.
Tony Sings.....
Remember the old days when actors would put albums that were titled "so-and-so Sings!"? Well, this could be that kind of album for Mr. Banks, who is not really a great singer, but his voice is pretty tolerable, and, at some points on this album, cute.
The writing on this album pretty much started him to venture into pop territory on his own. It's still not official that he's a pop entity, even though his work with Genesis gives him the somewhat popularity that he otherwise lacks. But this is the album that sorta brings him into the current time. Gone are the grandiose solos and the experimental keyboard riffs. This album is pure songwriting at his best.
It could be safe to say that this album is basically a demo album, seeing that most of it was recorded on 8-track at his home. But still, this album does have its moments. My personal favourites are songs such as "This Is Love", "And The Wheels Keep Turning", "Man Of Spells" and my all-time favourite from this release, "K2". The latter song shows that he can harmonize very well. Too bad he didn't try to work more on his voice and sing more often, instead of the usual odd track on the next couple of studio albums that he did.
If you are looking for an album of Tony's to start your collection, I wouldn't say start here, but I would say get it. You might be surprised. You just might like what you hear.
The Best Solo by anyone but Phil
This is one of the best solo efforts by a Genesis band member. I was pleasantly surprised as band members joked about Tony not being able to sing. He does not have a real powerful voice, but a nice Prog rock voice. The single off this album should have been "And the Wheels Keep Turning" - my personal fave. Also notable is "Moving Under". It was this album that defined Tony Banks in my mind as being the mainstay of the Genesis sound.