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Andy Barker :
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Hugh Gascoyne : bass
Pete Davies : guitars
Steve Hayes : guitars
John Dexter Jones : vocals, acoustic guitar
Mo : keyboards
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1999 |
Cyclops |
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Review by |
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John 'BoBo'
Bollenberg |
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For a long time I
had found it difficult to categorize Jump as a new 'prog' band.
Their CDs …And All The King's Men and The Myth of Independence did
get my award for "most tasteless and awful sleeve design of the year"
yet musically it was not my cup of tea. But then I saw Jump open for
Marillion in Vredenburg, Utrecht, Holland and I immediately knew
that the strength of this band was to be found in their live
concerts. That's why I was rather enthusiastic when I received The
Freedom Train, a live collection of 14 Jump classics recorded on
November 21st 1998. Material from the band's five studio albums was
chosen in order to give the listener an overview of the band's nine
year long career. The album has a harder edge than the studio albums
and this is mainly due to the guitarists here. A nice example is the
fantastic song "Valediction" where hard solos alternate with softer
"riffs." The fact that they tackle their music with a professional
attitude is proven in the fact that they integrate a small portion
of Led Zeppelin at the end of the powerful "Used To The Taste." In "Judgment
Day" they are even further way from the prog idiom than before by
using some great slide guitar. Although one can clearly hear Fish
and Marillion influences, the amount of 'rock'n roll' in Jump's
music is more apparent than with the competition. Maybe they are the
absolute headliners of the 'prog'n roll' movement? |
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Tracklist |
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A Nation Of Friends / The
Lightbox / Poison In The Sea / Personal Revolution / Alone
Ahead / The Pressed Man / Shed No Tears / On My Side / The
Freedom Train / Highwayman / Valediction / Used To The Taste /
Judgement Day / Keep The Blues
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