PHIDEAUX: The Great Leap

Cover	Release	Style
	2006	progressive rock
	Label
	Bloodfish
	Website
	www.bloodfish.com
	Contact

	Playing Time	Cat. N°
	53:59	zyz-665
	Review by / Translated by	Rating
	Jany / Jennifer	7,5/10
nederlands	Review
Not too long ago, I was pleasantly surprised when I found several CDs from Phideaux in my mailbox. These guys make such an extraordinary and varied kind of symphonic rock that it really is impossible to categorize it. The musical masterpieces that you find all over these albums are certainly references from the music of the 70s but have a contemporary sound and color. Their latest album, ‘The Great Leap’, picks up where the previous albums left off. The songs are very beautiful and really good, just as they were on their other albums. “The Waiting” could have been a track from the Tom Robinson Band and “Last” reminds me of Donovan. The vocal performances are tip top and the music is substantially varied in style. ‘The Great Leap’ is a continuation of the story that Phideaux wishes to tell. This is a must buy for the symphonic rock lover due to its consistent high level of music making.
Musicians
Phideaux Xavier - guitars, bass, keyboards, electric sitar, vocals Richard Hutchins - drums, percussion Gabriel Moffat – Electric guitar Arlan Shierbaum - keyboards Probyn Gregory - horns Scott Brannon - hammer dulcimer Linda Ruttan - Muldawsky - vocals Jo Pusateri - snare drum outro Ariel Farber – violin, vocals Valerie Gracious - vocals Molly Ruffan - vocals Stefanie Fife - cello
Tracklist
Wake Up (4:06) You And Me Against A World Of Pain (5:35) The Waiting (3:33) Abducted (6:10) Rainboy (6:15) I Was Thinking (4:24) Long And Lonely Way (4:18) They Hunt You Down (3:54) Tannis Root (4:52) One Star(5:14) Last (5:40)
Discography
Friction (1992) Fiendish (2004) Ghost Story (2004) Chupacabras (2005) 313 (2006) The Great Leap (2006) Doomsday Afternoon (?)


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