Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	1	2	3	4	5

Gary Brooker - Lead Me To The Water (1982)

Posted By: v3122

Date: 3 Aug 2022 20:09:15

Gary Brooker wrote music and lyrics for all the songs on his second album and acted as his own producer, resulting in perhaps his most personal statement as an artist. Unlike No More Fear Of Flying, on which he sometimes just seemed to be the singer on his own record, here Brooker delivered his songs with feeling, enabling him to overcome the star power of his backup musicians, who included Eric Clapton, George Harrison, and Phil Collins. This was partly because Brooker no longer felt the need to separate himself from The Procol Harum sound that was so much a part of his natural musical identity. Brooker's lyrics weren't as philosophical as longtime writing partner Keith Reid's, but they could be just as intriguingly oblique.

by William Ruhlmann

Gary Brooker - Lead Me To The Water (1982):

Tracklist:

A1 Mineral Man
A2 Another Way
A3 Hang On Rose
A4 Home Loving
A5 The Cycle
B1 Lead Me To The Water
B2 The Angler
B3 Low Flying Birds
B4 Sympathy For The Hard Of Hearing

Equipment & processing

Original ripper: uta5erika5
Original format: 32/384
Vinyl Condition: NM
Direct Drive Turntable: Denon DP-A100
Cartridge: Soundsmith Aida MKII ES
Amplifier: Manley Labs CHINOOK Special Edition MKII
ADC: RME ADI-2 Pro FS
Processing: iZotop RX9

Downsampled to 24/192