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- Artist: Steve Hackett
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- Release Date: 1975
- Total Time: 40:52
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
The essence of progressive music is characterized perfectly on Voyage of the Acolyte, Steve Hackett's first solo album. The former Genesis guitarist uses his instrumental mastery to conjure up musical images of sorcerers, magic, and old English castles with the primary use of keyboards and electric guitar. Phil Collins on drums and vibraphone and Mike Rutherford on bass and fuzz 12-string contribute their talents to the churning synthesizers that accompany each passage. The basic instrumental elements of progressive rock are heard loud and clear throughout the album, including Mellotron, harmonium, flute, and bells, and none with a minor role to play. Collins, Hackett, and Sally Oldfield all donate their voices to a few of the songs here, adding a nice touch to the heavy insertion of electronics. Glimpses of oboe and cello can be detected underneath some pleasurable guitar work in "The Lovers and "Hands of the Priestess Part 1." Traces of Yes can be found all the way through the album, but especially on the 11:45 grand finale "Shadow of the Hierophant" that combines all the instruments in a colorful bombardment of musical fury. A true progressive masterpiece, Voyage of the Acolyte is an album firmly stationed in the upper echelon of prog rock. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Ace of Wands | Steve Hackett | Steve Hackett | (5:25) |
| Hands of the Priestess, Pt. 1 | Steve Hackett | Steve Hackett | (3:28) |
| A Tower Struck Down | Steve Hackett, |
Steve Hackett | (4:53) |
| Hands of the Priestess, Pt. 2 | Steve Hackett | Steve Hackett | (1:34) |
| The Hermit | Steve Hackett | Steve Hackett | (4:49) |
| Star of Sirius | Steve Hackett | Steve Hackett | (7:08) |
| The Lovers | Steve Hackett | Steve Hackett | (1:50) |
| Shadow of the Hierophant | Steve Hackett, Mike Rutherford | Steve Hackett | (11:45) |
