Wakeman with Wakeman

• Artist: Rick Wakeman & Adam Wakeman
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• Release Date: 1992
• Total Time: 53:44
• Genre: Rock

Review

Wakeman With Wakeman is where both Rick and son Adam collaborate to create some outstanding keyboard music, heavily layered and intelligently catapulted forward with energy and instrumental brilliance. Even the piano work is becoming, fusing the talents of both generations together and creating some fully charged pieces of pure keyboard playing. With barely any percussion or strings, the Wakemans dominate ten different types of synthesizers and keyboards, combining both intricate and simplistic playing styles across a vast range of rhythms and rock tempos. The power of the Korg and Hammond organ is best applied on "Sync or Swim" and on the turbulent "Megalomania," as the intensity of the synthesizers are kept controlled and expertly piloted throughout the course of the song's duration. A version of the Rolling Stones' "Paint It Black" is performed as well, with the crescendoed solo played by Adam Wakeman in a clean and pleasingly thrift fashion, but the resemblances are miles apart. Overall, the album stands as a straightforward concordance of keyboard work, showcasing the skills of both musicians. If the purpose of Wakeman With Wakeman is to demonstrate the flexibility of the keyboard, then it fulfills its intentions meticulously. ~ Mike DeGagne, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Lure of the Wild	Rick Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(7:06)
The Beachcomber	Rick Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(4:06)
Megalomania	Adam Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(3:05)
Raga and Rhyme	Rick Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(3:02)
Sync or Swim	Rick Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(6:05)
Jiggajig	Rick Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(3:58)
Caesarea	Rick Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(9:14)
After the Atom	Rick Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(4:54)
The Suicide Shuffle	Rick Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(3:18)
Past and Present	Adam Wakeman	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(3:20)
Paint It Black	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	Rick Wakeman, Adam Wakeman	(5:36)

Credits

Rick Wakeman (Organ), Rick Wakeman (Piano), Rick Wakeman (Keyboards), Rick Wakeman (Main Performer), Adam Wakeman (Performer)