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Genre:
Rock
Release Date: 12/01/1998
Irish guitarist
Gary Moore has built an entire career on stubborn self-recycling. Just when listeners think they have him pegged within a particular musical style (
heavy metal guitar slinger, soft-hearted acoustic player,
jazz fusion experimentalist,
electric blues purist), the enduring six-string legend throws a curve ball and changes artistic direction -- seemingly just to spite his critics. Because of this, his extensive recorded legacy as a solo artist has defied adequate encapsulation into greatest-hits packages, and in America, where his profile has never exceeded the status of a connoisseur's favorite, taking a first stab at discovering his work becomes an even more vexing task.
Out in the Fields: The Very Best of Gary Moore doesn't solve this problem, but it does alleviate it somewhat by concentrating on
Moore's best-known guise among the aforementioned connoisseur club --
hard rock and
heavy metal guitar shredder. Included here are the rare mainstream hits (
"Out in the Fields," "Wild Frontier"), balls-out
metal headbangers (
"Run for Cover," "Military Man"), sublime
ballads (
"Parisienne Walkways," "Empty Rooms"), and later-day
blues successes (
"Cold Day in Hell," "Still Got the Blues"). In an imperfect world and a less-than-perfect career, this is about as spot-on as one can expect.
~Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide
;)
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