catalogue

WERNER, MAX

SEASONS (ICONOCLASSIC)

WERNER, MAX - SEASONS 167257
format:
1 CD
release:
06.12.2024
label:
ICONOCLASSIC
item ID:
167257
barcode:
0843563179604
First time on CD worldwide / Features the hit single "Rain In May" (#2 Germany, #3 Netherlands, #10 Switzerland, #10 Belgium / Fellow Kayak members Ton Scherpenzeel, Johan Slager and Edward Reekers perform on the album / Remastered by Wouter Bessels (Golden Earring, Tangerine Dream, Steven Wilson).

Classic-era Kayak singer/drummer Max Werner scored a solo hit single that eclipsed his decade-long stint with the band when he released "Rain in May" in 1981.

Its meticulously produced parent album, Seasons, created in collaboration with songwriter/producer Chris Pilgram, is a concept album chronicling the passage of the four seasons.

Singing drummer Max Werner was influenced by his peer Phil Collins' groundbreaking drum sounds on Peter Gabriel 3 and "In the Air Tonight." Seasons, too, sets massive drums against often spare synthesizer backing and spotlights Werner's strong vocals.

The experimental yet accessible and melodic Seasons unfolds as a drum-driven symphony of early '80s song-oriented progressive/art rock.

For fans of Kayak, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Kate Bush, Steve Hackett, Gary Numan.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. RAIN IN MAY
  • 1.2. UNDER THE SPELL OF SPRING
  • 1.3. THUNDERSTORM
  • 1.4. SUMMER IN THE CITY
  • 1.5. LIKE AN AUTUMN-LEAF
  • 1.6. RAINCLOUD
  • 1.7. INDIAN SUMMER
  • 1.8. IN THE WINTER
  • 1.9. CRYSTALS (SO COLD)
  • 1.10. COSMIC WINTER (WE'LL MAKE IT TO MARS)
  • 1.11. SEASONS
  • 1.12. STOP AND START