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Whoever thought that the surface obsession of glam rock never met the loopy idealism of the hippie movement -- at least in the musical realm -- has obviously never heard the appropriately titled The Impossible Dream. Recorded, again, appropriately, as the Age of Aquarius was in full transition to the age of the Spiders From Mars and, later, the me decade, The Impossible Dream manages to capture that cultural DMZ in an operatic blast of pub rock-based pomp without circumstance. Harvey is the bacchanalian ringleader, marshalling the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's considerable, flexible resources to the task at hand and providing a damn good listen in the process. Multi-part song cycles, three-minute rockers. and tomes such as "Long Hair Music" keep you, the unexpecting listener, on edge. This is one of those overlooked records, and Harvey was one of those artists, that could easily have reached less than an arm's length and touched T. Rex, Queen, the New York Dolls, AC/DC, or Sweet, and, by extension, Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Guns 'n' Roses. The Impossible Dream is a key album in the discography of one of rock's little-known grand schemers. It rocks out, is pretentious, bombastic, rollicking and grand, but it's never boring.
© Chris Handyside /TiVo
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Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - David Batchelor, Producer - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Batchelor, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Batchelor, Producer - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist - Alistair Macdonald Cleminson, ComposerLyricist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Batchelor, Producer - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist - Alistair Macdonald Cleminson, ComposerLyricist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Batchelor, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Derek Wadsworth, Producer - David Batchelor, ComposerLyricist - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Cyrano, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Batchelor, Producer - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Joseph Darion, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mitch Leigh, ComposerLyricist - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jesse A. Stone, ComposerLyricist - David Batchelor, Producer - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Batchelor, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Alex Harvey, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gary Moore, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Glen, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Zal Cleminson, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - David Batchelor, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Hugh McKenna, Keyboards, Synthesizer Programming, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, MainArtist - Ted McKenna, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
Album review
Whoever thought that the surface obsession of glam rock never met the loopy idealism of the hippie movement -- at least in the musical realm -- has obviously never heard the appropriately titled The Impossible Dream. Recorded, again, appropriately, as the Age of Aquarius was in full transition to the age of the Spiders From Mars and, later, the me decade, The Impossible Dream manages to capture that cultural DMZ in an operatic blast of pub rock-based pomp without circumstance. Harvey is the bacchanalian ringleader, marshalling the Sensational Alex Harvey Band's considerable, flexible resources to the task at hand and providing a damn good listen in the process. Multi-part song cycles, three-minute rockers. and tomes such as "Long Hair Music" keep you, the unexpecting listener, on edge. This is one of those overlooked records, and Harvey was one of those artists, that could easily have reached less than an arm's length and touched T. Rex, Queen, the New York Dolls, AC/DC, or Sweet, and, by extension, Mötley Crüe, Poison, and Guns 'n' Roses. The Impossible Dream is a key album in the discography of one of rock's little-known grand schemers. It rocks out, is pretentious, bombastic, rollicking and grand, but it's never boring.
© Chris Handyside /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:20
- Main artists: The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Vertigo Berlin
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1974 Universal Music GmbH ℗ 1974 Universal Music GmbH
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