Rick Wakeman - (2000) AD INTO THE FUTURE

Studio Album, released in 1991

As reviewer McBeath noted ... the expectations from "music represents wide ranging thoughts for the future, and was originally conceived for a series of futuristic films" and the brilliant album cover may be high, but the album comes short. Instead of a highly imaginative and creative album that tries to convey the future, it is an energetic new-age that lacks imagery.

This album seems to lack musical effort, creativity, and inspiration. The keyboards, while they sound pretty, are played in the usual Wakeman style for most of the disc. the worst is the drumming. It sounds horrible and linear! Don't be fooled by the catchy opener, it is just the highlight of the album.

Highlights : Into The Future Let Downs : just the album itself, no particular songs are letdowns.

My Grade: D-

Track Listings

1. Into the future (5:06)
2. Toward peace (3:08)
3. 2000 A.D. (6:07)
4. A.D. Rock (3:05)
5. The time tunnel (3:15)
6. Robot dance (8:01)
7. A new beginning (4:10)
8. Forward past (6:03)
9. The seventh dimension (4:28)

Total Time: 43:23
Line-up/Musicians

- Rick Wakeman / keyboards, synthesizers
+ Stuart Sawney / percussion, programming