Robert Reed - Sanctuary III
"Things that try to look like things often do look more like things than things"
- Terry Pratchett
Speaking of gimmicks: Rob Reed's first Sanctuary album was a clever excersise in deliberate plagiarism and musical archaeology. With utmost precision, Reed reverse-engineered a full-blown early Mike Oldfield album into existence, and a good one, too. It was a neat party trick, but when the sequel was announced, I was skeptical. Do we really need another one? Isn't he stretching the point a bit? But, it turned out, the second one was even better than the first and ended up at my #2 spot of that year. I was ready for a third one.
