The sixth album from this artist from Great Britain.
Fish did all the lead vocals here.
He got help from numerous guests who added drums, percussion, bass, guitars, fiddle, violin, cello, keyboards, harmonium, piano, organ, narration and backing vocals.
Fish returned again two years after the good Sunsets On Empire album, his best album up to that point.
Raingods with Zippos is an one hour long album. It comes in two parts with some cathchy opening tracks. Thankfully, these soulful songs has not been killed by brass and woodwinds. Hence, they are pretty tasteful good. Full of life too.
Then this album takes a bit of an unexpected turn....
Fish now starts to deliver his best vocals ever on a half an hour long suite.
This suite deliver some mid-tempo to slow melancholic music with some good strings, guitar solos and great vocals. Music bordering too symphonic prog.. well, this is symphonic prog. This on Fish own terms.
This is a good suite and an endearing one who showcases a far better side of his talents than previously showcased.
The result is an album less chasing the trends and a more prog rock orientated album. A good album indeed and one that betters his previous album. Check out this album.
3 points
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