Audio CD review:
Phil Keaggy - In the Quiet Hours

Phil Keaggy - In the Quiet Hours

Band: Phil Keaggy Title: In the Quiet Hours Rating: Release Date: 24 September, 2001 Media: Audio CD Tracks:

Customer Reviews Beautiful Acoustic Guitar You can still get the Music to Paint By set from Phil's web site Philkeaggy. Phil has taken his 4 cd set "Music to Paint By" and made a best of cd with this album. com, which I would highly recommend. Quiet Hours is a remaster and in some cases, Phil has re-done the song, ie adding a saxophone to the title cut (I wish he hadn't done that). Some people like "best of" albums. If you are one of those, this cd is a good one. Background music at its best The whole album is full of excellent, soft instrumental music which is perfect for background while working, reading a book, taking a nap, hosting guests, etc. This album delivers exactly what its title implies. If you're looking for beautiful background music, this is a great album to get. Keaggy Is a Masterful Guitar Player What you get here is nearly an hour's worth of instrumentals from one of the music world's truly gifted guitarists. All of the songs on this CD (except for one track, "As It Is in Heaven") were previously released in 1999 as part of Keaggy's 4-CD Music to Paint By series: Electric Blue, Still Life, Brushstrokes and Splash. Of the fourteen instrumentals on this disc, a couple are under a minute ("Growing Grass" and "Foreshadow), but most are fully conceived songs averaging about four minutes each. The closing song "The Blue Planet," however, is more than twice that long at nine and a half minutes. Keaggy works in a variety of settings, playing both acoustic and electric guitars, as well as performing solo and with additional musicians, including a second guitarist (Tom Shinness) on a couple of cuts as well as adding percussion and saxophone. Overall, this is a very enjoyable album and with the Music to Paint By series currently out of print--except through Keaggy's website--this is a wonderful introduction. RECOMMENDED. . You can see a complete list of all Phil Keaggy discography, or go back to the Phil Keaggy tabs