John Michael Talbot - Pathways To Solitude

Wednesday 1st December 1999
John Michael Talbot - Pathways To Solitude
John Michael Talbot - Pathways To Solitude

STYLE: Ambient/Meditational
RATING 5 5 5 5 5
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 1038-1451
LABEL: Troubadour For The Lord 8346262
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1
RRP: £15.31

Reviewed by Tony Cummings

The deluge of Talbot releases over the last few years either shows there is a huge market for Catholic meditative music, or, more likely, its another example of record company overkill. In the review of another album in this series 'Pathways To Wisdom' (CR45) the reviewer commented it was "hard to distinguish the character of each track much less explain the choice of titles" and nothing has changed here. 'Pathways To Solitude' features John Michael Talbot's acoustic, a lush cushion of strings and woodwind and songs with titles like "Mirror", "Monos" and "Exiles", which are all slow. You only hear odd bits of vocals - neo-Gregorian chant with chorus singing (presumably) Latin in a blur of reverb. Phil Perkins arrangements are restful and rich, if at times over elaborate but this really is an album more to aid meditative experience than to listen to per se.

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