I really like his second solo album "Lead Me To The Water" https://monolover.blogspot.com/2013/10/gary-brookerlead-me-to-water-6359-098.html. Filled with well written and sincerely performed songs, much reminding of the stuff he did with Procol Harum. As I see it a forgotten gem that could attract more than just old PH fans. This solo debute also seems sadly forgotten. Maybe not a gem of the same magnitude, but well worth to be noticed and heard. The familiar voice is certainly there and he's backed by some respected names. Among them drummer Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention), guitarist Tim Renwick (Bowie, Elton John), bassist Bruce Lynch (Cat Stevens) and top steel gutarist B.J. Cole. Record produced and arranged by George Martin at Air Studios. With Brooker in that surrounding it could have been a classic, but to my ears it's just...good. Title track, co-written by him and Keith Reed, is a killer - warm and catchy, carried by a haunting keyboard riff (especially listen to the slight change of emphasis when the vocals start). I also enjoy listening to the emotional "Say It Aint So Joe" and "Old Manhattan Melodies", but the rest don't grip me that hard. I'm probably too stuck in the old PH ways to enjoy it as it was meant, but three likes out of ten on an album isn't bad at all and title track alone makes it worth while, so a keeper for sure. Issued and reissued all over the world on LP through the years, also German 1997 CD (Repertoire REP 4659-WY) and UK cassette (ZCHR 1224). Premiere UK and US on Chrysalis (CHR 1224). First German had label as shown here in a glossy sleeve with glossy pic/lyric/credit inner. (GÖXÄ*) (PRÖX*)
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