GTR - S/t CD

Proge/AOR jättiläisen ainokainen.
Howe+ Hackett ja Max Bacon laulaa. Niin ja Marillionin kannumies rummuissa.
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GTR were a British supergroup rock band founded in 1985 by former Yes and Asia guitarist Steve Howe and former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. Though the band's leaders were known as progressive rock musicians, GTR appealed to album-oriented rock radio stations. The band lasted for two years and one album. Hackett subsequently criticized the project, though not necessarily the other musicians involved in it.

The band's name came from an abbreviation of "guitar" used by recording studios for labelling guitar tracks.

GTR is the only album from the short-lived supergroup GTR, released in 1986. The album peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 chart, and the single "When the Heart Rules the Mind" reached No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Another single, "The Hunter", peaked at No. 85. An instrumental piece recorded by GTR guitarist Steve Howe years before, "Sketches in the Sun", was included on the album due to a shortage of content. It resurfaced on his solo album Motif Volume 1 and again on his Anthology album. Steve Hackett's "Hackett to Bits" was a simplified version of the title track from his Please Don't Touch album. (It has no connection with the similarly titled "Hackett to Pieces" from Highly Strung.) Asia recorded their own version of the Geoff Downes-penned "The Hunter" for their 1997 compilation album Anthology.

The group, founded by Hackett and Howe, disbanded in 1987. Downes, who like Howe had been a member of Yes and Asia, produced the album.

Biisit:

"When the Heart Rules the Mind" – 5:24 (Steve Hackett, Steve Howe)

"The Hunter" – 4:51 (Geoff Downes)

"Here I Wait" – 4:54 (Hackett, Howe)

"Sketches in the Sun" – 2:29 (Howe)

"Jekyll and Hyde" – 4:42 (Max Bacon, Hackett, Howe)

"You Can Still Get Through" – 4:53 (Hackett, Howe)

"Reach Out (Never Say No)" – 4:00 (Hackett, Howe, Phil Spalding)

"Toe the Line" – 4:29 (Hackett, Howe)

"Hackett to Bits" – 2:10 (Hackett)

"Imagining" – 5:49 (Hackett, Howe, Jonathan Mover)

Personnel

GTR

• Steve Howe – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, backing vocals
• Steve Hackett – acoustic and electric guitars, guitar synthesizer, backing vocals
• Max Bacon – lead vocals
• Phil Spalding – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Jonathan Mover – drums, percussion

Production

• Geoff Downes – producer
• Alan Douglas – engineer
• John Brough – assistant engineer
• Noel Haris – assistant engineer
• Andy Mason – assistant engineer
• Howard Fritzson – art direction
• Ian Miller – design
• Mike Russell – photography
• Miki Slingsby – photography
• Tom Biondo - photography
• Jimmy Starr – remastering
• Eddie Wilner – reissue producer